Startlist Gran Premio Castellon 2026 | Riders: Matthews, Morgado, Quintana, Cosnefroy, Scaroni and more
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The Gran Premio Castellón is going to be the second Spanish race of the early season and will take place on the 24th of January. We take a look at the race's startlist and riders.
The Gran Premio Castellón – Ruta de la Cerámica has quickly established itself as one of Spain’s most compelling early-season one-day races. It is raced in the Valencia region, which is used by many riders at this time of year for training and preparation into the 2026 season. From the outset it was placed on the UCI Europe Tour as a 1.1 event, attracting a mix of WorldTeams and ambitious ProTeams eager to test form at the start of the season.
The race’s inaugural edition in 2024 saw Australian Classics specialist Michael Matthews take the first victory, setting a high competitive benchmark and underlining the race’s potential to lure big-name riders despite its young age. Building on that success, the 2025 edition drew an even stronger field, in which UAE Team Emirates - XRG's António Morgado took a strong victory that would kickstart a breakthrough spring.
There will be six World Tour teams at the start including defending champion António Morgado's UAE Team Emirates - XRG, who is joined by Marc Soler and Benoît Cosnefroy. Movistar Team will have Nairo Quintana; Team Jayco AlUla will have Michael Matthews and Andrea Vendrame; XDS Astana Team will have Clément Champoussin, Lorenzo Fortunato, Christian Scaroni and Diego Ulissi; Bahrain - Victorious will have Alec Segaert whilst Soudal - Quick-Step mostly features a team with its under-23 riders. We will also have Lukas Kubis, Bryan Coquard, Urko Berrade and Sandy Dujardin amost the outsiders for the race.
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Startlist Gran Premio Castellon 2026
1 UAE Team Emirates - XRG
1. MORGADO Antonio
2. COSNEFROY Benoit
3. FABRIES Ugo
4. PERICAS Adria
5. SOLER Marc
6. TORRES Jaime
7. TORRES Pablo
2 Movistar Team
11. BARRENETXEA Jon
12. CUBILLAS Javier
13. HESSMANN Michel
14. MILESI Lorenzo
15. OLIVEIRA Nelson
16. QUINTANA Nairo
17. VILLATE Ibai
3 Team Jayco AlUla
21. MATTHEWS Michael
22. COVI Alessandro
23. DE PRETTO Davide
24. ENGELHARDT Felix
25. JUUL-JENSEN Christopher
26. PICKERING Finlay
27. VENDRAME Andrea
4 XDS Astana Team
31. CHAMPOUSSIN Clement
32. BALLERINI Davide
33. CONCI Nicola
34. FORTUNATO Lorenzo
35. SCARONI Christian
36. SILVA Guillermo Thomas
37. ULISSI Diego
5 Bahrain - Victorious
41. MIQUEL Pau
42. ARNDT Nikias
43. FELDHOFFER Balint
44. ERMAKOV Roman
45. PAASSCHENS Mathijs
46. SEGAERT Alec
47. VAN MECHELEN Vlad
6 Soudal Quick-Step
51. GELDERS Gil
52. SCHOOFS Jasper
53. SOENENS Viktor
54. VALJAVEC Erazem
55. VAN TRICHT Stan
56. VERVAEKE Louis
57. VERVENNE Jonathan
7 Burgos Burpellet BH
61. FAGUNDEZ Eric Antonio
62. CAVIA Daniel
63. CHUMIL Sergio Geovani
64. DIAZ Jose Manuel
65. GARCIA PIERNA Carlos
66. HERRADA Jesus
67. QUARTUCCI Lorenzo
8 Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
71. BARCELO Fernando
72. FERNANDEZ Samuel
73. LOPEZ Joseba
74. MOLENAAR Alex
75. NICOLAU Joel
76. OLDANI Stefano
77. PENUELA Francisco Joel
9 Equipo Kern Pharma
81. BERRADE Urko
82. COBO Ivan
83. ELOSEGUI Inigo
84. GUTIERREZ Jorge
85. PEREZ Cesar
86. RETEGI Mikel
87. SOTO Antonio Jesus
10 Euskaltel - Euskadi
91. LASTRA Jonathan
92. AGIRRE Jon
93. BERASATEGI Xabier
94. BIZKARRA Mikel
95. MINTEGI Iker
96. MARTIN Gotzon
97. SUTTON Louis
11 Cofidis
101.COQUARD Bryan
102.BIERMANS Jenthe
103.CARR Simon
104.KNIGHT Oliver
105.IZQUIERDO Clement
106.SAMITIER Sergio
107.THOMAS Benjamin
12 Unibet Rose Rockets
111.KUBIS Lukas
112.JOHANNINK Jelle
113.KOPECKY Matyas
114.LARSEN Niklas
115.LOOCKX Lander
116.MERIS Sergio
117.PETER Jannis
13 Team Polti VisitMalta
121.BAIS Davide
122.MIFSUD Andrea
123.PESENTI Thomas
124.SERRANO Javier
125.SEVILLA Diego Pablo
126.TERCERO Fernando
127.TONELLI Alessandro
14 TotalEnergies
131.BONNET Thomas
132.BREUILLARD Nicolas
133.DUJARDIN Sandy
134.JOUSSEAUME Alan
135.RETAILLEAU Valentin
136.VADIC Baptiste
137.VERCHER Matteo
15 Bardiani CSF 7 Saber
141.CONFORTI Lorenzo
142.CRUZ Edward
143.HERRENO Martin Santiago
144.MANENTI Marco
145.MARCELLUSI Martin
146.PALETTI Luca
147.TURCONI Filippo
16 MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort
151.MASNADA Fausto
152.BURATTI Nicolo
153.DINA Marton
154.VALENT Mark
155.BRACALENTE Diego
156.VERRE Alessandro
157.ZOCCARATO Samuele
17 Van Rysel Roubaix
161.ARNES Daniel
162.AVOINE Kevin
163.CAPRON Remi
164.HUCK Leandre
165.JARNET Maxime
166.MOLLY Kenny
167.HEREMANS Joppe
18 Anicolor / Campicarn
171.MARTINEZ Victor
172.FERNANDEZ Ruben
173.FERREIRA Louis
174.GUERIN Alexis
175.LOPEZ DE ABETXUKO Andoni
176.LEIJNSE Enzo
177.MILES Carson
19 CIC Pro Cycling Academy
181.GUEGAN Mael
182.GUERNALEC Victor
183.HAMON Similien
184.LANGELLA Lenaic
185.LOZOUET Leandre
186.MARIAULT Axel
187.SANLAVILLE Mathias
20 Spain
191.ALVAREZ Hector
192.CADENA Joan
193.GARCIA Alvaro
194.GUTIERREZ Diego
195.MARTIN Marco
196.MORA Sebastian
197.ORTEGA Pablo
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