Startlist Il Lombardia 2026 - Riders: Evenepoel, Del Toro, Seixas, Pidcock, McNulty, Jorgenson, Mas, Martínez and more
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Il Lombardia will take place on the 10th of October 2026. The race is the ultimate culmination of the Italian autumn classics, having the status of fifth and last monument of pro cycling. With Tadej Pogacar absent this year, there will be a new winner after five editions. Below, you will find the preview for the race as well as its favourites and route.
The final monument of the season will have, as expected, a major startlist. Defending champions UAE Team Emirates - XRG will not have Tadej Pogacar at the start line but that will not hamper their chances of winning by a large margin. Isaac del Toro, World Champion Brandon McNulty, Jhonatan Narváez, Adam Yates and Jan Christen will all be in pursuit of the top step on the podium.
Newly crowned European Champion Remco Evenepoel will also be present, leading Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe with Giulio Pellizzari and Jai Hindley backing him up. Paul Seixas, the third of the main favourites, is also present and leading a very strong Decathlon CMA CGM Team.
Victory can come from many riders and within the main headliners of the race are Tom Pidcock who is leading the way for Pinarello - Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team; Oscar Onley who will be at the helm of Netcompany INEOS; Enric Mas who will be leading Movistar Team and also Giulio Ciccone who will race alongside last year's surprise Quinn Simmons at Lidl-Trek.
But other teams might try to stun the competition with their depth. Team Visma | Lease a Bike will have Giro dell'Emilia winner Davide Piganzoli at the start, teaming up with Matteo Jorgenson and Ben Tulett. And amongst others, Bahrain - Victorious stand out with a lineup including Lenny Martínez, Antonio Tiberi, Afonso Eulálio, Jakob Omrzel, Pello Bilbao and Damiano Caruso.
Lotto - Intermarché will be at the start with Tre Valli Varesine winner Jarno Widar as well as Lennert van Eetvelt, Whilst Soudal - Quick-Step will deposit their hopes on Mikel Landa. Ben Healy will also be leading EF Education - EasyPost; whilst last year's third place Michael Storer will represent Tudor Pro Cycling Team.
Remco Evenepoel will be at the 2026 Il Lombardia
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Startlist Il Lombardia 2026
| Decathlon CMA CGM Team | |
| Benoot, Tiesj | |
| L'Hote, Antoine | |
| Labrosse, Jordan | |
| Prodhomme, Nicolas | |
| Riccitello, Matthew | |
| Scotson, Callum | |
| Seixas, Paul | |
| Netcompany INEOS | |
| Arensman, Thymen | |
| August, AJ | |
| Haig, Jack | |
| Hamilton, Lucas | |
| Onley, Oscar | |
| Sheffield, Magnus | |
| Tudor Pro Cycling Team | |
| Hirschi, Marc | |
| Rondel, Mathys | |
| Storer, Michael | |
| Thalmann, Roland | |
| Warbasse, Larry | |
| Wilksch, Hannes | |
| MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort | |
| Fancellu, Alessandro | |
| Kajamini, Florian | |
| Masnada, Fausto | |
| Verre, Alessandro | |
| Zoccarato, Samuele | |
| Team Polti VisitMalta | |
| Bais, Davide | |
| Bais, Mattia | |
| Crescioli, Ludovico | |
| Crozzolo, Fabrizio | |
| Giuliano, Dario | |
| Tercero, Fernando | |
| Tonelli, Alessandro | |
| Bahrain Victorious | |
| Bilbao, Pello | |
| Caruso, Damiano | |
| Eulálio, Afonso | |
| Martinez, Lenny | |
| Omrzel, Jakob | |
| Tiberi, Antonio | |
| Uno-X Mobility | |
| Dalby, Simon | |
| Hoelgaard, Markus | |
| Johannessen, Tobias | |
| Kulset, Johannes | |
| Leknessund, Andreas | |
| NSN Cycling Team | |
| Bennett, George | |
| Hirt, Jan | |
| Lutsenko, Alexey | |
| Pinarello, Alessandro | |
| Pinarello - Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| Calzoni, Walter | |
| Camprubí, Marcel | |
| Donovan, Mark | |
| Hermans, Quinten | |
| Meurisse, Xandro | |
| Pidcock, Tom | |
| Lidl - Trek | |
| Bagioli, Andrea | |
| Bernard, Julien | |
| Ciccone, Giulio | |
| Mollema, Bauke | |
| Oomen, Sam | |
| Simmons, Quinn | |
| Alpecin - Premier Tech | |
| Debruyne, Ramses | |
| Gogl, Michael | |
| Remijn, Senna | |
| Vergallito, Luca | |
| Verstrynge, Emiel | |
| Team Jayco AlUla | |
| Covi, Alessandro | |
| O'Connor, Ben | |
| Porter, Rudy | |
| Schmid, Mauro | |
| Vendrame, Andrea | |
| Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe | |
| Aleotti, Giovanni | |
| Evenepoel, Remco | |
| Gils, Maxim Van | |
| Hindley, Jai | |
| Moscon, Gianni | |
| Pellizzari, Giulio | |
| XDS Astana Team | |
| Conci, Nicola | |
| Fortunato, Lorenzo | |
| Scaroni, Christian | |
| Ulissi, Diego | |
| Velasco, Simone | |
| EF Education - EasyPost | |
| Baudin, Alex | |
| Healy, Ben | |
| Honoré, Mikkel | |
| Quinn, Sean | |
| Rodriguez, Juan Felipe | |
| Team Picnic PostNL | |
| Barguil, Warren | |
| Broek, Frank van den | |
| Faure-Prost, Alexy | |
| Knox, James | |
| Leemreize, Gijs | |
| Martinez, Juan Guillermo | |
| Roosen, Timo | |
| Lotto - Intermarché | |
| Craps, Lars | |
| Eetvelt, Lennert Van | |
| Gualdi, Simone | |
| Thompson, Reuben | |
| Widar, Jarno | |
| Team Visma - Lease a Bike | |
| Campenaerts, Victor | |
| Huising, Menno | |
| Jorgenson, Matteo | |
| Kelderman, Wilco | |
| Nordhagen, Jørgen | |
| Piganzoli, Davide | |
| Tulett, Ben | |
| Soudal - Quick-Step | |
| Cras, Steff | |
| Garofoli, Gianmarco | |
| Landa, Mikel | |
| Reinderink, Pepijn | |
| Vansevenant, Mauri | |
| Zana, Filippo | |
| UAE Team Emirates XRG | |
| Christen, Jan | |
| Del Toro, Isaac | |
| McNulty, Brandon | |
| Narváez, Jhonatan | |
| Novak, Domen | |
| Sivakov, Pavel | |
| Yates, Adam | |
| Groupama - FDJ United | |
| Berthet, Clément | |
| Braz Afonso, Clément | |
| Germani, Lorenzo | |
| Madouas, Valentin | |
| Molard, Rudy | |
| Bardiani CSF 7 Saber | |
| Rojas, Vicente | |
| Tarozzi, Manuele | |
| Tolio, Alex | |
| Turconi, Filippo | |
| Cofidis | |
| Joalland, Yaël | |
| Moniquet, Sylvain | |
| Rouland, Louis | |
| Samitier, Sergio | |
| Teuns, Dylan | |
| Movistar Team | |
| Adrià, Roger | |
| Lopez, Juanpe | |
| Mas, Enric | |
| Romo, Javier | |
| Rubio, Einer | |
| Unibet Rose Rockets | |
| Eiking, Odd Christian | |
| Meris, Sergio | |
| Peter, Jannis | |
| Poels, Wout | |
| Verschuren, Killian |
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