Startlist Muscat Classic & Tour of Oman 2026 | Riders: Yates, Kuss, Plapp, Scaroni, Quintana and more

The Muscat Classic and the Tour of Oman are raced in consecutive days and present the country of Oman with its opportunity to broadcast racing internationally. The races take place from the 6th to 11th of February and feature a wide array of courses that suit plenty riders. Here is where and when to watch it live and on TV, including in the United States of America and United Kingdom.

The Muscat Classic was created in 2023, so as to provide the riders making the trip to Oman to have more racing in their calendar and more UCI points to hand out. The one-day race usually features a route with climbs previously used in the stage-race, and suits both sprinters and puncheurs. The race was on by Jenthe Biermans in its first edition, whilst Finn Fisher-Black won in 2024 and last year, it was Tudor's Rick Pluimers who won in a sprint from the riders who survived the day's climbing.

Meanwhile the Tour of Oman has grown since its debut in 2010 into one of the most respected early-season stage races outside Europe. Organized by (ASO), the race became a regular fixture on the UCI calendar, first as part of the UCI Asia Tour and, more recently, in the UCI ProSeries—a status it retains in 2026. It is a traditional early-season race for many years now, chosen by the riders due to the warm weather conditions, variety of stage profiles and also proper climbing tests early in the year.

The race has a list of winners that is to say the least enviable. Fabian Cancellara won its first edition back in 2010, whilst over the years Chris Froome has used the race twice and won the overall classification - one against Alberto Contador and Cadel Evans; Vincenzo Nibali won it back in 2016 before conquering the Giro d'Italia; and other top riders such as Matteo Jorgenson and Adam Yates have now won the most recent editions in the 2020's. In 2025 Yates defended his title successfully, having consistency in the race's climbs to bring UAE a top victory.

You can download the startlist in A4. The two races take place consecutively and because they have the same organization and location - and are so distant from the rest of the calendar's competitions - the riders are competing in both races simultaneously. And the startlist is quite good, featuring some of the world's top teams.

UAE Team Emirates - XRG are having two-time defending champion Adam Yates as the number 1, with Juan Sebastián Molano and Pablo Torres also in the lineup; Team Visma | Lease a Bike are present with a lineup of five riders, two of them under-23's, as Sepp Kuss made it a clear point that he wanted to be present in the race; we've got Soudal - Quick-Step led by last year's queen stage winner Valentin Paret-Peintre; Diego Pescador, Einer Rubio and Nairo Quintana for Movistar; Luke Plapp, Mauro Schmid and Paul Double for Jayco AlUla; and an Astana that has brought several of its leaders in pursuit of UCI points and stage wins.

1 Yates, Adam

2 Freire, Marcos

3 Herregodts, Rune

4 Jasim Al-Ali, Abdulla

5 Molano, Sebastián

6 Oliveira, Rui

7 Torres, Pablo

11 Paret-Peintre, Valentin

12 Desal, Ceriel

13 Gelders, Gil

14 Lecerf, Junior

15 Vangheluwe, Warre

16 Vansevenant, Mauri

17 Tricht, Stan Van

21 Howson, Damien

22 Badilatti, Matteo

23 Camprubí, Marcel

24 González, David

25 Harper, Chris

26 Houcou, Emmanuel

27 Vanhoucke, Harm

31 Kuss, Sepp

*32 Doull, Owain (ONLY TOUR OF OMAN)

33 Goszczurny, Patryk

34 Graat, Tijmen

35 Lemmen, Bart

36 Taillieu, Aldo

*38 Zingle, Axel (ONLY TOUR OF OMAN)

41 Gruel, Thibaud

42 Grégoire, Baptiste

43 Kench, Josh

44 Molard, Rudy

45 Pacher, Quentin

46 Rochas, Rémy

47 Rolland, Brieuc

51 Quintana, Nairo

52 Adrià, Roger

53 García Cortina, Iván

54 Pescador, Diego

55 Proietti, Mattia

56 Rubio, Einer

57 Tesfatsion, Natnael

61 Ulissi, Diego

62 Bettiol, Alberto

63 Fortunato, Lorenzo

64 Lopez, Harold Martin

65 Mulubrhan, Henok

66 Rodríguez, Cristian

67 Scaroni, Christian

71 Thijssen, Gerben

72 Vylder, Lindsay De

73 Goossens, Simon

74 Marsman, Tim

75 Plowright, Jensen

76 Price-Pejtersen, Johan

77 Sentjens, Sente

81 Albanese, Vincenzo

82 Baudin, Alex

83 Cepeda, Alexander

84 Honoré, Mikkel

85 Mihkels, Madis

86 Nerurkar, Lukas

87 Shaw, James

91 Plapp, Luke

92 Capiot, Amaury

93 Double, Paul

94 Foldager, Anders

95 Krijnsen, Jelte

96 Pickering, Finlay

97 Schmid, Mauro

101 Bouchard, Geoffrey

102 Bonnet, Thomas

103 Dauphin, Florian

104 Doubey, Fabien

105 Jeannière, Emilien

106 Lévêque, Theo

107 Thierry, Pierre

111 Herrada, Jesús

112 Alvarez, Rodrigo

113 Aparicio, Mario

114 Chumil, Sergio

115 Faura, José Luis

116 Kudus, Merhawi

117 Quartucci, Lorenzo

121 Barta, Will

122 Donzé, Robin

123 Eriksson, Jacob

124 Jasch, Lennart

125 Pluimers, Rick

126 Warbasse, Larry

127 Weiss, Fabian

131 Tjøtta, Martin

132 Blikra, Erlend

133 Dversnes, Fredrik

134 Hvideberg, Jonas

135 Kamp, Alexander

136 Svarre, Tobias

137 Tiller, Rasmus

141 Schuyteneer, Steffen De

142 Braet, Vito

143 Driesen, Niels

144 Gualdi, Simone

145 Ørn-Kristoff, Felix

146 Sintmaartensdijk, Roel van

147 Veistroffer, Baptiste

151 Coquard, Bryan

152 Aniołkowski, Stanisław

153 Debeaumarché, Nicolas

154 Maisonobe, Sam

155 Rouland, Louis

156 Samitier, Sergio

157 Touzé, Damien

161 Castellon, Jan

162 Berwick, Sebastian

163 Corres, Gorka

164 Diaz, Alex

165 Gaviria, Fernando

166 Oldani, Stefano

167 Prades, Eduard

171 Al-Wahibi, Mohammed

172 Al Habsi, Asad

173 Al Habsi, Hazaa

174 Al Rahbi, Said

175 Al Riyami, Mazin

176 Al Yaqoobi, Abdulrahman