Startlist Tour of Guangxi 2026 - Riders: Pidcock, Ayuso, Narvaez, Kooij, Magnier, Jakobsen and more
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The 2026 Tour of Guangxi boasts a strong startlist this year as the race runs from October 13th to October 18th. With six stages on offer, featuring sprint finishes, a mountain-top finish and hilly opportunities, Tom Pidcock fronts a startlist filled with WorldTour big names.
Download the startlist in A4. British rider Pidcock comes into the race in flying form after top ten performances in the World Championships and some Italian classics. He will lead Pinarello Q36.5's team at the race.
Kevin Vauquelin and Andrew August are ones to watch for Netcompany INEOS while Juan Ayuso will headline Lidl-Trek's challenge for the general classification. Jhonatan Narvaez and Marc Soler fly the flag for UAE Team Emirates.
Tobias Johannessen represents Uno-X Mobility while there are several other challengers for the overall. Jarno Widar comes fresh off his Tre Valli Varesine victory while other stage hunters worth watching are Maxim van Gils, Daniel Martin, Clément Braz Afonso, Neilson Powless and Marco Brenner.
Juan Ayuso
Solid sprint field including Magnier and Kooij
Leo Bisiaux carries form for Decathlon CMA CGM while Bahrain-Victorious have Afonso Eulalio and Pau Miquel. Nicola Conci is present with Astana while Luke Plapp is another to watch for Jayco AlUla.
Visma's line-up features young riders such as Niklas Behrens and Louis Barre alongside veteran sprinter Fabio Jakobsen as he returns to WorldTour with the team hoping to re-find his form. He faces a competitive sprint field.
Olav Kooij is present for Decathlon while Soudal Quick-Step support Paul Magnier. Elsehwere, other fast men to watch include Max Kanter, Kaden Groves, Arvid de Kleijn, Milan Fretin and Jordi Meeus.
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Preliminary Startlist Tour of Guangxi 2026 (last updated 14:00, 08/10/26)
| Decathlon CMA CGM Team | |
| Bisiaux, Léo | |
| Bol, Cees | |
| Ghys, Robbe | |
| Gudmestad, Tord | |
| Hoole, Daan | |
| Kooij, Olav | |
| Pestel, Sander De | |
| Netcompany INEOS | |
| August, AJ | |
| Øxenberg, Peter | |
| Rivera, Brandon | |
| Rodríguez, Oscar | |
| Sheffield, Magnus | |
| Shmidt, Artem | |
| Vauquelin, Kévin | |
| Tudor Pro Cycling Team | |
| Barta, Will | |
| Brenner, Marco | |
| Eriksson, Jacob | |
| Froideveaux, Robin | |
| Kleijn, Arvid de | |
| Kolze Changizi, Sebastian | |
| Wirtgen, Luc | |
| Bahrain Victorious | |
| Bruttomesso, Alberto | |
| Eržen, Zak | |
| Eulálio, Afonso | |
| Govekar, Matevž | |
| Meulen, Max van der | |
| Miquel, Pau | |
| Skerl, Daniel | |
| Uno-X Mobility | |
| Bévort, Carl-Frederik | |
| Blikra, Erlend | |
| Dversnes, Fredrik | |
| Johannessen, Anders | |
| Svarre, Tobias | |
| Tjøtta, Martin | |
| Træen, Torstein | |
| NSN Cycling Team | |
| Kogut, Oded | |
| Kretschy, Moritz | |
| Lutsenko, Alexey | |
| Mullen, Ryan | |
| Pinarello, Alessandro | |
| Raisberg, Nadav | |
| Tene, Rotem | |
| Pinarello - Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| De La Cruz, David | |
| Gloag, Thomas | |
| Houcou, Emmanuel | |
| Howson, Damien | |
| Pidcock, Tom | |
| Vader, Milan | |
| Zukowsky, Nick | |
| Lidl - Trek | |
| Andersen, Søren Kragh | |
| Ayuso, Juan | |
| Bagioli, Andrea | |
| Ghebreigzabhier, Amanuel | |
| Kämna, Lennard | |
| Norsgaard, Mathias | |
| Alpecin - Premier Tech | |
| Bayer, Tobias | |
| Glivar, Gal | |
| Groves, Kaden | |
| Planckaert, Edward | |
| Plowright, Jensen | |
| Rickaert, Jonas | |
| Riesebeek, Oscar | |
| Team Jayco AlUla | |
| Bondt, Dries De | |
| Double, Paul | |
| Gamper, Patrick | |
| Hatherly, Alan | |
| Plapp, Luke | |
| Pooter, Dries De | |
| Sütterlin, Jasha | |
| Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe | |
| Boichis, Adrien | |
| Drizners, Jarrad | |
| Gils, Maxim Van | |
| Herzog, Emil | |
| Marit, Arne | |
| Martínez, Daniel | |
| Meeus, Jordi | |
| XDS Astana Team | |
| Conci, Nicola | |
| Fedorov, Yevgeniy | |
| Kanter, Max | |
| Kuzmin, Anton | |
| Livyns, Arjen | |
| Lopez, Harold Martin | |
| Su, Haoyu | |
| EF Education - EasyPost | |
| Agostinacchio, Mattia | |
| Albanese, Vincenzo | |
| Battistella, Samuele | |
| Hobbs, Noah | |
| Honoré, Mikkel | |
| Powless, Neilson | |
| Sweeny, Harry | |
| Team Picnic PostNL | |
| Biesterbos, Frits | |
| Corkery, Dillon | |
| Dhondt, Robbe | |
| Flynn, Sean | |
| Jong, Timo de | |
| Koerdt, Bjoern | |
| Peace, Oliver | |
| Lotto - Intermarché | |
| Fox, Matthew | |
| Giddings, Joshua | |
| Grignard, Sébastien | |
| Taminiaux, Lionel | |
| Thompson, Reuben | |
| Veistroffer, Baptiste | |
| Widar, Jarno | |
| Team Visma - Lease a Bike | |
| Barré, Louis | |
| Behrens, Niklas | |
| Belle, Loe van | |
| Doull, Owain | |
| Graat, Tijmen | |
| Jakobsen, Fabio | |
| Schiffer, Anton | |
| Soudal - Quick-Step | |
| Cras, Steff | |
| Gestel, Dries Van | |
| Magnier, Paul | |
| Rex, Laurenz | |
| Svrček, Martin | |
| Vangheluwe, Warre | |
| Wilder, Ilan Van | |
| UAE Team Emirates XRG | |
| Herregodts, Rune | |
| Johansen, Julius | |
| Molano, Sebastián | |
| Narváez, Jhonatan | |
| Oliveira, Rui | |
| Soler, Marc | |
| Vermeersch, Florian | |
| Groupama - FDJ United | |
| Barthe, Cyril | |
| Braz Afonso, Clément | |
| Jacobs, Johan | |
| Kench, Josh | |
| Milan, Matteo | |
| Paleni, Enzo | |
| Rochas, Rémy | |
| Cofidis | |
| Allegaert, Piet | |
| Buchmann, Emanuel | |
| Carr, Simon | |
| Charret, Camile | |
| Fretin, Milan | |
| Maas, Jan | |
| Meehan, Jamie | |
| Movistar Team | |
| Formolo, Davide | |
| Hessmann, Michel | |
| Moro, Manlio | |
| Novák, Pavel | |
| Pescador, Diego | |
| Romo, Javier | |
| Sanchez, Pelayo | |
| China National Team | |
| Hu, Haijie | |
| Li, You | |
| Liu, Chenglu | |
| Liu, Zhicheng | |
| Ma, Binyan | |
| Shen, Yutao | |
| Wang, Ruidong |
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- Being the best rider left in the race is pretty much the only way to win in any edition, surely? Seems reductive to say "they only won because the entire peloton wasn't as absolutely stacked as it could've been" - you can only beat who is in front of you.wrsty08-10-2026
- I’m sorry but generally the coverage on your site is first class but this incident highlights something I just don’t get with cycling journalism. This accident should never have been allowed to happen, it comes uncomfortably close to the Finlay Tarling tragedy and two other incidents took place within days of this. I checked all of the cycling websites and you all put out basically the same story. Pidcock gave journalists the perfect opening to blow this sky high, what has the UCI got to say? What is Adam Hansen doing? What do the organisers say? Nothing, you all trot out the same easy quotes taken from Pidcocks interview after the race but do nothing to follow it up. I see it time and time again, journalists taking the easy way out but being outraged when it happens again as it surely will. Riders can’t do this but journalists should be independent and should be able to raise these uncomfortable questions but cyclinguptodate and every other on line publication prefer to take the easy way out. That’s the real tragedy here.Paul53108-10-2026
- Happy to help :-)Mistermaumau08-10-2026
- Well, ok but, it’s also a structural, team, budgeting, direction and all sorts of other issueMistermaumau08-10-2026
- I wouldn’t call it an analogy but maybe his criticism is a little unfair. On the other hand, the fact Cicco made a public affair out of it despite having received all the explanations and proof makes me feel he now deserves being criticised for not accepting there is nothing to discuss.Mistermaumau08-10-2026
- Much as I like him (one of my favourites), I do want to attract a little attention to the coincidence of his recent performances in the current context. Not the first time a rider improves noticeably when there’s a job interview to prepare. In the same lighthearted humour of his, i hope the UCI will let him wear it at home as the rules quite strictly state you can only wear it during participation in the discipline you won in, and we all know how capable they are of interpreting rule interpretation ;-) Also, if it’s going to be retirement (please not), I wouldn’t call that an agreement as somebody will probably feel they didn’t get what they wanted.Mistermaumau08-10-2026
- Agreed. There used to be a team willing to pay though. I take all these figures (that vary enormously according to who is publishing) with handfuls of salt. We don’t know how salaries are treated (especially between a UK employer and Andorran resident), we don’t know how numbers are derived and from where, if deductions have been taken into consideration, etc. but if he returns to Colombia, he’s going to need quite a bit in protection money.Mistermaumau08-10-2026
- And another one gone, another one gone, another one bites the dust. Ah gonna get you too…Mistermaumau08-10-2026
- Top marks RidesHills. A great post that sums up exactly Egan Bernals situation.Cyclingsbestfan08-10-2026
- Thanks for pointing out that typo. Now ammended.Prorodsandstuff08-10-2026
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