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The strongest startlists of 2026

Every 2026 WorldTour and ProSeries race, men and women, ranked four ways: what the starters earn, and the UCI points they scored this season before the race, last season, and over three seasons.

Salaries: published in the press where we have them, our model's estimates otherwise, so every total is an estimate; a race where under 60% of starters have a figure is marked partial. UCI points: points scored in races, from the uci.org results; not the UCI ranking. Method · Most expensive team lineups →

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#RaceDateCategoryStartlist salariesCoverageStrongest starter
1Tour de France4 July 20262.UWT€149.5M175/184Tadej Pogačar
2Milano-Sanremo21 March 20261.UWT€102.7M168/175Tadej Pogačar
3La Vuelta Ciclista a España22 August 20262.UWT€97.9M176/184Tadej Pogačar
4Il Lombardia10 October 20261.UWT€97.5M170/174Remco Evenepoel
5Giro d'Italia8 May 20262.UWT€94.5M175/184Jonas Vingegaard
6Ronde van Vlaanderen5 April 20261.UWT€91.8M172/175Tadej Pogačar
7Tirreno-Adriatico9 March 20262.UWT€90.3M161/167Wout van Aert
8Tour de Suisse17 June 20262.UWT€88.7M135/139Tadej Pogačar
9Paris-Roubaix Hauts-de-France12 April 20261.UWT€87.1M172/175Tadej Pogačar
10Volta Ciclista a Catalunya23 March 20262.UWT€85.7M153/161Remco Evenepoel
11Paris-Nice8 March 20262.UWT€85.2M149/154Jonas Vingegaard
12In Flanders Fields - From Middelkerke to Wevelgem29 March 20261.UWT€84.1M173/175Wout van Aert
13Omloop Nieuwsblad28 February 20261.UWT€83.6M173/175Mathieu van der Poel
14Dwars door Vlaanderen - A travers la Flandre1 April 20261.UWT€81.6M173/175Wout van Aert
15Liège-Bastogne-Liège26 April 20261.UWT€81M165/173Tadej Pogačar
16Tour Auvergne - Rhône-Alpes7 June 20262.UWT€78.6M151/154Wout van Aert
17Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec11 September 20261.UWT€78.6M145/153Remco Evenepoel
18Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal13 September 20261.UWT€78.6M145/153Remco Evenepoel
19Amstel Gold Race19 April 20261.UWT€77.8M171/173Remco Evenepoel
20DSSK (Donostia San Sebastian Klasikoa)1 August 20261.UWT€74.8M170/175Remco Evenepoel
21Kuurne - Brussel - Kuurne1 March 20261.Pro€73.7M168/174Jasper Philipsen
22Strade Bianche7 March 20261.UWT€73.3M171/175Tadej Pogačar
23Tre Valli Varesine6 October 20261.Pro€72.6M150/168Mikel Landa
24La Flèche Wallonne22 April 20261.UWT€72.1M172/174Jai Hindley
25Bretagne Classic - CIC30 August 20261.UWT€70M163/167Jasper Philipsen
26E3 Saxo Classic27 March 20261.UWT€67.4M165/167Mathieu van der Poel
27Itzulia Basque Country6 April 20262.UWT€65.7M146/152Primož Roglič
28ADAC Cyclassics16 August 20261.UWT€65M149/153Olav Kooij
29Renewi Tour19 August 20262.UWT€64M152/153Jasper Philipsen
30UAE Tour16 February 20262.UWT€63.3M139/145Remco Evenepoel
31Tour de Romandie28 April 20262.UWT€62.3M101/103Tadej Pogačar
32Tour de Pologne3 August 20262.UWT€61.4M139/147João Almeida
33Giro dell'Emilia3 October 20261.Pro€60.8M143/167Oscar Onley
34Copenhagen Sprint14 June 20261.UWT€56.7M164/174Jasper Philipsen
35Volta ao Algarve em Bicicleta18 February 20262.Pro€56.2M101/167Jasper Philipsen
36Tour of Guangxi13 October 20262.UWT€55M139/150Olav Kooij
37Coppa Bernocchi5 October 20261.Pro€52M139/168Adam Yates
38Gran Piemonte8 October 20261.Pro€51.9M146/162Isaac del Toro
39Santos Tour Down Under20 January 20262.UWT€51.3M127/140Adam Yates
40Flandrien 0.0 Classic19 September 20261.Pro€50.4M124/153Jasper Philipsen
41Vuelta a Burgos4 August 20262.Pro€50.1M136/154Oscar Onley
42Eschborn-Frankfurt1 May 20261.UWT€49.4M140/145Tobias Lund Andresen
43Mapei Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race - Men1 February 20261.UWT€46.9M117/130Adam Yates
44Ronde Van Brugge - Tour of Bruges25 March 20261.UWT€45.2M149/151Jasper Philipsen
45Volta Comunitat Valenciana4 February 20262.Pro€44.2M105/126Remco Evenepoel
46Faun-Ardèche Classic28 February 20261.Pro€43.4M106/143Egan Bernal
47Gran Premio città di Peccioli - Coppa Sabatini10 September 20261.Pro€43.2M135/165Jai Hindley
48Münsterland Giro3 October 20261.Pro€42.7M116/151Jasper Philipsen
49Faun Drome Classic1 March 20261.Pro€42.3M106/141Lenny Martinez
50Baloise Belgium Tour17 June 20262.Pro€42M109/159Jasper Philipsen
51Paris-Tours11 October 20261.Pro€41.5M120/165Christophe Laporte
52GP Industria & Artigianato6 September 20261.Pro€35.4M121/161Lenny Martinez
53Lotto Grand Prix de Wallonie16 September 20261.Pro€35.3M105/151Biniam Girmay
54Milano - Torino18 March 20261.Pro€34.9M112/144Primož Roglič
55Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol18 February 20262.Pro€34.5M105/118Christophe Laporte
56Tour of Oman7 February 20262.Pro€34.2M101/123Adam Yates
57Trofeo Laigueglia4 March 20261.Pro€33.6M117/157Richard Carapaz
58Muscat Classic6 February 20261.Pro€33.3M99/121Adam Yates
59Gran Premio Miguel Indurain4 April 20261.Pro€32.4M99/125Alex Aranburu
60Circuit Franco-Belge10 June 20261.Pro€32.3M133/165Axel Zingle
61Boucles de la Mayenne - Crédit Mutuel28 May 20262.Pro€32.2M90/130Olav Kooij
62Danilith Nokere Koerse18 March 20261.Pro€31.5M124/149Jasper Philipsen
63Brussels Cycling Classic7 June 20261.Pro€29.9M120/133Biniam Girmay
64De Brabantse Pijl - La Flèche Brabançonne17 April 20261.Pro€29.8M108/128Benoît Cosnefroy
65Scheldeprijs8 April 20261.Pro€28M105/136Jasper Philipsen
66Giro del Veneto14 October 20261.Pro€27.8M92/144Brandon McNulty
67Veneto Classic18 October 20261.Pro€27M91/141Brandon McNulty
68Clasica de Almeria15 February 20261.Pro€26.8M122/132Biniam Girmay
69Lidl Deutschland Tour19 August 20262.Pro€26M72/107Isaac del Toro
70Grand Prix de Denain - Porte du Hainaut19 March 20261.Pro€25.1M101/142Axel Zingle
71Bredene Koksijde Classic20 March 20261.Pro€25M114/147Nils Politt
72Lloyds Tour of Britain Men2 September 20262.Pro€24.3M51/108 partialOlav Kooij
73Tro-Bro Léon10 May 20261.Pro€23.9M101/140Axel Zingle
744 Jours de Dunkerque / GP des Hauts de France20 May 20262.Pro€23.8M83/124Valentin Madouas
75Figueira Champions Classic14 February 20261.Pro€23.8M77/125Alex Aranburu
76Skoda Tour de Luxembourg16 September 20262.Pro€23.5M57/102 partialMathieu van der Poel
77GP de Fourmies / La Voix du Nord13 September 20261.Pro€23.1M88/128Olav Kooij
78AlUla Tour27 January 20262.Pro€22.7M78/116Jonathan Milan
79Classique Dunkerque / Grand prix des Hauts de France19 May 20261.Pro€22.4M81/121Jordi Meeus
80Tour of the Alps20 April 20262.Pro€21.2M69/113Egan Bernal
81Grand Prix du Morbihan9 May 20261.Pro€21.1M84/124Axel Zingle
82PostNord Tour of Denmark29 July 20262.Pro€21M89/145Wout van Aert
83CRO Race22 September 20262.Pro€20.3M98/120Daniel Felipe Martínez
84Ethias-Tour de Wallonie1 June 20262.Pro€19.3M54/118 partialArnaud de Lie
85Tour de Hongrie13 May 20262.Pro€18.4M77/112Tim Merlier
86Japan Cup18 October 20261.Pro€15M49/109 partialBen Healy
87Région Pays de la Loire Tour7 April 20262.Pro€14.5M84/112Corbin Strong
88Tour of Slovenia17 June 20262.Pro€13.9M82/118Florian Lipowitz
89Czech Tour13 August 20262.Pro€12.6M84/124Mikel Landa
90Arctic Race of Norway13 August 20262.Pro€12.3M75/108Lennert van Eetvelt
91Presidential Cycling Tour of Türkiye26 April 20262.Pro€11.3M107/157Stanisław Aniołkowski
92Tour of Hainan15 April 20262.Pro€6.2M59/136 partialMatteo Malucelli
93Tour de Langkawi27 September 20262.Pro€6.1M53/119 partialAaron Gate
94Tour of Magnificent Qinghai11 July 20262.Pro€5M57/150 partialCristián Rodríguez

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