Days before flying to Barcelona, 'Captain America' rode away from the field in Charleston, West Virginia to win his third US title by more than two minutes — so the stars-and-stripes jersey gets another lap of France. Simmons nearly won a Tour stage from the break last July and makes no secret that finishing the job in the national champion's kit is the dream. Between breakaway raids he'll be hauling on the front for Ayuso and Pedersen.
Palmarès
- Junior world road race champion (2019)
- US national road race champion (2023, 2025, 2026)
- Tour de Wallonie GC winner (2021)
- Volta a Catalunya stage winner (2025)
- Tour de Suisse stage winner (2025)
Cut-out factHe grew up in a ski-mountaineering family in Durango, Colorado, raced skis before bikes, and proposed to his girlfriend on the Champs-Élysées right after finishing the 2025 Tour.
The squad
Riding the 2026 Tour with Juan Ayuso, Derek Gee-West, Mads Pedersen, Mattias Skjelmose, Toms Skujiņš, Mathias Vacek, Carlos Verona — see the full Lidl-Trek team page.
Portrait: AI paper-collage render (gpt-image-2) after a reference photograph — source: racing.trekbikes.com, author: see source, license: see source.
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