Pogačar's most trusted lieutenant returns for an eighth Tour after a rollercoaster spring: a collarbone broken at Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne wiped out his classics campaign, but he fought back to marshal the team at the Tour de Suisse. Last July the veteran took a magnificent solo stage win into Carcassonne in the Belgian champion's jersey. At 35, the Sint-Truiden man is the tactical brain of the strongest team in the race.
Palmarès
- Benelux/Eneco/Renewi Tour GC winner (2014, 2015, 2023, 2024)
- Stage winner in all three Grand Tours (Giro 2016 & 2018, Vuelta 2020 x2, Tour de France 2025)
- Belgian road race champion (2025) & time trial champion (2024)
- Tour de Pologne GC winner (2016)
- GP Cycliste de Montréal (2015), Brabantse Pijl (2018)
Cut-out factHe famously raced most of his career without a power meter — preferring feel over data — and still won stages in all three Grand Tours.
The squad
Riding the 2026 Tour with Tadej Pogačar, Isaac Del Toro, Brandon McNulty, Adam Yates, Florian Vermeersch, Nils Politt, Felix Großschartner — see the full UAE Emirates-XRG team page.
Portrait: AI paper-collage render (gpt-image-2).
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