EXPO YELLO 2026 Tour de France
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Team Jayco AlUla

Stage wins on every terrain โ€” Matthews, Ackermann and Schmid hunting, with Ben O'Connor chasing a GC top five for a team that survived near-collapse last October.

Country
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia
Bike
Giant (Propel Advanced SL / TCR Advanced SL)
Manager
Brent Copeland (general manager), with Gene Bates as men's sporting manager and Mat Hayman among the Tour sports directors
Founded
2011
Division
WorldTour

The 2026 kit

At the 2026 Tour de France, Jayco AlUla race in MAAP's limited-edition 'swap-out' kit, debuted at MAAP's HYPERFORMANCE installation for Paris Fashion Week on 25 June 2026 (36 Rue Etienne Marcel; public installation 26-28 June) and worn from stage 1 in Barcelona on 4 July. The base is the team's signature deep 'Aurora' purple, a rich violet-purple that has been the team's identity since MAAP took over the kit in 2025. The 2026-season flame motif rises from the waistband toward the centre of the kit on all sides; on the standard kit these flames are a pale tonal graphic against the purple, and on the swap-out version an 'electric' lime green punches into the flame motif, with an extra splash of green flame licking across each sleeve. MAAP logos appear on both shoulders and on the centre rear pocket in a muted electric green. The front chest carries the co-title sponsor wordmarks 'Jayco' and 'AlUla' in pale contrast lettering (one 2026 source describes 'AlUla' in cream across the chest, but this could not be confirmed in top-tier sources); bike sponsor Giant has no prominent jersey wordmark. Collar and sleeve cuffs are minimal, tone-on-tone purple. Bib shorts are the team's standard dark charcoal-grey MAAP 'Team Bib Evo' bibs (MAAP's 'shadow' grey introduced in 2025, carried into 2026) with MAAP branding; the swap-out range includes matching team socks carrying the flame motif. Only 150 swap-out sets were sold worldwide from 30 June, with the design permanently retired once sold out. (The regular 2026 kit, worn outside the Tour, is the same Aurora purple with the pale flame motif and no green, paired with dark grey shorts, the flame motif stretching to the socks.)

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The Car

leadership and staff shaping the Jayco AlUla Tour
Executive Brent Copeland editorial staff portrait
Brent Copeland
General manager
Jayco AlUla
Sporting Mat Hayman editorial staff portrait
Mat Hayman
Sports director
Jayco AlUla

The Eight

the Jayco AlUla Tour squad
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BO
Ben O'Connor
GC leader
30 yrsGC
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PA
Pascal Ackermann
Sprinter
32 yrsSprint
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LD
Luke Durbridge
Road captain / rouleur
35 yrsDomestique
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FE
Felix Engelhardt
Climber-domestique (Tour debutant)
25 yrsClimber
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MM
Michael Matthews
Stage hunter / puncheur-sprinter
35 yrsPuncheur
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KO
Kelland O'Brien
Lead-out / rouleur, TTT engine (Tour debutant)
28 yrsDomestique
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LP
Luke Plapp
TT specialist / breakaway stage hunter and GC support
25 yrsTime trial
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MS
Mauro Schmid
Puncheur / breakaway stage hunter
26 yrsPuncheur