From Egan Bernal to Jonas Vingegaard and more: the complete Giro d’Italia 2026 start list

As has been underlined for us by Tadej Pogačar‘s ultra-distance solo breakaways this last 12 months, we cycling fans do enjoy a little suspense. Well, the question marks and late withdrawals that have characterised the start list in the run-in to this year’s Giro d’Italia have certainly given us that.

At least two major contenders – Joāo Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) and Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) – have pulled out of the race, with the Portuguese rider citing illness and Carapaz still not fully recovered from a recent op.