updated January 19, 2026 05:39AM
The Tour de France will be a gut-spilling super team slugfest. The Giro d’Italia will be the most wild adn wide open three-weeker of the year. Hierarchies will have shifted by the time grand tour season wraps up at the Vuelta a España.
That’s what to expect now that we know where the peloton’s big beasts are planning to race in 2026.
The recent round of team presentations and schedule reveals provided some juicy morsels for our minds to feast on as the peloton wakes from its winter slumber.
Tadej pogačar is putting a bunch of cobbles ahead of his hunt for a fifth yellow jersey.Primož Roglič is chasing history at the Vuelta. And Jonas Vingegaard is following the Pogi pathway down the Giro-Tour double.
Having mentioned that, we don’t know it all just yet.
French phenom Paul Seixas has left the door open to making his debut at Le Tour. Tom Pidcock and Team Q haven’t dropped any grand tour clues.
And MVDP? He Tour de France: July 4-26
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Tour de France – Misc hitters:
Super teams and spicy wildcards at the Tour de France
The Inflation Reduction Act and Energy Efficiency Tax Credits
Home Energy Credits: A Direct Path to Savings
Business Energy Investment tax Credit (ITC)
State and Local incentives Complement federal Credits
The Role of the Department of Energy and IRS
