Preview Tour de France 2026 overall classification
*** Tadej Pogacar
** Jonas Vingegaard
- Remco Evenepoel, Paul Seixas, Juan Ayuso, Florian Lipowitz, Richard Carapaz, Lenny Martínez, Tobias Johannessen
Pick: Tadej Pogacar
How: The Slovenian wins the Tour de France for the third time, taking the yellow jersey on the opening day and never letting go of it. He wins three stages along the way, and also takes the mountain classification. Vingegaard is second overall, but the Dane is not able to beat Pogacar in any stage and loses time in the time trial. Evenepoel is third, but the Belgian is not able to match the two on the climbs and also loses time in the time trial. Seixas is fourth, the Portuguese is the best of the rest but is not able to match the top three on the climbs. Ayuso is fifth, the Spaniard is the best young rider and is able to match the top three on the climbs but loses time in the time trial. Lipowitz is sixth, the Austrian is able to match the top three on the climbs but loses time in the time trial. Carapaz is seventh, the Ecuadorian is able to match the top three on the climbs but loses time in the time trial. Martínez is eighth, the Colombian is able to match the top three on the climbs but loses time in the time trial. Johannessen is ninth, the Norwegian is able to match the top three on the climbs but loses time in the time trial. The top ten is rounded out by Mauro Schmid, the Swiss is able to match the top three on the climbs but loses time in the time trial.
