The Tour of the Alps 2026 opens with a stage entirely in Austria. The first fraction from Innsbruck is probably among the easier ones of the week, although in reality, it's not that straightforward.

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The finish line banner is on the Rennweg, which in 2018 crowned Alejandro Valverde world champion, after a stage of 144.3 km. The finale is characterized by the double climb of Götzens (4 km at 6.9%), followed by the steep section of Axams (1 km at 5.9%), which will be tackled for the second and final time 22 km from the finish. Some selection will already emerge here, where in 2021, on a very similar finale, Gianni Moscon triumphed.

THE STARTERS

Tudor Pro Cycling Team
1. STORER Michael
2. WARBASSE Larry
3. BARTA Will
4. RONDEL Mathys
5. STORK Florian
6. JASCH Lennart
7. WILKSCH Hannes

INEOS Grenadiers
11. ARENSMAN Thymen
12. BERNAL Egan
13. FOSS Tobias
14. LANGELLOTTI Victor
15. OXENBERG Peter
16. SVESTAD-BARDSENG Embret
17. MILESI Nicolas

Lidl - Trek
21. GEE-WEST Derek
22. GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel
23. OOMEN Sam
24. SOBRERO Matteo
25. BENZ Benedikt
26. WARD Jack

Bahrain - Victorious
31. OMRZEL Jakob
32. VAN DER MEULEN Max
33. ERMAKOV Roman
34. KEPPLINGER Rainer
35. STOCKWELL Oliver
36. BORREMANS Kasper
37. FELDHOFFER Balint

EF Education - EasyPost
41. QUINN Sean
42. CEPEDA Jefferson Alexander
43. RAFFERTY Darren
44. MACKELLAR Alastair
45. RODRIGUEZ Juan Felipe
46. GOLLIKER Joshua

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
51. PELLIZZARI Giulio
52. HERZOG Emil
53. ALEOTTI Giovanni
54. VLASOV Aleksandr
55. ZWIEHOFF Ben
56. BOCK Max
57. FINN Lorenzo

Team Jayco AlUla
61. O'CONNOR Ben
62. DOUBLE Paul
63. ENGELHARDT Felix
64. JUUL-JENSEN Christopher
65. BOUWMAN Koen
66. PICKERING Finlay
67. PORTER Rudy

Team Picnic PostNL
71. GAFFURI Mattia
72. HAMILTON Chris
73. LEEMREIZE Gijs
74. KNOX James
75. TVEDT Ulrik
76. VANHUFFEL Matteo

Bardiani CSF 7 Saber
82. COVILI Luca
83. HERRENO Martin Santiago
84. PALETTI Luca
85. ROJAS Vicente
86. STENICO Mattia
87. TOLIO Alex

MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort
91. VERRE Alessandro
92. CRETTI Luca
93. DINA Marton
94. GRUSZCZYNSKI Filip
95. BRACALENTE Diego
96. NESPOLI Lorenzo
97. VALENT Mark

Solution Tech NIPPO Rali
101. NENCINI Tommaso
102. PIRAS Andrea
103. BALMER Alexandre
104. GRANGER Ben
105. BERTOLLI Samuel
106. VERRANDO Luca
107. POZZOVIVO Domenico

Team Polti VisitMalta
111. BAIS Davide
112. BAIS Mattia
113. BESSEGA Gabriele
114. PIETROBON Andrea
115. BENITO Adrian
116. TONELLI Alessandro

Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
121. PIDCOCK Thomas
122. CALZONI Walter
123. DONOVAN Mark
124. BADILATTI Matteo
125. HARPER Chris
127. HOWSON Damien

Team UKYO
131. DATI Tommaso
132. ISHIBASHI Manabu
133. D'AMATO Andrea
134. RACCANI Simone
135. GARIBBO Nicolo
136. ZERAY Nahom
137. IACOMONI Federico

Team Vorarlberg
141. CIREDDU Ignazio
142. FEURSTEIN Kilian
143. HOFBAUER Philipp
144. NOLDE Tobias
145. ROBER Dominik
146. STUSSI Colin
147. ZANGERLE Emanuel

Austria
151. DIRNBAUER Josef
152. ECKERSTORFER Benjamin
153. FEDERSPIEL Daniel
154. MESSNER Martin
155. PAUMANN David
156. POSCHACHER Valentin
157. ZOIDL Riccardo

Italy
161. ATTOLINI Luca
162. BAMBAGIONI Tommaso
163. BICELLI Michele
164. CATTANI Alessandro
165. DE CASSAN Davide
166. VESCO Leonardo
167. QUAGLIA Tommaso