• 2026-05-10
• Tour de Hongrie

Here's the provisional entry list of Tour de Hongrie

19 teams, 6 continents, 29 nations, 114 riders - this is how the field of the 47th Tour de Hongrie looks like 72 hours before the start.

This time, the field consists of 114 riders from 19 teams. Seven of the sport’s top WorldTeams are on the start list: XDS Astana, Lidl–Trek, UAE Team Emirates, Jayco AlUla, Bahrain Victorious, Soudal Quick-Step, and NSN Pro Cycling. The lineup is rounded out by 7 ProTeams, 3 Continental Teams, one Cyclo-Cross ProTeam, and the Hungarian national team.

The riders have literally come from all corners of the globe, as 99 European cyclists will be joined at the starting line by 6 from Oceania, 3 from South America, 3 from North America, 2 from Africa, and 1 from Asia. Italy leads the national rankings with 21 entrants, followed by Belgium (20) and Hungary (15).

The defending champion won’t be at the start this time: Ecuador’s Harold Martín López will be competing in the Giro d’Italia. The top contenders for the overall victory are Benoit Cosnefroy (UAE Team Emirates), who is having an outstanding season; Jakob Omrzel (Bahrain Victorious), the Giro Next Gen winner and Slovenian champion; and six-time Australian champion Luke Plapp (Jayco AlUla). The winner will be awarded the Visit Balaton 365 yellow jersey.

As for sprinters, there will be no shortage of world-class stars this time around either. Among the top riders preparing for the Tour de France, Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step) stands out—the former European champion and seven-time Grand Tour stage winner is one of the world’s best sprinters. His biggest challengers are Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious), who won two stages and the points classification back in 2021, Juan Sebastian Molano (UAE Team Emirates), winner of the last stage in 2025, and Fernando Gaviria (Caja Rural – Seguros RGA), former points classification winner of the Giro d’Italia.The winner of the points classification will be awarded the green jersey sponsored by Skoda and Europcar.

In three of the last four editions, Team Flanders–Baloise has claimed the red jersey of Cofidis, awarded to the winner of the mountains classification. Siebe Deweirdt won the category in both 2024 and 2025, and the Belgian rider will have a chance to go for a hat trick in 2026—a feat no one has ever achieved in the history of the race.

Fifteen Hungarian riders will compete in the 2026 Tour de Hongrie. The rider who finishes highest in the overall standings will be awarded the Magyar Közút white jersey. The top favorite for this title is the race’s most recent Hungarian winner: Attila Valter is returning to the peloton after a six-year hiatus. The biggest challenger to the Bahrain Victorious star could be the reigning Hungarian champion, former Tour de Hongrie silver medalist, and four-time white jersey winner, Márton Dina (MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort). 

Among the competitors, there are a total of eight riders who have won a stage in one of the three Grand Tours. Together, they have 25 Grand Tour stage victories (Merlier and Gaviria with 7 each, Mollema with 3, Molano, Arndt, and Lampaert with 2 each, and Plapp and Teunissen with 1 each). Alongside them, five reigning national road race champions (Márton Dina, Nikiforos Arvanitou, Mohammad Almutaiwei, Jakob Omrzel, Rotem Tene), three track cycling Olympic champions (Kelland O’Brien, Iuri Leitao, Rui Oliveira), and one European cyclo-cross champion (Michael Vanthourenhout) have also secured a spot on the start list.

You can download the provisional entry list from here.