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Alasdair Fotheringham

Tour de France challenger Kévin Vauquelin rumoured to be Ineos Grenadiers-bound in 2026

Kévin Vauquelin Ineos Grenadiers Kevin Vauquelin France Tour de France Tour BELGA MAG DAVID PINTENS Arkéa Christian Prudhomme
French Kevin Vauquelin of Arkea-BB Hotels pictured at the start of stage six of the 2025 Tour de France cycling, from Bayeux to Vire Normandie (201 km), on Thursday 10 July 2025 in France. The 112th edition of the Tour de France starts on Saturday 5 July in Lille, France, and will finish in Paris, France on the 27th of July. BELGA PHOTO DAVID PINTENS (Photo by DAVID PINTENS / BELGA MAG / Belga via AFP) (Photo by DAVID PINTENS/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images).

Up-and-coming French talent Kévin Vauquelin, currently third overall in the Tour de France, is reportedly close to signing for Ineos Grenadiers in 2026.

A Tour de France stage winner in 2024, Vauquelin has already led the best young rider classification for three days in this year's race, prior to being ousted from the top spot by stage 5 time trial winner Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep).

Despite that time loss, after taking an excellent fifth in Wednesday's race against the clock, he nonetheless remains well-placed overall, 59 seconds down on current leader Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG).

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