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Stephen Farrand

'We’ll now wait for the routes of the other Grand Tours' - Red Bull hold off naming Remco Evenepoel as 2026 Tour de France team leader

BAYEUX, FRANCE - JULY 10: (L-R) Remco Evenepoel of Belgium and Team Soudal Quick-Step - White best young jersey, Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia and UAE Team Emirates - XRG - Yellow leader jersey prior to the 112th Tour de France, Stage 6 a 201.5km stage from Bayeux to Vire Normandie / #UCIWT / on July 10, 2025 in Bayeux, France. (Photo by Dario Belingheri/Getty Images).

Remco Evenepoel is likely to target the 2026 Tour de France, despite the limited time trialling, but his new Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe team opted to keep a low profile on the day of the route presentation and avoided revealing who will lead their team next July.

Evenepoel is currently in southern Germany and Austria at the Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe off-season get-together. Due to UCI rules, he is under contract with Soudal-QuickStep until the end of the year, but is allowed to start working with his new team. Some social media posts on Thursday showed Red Bull riders and staff visiting the Red Bull Athlete Performance Centre in Salzburg, taking helicopter trips and testing their F1 car Pit Stop times.

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