EF Education-EasyPost 2026 Tour de France: Carapaz and Healy headline stage hunting squad
The American team shone on the big stage last year. Ben Healy spearheaded the team by winning a stage and enjoying a spell in the yellow jersey before going on to finish in the top 10 overall. If one of their riders can wear the yellow jersey, it would mark the third consecutive edition doing so. Here's a look at who will feature for EF Education-EasyPost in the 2026 Tour de France.
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2025 Tour de France:
- 2025 Tour stage wins: 1
- 2025 Best GC finish: 9th - Ben Healy
2026 Objectives:
The American team will be spearheaded by former yellow jersey wearers and top 10 GC finishers Richard Carapaz and Ben Healy.
The stage hunters also include the recent Giro stage winner Michael Valgren, as well as Alex Baudin, who claimed the opening stage of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and spent a spell in yellow.
EF Education-EasyPost: 2026 Tour de France squad
| Rider | Nation | Tour appearances (not inc 2026) | Stage wins | Best GC finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ben Healy | Ireland | 2 | 1 | 9th (2025) |
Kasper Asgreen | Denmark | 6 | 1 | 64th (2021) |
Alex Baudin | France | 1 | 0 | 46th (2025) |
Richard Carapaz | Ecuador | 4 | 1 | 3rd (2021) |
Sean Quinn | United States | 1 | 0 | 78th (2024) |
Max Walker | United Kingdom | 0 | 0 | n/a |
Michael Valgren | Denmark | 8 | 0 | 44th (2018) |
Georg Steinhauser | Germany | 0 | 0 | n/a |
EF Education-EasyPost 2026 Tour de France line up
🇫🇷 Alex Baudin (25): The Frenchman made his Tour debut twelve months ago, featuring in multiple breakaways. His stock has since risen after winning the opening stage of the Tour Auvergne - Rhône-Alpes (Dauphiné) from the breakaway, and has the capabilities to replicate a similar performance in the Tour.
🇩🇰 Kasper Asgreen (31): A man who knows what it takes to win big races, Kasper Asgreen always poses a threat, even on days where a breakaway wouldn’t initially be expected to thrive.
🇮🇪 Ben Healy (25): The Irishman was one of the stars of the show in 2025. After winning stage 6, Healy's Tour grew even better when he climbed into theyellow on stage 10. He would concede the jersey two days later, but battled his way to a career-best Grand Tour finish of ninth.
🇬🇧 Max Walker (24): The British rider is one of many who are not only making their Tour de France debut but also their Grand Tour debut. Walker has featured in breakaways during both Paris-Nice and the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes this season
🇪🇨 Richard Carapaz (33): Ruled out of the Giro due to a perineal cyst, the Ecuadorian turns his attention to the Tour, where he has enjoyed plenty of success over the years. Carapaz won a stage and the KOM classification in 2024 and also finished third overall in 2021. Carapaz has outlined his ambitions for the mountains classification, and he will be a hard man to stop if he is anything close to his best this July.
🇺🇸 Sean Quinn (26): The former American Champion is lining up for his fourth Grand Tour and second lap of France. Quinn looked particularly strong at the Tour of the Alps in April, where he scored multiple top ten stage finishes and featured in a breakaway.
🇩🇪 Georg Steinhauser (24): Steinhauser is a former Grand Tour stage winner, having won at the Giro in 2024. This season saw the German score an impressive third-place finish overall at Paris-Nice. Most recently, Steinahuser was very active at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, featuring in multiple breakaways, a positive sign ahead of his Tour debut.
🇩🇰 Michael Valgren (34): One of the most experienced riders in the peloton, Michael Valgren has enjoyed a renaissance in 2026. Valgren claimed his first victory in five years back in March at Tirreno-Adriatico, and the Dane then added his first Grand Tour stage in May winning at the Giro d'Italia.
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