2026 E3 Saxo Classic start list - Van der Poel and Pedersen headline the 'mini Tour of Flanders'
The 2026 edition of the E3 Saxo Classic will be raced on Friday, March 27, with riders testing themselves on the cobbles in the build up to the Tour of Flanders.
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In total 22 teams will take the start, each bringing seven riders, totalling the peloton up to 154 riders.
All 18 WorldTour teams are present, with also six ProTour teams lining up: Tudor Pro Cycling, Pinarello-Q36.5, Burgos Burpellet BH, Team Flanders-Baloise, TotalEnergies, and Unibet Rose Rockets.
Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Pemier Tech) and Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) headline the field, but riders like Christophe Laporte (Team Visma | Lease a Bike), Laurence Pithie (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), Mattias Vacek (Lidl-Trek) and Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility) are also worth watching.
E3 Saxo Classic start list
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