2026 Faun-Ardèche and Faun Drome start lists - Jorgenson, Healy, Morgado and Seixas headline stacked French weekend
The 2026 Faun-Ardèche is on Saturday, February 28, with the start and finish in Guilherand-Granges and the Faun Drome Classic is the day after, on Sunday, March 1, with the race commencing and concluding in Étoile-sur-Rhône. Riders line-up for the French one-day races including Paul Seixas, Matteo Jorgenson, Antonio Morgado and Ben Healy. Read on for the full start list of both editions.
Faun-Ardèche Classic teams
In total, there are 21 teams on the startlist, each fielding 7 riders, resulting in a peloton of 147.
12 UCI WorldTour teams feature: Visma | Lease a Bike, XDS-Astana, Decathlon CMA CGM, UAE Team Emirates-XRG, Lidl-Trek, Ineos, Movistar, Bahrain-Victorious, Picnic PostNL, Lotto-Intermache and EF Education-EasyPost. There are 6 UCI ProTour teams, including Pinarello Q36.5, the Unibet Rose Rockets, Cofidis, Caja Rural, Tudor, and TotalEnergies and 3 UCI Continental teams appear, Van Rysel - Roubaix, CIC Pro Cycling Academy and Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur.
Romain Grégoire lines up as the defending champion, but he is bound to face stern tests from the likes of Matteo Jorgenson (Visma | Lease a Bike), Jan Christen (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost), Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek), Christian Scaroni (XDS-Astana) and Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM).
Faun-Drome teams
In total, there are 21 teams on the startlist, each fielding 7 riders, resulting in a peloton of 147.
12 UCI WorldTour teams feature: Visma | Lease a Bike, XDS-Astana, Decathlon CMA CGM, UAE Team Emirates-XRG, Lidl-Trek, Ineos, Movistar, Bahrain-Victorious, Picnic PostNL, Lotto-Intermache and EF Education-EasyPost. There are 6 UCI ProTour teams, including Pinarello Q36.5, the Unibet Rose Rockets, Cofidis, Caja Rural, Tudor, and TotalEnergies and 3 UCI Continental teams appear, Van Rysel - Roubaix, CIC Pro Cycling Academy and Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur.
Headliners for this race include, Quin Simmons (Lidl-Trek), Christian Scaroni (XDS-Astana), and Antonio Morgado (UAE Team Emirates-XRG).
2026 Faun-Ardèche Classic startlist
2026 Faun Drome start list
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