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2026 Figueira Champions Classic start list - Morgado headlines home race

The 4th edition of the Figueira Champions Classic takes place on February 14, beginning in Figueira da Foz and concluding in Figueira da Foz. Read on for the complete start list of the 2026 Figueira Champions Classic.

by Ethan Lessiter
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In total, 24 teams are taking the start line on the Atlantic Coast on February 14, with seven riders on each team, bringing the total riders to 168 riders.

Eight UCI WorldTour teams will take the start, including Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, NSN, EF Education-EasyPost, UAE Team Emirates-XRG, Picnic PostNL, Lidl-Trek, Movistar and Lotto-Intermarché.

Five UCI ProTour teams will appear in the one-day race, those being: Pinarello-Q36.5, Euskatel-Euskadi, Cofidis, Tudor and Equipo Kern Pharma. 

Nine UCI Continental teams will take the start, with the contingent made up by a strong Portuguese majority, as follows: Anicolor / Campicarn, Team Tavira, Aviludo - Louletano - Loule, Credibom / La Aluminos / Marcos Car, Efapel Cycling, Feira dos Sofas - Boavista, Feriense - Beeceler, GI Group Holding - Simoldes - UDO and Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortagua.

Anoonio Morgado (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) is the highlight of the 2026 startlist and will be aiming to grab his first victory of the 2026 on home soil before heading to the Volta Algarve.

Figueira Champions Classic 2026 start list

Anicolor / Campicarn Cycling Team

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151 Alexis Guérin France
152 Artem Nych Russian Federation
153 Rafael Reis Portugal
154 Enzo Leijnse Netherlands
155 Carson Miles Canada
156 Louis Ferreira France
157 Tiago Santos Portugal

Feirense - Beeceler

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161 Harrison Wood United Kingdom
162 Alexandre Montez Portugal
163 Viacheslav Ivanov Russian Federation
164 Guilherme Mesquita Portugal
165 João Tomásio Portugal
166 Francisco Pereira Portugal
167 Victor De Paula Brazil

Efapel Cycling

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171 Joaquim Silva Portugal
172 Lucas Lopes Portugal
173 Rafael Durães Portugal
174 Diogo Gonçalves Portugal
175 Aleksandr Grigorev Russian Federation
176 Tiago Leal Portugal
177 Pedro Pinto Portugal

Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé

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181 Nicolas Tivani Argentina
182 André Carvalho Portugal
183 Filipe Francisco Portugal
184 Tomas Contte Argentina
185 Carlos Oyarzun Chile
186 Claudio Leal Portugal
187 Daniel Viegas Portugal

Credibom - LA Alumínios - Marcos Car

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191 Emanuel Duarte Portugal
192 Gonçalo Leaça Portugal
193 Diogo Pinto Portugal
194 Diogo Narciso Portugal
195 Duarte Domingues Portugal
196 João Medeiros Portugal
197 Hugo Nunes Portugal

Feira dos Sofás - Boavista

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201 Pedro Silva Portugal
202 Afonso Lopes Portugal
203 David Domínguez Spain
204 Oscar Rota Rus Spain
205 Joao Paulo Silva Portugal
206 Iker Bonillo Spain
207 Rúben Rodrigues Portugal

Team Tavira

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211 Diogo Barbosa Portugal
212 Noah Campos Portugal
213 Afonso Silva Portugal
214 Guilherme Mestre Portugal
216 Rodrigo Alves Portugal
217 Gabriel Costa Portugal

Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - UDO

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221 Adrián Bustamante Colombia
222 Rui Carvalho Portugal
223 Andrey André Brazil
224 André Ribeiro Portugal
225 Pedro Castro Pinto Portugal
226 Miguel Moreira Portugal
227 Miguel Costa Portugal

Tavfer - Ovos Matinados - Mortágua

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231 Goncalo Carvalho Portugal
232 Bruno Silva Portugal
233 Leangel Linarez Venezuela
234 Rafael Barbas Portugal
235 Diego Lopez Spain
236 Lois Dejesus Spain
237 Simão Lucas Portugal

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