Carapaz named 2026 Tour de France Super Combativity Award winner

The Tour de France organisers announced an 11 rider shortlist following stage 20, recognising those who had shaped the race through breakaways, aggressive racing and a willingness to attack.

Carapaz's Tour de France was defined by the Alps. The Ecuadorian animated several mountain stages, took two stage wins and secured the polka dot jersey on the queen stage to Alpe d'Huez, when he went in the breakaway and led over the Col de la Croix de Fer, Col du Télégraphe, Col du Galibier and Col de Sarenne to take the mountains classification with a day to spare.

Mads Pedersen had been the fan vote winner, having spent three weeks at the front of the race for Lidl-Trek. The Dane won a stage, sealed the green jersey and joined multiple breakaways across all three weeks. H

is fighting spirit was particularly evident in the final mountain stages, where he continued to race aggressively despite the demanding terrain.

The final winner was determined by combining the jury's verdict with the result of the public vote. Pedersen took the fan vote earlier in the day, but the Ecuadorian's mountain heroics and his double stage win in the Alps pushed him ahead of the Dane in the jury's decision.