A 2026 thread to discuss all things cycling related such as upcoming tours, world championships, debates and news anything to with the world of cycling.

Cycling Calendar:

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/calendar

To go through where we are with World Tour teams:

• NSN Cycling (formerly Israel Premier-Tech), Lotto and Uno-X have been 'promoted' to WorldTour Level

• Cofidis have been 'relegated' to ProTour

• Arkea and Intermarché-Wanty no longer exist (the latter has been merged into Lotto)

As far as I can see, Cofidis and Tudor Pro Cycling are the best second-division teams so will get an automatic wildcard into all three Grand Tours if they want it. That just leaves Tom Pidcock's Q36.5 as not being guaranteed anything but I imagine they'll get at least a couple of wildcards after Tom's Vuelta performance.

Also - Simon Yates has retired Don't think I saw that one coming!