S14 Ep154: The 2026 World Tour Review, Part I

We continue our trilogy of podcasts weighing up how every major team fared in the 2026 season in the first of two parts focusing on the World Tour.  

Did Mathieu van der Poel’s failure to win a Monument turn Alpecin-Premier Tech’s campaign into one they’ll want to forget? Do we all agree that Netcompany-INEOS’s 36 wins automatically make their 2026 an unqualified success? And who out of Décathlon CMA-CGM, Lidl-Trek, Groupama-FDJ, EF Education First-Easypost, Jayco-AlUla and Lotto Intermarché will be celebrating – and who will be looking back, if not in anger, then at least with some regrets.  

Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie answer these questions, as well as giving their verdict on the 2027 Giro d’Italia route unveiled earlier this week. 

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