The elder statesman of the team lines up for his twelfth and final Tour de France before retiring at the end of 2026 — and he arrives flying, having won the GP Miguel Indurain in March and cracked the top ten at both Paris-Nice and Itzulia. The only active Spanish rider with stage wins in all three Grand Tours, the Basque veteran will hunt one last mountain breakaway. Cofidis's most recent Tour stage win is his: Belleville-en-Beaujolais, 2023.
Palmarès
- Tour de France stage winner (2016, 2023)
- Giro d'Italia stage winner (2012)
- Vuelta a España stage winner (2020)
- Itzulia Basque Country overall winner (2019)
- Tour de Pologne overall winner (2015)
- GP Miguel Indurain winner for the third time (2026)
Cut-out factCycling runs in the family: his father José Ramón raced professionally and his brother Gorka was a long-time pro and teammate — Ion won a Giro stage on his very first Grand Tour in 2012.
The squad
Riding the 2026 Tour with Piet Allegaert, Alex Aranburu, Jenthe Biermans, Milan Fretin, Alex Kirsch, Hugo Page, Benjamin Thomas — see the full Cofidis team page.
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