A late call-up for the injured Christophe Laporte, the young Norwegian makes history as the first rider to graduate from Team Visma | Lease a Bike's development squad to a Tour de France start. The 2021 junior world champion announced himself this spring with a stunning second place at E3 Saxo Classic behind Mathieu van der Poel. He'll shepherd Vingegaard through the wind and cobbles of the nervous opening week — and turns 23 during the race, on 10 July.
Palmarès
- Junior world road race champion (2021)
- E3 Saxo Classic 2nd behind Van der Poel (2026)
- Münsterland Giro winner (2023)
- Ronde van Drenthe winner (2023)
- Antwerp Port Epic winner (2026)
- Paris-Nice TTT stage winner (2025)
Cut-out factNorway's first-ever junior road race world champion, he grew up racing cross-country skis in winter before choosing two wheels over two planks.
The squad
Riding the 2026 Tour with Jonas Vingegaard, Matteo Jorgenson, Bruno Armirail, Victor Campenaerts, Sepp Kuss, Edoardo Affini, Davide Piganzoli — see the full Visma | Lease a Bike team page.
Portrait: AI paper-collage render (gpt-image-2) after a reference photograph — source: Wikimedia Commons, author: Renhour48, license: CC0.
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