The full start list for the 2026 Simac Ladies Tour, now officially racing as the Eneco Tour Women, contains 84 riders across 14 teams. The six-day Dutch stage race starts in The Hague on Tuesday 13 October and finishes in Arnhem on Sunday 18 October.
The race has changed name and status for 2026, but it remains the direct continuation of the Simac Ladies Tour. It has moved to UCI 2.1 level and now runs alongside the men’s Eneco Tour, with the women following their own classification across a short prologue, a longer time trial, flat stages and two harder days including the Col du VAM.
Lorena Wiebes, who won the 2025 edition and five of its six stages, is not on the 2026 start list. That leaves Dutch champion Lieke Nooijen wearing number 1, while Charlotte Kool is the clearest pure sprinter in the field. Femke de Vries, Nienke Vinke, Pfeiffer Georgi and Femke Gerritse are among the other riders likely to matter once the race reaches the time trials and harder stages.
For the full course breakdown, see the Eneco Tour Women 2026 route guide. The beginner’s guide to the 2026 Simac Ladies Tour explains the name change and why the event is no longer part of the Women’s WorldTour.
Full Simac Ladies Tour 2026 start list
Team Visma | Lease a Bike Women
1. Lieke Nooijen
2. Viktória Chladoňová
3. Femke de Vries
4. Katharina Sadnik
5. Margaux Vigié
6. Imogen Wolff
Team SD Worx-Protime
11. Elena Cecchini
12. Femke Gerritse
13. Barbara Guarischi
14. Femke Markus
15. Julia Kopecky
16. Nienke Vinke
AG Insurance-Soudal Team
21. Fauve Bastiaenssen
22. Letizia Borghesi
23. Marthe Goossens
24. Nina Lavenu
25. Tess Moerman
26. Nicole Steigenga
Fenix-Premier Tech
31. Charlotte Kool
32. Mylene de Zoete
33. Puck Langenbarg
34. Christina Schweinberger
35. Marthe Truyen
36. Anna Vanderaerden
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41. Talia Appleton
42. Jeanne Korevaar
43. Silke Smulders
44. Sidney Swierenga
45. Anabelle Thomas
46. Quinty Ton
Team Picnic PostNL
51. Pfeiffer Georgi
52. Eleonora Ciabocco
53. Mia Griffin
54. Gaia Masetti
55. Dilyxine Miermont
56. Josie Nelson
Lotto-Intermarché Ladies
61. Dina Boels
62. Elisabeth Ebras
63. Annelies Nijssen
64. Linda Riedmann
65. Sandrine Tas
66. Lani Wittevrongel
VolkerWessels Cycling Team
71. Florien Bolks
72. Anneke Dijkstra
73. Maud Rijnbeek
74. Scarlett Souren
75. Lonneke Uneken
76. Amber van der Hulst
Citymesh-Customm Pro Cycling Team
81. Manon de Boer
82. Cleo Kiekens
83. Elise Timmerman
84. Femke van Goethem
85. Lotte Van Ombergen
86. Eline van Rooijen
Hitec Products-Fluid Control
91. Kamma Bergholt
92. Julia Borgström
93. Rikke Steen Enstad
94. Magdalene Lind
95. Laura Lizette Sander
96. Stine Marie Snortheim
O’Shea Red Chilli Bikes
101. Ida Krickau Ketelsen
102. Puck Oudeman
103. Meave Plouffe-Moroney
104. Kaia Schmid
105. Evie Smith
106. Yilla Threels
Vini Fantini-BePink
111. Misia Belotti
112. Andrea Casagranda
113. Marina Garau Roca
114. Vittoria Grassi
115. Fariba Hashimi
116. Sonia Rossetti
Carbonbike Giordana Sofré
121. Anouk Van Leest
122. Rose Kloese
123. Josse Nonneman
124. Dina Scavone
125. Antje Valkeneers
126. Carmen Van Der Veen
WV Schijndel
131. Fenna Hoegee
132. Isere Koster
133. Iris Mulder
134. Sara Sonnemans
135. Zoë Van Velzen
136. Sophia Zwaan
Who stands out on the 2026 start list?
The opening prologue and 13.6km Tilburg time trial give Visma | Lease a Bike several options through Nooijen and de Vries, while Vinke gives SD Worx-Protime a rider capable of handling both the clock and the harder road stages. Gerritse and Markus add further depth for a team without its usual headline leaders.
Kool should start as the rider to beat in the flatter finishes. Fenix-Premier Tech also have Christina Schweinberger and Truyen for positioning and harder finales, while Picnic PostNL can build around Georgi on the more selective days and still use Josie Nelson when the race comes back together.
The field is much smaller than the old Women’s WorldTour versions of the race, but the lower 2.1 classification also gives more space to Dutch and Belgian teams. VolkerWessels, Citymesh-Customm, Hitec, O’Shea Red Chilli Bikes and the two club teams all get a rare six-day stage-race opportunity alongside WorldTour opposition.
For background on how the event developed from the Holland Ladies Tour through the Boels and Simac eras, see A brief history of the Simac Ladies Tour.
