Jordan Jegat will join Lidl-Trek from TotalEnergies for the 2027 season after signing a three-year contract running through the end of 2029.
The 27-year-old French climber becomes Lidl-Trek’s first new recruit for 2027 and will make the step up to the WorldTour after establishing himself as one of the most consistent Grand Tour riders outside cycling’s top division.
Jegat has finished inside the top 10 at each of the past two Tours de France, including 10th overall in 2026, and also claimed the first professional victory of his career earlier this season at the Classic Grand Besançon Doubs. Lidl-Trek see his climbing, tactical judgement and consistency across three weeks as qualities that can strengthen their Grand Tour group.
Read Lidl-Trek’s official announcement.
The move is the latest confirmed deal in ProCyclingUK’s Men’s Cycling Transfers Hub, which tracks the major signings, extensions and departures shaping the 2027 peloton.
Jegat earns WorldTour move after another breakthrough season
Jegat’s progress through the French professional ranks has been unusually steady rather than explosive. The Breton has improved season by season with TotalEnergies, gradually becoming a rider capable of producing significant results in both climbing races and Grand Tours.
His 2026 season began particularly well when he took his first professional victory at the Classic Grand Besançon Doubs, a strong response after what Lidl-Trek described as a difficult winter. The more important confirmation came at the Tour de France, where Jegat again demonstrated that he can remain competitive across three weeks rather than relying on one isolated breakthrough.
Jegat finished 10th overall at the 2026 Tour, 33 minutes 21 seconds behind five-time winner Tadej Pogačar. The Tour de France 2026 final results show him completing a remarkably strong top 10 containing riders including Remco Evenepoel, Isaac del Toro, Paul Seixas, Mattias Skjelmose, Juan Ayuso, Richard Carapaz and Tom Pidcock.
That result followed another top-10 finish in 2025 and removes much of the uncertainty over whether Jegat can repeatedly sustain a high overall level at the Tour.
Photo Credit: GettyBreakaway racing has been central to Jegat’s Tour success
Jegat’s GC results have not come through trying to match the strongest Tour contenders on every decisive mountain.
One of his greatest strengths has been recognising when breakaways can become part of an overall classification strategy.
That was particularly evident during the 2026 Tour. On Stage 17, Jegat joined the decisive move and gained the full 8 minutes 46 seconds on the main yellow jersey group, consolidating ninth place and dramatically reducing the gap to the riders immediately ahead of him. ProCyclingUK’s GC update after Tour de France Stage 17 highlighted how important that move was to his eventual top-10 result.
It is precisely that combination of climbing and tactical awareness that makes Jegat particularly useful to Lidl-Trek.
He does not need to be designated as an outright Grand Tour leader to influence the classification. He can support another leader, retain his own GC position and use breakaways when the race situation allows him greater freedom.
That flexibility is increasingly valuable on a squad with several high-level stage-racing options.
Jegat wants to discover the Giro and Vuelta
The move should also expand Jegat’s Grand Tour programme beyond the race that has defined much of his recent success.
He has made clear that one of the attractions of joining Lidl-Trek is the opportunity to experience the Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España while continuing to develop at WorldTour level.
Jegat said:
“I’m really excited and proud to join the team. I hope to keep improving, keep learning and reach my full potential over the coming years. I’m happy to join Julien Bernard again. He’s a great friend and played an important role in making this transfer happen.”
His first professional victory in 2026 has also increased his ambition to target more wins rather than measuring progress solely through GC positions.
“I won my first race this year, and I want to win again. I’m looking forward to discovering the Vuelta and the Giro, and to confirming my place at WorldTour level. I want to keep progressing and aim for even better results.”
The Tour nevertheless remains particularly important to him.
“Of course, the Tour de France will always be the race I love the most. I’m looking forward to helping the team achieve the best possible results. Can’t wait for what’s next!”
Lidl-Trek believe there is still more to unlock
Lidl-Trek CEO Andy Schleck pointed towards Jegat’s consistency rather than any single result when explaining the signing.
Two consecutive Tour top 10s provide strong evidence that Jegat can remain competitive through the accumulated fatigue of a Grand Tour, while his ability to climb and judge breakaways gives the team something more flexible than a conventional protected GC rider.
Schleck said:
“Jordan has demonstrated a lot of qualities that have impressed us: consistency across three weeks, strong climbing and a smart racing instinct. He also has a mature, positive outlook and the right mindset for our team.”
Most significantly, Lidl-Trek do not appear to view the 27-year-old as a finished product.
“His two top-10 results in the Tour de France confirm his ability, but we think we can unlock even more from him at Lidl-Trek. We’re looking forward to working with him.”
That makes the three-year contract important. Jegat is being signed not simply to reproduce what he has already done with TotalEnergies, but with the expectation that a move into a WorldTour performance structure can raise his level further.
His 2026 Tour showed exactly what Lidl-Trek are signing
Jegat’s final Tour position was built through persistence as much as raw climbing ability.
He repeatedly appeared in strong breakaways during the race and continued looking for opportunities even deep into the final week. By Stage 20, he was still attacking on difficult terrain while defending his place inside the top 10.
ProCyclingUK’s Stage 20 report from the 2025 Tour also provides a useful example of the same racing instinct a year earlier, with Jegat attacking on the Côte de Thésy while trying to improve his overall classification.
That consistency across two editions is arguably more important than one headline mountain result.
A rider who can remain tactically active late in a Grand Tour while still protecting a top-10 GC position gives his team several ways to influence the race.
What Jegat brings to Lidl-Trek
Jegat’s arrival gives Lidl-Trek another rider capable of operating between a pure domestique role and his own general classification ambitions.
His consecutive Tour top 10s mean he has already demonstrated a level of three-week consistency that relatively few riders can offer. At the same time, the way he has achieved those results means he does not necessarily require an entire team to be built around him.
That should make him particularly valuable when Lidl-Trek arrive at a Grand Tour with a more obvious protected leader.
Jegat can provide mountain support when required, preserve his own classification if the race allows it and then move into breakaways when there is an opportunity to gain time or pursue a stage result.
Lidl-Trek already demonstrated their Grand Tour strength during the 2026 Tour, with Mattias Skjelmose finishing sixth and Juan Ayuso seventh overall, while the team also won the team classification. The 2026 Tour de France final standings underline the depth of the stage-racing group Jegat is joining.
Adding another rider capable of finishing inside the Tour top 10 strengthens that depth even further.
A three-year deal gives Jegat time to find his WorldTour ceiling
The length of the contract is significant.
Jegat will spend his age-28, 29 and 30 seasons with Lidl-Trek, giving both rider and team enough time to determine whether his existing Grand Tour level can be pushed significantly higher.
His immediate objectives do not need to centre on turning 10th at the Tour into a podium challenge. Simply broadening his programme to include the Giro and Vuelta, improving his climbing within a WorldTour structure and becoming a more regular race winner would already represent substantial development.
There is also value in discovering whether his breakaway-based approach to GC can evolve once he is surrounded by a deeper support structure.
Jegat has built his reputation by extracting the maximum from the opportunities available to him at TotalEnergies. Lidl-Trek will now try to establish what happens when those opportunities become broader.
He will complete the 2026 season with TotalEnergies before making the move on 1 January.
From 2027, Jordan Jegat will become a Lidl-Trek rider on a contract through the end of 2029, stepping into the WorldTour after two consecutive Tour de France top 10s and with the expectation that his best stage-racing years may still be ahead of him.
