This page covers Kévin Vauquelin's 2026 season race-by-race, including results, roles, key moments, and incidents for each race. Each entry is a spoiler for the corresponding race. Read no further if you intend to watch any of them unspoiled.
Kévin Vauquelin's June centred on the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (the rebranded Critérium du Dauphiné), where his team — racing as Netcompany–INEOS — produced a powerful ride in the stage-3 team time trial, leading at both intermediate checkpoints before settling for second. That briefly lifted Vauquelin to second overall at +0:12, his high-water mark of the race. The mountains moved him down the standings, and he ended the week on the attack, bridging into the breakaway on the final stage to Plateau de Solaison before being distanced on the closing climb. An aggressive, visible week as a Tour de France warm-up, without a GC result.
Vauquelin went on the offensive, bridging to the day's breakaway on the early climbs before being distanced on the final ascent — an aggressive end to a race where he had briefly sat second overall after the TTT.
Netcompany–INEOS led the TTT at both checkpoints before fading to second by nine seconds. The ride vaulted Vauquelin to second on GC at +0:12, his best position of the race.
Vauquelin briefly sat second overall after INEOS's strong stage-3 TTT before the mountains moved him down. He attacked on the final stage, finishing an aggressive week without a GC result.
Vauquelin was the day's chief aggressor, counter-attacking with Lipowitz to bridge to Alaphilippe and briefly threatening the yellow jersey before Lidl-Trek shut the move down at the foot of the final climb. The effort cost him on the run-in but he held fifth overall.
Vauquelin was sixth in the time trial, a second behind teammate Arensman, keeping INEOS with multiple riders high on GC. He went on to finish fifth overall and animated the final stage with an attack in the Malhão hills.
Vauquelin took fifth overall and was the chief aggressor of the final stage, counter-attacking with Lipowitz to bridge to Alaphilippe and briefly threatening the yellow jersey before Lidl-Trek closed the gap. Sixth in the ITT underlined his all-round form.