2025 Etoile de Bessèges (2.1), France
55th edition: February 5 - 9, 2025
Etoile de Bessèges podium history | 2024 edition | Start list
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5
Sunday, February 9: Fifth & Final Stage, Alès - Alès (l'Ermitage) 10.645 km individual time trial.
Kévin Vauquelin on his way to winning the stage stage and the 2025 Etoile de Bessèges. Getty Sport photo
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Weather at the race city of Alès at 2:20 PM, local time: 10C (50F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the east at 13 km/hr (8 mph). There is currently a 1% chance of rain, rising to 23% at 4:00 PM.
The race: Here's the report from winner Kévin Vauquelin's Team Arkea-B&B Hotels.
Riding his brand new Bianchi Aquila RC, Kévin Vauquelin secured his overall victory in the Etoile de Bessèges by winning the traditional time trial in Alès.
Thibault Guernalec, 4th in this final stage, finished 5th overall.
Kévin Vauquelin:
This victory in the overall classification and in the time trial are very satisfying results, both personally and for the Arkea-B&B Hotels team. I had quite a big lead in the overall classification this morning, so it gave me a good idea of what to expect on this final stage. It's a reward for all the hard work I've put in all week and over the winter. I had a bit of revenge to take here on the Etoile de Bessèges, after a special week and a very trying day yesterday. To finish like that is really good. I'm pleased to have inaugurated the Bianchi Aquila RC time trial bike in such a good way, with this success. Thibault Guernalec also set a good time, so those are obviously positive signs. It shows that it's a fast bike. I really enjoyed riding it today. It bodes well for the rest of the season.
Thibault Guernalec:
My main objective for the week was to win the overall classification of the Étoile de Bessèges through Kévin Vauquelin. With all the ups and downs we've been through, I also wanted to do well in the general classification. It did me good to do the ascent of Mont Bouquet at full speed, to redo things I'd done before. It's good for my head for what's to come. We have a new time trial bike developed by Bianchi which is great. It saves an incredible amount of time compared to the old model. It's bound to pull everyone up. The Bianchi engineers have done a great job. We had no doubt about it, we'd already tested it in the wind tunnel and now we can see how it performs in the race: it's a victory!
Yvon Ledanois, Sports Director:
Winning the overall classification of the Étoile de Bessèges was the objective I set myself before setting off. It's good to have achieved it. Now we need to keep up the momentum. We've got a big season ahead of us. We have a very good Arkea-B&B Hotels team, as we've seen all week. Kévin Vauquelin is a leader who is always there. He needs to keep up this momentum because it's going to be a long season. Coming back to this Sunday's time trial in Alès, I'm also pleased to see that Thibault Guernalec was there (4th in the stage, editor's note). He was motivated yesterday after Mont Bouquet and finished 5th overall. I'm really happy for him. And on the subject of equipment, we ‘christened’ our new Bianchi Aquila RC time trial bike with a victory. The feedback from the riders is very positive. It's also a good thing for the future.
Complete results:
10.645 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.251 km/hr
| 1 | Kévin Vauquelin | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 15min 7se |
| 2 | Remi Cavagna | Groupama-FDJ | @ 19sec |
| 3 | Dylan Teuns | Cofidis | 0:21 |
| 4 | Thibault Guernalec | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 0:24 |
| 5 | Maxime Decomble | Groupama-FDJ | 0:25 |
| 6 | Vincent Van Hemelen | Team Flanders-Baloise | 0:29 |
| 7 | Pierre Latour | Team TotalEnergies | 0:35 |
| 8 | Kevin Geniets | Groupama-FDJ | 0:38 |
| 9 | Damien Touzé | Cofidis | 0:43 |
| 10 | Oliver Knight | Cofidis | 0:45 |
| 11 | Clement Izquierdo | Cofidis | 0:46 |
| 12 | Fabien Doubey | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 13 | Théo Delacroix | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 0:50 |
| 14 | Anthony Perez | Cofidis | 0:52 |
| 15 | Alexandre Delettre | Team TotalEnergies | 1:03 |
| 16 | Nicolas Breuillard | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 1:05 |
| 17 | Juri Hollmann | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 1:08 |
| 18 | Baptiste Gillet | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 1:10 |
| 19 | Thomas Champion | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 1:13 |
| 20 | Victor Vercouillie | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 21 | Sam Maisonobe | Cofidis | 1:15 |
| 22 | Pierre Thierry | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 1:18 |
| 23 | Célestin Guillon | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 1:20 |
| 24 | Anthony Delaplace | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 25 | Alexys Brunel | Team TotalEnergies | 1:22 |
| 26 | Cyril Barthe | Groupama-FDJ | 1:23 |
| 27 | Clément Russo | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 28 | Florian Sénéchal | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 1:28 |
| 29 | Valentin Retailleau | Team TotalEnergies | 1:38 |
| 30 | Killian Théot | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 1:45 |
| 31 | Jelle Vermoote | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 32 | Dylan Vandenstorme | Team Flanders-Baloise | 1:46 |
| 33 | Arnaud Démare | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 1:48 |
| 34 | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama-FDJ | 1:56 |
| 35 | Paul Penhoët | Groupama-FDJ | 1:58 |
| 36 | Alex Colman | Team Flanders-Baloise | 1:59 |
| 37 | Sandy Dujardin | Team TotalEnergies | 2:00 |
| 38 | Marco Tizza | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 39 | Elias Maris | Team Flanders-Baloise | 2:05 |
| 40 | Jérémy Lecroq | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 2:09 |
| 41 | Arnaud De Lie | Lotto | 2:10 |
| 42 | Maxime Jarnet | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 2:12 |
| 43 | Damien Girard | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 2:14 |
| 44 | Baptiste Planckaert | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 2:18 |
| 45 | Thomas Bonnet | Team TotalEnergies | 2:21 |
| 46 | Romain Cardis | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 2:28 |
| 47 | Alexander Konijn | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 2:30 |
| 48 | Corentin Devroute | CIC-U-Nantes | 2:40 |
| 49 | Ronan Augé | CIC-U-Nantes | 2:41 |
| 50 | Jaakko Hänninen | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 2:44 |
| 51 | Justin Ducret | CIC-U-Nantes | 3:01 |
Final GC after stage 5:
- GC winner: Kévin Vauquelin (Arkea-B&B Hotels)
- Mountains classification winner: Victor Vercouillie (Team Flanders-Baloise)
- Points classification winner: Kévin Vauquelin (Arkea-B&B Hotels)
- Best young rider: Clément Izquierdo (Cofidis)
- Teams classification winner: Groupama-FDJ
590.745 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.269 km/hr
| 1 | Kévin Vauquelin | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 13hr 20min 40sec |
| 2 | Dylan Teuns | Cofidis | @ 1min 22sec |
| 3 | Kevin Geniets | Groupama-FDJ | 1:35 |
| 4 | Pierre Latour | Team TotalEnergies | 1:46 |
| 5 | Thibault Guernalec | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 1:55 |
| 6 | Nicolas Breuillard | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 1:56 |
| 7 | Damien Touzé | Cofidis | 2:02 |
| 8 | Vincent Van Hemelen | Team Flanders-Baloise | 2:20 |
| 9 | Thomas Champion | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 2:23 |
| 10 | Fabien Doubey | Team TotalEnergies | 2:41 |
| 11 | Théo Delacroix | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 2:42 |
| 12 | Clement Izquierdo | Cofidis | 2:49 |
| 13 | Remi Cavagna | Groupama-FDJ | 3:09 |
| 14 | Alexandre Delettre | Team TotalEnergies | 3:39 |
| 15 | Maxime Decomble | Groupama-FDJ | 4:34 |
| 16 | Marco Tizza | Wagner Bazin WB | 4:44 |
| 17 | Damien Girard | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 4:50 |
| 18 | Sandy Dujardin | Team TotalEnergies | 4:57 |
| 19 | Anthony Perez | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 20 | Arnaud De Lie | Lotto | 4:59 |
| 21 | Sam Maisonobe | Cofidis | 5:10 |
| 22 | Maxime Jarnet | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 5:59 |
| 23 | Cyril Barthe | Groupama-FDJ | 6:09 |
| 24 | Elias Maris | Team Flanders-Baloise | 6:11 |
| 25 | Baptiste Planckaert | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 6:14 |
| 26 | Paul Penhoët | Groupama-FDJ | 6:18 |
| 27 | Dylan Vandenstorme | Team Flanders-Baloise | 6:23 |
| 28 | Juri Hollmann | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 7:19 |
| 29 | Clément Russo | Groupama-FDJ | 7:32 |
| 30 | Valentin Retailleau | Team TotalEnergies | 7:40 |
| 31 | Pierre Thierry | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 8:28 |
| 32 | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama-FDJ | 8:49 |
| 33 | Célestin Guillon | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 8:50 |
| 34 | Florian Sénéchal | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 9:37 |
| 35 | Killian Théot | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 10:02 |
| 36 | Alex Colman | Team Flanders-Baloise | 12:12 |
| 37 | Alexys Brunel | Team TotalEnergies | 12:37 |
| 38 | Ronan Augé | CIC-U-Nantes | 12:38 |
| 39 | Jaakko Hänninen | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 12:52 |
| 40 | Arnaud Démare | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 13:26 |
| 41 | Baptiste Gillet | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 13:34 |
| 42 | Romain Cardis | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 13:56 |
| 43 | Jérémy Lecroq | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 15:28 |
| 44 | Corentin Devroute | CIC-U-Nantes | 15:48 |
| 45 | Victor Vercouillie | Team Flanders-Baloise | 16:16 |
| 46 | Oliver Knight | Cofidis | 16:25 |
| 47 | Jelle Vermoote | Wagner Bazin WB | 17:14 |
| 48 | Anthony Delaplace | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 19:12 |
| 49 | Justin Ducret | CIC-U-Nantes | 20:53 |
| 50 | Thomas Bonnet | Team TotalEnergies | 23:15 |
| 51 | Alexander Konijn | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 23:23 |
Stage 5 map:
Stage 5 time trial map
Stage 5 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
A well-insulated Team Groupama-FDJ is presented before the stage start.
Here's sprinter Arnaud De Lie riding to 41st in the stage.
Sprinter Arnaud Démare was 33rd.
Damien Touzé was 9th.
Kevin Geniets was 8th in the stage.
7th-place Pierre Latour
Maxime Decomble was 5th.
Thibault Guernalec riding to 4th place in the stage.
Dylan Teuns riding to 3rd place in the stage.
Remi Cavagna was 2nd, 19 seconds off the winners pace.
Kévin Vauquelin on his way to winning the race.
The final podium, from left Kévin Vauquelin (GC & points), Victor Vercouillie (mountains) & Clément Izquierdo (young rider)
Kévin Vauquelin, winner of the 2025 Etoile de Bessèges
Saturday, February 8: Stage 4, Vauvert - Le Mont Bouquet, 155.730 119 km
Kevin Vauquelin drove himself through the awful weather to take an inpressive victory. Photo: LNC/X. Pereyron
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Weather at the town of Nasvacelles, on the route, 8 kilometers from the finish at 2:20 PM, local time: 4C (40F), rain, with the wind from the northwest at 14 km/hr (9 mph). The rain is forecast to continue all afternoon.
The race: This stage was also shortened. The riders faced freezing cold and incessant rain. The web site procyclingstats.com explained the race organizer's plan to handle the weather: "Before the start, race organizers decided to remove a loop in the parcours around Saint-Quentin with the second KOM of the day, the Côte du Rte de St-Maximin. During the race, it was also decided to cancel the third KOM of the day, the Côte des Concluses, and to shorten the stage by another 16 km."
Only 64 riders finished the stage. Team Equipo Kern Pharm did not start.
Here's the report from stage winner and new GC leader Kévin Vauquelin's Team Arkea-B&B Hotels:
Kévin Vauquelin has unlocked his 2025 victory record, as well as that of the Arkea-B&B Hotels team on the road. The young rider from Normandy won the 4th stage of the Etoile de Bessèges at the summit of Mont Bouquet on Saturday. Ahead of the final time trial, he is now the overall leader.
Kévin Vauquelin:
It rained today from the start of the stage. I had team-mates around me with incredible mental strength. Without them, I don't know if I'd have managed to hold out, and I'd like to thank them for that. I was so cold I couldn't even feel my hands at the end, and all I wanted to do was get to the finish line. I'm happy to finish the job for the Arkea-B&B Hotels team. In difficult conditions like today, I'm also happy that I didn't collapse mentally. I'll say it again, but it's thanks to my team-mates who pushed me to the limit. We can all take our hats off to each other: me, my team-mates, but also the whole peloton.
I really wanted to race to respect this event, the Etoile de Bessèges, its organisers, the volunteers, my General Manager, Emmanuel Hubert, and all our partners, Arkea and B&B Hotels, who support us. I also had a little revenge to take with this finish compared to the last two years. I'm now leader of the overall classification, and tomorrow there's the time trial in Alès. It's a discipline I love, and I want to show myself to be at a very high level in the time trials. What's more, we've got a new time trial bike from our manufacturer Bianchi (the Bianchi Aquila RC, editor's note), and I hope to be able to unveil it in the best possible way on Sunday.
Yvon Ledanois, Sports Director:
The aim was to protect Kévin Vauquelin ahead of the climb to Mont Bouquet, sacrificing 2 or 3 riders to control the breakaways. This was done very well. The whole Arkea-B&B Hotels team did a great job around Kévin today. Whether it was Anthony Delaplace or Arnaud Démare to ride straight away, the young Pierre Thierry or Baptiste Gillet, Florian Sénéchal and Thibault Guernalec, the latter of whom made a great climb.
We've achieved our objective with this stage win. We came here to win the overall classification. There's still one stage to go and we'll be talking about achieving our objective tomorrow evening, at the end of the final stage in Alès. We need to stay focused and ride a good time trial, both with Kévin for overall victory and with Thibault Guernalec, who can hope to finish in the top 5 or better.
Complete results:
119 kilometers raced at an average speed of38.274 km/hr
| 1 | Kévin Vauquelin | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 3hr 6min 33sec |
| 2 | Thomas Champion | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | @ 26sec |
| 3 | Nicolas Breuillard | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 0:41 |
| 4 | Kevin Geniets | Groupama-FDJ | 0:47 |
| 5 | Dylan Teuns | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 6 | Théo Delacroix | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 0:56 |
| 7 | Damien Touzé | Cofidis | 1:01 |
| 8 | Andrea Mifsud | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 9 | Pierre Latour | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 10 | Thibault Guernalec | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 1:08 |
| 11 | Remi Cavagna | Groupama-FDJ | 1:13 |
| 12 | Fabien Doubey | Team TotalEnergies | 1:32 |
| 13 | Vincent Van Hemelen | Team Flanders-Baloise | 1:38 |
| 14 | Clement Izquierdo | Cofidis | 1:45 |
| 15 | Célestin Guillon | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 16 | Maxime Decomble | Groupama-FDJ | 1:56 |
| 17 | Baptiste Planckaert | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 1:59 |
| 18 | Benjamin Thomas | Cofidis | 2:14 |
| 19 | Damien Girard | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 2:18 |
| 20 | Alexandre Delettre | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 21 | Sam Maisonobe | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 22 | Marco Tizza | Wagner Bazin WB | 2:26 |
| 23 | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama-FDJ | 2:47 |
| 24 | Sandy Dujardin | Team TotalEnergies | 2:49 |
| 25 | Arnaud De Lie | Lotto | s.t. |
| 26 | Corentin Devroute | CIC U Nantes | 2:53 |
| 27 | Yohann Simon | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 3:08 |
| 28 | Giacomo Villa | Wagner Bazin WB | 3:11 |
| 29 | Anthony Perez | Cofidis | 3:15 |
| 30 | Kévin Avoine | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 3:28 |
| 31 | Maxime Jarnet | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 3:29 |
| 32 | Cyril Barthe | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 33 | Elias Maris | Team Flanders-Baloise | 3:52 |
| 34 | Valentin Retailleau | Team TotalEnergies | 3:53 |
| 35 | Paul Penhoët | Groupama-FDJ | 4:14 |
| 36 | Jaakko Hänninen | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 4:15 |
| 37 | Baptiste Gillet | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 4:17 |
| 38 | Clément Russo | Groupama-FDJ | 4:20 |
| 39 | Dylan Vandenstorme | Team Flanders-Baloise | 4:23 |
| 40 | Pierre Thierry | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 4:33 |
| 41 | Florian Sénéchal | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 4:44 |
| 42 | Baptiste Veistroffer | Lotto | 4:44 |
| 43 | Jérémy Lecroq | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 44 | Maël Guégan | CIC U Nantes | 4:55 |
| 45 | Valentin Tabellion | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 5:15 |
| 46 | Juri Hollmann | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 5:35 |
| 47 | Jelle Vermoote | Wagner Bazin WB | 6:00 |
| 48 | Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 6:19 |
| 49 | Ward Vanhoof | Team Flanders-Baloise | 6:21 |
| 50 | Killian Théot | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 6:23 |
| 51 | Alan Riou | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 6:46 |
| 52 | Alexander Konijn | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 6:46 |
| 53 | Justin Ducret | CIC U Nantes | 7:21 |
| 54 | Romain Cardis | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 7:45 |
| 55 | Alexys Brunel | Team TotalEnergies | 7:52 |
| 56 | Thomas Bonnet | Team TotalEnergies | 8:03 |
| 57 | Oliver Knight | Cofidis | 8:04 |
| 58 | Ronan Augé | CIC U Nantes | 9:34 |
| 59 | Dylan Massa | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 9:36 |
| 60 | Anthony Delaplace | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 9:48 |
| 61 | Alex Colman | Team Flanders-Baloise | 9:59 |
| 62 | Simon Dehairs | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 10:44 |
| 63 | Arnaud Démare | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 10:59 |
| 64 | Victor Vercouillie | Team Flanders-Baloise | 11:35 |
GC after stage 4:
- GC leader: Kévin Vauquelin (Arkea-B&B Hotels)
- Mountains classification leader: Victori Vercouillie (Team FLanders-Baloise)
- Points classification leader: Arnaud Démare (Arkea-B&B Hotels)
- Best young rider: Clément Izquierdo (Cofidis)
- Teams classification leader: St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93
585.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 44.690 km/hr
| 1 | Kévin Vauquelin | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 13hr 5min 33sec |
| 2 | Nicolas Breuillard | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | @ 51sec |
| 3 | Kevin Geniets | Groupama-FDJ | 0:57 |
| 4 | Dylan Teuns | Cofidis | 1:01 |
| 5 | Thomas Champion | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 1:10 |
| 6 | Pierre Latour | Team TotalEnergies | 1:11 |
| 7 | Damien Touzé | Cofidis | 1:19 |
| 8 | Thibault Guernalec | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 1:31 |
| 9 | Vincent Van Hemelen | Team Flanders-Baloise | 1:51 |
| 10 | Théo Delacroix | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 1:52 |
| 11 | Fabien Doubey | Team TotalEnergies | 1:55 |
| 12 | Clement Izquierdo | Cofidis | 2:03 |
| 13 | Benjamin Thomas | Cofidis | 2:32 |
| 14 | Damien Girard | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 2:36 |
| 15 | Alexandre Delettre | Team TotalEnergies | 2:36 |
| 16 | Marco Tizza | Wagner Bazin WB | 2:44 |
| 17 | Arnaud De Lie | Lotto | 2:49 |
| 18 | Remi Cavagna | Groupama-FDJ | 2:50 |
| 19 | Sandy Dujardin | Team TotalEnergies | 2:57 |
| 20 | Maxime Jarnet | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 3:47 |
| 21 | Sam Maisonobe | Cofidis | 3:55 |
| 22 | Giacomo Villa | Wagner Bazin WB | 3:56 |
| 23 | Baptiste Planckaert | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 24 | Anthony Perez | Cofidis | 4:05 |
| 25 | Elias Maris | Team Flanders-Baloise | 4:06 |
| 26 | Maxime Decomble | Groupama-FDJ | 4:09 |
| 27 | Paul Penhoët | Groupama-FDJ | 4:20 |
| 28 | Dylan Vandenstorme | Team Flanders-Baloise | 4:37 |
| 29 | Kévin Avoine | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 4:44 |
| 30 | Cyril Barthe | Groupama-FDJ | 4:46 |
| 31 | Yohann Simon | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 4:50 |
| 32 | Valentin Tabellion | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 5:25 |
| 33 | Andrea Mifsud | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 5:37 |
| 34 | Valentin Retailleau | Team TotalEnergies | 6:02 |
| 35 | Clément Russo | Groupama-FDJ | 6:09 |
| 36 | Juri Hollmann | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 6:11 |
| 37 | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama-FDJ | 6:53 |
| 38 | Pierre Thierry | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 7:10 |
| 39 | Célestin Guillon | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 7:30 |
| 40 | Ward Vanhoof | Team Flanders-Baloise | 7:42 |
| 41 | Florian Sénéchal | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 8:09 |
| 42 | Killian Théot | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 8:17 |
| 43 | Baptiste Veistroffer | Lotto | 8:19 |
| 44 | Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 9:12 |
| 45 | Ronan Augé | CIC U Nantes | 9:57 |
| 46 | Jaakko Hänninen | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 10:08 |
| 47 | Alex Colman | Team Flanders-Baloise | 10:13 |
| 48 | Alexys Brunel | Team TotalEnergies | 11:15 |
| 49 | Romain Cardis | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 11:28 |
| 50 | Arnaud Démare | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 11:38 |
| 51 | Alan Riou | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 12:15 |
| 52 | Baptiste Gillet | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 12:24 |
| 53 | Corentin Devroute | CIC U Nantes | 13:08 |
| 54 | Jérémy Lecroq | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 13:19 |
| 55 | Maël Guégan | CIC U Nantes | 14:31 |
| 56 | Victor Vercouillie | Team Flanders-Baloise | 15:03 |
| 57 | Jelle Vermoote | Wagner Bazin WB | 15:29 |
| 58 | Oliver Knight | Cofidis | 15:40 |
| 59 | Simon Dehairs | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 16:18 |
| 60 | Anthony Delaplace | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 17:52 |
| 61 | Justin Ducret | CIC U Nantes | s.t. |
| 62 | Alexander Konijn | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 20:53 |
| 63 | Thomas Bonnet | Team TotalEnergies | 20:54 |
| 64 | Dylan Massa | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 24:14 |
Stage 4 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
Simon Dehairs in break going through the town of Uzes
GC leader Arnaud Démare is in that group that is riding through the town of Uzes
A Groupama-FDJ rider in the town of Uzes, about mid-way into the stage.
One of the St Michael-Preference Home-Auber 93 riders leads a trio in Uzes
More cold, wet riders streaming through Uzes.
GC leader Arnaud Démare, clearly miserable, making his way to the finish.
Kévin Vauquelin wins stage four.
26 seconds later Thomas Champion finsihed second.
Nicolas Breuillard finishing third
Kevin Geniets finsihes fourth with Dylan Theuns right behind him.
Stage winner Kévin Vauquelin just after finishing the stage.
Victor Vercouillie was the last rider across the line, 11min 35sec after Kévin Vauquelin won the stage.
Kévin Vauquelin will start the final stage in the leader's salmon jersey.
Stage 4 map:
Stage 4 map
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Friday, February 7: Stage 3, Bessèges - Bessèges, 164.050 136.2 km
Arnaud De Lie wins a troubled stage. Sirotti photo
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Weather at the start/finish city of Bessèges at 1:40 PM, local time: 8C (46F), cloudy, with the wind from the south at 21 km/hr (13mph). There is a 90% chance of rain.
The race: The exccellent website procylingstats.com posted this explanation of the day's events: "Due to an incident with a vehicle entering the parcours, the peloton stopped after 12 km of racing. After some deliberation with the race organisers, it was decided to neutralise the Col des Brousses and its descent, to remove the last local lap in Bessèges (reducing the distance from 164.05 to 136.2 km) and to restart the race at km 22. Several teams, however, decided to not restart and left the race."
Here's the race report from stage winner Arnaud De Lie's Team Lotto:
Arnaud De Lie had already predicted that it wouldn’t be an easy race. A tough course combined with dreadful weather at the start proved him right. But no one could have foreseen just how chaotic the race would become. After 12 kilometers, the race was halted due to yet another issue with vehicles on the course, leading to total confusion. Some teams decided to withdraw from the race, while others wanted to continue. There was no unanimous decision among teams and riders.
"I initially got into the car to warm up. Over the radio, we heard that if we didn’t restart, it would be the end of the Etoile de Bessèges for good. That really hit me. Rider safety comes first, absolutely. A car on the course is unacceptable. But at the same time, races like these can only continue to exist because of the riders. It’s thanks to these organizers that we have the opportunity to live our passion. Baptiste (Veistroffer, red.) and I lost contact with the rest of our team amidst all the chaos. We were already moving forward again, while the others were preparing to head back to the team bus, just like many other teams," De Lie explained. "It was pure chaos."
Once the race officially restarted at kilometer 22—after several more kilometers of uncertainty and a neutralized section—the team decided not to pull its two riders from the competition and to keep racing. "It was a dilemma for everyone, but in the end, I didn’t overthink it and just kept going. At first, we were about 20 riders, but eventually, around 60 continued. I hope I made the right choice. I also did it out of respect for the organizers—they have an incredibly tough job. And I won, in this weather —which I love—after such a crazy day. It felt a bit heroic. I’m really happy with this victory."
Complete results:
136.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 55.310 km/hr
| 1 | Arnaud De Lie | Lotto | 2hr 27min 45sec |
| 2 | Arnaud Démare | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 3 | Paul Penhoët | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 4 | Ronan Augé | CIC U Nantes | s.t. |
| 5 | Alan Riou | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 6 | Théo Delacroix | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 7 | Giacomo Villa | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 8 | Damien Touzé | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 9 | Elias Maris | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 10 | Valentin Tabellion | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 11 | Dylan Vandenstorme | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 12 | Clement Izquierdo | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 13 | Alex Colman | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 14 | Damien Girard | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 15 | Sandy Dujardin | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 16 | Baptiste Gillet | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 17 | Ward Vanhoof | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 18 | Clément Russo | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 19 | Pierre Latour | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 20 | Kévin Vauquelin | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 21 | Marco Tizza | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 22 | Benjamin Thomas | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 23 | Anthony Perez | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 24 | Joris Chaussinand | CIC U Nantes | s.t. |
| 25 | Alexandre Delettre | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 26 | Nicolas Breuillard | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 27 | Cyril Barthe | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 28 | Yohann Simon | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 29 | Vincent Van Hemelen | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 30 | Sam Maisonobe | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 31 | Maxime Jarnet | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 32 | Urko Berrade | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 33 | Kevin Geniets | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 34 | Remi Cavagna | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 35 | Fabien Doubey | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 36 | Thomas Champion | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 37 | Juri Hollmann | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 38 | Dylan Teuns | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 39 | Antoine Hue | CIC U Nantes | s.t. |
| 40 | Hugo Aznar | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 41 | Baptiste Veistroffer | Lotto | @ 8sec |
| 42 | Kévin Avoine | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 43 | Baptiste Planckaert | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 0:14 |
| 44 | Killian Théot | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 0:22 |
| 45 | Maxime Decomble | Groupama-FDJ | 0:26 |
| 46 | Célestin Guillon | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 0:54 |
| 47 | Florian Sénéchal | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 1:34 |
| 48 | Alexys Brunel | Team TotalEnergies | 1:46 |
| 49 | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 50 | Louis Kitzki | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 51 | Valentin Retailleau | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 52 | Jocelyn Baguelin | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 53 | Pierre Thierry | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 54 | Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 55 | Romain Cardis | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 56 | Andrea Mifsud | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 57 | Jaakko Hänninen | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 58 | Mikel Retegi | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 59 | Rémi Capron | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 60 | Victor Vercouillie | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 61 | Simon Dehairs | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 62 | Sasha Weemaes | Wagner Bazin WB | 2:12 |
| 63 | Jelle Vermoote | Wagner Bazin WB | 7:13 |
| 64 | Pau Miquel Delgado | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 65 | Anthony Delaplace | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 66 | Francisco Galván | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 67 | Alexander Konijn | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 68 | Maël Guégan | CIC U Nantes | s.t. |
| 69 | Corentin Devroute | CIC U Nantes | s.t. |
| 70 | Victor Papon | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 71 | Oliver Knight | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 72 | Thomas Bonnet | Team TotalEnergies | 7:44 |
| 73 | Thibault Guernalec | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 74 | Unai Aznar | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 75 | Jérémy Lecroq | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 76 | Justin Ducret | CIC U Nantes | s.t. |
| 77 | Dylan Massa | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 78 | Axandre Van Petegem | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
GC after stage 3:
- GC leader: Arnaud De Lie (Lotto)
- Mountains classification leader: Victor Vercouillie (Team Flanders-Baloise)
- Points classification leader: Arnaud Démare (Arkea-B&B Hotels)
- Best young rider: Arnaud De Lie (Lotto)
- Teams classification leader: Team TotalEnergies
466.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 46.688 km/hr
| 1 | Arnaud De Lie | Lotto | 9hr 59min 0sec |
| 2 | Paul Penhoët | Groupama-FDJ | @ 6sec |
| 3 | Sandy Dujardin | Team TotalEnergies | 0:08 |
| 4 | Valentin Tabellion | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 0:10 |
| 5 | Kévin Vauquelin | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 6 | Pierre Latour | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 7 | Kevin Geniets | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 8 | Vincent Van Hemelen | Team Flanders-Baloise | 0:13 |
| 9 | Alex Colman | Team Flanders-Baloise | 0:14 |
| 10 | Dylan Vandenstorme | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 11 | Elias Maris | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 12 | Nicolas Breuillard | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 13 | Dylan Teuns | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 14 | Damien Touzé | Cofidis | 0:18 |
| 15 | Damien Girard | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 16 | Benjamin Thomas | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 17 | Clement Izquierdo | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 18 | Marco Tizza | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 19 | Urko Berrade | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 20 | Maxime Jarnet | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 21 | Alexandre Delettre | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 22 | Joris Chaussinand | CIC U Nantes | s.t. |
| 23 | Ronan Augé | CIC U Nantes | 0:23 |
| 24 | Baptiste Gillet | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 25 | Fabien Doubey | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 26 | Juri Hollmann | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 0:36 |
| 27 | Arnaud Démare | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 0:39 |
| 28 | Giacomo Villa | Wagner Bazin WB | 0:45 |
| 29 | Anthony Perez | Cofidis | 0:50 |
| 30 | Thomas Champion | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 31 | Théo Delacroix | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 0:56 |
| 32 | Kévin Avoine | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 1:16 |
| 33 | Cyril Barthe | Groupama-FDJ | 1:17 |
| 34 | Antoine Hue | CIC U Nantes | s.t. |
| 35 | Ward Vanhoof | Team Flanders-Baloise | 1:21 |
| 36 | Sam Maisonobe | Cofidis | 1:37 |
| 37 | Remi Cavagna | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 38 | Yohann Simon | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 1:42 |
| 39 | Clément Russo | Groupama-FDJ | 1:49 |
| 40 | Killian Théot | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 1:54 |
| 41 | Baptiste Planckaert | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 1:57 |
| 42 | Jocelyn Baguelin | Wagner Bazin WB | 2:00 |
| 43 | Hugo Aznar | Equipo Kern Pharma | 2:01 |
| 44 | Valentin Retailleau | Team TotalEnergies | 2:09 |
| 45 | Maxime Decomble | Groupama-FDJ | 2:13 |
| 46 | Pierre Thierry | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 2:37 |
| 47 | Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 2:53 |
| 48 | Rémi Capron | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 3:05 |
| 49 | Alexys Brunel | Team TotalEnergies | 3:23 |
| 50 | Florian Sénéchal | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 3:25 |
| 51 | Victor Vercouillie | Team Flanders-Baloise | 3:28 |
| 52 | Baptiste Veistroffer | Lotto | 3:35 |
| 53 | Romain Cardis | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 3:43 |
| 54 | Louis Kitzki | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 3:51 |
| 55 | Mikel Retegi | Equipo Kern Pharma | 3:55 |
| 56 | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama-FDJ | 4:06 |
| 57 | Andrea Mifsud | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 4:36 |
| 58 | Alan Riou | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 5:29 |
| 59 | Simon Dehairs | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 5:34 |
| 60 | Célestin Guillon | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 5:45 |
| 61 | Jaakko Hänninen | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 5:53 |
| 62 | Oliver Knight | Cofidis | 7:36 |
| 63 | Francisco Galván | Equipo Kern Pharma | 8:03 |
| 64 | Anthony Delaplace | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 8:04 |
| 65 | Thibault Guernalec | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 8:07 |
| 66 | Victor Papon | Wagner Bazin WB | 8:33 |
| 67 | Jérémy Lecroq | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 8:35 |
| 68 | Sasha Weemaes | Wagner Bazin WB | 8:52 |
| 69 | Jelle Vermoote | Wagner Bazin WB | 9:29 |
| 70 | Maël Guégan | CIC U Nantes | 9:36 |
| 71 | Corentin Devroute | CIC U Nantes | 10:15 |
| 72 | Justin Ducret | CIC U Nantes | 10:31 |
| 73 | Pau Miquel Delgado | Equipo Kern Pharma | 11:05 |
| 74 | Axandre Van Petegem | Wagner Bazin WB | 12:29 |
| 75 | Thomas Bonnet | Team TotalEnergies | 12:51 |
| 76 | Alexander Konijn | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 14:07 |
| 77 | Unai Aznar | Equipo Kern Pharma | 14:11 |
| 78 | Dylan Massa | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 14:38 |
Stage 3 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
Waiting for the race to re-start.
No one is going anywhere for a while.
An obviously cold Arnaud De Lie waits for the raced to re-start.
Here they come...
Arnaud De Lie wins the stage.
Arnaud de Lie will start stage four in the GC leader's jersey.
Stage 3 map:
Stage 3 map
Thursday, February 6: Stage 2, Domessargues - Marguerittes, 165.830 km
Søren Wærenskjold is the day's fastest racer. Sirotti photo
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Weather at the finish city of Marguerittes at 2:20 PM, local time: 13C (55F), sunny, with the wind from the northeast at 14 km/hr (9 mph). No rain is forecast.
The race: Here's the report from GC leader Paul Magnier's Team Soudal Quick-Step.
Paul Magnier continues to lead the general classification at his home race after finishing a solid third on the second stage, despite coming from far back in the last 200 meters in what turned out to be a hectic, crash-marred sprint in Marguerittes.
The day was once again controlled by the Soudal Quick-Step boys, who kept the five-man breakaway’s gap in check, reeled in the attackers before the last ten kilometers and also made sure of bringing back the riders who tried to open a gap on the 5.2km-long Côte Cabrières, the most important hurdle of the stage, which the riders had to tackle twice.
In the final kilometers, a series of roundabouts and tricky corners disrupted the lead-out trains that were jostling for position, but despite finding himself far from the front, Paul generated an incredible speed and managed to clinch third, behind Søren Wærenskjold (Uno-X Mobility), who took the win. The bonus seconds he captured on the line helped Paul extend his buffer over the next rider in the standings to eight seconds ahead of Friday’s hilly stage three.
Complete results:
168.83 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.765 km/hr
| 1 | Søren Wærenskjold | Uno-X Mobility | 3hr 37min 54sec |
| 2 | Arnaud Démare | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 3 | Paul Magnier | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 4 | Jordi Meeus | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 5 | Axel Laurance | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 6 | Paul Penhoët | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 7 | Madis Mihkels | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 8 | Sandy Dujardin | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 9 | Sam Bennett | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 10 | Axel Huens | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 11 | Valentin Tabellion | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 12 | Timo Kielich | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 13 | Ronan Augé | CIC U Nantes | s.t. |
| 14 | Jérémy Lecroq | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 15 | Patrick Frydkjær | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 16 | Ben Turner | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 17 | Alex Colman | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 18 | Lukas Kubis | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 19 | Giacomo Villa | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 20 | Kévin Vauquelin | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 21 | Dries De Bondt | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 22 | Marijn van den Berg | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 23 | Jonas Koch | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 24 | Tomas Kopecky | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 25 | Marco Tizza | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 26 | Jocelyn Baguelin | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 27 | Thibault Guernalec | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 28 | Damien Girard | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 29 | Dylan Vandenstorme | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 30 | Benjamin Thomas | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 31 | Damien Touzé | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 32 | Arnaud De Lie | Lotto | s.t. |
| 33 | Francisco Galván | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 34 | Kevin Geniets | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 35 | Dries van Gestel | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 36 | Tord Gudmestad | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 37 | Mikel Retegi | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 38 | Florian Sénéchal | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 39 | Joshua Tarling | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 40 | Cyril Barthe | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 41 | Clement Izquierdo | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 42 | Jan Tratnik | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 43 | Pierre Thierry | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 44 | Nicolas Breuillard | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 45 | Pierre Latour | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 46 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 47 | Julien Bernard | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 48 | Alex Kirsch | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 49 | Stan Van Tricht | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 50 | Urko Berrade | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 51 | Richard Carapaz | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 52 | Magnus Cort | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 53 | Maxime Jarnet | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 54 | Elias Maris | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 55 | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 56 | Mattia Cattaneo | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 57 | Salvatore Puccio | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 58 | Jonas Hvideberg | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 59 | Alexandre Delettre | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 60 | Juri Hollmann | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 61 | Kévin Avoine | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 62 | Oliver Knight | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 63 | Harry Sweeny | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 64 | Jelle Vermoote | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 65 | Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 66 | Yves Lampaert | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 67 | Vincent Van Hemelen | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 68 | Dylan Teuns | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 69 | Killian Verschuren | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 70 | Joris Chaussinand | CIC U Nantes | s.t. |
| 71 | Jarrad Drizners | Lotto | s.t. |
| 72 | Adrien Maire | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 73 | Baptiste Gillet | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 74 | Andreas Stokbro | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 75 | Clément Russo | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 76 | Artem Shmidt | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 77 | Ward Vanhoof | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 78 | Fabien Doubey | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 79 | Filippo Ganna | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 80 | Hartthijs de Vries | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 81 | Lennert Belmans | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 82 | Emil Herzog | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 83 | Valentin Retailleau | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 84 | Théo Delacroix | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 85 | Antoine Hue | CIC U Nantes | s.t. |
| 86 | Otto Vergaerde | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 87 | Rasmus Tiller | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 88 | Erik Resell | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 89 | Baptiste Planckaert | Van Rysel-Roubaix | @ 27sec |
| 90 | Samuele Battistella | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 91 | Omar Fraile | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 92 | Anthony Perez | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 93 | Thomas Champion | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 94 | Victor Vercouillie | Team Flanders-Baloise | 0:30 |
| 95 | Maxime Decomble | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 96 | Jonas Gregaard | Lotto | s.t. |
| 97 | Louis Kitzki | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 0:44 |
| 98 | Rémi Capron | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 99 | Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 100 | Victor Papon | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 101 | Hugo Aznar | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 102 | Marc Brustenga | Equipo Kern Pharma | @ 0sec |
| 103 | Maël Guégan | CIC U Nantes | 1:06 |
| 104 | Yohann Simon | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 105 | Romain Cardis | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 106 | Anthony Delaplace | Arkea-B&B Hotels | @ 0sec |
| 107 | Alexys Brunel | Team TotalEnergies | 1:14 |
| 108 | Remi Cavagna | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 109 | Sam Maisonobe | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 110 | Killian Théot | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 111 | Josef Cerný | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:18 |
| 112 | Simon Dehairs | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 2:00 |
| 113 | Anders Skaarseth | Uno-X Mobility | 2:01 |
| 114 | Baptiste Veistroffer | Lotto | s.t. |
| 115 | Sébastien Grignard | Lotto | 2:09 |
| 116 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 2:11 |
| 117 | Corentin Devroute | CIC U Nantes | s.t. |
| 118 | Justin Ducret | CIC U Nantes | s.t. |
| 119 | Hugh Carthy | EF Education-EasyPost | 2:13 |
| 120 | Andrea Mifsud | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 2:17 |
| 121 | Gianluca Pollefliet | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 2:31 |
| 122 | Gil Gelders | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 123 | Martin Pedersen | Lidl-Trek | 2:41 |
| 124 | Sasha Weemaes | Wagner Bazin WB | 2:40 |
| 125 | Thomas Bonnet | Team TotalEnergies | 3:24 |
| 126 | Axandre Van Petegem | Wagner Bazin WB | 3:28 |
| 127 | Pau Miquel Delgado | Equipo Kern Pharma | 3:29 |
| 128 | Lorenz Van de Wynkele | Lotto | 3:32 |
| 129 | Oier Lazkano | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 3:35 |
| 130 | Célestin Guillon | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 131 | Jaakko Hänninen | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 132 | Alan Riou | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 4:42 |
| 133 | Amund Grøndahl Jansen | Uno-X Mobility | 5:05 |
| 134 | Ryan Gibbons | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 135 | Unai Aznar | Equipo Kern Pharma | 5:06 |
| 136 | Alexander Hajek | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 5:05 |
| 137 | Oscar Chamberlain | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 5:06 |
| 138 | Lionel Taminiaux | Lotto | 5:58 |
| 139 | Martin Svrcek | Soudal Quick-Step | 6:03 |
| 140 | Dylan Massa | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 141 | Mads Pedersen | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 142 | Alexander Konijn | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 143 | Noah Knecht | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 144 | Axel Mariault | CIC U Nantes | s.t. |
GC after stage 2:
- GC leader: Paul Magnier (Soudal Quick-Step)
- Mountains classification leader: Axandre Van Petegem (Wagner Bazin WB)
- Points classification leader: Paul Magnier (Soudal Quick-Step)
- Best young rider: Paul Magnier (Soudal Quick-Step)
- Teams classification leader: Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe
329.90 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.210 km/hr
| 1 | Paul Magnier | Soudal Quick-Step | 7hr 31min 9sec |
| 2 | Jordi Meeus | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | @ 8sec |
| 3 | Marijn van den Berg | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:10 |
| 4 | Sandy Dujardin | Team TotalEnergies | 0:14 |
| 5 | Timo Kielich | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 6 | Axel Laurance | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:16 |
| 7 | Paul Penhoët | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 8 | Valentin Tabellion | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 9 | Lukas Kubis | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 10 | Kévin Vauquelin | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 11 | Arnaud De Lie | Lotto | s.t. |
| 12 | Kevin Geniets | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 13 | Jan Tratnik | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 14 | Pierre Latour | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 15 | Vincent Van Hemelen | Team Flanders-Baloise | 0:19 |
| 16 | Alex Colman | Team Flanders-Baloise | 0:20 |
| 17 | Dylan Vandenstorme | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 18 | Jocelyn Baguelin | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 19 | Nicolas Breuillard | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 20 | Julien Bernard | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 21 | Magnus Cort | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 22 | Elias Maris | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 23 | Dylan Teuns | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 24 | Adrien Maire | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 25 | Rasmus Tiller | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 26 | Benjamin Thomas | Cofidis | 0:24 |
| 27 | Marco Tizza | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 28 | Damien Girard | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 29 | Damien Touzé | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 30 | Clement Izquierdo | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 31 | Alex Kirsch | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 32 | Urko Berrade | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 33 | Mattia Cattaneo | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 34 | Maxime Jarnet | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 35 | Alexandre Delettre | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 36 | Joris Chaussinand | CIC U Nantes | s.t. |
| 37 | Filippo Ganna | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 38 | Ronan Augé | CIC U Nantes | 0:29 |
| 39 | Ben Turner | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 40 | Joshua Tarling | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 41 | Thibault Guernalec | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 42 | Stan Van Tricht | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 43 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 44 | Richard Carapaz | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 45 | Killian Verschuren | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 46 | Oliver Knight | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 47 | Baptiste Gillet | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 48 | Emil Herzog | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 49 | Fabien Doubey | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 50 | Valentin Retailleau | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 51 | Juri Hollmann | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 0:42 |
| 52 | Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 53 | Sam Bennett | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:48 |
| 54 | Arnaud Démare | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 0:51 |
| 55 | Giacomo Villa | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 56 | Francisco Galván | Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:56 |
| 57 | Thomas Champion | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 58 | Anthony Perez | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 59 | Patrick Frydkjær | Lidl-Trek | 0:57 |
| 60 | Jérémy Lecroq | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 61 | Pierre Thierry | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 62 | Anthony Delaplace | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 63 | Théo Delacroix | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 1:02 |
| 64 | Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 1:13 |
| 65 | Tord Gudmestad | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 1:14 |
| 66 | Kévin Avoine | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 67 | Axel Huens | Unibet Tietema Rockets | 1:23 |
| 68 | Cyril Barthe | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 69 | Hartthijs de Vries | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 70 | Antoine Hue | CIC U Nantes | s.t. |
| 71 | Lennert Belmans | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 72 | Rémi Capron | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 1:25 |
| 73 | Victor Papon | Wagner Bazin WB | 1:26 |
| 74 | Madis Mihkels | EF Education-EasyPost | 1:27 |
| 75 | Tomas Kopecky | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 76 | Dries van Gestel | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 77 | Harry Sweeny | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 78 | Yves Lampaert | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 79 | Ward Vanhoof | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 80 | Marc Brustenga | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 81 | Otto Vergaerde | Lidl-Trek | 1:32 |
| 82 | Erik Resell | Uno-X Mobility | 1:36 |
| 83 | Killian Théot | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 1:38 |
| 84 | Alexys Brunel | Team TotalEnergies | 1:43 |
| 85 | Sam Maisonobe | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 86 | Remi Cavagna | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 87 | Yohann Simon | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 1:48 |
| 88 | Victor Vercouillie | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 89 | Baptiste Planckaert | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 1:49 |
| 90 | Omar Fraile | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:50 |
| 91 | Maxime Decomble | Groupama-FDJ | 1:53 |
| 92 | Jonas Koch | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 1:55 |
| 93 | Clément Russo | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 94 | Florian Sénéchal | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 1:57 |
| 95 | Salvatore Puccio | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 96 | Jarrad Drizners | Lotto | s.t. |
| 97 | Jonas Gregaard | Lotto | s.t. |
| 98 | Søren Wærenskjold | Uno-X Mobility | 2:02 |
| 99 | Romain Cardis | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 2:03 |
| 100 | Hugo Aznar | Equipo Kern Pharma | 2:07 |
| 101 | Louis Kitzki | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 2:11 |
| 102 | Jonas Hvideberg | Uno-X Mobility | 2:12 |
| 103 | Mikel Retegi | Equipo Kern Pharma | 2:15 |
| 104 | Jelle Vermoote | Wagner Bazin WB | 2:22 |
| 105 | Samuele Battistella | EF Education-EasyPost | 2:24 |
| 106 | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama-FDJ | 2:26 |
| 107 | Maël Guégan | CIC U Nantes | 2:29 |
| 108 | Dries De Bondt | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 2:40 |
| 109 | Andreas Stokbro | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 110 | Justin Ducret | CIC U Nantes | 2:53 |
| 111 | Andrea Mifsud | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 2:56 |
| 112 | Artem Shmidt | INEOS Grenadiers | 3:04 |
| 113 | Corentin Devroute | CIC U Nantes | 3:08 |
| 114 | Gianluca Pollefliet | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 3:28 |
| 115 | Baptiste Veistroffer | Lotto | 3:33 |
| 116 | Anders Skaarseth | Uno-X Mobility | 3:37 |
| 117 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 3:38 |
| 118 | Hugh Carthy | EF Education-EasyPost | 3:40 |
| 119 | Simon Dehairs | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 3:54 |
| 120 | Josef Cerný | Soudal Quick-Step | 3:57 |
| 121 | Pau Miquel Delgado | Equipo Kern Pharma | 3:58 |
| 122 | Gil Gelders | Soudal Quick-Step | 4:12 |
| 123 | Jaakko Hänninen | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 4:13 |
| 124 | Martin Pedersen | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 125 | Sébastien Grignard | Lotto | 4:49 |
| 126 | Axandre Van Petegem | Wagner Bazin WB | 4:51 |
| 127 | Célestin Guillon | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 4:57 |
| 128 | Lorenz Van de Wynkele | Lotto | 4:59 |
| 129 | Thomas Bonnet | Team TotalEnergies | 5:13 |
| 130 | Alexander Hajek | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 5:34 |
| 131 | Alan Riou | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 5:35 |
| 132 | Ryan Gibbons | Lidl-Trek | 6:02 |
| 133 | Oier Lazkano | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 6:14 |
| 134 | Lionel Taminiaux | Lotto | 6:22 |
| 135 | Unai Aznar | Equipo Kern Pharma | 6:33 |
| 136 | Amund Grøndahl Jansen | Uno-X Mobility | 6:41 |
| 137 | Sasha Weemaes | Wagner Bazin WB | 6:46 |
| 138 | Dylan Massa | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 7:00 |
| 139 | Alexander Konijn | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 140 | Oscar Chamberlain | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 7:03 |
| 141 | Martin Svrcek | Soudal Quick-Step | 7:30 |
| 142 | Axel Mariault | CIC U Nantes | 7:38 |
| 143 | Mads Pedersen | Lidl-Trek | 8:00 |
| 144 | Noah Knecht | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
Stage 2 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
Team Soudal Quick-Step with GC leader Paul Magnier is presented during the opening ceremonies.
Belgian road champion Arnaud De Lie before the stage start.
Team Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe leads the pack through a village.
The peloton descends a hill
Team Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe leads the peloton as it zooms across the French countryside.
In the rush for the line there is a crash.
Søren Wærenskjold wins stage two.
Here's the rider who crashed. Marc Brustenga was given the same time as the riders in the first group he was in, which is the same time as the stage winner.
Stage winner Søren Wærenskjold on the podium
Paul Magnier will start stage three in the GC leader's Coral jersey.
Stage 2 map:
Stage 2 map
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Wednesday, February 5: Stage 1, Bellegarde - Bellegarde, 159.07 km
Paul Magnier wins the first stage. Photo: Getty Sport
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The race: Here's the report from winner Paul Magnier's Team Soudal Quick-Step.
Paul Magnier enjoyed a perfect start to the season, winning on his very first race day of the year, just like he did in 2024. If back then he came out on top in Mallorca, at the Trofeo Ses Salines-Felanitx, this time around the 20-year-old from Grenoble took the honours in front of his countrymen, after prevailing at the end Étoile de Bessèges stage 1, in Bellegarde.
The day was almost completely flat, the only difficulty coming in the final kilometer, where the riders had to tackle a 600m ramp averaging a stinging 9%. It was there that Paul patiently waited for the right moment to make his move, unleashing a ferocious sprint 150 meters from the line to rack up his sixth pro victory on the way to becoming the third-youngest rider in the history of the race to take a stage.
Paul Magnier will start stage two in the leader's coral jersey.
“It’s important for me that I won my first race of the year, just like last season. It gives a lot of confidence and shows how hard I have worked in the winter. I want to thank everyone who supported me after my crash last September – team, family, friends, manager – it’s thanks to them that I got to win here in France in front of my fans.”
“The finale was very steep, but I began the climb in a good position thanks to the team’s excellent work. They did a perfect job today and I’m grateful for that. The key was to be patient and I was until I decided to give everything when it mattered the most. I’m proud of my performance and of this success. I will do my best to keep the leader’s jersey on Thursday and maybe try to get another victory this week”, said Paul, who will sport the yellow jersey during Thursday’s hilly stage two, where a second-category climb placed inside the final 15 kilometers could make things spicier.
Complete results:
159.07 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.707 km/hr
| 1 | Paul Magnier | Soudal Quick-Step | 3hr 33min 29sec |
| 2 | Jordi Meeus | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 3 | Marijn van den Berg | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 4 | Maxim Van Gils | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 5 | Timo Kielich | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 6 | Sandy Dujardin | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 7 | Arnaud De Lie | Lotto | @ 2sec |
| 8 | Jan Tratnik | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 9 | Axel Laurance | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 10 | Lukas Kubis | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 11 | Kevin Geniets | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 12 | Kévin Vauquelin | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 13 | Pierre Latour | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 14 | Paul Penhoët | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 15 | Valentin Tabellion | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 16 | Vincent Van Hemelen | Team Flanders-Baloise | 0:05 |
| 17 | Rasmus Tiller | Uno-X Mobility | 0:06 |
| 18 | Magnus Cort | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 19 | Dylan Vandenstorme | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 20 | Dylan Teuns | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 21 | Nicolas Breuillard | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 22 | Julien Bernard | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 23 | Jocelyn Baguelin | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 24 | Alex Colman | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 25 | Adrien Maire | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 26 | Elias Maris | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 27 | Alex Kirsch | Lidl-Trek | 0:10 |
| 28 | Benjamin Thomas | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 29 | Lionel Taminiaux | Lotto | s.t. |
| 30 | Mattia Cattaneo | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 31 | Filippo Ganna | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 32 | Clement Izquierdo | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 33 | Urko Berrade | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 34 | Maxime Jarnet | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 35 | Damien Touzé | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 36 | Damien Girard | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 37 | Alexandre Delettre | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 38 | Killian Théot | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 39 | Marco Tizza | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 40 | Joris Chaussinand | CIC U Nantes | s.t. |
| 41 | Alexys Brunel | Team TotalEnergies | 0:15 |
| 42 | Joshua Tarling | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 43 | Pau Miquel Delgado | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 44 | Sam Maisonobe | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 45 | Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 46 | Remi Cavagna | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 47 | Killian Verschuren | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 48 | Ben Turner | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 49 | Thomas Champion | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 50 | Stan Van Tricht | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 51 | Ronan Augé | CIC U Nantes | s.t. |
| 52 | Baptiste Gillet | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 53 | Anthony Perez | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 54 | Emil Herzog | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 55 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 56 | Richard Carapaz | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 57 | Oliver Knight | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 58 | Alexander Hajek | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 59 | Valentin Retailleau | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 60 | Fabien Doubey | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 61 | Thibault Guernalec | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 62 | Jaakko Hänninen | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 0:24 |
| 63 | Andrea Mifsud | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 0:25 |
| 64 | Rémi Capron | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 0:27 |
| 65 | Victor Papon | Wagner Bazin WB | 0:28 |
| 66 | Yohann Simon | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 67 | Juri Hollmann | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 68 | Justin Ducret | CIC U Nantes | s.t. |
| 69 | Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 70 | Sam Bennett | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:34 |
| 71 | Giacomo Villa | Wagner Bazin WB | 0:37 |
| 72 | Alan Riou | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 0:39 |
| 73 | Francisco Galván | Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:42 |
| 74 | Ryan Gibbons | Lidl-Trek | 0:43 |
| 75 | Patrick Frydkjær | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 76 | Alexander Konijn | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 77 | Dylan Massa | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 78 | Pierre Thierry | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 79 | Romain Cardis | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 80 | Jérémy Lecroq | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 81 | Gianluca Pollefliet | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 82 | Anthony Delaplace | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 83 | Arnaud Démare | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 84 | Corentin Devroute | CIC U Nantes | s.t. |
| 85 | Théo Delacroix | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 0:48 |
| 86 | Kévin Avoine | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 1:00 |
| 87 | Tord Gudmestad | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 88 | Victor Vercouillie | Team Flanders-Baloise | 1:04 |
| 89 | Célestin Guillon | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 1:08 |
| 90 | Baptiste Planckaert | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 91 | Antoine Hue | CIC U Nantes | 1:09 |
| 92 | Maxime Decomble | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 93 | Hartthijs de Vries | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 94 | Axandre Van Petegem | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 95 | Cyril Barthe | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 96 | Axel Huens | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 97 | Lennert Belmans | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 98 | Hugo Aznar | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 99 | Omar Fraile | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 100 | Maël Guégan | CIC U Nantes | s.t. |
| 101 | Tomas Kopecky | Unibet Tietema Rockets | 1:13 |
| 102 | Harry Sweeny | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 103 | Unai Aznar | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 104 | Dries van Gestel | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 105 | Yves Lampaert | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 106 | Madis Mihkels | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 107 | Marc Brustenga | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 108 | Ward Vanhoof | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 109 | Hugh Carthy | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 110 | Martin Svrcek | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 111 | Lorenz Van de Wynkele | Lotto | s.t. |
| 112 | Jonas Gregaard | Lotto | s.t. |
| 113 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 114 | Louis Kitzki | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 115 | Martin Pedersen | Lidl-Trek | 1:18 |
| 116 | Otto Vergaerde | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 117 | Baptiste Veistroffer | Lotto | s.t. |
| 118 | Axel Mariault | CIC U Nantes | 1:21 |
| 119 | Amund Grøndahl Jansen | Uno-X Mobility | 1:22 |
| 120 | Anders Skaarseth | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 121 | Erik Resell | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 122 | Gil Gelders | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:27 |
| 123 | Thomas Bonnet | Team TotalEnergies | 1:35 |
| 124 | Simon Dehairs | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 1:40 |
| 125 | Clément Russo | Groupama-FDJ | 1:41 |
| 126 | Jonas Koch | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 127 | Salvatore Puccio | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:43 |
| 128 | Samuele Battistella | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 129 | Mads Pedersen | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 130 | Jarrad Drizners | Lotto | s.t. |
| 131 | Oscar Chamberlain | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 132 | Florian Sénéchal | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 133 | Noah Knecht | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 134 | Søren Wærenskjold | Uno-X Mobility | 1:58 |
| 135 | Jonas Hem Hvideberg | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 136 | Mikel Retegi | Equipo Kern Pharma | 2:01 |
| 137 | Jelle Vermoote | Wagner Bazin WB | 2:08 |
| 138 | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama-FDJ | 2:12 |
| 139 | Oier Lazkano | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 2:25 |
| 140 | Josef Cerný | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 141 | Sébastien Grignard | Lotto | 2:26 |
| 142 | Andreas Stokbro | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 143 | Dries De Bondt | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 144 | Artem Shmidt | INEOS Grenadiers | 2:50 |
| 145 | Jonas Geens | Team Flanders-Baloise | 3:05 |
| 146 | Sasha Weemaes | Wagner Bazin WB | 3:52 |
GC after stage 1:
- GC leader: Maul Magnier (Soudal Quick-Step)
- Mountains classification leader: Axandre Van Petegem (Wagner Bazan WB)
- Points classification leader: Paul Magnier (Soudal Quick-Step)
- Best young rider: Paul Magnier (Soudal Quick-Step)
- Teams classification leader: Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe
| 1 | Paul Magnier | Soudal Quick-Step | 3hr 33min 19sec |
| 2 | Jordi Meeus | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | @ 4sec |
| 3 | Marijn van den Berg | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:06 |
| 4 | Maxim Van Gils | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 0:10 |
| 5 | Timo Kielich | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 6 | Sandy Dujardin | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 7 | Arnaud De Lie | Lotto | 0:12 |
| 8 | Jan Tratnik | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 9 | Axel Laurance | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 10 | Lukas Kubis | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 11 | Kevin Geniets | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 12 | Kévin Vauquelin | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 13 | Pierre Latour | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 14 | Paul Penhoët | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 15 | Valentin Tabellion | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 16 | Vincent Van Hemelen | Team Flanders-Baloise | 0:15 |
| 17 | Rasmus Tiller | Uno-X Mobility | 0:16 |
| 18 | Magnus Cort | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 19 | Dylan Vandenstorme | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 20 | Dylan Teuns | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 21 | Nicolas Breuillard | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 22 | Julien Bernard | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 23 | Jocelyn Baguelin | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 24 | Alex Colman | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 25 | Adrien Maire | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 26 | Elias Maris | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 27 | Alex Kirsch | Lidl-Trek | 0:20 |
| 28 | Benjamin Thomas | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 29 | Lionel Taminiaux | Lotto | s.t. |
| 30 | Mattia Cattaneo | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 31 | Filippo Ganna | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 32 | Clement Izquierdo | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 33 | Urko Berrade | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 34 | Maxime Jarnet | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 35 | Damien Touzé | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 36 | Damien Girard | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 37 | Alexandre Delettre | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 38 | Killian Théot | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 39 | Marco Tizza | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 40 | Joris Chaussinand | CIC U Nantes | s.t. |
| 41 | Alexys Brunel | Team TotalEnergies | 0:25 |
| 42 | Joshua Tarling | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 43 | Pau Miquel Delgado | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 44 | Sam Maisonobe | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 45 | Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 46 | Remi Cavagna | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 47 | Killian Verschuren | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 48 | Ben Turner | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 49 | Thomas Champion | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 50 | Stan Van Tricht | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 51 | Ronan Augé | CIC U Nantes | s.t. |
| 52 | Baptiste Gillet | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 53 | Anthony Perez | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 54 | Emil Herzog | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 55 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 56 | Richard Carapaz | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 57 | Oliver Knight | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 58 | Alexander Hajek | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 59 | Valentin Retailleau | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 60 | Fabien Doubey | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 61 | Thibault Guernalec | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 62 | Jaakko Hänninen | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 0:34 |
| 63 | Andrea Mifsud | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 0:35 |
| 64 | Rémi Capron | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 0:37 |
| 65 | Victor Papon | Wagner Bazin WB | 0:38 |
| 66 | Yohann Simon | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 67 | Juri Hollmann | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 68 | Justin Ducret | CIC U Nantes | s.t. |
| 69 | Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 70 | Sam Bennett | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:44 |
| 71 | Giacomo Villa | Wagner Bazin WB | 0:47 |
| 72 | Alan Riou | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 0:49 |
| 73 | Francisco Galván | Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:52 |
| 74 | Ryan Gibbons | Lidl-Trek | 0:53 |
| 75 | Patrick Frydkjær | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 76 | Alexander Konijn | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 77 | Dylan Massa | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 78 | Pierre Thierry | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 79 | Romain Cardis | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 80 | Jérémy Lecroq | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 81 | Gianluca Pollefliet | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 82 | Anthony Delaplace | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 83 | Arnaud Démare | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 84 | Corentin Devroute | CIC U Nantes | s.t. |
| 85 | Théo Delacroix | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 0:58 |
| 86 | Kévin Avoine | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 1:10 |
| 87 | Tord Gudmestad | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 88 | Victor Vercouillie | Team Flanders-Baloise | 1:14 |
| 89 | Célestin Guillon | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 1:18 |
| 90 | Baptiste Planckaert | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 91 | Antoine Hue | CIC U Nantes | 1:19 |
| 92 | Maxime Decomble | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 93 | Hartthijs de Vries | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 94 | Axandre Van Petegem | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 95 | Cyril Barthe | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 96 | Axel Huens | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 97 | Lennert Belmans | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 98 | Hugo Aznar | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 99 | Omar Fraile | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 100 | Maël Guégan | CIC U Nantes | s.t. |
| 101 | Tomas Kopecky | Unibet Tietema Rockets | 1:23 |
| 102 | Harry Sweeny | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 103 | Unai Aznar | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 104 | Dries van Gestel | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 105 | Yves Lampaert | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 106 | Madis Mihkels | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 107 | Marc Brustenga | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 108 | Ward Vanhoof | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 109 | Hugh Carthy | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 110 | Martin Svrcek | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 111 | Lorenz Van de Wynkele | Lotto | s.t. |
| 112 | Jonas Gregaard | Lotto | s.t. |
| 113 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 114 | Louis Kitzki | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 115 | Martin Pedersen | Lidl-Trek | 1:28 |
| 116 | Otto Vergaerde | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 117 | Baptiste Veistroffer | Lotto | s.t. |
| 118 | Axel Mariault | CIC U Nantes | 1:31 |
| 119 | Grøndahl Jansen Amund | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 120 | Anders Skaarseth | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 121 | Erik Resell | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 122 | Gil Gelders | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:37 |
| 123 | Thomas Bonnet | Team TotalEnergies | 1:45 |
| 124 | Simon Dehairs | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 1:50 |
| 125 | Clément Russo | Groupama-FDJ | 1:51 |
| 126 | Jonas Koch | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 127 | Salvatore Puccio | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:53 |
| 128 | Samuele Battistella | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 129 | Mads Pedersen | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 130 | Jarrad Drizners | Lotto | s.t. |
| 131 | Oscar Chamberlain | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 132 | Florian Sénéchal | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 133 | Noah Knecht | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 134 | Søren Wærenskjold | Uno-X Mobility | 2:08 |
| 135 | Jonas Hem Hvideberg | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 136 | Mikel Retegi | Equipo Kern Pharma | 2:11 |
| 137 | Jelle Vermoote | Wagner Bazin WB | 2:18 |
| 138 | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama-FDJ | 2:22 |
| 139 | Oier Lazkano | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 2:35 |
| 140 | Josef Cerný | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 141 | Sébastien Grignard | Lotto | 2:36 |
| 142 | Andreas Stokbro | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 143 | Dries De Bondt | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 144 | Artem Shmidt | INEOS Grenadiers | 3:00 |
| 145 | Jonas Geens | Team Flanders-Baloise | 3:15 |
| 146 | Sasha Weemaes | Wagner Bazin WB | 4:02 |
Stage 1 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
Team Groupama-FDJ is presented before the stage start.
Cruising by dormant vinyards.
The peloton climbs the Cote de la Tour.
Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe rider Jan Tratnik on the Cote de la Tour.
Paul Magnier wins stage one.
Paul Magnier in the leader's coral jersey.
Stage 1 map:
Stage 1 map
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Start list with back numbers, February 4, 2025
| Lidl-Trek | |
| 1 | Mads Pedersen |
| 2 | Alex Kirsch |
| 3 | Ryan Gibbons |
| 4 | Martin Pedersen |
| 5 | Otto Vergaerde |
| 6 | Julien Bernard |
| 7 | Patrick Frydkjær |
| Arkea-B&B Hotels | |
| 11 | Kévin Vauquelin |
| 12 | Arnaud Démare |
| 13 | Anthony Delaplace |
| 14 | Thibault Guernalec |
| 15 | Baptiste Gillet |
| 16 | Florian Sénéchal |
| 17 | Pierre Thierry |
| EF Education-EasyPost | |
| 21 | Hugh Carthy |
| 22 | Richard Carapaz |
| 23 | Harry Sweeny |
| 24 | Marijn van den Berg |
| 25 | Samuele Battistella |
| 26 | Madis Mihkels |
| Cofidis | |
| 31 | Benjamin Thomas |
| 32 | Sam Maisonobe |
| 33 | Clement Izquierdo |
| 34 | Oliver Knight |
| 35 | Anthony Perez |
| 36 | Dylan Teuns |
| 37 | Damien Touzé |
| Alpecin-Deceuninck | |
| 41 | Jimmy Janssens |
| 42 | Timo Kielich |
| 43 | Stan Van Tricht |
| 44 | Simon Dehairs |
| 45 | Lennert Belmans |
| 46 | Louis Kitzki |
| 47 | Juri Hollmann |
| Soudal Quick-Step | |
| 51 | Paul Magnier |
| 52 | Yves Lampaert |
| 53 | Mattia Cattaneo |
| 54 | Josef Cerný |
| 55 | Martin Svrcek |
| 56 | Gil Gelders |
| 57 | Dries van Gestel |
| Groupama-FDJ | |
| 61 | Kevin Geniets |
| 62 | Remi Cavagna |
| 63 | Olivier Le Gac |
| 64 | Cyril Barthe |
| 65 | Paul Penhoët |
| 66 | Clément Russo |
| 67 | Maxime Decomble |
| INEOS Grenadiers | |
| 71 | Filippo Ganna |
| 72 | Axel Laurance |
| 73 | Salvatore Puccio |
| 74 | Joshua Tarling |
| 75 | Artem Shmidt |
| 76 | Ben Turner |
| 77 | Omar Fraile |
| Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | |
| 81 | Sam Bennett |
| 82 | Oscar Chamberlain |
| 83 | Dries De Bondt |
| 84 | Tord Gudmestad |
| 85 | Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen |
| 86 | Gianluca Pollefliet |
| 87 | Nicolas Prodhomme |
| Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | |
| 91 | Jan Tratnik |
| 92 | Alexander Hajek |
| 93 | Emil Herzog |
| 94 | Jonas Koch |
| 95 | Oier Lazkano |
| 96 | Jordi Meeus |
| 97 | Maxim Van Gils |
| Lotto | |
| 101 | Arnaud De Lie |
| 102 | Jarrad Drizners |
| 103 | Lorenz Van de Wynkele |
| 104 | Sébastien Grignard |
| 105 | Lionel Taminiaux |
| 106 | Baptiste Veistroffer |
| 107 | Jonas Gregaard |
| Uno-X Mobility | |
| 111 | Magnus Cort |
| 112 | Erik Resell |
| 113 | Anders Skaarseth |
| 114 | Rasmus Tiller |
| 115 | Søren Wærenskjold |
| 116 | Amund Grøndahl Jansen |
| 117 | Jonas Hem Hvideberg |
| Team TotalEnergies | |
| 121 | Pierre Latour |
| 122 | Thomas Bonnet |
| 123 | Alexys Brunel |
| 124 | Alexandre Delettre |
| 125 | Fabien Doubey |
| 126 | Sandy Dujardin |
| 127 | Valentin Retailleau |
| Team Flanders-Baloise | |
| 131 | Alex Colman |
| 132 | Jonas Geens |
| 133 | Elias Maris |
| 134 | Vincent Van Hemelen |
| 135 | Dylan Vandenstorme |
| 136 | Ward Vanhoof |
| 137 | Victor Vercouillie |
| Unibet Tietema Rockets | |
| 141 | Adrien Maire |
| 142 | Nielsen Andreas Stokbro |
| 143 | Axel Huens |
| 144 | Hartthijs de Vries |
| 145 | Lukas Kubis |
| 146 | Killian Verschuren |
| 147 | Tomas Kopecky |
| Equipo Kern Pharma | |
| 151 | Urko Berrade |
| 152 | Hugo Aznar |
| 153 | Marc Brustenga |
| 154 | Francisco Galván |
| 155 | Unai Aznar |
| 156 | Pau Miquel Delgado |
| 157 | Mikel Retegi |
| Wagner Bazin WB | |
| 161 | Sasha Weemaes |
| 162 | Jelle Vermoote |
| 163 | Victor Papon |
| 164 | Jocelyn Baguelin |
| 165 | Giacomo Villa |
| 166 | Axandre Van Petegem |
| 167 | Marco Tizza |
| Van Rysel-Roubaix | |
| 171 | Baptiste Planckaert |
| 172 | Valentin Tabellion |
| 173 | Kévin Avoine |
| 174 | Rémi Capron |
| 175 | Célestin Guillon |
| 176 | Maxime Jarnet |
| 177 | Killian Théot |
| St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | |
| 181 | Alan Riou |
| 182 | Nicolas Breuillard |
| 183 | Romain Cardis |
| 184 | Thomas Champion |
| 185 | Yohann Simon |
| 186 | Théo Delacroix |
| 187 | Jérémy Lecroq |
| CIC-U-Nantes | |
| 191 | Ronan Augé |
| 192 | Joris Chaussinand |
| 193 | Corentin Devroute |
| 194 | Justin Ducret |
| 195 | Maël Guégan |
| 196 | Antoine Hue |
| 197 | Axel Mariault |
| Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur | |
| 201 | Jaakko Hänninen |
| 202 | Damien Girard |
| 203 | Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli |
| 204 | Noah Knecht |
| 205 | Andrea Mifsud |
| 206 | Alexander Konijn |
| 207 | Dylan Massa |