2025 Faun Ardèche Classic (1.Pro), France
25th edition: Saturday, March 1, 2025
Complete results
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Guilherand-Granges - Guilherand-Granges, 165.9 km
Romain Grégoire solos across the line.
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Weather at the start/finish city of Guilherand-Granges at 2:30 PM, local time: (9C) 48F, cloudy, with the wind from the north at 24 km/hr (15 mph). There is a 5% chance of rain.
The race: Note, there was confusion at the finish as a leading trio just off the front followed a moto off the course. Winner Romain Grégoire stayed on the course and won.
Here's the report from third-place Lorenzo Fortunbato's XDS Astana Team.
XDS Astana Team rider Lorenzo Fortunato delivered a powerful attack and ultimately finished third in the French one-day race, Faun-Ardèche Classic.
Fortunato attacked on the penultimate climb of the day, Saint-Romain-de-Lerps, gaining a slight advantage over the chasers. Despite his best efforts, a few kilometers before the finish, the group of favorites caught up with the XDS Astana Team rider, setting up a sprint finish. However, the race finale turned chaotic as some riders missed the correct turn in the final kilometer.
Nevertheless, Lorenzo Fortunato managed to take third place, followed closely by two more XDS Astana Team riders, Clément Champoussin and Christian Scaroni, who finished fourth and fifth, respectively.
“I attacked on the penultimate climb, and it created a great situation for our team – I was in front, while Christian (Scaroni) and Clément (Champoussin) stayed in the group, saving their energy for the final. The last kilometers were tough due to the headwind, so I couldn’t maintain my advantage and got caught two kilometers before the finish. The finale was chaotic, but I still managed to take third place. Overall, it was a great day for us, we earned a lot of points for the team, and we will keep fighting”, – said Lorenzo Fortunato.
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Complete Results:
165.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.287 km/hr
| 1 | Romain Grégoire | Groupama-FDJ | 4hr 13min 22sec |
| 2 | Marco Brenner | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | @ 3sec |
| 3 | Lorenzo Fortunato | XDS Astana Team | 0:04 |
| 4 | Clément Champoussin | XDS Astana Team | 0:07 |
| 5 | Cristian Scaroni | XDS Astana Team | 0:08 |
| 6 | Mattias Skjelmose | Lidl-Trek | 0:10 |
| 7 | Javier Romo | Movistar Team | 0:22 |
| 8 | Brandon McNulty | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 9 | Enric Mas | Movistar Team | 0:31 |
| 10 | Juan Ayuso | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 0:41 |
| 11 | Louis Barré | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 12 | Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet | Groupama-FDJ | 0:43 |
| 13 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 14 | Ben Tulett | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 15 | Igor Arrieta | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 16 | Alex Aranburu | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 17 | Warren Barguil | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 18 | Michael Woods | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 19 | Andrea Bagioli | Lidl-Trek | 1:08 |
| 20 | Jordan Jegat | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 21 | Valentin Paret-Peintre | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 22 | Ilan Van Wilder | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:16 |
| 23 | Yaël Joalland | CIC U Nantes | 1:28 |
| 24 | Marc Hirschi | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 1:50 |
| 25 | Embret Svestad-Bårdseng | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 2:17 |
| 26 | Raúl García | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 27 | Giovanni Carboni | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 28 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | Team TotalEnergies | 2:19 |
| 29 | Valentin Madouas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 30 | Yannis Voisard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 31 | Nicola Conci | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 32 | Attila Valter | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 2:24 |
| 33 | Cian Uijtdebroeks | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 3:02 |
| 34 | Isaac del Toro | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 35 | Gianmarco Garofoli | Soudal Quick-Step | 3:08 |
| 36 | Andrea Mifsud | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 37 | Kobe Goossens | Intermarché-Wanty | 3:21 |
| 38 | Chris Hamilton | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 39 | Eduardo Sepulveda | Lotto | s.t. |
| 40 | Michel Ries | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 41 | Nicola Marcerou | Team TotalEnergies | 3:40 |
| 42 | Nicolas Breuillard | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 4:11 |
| 43 | Milan Vader | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 4:24 |
| 44 | Mathys Rondel | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 4:41 |
| 45 | Henri Vandenabeele | Lotto | 5:01 |
| 46 | Alexander Cepeda | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 47 | Davide Formolo | Movistar Team | 5:37 |
| 48 | Damien Girard | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 5:39 |
| 49 | Lenaic Langella | CIC U Nantes | s.t. |
| 50 | Lucas Bénéteau | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 51 | Jonathan Lastra | Cofidis | 6:14 |
| 52 | Sergio Meris | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 53 | Louis Vervaeke | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 54 | Clément Berthet | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 6:58 |
| 55 | Yohann Simon | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 8:15 |
| 56 | Menno Huising | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 8:45 |
| 57 | Tijmen Graat | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 9:17 |
| 58 | Robbe Dhondt | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 59 | Pieter Serry | Soudal Quick-Step | 10:15 |
| 60 | Simone Zanini | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 61 | Clément Venturini | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 10:52 |
| 62 | Kamiel Bonneu | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 63 | Mattéo Vercher | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 64 | Harm Vanhoucke | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 65 | Sam Maisonobe | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 66 | Romain Combaud | Team Picnic PostNL | 10:56 |
| 67 | Romain Bardet | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 68 | Anthony Perez | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 69 | Killian Verschuren | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 70 | Floris Van Tricht | Israel-Premier Tech | 12:07 |
| 71 | Walter Calzoni | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 72 | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 73 | Roland Thalmann | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 74 | Anthon Charmig | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 75 | Quinn Simmons | Lidl-Trek | 13:54 |
| 76 | Otto Vergaerde | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 77 | Bastien Tronchon | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 78 | Ilian Barhoumi | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 79 | Junior Lecerf | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 80 | Noa Isidore | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 81 | Krists Neilands | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 82 | Matthew Riccitello | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 83 | Rémi Capron | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 84 | Célestin Guillon | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 85 | Odd Christian Eiking | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 86 | Louis Rouland | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 87 | Sergio Samitier | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 88 | Baptiste Huyet | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 89 | Julius Johansen | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 90 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 91 | Xabier Azparren | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 92 | Alan Jousseaume | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 93 | Matteo Badilatti | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 94 | Remi Cavagna | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 95 | Bauke Mollema | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 96 | Julien Bernard | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 97 | Adam Toupalik | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 98 | Natnael Tesfazion | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 99 | Théo Delacroix | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 100 | Maxime Jarnet | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 101 | Joris Chaussinand | CIC U Nantes | s.t. |
| 102 | Baptiste Poulard | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 103 | Ben Healy | EF Education-EasyPost | 14:00 |
| 104 | Pierre Latour | Team TotalEnergies | 15:31 |
| 105 | Pier-André Côté | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 106 | Nadav Raisberg | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 107 | Adrien Maire | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 108 | Jonas Gregaard | Lotto | s.t. |
| 109 | Matthias Schwarzbacher | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 110 | Will Smith | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 111 | Viggo Moore | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 112 | Logan Currie | Lotto | s.t. |
| 113 | Enzo Paleni | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 114 | Jesus Herrada | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 115 | Jonathan Vervenne | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 116 | Lucas Eriksson | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 117 | Jacob Eriksson | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 118 | Axel Mariault | CIC U Nantes | s.t. |
| 119 | Thomas Champion | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 120 | Gerben Kuypers | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
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Faun Ardèche Classic map & profile:
Here's the map
And here's the very challenging race profile
Faun Ardèche Classic photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
Before the race start, Team Soudal Quick-Step is presented.
Here's Team Israel-Premier Tech. That should be Michael Woods in the Canadian chanpion's jersey.
The pack climbs the Cote Du Pin
Another shot of the riders on the Cote du Pin.
A winter scene: The peloton speeds down a hill.
Romain Gregoire takes a brilliant solo win .
Another shot of the finish with Marco Brenner three seconds back.
Marco Brenner was second.
Lorenzo Fortunato finishes third.
Tenth-place Juan Ayuso leads a group in.
The pordium, from left: Marco Brenner (2nd); Romain Grégoire (1st) & Lorenzo Fortunato (3rd)
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Start list with back numbers, February 28, 2025:
| UAE Team Emirates-XRG | |
| 1 | Juan Ayuso |
| 2 | Brandon McNulty |
| 3 | Jan Christen |
| 4 | Isaac del Toro |
| 5 | Igor Arrieta |
| 6 | Julius Johansen |
| 7 | Matthias Schwarzbacher |
| Tudor Pro Cycling Team | |
| 11 | Marc Hirschi |
| 12 | Marco Brenner |
| 13 | Yannis Voisard |
| 14 | Mathys Rondel |
| 15 | Jacob Eriksson |
| 16 | Lucas Eriksson |
| 17 | Roland Thalmann |
| Team Visma | Lease a Bike | |
| 21 | Attila Valter |
| 22 | Cian Uijtdebroeks |
| 23 | Tijmen Graat |
| 24 | Menno Huising |
| 25 | Steven Kruijswijk |
| 26 | Ben Tulett |
| 27 | Will Smith |
| Soudal Quick-Step | |
| 31 | Valentin Paret-Peintre |
| 32 | Ilan Van Wilder |
| 33 | Junior Lecerf |
| 34 | Gianmarco Garofoli |
| 35 | Louis Vervaeke |
| 36 | Jonathan Vervenne |
| 37 | Pieter Serry |
| Lidl-Trek | |
| 41 | Mattias Skjelmose |
| 42 | Bauke Mollema |
| 43 | Quinn Simmons |
| 44 | Andrea Bagioli |
| 45 | Julien Bernard |
| 46 | Tao Geoghegan Hart |
| 47 | Otto Vergaerde |
| Groupama-FDJ | |
| 51 | Valentin Madouas |
| 52 | Romain Grégoire |
| 53 | Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet |
| 54 | Tom Donnenwirth |
| 55 | Enzo Paleni |
| 56 | Remi Cavagna |
| 57 | Baptiste Grégoire |
| Lotto | |
| 61 | Logan Currie |
| 62 | Eduardo Sepulveda |
| 63 | Lorenz Van de Wynkele |
| 64 | Henri Vandenabeele |
| 65 | Reuben Thompson |
| 66 | Jonas Gregaard |
| Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | |
| 71 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre |
| 72 | Clément Berthet |
| 73 | Bastien Tronchon |
| 74 | Louis Chaleil |
| 75 | Nicolas Prodhomme |
| 76 | Noa Isidore |
| 77 | Ilian Barhoumi |
| EF Education-EasyPost | |
| 82 | Ben Healy |
| 83 | Archie Ryan |
| 84 | Alexander Cepeda |
| 85 | Samuele Battistella |
| 86 | Markel Beloki |
| 87 | Jack Rootkin-Gray |
| Movistar Team | |
| 91 | Enric Mas |
| 92 | Javier Romo |
| 93 | Pelayo Sanchez |
| 94 | Natnael Tesfazion |
| 95 | Davide Formolo |
| Intermarché-Wanty | |
| 101 | Louis Barré |
| 102 | Louis Meintjes |
| 103 | Kamiel Bonneu |
| 104 | Kobe Goossens |
| 105 | Francesco Busatto |
| 106 | Gerben Kuypers |
| 107 | Alexy Faure-Prost |
| Team Picnic-PostNL | |
| 111 | Romain Bardet |
| 113 | Warren Barguil |
| 114 | Chris Hamilton |
| 115 | Robbe Dhondt |
| 116 | Romain Combaud |
| 117 | Bjoern Koerdt |
| Cofidis | |
| 121 | Alex Aranburu |
| 122 | Jesus Herrada |
| 123 | Anthony Perez |
| 124 | Sam Maisonobe |
| 125 | Jonathan Lastra |
| 126 | Sergio Samitier |
| 127 | Hugo Toumire |
| Arkea-B&B Hotels | |
| 131 | Clément Venturini |
| 132 | Raúl García |
| 133 | Victor Guernalec |
| 134 | Embret Svestad-Bårdseng |
| 135 | Michel Ries |
| 136 | Louis Rouland |
| 137 | Baptiste Poulard |
| XDS Astana Team | |
| 141 | Cristian Scaroni |
| 142 | Clément Champoussin |
| 143 | Lorenzo Fortunato |
| 144 | Anthon Charmig |
| 145 | Nicola Conci |
| 146 | Darren van Bekkum |
| 147 | Simone Zanini |
| Israel-Premier Tech | |
| 151 | Michael Woods |
| 152 | Matthew Riccitello |
| 153 | Pier-André Côté |
| 154 | Krists Neilands |
| 155 | Floris Van Tricht |
| 156 | Nadav Raisberg |
| 157 | Viggo Moore |
| Team TotalEnergies | |
| 161 | Jordan Jegat |
| 162 | Mathieu Burgaudeau |
| 163 | Mattéo Vercher |
| 164 | Pierre Latour |
| 165 | Thomas Bonnet |
| 166 | Alan Jousseaume |
| 167 | Nicola Marcerou |
| Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| 171 | Harm Vanhoucke |
| 172 | Matteo Badilatti |
| 173 | Marcel Camprubí |
| 174 | Sjoerd Bax |
| 175 | Walter Calzoni |
| 176 | Milan Vader |
| 177 | Xabier Azparren |
| Unibet Tietema Rockets | |
| 181 | Giovanni Carboni |
| 182 | Odd Christian Eiking |
| 183 | Adrien Maire |
| 184 | Sergio Meris |
| 185 | Adam Toupalik |
| 186 | Killian Verschuren |
| 187 | Baptiste Huyet |
| St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | |
| 191 | Nicolas Breuillard |
| 192 | Théo Delacroix |
| 193 | Morne Van Niekerk |
| 194 | Thomas Champion |
| 195 | Lucas Bénéteau |
| 196 | Alan Riou |
| 197 | Yohann Simon |
| Van Rysel-Roubaix | |
| 201 | Rait Ärm |
| 202 | Rémi Capron |
| 203 | Maxime Jarnet |
| 204 | Célestin Guillon |
| 206 | Kenny Molly |
| 207 | Maximilien Juillard |
| CIC U Nantes Atlantique | |
| 211 | Maël Guégan |
| 212 | Axel Mariault |
| 213 | Yaël Joalland |
| 214 | Joris Chaussinand |
| 215 | Antoine Hue |
| 216 | Matisse Julien |
| 217 | Lenaic Langella |
| Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur | |
| 221 | Jaakko Hänninen |
| 222 | Damien Girard |
| 223 | Andrei Carbunarea |
| 224 | Andrea Mifsud |
| 225 | Dylan Massa |
| 226 | Noah Knecht |