2024 Région Pays de la Loire Tour
Formerly Circuit de la Sarthe - Pays de la Loire, (2.1), France

70th edition: April 2 - April 5, 2024

Région Pays de la Loire Tour podium history | 2023 edition | Start list
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4

Map of the 2024 Région Pays de la Loire Tour

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Thursday, April 5: 4th & Final Stage, Marolles les Brauts - Le Mans, 174.9 km

Stage 4 map & profile

Marijn van den Berg beats Benoît Cosnefroy for the stage victory and wins the 2024 Pays de la Loire Tour

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Weather at the finish city of Le Mans at 1:35 PM, local time: 17C (64F), cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 23 km/hr (13 mph). There is a 15% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from stage & final GC winner Marijn van den Berg's Team EF Education-EasyPost.

Marijn van den Berg wins the general classification at the Pays de la Loire Tour after sprinting for the final stage win.

On today’s final stage, the entire squad went all in for Marijn. With less than six kilometers to go, Ben Healy came to the front and took a massive pull, quickly splintering the peloton. Marijn stayed safely tucked on his teammate’s wheel as Ben gave 100 percent through the closing kilometers. With two hundred meters to go and rounding the final corner, the Irish champion pulled off as Marijn kicked. Immediately, the Dutch sprinter took the lead, maintaining it all the way to the finish line. He gave a bike throw just to be sure, but Marijn spread his arms in celebration, knowing full well he had taken the stage and the overall win for his teammates.

Sport director Sebastian Langeveld knew that the GC was a possibility for the team so he sent the squad in search of bonus seconds for Marijn, which he secured.

“There was a bit of action but the squad did really well,” Sebastian said. “They stuck to the plan and they did really well keeping it all together and always communicating with each other. This was a course that Marijn can handle really well so in the end it was a bonus to take the overall win in addition to the stage. All the guys did really great, every single one of them. In the end, it was such a luxury to have a rider like Ben leading out Marijn for the entire last five kilometers.”

In addition to two stage wins and the overall title, Marijn earned the sprinter’s jersey and the squad won the team competition.

"I didn’t do it by myself, that’s for sure!" Marijn said after the podium ceremony. "This win is more a team victory than one of my own. I’ve never seen anything like it before, how we pulled that off as a team. We had to take the bonus sprint and Jardi pulled until there. The early break went and he pulled that all by himself too, so he was super important. Then on the local lap, Darren did the first few laps and then Lukas took over so they were just as important as Ben was on the last lap. Everybody put in the same effort today and then Ben did a really incredible lead out. I just did the sprint, that was the only thing I had to do."

Complete results:

174.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.147 km/hr

1	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	4hr 8min 59sec
2	Benoît Cosnefroy	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
3	Clément Venturini	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
4	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
5	Alexandre Delettre	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
6	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
7	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
8	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	@ 3sec
9	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	0:05
10	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:37
11	Emilien Jeannière	TotalEnergies	s.t.
12	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
13	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
14	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
15	Antonio Angulo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
16	Francisco Galván	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
17	Ben Hermans	Cofidis	s.t.
18	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
19	Léo Danès	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
20	Kristian Sbaragli	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
21	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
22	Sam Bennett	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
23	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	s.t.
24	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	0:42
25	Célestin Guillon	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
26	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
27	Clément Braz Afonso	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
28	Lukas Nerurkar	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
29	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:47
30	Clément Alleno	Burgos-BH	0:51
31	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	0:56
32	Fabian Weiss	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:58
33	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
34	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
35	Louka Matthys	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
36	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	1:03
37	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	1:55
38	Samuel Leroux	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
39	Loic Vliegen	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
40	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
41	Mark Stewart	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
42	Joris Delbove	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	2:59
43	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	3:27
44	Unai Zubeldia	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
45	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	3:33
46	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	5:38
47	Ronan Augé	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
48	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
49	Emmanuel Morin	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
50	Norman Vahtra	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
51	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	6:25
52	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
53	Rodrigo Álvarez	Burgos-BH	s.t.
54	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
55	Alex Jaime	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
56	Jérémy Cabot	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
57	Andoni Lopez De Abetxuko	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
58	Kyrylo Tsarenko	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
59	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
60	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
61	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
62	Robin Plamondon	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
63	Matisse Julien	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
64	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
65	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	8:31
66	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix	8:53
67	Georgios Boúglas	Burgos-BH	s.t.
68	Jan Stöckli	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
69	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
70	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	11:13
71	Alexander Salby	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
72	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
73	Iker Bonillo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
74	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
75	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
76	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
77	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
78	Pierre-Henry Basset	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
79	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Mobility	14:14
80	Declan Irvine	Team Novo Nordisk	14:17
81	Samuele Zambelli	Corratec-Vini Fantini	14:21
82	Baptiste Veistroffer	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	14:43
83	George Jackson	Burgos-BH	s.t.
84	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	14:53

 

Final GC after stage 4:

• GC winner: Marijn van den Berg (EF Education-EasyPost)
• Mountains classification winner: Julien Matisse (CIC U Nantes Atlantique)
• Points classification winner: Marijn van den Berg (EF Education-EasyPost)
• Best young rider: Ewen Costiou (Arkéa-B&B Hotels)
• Teams classification winner: EF Education-EasyPost

707.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.288 km/hr

1	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	16hr 20min 22sec
2	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	@ 15sec
3	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X Mobility	0:21
4	Benoît Cosnefroy	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	0:24
5	Clément Venturini	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	0:26
6	Alexandre Delettre	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	0:30
7	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	0:35
8	Sam Bennett	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	0:56
9	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:57
10	Kristian Sbaragli	Corratec-Vini Fantini	1:00
11	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:01
12	Léo Danès	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
13	Emilien Jeannière	TotalEnergies	1:03
14	Francisco Galván	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:07
15	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
16	Antonio Angulo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
17	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
18	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
19	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	s.t.
20	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
21	Ben Hermans	Cofidis	s.t.
22	Lukas Nerurkar	EF Education-EasyPost	1:12
23	Clément Braz Afonso	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
24	Célestin Guillon	Van Rysel-Roubaix	1:25
25	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
26	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	1:26
27	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	1:26
28	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	1:28
29	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	1:33
30	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	1:43
31	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:46
32	Louka Matthys	Bingoal-WB	1:57
33	Loic Vliegen	Bingoal-WB	2:25
34	Clément Alleno	Burgos-BH	2:34
35	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	2:36
36	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	2:51
37	Mark Stewart	Corratec-Vini Fantini	2:53
38	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	2:56
39	Fabian Weiss	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	3:33
40	Joris Delbove	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	4:00
41	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	5:24
42	Samuel Leroux	Van Rysel-Roubaix	5:49
43	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	6:08
44	Emmanuel Morin	Van Rysel-Roubaix	6:39
45	Alex Jaime	Equipo Kern Pharma	6:55
46	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
47	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	7:26
48	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	7:26
49	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
50	Robin Plamondon	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
51	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	7:41
52	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	7:47
53	Andoni Lopez De Abetxuko	Euskaltel-Euskadi	7:48
54	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	8:20
55	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	8:28
56	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	8:58
57	Kyrylo Tsarenko	Corratec-Vini Fantini	9:16
58	Georgios Boúglas	Burgos-BH	9:54
59	Norman Vahtra	Van Rysel-Roubaix	10:07
60	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	11:44
61	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	11:45
62	Alexander Salby	Bingoal-WB	12:14
63	Jan Stöckli	Corratec-Vini Fantini	12:51
64	Ronan Augé	Groupama-FDJ	13:12
65	Matisse Julien	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	13:58
66	Pierre-Henry Basset	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	14:04
67	Jérémy Cabot	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
68	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	14:23
69	Rodrigo Álvarez	Burgos-BH	14:35
70	Iker Bonillo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	14:41
71	Unai Zubeldia	Euskaltel-Euskadi	15:45
72	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	16:12
73	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix	16:43
74	Samuele Zambelli	Corratec-Vini Fantini	20:41
75	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	21:00
76	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	21:01
77	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	22:03
78	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Mobility	23:04
79	Declan Irvine	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
80	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	26:18
81	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	28:04
82	Baptiste Veistroffer	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	29:41
83	George Jackson	Burgos-BH	30:12
84	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	36:54

 

Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

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Wednesday, April 4: Stage 3, Segré-en-Anjou Bleu - Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne, 159.8 km

Stage 3 map & profile

Alberto Dainese wins the stage. Photo: Sprint Cycling

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Weather at the finish at Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne at 2:20 PM, local time: 16C (61F), cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 27 km/hr (17 mph). There is a 14% chance of rain.

The race: Niklas Larsen (Uno-X Mobility) did not start.

Stage winner Alberto Dainese's Tudor Pro Cycling Team posted this:

After two fifth places in the first two stages of Pays de la Loire Tour, Alberto Dainese took advantage of a perfect team work to win in front of Marijn Van den Berg EF Education - Easypost and Sam Bennett.

"The final lap was really hectic" Alberto said. "The first time we came into the circuit we said “WOW, it’s gonna be hectic”, but the guys rode super well. We were always in good position and they did a perfect job. This win is really special and it’s so nice to see that all the hard work done in Winter finally paid off. We started the season well in Mallorca working on my lead out train, but unfortunately I had a bad accident which stopped me from racing for two months. More than this, my grandma passed away recently, so my thoughts are for her.”

Complete results:

159.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.288 km/hr

1	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	3hr 46min 44sec
2	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
3	Sam Bennett	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
4	Jérémy Lecroq	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
5	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
6	Emilien Jeannière	TotalEnergies	s.t.
7	Alexander Salby	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
8	Emmanuel Morin	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
9	Jakub Mareczko	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
10	Clément Venturini	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
11	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
12	Francisco Galván	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
13	David Dekker	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
14	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
15	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
16	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
17	Pierre-Henry Basset	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
18	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
19	Lukas Nerurkar	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
20	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
21	Andoni Lopez De Abetxuko	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
22	Benoît Cosnefroy	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
23	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
24	Antonio Angulo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
25	Alex Jaime	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
26	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
27	Georgios Boúglas	Burgos-BH	s.t.
28	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
29	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
30	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
31	Unai Zubeldia	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
32	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
33	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	s.t.
34	Iker Bonillo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
35	Clément Braz Afonso	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
36	Joes Oosterlinck	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
37	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
38	Samuele Zambelli	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
39	Loic Vliegen	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
40	Norman Vahtra	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
41	Kyrylo Tsarenko	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
42	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
43	Alexandre Delettre	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
44	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
45	Kristian Sbaragli	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
46	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
47	Milan Fretin	Cofidis	s.t.
48	Robin Plamondon	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
49	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
50	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
51	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
52	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
53	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
54	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
55	Célestin Guillon	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
56	Louka Matthys	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
57	Léo Danès	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
58	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	s.t.
59	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
60	Joris Delbove	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
61	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
62	Declan Irvine	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
63	Fabian Weiss	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
64	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
65	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
66	Mark Stewart	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
67	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
68	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
69	Marc Sarreau	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
70	Ben Hermans	Cofidis	s.t.
71	Clément Alleno	Burgos-BH	s.t.
72	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
73	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
74	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
75	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	@ 15sec
76	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	0:19
77	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
78	Baptiste Veistroffer	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	0:32
79	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	0:38
80	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	0:43
81	Jérémy Cabot	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	0:43
82	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:46
83	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	1:05
84	Samuel Leroux	Van Rysel-Roubaix	1:06
85	Ronan Augé	Groupama-FDJ	2:35
86	Jan Stöckli	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
87	Rodrigo Álvarez	Burgos-BH	3:11
88	George Jackson	Burgos-BH	s.t.
89	Matisse Julien	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
90	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
91	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	4:36
92	Eddy Finé	Cofidis	5:21
93	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
94	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
95	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
96	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
97	Noah Knecht	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	5:50
98	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	22:31

 

GC after stage 3:

• GC leader: Ewen Costiou (Arkéa-B&B Hotels)
• Mountains classification leader: Julien Matisse (CIC U Nantes Atlantique)
• Points classification leader: Alberto Dainese (Tudor Pro)
• Best young rider: Ewen Costiou (Arkéa-B&B Hotels)
• Teams classification leader: EF Education-EasyPost

532.4 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.664 km/jr

1	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	12hr 11min 35sec
2	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	@ 1sec
3	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:08
4	Sam Bennett	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
5	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X Mobility	0:09
6	Kristian Sbaragli	Corratec-Vini Fantini	0:11
7	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:12
8	Léo Danès	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
9	Emilien Jeannière	TotalEnergies	0:14
10	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	0:15
11	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	0:16
12	Francisco Galván	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:18
13	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
14	Alex Jaime	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
15	Antonio Angulo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
16	Clément Venturini	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
17	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
18	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
19	Benoît Cosnefroy	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
20	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
21	Lukas Nerurkar	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
22	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	s.t.
23	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
24	Clément Braz Afonso	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
25	Alexandre Delettre	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
26	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
27	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
28	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
29	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	s.t.
30	Loic Vliegen	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
31	Milan Fretin	Cofidis	s.t.
32	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
33	Ben Hermans	Cofidis	s.t.
34	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	0:29
35	Célestin Guillon	Van Rysel-Roubaix	0:31
36	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
37	Joes Oosterlinck	Bingoal-WB	0:41
38	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:47
39	Louka Matthys	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
40	Emmanuel Morin	Van Rysel-Roubaix	0:49
41	Alexander Salby	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
42	Georgios Boúglas	Burgos-BH	s.t.
43	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
44	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
45	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
46	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
47	Mark Stewart	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
48	Robin Plamondon	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
49	Joris Delbove	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
50	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
51	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	1:04
52	Andoni Lopez De Abetxuko	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:11
53	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	1:23
54	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	1:27
55	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	1:32
56	Clément Alleno	Burgos-BH	1:33
57	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	1:35
58	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	1:45
59	Fabian Weiss	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	2:23
60	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	2:38
61	Pierre-Henry Basset	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	2:39
62	Kyrylo Tsarenko	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
63	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
64	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
65	Marc Sarreau	Groupama-FDJ	2:46
66	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	2:58
67	Iker Bonillo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:16
68	Samuel Leroux	Van Rysel-Roubaix	3:42
69	Jan Stöckli	Corratec-Vini Fantini	3:46
70	David Dekker	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	4:13
71	Norman Vahtra	Van Rysel-Roubaix	4:17
72	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	4:18
73	Jérémy Lecroq	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	4:47
74	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
75	Samuele Zambelli	Corratec-Vini Fantini	6:08
76	Ronan Augé	Groupama-FDJ	7:22
77	Matisse Julien	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	7:25
78	Jérémy Cabot	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	7:27
79	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	7:38
80	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
81	Rodrigo Álvarez	Burgos-BH	7:58
82	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	8:00
83	Declan Irvine	Team Novo Nordisk	8:35
84	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Mobility	8:38
85	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	8:53
86	Jakub Mareczko	Corratec-Vini Fantini	9:02
87	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	9:36
88	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	10:38
89	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	11:13
90	Unai Zubeldia	Euskaltel-Euskadi	12:06
91	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	14:14
92	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	14:23
93	Baptiste Veistroffer	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	14:46
94	George Jackson	Burgos-BH	15:17
95	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	17:23
96	Eddy Finé	Cofidis	22:26
97	Noah Knecht	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	24:19:00
98	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	25:29:00

 

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

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Wednesday, April 3: Stage 2, Chateaubriant - Saumur, 162.1 km

Stage 2 map & profile

Ewan Costiou wins the stage and takes over the GC lead. Getty Pictures

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Weather at the finish city of Saumur at 1:40 PM, local time: 17C (62F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 31 km/hr (19 mph). There is an 11% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from winner Ewan Costiou's Team Arkéa-B&B Hotels.

Breton Ewen Costiou achieved his very first professional success by winning the 2nd stage of the Pays de la Loire Tour region alone.

Ewen Costiou:
“I’ve been circling so much for a while! I’m really super happy. It’s my first success among the professionals, with the Arkea B&B Hotels team. I told Mathis Le Berre to get a head start when It wasn’t rolling anymore. My teammates did a great job to place me at the foot of the bump. At the start of this one I wasn’t the strongest, there was a group that broke away, and I didn’t I wasn’t. I came into the summit with a headwind. On the last lap, Clément Venturini came into our group. He was really strong. I knew that the only way for me to win was to anticipate the sprint given the sprinters who were with us. I attacked at one kilometer two hundred, and I didn’t ask myself any questions. Winning this first professional race is really a relief.”

Roger Tréhin, Directeur sportif:
“I asked Ewen Costiou and Clément Venturini to be patient as much as possible, not to discover each other before the last two laps, and that the best, at a given moment, were going to look at each other, and that it was at that moment- where it was necessary to attack. Which Ewen was able to do perfectly. He has the jersey after this second stage, but EF Education and Marijn Van Den Berg are very strong. Le Gazonfier, Friday for the last stage at Le Mans, will be the judge peace of this Pays de la Loire Tour Region. For the general classification, we will see day by day, without neglecting any opponent, and we will take stock each evening.”

Complete results:

162.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.890 km/hr

1	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	3hr 41min 36sec
2	Sam Bennett	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	@ 8sec
3	Emilien Jeannière	TotalEnergies	s.t.
4	Lukas Nerurkar	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
5	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
6	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
7	Marc Sarreau	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
8	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
9	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
10	Francisco Galván	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
11	Alex Jaime	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
12	Milan Fretin	Cofidis	s.t.
13	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
14	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
15	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
16	Clément Braz Afonso	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
17	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
18	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
19	Clément Venturini	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
20	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
21	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
22	Léo Danès	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
23	Alexandre Delettre	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
24	Antonio Angulo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
25	Kristian Sbaragli	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
26	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
27	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
28	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
29	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
30	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	s.t.
31	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
32	Benoît Cosnefroy	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
33	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	s.t.
34	Loic Vliegen	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
35	Ben Hermans	Cofidis	s.t.
36	Célestin Guillon	Van Rysel-Roubaix	0:21
37	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
38	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
39	Alexander Salby	Bingoal-WB	0:39
40	Georgios Boúglas	Burgos-BH	s.t.
41	Joris Delbove	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
42	Emmanuel Morin	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
43	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
44	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
45	Joes Oosterlinck	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
46	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
47	Robin Plamondon	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
48	Mark Stewart	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
49	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
50	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
51	Louka Matthys	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
52	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
53	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	s.t.
54	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
55	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
56	Andoni Lopez De Abetxuko	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:01
57	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
58	Jan Stöckli	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
59	Clément Alleno	Burgos-BH	1:23
60	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	1:25
61	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	1:35
62	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	2:09
63	Fabian Weiss	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	2:13
64	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	2:29
65	Unai Zubeldia	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
66	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
67	Pierre-Henry Basset	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
68	Samuel Leroux	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
69	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
70	Kyrylo Tsarenko	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
71	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
72	George Jackson	Burgos-BH	s.t.
73	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
74	Iker Bonillo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:06
75	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	3:22
76	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
77	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	4:07
78	David Dekker	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
79	Matisse Julien	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
80	Norman Vahtra	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
81	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	4:37
82	Jérémy Lecroq	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
83	Baptiste Veistroffer	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
84	Jérémy Cabot	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
85	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
86	Ronan Augé	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
87	Rodrigo Álvarez	Burgos-BH	s.t.
88	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
89	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
90	Samuele Zambelli	Corratec-Vini Fantini	5:58
91	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix	7:28
92	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
93	Eddy Finé	Cofidis	s.t.
94	Declan Irvine	Team Novo Nordisk	8:28
95	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
96	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	8:52
97	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
98	Noah Knecht	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
99	Jakub Mareczko	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.

 

GC after stage 2:

• GC leader: Ewen Costiou (Arkéa-B&B Hotels)
• Mountains classification leader: Julien Matisse (CIC U Nantes Atlantique)
• Points classification leader: Jon Aberasturi (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
• Best young rider: Ewen Costiou (Arkéa-B&B Hotels)
• Teams classification leader: Equipo Kern Pharma

372.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 44.283 km/hr

1	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	8hr 24min 51sec
2	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	@ 7sec
3	Kristian Sbaragli	Corratec-Vini Fantini	0:11
4	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:12
5	Sam Bennett	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
6	Emilien Jeannière	TotalEnergies	0:14
7	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	0:15
8	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	0:16
9	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:18
10	Francisco Galván	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
11	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
12	Alex Jaime	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
13	Antonio Angulo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
14	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
15	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
16	Léo Danès	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
17	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
18	Alexandre Delettre	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
19	Clément Venturini	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
20	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
21	Benoît Cosnefroy	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
22	Clément Braz Afonso	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
23	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	s.t.
24	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
25	Lukas Nerurkar	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
26	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
27	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
28	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	s.t.
29	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
30	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
31	Milan Fretin	Cofidis	s.t.
32	Loic Vliegen	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
33	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
34	Ben Hermans	Cofidis	s.t.
35	Célestin Guillon	Van Rysel-Roubaix	0:31
36	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
37	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
38	Joes Oosterlinck	Bingoal-WB	0:41
39	Louka Matthys	Bingoal-WB	0:47
40	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
41	Emmanuel Morin	Van Rysel-Roubaix	0:49
42	Alexander Salby	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
43	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
44	Georgios Boúglas	Burgos-BH	s.t.
45	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
46	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
47	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
48	Mark Stewart	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
49	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
50	Joris Delbove	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
51	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	s.t.
52	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
53	Robin Plamondon	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
54	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
55	Jan Stöckli	Corratec-Vini Fantini	1:11
56	Andoni Lopez De Abetxuko	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
57	Clément Alleno	Burgos-BH	1:33
58	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	1:35
59	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	1:45
60	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	2:19
61	Fabian Weiss	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	2:23
62	Samuel Leroux	Van Rysel-Roubaix	2:36
63	Pierre-Henry Basset	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	2:39
64	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
65	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
66	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
67	Kyrylo Tsarenko	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
68	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
69	Marc Sarreau	Groupama-FDJ	2:46
70	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:59
71	Iker Bonillo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:16
72	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	3:32
73	David Dekker	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	4:13
74	Matisse Julien	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	4:14
75	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	4:15
76	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	4:17
77	Norman Vahtra	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
78	Jérémy Lecroq	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	4:47
79	Ronan Augé	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
80	Rodrigo Álvarez	Burgos-BH	s.t.
81	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
82	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	5:52
83	Samuele Zambelli	Corratec-Vini Fantini	6:08
84	Jérémy Cabot	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	6:44
85	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	7:38
86	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
87	Declan Irvine	Team Novo Nordisk	8:35
88	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Mobility	8:38
89	Jakub Mareczko	Corratec-Vini Fantini	9:02
90	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
91	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
92	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	10:38
93	Unai Zubeldia	Euskaltel-Euskadi	12:06
94	George Jackson	Burgos-BH	s.t.
95	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	14:12
96	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	14:14
97	Baptiste Veistroffer	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
98	Eddy Finé	Cofidis	17:05
99	Noah Knecht	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	18:29

 

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

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Tuesday, April 2: Stage 1, Fontenay le Comte - St. Jean de Monts, 210.5 km

Stage 1 map & profile

Marijn Van Den Berg wins a close one. Getty Sport photo

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Weather at the finish city of St. Jean de Monts at 2:15 PM, local time: 14C (58F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the south at 35 km/hr (22 mph). There is a 20% chance of rain.

The race: Jérémy Leveau (Van Rysel-Roubaix) did not start.

Here's the report from stage winner Marijn Van Den Berg's Team EF Education-EasyPost.

Marijn van den Berg was not going to let his teammates down.

The Dutch racer rounded the final corner of the first stage of the Pays de la Loire Tour and surged up the outside. He kicked early, thrusting all his power through his pedals, and threw his bike forwards at the line. He looked across at Jon Aberasturi (PRT), catching the Basque sprinter’s eye. Neither of them knew who had won. It came down to a photo finish. Minutes later, the commissaires returned with good news. Marijn had triumphed by the width of a tire.

“I didn’t see who had won so I was waiting for the photo finish,” Marijn said after celebrating with his teammates. “We had to wait for the photo finish. I came a little bit early and I saw him coming and had not much left, so I just jumped. I saw that he dropped a little bit of speed, so threw my bike. I had trained on that quite a bit. I am super happy with this win."

It was a win for the whole team. All day, they kept Marijn out of the wind, as the peloton traversed across the fields of northern France from Fontenay-le-Comte to Saint-Jean-de-Monts. Darren Rafferty made a move off the front to take the pressure off his teammates. Inside the last five kilometers, Ben Healy did a huge turn, navigating Marijn at the head of the swirling peloton. He dropped him off at one kilometer to go.

Marijn was determined to finish off the job. He won the sprint and claimed the race’s first leader’s jersey as well as the lead in the sprint competition.

Another view of the finish.

“The shape is good,” he said, before stepping on to the podium. “I had a bit of a difficult time after Algarve, but then in Catalunya it went really well again and then last Sunday in Flanders I also had good legs and tried to help Bettiol there and now I can go for my own chances here. It is nice to win the first stage.”

Marijn dedicated his win to his brother Lars, who is also a WorldTour racer, but was taken out of action earlier this spring by a crash.

“He is always in contact with me,” Marijn said. “We speak a lot about the races and he tries to help me and I wanted to reward it with a stage win. To do that is special.”

Now, Marijn and his teammates will turn their attention to the next three stages, where they will race to defend their GC lead. After his performance today, Marijn thinks that Ben is the man to go for the win.

“With Ben we have a really strong guy for the coming stages, with all of the climbs, so we will try to go for him and if I can follow then it is nice,” he said.

Complete results:

210.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.563 km/hr

1	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	4hr 43min 25sec
2	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
3	David Dekker	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
4	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
5	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
6	Emmanuel Morin	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
7	Joes Oosterlinck	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
8	Emilien Jeannière	TotalEnergies	s.t.
9	Francisco Galván	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
10	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
11	Alexander Salby	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
12	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
13	Jérémy Lecroq	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
14	Antonio Angulo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
15	Iker Bonillo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
16	Alex Jaime	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
17	Georgios Boúglas	Burgos-BH	s.t.
18	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
19	Sam Bennett	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
20	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
21	Pierre-Henry Basset	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
22	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
23	Ronan Augé	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
24	Jakub Mareczko	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
25	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
26	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
27	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
28	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
29	Benoît Cosnefroy	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
30	Léo Danès	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
31	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	s.t.
32	Rodrigo Álvarez	Burgos-BH	s.t.
33	Declan Irvine	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
34	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
35	Alexandre Delettre	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
36	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
37	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
38	Matisse Julien	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
39	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
40	Clément Venturini	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
41	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
42	Kristian Sbaragli	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
43	Louka Matthys	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
44	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	s.t.
45	Jan Stöckli	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
46	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
47	Clément Braz Afonso	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
48	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
49	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
50	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
51	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
52	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
53	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
54	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
55	Mark Stewart	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
56	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
57	Célestin Guillon	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
58	Samuel Leroux	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
59	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
60	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
61	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
62	Lukas Nerurkar	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
63	Andoni Lopez De Abetxuko	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
64	Loic Vliegen	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
65	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
66	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
67	Fabian Weiss	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
68	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
69	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	s.t.
70	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
71	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
72	Clément Alleno	Burgos-BH	s.t.
73	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
74	Kyrylo Tsarenko	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
75	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
76	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
77	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
78	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
79	Samuele Zambelli	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
80	Joris Delbove	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
81	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
82	Ben Hermans	Cofidis	s.t.
83	Milan Fretin	Cofidis	s.t.
84	Robin Plamondon	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
85	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
86	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
87	Norman Vahtra	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
88	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	@ 20sec
89	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:43
90	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	1:05
91	Jérémy Cabot	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	1:57
92	Marc Sarreau	Groupama-FDJ	2:28
93	Baptiste Veistroffer	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	9:27
94	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
95	George Jackson	Burgos-BH	s.t.
96	Unai Zubeldia	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
97	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
98	Jens Verbrugghe	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
99	Eddy Finé	Cofidis	s.t.
100	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
101	Noah Knecht	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
102	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.

 

GC after stage 1:

• GC leader: Marijn Van Den Beg (EF Education-EasyPost)
• Mountains classification leader: Jean-Louis Le Ny (Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur)
• Points classification leader: Marijn Van Den Beg (EF Education-EasyPost)
• Best young rider: Joes Oosterlinck (Bingoal-WB)
• Teams classification leader: Bingoal-WB

1	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	4hr 43min 14sec
2	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	@ 5sec
3	David Dekker	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	0:07
4	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	0:08
5	Declan Irvine	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
6	Samuel Leroux	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
7	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	0:09
8	Louka Matthys	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
9	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
10	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:11
11	Emmanuel Morin	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
12	Joes Oosterlinck	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
13	Emilien Jeannière	TotalEnergies	s.t.
14	Francisco Galván	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
15	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
16	Alexander Salby	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
17	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
18	Jérémy Lecroq	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
19	Antonio Angulo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
20	Iker Bonillo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
21	Alex Jaime	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
22	Georgios Boúglas	Burgos-BH	s.t.
23	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
24	Sam Bennett	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
25	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
26	Pierre-Henry Basset	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
27	Ronan Augé	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
28	Jakub Mareczko	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
29	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
30	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
31	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
32	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
33	Benoît Cosnefroy	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
34	Léo Danès	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
35	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	s.t.
36	Rodrigo Álvarez	Burgos-BH	s.t.
37	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
38	Alexandre Delettre	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
39	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
40	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
41	Matisse Julien	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
42	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
43	Clément Venturini	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
44	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
45	Kristian Sbaragli	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
46	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	s.t.
47	Jan Stöckli	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
48	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
49	Clément Braz Afonso	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
50	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
51	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
52	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
53	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
54	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
55	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
56	Mark Stewart	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
57	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
58	Célestin Guillon	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
59	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
60	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
61	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
62	Lukas Nerurkar	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
63	Andoni Lopez De Abetxuko	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
64	Loic Vliegen	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
65	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
66	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
67	Fabian Weiss	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
68	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
69	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	s.t.
70	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
71	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
72	Clément Alleno	Burgos-BH	s.t.
73	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
74	Kyrylo Tsarenko	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
75	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
76	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
77	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
78	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
79	Samuele Zambelli	Corratec-Vini Fantini	s.t.
80	Joris Delbove	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
81	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
82	Ben Hermans	Cofidis	s.t.
83	Milan Fretin	Cofidis	s.t.
84	Robin Plamondon	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
85	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
86	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
87	Norman Vahtra	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
88	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:31
89	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:54
90	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	1:16
91	Jérémy Cabot	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	2:08
92	Marc Sarreau	Groupama-FDJ	2:39
93	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	9:36
94	Baptiste Veistroffer	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	9:38
95	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
96	George Jackson	Burgos-BH	s.t.
97	Unai Zubeldia	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
98	Jens Verbrugghe	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
99	Eddy Finé	Cofidis	s.t.
100	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
101	Noah Knecht	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
102	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.

 

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

Start list with back numbers, April 1, 2024:

	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale
1	Sam Bennett
2	Benoît Cosnefroy
3	Baptiste Veistroffer
4	Léo Bisiaux
5	Edvald Boasson-Hagen
	Groupama-FDJ
11	Eddy Le Huitouze
12	Marc Sarreau
13	Matthew Walls
14	Ronan Augé
15	Sam Watson
16	Jens Verbrugghe
	Cofidis
21	Bryan Coquard
22	Eddy Finé
23	Milan Fretin
24	Ben Hermans
25	Nicolas Debeaumarché
26	Anthony Perez
	EF Education-EasyPost
31	Ben Healy
32	Lukas Nerurkar
33	Darren Rafferty
34	Yuhi Todome
35	Marijn Van Den Berg
36	Jardi Van Der Lee
	Arkea-B&B Hotels
41	Ewen Costiou
42	David Dekker
43	Mathis Le Berre
44	Kevin Ledanois
45	Alan Riou
46	Clément Venturini
	TotalEnergies
51	Valentin Ferron
52	Emilien Jeannière
53	Lorrenzo Manzin
54	Paul Ourselin
55	Julien Simon
56	Jason Tesson
	Tudor Pro Cycling Team
61	Aloïs Charrin
62	Alberto Dainese
63	Lucas Eriksson
64	Arthur Kluckers
65	Robin Froidevaux
66	Fabian Weiss
	Uno-X Mobility
71	Carl-Frederik Bevort
72	Erlend Blikra
73	Fredrik Dversnes
74	Johannes Kulset
75	Magnus Kulset
76	Niklas Larsen
	Team Novo Nordisk
81	Declan Irvine
82	Matyas Kopecky
83	David Lozano
84	Andrea Peron
85	Sam Brand
86	Antonio Polga
	Team Corratec-Vini Fantini
91	Mark Stewart
92	Jan Stöckli
93	Kyrylo Tsarenko
94	Jakub Mareczko
95	Kristian Sbaragli
96	Samuele Zambelli
	Bingoal-WB
101	Louka Matthys
102	Joes Oosterlinck
103	Dimitri Peyskens
104	Alexander Salby
105	Luca Van Boven
106	Loic Vliegen
	Burgos-BH
121	Clément Alleno
122	Antonio Angulo
123	Rodrigo Álvarez
124	Angel Fuentes
125	Georgios Boúglas
126	George Jackson
	Euskaltel-Euskadi
131	Jon Aberasturi
132	Andoni Lopez De Abetxuko
133	Iker Bonillo
134	Nicolas Alustiza
135	Xabier Isasa
136	Unai Zubeldia
	Equipo Kern Pharma
141	Francisco Galván
142	Alex Jaime
143	Miguel Angel Fernandez
144	Iñigo Elosegui
145	Hugo Aznar
146	Danny Van Der Tuuk
	Cic U Nantes Atlantique
151	Clément Braz Afonso
152	Léo Danès
153	Pierre-Henry Basset
154	Matisse Julien
155	Robin Plamondon
156	Jon Rye-Johnsen
	Nice Métropole-Côte D'Azur
161	Noah Knecht
162	Alexander Konijn
163	Damien Girard
164	Paul Hennequin
165	Jean-Louis Le Ny
166	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli
	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93
171	Romain Cardis
172	Jérémy Cabot
173	Alexandre Delettre
174	Jérémy Lecroq
175	Joris Delbove
176	Morne Van Niekerk
	Van Rysel-Roubaix
181	Emmanuel Morin
182	Rait Ärm
183	Célestin Guillon
184	Samuel Leroux
185	Jérémy Leveau
186	Norman Vahtra