2026 Classic Var road race

La Garde - Brignoles, 176.6 km

Team TotalEnergies' Jason Tesson wins the race. Getty photo

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Weather at the finish city of Brignoles at 2:00 PM, local time: 19C (66F), sunny, with the wind from the northwest at 27 km/hr (17 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the race organizer's report.

On Saturday, February 21, 2026, the peloton set off from La Garde to reach Brignoles via a 176.6-kilometer course. French rider Jason Tesson ultimately succeeded Christian Scaroni, last year's winner in Fayence. Relive the race and the fierce sprint finish.

The 3rd edition of the Classic Var took place on Saturday, February 21, 2026, while the peloton will meet the very next day for the Tour des Alpes-Maritimes.

This year, after two consecutive finishes tailored for climbers, the race ended, as expected, with a mass sprint in Brignoles.

In total, the riders had to tackle a 176.6-kilometer route. It notably passed through Cuers, Tourves, Tavernes, and Aups before descending into the city of the Counts of Provence.

Tesson, surprise winner
No one really expected a victory for the TotalEnergies sprinter, but he proved more cunning in a hard-fought finale marked by a crash in the peloton. Alone in the middle of the leading group, he took advantage of the attacks to win ahead of Norwegian Tord Gudmestad (Decathlon CMA CGM) and Dutchman Rick Pluimers (Tudor).

He is the third rider to have his name added to the winners' list after Christian Scaroni in 2025 and Lenny Martinez in 2024.

Janson Tesson: "I messed up at the roundabout." The TotalEnergies sprinter reacted after his sprint victory in Brignoles. "I had to fight my way back, I messed up at the roundabout (just before the final straight), but I managed to find my way through. I dedicate my victory to a little boy who recently passed away."

Complete results:

Phil Bauhaus was relegated from 5th to 30th for failing to hold his line in the sprint.

176.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.266 km/hr

1	Jason Tesson	Team TotalEnergies	4hr 10min 42sec
2	Tord Gudmestad	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
3	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
4	Mathias Sanlaville	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
5	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
6	Killian Théot	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
7	Frits Biesterbos	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
8	Axel Bouquet	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
9	Lenaic Langella	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
10	Valentin Darbellay	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	s.t.
11	Bjoern Koerdt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
12	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	s.t.
13	Mathieu Kockelmann	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
14	Nicolas Vinokurov	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
15	Jahkim Carty	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
16	Dylan Massa	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
17	Pierre Gautherat	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
18	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
19	Thomas Silva	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
20	Milan Menten	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
21	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
22	Thibaud Gruel	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
23	Matys Grisel	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
24	Jenthe Biermans	Cofidis	s.t.
25	Arnaud Tissières	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	s.t.
26	Davide Toneatti	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
27	Matyas Kopecky	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
28	Patrick Frydkjær	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
29	Joes Oosterlinck	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
30	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
31	Zak Erzen	Bahrain Victorious	@ 6sec
32	Maël Guégan	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
33	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
34	Javier Serrano	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
35	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	0:10
36	Tom Mainguenaud	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
37	Clément Davy	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
38	Andrea Mifsud	Team Polti-VisitMalta	0:12
39	Titouan Fontaine	Groupama-FDJ United	0:16
40	Jan Sommer	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	0:18
41	Noa Isidore	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:21
42	Victor Guernalec	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
43	Victor Jean	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	0:24
44	Edoardo Zamperini	Cofidis	0:29
45	Nicola Marcerou	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
46	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
47	Baptiste Gillet	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	0:36
48	Colin Savioz	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
49	Louis Hardouin	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
50	Clement Izquierdo	Cofidis	s.t.
51	Jonas Walton	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
52	Davide Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
53	Alessandro Tonelli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
54	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
55	Hartthijs de Vries	Unibet Rose Rockets	0:41
56	Fabien Doubey	Team TotalEnergies	0:42
57	Gabriele Bessega	Team Polti-VisitMalta	0:49
58	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ United	0:50
59	Liam O'Brien	Lidl-Trek	0:52
60	Roman Ermakov	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
61	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
62	Lennart Jasch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:54
63	Oliver Peace	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
64	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:59
65	Nils Aebersold	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	s.t.
66	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ United	1:01
67	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
68	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
69	Warren Barguil	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
70	Diego Ulissi	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
71	Paul Lapeira	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	1:03
72	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:05
73	Lawrence Warbasse	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
74	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	1:08
75	Sergio Meris	Unibet Rose Rockets	1:13
76	Owen Geleijn	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
77	Carter Guichard	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	1:20
78	Miquel Delgado Pau	Bahrain Victorious	1:29
79	Vlad Van Mechelen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
80	Seth Dunwoody	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
81	Alec Segaert	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
82	Antoine L'Hote	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	1:32
83	Ewen Costiou	Groupama-FDJ United	1:35
84	Yaël Joalland	Cofidis	1:37
85	Similien Hamon	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	1:38
86	Wouter Toussaint	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
87	Niels Driesen	Lotto-Intermarché	1:58
88	Kamiel Eeman	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
89	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix	2:04
90	Adrien Maire	Unibet Rose Rockets	2:19
91	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	2:25
92	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
93	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
94	Valentin Retailleau	Team TotalEnergies	2:32
95	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
96	Simon Guglielmi	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
97	Théo Lévêque	Team TotalEnergies	2:39
98	Marco Schrettl	XDS Astana Team	2:41
99	Joppe Heremans	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
100	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
101	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
102	Ronan Augé	Unibet Rose Rockets	2:50
103	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	3:01
104	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	3:09
105	Noah Bögli	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	3:17
106	Lucas Bénéteau	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	3:29
107	Daniel Årnes	Van Rysel-Roubaix	3:43
108	Joris Delbove	Team TotalEnergies	4:42
109	Antoine Berger	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	5:30

2026 Classic Var (1.1), France

3rd edition: Saturday, February 21, 2026

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	XDS Astana Team
1	Simone Velasco
2	Diego Ulissi
3	Alberto Bettiol
4	Thomas Silva
5	Marco Schrettl
6	Nicolas Vinokurov
7	Davide Toneatti
	Bahrain Victorious
11	Phil Bauhaus
12	Pau Miquel Delgado
13	Alec Segaert
14	Vlad Van Mechelen
15	Zak Erzen
16	Seth Dunwoody
17	Roman Ermakov
	Lidl-Trek
21	Quinn Simmons
22	Andrea Bagioli
23	Bauke Mollema
24	Liam O'Brien
25	Patrick Frydkjær
26	Jacopo Mosca
27	Otto Vergaerde
	Team Picnic PostNL
31	Warren Barguil
32	Frank van den Broek
33	Bjoern Koerdt
34	Frits Biesterbos
35	Oliver Peace
37	Timo Roosen
	Decathlon CMA CGM Team
41	Paul Lapeira
42	Aurélien Paret-Peintre
43	Pierre Gautherat
44	Antoine L'Hote
45	Oscar Chamberlain
46	Noa Isidore
47	Tord Gudmestad
	Groupama-FDJ United
51	Thibaud Gruel
52	Ewen Costiou
53	Rudy Molard
54	Brieuc Rolland
55	Kevin Geniets
56	Cyril Barthe
57	Titouan Fontaine
	Lotto-Intermarché
61	Milan Menten
62	Mathieu Kockelmann
63	Matys Grisel
64	Kamiel Eeman
65	Sébastien Grignard
66	Wouter Toussaint
67	Niels Driesen
	Cofidis
71	Stanislaw Aniolkowski
72	Jenthe Biermans
73	Clement Izquierdo
74	Yaël Joalland
75	Edoardo Zamperini
76	Nicolas Debeaumarché
	Team TotalEnergies
81	Joris Delbove
82	Théo Lévêque
83	Fabien Doubey
84	Jason Tesson
85	Nicola Marcerou
86	Valentin Retailleau
87	Lorrenzo Manzin
	Tudor Pro Cycling Team
91	Marc Hirschi
92	Rick Pluimers
93	Lawrence Warbasse
94	Lennart Jasch
95	Petr Kelemen
96	Jacob Eriksson
97	Jan Stöckli
	Unibet Rose Rockets
101	Matyas Kopecky
102	Adrien Maire
103	Colin Savioz
104	Hartthijs de Vries
105	Ronan Augé
106	Sergio Meris
107	Owen Geleijn
	Team Polti-VisitMalta
111	Giovanni Lonardi
112	Davide Bais
113	Javier Serrano
114	Alessandro Tonelli
115	Francisco Muñoz
116	Andrea Mifsud
117	Gabriele Bessega
	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93
121	Théo Delacroix
122	Lucas Bénéteau
123	Romain Cardis
124	Simon Guglielmi
126	Antoine Berger
127	Axel Bouquet
	Van Rysel-Roubaix
131	Joppe Heremans
132	Joes Oosterlinck
133	Louis Hardouin
134	Killian Théot
135	Daniel Årnes
136	Léandre Huck
137	Kenny Molly
	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur
141	Alexander Konijn
142	Tom Mainguenaud
143	Baptiste Gillet
144	Clément Davy
145	Carter Guichard
146	Jahkim Carty
147	Dylan Massa
	CIC Pro Cycling Academy
152	Jonas Walton
153	Victor Guernalec
154	Maël Guégan
155	Similien Hamon
156	Mathias Sanlaville
157	Lenaic Langella
	Elite Fondations Cycling Team
161	Valentin Darbellay
162	Victor Jean
163	Arnaud Tissières
164	Nils Aebersold
165	Noah Bögli
166	Jan Sommer
167	Guillaume Bagou