2026 GP d'Ouverture - La Marseillaise (1.1)
47th edition: Sunday, February 1, 2026
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Marseille - Marseille, 145.8 km
Bryan Coquard wins his 54th race as a pro. Photo: X. Pereyron/LNC
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Weather at the start/finish city of Marseille at 2:35 PM, local time: 13C (55F), sunny, with the wind from the west-northwest at 16 km/hr (10 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.
The Race: Here's the report from second-place Steffen De Schuyteneer's Team Lotto-Intermarché.
Steffen De Schuyteneer delivered a strong performance at today’s GP La Marseillaise, sprinting to an impressive second place after an excellent team effort throughout the race. “I am really happy to get that first podium for the team”, he says.
From the opening kilometers, the team rode attentively over the undulating course around Marseille. As the kilometers ticked down, the focus shifted fully to the sprint, with the team executing a powerful and well-timed lead-out to position Steffen perfectly for the final sprint to the line.
In the sprint, Steffen showed strong speed and confidence, securing second place behind Bryan Coquard (Team Cofidis). While victory narrowly slipped away, the result underlined both Steffen’s form and the team’s cohesion so early in the season.
After the finish, Steffen reflected positively on the performance: “We started this race of course with the aim to win. But I am also really happy with this second place. It’s nice to start the season well for the team. It’s also just a really nice race, I really like coming here since it’s a bit hilly, has a bit of ups and downs so I am definitely happy with the result.”
With this podium result at one of the season’s traditional openers, Steffen can look ahead with confidence to the upcoming races.
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Complete results:
145.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.257 km/hr
| 1 | Bryan Coquard | Cofidis | 3hr 27min 1sec |
| 2 | Steffen De Schuyteneer | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 3 | Alex Molenaar | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 4 | Nicolò Buratti | MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort | s.t. |
| 5 | Xabier Berasategi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 6 | Victor Loulergue | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 7 | Théo Delacroix | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 8 | Gerben Thijssen | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 9 | Marcin Budzinski | MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort | s.t. |
| 10 | Maxime Jarnet | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 11 | Gotzon Martín | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 12 | Axel Huens | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 13 | Emilien Jeannière | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 14 | Alexis Renard | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 15 | Mirco Maestri | Team Polti-VisitMalta | s.t. |
| 16 | Alessandro Verre | MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort | s.t. |
| 17 | Cyril Barthe | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 18 | Lukas Kubis | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 19 | Jonathan Lastra | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 20 | Tom Mainguenaud | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 21 | Lucas Bénéteau | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 22 | Eduard Prades | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 23 | Mikel Retegi | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 24 | Andrea Mifsud | Team Polti-VisitMalta | s.t. |
| 25 | Jordi Lopez | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 26 | Noa Isidore | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 27 | Lorenzo Germani | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 28 | Alexandre Balmer | Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali | s.t. |
| 29 | Henri Uhlig | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 30 | Stan Dewulf | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 31 | Antoine Raugel | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 32 | Léandre Lozouet | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 33 | Lenaic Langella | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 34 | Stefano Oldani | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 35 | Francisco Muñoz | Team Polti-VisitMalta | s.t. |
| 36 | Davide Bais | Team Polti-VisitMalta | s.t. |
| 37 | Matys Grisel | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 38 | Pierre Thierry | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 39 | Jordan Labrosse | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 40 | Clement Izquierdo | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 41 | Tomas Kopecky | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 42 | Dario Giuliano | Team Polti-VisitMalta | s.t. |
| 43 | Fausto Masnada | MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort | s.t. |
| 44 | Mathieu Kockelmann | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 45 | Paul Lapeira | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 46 | Cesare Chesini | MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort | s.t. |
| 47 | Nils Aebersold | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 48 | Gorka Corres | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 49 | Baptiste Grégoire | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 50 | Ewen Costiou | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 51 | Niklas Larsen | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 52 | Maxime Decomble | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 53 | Florian Dauphin | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 54 | Vito Braet | Lotto-Intermarché | @ 12sec |
| 55 | Liam Slock | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 56 | Lennert Belmans | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 57 | Hugo Houle | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 58 | Valentin Retailleau | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 59 | Wessel Mouris | Unibet Rose Rockets | 0:21 |
| 60 | Noah Ramsay | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 61 | Louis Hardouin | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 0:23 |
| 62 | Clément Venturini | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 63 | Axel Mariault | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 64 | Alexandre Delettre | Team TotalEnergies | 0:27 |
| 65 | Sébastien Grignard | Lotto-Intermarché | 0:33 |
| 66 | Ramses Debruyne | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 0:37 |
| 67 | Gianluca Pollefliet | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 0:58 |
| 68 | Alfie George | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | 0:58 |
| 69 | Sandy Dujardin | Team TotalEnergies | 1:02 |
| 70 | Guillaume Bagou | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | 1:53 |
| 71 | Baptiste Gillet | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 2:32 |
| 72 | Arnaud Tendon | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 4:14 |
| 73 | Jose Maria Martin | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 74 | Romain Cardis | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 75 | Bohémond Barrillot | AVC Aix-en-Provence Dole | s.t. |
| 76 | Felix Meo | Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali | s.t. |
| 77 | Andrea Piras | Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali | s.t. |
| 78 | Kasper Haugland | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 79 | Lorenz Van de Wynkele | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 80 | Jerome Raus | AVC Aix-en-Provence Dole | s.t. |
| 81 | Ben Granger | Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali | s.t. |
| 82 | Tobias Bayer | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 83 | Clément Davy | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 84 | Jean-Loup Fayolle | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 85 | Tommaso Bessega | Team Polti-VisitMalta | s.t. |
| 86 | Pablo Lospitao | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 87 | Julien Marin | AVC Aix-en-Provence Dole | s.t. |
| 88 | Antoine Berger | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 89 | Arnaud Tissières | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 90 | Jack Brough | AVC Aix-en-Provence Dole | s.t. |
| 91 | Nate Pringle | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 92 | Gabriel Layrac | AVC Aix-en-Provence Dole | s.t. |
| 93 | Joseph Brookes | AVC Aix-en-Provence Dole | s.t. |
| 94 | Lorenzo Quartucci | Burgos Burpellet BH | s.t. |
| 95 | Jaakko Hänninen | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 96 | Nicola Marcerou | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 97 | Paul Ourselin | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 98 | Alexander Konijn | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 99 | Jan Maas | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 100 | Joppe Heremans | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 101 | Mathis Guay | AVC Aix-en-Provence Dole | s.t. |
| 102 | Thomas Champion | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 103 | Killian Théot | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 104 | Valentin Darbellay | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 105 | Jan Sommer | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 106 | Samuele Zoccarato | MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort | 4:20 |
| 107 | Jokin Murguialday | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 108 | Nicolas Alustiza | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 109 | Hugo Aznar | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 110 | Jenthe Biermans | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 111 | Vojtech Kminek | Burgos Burpellet BH | 6:01 |
| 112 | Kenny Molly | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 6:44 |
| 113 | Nil Gimeno | Equipo Kern Pharma | 8:40 |
| 114 | Victor Guernalec | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 115 | Yukiya Arashiro | Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali | s.t. |
| 116 | Simon Guglielmi | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 117 | Luca Verrando | Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali | s.t. |
| 118 | Alex Diaz | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 119 | Axel van der Tuuk | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 120 | Pablo Carrascosa | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 121 | Cesar Perez | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 122 | Iker Gomez | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 123 | Maël Guégan | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | 10:12 |
| 124 | Joris Chaussinand | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | 11:22 |
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Start list with back numbers, January 31, 2026:
| Cofidis | |
| 1 | Jenthe Biermans |
| 2 | Bryan Coquard |
| 3 | Alexis Renard |
| 4 | Clement Izquierdo |
| 5 | Paul Ourselin |
| 6 | Jan Maas |
| Alpecin-Premier Tech | |
| 11 | Tobias Bayer |
| 12 | Lennert Belmans |
| 13 | Ramses Debruyne |
| 14 | Hugo Houle |
| 15 | Henri Uhlig |
| 16 | Gerben Thijssen |
| 17 | Noah Ramsay |
| Decathlon CMA CGM Team | |
| 21 | Stan Dewulf |
| 22 | Kasper Haugland |
| 23 | Noa Isidore |
| 24 | Jordan Labrosse |
| 25 | Paul Lapeira |
| 26 | Gianluca Pollefliet |
| 27 | Nate Pringle |
| Groupama-FDJ United | |
| 31 | Cyril Barthe |
| 32 | Ewen Costiou |
| 33 | Maxime Decomble |
| 34 | Lorenzo Germani |
| 35 | Axel Huens |
| 36 | Victor Loulergue |
| 37 | Baptiste Grégoire |
| Lotto-Intermarché | |
| 41 | Vito Braet |
| 42 | Steffen De Schuyteneer |
| 43 | Sébastien Grignard |
| 44 | Matys Grisel |
| 45 | Mathieu Kockelmann |
| 46 | Liam Slock |
| 47 | Lorenz Van de Wynkele |
| Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali | |
| 51 | Yukiya Arashiro |
| 52 | Andrea Piras |
| 53 | Alexandre Balmer |
| 54 | Felix Meo |
| 55 | Ben Granger |
| 57 | Luca Verrando |
| MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort | |
| 61 | Alessandro Verre |
| 62 | Marcin Budzinski |
| 63 | Nicolò Buratti |
| 64 | Cesare Chesini |
| 65 | Edoardo Cipollini |
| 66 | Fausto Masnada |
| 67 | Samuele Zoccarato |
| Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 71 | Stefano Oldani |
| 73 | Alex Molenaar |
| 74 | Eduard Prades |
| 75 | Alex Diaz |
| 76 | Pablo Lospitao |
| 77 | Gorka Corres |
| Unibet Rose Rockets | |
| 81 | Ronan Augé |
| 82 | Tobias Müller |
| 83 | Clément Venturini |
| 84 | Tomas Kopecky |
| 85 | Lukas Kubis |
| 86 | Niklas Larsen |
| 87 | Wessel Mouris |
| Team TotalEnergies | |
| 91 | Florian Dauphin |
| 92 | Alexandre Delettre |
| 93 | Sandy Dujardin |
| 94 | Emilien Jeannière |
| 95 | Nicola Marcerou |
| 96 | Valentin Retailleau |
| 97 | Pierre Thierry |
| Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 101 | Xabier Berasategi |
| 102 | Nicolas Alustiza |
| 103 | Jonathan Lastra |
| 104 | Jordi Lopez |
| 105 | Gotzon Martín |
| 106 | Jokin Murguialday |
| 107 | Axel van der Tuuk |
| Equipo Kern Pharma | |
| 111 | Hugo Aznar |
| 112 | Nil Gimeno |
| 113 | Iker Gomez |
| 114 | Pablo Carrascosa |
| 115 | Jose Maria Martin |
| 116 | Cesar Perez |
| 117 | Mikel Retegi |
| Burgos Burpellet BH | |
| 121 | Lorenzo Quartucci |
| 122 | Clément Alleno |
| 123 | Eric Fagundez |
| 124 | Adrian Fajardo Toledo |
| 125 | Vojtech Kminek |
| 126 | Alexandre Mayer |
| 127 | Rodrigo Álvarez |
| Team Polti VisitMalta | |
| 131 | Tommaso Bessega |
| 132 | Dario Giuliano |
| 133 | Mirco Maestri |
| 134 | Andrea Mifsud |
| 135 | Francisco Muñoz |
| 137 | Davide Bais |
| Elite Fondations Cycling Team | |
| 141 | Alfie George |
| 142 | Arnaud Tissières |
| 143 | Guillaume Bagou |
| 144 | Nils Aebersold |
| 145 | Jan Sommer |
| 146 | Victor Jean |
| 147 | Valentin Darbellay |
| St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | |
| 151 | Lucas Bénéteau |
| 152 | Antoine Berger |
| 153 | Romain Cardis |
| 154 | Thomas Champion |
| 155 | Théo Delacroix |
| 156 | Simon Guglielmi |
| 157 | Yohann Simon |
| Van Rysel-Roubaix | |
| 161 | Louis Hardouin |
| 162 | Joppe Heremans |
| 163 | Maxime Jarnet |
| 164 | Kenny Molly |
| 165 | Antoine Raugel |
| 166 | Arnaud Tendon |
| 167 | Killian Théot |
| Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur | |
| 171 | Jaakko Hänninen |
| 172 | Alexander Konijn |
| 173 | Tom Mainguenaud |
| 174 | Baptiste Gillet |
| 175 | Dylan Massa |
| 176 | Jahkim Carty |
| 177 | Clément Davy |
| CIC Pro Cycling Academy | |
| 181 | Joris Chaussinand |
| 182 | Jean-Loup Fayolle |
| 183 | Maël Guégan |
| 184 | Victor Guernalec |
| 185 | Lenaic Langella |
| 186 | Léandre Lozouet |
| 187 | Axel Mariault |
| AVC Aix-en-Provence Dole | |
| 191 | Bohémond Barrillot |
| 192 | Joseph Brookes |
| 193 | Jack Brough |
| 194 | Mathis Guay |
| 195 | Gabriel Layrac |
| 196 | Julien Marin |
| 197 | Jerome Raus |