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

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Friday, February 7: Stage 3, Bessèges - Bessèges, 164.050 136.2 km

Stage 3 map | Stage 3 photos

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:

Stage 3 photos

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 Arnadu 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

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Thursday, February 6: Stage 2, Domessargues - Marguerittes, 165.830 km

Stage 2 map | Stage 2 photos

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:

Stage 2 photos

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

Stage 1 map | Stage 1 photos

Paul Magnier wins the first stage. Photo: Getty Sport

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Weather at the start/finish city of Bellegarde at 2:10 PM, local time: 12C (53F), sunny, with the wind from the north at 31 km/hr (18 mph). No rain is forecast.

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:

Stage 1 photos

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

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