2026 Tour Auvergne - Rhône-Alps
(World Tour), France
Formerly Critérium du Dauphiné
78th edition: June 7 - 14, 2026
Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes/Critérium du Dauphiné podium history | 2025 edition | Start list
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | Stage 6 | Stage 7 | Stage 8
2026 Tour Auvergne - Rhône-Alps map
Sunday, June 14: 8th & Final Stage, Beaufort - Plateau de Solaison-Brison, 120.1 km
Stage 8 map & profile | Stage 8 photos
Isaac Del Toro wins stage eight and the 2026 Tour Auvergne - Rhône-Alps
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Rated ascents:
- Km 10.4: Col du Pré, 6.9 km @ 10.1%. Cat. 1
- Km 43.1: Montée de Bisanne, 11.4 km @ 7.7%, Hors Categorie
- Km 73.4: Col des Aravis, 7 km @ 6.8%. Cat. 1
- Km 120.1: Plateau de Solaison, 11.3 km @ 9.1%. Hors Categorie
Weather at the town of Brison, on the route, 7 km from the finish, at 2:20 PM, local time: 25C (77F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the north-northwest at 13 km/hr (8 mph). No rain is forecast.
The race: There were six non-starters: Callum Thornley (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), Stefan Bissegger (Decathlon CMA CGM), Lorenzo Fortunato (XDS Astana), Luke Plapp, Alessandro Covi (Jayco AlUla), and Henri Uhlig (Alpecin-Premier Tech), 100 riders remain in the peloton.
Sadly, Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM), who crashed in stage seven, abandoned the race after getting dropped on the the Col du Pré. Valenton Ferron (Cofidis) also abandoned.
Here's the organizer's stage eight report:
Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM) didn’t complete the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 2026, as the French rising star abandoned on the final day of racing, but youngsters prevailed nonetheless at the Plateau de Solaison. Already a winner on stage 7 at the Grand Colombier, Isaac Del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) ruled the final ascent and also claimed the yellow and blue leader’s jersey on the final day. He is the first Mexican winner in the 78 editions of the race. At 22 years and 199 days, he is also the third youngest winner in the history of the event, behind Greg LeMond (21 years and 345 days in 1983) and Louis Rostollan (22 years and 158 days in 1958), but just ahead of Bernard Hinault (22 years and 204 days in 1977). His closest chasers also illustrate the rise of young stars, as 21-year-old Luke Tuckwell (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) managed to hang on to second place of the overall standings. Second on the day, 23-year-old Juan Ayuso (Lidl-Trek) completes the podium.
A breakaway of climbers
Following the withdrawals of Callum Thornley (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), Stefan Bisseger (Decathlon CMA CGM), Luke Plapp, Alessandro Covi (Jayco AlUla), Lorenzo Fortunato (XDS Astana) and Henri Uhlig (Alpecin-Premier Tech), there are 100 riders remaining in the peloton at the start in Beaufort.
Stage eight gets started.
The route quickly takes the riders up the Col du Pré. It is on these slopes that, from kilometre 5, an attacking group begins to form, reaching the summit with eight riders: Laurens De Plus, Carlos Rodriguez (Netcompany Ineos), Léo Bisiaux (Decathlon CMA CGM), Georg Steinhauser (EF Education-Easypost), Valentin Paret-Peintre (Soudal Quick-Step), Harold Tejada (XDS Astana), Geoffrey Bouchard (TotalEnergies) and Clément Braz Afonso (Groupama-FDJ United), who seizes the opportunity to defend his polka-dot jersey.
The peloton, led by Lidl-Trek, is currently 1’30’’ behind, whilst Kévin Vauquelin (Netcompany Ineos), embarked in a solo chase, is 55’’ behind. He rejoins the group at km 24, whilst Bouchard has been dropped by the breakaway.
Paul Seixas withdraws
The breakaway’s lead grows to 1’45’’ (km 26), but on the climb up Bisanne, UAE Team Emirates-XRG take over from Lidl-Trek to control the gap.
Meanwhile, Paul Seixas decides to abandon the race, hampered by pain following his heavy crash the previous day.
Braz Afonso all but secures the polka-dot jersey as he goes first at the summit, and the peloton’s pace allowed the gap to widen to 2’40’’. The situation proves far less favourable for the breakaway as they reach the Col des Aravis (km 73.4), with a lead of just 40 seconds. The long descent to Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny (km 101.8) gives them some respite, but the situation remains under the tight control of Juan Ayuso’s teammates.
Del Toro flies away, Tuckwell hangs on to the podium
The attackers start the final ascent to Plateau de Solaison (11.3 km at 9.1%) with a lead of 45 seconds. Valentin Paret-Peintre ups the ante. Carlos Rodriguez follows his move. But they can’t resist when Isaac Del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) attacks 9 kilometres from the summit.
Isaac Del Toro has wings. He flies to the finish to claim the 2026 Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Photo: ASOI/Gaetan Flamme
The Mexican climber covers the last 8 kilometres alone and flies to the stage win and the yellow and blue leader’s jersey. Behind him, Ben Tulett (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) set a pace Luke Tuckwell (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) can’t follow.
The group explodes when Juan Ayuso (Lidl-Trek) attacks with just over 5 kilometres to go. Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike) tries to react but he crumbles in the final two kilometres. Tobias Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility) finishes third on the day (+1’02’’), right behind Ayuso (+1’02’’).
With the key support of Maxim Van Gils, Tuckwell crosses the line with a gap of 1’43’’. Enough to finish second overall, 54 seconds behind Del Toro and 23 seconds ahead of Ayuso.
Complete Results:
120.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 33.498 km/hr
| 1 | Isaac del Toro | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 3hr 35min 7sec |
| 2 | Juan Ayuso | Lidl-Trek | @ 1min 0sec |
| 3 | Tobias Halland Johannessen | Uno-X Mobility | 1:02 |
| 4 | Mattias Skjelmose | Lidl-Trek | 1:31 |
| 5 | Cristian Rodriguez | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 6 | Carlos Rodriguez | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 1:36 |
| 7 | Maxim Van Gils | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 1:43 |
| 8 | Luke Tuckwell | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 9 | Cian Uijtdebroeks | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 10 | Matteo Jorgenson | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 11 | George Bennett | NSN Cycling Team | 2:49 |
| 12 | Ramses Debruyne | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 3:01 |
| 13 | Jan Castellon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3:18 |
| 14 | Valentin Paret-Peintre | Soudal Quick-Step | 3:44 |
| 15 | Félix Parra José | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 4:12 |
| 16 | Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 17 | Lars Craps | Lotto-Intermarché | 4:34 |
| 18 | Bruno Armirail | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 19 | Clément Berthet | Groupama-FDJ United | 4:44 |
| 20 | Ben Tulett | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 21 | Jordan Jegat | Team TotalEnergies | 5:15 |
| 22 | Raúl García | Movistar Team | 5:40 |
| 23 | Kevin Vermaerke | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 6:10 |
| 24 | Lennart Jasch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 6:14 |
| 25 | Robbe Dhondt | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 26 | Alex Baudin | EF Education-EasyPost | 6:20 |
| 27 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 28 | Felix Engelhardt | Team Jayco-AlUla | 6:32 |
| 29 | Clément Braz Afonso | Groupama-FDJ United | 6:43 |
| 30 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 7:02 |
| 31 | Kévin Vauquelin | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 7:13 |
| 32 | Pablo Torres | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 8:50 |
| 33 | Simone Velasco | XDS Astana Team | 9:33 |
| 34 | Torstein Træen | Uno-X Mobility | 9:38 |
| 35 | Yannis Voisard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 10:20 |
| 36 | Laurens De Plus | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 10:58 |
| 37 | Michael Gogl | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 11:16 |
| 38 | Robin Donzé | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 11:20 |
| 39 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 40 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 11:51 |
| 41 | Carlos Verona | Lidl-Trek | 13:00 |
| 42 | Roland Thalmann | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 43 | Harold Tejada | XDS Astana Team | 13:07 |
| 44 | Pavel Sivakov | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 13:42 |
| 45 | Maxime Decomble | Groupama-FDJ United | 15:25 |
| 46 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 47 | Dorian Godon | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 16:34 |
| 48 | Quinn Simmons | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 49 | Sean Quinn | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 50 | Léo Bisiaux | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 16:42 |
| 51 | Nicolas Breuillard | Team TotalEnergies | 16:47 |
| 52 | Hugo Houle | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 18:07 |
| 53 | Georg Zimmermann | Lotto-Intermarché | 18:18 |
| 54 | Sam Maisonobe | Cofidis | 18:32 |
| 55 | Benjamin Thomas | Cofidis | 20:47 |
| 56 | Baptiste Veistroffer | Lotto-Intermarché | 20:50 |
| 57 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | 23:12 |
| 58 | Michel Hessmann | Movistar Team | 23:27 |
| 59 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Team TotalEnergies | 23:42 |
| 60 | Mathis Le Berre | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 61 | Martin Urianstad Bugge | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 62 | Mattéo Vercher | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 63 | Thibault Guernalec | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 64 | James Knox | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 65 | Max Walker | EF Education-EasyPost | 24:33 |
| 66 | Gianni Vermeersch | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 25:05 |
| 67 | Benoît Cosnefroy | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 25:10 |
| 68 | Joan Bou | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 25:53 |
| 69 | Nadav Raisberg | NSN Cycling Team | 25:57 |
| 70 | Sergio Samitier | Cofidis | 26:03 |
| 71 | Julien Bernard | Lidl-Trek | 26:41 |
| 72 | Toms Skujins | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 73 | Lennard Kämna | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 74 | Anthon Charmig | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 75 | Anders Skaarseth | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 76 | Vlad Van Mechelen | Bahrain Victorious | 27:29 |
| 77 | Martin Svrcek | Soudal Quick-Step | 28:18 |
| 78 | Sergi Darder | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 28:24 |
| 79 | Nikias Arndt | Bahrain Victorious | 28:53 |
| 80 | Henri-Francois Haquin | Team Picnic PostNL | 29:36 |
| 81 | Bryan Coquard | Cofidis | 30:01 |
| 82 | Jacob Eriksson | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 30:15 |
| 83 | Alex Diaz | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 31:09 |
| 84 | Rudy Molard | Groupama-FDJ United | 31:22 |
| 85 | Edoardo Affini | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 32:32 |
| 86 | Luke Durbridge | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 87 | Jasha Sütterlin | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 88 | Vito Braet | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 89 | Matthew Fox | Lotto-Intermarché | 32:42 |
| 90 | Ethan Hayter | Soudal Quick-Step | 32:55 |
| 91 | Matteo Trentin | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 33:18 |
Final GC after stage 8:
- GC winner: Isaac Del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
- Mountains classification winner: Clément Braz Afonso (Groupama-FDJ United)
- Points classification winner: Nadav Raisberg (NSN Cycling Team)
- Best young rider: Isaac Del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
- Teams classification winner: Visma | Lease a Bike
1,205.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.751 km/hr
| 1 | Isaac del Toro | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 29hr 35min 5sec |
| 2 | Luke Tuckwell | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | @ 54sec |
| 3 | Juan Ayuso | Lidl-Trek | 1:17 |
| 4 | Matteo Jorgenson | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 1:36 |
| 5 | Tobias Halland Johannessen | Uno-X Mobility | 1:46 |
| 6 | Mattias Skjelmose | Lidl-Trek | 2:41 |
| 7 | Cian Uijtdebroeks | Movistar Team | 3:11 |
| 8 | Cristian Rodriguez | XDS Astana Team | 3:15 |
| 9 | José Félix Parra | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 6:25 |
| 10 | Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet | Groupama-FDJ United | 7:21 |
| 11 | Jan Castellon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 9:46 |
| 12 | Alex Baudin | EF Education-EasyPost | 11:07 |
| 13 | Ramses Debruyne | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 11:51 |
| 14 | Lars Craps | Lotto-Intermarché | 12:27 |
| 15 | Kévin Vauquelin | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 12:43 |
| 16 | Lennart Jasch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 13:45 |
| 17 | Ben Tulett | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 14:28 |
| 18 | Clément Berthet | Groupama-FDJ United | 14:30 |
| 19 | Kevin Vermaerke | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 19:51 |
| 20 | Carlos Rodriguez | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 19:59 |
| 21 | Léo Bisiaux | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 20:33 |
| 22 | Jordan Jegat | Team TotalEnergies | 21:31 |
| 23 | Valentin Paret-Peintre | Soudal Quick-Step | 22:10 |
| 24 | Bruno Armirail | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 23:26 |
| 25 | Harold Tejada | XDS Astana Team | 25:18 |
| 26 | Sam Maisonobe | Cofidis | 25:23 |
| 27 | Yannis Voisard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 26:22 |
| 28 | Torstein Træen | Uno-X Mobility | 26:24 |
| 29 | George Bennett | NSN Cycling Team | 28:05 |
| 30 | Pablo Torres | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 29:44 |
| 31 | Maxim Van Gils | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 30:19 |
| 32 | Simone Velasco | XDS Astana Team | 35:01 |
| 33 | Clément Braz Afonso | Groupama-FDJ United | 35:42 |
| 34 | Robbe Dhondt | Team Picnic PostNL | 38:48 |
| 35 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | 41:11 |
| 36 | Sean Quinn | EF Education-EasyPost | 49:08 |
| 37 | Nicolas Breuillard | Team TotalEnergies | 49:22 |
| 38 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 49:42 |
| 39 | Rudy Molard | Groupama-FDJ United | 50:35 |
| 40 | Michael Gogl | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 51:52 |
| 41 | Pavel Sivakov | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 52:39 |
| 42 | Raúl García | Movistar Team | 52:56 |
| 43 | Carlos Verona | Lidl-Trek | 53:08 |
| 44 | Quinn Simmons | Lidl-Trek | 54:18 |
| 45 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 54:48 |
| 46 | Robin Donzé | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 57:42 |
| 47 | Lennard Kämna | Lidl-Trek | 58:20 |
| 48 | Mathis Le Berre | Team TotalEnergies | 1:00:54 |
| 49 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ United | 1:05:16 |
| 50 | Laurens De Plus | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 1:05:26 |
| 51 | Mattéo Vercher | Team TotalEnergies | 1:11:25 |
| 52 | Felix Engelhardt | Team Jayco-AlUla | 1:15:34 |
| 53 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | Team TotalEnergies | 1:16:49 |
| 54 | Toms Skujins | Lidl-Trek | 1:22:16 |
| 55 | Roland Thalmann | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 1:23:15 |
| 56 | Anders Skaarseth | Uno-X Mobility | 1:24:00 |
| 57 | Hugo Houle | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 1:24:33 |
| 58 | Maxime Decomble | Groupama-FDJ United | 1:25:52 |
| 59 | Vlad Van Mechelen | Bahrain Victorious | 1:27:42 |
| 60 | Anthon Charmig | Uno-X Mobility | 1:29:02 |
| 61 | Michel Hessmann | Movistar Team | 1:31:15 |
| 62 | Georg Zimmermann | Lotto-Intermarché | 1:31:59 |
| 63 | Dorian Godon | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 1:34:53 |
| 64 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | 1:35:33 |
| 65 | Benjamin Thomas | Cofidis | 1:39:19 |
| 66 | Julien Bernard | Lidl-Trek | 1:40:22 |
| 67 | Martin Svrcek | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:40:37 |
| 68 | Sergio Samitier | Cofidis | 1:42:10 |
| 69 | Gianni Vermeersch | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 1:42:22 |
| 70 | Joan Bou | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 1:45:33 |
| 71 | Benoît Cosnefroy | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1:47:08 |
| 72 | Sergi Darder | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 1:47:37 |
| 73 | Nadav Raisberg | NSN Cycling Team | 1:49:56 |
| 74 | Martin Urianstad Bugge | Uno-X Mobility | 1:50:23 |
| 75 | Henri-Francois Haquin | Team Picnic PostNL | 1:51:24 |
| 76 | Ethan Hayter | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 77 | Alex Diaz | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 1:52:27 |
| 78 | Max Walker | EF Education-EasyPost | 1:52:49 |
| 79 | Baptiste Veistroffer | Lotto-Intermarché | 1:53:00 |
| 80 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Team TotalEnergies | 1:53:21 |
| 81 | Thibault Guernalec | Team TotalEnergies | 1:55:38 |
| 82 | Edoardo Affini | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 1:56:01 |
| 83 | James Knox | Team Picnic PostNL | 1:58:13 |
| 84 | Jasha Sütterlin | Team Jayco-AlUla | 1:58:16 |
| 85 | Luke Durbridge | Team Jayco-AlUla | 1:59:15 |
| 86 | Matthew Fox | Lotto-Intermarché | 2:00:38 |
| 87 | Jacob Eriksson | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 2:02:02 |
| 88 | Vito Braet | Lotto-Intermarché | 2:02:03 |
| 89 | Nikias Arndt | Bahrain Victorious | 2:04:38 |
| 90 | Matteo Trentin | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 2:06:11 |
| 91 | Bryan Coquard | Cofidis | 2:14:51 |
Stage 8 map & profile:
Stage 8 map
Stage 8 profile
Stage eight photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
Isaac del Toro wins the stage and the 2026 Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Juan Ayuso was second in the stage and third in the final GC.
Tobias Halland Johannessen was third in the stage, fifth in the final GC.
Carlos Rodriguez was 6th in the stage, 20th in the final GC.
Luke Tuckwell in his last moments in yellow. He's with teammate Maxim Van Gils. They finished 7th & 8th, @ 1min 43sec.
Matteo Jorgenson was 10th in the stage, good enough for 4th in the GC.
Points classification winner Nadav Raisberg
Clément Braz Afonso was King of the Mountains.
The final GC podium, from left: Luke Tuckwell (2nd), Isaac Del Toro (1st), & Juan Ayuso (3rd)
Race winner Isaac Del Toro with one of the greatest-ever racers, Bernard Hinault.
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Saturday, June 13: Stage 7, La Bridoire - Grand Colombier, 133.1 km
Stage 7 map & profile | Stage 7 photos
With a flourish, Isaac Del Toro wins stage seven. Sirotti photo
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Rated ascents:
- Km 5.1: Col du Banchet, 5.4 km @ 5.7%. Cat. 2
- Km 13.8: Col de la Crusille, 2.9 km @ 4%. Cat. 4
- Km 24.2: Côte de Saint-Maurice-de-Rotherens, 4.9 km @ 7.1%. Cat. 2
- Km 76.2: Lacets de Grand Colombier, 7 km @ 8.4%. Cat. 1
- Km 111.2: Col de Richemond, 2.7 km @ 6%. Cat. 2
- Km 133.6: Col du Grand Colombier, 8.4 km @ 10.2%. Hors Categorie
Weather at Arvière-en-Valromey, on the route, about 12 kilometers from the summit of the Grand Colombier, at 2:50 PM, local time: 26C (79F), fair, with the wind from the north at 10 km/hr (6 mph). No rain is forecast.
The race: Because of stage six crashes and a wave of illness hitting the teams, 13 riders did not start:
In addition to Oscar Onley (Netcompany Ineos), Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), Per Hagenes, Jorgen Nordhagen (Visma-Lease a Bike), Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost), Pepijn Reinderink (Soudal Quick-Step), Nicola Conci (XDS Astana), Marco Frigo (NSN), Emanuel Buchmann, Louis Rouland (Cofidis), Gijs Leemreize, Dillon Corkery, and Alexy Faure Prost (Picnic PostNL) .
Early in the stage Gal Glivar (Alpecin-Premier Tech) abandoned after crashing. Midway into the stage Pablo Castrillo (Movistar) also abandoned.
The gravel-road descent of the third climb, the Côte de Saint-Maurice-de-Rotheren, was neutralized for safety reasons.
Here's the race organizer's stage seven report:
Stage 7 of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 2026 was highly anticipated, but nobody could have predicted the breathtaking scenario witnessed from La Bridoire to a brutal summit finish up the Grand Colombier (133.6 km). Attackers gave their all on the first ascents of the day, but the race dynamics were mostly affected by the crash suffered by Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM) on a downhill section, 32 kilometres after the start. The French youngster battled the pain to make his way back to the bunch after around 65 kilometres of chasing. But he couldn’t keep up with the best on the final ascent of the day, leaving the front positions to a couple of other wonderkids.
Selfie taken on the startline.
Juan Ayuso (Lidl-Trek) attacked early on the climb, before Isaac Del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) caught up to him inside the last 2 kilometres and eventually dropped him to take victory. Paul Seixas lost 1’21’’, while Luke Tuckwell (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) dropped 2’33’’. The young Aussie retains the yellow and blue leader’s jersey with a gap of 42 seconds over Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike), and 49 seconds over Del Toro.
Braz Afonso on the hunt
There were 114 riders left at the start in La Bridoire . Shortly after the start, a trio of French climbers break away with Kévin Vauquelin (Netcompany Ineos), Valentin Paret-Peintre (Soudal Quick-Step) and Clément Braz Afonso (Groupama-FDJ), but were reeled back in by the peloton just after crossing the Col du Banchet (km 5.1). The polka-dot jersey holder pushes hard on the Col de la Crusille and consolidates his lead in the mountains classification, but that’s not enough to make the breakaway.
The peloton early in the stage. Photo: ASO/Gaetan Flamme
Seixas on the ground
The race is temporarily neutralised to allow the riders to descend at a moderate speed down a stretch made dangerous by loose gravel following the Côte de Saint-Maurice-de-Rotherens.
Shortly after the race restarts at km 30, Paul Seixas falls into a ditch. Accompanied by Bisseger and Hoole, the Frenchman is 4 minutes behind the peloton at km 50.
Meanwhile, the battle for the break goes on. At km 51, Sean Quinn (EF Education-EasyPost) and Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious) launch a new move. Several riders join them in the ascent of Lacets du Grand Colombier, with Burgaudeau (TotalEnergies), Bennett (NSN), Berthet (Groupama-FDJ United), Simmons (Lidl-Trek), De Plus, Rodriguez (Netcompany Ineos), V. Paret-Peintre (Soudal Quick-Step), Jegat (TotalEnergies) and Samitier (Cofidis).
Riders on the first-category Lacets du Grand Colombier. Photo: ASO/Gaetan Flamme
Seixas returns
On the descent towards Anglefort (km 83.1), the leading group is reduced to five riders: De Plus, Rodriguez, Berthet, Bennett and V. Paret-Peintre. They reach the intermediate sprint at Chanay (km 95.6) with a 45-second lead over the yellow jersey peloton.
Now helped by Aurélien Paret-Peintre and Nicolas Prodhomme, Paul Seixas is 30 seconds behind alongside his teammates as well as, notably, Vauquelin and Maxim Van Gils (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe). With the decisive help of Léo Bisiaux over a few kilometres, they eventually catch up with the main field 36 km from the finish.
UAE Team Emirates-XRG, Lidl-Trek and Visma-Lease a Bike keep working together at the front of the bunch. The attackers are caught with 12 kilometres to go, just before the brutal ascent of Grand Colombier from Virieu-le-Petit (8.4 km at 10.2%).
Ayuso tries, Del Toro flies
Juan Ayuso attacks early on the climb, with 7 kilometres remaining. Ben Tulett and Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike) try to control the Spaniard’s move while Paul Seixas and Luke Tuckwell (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) struggle to keep up.
Juan Ayuso attacks on the the Grand Colombier with Ben Tulett the only rider able to bridge up to him. Tulett was soon dropped by Ayuso.
As the gap to Ayuso increases to 20 seconds, Isaac Del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) counter-attacks with 4 kilometres to go. He gets back to the front rider a couple of kilometres later and rapidly drops him to take off to victory.
Bam! Isaac del Toro attacks, goes right on by Juan Ayuso and wins the stage.
On the line, Ayuso loses 24 seconds. Tobias Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility) completes the stage top-3 (+38’’) ahead of Matteo Jorgenson (+41’’). Paul Seixas trails by 1’21’’, and Luke Tuckwell by 2’33’’. The young Australian climber retains the yellow and blue leader’s jersey with a gap of 42 seconds over Matteo Jorgenson.
Isaac Del Toro wins stage seven.
Complete results:
133.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 33.024 km/hr
| 1 | Isaac del Toro | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 3hr 41min 41sec |
| 2 | Juan Ayuso | Lidl-Trek | @ 24sec |
| 3 | Tobias Halland Johannessen | Uno-X Mobility | 0:38 |
| 4 | Matteo Jorgenson | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 0:41 |
| 5 | Cian Uijtdebroeks | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 6 | Mattias Skjelmose | Lidl-Trek | 1:17 |
| 7 | Paul Seixas | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 1:21 |
| 8 | Cristian Rodriguez | XDS Astana Team | 2:29 |
| 9 | José Félix Parra | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 2:31 |
| 10 | Jan Castellon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 2:33 |
| 11 | Luke Tuckwell | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 12 | Léo Bisiaux | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 2:56 |
| 13 | Lennart Jasch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 3:07 |
| 14 | Ben Tulett | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 3:18 |
| 15 | Alex Baudin | EF Education-EasyPost | 4:31 |
| 16 | Jordan Jegat | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 17 | Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 18 | Kévin Vauquelin | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 5:02 |
| 19 | Lars Craps | Lotto-Intermarché | 6:21 |
| 20 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | 6:25 |
| 21 | Sam Maisonobe | Cofidis | 6:38 |
| 22 | Clément Berthet | Groupama-FDJ United | 7:03 |
| 23 | Ramses Debruyne | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 7:18 |
| 24 | Kevin Vermaerke | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 8:35 |
| 25 | Pablo Torres | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 9:51 |
| 26 | Simone Velasco | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 27 | Harold Tejada | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 28 | Rudy Molard | Groupama-FDJ United | 10:21 |
| 29 | Yannis Voisard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 12:09 |
| 30 | Andreas Kron | Uno-X Mobility | 12:39 |
| 31 | Torstein Træen | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 32 | Lennard Kämna | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 33 | Mathis Le Berre | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 34 | Carlos Verona | Lidl-Trek | 14:58 |
| 35 | Valentin Paret-Peintre | Soudal Quick-Step | 15:49 |
| 36 | George Bennett | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 37 | Vlad Van Mechelen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 38 | Carlos Rodriguez | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 17:23 |
| 39 | Laurens De Plus | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 40 | Quinn Simmons | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 41 | Michel Hessmann | Movistar Team | 18:24 |
| 42 | Robbe Dhondt | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 43 | Bruno Armirail | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 21:02 |
| 44 | Pavel Sivakov | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 45 | Hugo Houle | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 46 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 47 | Sergio Samitier | Cofidis | 22:00 |
| 48 | Mattéo Vercher | Team TotalEnergies | 22:22 |
| 49 | Toms Skujins | Lidl-Trek | 25:07 |
| 50 | Sean Quinn | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 51 | Maxim Van Gils | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 25:47 |
| 52 | Gianni Vermeersch | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 53 | Joan Bou | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 54 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 55 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Team TotalEnergies | 28:06 |
| 56 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 57 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 58 | Roland Thalmann | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 59 | Nicolas Breuillard | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 60 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 61 | Robin Donzé | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 62 | Lorenzo Fortunato | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 63 | Clément Braz Afonso | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 64 | Anders Skaarseth | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 65 | Raúl García | Movistar Team | 30:17 |
| 66 | Stefan Bissegger | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 33:23 |
| 67 | Martin Urianstad Bugge | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 68 | Maxime Decomble | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 69 | Jacob Eriksson | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 70 | Anthon Charmig | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 71 | Felix Engelhardt | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 72 | Valentin Ferron | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 73 | Alessandro Covi | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 74 | Baptiste Veistroffer | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 75 | Sergi Darder | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 76 | Mauri Vansevenant | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 77 | Vito Braet | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 78 | Martin Svrcek | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 79 | Henri-Francois Haquin | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 80 | Callum Thornley | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 81 | Dorian Godon | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 82 | Nikias Arndt | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 83 | Georg Zimmermann | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 84 | Max Walker | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 85 | James Knox | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 86 | Matthew Fox | Lotto-Intermarché | 33:28 |
| 87 | Luke Durbridge | Team Jayco-AlUla | 33:33 |
| 88 | Julien Bernard | Lidl-Trek | 33:46 |
| 89 | Benoît Cosnefroy | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 34:16 |
| 90 | Thibault Guernalec | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 91 | Alastair Mackellar | EF Education-EasyPost | 34:27 |
| 92 | Edoardo Affini | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 35:00 |
| 93 | Matteo Trentin | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 94 | Jasha Sütterlin | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 95 | Santiago Buitrago | Bahrain Victorious | 35:17 |
| 96 | Henri Uhlig | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 35:26 |
| 97 | Hugo Hofstetter | NSN Cycling Team | 35:32 |
| 98 | Nadav Raisberg | NSN Cycling Team | 35:36 |
| 99 | Lennert Belmans | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 35:53 |
| 100 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | 36:22 |
| 101 | Ethan Hayter | Soudal Quick-Step | 36:29 |
| 102 | Luke Plapp | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 103 | Michael Gogl | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 104 | Bryan Coquard | Cofidis | 37:29 |
| 105 | Benjamin Thomas | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 106 | Alex Diaz | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 37:50 |
GC after stage 7:
- GC leader: Luke Tuckwell (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
- Mountains classification leader: Clément Braz Afonso (Groupama-FDJ United)
- Points classification leader: Nadav Raisberg (NSN Cycling Team)
- Best young rider: Luke Tuckwell (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
- Teams classification leader: Lidl-Trek
1,085.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.773 km/hr
| 1 | Luke Tuckwell | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 25hr 59min 9sec |
| 2 | Matteo Jorgenson | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | @ 42sec |
| 3 | Isaac del Toro | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 0:49 |
| 4 | Juan Ayuso | Lidl-Trek | 1:06 |
| 5 | Tobias Halland Johannessen | Uno-X Mobility | 1:33 |
| 6 | Paul Seixas | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 1:54 |
| 7 | Mattias Skjelmose | Lidl-Trek | 1:59 |
| 8 | Cian Uijtdebroeks | Movistar Team | 2:17 |
| 9 | Cristian Rodriguez | XDS Astana Team | 2:33 |
| 10 | José Félix Parra | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3:02 |
| 11 | Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet | Groupama-FDJ United | 3:58 |
| 12 | Léo Bisiaux | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 4:40 |
| 13 | Alex Baudin | EF Education-EasyPost | 5:36 |
| 14 | Kévin Vauquelin | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 6:19 |
| 15 | Jan Castellon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 7:17 |
| 16 | Sam Maisonobe | Cofidis | 7:40 |
| 17 | Lennart Jasch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 8:20 |
| 18 | Lars Craps | Lotto-Intermarché | 8:42 |
| 19 | Ramses Debruyne | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 9:39 |
| 20 | Ben Tulett | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 10:33 |
| 21 | Clément Berthet | Groupama-FDJ United | 10:35 |
| 22 | Harold Tejada | XDS Astana Team | 13:00 |
| 23 | Kevin Vermaerke | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 14:30 |
| 24 | Yannis Voisard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 16:51 |
| 25 | Jordan Jegat | Team TotalEnergies | 17:05 |
| 26 | Torstein Træen | Uno-X Mobility | 17:35 |
| 27 | Carlos Rodriguez | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 19:12 |
| 28 | Valentin Paret-Peintre | Soudal Quick-Step | 19:15 |
| 29 | Bruno Armirail | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 19:41 |
| 30 | Rudy Molard | Groupama-FDJ United | 20:02 |
| 31 | Pablo Torres | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 21:43 |
| 32 | George Bennett | NSN Cycling Team | 26:05 |
| 33 | Simone Velasco | XDS Astana Team | 26:17 |
| 34 | Andreas Kron | Uno-X Mobility | 26:28 |
| 35 | Maxim Van Gils | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 29:25 |
| 36 | Clément Braz Afonso | Groupama-FDJ United | 29:48 |
| 37 | Lennard Kämna | Lidl-Trek | 32:28 |
| 38 | Robbe Dhondt | Team Picnic PostNL | 33:23 |
| 39 | Sean Quinn | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 40 | Nicolas Breuillard | Team TotalEnergies | 33:24 |
| 41 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | 35:40 |
| 42 | Mathis Le Berre | Team TotalEnergies | 38:01 |
| 43 | Luke Plapp | Team Jayco-AlUla | 38:14 |
| 44 | Lorenzo Fortunato | XDS Astana Team | 38:23 |
| 45 | Quinn Simmons | Lidl-Trek | 38:33 |
| 46 | Pavel Sivakov | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 39:46 |
| 47 | Carlos Verona | Lidl-Trek | 40:57 |
| 48 | Michael Gogl | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 41:25 |
| 49 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 43:29 |
| 50 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 43:46 |
| 51 | Alessandro Covi | Team Jayco-AlUla | 46:44 |
| 52 | Robin Donzé | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 47:11 |
| 53 | Raúl García | Movistar Team | 48:05 |
| 54 | Mattéo Vercher | Team TotalEnergies | 48:32 |
| 55 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ United | 50:40 |
| 56 | Laurens De Plus | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 55:17 |
| 57 | Toms Skujins | Lidl-Trek | 56:24 |
| 58 | Anders Skaarseth | Uno-X Mobility | 58:08 |
| 59 | Santiago Buitrago | Bahrain Victorious | 1:00:02 |
| 60 | Vlad Van Mechelen | Bahrain Victorious | 1:01:02 |
| 61 | Mauri Vansevenant | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:02:11 |
| 62 | Anthon Charmig | Uno-X Mobility | 1:03:10 |
| 63 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | Team TotalEnergies | 1:06:18 |
| 64 | Hugo Houle | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 1:07:15 |
| 65 | Michel Hessmann | Movistar Team | 1:08:37 |
| 66 | Felix Engelhardt | Team Jayco-AlUla | 1:09:51 |
| 67 | Roland Thalmann | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 1:11:04 |
| 68 | Maxime Decomble | Groupama-FDJ United | 1:11:16 |
| 69 | Martin Svrcek | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:13:08 |
| 70 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | 1:13:10 |
| 71 | Julien Bernard | Lidl-Trek | 1:14:30 |
| 72 | Georg Zimmermann | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 73 | Sergio Samitier | Cofidis | 1:16:56 |
| 74 | Gianni Vermeersch | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 1:18:06 |
| 75 | Dorian Godon | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 1:19:08 |
| 76 | Ethan Hayter | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:19:18 |
| 77 | Benjamin Thomas | Cofidis | 1:19:21 |
| 78 | Sergi Darder | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 1:20:02 |
| 79 | Joan Bou | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 1:20:29 |
| 80 | Alex Diaz | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 1:22:07 |
| 81 | Callum Thornley | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 1:22:09 |
| 82 | Henri-Francois Haquin | Team Picnic PostNL | 1:22:37 |
| 83 | Benoît Cosnefroy | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1:22:47 |
| 84 | Edoardo Affini | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 1:24:18 |
| 85 | Nadav Raisberg | NSN Cycling Team | 1:24:48 |
| 86 | Jasha Sütterlin | Team Jayco-AlUla | 1:26:33 |
| 87 | Martin Urianstad Bugge | Uno-X Mobility | 1:27:30 |
| 88 | Luke Durbridge | Team Jayco-AlUla | 1:27:32 |
| 89 | Matthew Fox | Lotto-Intermarché | 1:28:50 |
| 90 | Max Walker | EF Education-EasyPost | 1:29:05 |
| 91 | Henri Uhlig | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 1:29:10 |
| 92 | Vito Braet | Lotto-Intermarché | 1:30:20 |
| 93 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Team TotalEnergies | 1:30:28 |
| 94 | Jacob Eriksson | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 1:32:36 |
| 95 | Thibault Guernalec | Team TotalEnergies | 1:32:45 |
| 96 | Hugo Hofstetter | NSN Cycling Team | 1:32:59 |
| 97 | Baptiste Veistroffer | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 98 | Matteo Trentin | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 1:33:42 |
| 99 | James Knox | Team Picnic PostNL | 1:35:20 |
| 100 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | 1:35:55 |
| 101 | Nikias Arndt | Bahrain Victorious | 1:36:34 |
| 102 | Lennert Belmans | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 1:37:25 |
| 103 | Valentin Ferron | Cofidis | 1:37:56 |
| 104 | Stefan Bissegger | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 1:38:28 |
| 105 | Alastair Mackellar | EF Education-EasyPost | 1:39:28 |
| 106 | Bryan Coquard | Cofidis | 1:45:39 |
Stage 7 map & profile:
Stage 7 map
Stage 7 profile
Stage seven photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
Isaac Del Toro attacks.
Isaac Del Toro wins stage seven.
Second-place Juan Ayuso came in 24 seconds later.
Third-place finisher Tobias Halland Johannessem
Matteo Jorgenson was fourth
Cian Uijtdebroeks finishing fifth.
Despite crashing just after the stage was restarted, Paul Seixas finished seventh.
GC leader Luke Tuckwell finished 11th in the stage, @ 2min 33sec. That was good enough to keep him in yellow.
Stage winner Isaac Del Toro
Luke Tuckwell has just stage eight left to defend his GC lead.
Friday, June 12: Stage 6, Saint-Vulbas - Crest-Voland, 182.3 km
Stage 6 map & profile | Stage 6 photos
Maxim Van Gils beats Tobias Halland Johannessen for the stage win. Sirotti photo
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Rated ascents:
- Km 83.5: Côte de Châtelard, 4.3 km @ 5.7%. Cat. 3
- Km 98.3: Col du Granier, 8 km @ 5.7%. Cat 2
- Km 173.2: Côte d'Héry-sur-Ugine, 11.6 km @ 5.1%. Cat 1
Weather at the finish town of Crest-Voland at 2:30 PM, local time: 22C (72F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 11 km/hr (7 mph). There is just a 2% chance of rain.
The race: Wout van Aert did not start. His Visma | Lease a Bike team posted this note: Wout van Aert will not appear at the start of stage 6 of Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes today. He is still experiencing significant discomfort in his elbow related to the crash he sustained last week. Wout will travel back to Belgium for further medical examinations. Join us in wishing Wout a smooth recovery.
Other riders not starting: Hannes Wilksch (Tudor Pro Cycling Team), Michael Matthews (Jayco AlUla), Pau Marti (NSN Cycling Team) & Matevz Govekar (Bahrain Victorious).
Kevin Geniets (Groupama-FDJ United) & Josh Tarling (Netcompany INEOS) abandoned midway into the stage after crashing.
Here's the race organizer's stage six summary:
The final three mountainous stages of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 2026 started with a new climbing challenge to Crest-Voland that crowned early attackers, in line with Georg Zimmermann’s success in the same resort three years ago and with the many wins already claimed by breakaway riders this week. This time, no less than sixty riders broke away from the peloton in the early stages of a 182.3 km day of intense action! Luke Tuckwell was the main GC threat at the front as he only trailed by 1’03’’ in the overall standings. Indeed, the young Australian climber claimed the yellow and blue leader’s jersey on the line, finishing third in the stage… But not only did the rookie make a name for himself at the top level of professional cycling, he also played a key role in leading his Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe teammate Maxim Van Gils to victory ahead of Tobias Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility)! Three minutes behind them, Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM) and Isaac Del Toro (UAE Emirates-XRG) gained a handful of seconds on their rivals, starting with Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike), who dropped 13 seconds.
A breakaway bunch!
There are 135 riders left in the peloton as they set off from Saint-Vulbas following the withdrawals of Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike), Finn Fisher-Black (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), Hannes Wilksch (Tudor), Matevz Govekar (Bahrain Victorious), Pau Marti (NSN) and Michael Matthews (Jayco-AlUla).
On the start line: GC leader Alex Baudin & points classification leader Nadav Raisberg. Photo: ASO/Gaetan Flamme
The route encourages the attackers to make their move, and they are throwing themselves into it in large numbers. A veritable leading peloton breaks away at km 6 with 60 riders. Among them, the highest-ranked in the general classification are Luke Tuckwell (1’03’’ behind leader Alex Baudin), Bruno Armirail (1’20’’) and Guillaume Martin Guyonnet (1’51’’).
Most of the favourites are in the main peloton, which is already 1’20’’ behind at the 14 km mark, and where Paul Seixas’s Decathlon CMA CGM team are left to lead the chase. Two of his teammates who had taken up positions at the front are asked to come back to provide support, but the gap still widens to 1’50’’… after barely thirty kilometres of racing.
Tarling crashes and withdraws
As the leaders approach the Côte de Châtelard, the gap to the second group has widened further to 2’30’’. Clément Braz Afonso, who has been wise enough to follow the day’s breakaway, claims two KOM points at the summit (km 83.5).
The polka-dot jersey also leads the way at the Col du Granier (km 98.3), where he takes 5 points. At the summit, the leaders have lost Joshua Tarling (Netcompany Ineos), forced to abandon after a crash, but their lead is up to 2’55’’.
As they receive no support, Decathlon CMA CGM stop their effort. The gap rapidly increases, forcing Alex Baudin’s EF Education-EasyPost and Netcompany Ineos to react en route to the two cat-1 ascents to be tackled in quick succession t wrap up the stage.
The attackers are set to battle it out
At the bottom of the Côte d’Héry-sur-Ugine, the gap is up to 5 minutes. Attackers know they will battle for the stage win, and potentially the yellow and blue jersey as well. Some of them try to anticipate the final explosion but everything is decided on the ascent to Crest-Voland, taking on a different side (5.9 km at 7.7%) compared to the 2023 finale.
Georg Steinhauser (EF Education-EasyPost) attacks at the bottom of the climb but he’s rapidly caught and distanced by Maxim Van Gils (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) and Tobias Johannessen (Uno-XMobility). Pablo Torres (UAE Emirates-XRG) joins them at the front, and then it’s Luke Tuckwell (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) who bridges the gap and starts setting the pace at the front.
Full on battle on the final climb
Torres is dropped just before the final kilometre. Johannessen opens up the sprint but Van Gils passes him and takes victory four months after a very serious crash in the Clasic Jaen. Only three seconds behind them, Tuckwell is set to take the yellow and blue leader’s jersey.
In the GC group, Decathlon CMA CGM up the ante at the bottom of the final climb. Alex Baudin is immediately distanced. And Paul Seixas starts setting his own pace with 5 kilometres to go. Only four riders follow the French youngster: Isaac Del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike), Juan Ayuso, and Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek). The latter two are rapidly distanced.
Maxim Van Gils beats Tobias Halland Johannessen for the stage win.
Jorgensen is dropped into the last three kilometres. Seixas and Del Toro collaborate to gain 13 seconds on the American, and 22 on the Lidl-Trek duo. Kévin Vauquelin (Netcompany Ineos) loses a minute and a half. But it’s a much darker situation for his teammate Oscar Onley, who suffered a crash in the finale and drops almost half an hour.
Complete results:
182.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.361 km/hr
| 1 | Maxim Van Gils | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 4hr 6min 34sec |
| 2 | Tobias Halland Johannessen | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 3 | Luke Tuckwell | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | @ 6sec |
| 4 | Pablo Torres | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 0:13 |
| 5 | Raúl García | Movistar Team | 0:33 |
| 6 | Yannis Voisard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 7 | Jordan Jegat | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 8 | Cristian Rodriguez | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 9 | Clément Braz Afonso | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 10 | Lennart Jasch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 11 | Sam Maisonobe | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 12 | José Félix Parra | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 13 | Lars Craps | Lotto-Intermarché | 1:01 |
| 14 | Bruno Armirail | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 15 | Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet | Groupama-FDJ United | 1:18 |
| 16 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 17 | Mattéo Vercher | Team TotalEnergies | 2:02 |
| 18 | Michael Gogl | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 2:26 |
| 19 | Quinn Simmons | Lidl-Trek | 2:34 |
| 20 | Isaac del Toro | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 3:15 |
| 21 | Paul Seixas | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 22 | Matteo Jorgenson | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 3:28 |
| 23 | Mattias Skjelmose | Lidl-Trek | 3:37 |
| 24 | Juan Ayuso | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 25 | Robbe Dhondt | Team Picnic PostNL | 3:41 |
| 26 | Jørgen Nordhagen | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 27 | Pablo Castrillo | Movistar Team | 4:11 |
| 28 | Cian Uijtdebroeks | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 29 | Ramses Debruyne | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 4:15 |
| 30 | Luke Plapp | Team Jayco-AlUla | 4:27 |
| 31 | Daniel Martinez | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 32 | Léo Bisiaux | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 33 | Carlos Rodriguez | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 4:34 |
| 34 | Alex Baudin | EF Education-EasyPost | 4:47 |
| 35 | Jan Castellon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 36 | Kévin Vauquelin | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 37 | Nicolas Breuillard | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 38 | Simone Velasco | XDS Astana Team | 4:55 |
| 39 | Harold Tejada | XDS Astana Team | 4:57 |
| 40 | Valentin Paret-Peintre | Soudal Quick-Step | 5:17 |
| 41 | Alessandro Covi | Team Jayco-AlUla | 5:18 |
| 42 | Clément Berthet | Groupama-FDJ United | 5:21 |
| 43 | Martin Svrcek | Soudal Quick-Step | 5:38 |
| 44 | Steff Cras | Soudal Quick-Step | 5:48 |
| 45 | Ben Tulett | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 6:18 |
| 46 | Anders Skaarseth | Uno-X Mobility | 6:34 |
| 47 | Torstein Træen | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 48 | Sean Quinn | EF Education-EasyPost | 7:38 |
| 49 | Kevin Vermaerke | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 8:17 |
| 50 | Pavel Sivakov | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 51 | Louis Rouland | Cofidis | 9:00 |
| 52 | Lorenzo Fortunato | XDS Astana Team | 9:36 |
| 53 | Toms Skujins | Lidl-Trek | 10:29 |
| 54 | George Bennett | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 55 | Robin Donzé | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 11:22 |
| 56 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 57 | Rudy Molard | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 58 | Andreas Kron | Uno-X Mobility | 11:32 |
| 59 | Anders Halland Johannessen | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 60 | Ethan Hayter | Soudal Quick-Step | 12:45 |
| 61 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 12:55 |
| 62 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 63 | Benoît Cosnefroy | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 64 | Dorian Godon | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 65 | Gal Glivar | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 66 | Mauri Vansevenant | Soudal Quick-Step | 13:44 |
| 67 | Hugo Houle | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 15:06 |
| 68 | Carlos Verona | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 69 | Nicola Conci | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 70 | Felix Engelhardt | Team Jayco-AlUla | 15:21 |
| 71 | Georg Zimmermann | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 72 | Lennard Kämna | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 73 | Michel Hessmann | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 74 | Laurens De Plus | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 75 | Sergio Samitier | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 76 | Mathis Le Berre | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 77 | Anthon Charmig | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 78 | Sergi Darder | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 16:46 |
| 79 | Gianni Vermeersch | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 18:47 |
| 80 | Callum Thornley | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 81 | Edoardo Affini | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 82 | Roland Thalmann | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 83 | Alex Diaz | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 19:02 |
| 84 | Pepijn Reinderink | Soudal Quick-Step | 19:47 |
| 85 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 86 | Martin Urianstad Bugge | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 87 | Emanuel Buchmann | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 88 | Per Strand Hagenes | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 19:57 |
| 89 | Baptiste Veistroffer | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 90 | Mathieu Kockelmann | Lotto-Intermarché | 20:31 |
| 91 | Matthew Fox | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 92 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 93 | Gijs Leemreize | Team Picnic PostNL | 22:14 |
| 94 | Valentin Ferron | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 95 | Jasha Sütterlin | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 96 | Joan Bou | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 97 | Matteo Trentin | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 22:43 |
| 98 | Luke Durbridge | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 99 | Jacob Eriksson | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 100 | Nikias Arndt | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 101 | Marco Frigo | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 102 | João Almeida | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 103 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 104 | James Knox | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 105 | Vito Braet | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 106 | Henri Uhlig | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 107 | Hugo Hofstetter | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 108 | Alexy Faure-Prost | Team Picnic PostNL | 23:16 |
| 109 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Team TotalEnergies | 23:44 |
| 110 | Bryan Coquard | Cofidis | 24:56 |
| 111 | Benjamin Thomas | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 112 | Max Walker | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 113 | Lennert Belmans | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 25:55 |
| 114 | Thibault Guernalec | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 115 | Nadav Raisberg | NSN Cycling Team | 26:05 |
| 116 | Julien Bernard | Lidl-Trek | 26:28 |
| 117 | Vlad Van Mechelen | Bahrain Victorious | 27:06 |
| 118 | Santiago Buitrago | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 119 | Henri-Francois Haquin | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 120 | Dillon Corkery | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 121 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 122 | Sam Watson | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 27:22 |
| 123 | Alastair Mackellar | EF Education-EasyPost | 27:44 |
| 124 | Daan Hoole | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 28:32 |
| 125 | Stefan Bissegger | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 126 | Maxime Decomble | Groupama-FDJ United | 28:34 |
| 127 | Oscar Onley | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 29:17 |
| 128 | Ben Healy | EF Education-EasyPost | 34:05 |
GC after stage 6:
- GC leader: Luke Tuckwell (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
- Mountains classification leader: Clément Braz Afonso (Groupama-FDJ United)
- Points classification leader: Nadav Raisberg (NSN Cycling Team)
- Best young rider: Luke Tuckwell (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
- Teams classification leader: Groupama-FDJ United
954.4 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.897 km/hr
| 1 | Luke Tuckwell | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 22hr 14min 55sec |
| 2 | Bruno Armirail | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | @ 1min 12sec |
| 3 | Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet | Groupama-FDJ United | 2:00 |
| 4 | Matteo Jorgenson | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 2:34 |
| 5 | Cristian Rodriguez | XDS Astana Team | 2:37 |
| 6 | Félix Parra José | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3:04 |
| 7 | Paul Seixas | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 3:06 |
| 8 | Juan Ayuso | Lidl-Trek | 3:15 |
| 9 | Mattias Skjelmose | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 10 | Isaac del Toro | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 3:22 |
| 11 | Jørgen Nordhagen | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 12 | Tobias Halland Johannessen | Uno-X Mobility | 3:28 |
| 13 | Sam Maisonobe | Cofidis | 3:35 |
| 14 | Alex Baudin | EF Education-EasyPost | 3:38 |
| 15 | Kévin Vauquelin | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 3:50 |
| 16 | Cian Uijtdebroeks | Movistar Team | 4:09 |
| 17 | Clément Braz Afonso | Groupama-FDJ United | 4:15 |
| 18 | Léo Bisiaux | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 4:17 |
| 19 | Luke Plapp | Team Jayco-AlUla | 4:18 |
| 20 | Carlos Rodriguez | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 4:22 |
| 21 | Lars Craps | Lotto-Intermarché | 4:54 |
| 22 | Ramses Debruyne | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 4:54 |
| 23 | Harold Tejada | XDS Astana Team | 5:42 |
| 24 | Valentin Paret-Peintre | Soudal Quick-Step | 5:59 |
| 25 | Clément Berthet | Groupama-FDJ United | 6:05 |
| 26 | Maxim Van Gils | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 6:11 |
| 27 | Daniel Martinez | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 6:23 |
| 28 | Steff Cras | Soudal Quick-Step | 6:32 |
| 29 | Yannis Voisard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 7:15 |
| 30 | Jan Castellon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 7:17 |
| 31 | Torstein Træen | Uno-X Mobility | 7:29 |
| 32 | Michael Gogl | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 33 | Lennart Jasch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 7:46 |
| 34 | Nicolas Breuillard | Team TotalEnergies | 7:51 |
| 35 | Kevin Vermaerke | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 8:28 |
| 36 | Ben Tulett | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 9:48 |
| 37 | Sean Quinn | EF Education-EasyPost | 10:49 |
| 38 | Rudy Molard | Groupama-FDJ United | 12:14 |
| 39 | George Bennett | NSN Cycling Team | 12:49 |
| 40 | Lorenzo Fortunato | XDS Astana Team | 12:50 |
| 41 | Pablo Torres | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 14:25 |
| 42 | Jordan Jegat | Team TotalEnergies | 15:07 |
| 43 | Alessandro Covi | Team Jayco-AlUla | 15:54 |
| 44 | Andreas Kron | Uno-X Mobility | 16:22 |
| 45 | Robbe Dhondt | Team Picnic PostNL | 17:32 |
| 46 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 17:56 |
| 47 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 18:13 |
| 48 | Simone Velasco | XDS Astana Team | 18:59 |
| 49 | Raúl García | Movistar Team | 20:21 |
| 50 | Pavel Sivakov | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 21:17 |
| 51 | Robin Donzé | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 21:38 |
| 52 | Lennard Kämna | Lidl-Trek | 22:22 |
| 53 | Quinn Simmons | Lidl-Trek | 23:43 |
| 54 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ United | 25:07 |
| 55 | Pablo Castrillo | Movistar Team | 26:33 |
| 56 | Santiago Buitrago | Bahrain Victorious | 27:18 |
| 57 | Gal Glivar | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 27:34 |
| 58 | Mathis Le Berre | Team TotalEnergies | 27:55 |
| 59 | Emanuel Buchmann | Cofidis | 28:04 |
| 60 | Oscar Onley | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 28:20 |
| 61 | Carlos Verona | Lidl-Trek | 28:32 |
| 62 | Mattéo Vercher | Team TotalEnergies | 28:43 |
| 63 | Nicola Conci | XDS Astana Team | 30:14 |
| 64 | Mauri Vansevenant | Soudal Quick-Step | 31:21 |
| 65 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | 31:48 |
| 66 | Anthon Charmig | Uno-X Mobility | 32:20 |
| 67 | Anders Skaarseth | Uno-X Mobility | 32:35 |
| 68 | Toms Skujins | Lidl-Trek | 33:50 |
| 69 | Marco Frigo | NSN Cycling Team | 36:45 |
| 70 | Felix Engelhardt | Team Jayco-AlUla | 39:01 |
| 71 | Anders Halland Johannessen | Uno-X Mobility | 39:58 |
| 72 | Louis Rouland | Cofidis | 40:22 |
| 73 | Maxime Decomble | Groupama-FDJ United | 40:26 |
| 74 | Laurens De Plus | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 40:27 |
| 75 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Soudal Quick-Step | 40:29 |
| 76 | Martin Svrcek | Soudal Quick-Step | 42:18 |
| 77 | Julien Bernard | Lidl-Trek | 43:17 |
| 78 | Georg Zimmermann | Lotto-Intermarché | 43:40 |
| 79 | Benjamin Thomas | Cofidis | 44:25 |
| 80 | Ben Healy | EF Education-EasyPost | 44:49 |
| 81 | Ethan Hayter | Soudal Quick-Step | 45:22 |
| 82 | Roland Thalmann | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 45:31 |
| 83 | Alex Diaz | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 46:50 |
| 84 | Vlad Van Mechelen | Bahrain Victorious | 47:46 |
| 85 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | Team TotalEnergies | 47:49 |
| 86 | Gijs Leemreize | Team Picnic PostNL | 48:12 |
| 87 | Dorian Godon | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 48:18 |
| 88 | Hugo Houle | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 48:46 |
| 89 | Per Strand Hagenes | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 49:02 |
| 90 | Sergi Darder | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 49:12 |
| 91 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | 49:56 |
| 92 | Benoît Cosnefroy | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 51:04 |
| 93 | Callum Thornley | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 51:19 |
| 94 | Nadav Raisberg | NSN Cycling Team | 51:45 |
| 95 | Henri-Francois Haquin | Team Picnic PostNL | 51:47 |
| 96 | Edoardo Affini | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 51:51 |
| 97 | Michel Hessmann | Movistar Team | 52:46 |
| 98 | Alexy Faure-Prost | Team Picnic PostNL | 53:36 |
| 99 | Jasha Sütterlin | Team Jayco-AlUla | 54:06 |
| 100 | Mathieu Kockelmann | Lotto-Intermarché | 54:52 |
| 101 | Gianni Vermeersch | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 102 | Henri Uhlig | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 56:17 |
| 103 | Luke Durbridge | Team Jayco-AlUla | 56:32 |
| 104 | Martin Urianstad Bugge | Uno-X Mobility | 56:40 |
| 105 | Pepijn Reinderink | Soudal Quick-Step | 56:49 |
| 106 | Joan Bou | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 57:15 |
| 107 | Sergio Samitier | Cofidis | 57:29 |
| 108 | Matthew Fox | Lotto-Intermarché | 57:55 |
| 109 | Max Walker | EF Education-EasyPost | 58:15 |
| 110 | Daan Hoole | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 58:54 |
| 111 | Vito Braet | Lotto-Intermarché | 59:30 |
| 112 | Hugo Hofstetter | NSN Cycling Team | 1:00:00 |
| 113 | Thibault Guernalec | Team TotalEnergies | 1:01:02 |
| 114 | Matteo Trentin | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 1:01:15 |
| 115 | Jacob Eriksson | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 1:01:46 |
| 116 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | 1:02:06 |
| 117 | Baptiste Veistroffer | Lotto-Intermarché | 1:02:09 |
| 118 | Lennert Belmans | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 1:04:05 |
| 119 | James Knox | Team Picnic PostNL | 1:04:30 |
| 120 | Dillon Corkery | Team Picnic PostNL | 1:04:53 |
| 121 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Team TotalEnergies | 1:04:55 |
| 122 | Nikias Arndt | Bahrain Victorious | 1:05:44 |
| 123 | Valentin Ferron | Cofidis | 1:07:06 |
| 124 | Alastair Mackellar | EF Education-EasyPost | 1:07:34 |
| 125 | Stefan Bissegger | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 1:07:38 |
| 126 | João Almeida | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1:09:38 |
| 127 | Bryan Coquard | Cofidis | 1:10:43 |
| 128 | Sam Watson | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 1:14:03 |
Stage 6 map & profile:
Stage 6 map
Stage 6 profile
Stage six photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
Paul Seixas before the stage start.
Joao Almeida
Maxim Van Gils wins stage six.
Tobias Halland Johannessen finishes second.
Six seconds later Luke Tuckwell finishes third, good enough the the GC leadership.
Pablo Torres was fourth.
Fifth-place Raul Garcia leads in a group.
Overnight GC leader Alex Baudin in his last moments in yellow. He finsihed 34th, @ 4min 47sec
Stage winner Maxim Van Gils
New GC leader Luke Tuckwell will start stage seven in yellow.
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Thursday, June 11: Stage 5, Saint-Chamond - Parc des Oiseaux - Villars-les-Dombes, 195.8 km
Stage 5 map & profile | Stage 5 photos
Wout van Aert wins stage five. Sirotti photo
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Stage 5 rated ascents:
- Km 3: Côte de la Croix-Blanche, 3 km @ 5%. Cat. 4
- Km 7.5: Col de la Gachet, 1.7 km @ 4.4%. Cat. 4
Weather at the finish city of Villars-les-Dombes at 2:40 PM, local time: 21C (70F), fair, with the wind from the north-northwest at 14 km/hr (9 mph). No rain is forecast.
The race: Not starting: Jefferson Cepeda (Movistar), Ivan Romero (Movistar), & Matej Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious). “Unfortunately, a bout of flu affecting the team has meant that Ivan Romeo and Jefferson Cepeda will not be starting on Thursday”, Movistar published on social media, while Bahrain Victorious say “Matej Mohoric was feeling unwell overnight and, following medical advice, will not start Stage 5”.
Stage five gets started.
Here's the race organizer's stage five summary:
Narrowly edged by the breakaway on day 4, Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) made the most of the opportunity handed out to the sprinters at the Parc des Oiseaux in Villars-les-Dombes. In his return to the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, four years after his last participation, the Belgian star unleashed his power to claim a sixth victory in the race. He has now won at least one stage in each of his participations in the event: two in 2019, one in 2020, two in 2022, and another in this 78th edition.
This time, he got the better of Hugo Hofstetter (NSN) and Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious) to take his second victory on the road this season, a couple of months after winning Paris-Roubaix Hauts-de-France. Alex Baudin (EF Education-EasyPost) finished inside the bunch to retain the yellow and blue leader’s jersey ahead of three mountainous stages set to decide the overall winner of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
The race:
Finally a day for the sprinters? Attackers have ruled supreme over the first few stages, including yesterday in Montrond-les-Bains, where Quinn Simmons and his breakaway companions narrowly resisted the bunch. Stage 5 presents some climbing again, especially at the start from Saint-Chamond, but the run-in to Parc des Oiseaux Villars-les-Dombes is flat. The question is whether sprint teams can control the stage over 195.8 kilometres.
The peloton midway into the race. Photo: ASO/Gaetan Flamme
Six riders in the breakaway
Following the withdrawals of Jefferson Cepeda, Ivan Romeo (Movistar) and Matej Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious), 141 riders are at the start in Saint-Chamond. They face the Côte de la Croix-Blanche straight away, and it is almost within sight of the summit that a group of six riders breaks away, comprising Pepijn Reinderink (Soudal Quick-Step), Thibault Guernalec (TotalEnergies), Julen Arriola-Bengoa (Caja Rural), Felix Engelhardt (Jayco AlUla), Hugo Houle (Alpecin-Premier Tech) and Robbe Dhondt (Picnic PostNL).
Six riders off the front. With 109 km to go they have a 2min 14sec gap on the peloton. They are: Pepijn Reinderink (Soudal Quick-Step), Thibault Guernalec (Total Energies), Julen Arriola-Bengoa (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Felix Engelhardt (Jayco AlUla), Hugo Houle (Alpecin-Premier Tech), Robbe Dhondt (Picnic PostNL). Photo: Gaetan Flamme
This group soon realise that the peloton will grant them only a narrow margin, as the Cofidis and Visma-Lease a Bike teams spring into action as soon as the clock shows 2’40”, at the 11 km mark.
Their move is furthermore threatened by a series of counter-attacks that temporarily bring the peloton within 20 seconds. The scare is short-lived, however, and the breakaway riders eventually regain ground to reach a maximum lead of 2’45’’ at km 57.
Van Aert delivers
The peloton is wary of headwinds. And sprinters don’t want to miss out on their only opportunities to win before the mountainous final three stages. Bahrain Victorious and Tudor also participate in the chase.
The gap gradually decreases: around two minutes as Julen Arriola-Bengoa goes first at the intermediate sprint (km 108.7); a minute and a half into the last 70 kilometres; under a minute with just over 40 kilometres remaining…
The peloton rides through the town of Belleville, 126 km into the stage. Photo: ASO/Gaetan Flamme
Hugo Houle is distanced by his breakaway companions 17 kilometres away from the line. The rest of the attackers are eventually caught with 5 kilometres to go.
Visma-Lease a Bike lead the charge into the last kilometre with an impressive Edoardo Affini. And Wout van Aert delivers the stage win with a dominant sprint to resist Hugo Hofstetter (NSN) and Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious) to the end.
Wout van Aert wins stage five.
Complete results:
195.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.194 km/hr
| 1 | Wout van Aert | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 4hr 31min 59sec |
| 2 | Hugo Hofstetter | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 3 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 4 | Vito Braet | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 5 | Henri-Francois Haquin | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 6 | Dorian Godon | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 7 | Nadav Raisberg | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 8 | Henri Uhlig | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 9 | Bryan Coquard | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 10 | Matteo Trentin | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 11 | Mathis Le Berre | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 12 | Dillon Corkery | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 13 | Simone Velasco | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 14 | Michael Matthews | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 15 | Sergi Darder | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 16 | Callum Thornley | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 17 | Martin Svrcek | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 18 | Alex Diaz | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 19 | Martin Urianstad Bugge | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 20 | Mathieu Kockelmann | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 21 | Hamish McKenzie | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 22 | Lennert Belmans | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 23 | Alessandro Covi | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 24 | Gijs Leemreize | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 25 | Pepijn Reinderink | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 26 | Joan Bou | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 27 | Alexy Faure-Prost | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 28 | Finn Fisher-Black | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 29 | Joshua Tarling | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 30 | Ethan Hayter | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 31 | Jan Castellon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 32 | Mattéo Vercher | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 33 | Edoardo Affini | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 34 | Kévin Vauquelin | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 35 | Clément Berthet | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 36 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 37 | Benoît Cosnefroy | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 38 | Quinn Simmons | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 39 | Senna Remijn | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 40 | Lennart Jasch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 41 | Kevin Vermaerke | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 42 | Jasha Sütterlin | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 43 | Sean Quinn | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 44 | Anders Halland Johannessen | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 45 | Tobias Halland Johannessen | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 46 | Steff Cras | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 47 | Raúl García | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 48 | Kevin Geniets | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 49 | Robin Donzé | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 50 | Michel Hessmann | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 51 | Anton Kuzmin | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 52 | Georg Zimmermann | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 53 | Robbe Dhondt | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 54 | Jacob Eriksson | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 55 | Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 56 | Sam Maisonobe | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 57 | Matteo Jorgenson | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 58 | Paul Seixas | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 59 | Anders Skaarseth | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 60 | Stefan Bissegger | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 61 | Daan Hoole | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 62 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 63 | Ben Tulett | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 64 | Léo Bisiaux | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 65 | Michael Leonard | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 66 | Alex Baudin | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 67 | Torstein Træen | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 68 | Gal Glivar | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 69 | Isaac del Toro | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 70 | Yannis Voisard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 71 | Oscar Onley | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 72 | Carlos Rodriguez | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 73 | Nicola Conci | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 74 | Rudy Molard | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 75 | José Félix Parra | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 76 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 77 | Valentin Paret-Peintre | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 78 | Julien Bernard | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 79 | Lars Craps | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 80 | Felix Engelhardt | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 81 | Mattias Skjelmose | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 82 | Anthon Charmig | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 83 | Harold Tejada | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 84 | Cristian Rodriguez | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 85 | Pablo Torres | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 86 | Mauri Vansevenant | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 87 | Lorenzo Fortunato | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 88 | Matthew Fox | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 89 | Ramses Debruyne | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 90 | Juan Ayuso | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 91 | Bruno Armirail | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 92 | Emanuel Buchmann | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 93 | Maxime Decomble | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 94 | Marco Frigo | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 95 | Pavel Sivakov | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 96 | Carlos Verona | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 97 | Cian Uijtdebroeks | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 98 | Clément Braz Afonso | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 99 | Ben Healy | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 100 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 101 | Hugo Houle | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 102 | Jørgen Nordhagen | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 103 | Luke Tuckwell | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 104 | Julen Arriola-Bengoa | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 105 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 106 | Gianni Vermeersch | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 107 | Maxim Van Gils | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 108 | Daniel Martinez | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 109 | Lennard Kämna | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 110 | Pablo Castrillo | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 111 | Michael Gogl | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 112 | Jordan Jegat | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 113 | Toms Skujins | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 114 | Per Strand Hagenes | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 115 | Santiago Buitrago | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 116 | Nicolas Breuillard | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 117 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 118 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 119 | Hannes Wilksch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 120 | Roland Thalmann | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 121 | Andreas Kron | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 122 | George Bennett | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 123 | James Knox | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 124 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 125 | Luke Plapp | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 126 | Pau Martí | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 127 | Alastair Mackellar | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 128 | Baptiste Veistroffer | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 129 | Luke Durbridge | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 130 | Laurens De Plus | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 131 | Sam Watson | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | @ 23sec |
| 132 | Vlad Van Mechelen | Bahrain Victorious | 0:58 |
| 133 | Max Walker | EF Education-EasyPost | 1:03 |
| 134 | Valentin Ferron | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 135 | Nikias Arndt | Bahrain Victorious | 1:19 |
| 136 | Louis Rouland | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 137 | Thibault Guernalec | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 138 | Sergio Samitier | Cofidis | 1:48 |
| 139 | Benjamin Thomas | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 140 | João Almeida | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 4:35 |
| 141 | Matevz Govekar | Bahrain Victorious | 4:43 |
GC after stage 5:
- GC leader: Alex Baudin (EF Education-EasyPost)
- Mountains classification leader: Clément Braz Afonso (Groupama-FDJ United)
- Points classification leader: Nadav Raisberg (NSN Cycling Team)
- Best young rider: Alex Baudin (EF Education-EasyPost)
- Teams classification leader: Groupama-FDJ United
772.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.610 km/hr
| 1 | Alex Baudin | EF Education-EasyPost | 18hr 7min 12sec |
| 2 | Kévin Vauquelin | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | @ 12sec |
| 3 | Oscar Onley | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 4 | Matteo Jorgenson | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 0:15 |
| 5 | Juan Ayuso | Lidl-Trek | 0:47 |
| 6 | Mattias Skjelmose | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 7 | Jørgen Nordhagen | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 0:50 |
| 8 | Carlos Rodriguez | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 0:57 |
| 9 | Léo Bisiaux | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 0:59 |
| 10 | Paul Seixas | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 1:00 |
| 11 | Luke Plapp | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 12 | Luke Tuckwell | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 1:03 |
| 13 | Cian Uijtdebroeks | Movistar Team | 1:07 |
| 14 | Isaac del Toro | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1:16 |
| 15 | Kevin Vermaerke | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1:20 |
| 16 | Bruno Armirail | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 17 | Santiago Buitrago | Bahrain Victorious | 1:21 |
| 18 | Ramses Debruyne | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 1:48 |
| 19 | Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet | Groupama-FDJ United | 1:51 |
| 20 | Valentin Paret-Peintre | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 21 | Clément Berthet | Groupama-FDJ United | 1:53 |
| 22 | Steff Cras | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 23 | Harold Tejada | XDS Astana Team | 1:54 |
| 24 | Rudy Molard | Groupama-FDJ United | 2:01 |
| 25 | Torstein Træen | Uno-X Mobility | 2:04 |
| 26 | Daniel Martinez | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 3:05 |
| 27 | Cristian Rodriguez | XDS Astana Team | 3:13 |
| 28 | George Bennett | NSN Cycling Team | 3:29 |
| 29 | Jan Castellon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3:39 |
| 30 | José Félix Parra | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3:40 |
| 31 | Sam Maisonobe | Cofidis | 4:11 |
| 32 | Nicolas Breuillard | Team TotalEnergies | 4:13 |
| 33 | Sean Quinn | EF Education-EasyPost | 4:20 |
| 34 | Lorenzo Fortunato | XDS Astana Team | 4:23 |
| 35 | Tobias Halland Johannessen | Uno-X Mobility | 4:37 |
| 36 | Ben Tulett | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 4:39 |
| 37 | Clément Braz Afonso | Groupama-FDJ United | 4:51 |
| 38 | Lars Craps | Lotto-Intermarché | 5:02 |
| 39 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ United | 5:45 |
| 40 | Andreas Kron | Uno-X Mobility | 5:59 |
| 41 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 6:10 |
| 42 | Michael Gogl | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 6:12 |
| 43 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 6:27 |
| 44 | Maxim Van Gils | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 7:20 |
| 45 | Yannis Voisard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 7:51 |
| 46 | Lennard Kämna | Lidl-Trek | 8:10 |
| 47 | Lennart Jasch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 8:22 |
| 48 | Emanuel Buchmann | Cofidis | 9:26 |
| 49 | Robin Donzé | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 11:25 |
| 50 | Alessandro Covi | Team Jayco-AlUla | 11:45 |
| 51 | Finn Fisher-Black | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 11:51 |
| 52 | Ben Healy | EF Education-EasyPost | 11:53 |
| 53 | Maxime Decomble | Groupama-FDJ United | 13:01 |
| 54 | Mathis Le Berre | Team TotalEnergies | 13:43 |
| 55 | Pavel Sivakov | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 14:09 |
| 56 | Carlos Verona | Lidl-Trek | 14:35 |
| 57 | Robbe Dhondt | Team Picnic PostNL | 15:00 |
| 58 | Marco Frigo | NSN Cycling Team | 15:11 |
| 59 | Simone Velasco | XDS Astana Team | 15:13 |
| 60 | Pablo Torres | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 15:21 |
| 61 | Jordan Jegat | Team TotalEnergies | 15:43 |
| 62 | Gal Glivar | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 15:48 |
| 63 | Nicola Conci | XDS Astana Team | 16:17 |
| 64 | Julien Bernard | Lidl-Trek | 17:58 |
| 65 | Anthon Charmig | Uno-X Mobility | 18:08 |
| 66 | Mauri Vansevenant | Soudal Quick-Step | 18:46 |
| 67 | Julen Arriola-Bengoa | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 19:53 |
| 68 | Benjamin Thomas | Cofidis | 20:38 |
| 69 | Raúl García | Movistar Team | 20:57 |
| 70 | Vlad Van Mechelen | Bahrain Victorious | 21:49 |
| 71 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Soudal Quick-Step | 21:51 |
| 72 | Quinn Simmons | Lidl-Trek | 22:18 |
| 73 | Michael Leonard | EF Education-EasyPost | 22:55 |
| 74 | Pablo Castrillo | Movistar Team | 23:31 |
| 75 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | 23:59 |
| 76 | Toms Skujins | Lidl-Trek | 24:30 |
| 77 | Felix Engelhardt | Team Jayco-AlUla | 24:49 |
| 78 | Henri-Francois Haquin | Team Picnic PostNL | 25:50 |
| 79 | Hannes Wilksch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 26:04 |
| 80 | Laurens De Plus | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 26:15 |
| 81 | Nadav Raisberg | NSN Cycling Team | 26:49 |
| 82 | Gijs Leemreize | Team Picnic PostNL | 27:07 |
| 83 | Anders Skaarseth | Uno-X Mobility | 27:10 |
| 84 | Hamish McKenzie | Team Jayco-AlUla | 27:46 |
| 85 | Mattéo Vercher | Team TotalEnergies | 27:50 |
| 86 | Roland Thalmann | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 27:53 |
| 87 | Alex Diaz | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 28:57 |
| 88 | Georg Zimmermann | Lotto-Intermarché | 29:28 |
| 89 | Anders Halland Johannessen | Uno-X Mobility | 29:35 |
| 90 | Per Strand Hagenes | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 30:14 |
| 91 | Kevin Geniets | Groupama-FDJ United | 31:08 |
| 92 | Alexy Faure-Prost | Team Picnic PostNL | 31:29 |
| 93 | Daan Hoole | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 31:31 |
| 94 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | 31:39 |
| 95 | Michael Matthews | Team Jayco-AlUla | 32:10 |
| 96 | Louis Rouland | Cofidis | 32:31 |
| 97 | Jasha Sütterlin | Team Jayco-AlUla | 33:01 |
| 98 | Joshua Tarling | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 33:08 |
| 99 | Sergi Darder | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 33:35 |
| 100 | Callum Thornley | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 33:41 |
| 101 | Ethan Hayter | Soudal Quick-Step | 33:46 |
| 102 | Edoardo Affini | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 34:13 |
| 103 | Max Walker | EF Education-EasyPost | 34:28 |
| 104 | Henri Uhlig | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 34:43 |
| 105 | Senna Remijn | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 34:49 |
| 106 | Hugo Houle | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 107 | Luke Durbridge | Team Jayco-AlUla | 34:58 |
| 108 | Pau Martí | NSN Cycling Team | 35:28 |
| 109 | Mathieu Kockelmann | Lotto-Intermarché | 35:30 |
| 110 | Joan Bou | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 36:10 |
| 111 | Thibault Guernalec | Team TotalEnergies | 36:16 |
| 112 | Dorian Godon | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 36:32 |
| 113 | Gianni Vermeersch | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 37:14 |
| 114 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | Team TotalEnergies | 37:36 |
| 115 | Martin Svrcek | Soudal Quick-Step | 37:49 |
| 116 | Vito Braet | Lotto-Intermarché | 37:56 |
| 117 | Martin Urianstad Bugge | Uno-X Mobility | 38:02 |
| 118 | Pepijn Reinderink | Soudal Quick-Step | 38:11 |
| 119 | Hugo Hofstetter | NSN Cycling Team | 38:26 |
| 120 | Matthew Fox | Lotto-Intermarché | 38:33 |
| 121 | Michel Hessmann | Movistar Team | 38:34 |
| 122 | Dillon Corkery | Team Picnic PostNL | 38:56 |
| 123 | Benoît Cosnefroy | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 39:18 |
| 124 | Lennert Belmans | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 39:19 |
| 125 | Wout van Aert | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 39:27 |
| 126 | Matteo Trentin | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 39:41 |
| 127 | Jacob Eriksson | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 40:12 |
| 128 | Stefan Bissegger | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 40:15 |
| 129 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | 40:32 |
| 130 | Alastair Mackellar | EF Education-EasyPost | 40:59 |
| 131 | Anton Kuzmin | XDS Astana Team | 42:19 |
| 132 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Team TotalEnergies | 42:20 |
| 133 | James Knox | Team Picnic PostNL | 42:56 |
| 134 | Sergio Samitier | Cofidis | 43:17 |
| 135 | Baptiste Veistroffer | Lotto-Intermarché | 43:21 |
| 136 | Matevz Govekar | Bahrain Victorious | 43:45 |
| 137 | Nikias Arndt | Bahrain Victorious | 44:10 |
| 138 | Valentin Ferron | Cofidis | 46:01 |
| 139 | Bryan Coquard | Cofidis | 46:56 |
| 140 | Sam Watson | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 47:50 |
| 141 | João Almeida | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 48:04 |
Stage 5 map & profile:
Stage 5 map
Stage 5 profile
Stage 5 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
Valentin Paret-Peintre signs autographs before the race.
Maxim Van Gils heads to the start.
German road champion Georg Zimmermann
The peloton descending the Cote De La Croix Blanche
Another shot of the pack going down the Cote De La Croix Blanche
French road champion Dorian Godon descends the Cote De La Croix Blanche, the day's first hill.
Wout van Aert on the same descent
Time for thestage finish sprint. Here they come...
Wout van Aert wins stage five.
Stage winner Wout van Aert
GC leader Alex Baudin will start stage six in yellow.
Wednesday, June 10: Stage 4, Le Puy en Velay - Montrond-les-Bains, 167.4 km
Stage 4 map & profile | Stage 4 photos
Quinn Simmons wins stage four.
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Weather at the finish city of Montrond-les-Bains at 2:30 PM, local time: 18C (65F), showers in the vicinity, with the wind from the north at 18 km/hr (11 mph). The rain is forecast to end around 3:45 PM.
The race: Ivo Oliveira (UAE Team Emriates-XRG) did not start. Midway into the stage Haimar Etxeberria (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) abandoned.
Here's the race organizer's stage four report:
Breakaway riders rule the early stages of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes! After Alex Baudin in Saint-Ismier and Anthon Charmig in Le Puy-en-Velay, Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek) powered to victory in a thrilling stage 4 from Le Puy-en-Velay to Montrond-les-Bains (167.4 km). The only success that escaped attackers was in the team time trial, with Matteo Jorgenson and Visma-Lease a Bike ruling in Perreux yesterday.
This time, baroudeurs united to escape the peloton after a hard battle and resist the sprinters in a very tight finale. The gap never went over 2 minutes. But that was enough for the US national champion and nine companions to make it to the line. Simmons proved to be the fastest on the line, claiming victory ahead of Finn Fisher-Black (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) and Matteo Vercher (Total Energies). Only four seconds behind, Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) dominated the sprint from the bunch.
The stage:
Another day for the attackers? Or can some teams control the first two thirds of stage 4 and battle it out in Montrond-les-Bains? The road rises early and most of today’s elevation gain (2,250 metres) is packed in the middle section of the course with a sequence of five categorised climbs to be faced in quick succession. A 145-man peloton tackle these challenges as Ivo Oliveira doesn’t start. UAE Team Emirates-XRG report their Portuguese rider “was feeling unwell overnight”.
Stage four gets its official start.
77 kilometres to make the break
The terrain inspires attackers, who battle through headwinds to try and make the break of the day. The early ascent to Col de la Croix de l’Arbre (km 14.6) isn’t enough to get away, despite many ascents. Marco Frigo (NSN) goes first at the summit. And he’s rapidly reeled in afterwards. Attacks keep flying but the pack is bunched as Nadav Raisberg (NSN) wins the intermediate sprint in Arlanc (km 52.6), in line with his performance on days 1 and 2.
The decisive move is launched after 60 kilometres of battle as Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek), Andreas Kron (Uno-X Mobility) and Jordan Jegat (TotalEnergies) set off on the on the Côte du Temple.
Counter-attackers break away from the peloton in several waves and catch up to the lead trio just before the summit of the Côte de Chougoirand (km 77.9), making it a 12-man group with Finn Fisher-Black (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), Pablo Castrillo, Raul Garcia Pierna (Movistar), Matteo Vercher (TotalEnergies), Jan Castellon (Caja Rural), George Bennett, Marco Frigo (NSN), Lars Craps (Lotto Intermarché) and Samuel Watson (Nertcompany Ineos).
Not much of a margin for the attackers
A maximum gap of two minutes is recorded before the climb up the Col des Limites (km 92.4). Jan Castellon gets in contention for the polka-dot jersey as he collects KOM points at Côte de Chougoirand, Col des Limites, as well as Côte de Lérigneux (km 104.7), and Côte de Roche-en-Forez (km 109.6)
However, the chase led by EF Education-EasyPost, supported by Cofidis and Visma-Lease a Bike, keeps the breakaway riders at a reasonable distance. With 30 kilometres to go, the leading group loses Samuel Watson to a crash, then George Bennett. Their lead over the peloton is already down to 55 seconds…
The gap even drops to 15 seconds with 10 kilometres to go. But now, the wind pushes the attackers towards Montrond-les-Bains. They are still 15 seconds ahead as they enter the last 3 kilometres. Pablo Castrillo ups the ante. It’s not enough to drop his rivals. But it ensures the breakaway will sprint for victory.
Quinn Simmons wins stage four.
Simmons proves to be the strongest to narrowly claim victory ahead of Finn Fisher-Black and Matteo Vercher. Only four seconds behind, Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) dominates the sprint in the bunch.
Complete results:
167.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.905 km/hr
| 1 | Quinn Simmons | Lidl-Trek | 3hr 34min 8sec |
| 2 | Finn Fisher-Black | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 3 | Mattéo Vercher | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 4 | Marco Frigo | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 5 | Raúl García | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 6 | Andreas Kron | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 7 | Jordan Jegat | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 8 | Lars Craps | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 9 | Jan Castellon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 10 | Pablo Castrillo | Movistar Team | @ 4sec |
| 11 | Wout van Aert | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 12 | Bryan Coquard | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 13 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 14 | Vito Braet | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 15 | Alessandro Covi | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 16 | Dorian Godon | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 17 | Mathieu Kockelmann | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 18 | Dillon Corkery | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 19 | Henri Uhlig | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 20 | Matteo Trentin | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 21 | Martin Svrcek | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 22 | Hugo Hofstetter | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 23 | Sergi Darder | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 24 | Simone Velasco | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 25 | Martin Urianstad Bugge | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 26 | Pepijn Reinderink | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 27 | Henri-Francois Haquin | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 28 | Kevin Vermaerke | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 29 | Mathis Le Berre | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 30 | Oscar Onley | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 31 | Kévin Vauquelin | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 32 | Nadav Raisberg | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 33 | Matevz Govekar | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 34 | Thibault Guernalec | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 35 | Julien Bernard | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 36 | Pau Martí | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 37 | Tobias Halland Johannessen | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 38 | Alex Diaz | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 39 | Gianni Vermeersch | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 40 | Anders Skaarseth | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 41 | Robbe Dhondt | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 42 | Joshua Tarling | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 43 | Sean Quinn | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 44 | Jacob Eriksson | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 45 | Michel Hessmann | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 46 | Matteo Jorgenson | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 47 | Torstein Træen | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 48 | Matthew Fox | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 49 | Alex Baudin | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 50 | Kevin Geniets | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 51 | Rudy Molard | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 52 | Anthon Charmig | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 53 | Georg Zimmermann | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 54 | Ethan Hayter | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 55 | Pablo Torres | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 56 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 57 | Anton Kuzmin | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 58 | Carlos Rodriguez | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 59 | Sam Maisonobe | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 60 | Cian Uijtdebroeks | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 61 | Clément Berthet | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 62 | Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 63 | Senna Remijn | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 64 | Jasha Sütterlin | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 65 | Michael Matthews | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 66 | Luke Plapp | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 67 | Gal Glivar | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 68 | Matej Mohoric | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 69 | Nicola Conci | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 70 | Valentin Paret-Peintre | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 71 | Isaac del Toro | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 72 | José Félix Parra | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 73 | Stefan Bissegger | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 74 | Ben Tulett | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 75 | Lennart Jasch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 76 | George Bennett | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 77 | Daan Hoole | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 78 | Paul Seixas | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 79 | Nicolas Breuillard | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 80 | Mauri Vansevenant | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 81 | Harold Tejada | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 82 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 83 | Pavel Sivakov | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 84 | Callum Thornley | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 85 | Santiago Buitrago | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 86 | Cristian Rodriguez | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 87 | Luke Tuckwell | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 88 | Iván Romeo | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 89 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 90 | James Knox | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 91 | Robin Donzé | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 92 | Julen Arriola-Bengoa | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 93 | Juan Ayuso | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 94 | Toms Skujins | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 95 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 96 | Roland Thalmann | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 97 | Maxime Decomble | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 98 | Anders Halland Johannessen | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 99 | Mattias Skjelmose | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 100 | Steff Cras | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 101 | Clément Braz Afonso | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 102 | Gijs Leemreize | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 103 | Carlos Verona | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 104 | Lorenzo Fortunato | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 105 | Lennard Kämna | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 106 | Daniel Martinez | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 107 | Yannis Voisard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 108 | Jørgen Nordhagen | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 109 | Ramses Debruyne | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 110 | Emanuel Buchmann | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 111 | Léo Bisiaux | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 112 | Hugo Houle | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 113 | Jefferson Cepeda | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 114 | Vlad Van Mechelen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 115 | Ben Healy | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 116 | Joan Bou | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:27 |
| 117 | Bruno Armirail | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 118 | Laurens De Plus | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 0:35 |
| 119 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 120 | Max Walker | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 121 | Hannes Wilksch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 122 | Felix Engelhardt | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 123 | Edoardo Affini | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 124 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 125 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 126 | Lennert Belmans | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 127 | Michael Leonard | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:47 |
| 128 | Hamish McKenzie | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 129 | Luke Durbridge | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 130 | Alexy Faure-Prost | Team Picnic PostNL | 0:54 |
| 131 | Michael Gogl | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 1:02 |
| 132 | Benoît Cosnefroy | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1:06 |
| 133 | Louis Rouland | Cofidis | 1:36 |
| 134 | Alastair Mackellar | EF Education-EasyPost | 2:02 |
| 135 | Nikias Arndt | Bahrain Victorious | 2:23 |
| 136 | Valentin Ferron | Cofidis | 3:04 |
| 137 | Benjamin Thomas | Cofidis | 3:14 |
| 138 | Per Strand Hagenes | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 4:09 |
| 139 | João Almeida | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 5:32 |
| 140 | Maxim Van Gils | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 6:28 |
| 141 | Sergio Samitier | Cofidis | 10:05 |
| 142 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 143 | Baptiste Veistroffer | Lotto-Intermarché | 13:02 |
| 144 | Sam Watson | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
GC after stage 4:
- GC leader: Alex Baudin (EF Education-EasyPost)
- Mountains classification leader: Clément Braz Afonso (Groupama-FDJ United)
- Points classification leader: Nadav Raisberg (NSN Cycling Team)
- Best young rider: Alex Baudin (EF Education-EasyPost)
- Teams classification leader: Groupama-FDJ United
576.3 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.416 km/hr
| 1 | Alex Baudin | EF Education-EasyPost | 13hr 35min 13sec |
| 2 | Kévin Vauquelin | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | @ 12sec |
| 3 | Oscar Onley | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 4 | Matteo Jorgenson | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 0:15 |
| 5 | Juan Ayuso | Lidl-Trek | 0:47 |
| 6 | Mattias Skjelmose | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 7 | Jørgen Nordhagen | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 0:50 |
| 8 | Carlos Rodriguez | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 0:57 |
| 9 | Léo Bisiaux | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 0:59 |
| 10 | Paul Seixas | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 1:00 |
| 11 | Luke Plapp | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 12 | Luke Tuckwell | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 1:03 |
| 13 | Cian Uijtdebroeks | Movistar Team | 1:07 |
| 14 | Isaac del Toro | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1:16 |
| 15 | Kevin Vermaerke | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1:20 |
| 16 | Bruno Armirail | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 17 | Santiago Buitrago | Bahrain Victorious | 1:21 |
| 18 | Ramses Debruyne | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 1:48 |
| 19 | Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet | Groupama-FDJ United | 1:51 |
| 20 | Valentin Paret-Peintre | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 21 | Clément Berthet | Groupama-FDJ United | 1:53 |
| 22 | Steff Cras | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 23 | Harold Tejada | XDS Astana Team | 1:54 |
| 24 | Rudy Molard | Groupama-FDJ United | 2:01 |
| 25 | Torstein Træen | Uno-X Mobility | 2:04 |
| 26 | Daniel Martinez | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 3:05 |
| 27 | Cristian Rodriguez | XDS Astana Team | 3:13 |
| 28 | George Bennett | NSN Cycling Team | 3:29 |
| 29 | Jan Castellon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3:39 |
| 30 | José Félix Parra | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3:40 |
| 31 | Sam Maisonobe | Cofidis | 4:11 |
| 32 | Nicolas Breuillard | Team TotalEnergies | 4:13 |
| 33 | Jefferson Cepeda | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 34 | Sean Quinn | EF Education-EasyPost | 4:20 |
| 35 | Lorenzo Fortunato | XDS Astana Team | 4:23 |
| 36 | Tobias Halland Johannessen | Uno-X Mobility | 4:37 |
| 37 | Ben Tulett | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 4:39 |
| 38 | Clément Braz Afonso | Groupama-FDJ United | 4:51 |
| 39 | Lars Craps | Lotto-Intermarché | 5:02 |
| 40 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ United | 5:45 |
| 41 | Andreas Kron | Uno-X Mobility | 5:59 |
| 42 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 6:10 |
| 43 | Michael Gogl | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 6:12 |
| 44 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 6:27 |
| 45 | Maxim Van Gils | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 7:20 |
| 46 | Yannis Voisard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 7:51 |
| 47 | Lennard Kämna | Lidl-Trek | 8:10 |
| 48 | Lennart Jasch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 8:22 |
| 49 | Emanuel Buchmann | Cofidis | 9:26 |
| 50 | Robin Donzé | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 11:25 |
| 51 | Alessandro Covi | Team Jayco-AlUla | 11:45 |
| 52 | Finn Fisher-Black | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 11:51 |
| 53 | Ben Healy | EF Education-EasyPost | 11:53 |
| 54 | Maxime Decomble | Groupama-FDJ United | 13:01 |
| 55 | Mathis Le Berre | Team TotalEnergies | 13:43 |
| 56 | Pavel Sivakov | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 14:09 |
| 57 | Carlos Verona | Lidl-Trek | 14:35 |
| 58 | Matej Mohoric | Bahrain Victorious | 14:56 |
| 59 | Robbe Dhondt | Team Picnic PostNL | 15:00 |
| 60 | Marco Frigo | NSN Cycling Team | 15:11 |
| 61 | Simone Velasco | XDS Astana Team | 15:13 |
| 62 | Pablo Torres | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 15:21 |
| 63 | Jordan Jegat | Team TotalEnergies | 15:43 |
| 64 | Gal Glivar | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 15:48 |
| 65 | Nicola Conci | XDS Astana Team | 16:17 |
| 66 | Julien Bernard | Lidl-Trek | 17:58 |
| 67 | Anthon Charmig | Uno-X Mobility | 18:08 |
| 68 | Mauri Vansevenant | Soudal Quick-Step | 18:46 |
| 69 | Benjamin Thomas | Cofidis | 18:50 |
| 70 | Julen Arriola-Bengoa | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 19:53 |
| 71 | Vlad Van Mechelen | Bahrain Victorious | 20:51 |
| 72 | Raúl García | Movistar Team | 20:57 |
| 73 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Soudal Quick-Step | 21:51 |
| 74 | Quinn Simmons | Lidl-Trek | 22:18 |
| 75 | Michael Leonard | EF Education-EasyPost | 22:55 |
| 76 | Pablo Castrillo | Movistar Team | 23:31 |
| 77 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | 23:59 |
| 78 | Toms Skujins | Lidl-Trek | 24:30 |
| 79 | Felix Engelhardt | Team Jayco-AlUla | 24:49 |
| 80 | Henri-Francois Haquin | Team Picnic PostNL | 25:50 |
| 81 | Hannes Wilksch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 26:04 |
| 82 | Laurens De Plus | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 26:15 |
| 83 | Nadav Raisberg | NSN Cycling Team | 26:49 |
| 84 | Gijs Leemreize | Team Picnic PostNL | 27:07 |
| 85 | Anders Skaarseth | Uno-X Mobility | 27:10 |
| 86 | Hamish McKenzie | Team Jayco-AlUla | 27:46 |
| 87 | Mattéo Vercher | Team TotalEnergies | 27:50 |
| 88 | Roland Thalmann | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 27:53 |
| 89 | Iván Romeo | Movistar Team | 28:32 |
| 90 | Alex Diaz | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 28:57 |
| 91 | Georg Zimmermann | Lotto-Intermarché | 29:28 |
| 92 | Anders Halland Johannessen | Uno-X Mobility | 29:35 |
| 93 | Per Strand Hagenes | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 30:14 |
| 94 | Kevin Geniets | Groupama-FDJ United | 31:08 |
| 95 | Louis Rouland | Cofidis | 31:12 |
| 96 | Alexy Faure-Prost | Team Picnic PostNL | 31:29 |
| 97 | Daan Hoole | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 31:31 |
| 98 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | 31:39 |
| 99 | Michael Matthews | Team Jayco-AlUla | 32:10 |
| 100 | Jasha Sütterlin | Team Jayco-AlUla | 33:01 |
| 101 | Joshua Tarling | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 33:08 |
| 102 | Max Walker | EF Education-EasyPost | 33:25 |
| 103 | Sergi Darder | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 33:35 |
| 104 | Callum Thornley | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 33:41 |
| 105 | Ethan Hayter | Soudal Quick-Step | 33:46 |
| 106 | Edoardo Affini | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 34:13 |
| 107 | Henri Uhlig | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 34:43 |
| 108 | Senna Remijn | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 34:49 |
| 109 | Hugo Houle | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 110 | Thibault Guernalec | Team TotalEnergies | 34:57 |
| 111 | Luke Durbridge | Team Jayco-AlUla | 34:58 |
| 112 | Pau Martí | NSN Cycling Team | 35:28 |
| 113 | Mathieu Kockelmann | Lotto-Intermarché | 35:30 |
| 114 | Joan Bou | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 36:10 |
| 115 | Dorian Godon | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 36:32 |
| 116 | Gianni Vermeersch | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 37:14 |
| 117 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | Team TotalEnergies | 37:36 |
| 118 | Martin Svrcek | Soudal Quick-Step | 37:49 |
| 119 | Vito Braet | Lotto-Intermarché | 37:56 |
| 120 | Martin Urianstad Bugge | Uno-X Mobility | 38:02 |
| 121 | Pepijn Reinderink | Soudal Quick-Step | 38:11 |
| 122 | Hugo Hofstetter | NSN Cycling Team | 38:26 |
| 123 | Matthew Fox | Lotto-Intermarché | 38:33 |
| 124 | Michel Hessmann | Movistar Team | 38:34 |
| 125 | Dillon Corkery | Team Picnic PostNL | 38:56 |
| 126 | Matevz Govekar | Bahrain Victorious | 39:02 |
| 127 | Benoît Cosnefroy | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 39:18 |
| 128 | Lennert Belmans | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 39:19 |
| 129 | Wout van Aert | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 39:27 |
| 130 | Matteo Trentin | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 39:41 |
| 131 | Jacob Eriksson | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 40:12 |
| 132 | Stefan Bissegger | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 40:15 |
| 133 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | 40:32 |
| 134 | Alastair Mackellar | EF Education-EasyPost | 40:59 |
| 135 | Sergio Samitier | Cofidis | 41:29 |
| 136 | Anton Kuzmin | XDS Astana Team | 42:19 |
| 137 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Team TotalEnergies | 42:20 |
| 138 | Nikias Arndt | Bahrain Victorious | 42:51 |
| 139 | James Knox | Team Picnic PostNL | 42:56 |
| 140 | Baptiste Veistroffer | Lotto-Intermarché | 43:21 |
| 141 | João Almeida | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 43:29 |
| 142 | Valentin Ferron | Cofidis | 44:58 |
| 143 | Bryan Coquard | Cofidis | 46:56 |
| 144 | Sam Watson | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 47:27 |
Stage 4 map & profile:
Stage 4 map
Stage 4 profile
Stage 4 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
Guillaume Martin before the race.
Paul Seixas gives a pre-race interview
Isaac del Toro
Movistar rider Cian Uijtdebroeks
Team Caja Rural-Seguros RGA riders arrive at the teams presentation ceremony platform.
Time to get get this race on the road.
Another shot of the stage starting.
The finish. Here they come....
American road champion Quinn Simmons wins stage four.
Stage winner Quinn Simmons
GC leader Alex Baudin will start stage five in yellow.
Tuesday, June 9: Stage 3, Perreux - Perreux 28.4 km Team Time Trial
Stage 3 map & profile | Stage 3 photos
Team Visma | Lease a Bike on its way to winning the stage.
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Weather at the start/finish city of Perreux at 2:40 PM, local time: 21C (69F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the north at 13 km/hr (8 mph). No rain is forecast.
The race: Team Picnic-PostNL was scheduled to be the first team off at 3:05 PM.
Diego Pescador (Movistar) will not start. The Colombian ss affected by a flu-like condition and, after a bad night's sleep, has been forced to abandon the race.
Here's the race organizer's stage three report:
The team time trial set in Perreux on day 3 of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 2026 delivered the twists and thrills anticipated with the special format that will also serve as the opener of the Tour de France next month in Barcelona. Netcompany Ineos led the way at the intermediate checkpoints but Visma-Lease a Bike surged to victory after 28.4 kilometres of intense tactical racing. The Dutch team propelled Matteo Jorgenson for the uphill finale, the American leader eventually posting a time of 32:52 to take victory with a margin of nine seconds over their British rivals. EF Education-EasyPost round out the podium with Alex Baudin successfully defending his yellow and blue leader’s jersey after losing 29 seconds.
The stage:
After a mountain stage to kick off the race on Sunday and a hilly marathon on stage 3, the riders face another challenge on stage 3 of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: a 28.4 km team time trial around Perreux, with several ups and downs. The stage uses a format tried and tested on the roads of Paris-Nice, which will also serve as an opener to the Tour de France 2026, in Barcelona.
The stage standings are established with the time of each team’s best rider. For the general classification, riders who finish with the first rider from their team will be credited with the same times. Others will have their own time.
Jayco AlUla make a strong impression
The battle begins with Picnic PostNL, who set an early pace that is quickly overtaken by Lotto Intermarché, and then by NSN.
Whilst the first three teams in contention are not the most high-profile for this discipline, Jayco AlUla go into the race as specialists – a reputation they live up to. On the final climb, Michael Matthews finish the job to enable his team to be the first to break the 50 km/h barrier (50.45 km/h), whilst his leader Luke Plapp capitalise on the collective effort to preserve his chances of shining in the general classification.
Lidl-Trek raise the bar
The time set by the Australians withstands the challenge from Santiago Buitrago’s Bahrain Victorious, who finish 11 seconds behind, as well as that of UAE Emirates-XRG, whose leader Isaac Del Toro drops 7 seconds.
UAE Team Emirates-XRG starts.
Movistar manage to beat Jayco AlUla’s benchmark with a strong performance capped off by Cian Uitjtdebroeks. But the Belgian’s 33’44’’ effort is broken by the riders from Lidl-Trek, who raise the bar even higher with Mattias Skjelmose and Juan Ayuso reaching the finish with and average speed of exactly 51 km/h (33:24).
Jorgenson attacks, Baudin defends
The two main favourites ahead of the stage, Netcompany Ineos and Visma-Lease a Bike, start in quick succession. The British squad lead the way at the intermediate checkpoints (3’’ on their Dutch rivals after 8 km, 6’’ at km 15.8) but Oscar Onley struggles with his chainring, forcing the team to momentarily decrease the pace. They nonetheless beat Lidl-Trek by 23 seconds… But Matteo Jorgenson posts a time of 33:52 (9 seconds faster) for Visma-Lease a Bike!
Stage winning team: Visma | Lease a Bike. Sirotti photo
In their wake, EF Education-EasyPost impress with their effort on the day after they successfully defended Alex Baudin’s yellow and blue leader’s jersey over more than 230 kilometres. The Frenchman crosses the line with a loss of 29 seconds (3rd best time) and thus retains the overall lead with a margin of 12 seconds on Kévin Vauquelin and Onley.
Results:
Winner Visma | Lease a Bike raced 28.4 kilometers at an average speed of 51.841 km/hr
| 1 | Team Visma | Lease A Bike | 32min 52sec |
| 2 | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | @ 9sec |
| 3 | EF Education-EasyPost | 0' 29'' |
| 4 | Lidl-Trek | 0' 32'' |
| 5 | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 0' 41'' |
| 6 | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 0' 45'' |
| 7 | Movistar Team | 0' 52'' |
| 8 | Team Jayco Alula | 0' 54'' |
| 9 | UAE Team Emirates XRG | 1' 01'' |
| 10 | Bahrain Victorious | 1' 06'' |
| 11 | Groupama-FDJ United | 1' 36'' |
| 12 | Soudal Quick-Step | 1' 36'' |
| 13 | XDS Astana Team | 1' 39'' |
| 14 | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 1' 45'' |
| 15 | Uno-X Mobility | 1' 46'' |
| 16 | Totalenergies | 1' 46'' |
| 17 | Cofidis | 1' 47'' |
| 18 | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 2' 24'' |
| 19 | NSN Cycling Team | 2' 42'' |
| 20 | Lotto Intermarche | 2' 42'' |
| 21 | Team Picnic PostNL | 2' 45'' |
| 22 | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3' 05'' |
Complete GC after stage 3:
- GC leader: Alex Baudin (EF Education-EasyPost)
- Mountains classification leader: Clément Braz Afonso (Groupama-FDJ United)
- Points classification leader: Nadav Raisberg (NSN Cycling Team)
- Best young rider: Alex Baudin (EF Education-EasyPost)
- Teams classification leader: Groupama-FDJ United
408.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.821 km/hr
| 1 | Alex Baudin | EF Education-EasyPost | 10hr 1min 1sec |
| 2 | Kévin Vauquelin | Netcompany INEOS | @ 12sec |
| 3 | Oscar Onley | Netcompany INEOS | s.t. |
| 4 | Matteo Jorgenson | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 0:15 |
| 5 | Juan Ayuso | Lidl-Trek | 0:47 |
| 6 | Mattias Skjelmose | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 7 | Jørgen Nordhagen | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 0:50 |
| 8 | Maxim Van Gils | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 0:56 |
| 9 | Bruno Armirail | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 0:57 |
| 10 | Carlos Rodriguez | Netcompany INEOS | s.t. |
| 11 | Léo Bisiaux | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 0:59 |
| 12 | Paul Seixas | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 1:00 |
| 13 | Luke Plapp | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 14 | Luke Tuckwell | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 1:03 |
| 15 | Cian Uijtdebroeks | Movistar Team | 1:07 |
| 16 | Isaac del Toro | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1:16 |
| 17 | Kevin Vermaerke | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1:20 |
| 18 | Santiago Buitrago | Bahrain Victorious | 1:21 |
| 19 | Ramses Debruyne | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 1:48 |
| 20 | Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet | Groupama-FDJ United | 1:51 |
| 21 | Valentin Paret-Peintre | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 22 | Clément Berthet | Groupama-FDJ United | 1:53 |
| 23 | Steff Cras | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 24 | Harold Tejada | XDS Astana Team | 1:54 |
| 25 | Rudy Molard | Groupama-FDJ United | 2:01 |
| 26 | Torstein Træen | Uno-X Mobility | 2:04 |
| 27 | Daniel Martinez | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 3:05 |
| 28 | Cristian Rodriguez | XDS Astana Team | 3:13 |
| 29 | George Bennett | NSN Cycling Team | 3:29 |
| 30 | Félix Parra José | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3:40 |
| 31 | Jan Castellon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3:43 |
| 32 | Sam Maisonobe | Cofidis | 4:11 |
| 33 | Nicolas Breuillard | Team TotalEnergies | 4:13 |
| 34 | Jefferson Cepeda | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 35 | Sean Quinn | EF Education-EasyPost | 4:20 |
| 36 | Lorenzo Fortunato | XDS Astana Team | 4:23 |
| 37 | Tobias Halland Johannessen | Uno-X Mobility | 4:37 |
| 38 | Ben Tulett | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 4:39 |
| 39 | Clément Braz Afonso | Groupama-FDJ United | 4:51 |
| 40 | Lars Craps | Lotto-Intermarché | 5:06 |
| 41 | Michael Gogl | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 5:14 |
| 42 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ United | 5:45 |
| 43 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 5:56 |
| 44 | Andreas Kron | Uno-X Mobility | 6:03 |
| 45 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 6:10 |
| 46 | Yannis Voisard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 7:51 |
| 47 | Lennard Kämna | Lidl-Trek | 8:10 |
| 48 | Lennart Jasch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 8:22 |
| 49 | Emanuel Buchmann | Cofidis | 9:26 |
| 50 | Robin Donzé | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 11:25 |
| 51 | Alessandro Covi | Team Jayco-AlUla | 11:45 |
| 52 | Ben Healy | EF Education-EasyPost | 11:53 |
| 53 | Finn Fisher-Black | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 11:55 |
| 54 | Maxime Decomble | Groupama-FDJ United | 13:01 |
| 55 | Mathis Le Berre | Team TotalEnergies | 13:43 |
| 56 | Pavel Sivakov | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 14:09 |
| 57 | Carlos Verona | Lidl-Trek | 14:35 |
| 58 | Matej Mohoric | Bahrain Victorious | 14:56 |
| 59 | Robbe Dhondt | Team Picnic PostNL | 15:00 |
| 60 | Simone Velasco | XDS Astana Team | 15:13 |
| 61 | Marco Frigo | NSN Cycling Team | 15:15 |
| 62 | Pablo Torres | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 15:21 |
| 63 | Benjamin Thomas | Cofidis | 15:40 |
| 64 | Jordan Jegat | Team TotalEnergies | 15:47 |
| 65 | Gal Glivar | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 15:48 |
| 66 | Nicola Conci | XDS Astana Team | 16:17 |
| 67 | Julien Bernard | Lidl-Trek | 17:58 |
| 68 | Anthon Charmig | Uno-X Mobility | 18:08 |
| 69 | Mauri Vansevenant | Soudal Quick-Step | 18:46 |
| 70 | Julen Arriola-Bengoa | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 19:53 |
| 71 | Vlad Van Mechelen | Bahrain Victorious | 20:51 |
| 72 | Raúl García | Movistar Team | 21:01 |
| 73 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Soudal Quick-Step | 21:20 |
| 74 | Michael Leonard | EF Education-EasyPost | 22:12 |
| 75 | Quinn Simmons | Lidl-Trek | 22:22 |
| 76 | Pablo Castrillo | Movistar Team | 23:31 |
| 77 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | 23:59 |
| 78 | Felix Engelhardt | Team Jayco-AlUla | 24:18 |
| 79 | Toms Skujins | Lidl-Trek | 24:30 |
| 80 | Hannes Wilksch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 25:33 |
| 81 | Laurens De Plus | Netcompany INEOS | 25:44 |
| 82 | Henri-Francois Haquin | Team Picnic PostNL | 25:50 |
| 83 | Per Strand Hagenes | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 26:09 |
| 84 | Nadav Raisberg | NSN Cycling Team | 26:49 |
| 85 | Hamish McKenzie | Team Jayco-AlUla | 27:03 |
| 86 | Gijs Leemreize | Team Picnic PostNL | 27:07 |
| 87 | Anders Skaarseth | Uno-X Mobility | 27:10 |
| 88 | Roland Thalmann | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 27:53 |
| 89 | Mattéo Vercher | Team TotalEnergies | 27:54 |
| 90 | Iván Romeo | Movistar Team | 28:32 |
| 91 | Alex Diaz | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 28:57 |
| 92 | Georg Zimmermann | Lotto-Intermarché | 29:28 |
| 93 | Anders Halland Johannessen | Uno-X Mobility | 29:35 |
| 94 | Louis Rouland | Cofidis | 29:40 |
| 95 | Baptiste Veistroffer | Lotto-Intermarché | 30:23 |
| 96 | Alexy Faure-Prost | Team Picnic PostNL | 30:39 |
| 97 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | 31:08 |
| 98 | Kevin Geniets | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 99 | Sergio Samitier | Cofidis | 31:28 |
| 100 | Daan Hoole | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 31:31 |
| 101 | Michael Matthews | Team Jayco-AlUla | 32:10 |
| 102 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Team TotalEnergies | 32:19 |
| 103 | Max Walker | EF Education-EasyPost | 32:54 |
| 104 | Jasha Sütterlin | Team Jayco-AlUla | 33:01 |
| 105 | Joshua Tarling | Netcompany INEOS | 33:08 |
| 106 | Sergi Darder | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 33:35 |
| 107 | Callum Thornley | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 33:41 |
| 108 | Edoardo Affini | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 33:42 |
| 109 | Ethan Hayter | Soudal Quick-Step | 33:46 |
| 110 | Luke Durbridge | Team Jayco-AlUla | 34:15 |
| 111 | Sam Watson | Netcompany INEOS | 34:29 |
| 112 | Henri Uhlig | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 34:43 |
| 113 | Hugo Houle | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 34:49 |
| 114 | Senna Remijn | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 115 | Thibault Guernalec | Team TotalEnergies | 34:57 |
| 116 | Pau Martí | NSN Cycling Team | 35:28 |
| 117 | Mathieu Kockelmann | Lotto-Intermarché | 35:30 |
| 118 | Haimar Etxeberria | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 35:44 |
| 119 | Joan Bou | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 35:47 |
| 120 | Dorian Godon | Netcompany INEOS | 36:32 |
| 121 | Gianni Vermeersch | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 37:14 |
| 122 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | Team TotalEnergies | 37:36 |
| 123 | Martin Svrcek | Soudal Quick-Step | 37:49 |
| 124 | Vito Braet | Lotto-Intermarché | 37:56 |
| 125 | João Almeida | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 38:01 |
| 126 | Martin Urianstad Bugge | Uno-X Mobility | 38:02 |
| 127 | Pepijn Reinderink | Soudal Quick-Step | 38:11 |
| 128 | Benoît Cosnefroy | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 38:16 |
| 129 | Hugo Hofstetter | NSN Cycling Team | 38:26 |
| 130 | Matthew Fox | Lotto-Intermarché | 38:33 |
| 131 | Michel Heßmann | Movistar Team | 38:34 |
| 132 | Lennert Belmans | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 38:48 |
| 133 | Dillon Corkery | Team Picnic PostNL | 38:56 |
| 134 | Alastair Mackellar | EF Education-EasyPost | 39:01 |
| 135 | Matevz Govekar | Bahrain Victorious | 39:02 |
| 136 | Wout van Aert | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 39:27 |
| 137 | Matteo Trentin | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 39:41 |
| 138 | Ivo Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 40:06 |
| 139 | Jacob Eriksson | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 40:12 |
| 140 | Stefan Bissegger | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 40:15 |
| 141 | Nikias Arndt | Bahrain Victorious | 40:32 |
| 142 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 143 | Valentin Ferron | Cofidis | 41:58 |
| 144 | Anton Kuzmin | XDS Astana Team | 42:19 |
| 145 | James Knox | Team Picnic PostNL | 42:56 |
| 146 | Bryan Coquard | Cofidis | 46:56 |
Stage 3 map & profile:
Stage 3 map
Stage 3 profile
Stage 3 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
Visma | Lease a Bike speeding to first place in the stage.
Team Netcompany INEOS was second.
GC leader's Alex Baudin's EF Education-EasyPost team was third
Team Lidl-Trek was fourth.
Fifth-place Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
Team Decathlon CMA CGM was sixth.
Eighth-place Jayco-AlUla
Team Bahrain Victorious riding to tenth place.
Team Groupama-FDJ United riding to eleventh place. The rider in the polka-dots is current King of the Mountains Clément Braz Afonso
Stage winner Visma | Lease a Bike
GC leader Alex Baudin will start stage four in yellow. That's two-time Tour de France winner Bernard Thévenet behind him.
Monday, June 8: Stage 2: Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux - Le Puy-en-Velay, 234.3 km
Stage 2 map & profile | Stage 2 photos
Anthon Charmig wins the second stage. ASO photo
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Stage 2 rated ascents:
- Km 22.8: Col de Chatain, 7.9 km @ 5.7%. Cat. 2
- Km 35.3: Col de la Croix de Toutes Aures, 2.8 km @ 6.1%. Cat. 3
- Km 125.7: Col Robert Marchand, 10.9 km @ 4.4%. Cat. 2
- Km 203.3: Côte des Baraques, 4.2 km @ 6.6%. Cat. 2
- Km 222.5: Côte de Saint-Vidal, 2 km @ 7.4%
Weather at the finish town of Le Puy-en-Velay at 2:35 PM, local time: 23C (75F), rain, with the wind from the west at 10 km/hr (6 mph). The rain is forecast to end about 3:30 PM.
The race: In the stage's earlier kilometers Gorka Sorarrain (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) abandoned and midway into the stage Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk (Lotto-Intermarché) also quit the race.
Here's the race organizer's stage two summary:
After Alex Baudin (EF Education-EasyPost) in Saint-Ismier, day 2 of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 2026 also favoured a solo attacker. This time, Anthon Charmig (Uno-X Mobility) proved to be the strongest rider from the breakaway after a long and demanding stage from Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux (234.3 km, 3,685 m of elevation). Part of a 10-man group, the Danish puncheur distanced Clément Braz Afonso (Groupama-FDJ United) and Raul Garcia Pierna (Movistar) just before the final summit of the day and covered the last 12 kilometres on his own to take his second professional victory. Around three minutes behind, Baudin finished with the reduced bunch to retain the yellow and blue leader’s jersey on the eve of the team time trial in Le Perreux.
The stage:
After a demanding opening stage of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 2026, day 2 of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is long and packed with climbing: 3,685 metres of elevation to overcome before reaching Le Puy-en-Velay after 234.3 km of racing from Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux. That makes for the longest stage in the event since 2003.
A 10-man breakaway
The 149 riders who reached Saint-ismier on Sunday are also at the start of stage 2. Many of them are interested in making the breakaway, a situation that leads to a fierce battle from the start.
Anthon Charmig (Uno X-Mobility), Baptiste Veistroffer (Intermarché-Lotto), Alex Diaz (Caja Rural), Nadav Raisberg (NSN), Benjamin Thomas (Cofidis) et Henri-François Renard-Haquin (Picnic PostNL) set off at kilometre 0.
Behind them, the likes of Matteo Trentin (Tudor) and Michael Matthews (Jayco AlUla) participate in counter-attacks, without meeting success. But counter-attackers don’t surrender and initiate new moves on the climb to Col de Chatain (km 22.8).
Jordan Jegat (TotalEnergies) accelerates and, together with Raul Garcia Pierna (Movistar), Vlad Van Mechelen (Bahrain Victorious), and then Clément Braz Afonso (Groupama-FDJ United), the French climber bridges the gap to the front group at km 33, just before the Col de la Croix de Toutes Aures (km 35.3).
At the summit, the peloton trail by 5’50’’, with EF Education-Easypost setting the pace. Braz Afonso is the main threat for the yellow and blue jersey as he trails by 5’35’’ in GC.
EF Education-EasyPost react
The gap hits a maximum of 6’20’’ at km 77, as the peloton rider through the Rhône Valley, towards Ardèche and the third climb of the day: the cat-2 Col Robert Marchand (10.9 km at 4.4%).
Benjamin Thomas goes first at the summit, just like he did in the first two climbs of the day. His tally is up to 12 KOM points, against Baudin’s 14.
The attackers then pass the intermediate sprint with a lead of 6’15’’ to the bunch. EF Education-EasyPost take the most of the transition to the final climbs of the day to accelerate and bring the gap down to 4’35’’.
The peloton halfway into the stage with a break 5min 40sec up the road. ASO photo
Braz Afonso tries, Charmig wins
The cooperation within the breakaway is broken up 47 kilometres from the finish by Baptiste Veistroffer and Clément Braz Afonso, who try their luck as a duo ahead of the Côte des Baraques.
The Groupama-FDJ United climber goes solo to secure the polka dot jersey, but some chasers get back to him in successive waves: Garcia Pierna and Van Mechelen to begin with, and then Charmig, Jegat, Thomas and Renard-Haquin into the last 20 kilometres.
The peloton trail by 4 minutes at the bottom of the final climb, Côte de Saint-Vidal (cat. 3), to be summited with 11.8 km to go. Charmig proves to be the strongest on the ascent. At the summit, Braz Afonso and Garcia Pierna trail by 5 seconds. But the Dane pushes his advantage in the final run-in to Le Puy-en-Velay.
Anthon Charmig wins stage two.
He eventually takes victory with a margin of 40 seconds to his chaser, with Renard-Haquin and Van Mechelen coming back from behind to round out the podium. The peloton finish with a gap of 3’13’’; Alex Baudin retains the yellow and blue leader’s jersey.
Complete results:
234.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.288 km/hr
| 1 | Anthon Charmig | Uno-X Mobility | 5hr 40min 29sec |
| 2 | Henri-Francois Renard-Haquin | Team Picnic PostNL | @ 41sec |
| 3 | Vlad Van Mechelen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 4 | Raúl García | Movistar Team | 0:43 |
| 5 | Clément Braz Afonso | Groupama-FDJ United | 0:44 |
| 6 | Benjamin Thomas | Cofidis | 1:56 |
| 7 | Jordan Jegat | Team TotalEnergies | 1:59 |
| 8 | Nadav Raisberg | NSN Cycling Team | 2:10 |
| 9 | Finn Fisher-Black | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 3:13 |
| 10 | Maxim Van Gils | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 11 | Mauri Vansevenant | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 12 | Ramses Debruyne | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 13 | Simone Velasco | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 14 | Mathis Le Berre | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 15 | Kevin Vermaerke | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 16 | Robbe Dhondt | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 17 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 18 | José Félix Parra | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 19 | Gijs Leemreize | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 20 | Lars Craps | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 21 | Léo Bisiaux | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 22 | Santiago Buitrago | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 23 | Sam Maisonobe | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 24 | Tobias Halland Johannessen | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 25 | Ben Tulett | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 26 | Isaac del Toro | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 27 | Jan Castellon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 28 | Luke Tuckwell | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 29 | Lennart Jasch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 30 | Paul Seixas | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 31 | Kévin Vauquelin | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 32 | Gal Glivar | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 33 | Oscar Onley | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 34 | Julen Arriola-Bengoa | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 35 | Bruno Armirail | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 36 | Matej Mohoric | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 37 | Pablo Torres | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 38 | Julien Bernard | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 39 | Robin Donzé | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 40 | Nicolas Breuillard | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 41 | Rudy Molard | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 42 | Matteo Jorgenson | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 43 | Torstein Træen | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 44 | Michael Gogl | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 45 | Clément Berthet | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 46 | Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 47 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 48 | Harold Tejada | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 49 | Valentin Paret-Peintre | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 50 | Steff Cras | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 51 | Juan Ayuso | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 52 | Cian Uijtdebroeks | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 53 | Carlos Rodriguez | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 54 | Daniel Martinez | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 55 | Nicola Conci | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 56 | Lorenzo Fortunato | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 57 | Pavel Sivakov | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 58 | Lennard Kämna | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 59 | Alex Baudin | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 60 | Sean Quinn | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 61 | Cristian Rodriguez | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 62 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 63 | Andreas Kron | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 64 | Alessandro Covi | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 65 | Jørgen Nordhagen | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 66 | Luke Plapp | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 67 | Marco Frigo | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 68 | Diego Pescador | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 69 | Pablo Castrillo | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 70 | Emanuel Buchmann | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 71 | Yannis Voisard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 72 | George Bennett | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 73 | Maxime Decomble | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 74 | Jefferson Cepeda | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 75 | Carlos Verona | Lidl-Trek | 4:02 |
| 76 | Baptiste Veistroffer | Lotto-Intermarché | 4:47 |
| 77 | Mattias Skjelmose | Lidl-Trek | @ 3min 13sec |
| 78 | Alexy Faure-Prost | Team Picnic PostNL | 5:58 |
| 79 | Iván Romeo | Movistar Team | 8:14 |
| 80 | Hannes Wilksch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 10:33 |
| 81 | Roland Thalmann | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 82 | Henri Uhlig | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 83 | Daan Hoole | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 84 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 85 | Toms Skujins | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 86 | Quinn Simmons | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 87 | Sergio Samitier | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 88 | Laurens De Plus | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 89 | Ben Healy | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 90 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | 11:33 |
| 91 | Per Strand Hagenes | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 92 | Sergi Darder | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 12:17 |
| 93 | Felix Engelhardt | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 94 | Anders Skaarseth | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 95 | Sam Watson | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 96 | Mathieu Kockelmann | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 97 | Matevz Govekar | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 98 | Haimar Etxeberria | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 99 | Alex Diaz | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 100 | Edoardo Affini | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 13:47 |
| 101 | Martin Svrcek | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 102 | Thibault Guernalec | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 103 | Matthew Fox | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 104 | Vito Braet | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 105 | Jacob Eriksson | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 106 | Bryan Coquard | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 107 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 108 | Valentin Ferron | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 109 | Kevin Geniets | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 110 | Benoît Cosnefroy | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 111 | Martin Urianstad Bugge | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 112 | Anders Halland Johannessen | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 113 | Hamish McKenzie | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 114 | Michael Matthews | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 115 | Ethan Hayter | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 116 | Matteo Trentin | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 117 | Wout van Aert | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 118 | Ivo Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 119 | João Almeida | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 120 | Luke Durbridge | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 121 | Nikias Arndt | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 122 | Joshua Tarling | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 123 | Gianni Vermeersch | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 124 | Michael Leonard | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 125 | Anton Kuzmin | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 126 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 127 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 128 | Joan Bou | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 129 | Pau Martí | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 130 | Jasha Sütterlin | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 131 | Stefan Bissegger | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 132 | Georg Zimmermann | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 133 | Lennert Belmans | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 134 | Dillon Corkery | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 135 | James Knox | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 136 | Callum Thornley | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 137 | Hugo Houle | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 138 | Hugo Hofstetter | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 139 | Mattéo Vercher | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 140 | Senna Remijn | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 141 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 142 | Louis Rouland | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 143 | Pepijn Reinderink | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 144 | Michel Heßmann | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 145 | Dorian Godon | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 17:11 |
| 146 | Max Walker | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 147 | Alastair Mackellar | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
GC after stage 2:
- GC leader: Alex Baudin (EF Education-EasyPost)
- Mountains classification leader: Clément Braz Afonso (Groupama-FDJ United)
- Points classification leader: Nadav Raisberg (NSN Cycling Team)
- Best young rider: Alex Baudin (EF Education-EasyPost)
- Teams classification leader: Groupama-FDJ United
380.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.217 km/hr
| 1 | Alex Baudin | EF Education-EasyPost | 9hr 27min 40sec |
| 2 | Ramses Debruyne | Alpecin-Premier Tech | @ 32sec |
| 3 | Kevin Vermaerke | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 4 | Léo Bisiaux | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 5 | Ben Tulett | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 6 | Luke Tuckwell | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 7 | Kévin Vauquelin | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 8 | Oscar Onley | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 9 | Rudy Molard | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 10 | Luke Plapp | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 11 | Bruno Armirail | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 0:35 |
| 12 | Maxim Van Gils | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 0:44 |
| 13 | Isaac del Toro | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 14 | Santiago Buitrago | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 15 | Paul Seixas | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 16 | Clément Berthet | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 17 | Harold Tejada | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 18 | Matteo Jorgenson | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 19 | Cian Uijtdebroeks | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 20 | Juan Ayuso | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 21 | Torstein Træen | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 22 | Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 23 | Valentin Paret-Peintre | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 24 | Steff Cras | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 25 | Mattias Skjelmose | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 26 | Sean Quinn | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:56 |
| 27 | José Félix Parra | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 1:04 |
| 28 | Jan Castellon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 29 | Carlos Rodriguez | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 30 | Jørgen Nordhagen | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 31 | George Bennett | NSN Cycling Team | 1:16 |
| 32 | Cristian Rodriguez | XDS Astana Team | 1:46 |
| 33 | Lars Craps | Lotto-Intermarché | 2:53 |
| 34 | Sam Maisonobe | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 35 | Michael Gogl | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 36 | Daniel Martinez | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 37 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ United | 2:56 |
| 38 | Nicolas Breuillard | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 39 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 40 | Lorenzo Fortunato | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 41 | Lennard Kämna | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 42 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 43 | Jefferson Cepeda | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 44 | Clément Braz Afonso | Groupama-FDJ United | 3:06 |
| 45 | Tobias Halland Johannessen | Uno-X Mobility | 3:20 |
| 46 | Andreas Kron | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 47 | Emanuel Buchmann | Cofidis | 4:17 |
| 48 | Lennart Jasch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 5:56 |
| 49 | Robin Donzé | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 50 | Alessandro Covi | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 51 | Yannis Voisard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 52 | Ben Healy | EF Education-EasyPost | 10:16 |
| 53 | Finn Fisher-Black | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 11:29 |
| 54 | Jordan Jegat | Team TotalEnergies | 11:30 |
| 55 | Mathis Le Berre | Team TotalEnergies | 11:32 |
| 56 | Pablo Torres | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 57 | Pavel Sivakov | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 58 | Diego Pescador | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 59 | Marco Frigo | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 60 | Maxime Decomble | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 61 | Anthon Charmig | Uno-X Mobility | 11:51 |
| 62 | Carlos Verona | Lidl-Trek | 12:21 |
| 63 | Simone Velasco | XDS Astana Team | 12:44 |
| 64 | Robbe Dhondt | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 65 | Gal Glivar | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 66 | Matej Mohoric | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 67 | Julien Bernard | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 68 | Nicola Conci | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 69 | Benjamin Thomas | Cofidis | 13:47 |
| 70 | Mauri Vansevenant | Soudal Quick-Step | 15:04 |
| 71 | Julen Arriola-Bengoa | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 72 | Vlad Van Mechelen | Bahrain Victorious | 18:39 |
| 73 | Raúl García | Movistar Team | 18:41 |
| 74 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Soudal Quick-Step | 18:52 |
| 75 | Hannes Wilksch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 20:04 |
| 76 | Quinn Simmons | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 77 | Laurens De Plus | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 78 | Michael Leonard | EF Education-EasyPost | 20:14 |
| 79 | Pablo Castrillo | Movistar Team | 21:11 |
| 80 | Henri-Francois Haquin | Team Picnic PostNL | 21:37 |
| 81 | Felix Engelhardt | Team Jayco-AlUla | 21:48 |
| 82 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | 22:06 |
| 83 | Roland Thalmann | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 22:24 |
| 84 | Toms Skujins | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 85 | Baptiste Veistroffer | Lotto-Intermarché | 22:45 |
| 86 | Nadav Raisberg | NSN Cycling Team | 23:06 |
| 87 | Hamish McKenzie | Team Jayco-AlUla | 23:18 |
| 88 | Anders Halland Johannessen | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 89 | Anders Skaarseth | Uno-X Mobility | 24:08 |
| 90 | Alex Diaz | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 91 | Gijs Leemreize | Team Picnic PostNL | 24:09 |
| 92 | Per Strand Hagenes | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 24:30 |
| 93 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Team TotalEnergies | 25:38 |
| 94 | Kevin Geniets | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 95 | Georg Zimmermann | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 96 | Louis Rouland | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 97 | Mattéo Vercher | Team TotalEnergies | 25:43 |
| 98 | Iván Romeo | Movistar Team | 26:12 |
| 99 | Alexy Faure-Prost | Team Picnic PostNL | 26:54 |
| 100 | Henri Uhlig | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 28:31 |
| 101 | Sergio Samitier | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 102 | Daan Hoole | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 103 | Max Walker | EF Education-EasyPost | 29:02 |
| 104 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | 29:31 |
| 105 | Sergi Darder | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 30:15 |
| 106 | Haimar Etxeberria | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 107 | Sam Watson | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 108 | Martin Svrcek | Soudal Quick-Step | 31:45 |
| 109 | Benoît Cosnefroy | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 110 | Thibault Guernalec | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 111 | Martin Urianstad Bugge | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 112 | Ivo Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 113 | Michael Matthews | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 114 | Edoardo Affini | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 115 | Gianni Vermeersch | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 116 | Joan Bou | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 117 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 118 | Ethan Hayter | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 119 | Luke Durbridge | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 120 | Pau Martí | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 121 | Joshua Tarling | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 122 | Jasha Sütterlin | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 123 | Lennert Belmans | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 124 | Callum Thornley | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 125 | Hugo Houle | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 126 | Senna Remijn | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 127 | Michel Heßmann | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 128 | Mathieu Kockelmann | Lotto-Intermarché | 33:13 |
| 129 | Matevz Govekar | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 130 | Jacob Eriksson | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 34:43 |
| 131 | Matthew Fox | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 132 | Matteo Trentin | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 133 | Wout van Aert | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 134 | Vito Braet | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 135 | Nikias Arndt | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 136 | Anton Kuzmin | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 137 | Stefan Bissegger | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 138 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 139 | João Almeida | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 140 | James Knox | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 141 | Dillon Corkery | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 142 | Pepijn Reinderink | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 143 | Hugo Hofstetter | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 144 | Alastair Mackellar | EF Education-EasyPost | 35:09 |
| 145 | Dorian Godon | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 146 | Valentin Ferron | Cofidis | 39:29 |
| 147 | Bryan Coquard | Cofidis | 43:59 |
Stage 2 map & profile:
The stage two route
The stage two profile
Stage two photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
Paul Seixas and the Decathlon CMA CGM team before the stage start.
Wout van Aert, still bandaged from his recent training crash, heads to the start.
Toms Skujins gets his bike before the start of the stage. In the stars and stripes jersey on the right is American road champion Quinn Simmons.
Team Soudal Quick-Step before the start.
Two cycling immortals at the start. On the left is two-time Tour de France winner Bernard Thévenet and the lady with the microphne is Jeannie Longo, 13-times world champion.
The peloton races across southern France.
Stage winner Anthon Charmig cruises across the finish line all alone.
Henri-Francois Renard-Haquin (on right) & Vlad Van Mechelen finish second and third. The Movistar rider behind them is fourth-place Raúl García.
Benjamin Thomas was sixth.
Nadav Raisberg finishes eighth.
Stage winner Anthon Charmig just after winning the stage.
Stage winner Anthon Charmig
Alex Baudin will start stage three in the GC leader's yellow jersey.
Sunday, June 7: Stage 1, Vizille - Saint-Ismier, 146.2 km
Stage 1 map & profile | Stage 1 photos
Alex Baudin wins stage one.
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Stage 1 rated ascents:
- Km 39.8: Col de l'Arzelier, 8.6 km @ 5.7%. Cat. 2
- Km 72.8: Côte de Seyssins, 2.6 km @ 6%. Cat. 3
- Km 94.4: Côte de Quaix en Chartreuse, 2.3 km @ 9.2%. Cat. 2
- Km 102.2: Col de Vence, 5.1 km @ 6%. Cat. 2
- Km 125.3: Côte de Rousset, 8.2 km @ 7.6%. Cat. 1
Weather at the finish city of Saint-Ismier at 2:40 PM, local time: 25C (77F), fair, with the wind from the west-northwest at 10 km/hr (6 mph). No rain is forecast.
The race: Here's the race organizer's stage one report:
A most demanding stage 1 of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 2026 saw Alex Baudin (EF Education-EasyPost) complete a spectacular breakaway to dominate the many ups and downs of the day and celebrate victory in Saint-Ismier. The French attacker made the breakaway after an intense battle starting from Vizille. He then distanced all his companions on the final ascent of the day, the cat 1 Côte de Rousset, and resisted the favourites as he covered the last 28 kilometres alone, eventually claiming all prizes on offer (the stage, the combativity award, and all distinctive jerseys).
Among the GC contenders, Oscar Onley and Kévin Vauquelin (Netcompany Ineos) gained 12 seconds on the likes of Isaac Del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM) and Juan Ayuso (Lidl-Trek), who finished together.
The stage:
The 78th edition of the race, the first under the name Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, kicks off with a demanding 146.2 km stage from Vizille to Saint-Ismier. The top contenders for the overall standings are called into action early with many ups and downs - 3,160 metres of elevation - culminating with the cat.-1 ascent of Côte de Rousset (8.2 km at 7.6%) to be summited 20 kilometres from the finish.
A fierce battle for the break
A group of eight riders initially forms with Benjamin Thomas (Cofidis) at the helm, but they are reeled in by the peloton at the 16 km mark. A new series of attacks, from km 19, leads to the break of the day with Alastair Mackellar (EF Education-EasyPost), Matteo Vercher (Total Energies), Clément Braz Afonso (Groupama-FDJ United), initially joined by Pepijn Reinderink (Soudal-Quick Step), Georg Zimmermann (Lotto Intermarché), Alex Diaz (Caja Rural) and Nadav Raisberg (NSN), then by Alex Baudin (EF Education-EasyPost), Raul Garcia Pierna (Movistar) and Sergio Samitier (Cofidis).
On the climb up the Col de l’Arzelier, Reinderink and Raisberg are dropped, but George Bennett (NSN) bridges the gap to make it nine riders in the lead.
Behind the attackers, Paul Seixas’ Decathlon CMA CGM drive the bunch. The French team rapidly loses Matthew Riccitello, who fell sick overnight, but they still have the collective strength to control the gap around 2 minutes.
Baudin takes flight, Netcompany Ineos gain time
The attackers up the ante again on the ascent of Côte de Quaix-en-Chartreuse (2.3 km at 9.2%). Samitier gives his all to take the points at the summit (km 94.4) but he’s quickly passed and distanced by a new lead trio made of Baudin, Bennett and Braz Afonso. They summit Col de Vence (km 102.2) together and enter the last 30 kilometres with a gap of 1’20’’.
Onto the final ascent of the day, Baudin rapidly drops his breakaway rivals. Many riders are dropped from the bunch, due to the pace set by Decathlon CMA CGM and Visma-Lease a Bike. Towards the summit, Kevin Vermaerke (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) sets off in pursuit. Behind him, the likes of Valentin Paret-Peintre (Soudal Quick-Step), Luke Tuckwell (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) and Isaac Del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) also accelerate. So does Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike) after the summit. But all these moves are covered.
Alex Baudin off the front and on his way to winning the stage.. ASO photo
Kevin Vauquelin eventually finds an opening with 6 kilometres to go. His Netcompany Ineos teammate Oscar Onley joins the move, along with eight more attackers. Ramses Debruyne (Alpecin-Premier Tech) finishes second, 32 seconds behind Baudin. Onley and Vauquelin, as well as Luke Plapp (Jayco AlUla), gain 12 seconds on the rest of the GC contenders.
Complete results & GC:
- GC leader: Alex Baudin (EF Education-EasyPost)
- Mountains classification leader: Alex Baudin (EF Education-EasyPost)
- Points classification leader: Alex Baudin (EF Education-EasyPost)
- Best young rider: Alex Baudin (EF Education-EasyPost)
- Teams classification leader: Visma | Lease a Bike
146.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.167 km/hr
| 1 | Alex Baudin | Ef Education-Easypost | 3hr 43min 58sec |
| 2 | Ramses Debruyne | Alpecin-Premier Tech | @ 32'sec |
| 3 | Léo Bisiaux | Decathlon CMA CGM | s.t. |
| 4 | Kevin Vermaerke | UAE Team Emirates XRG | s.t. |
| 5 | Rudy Molard | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 6 | Ben Tulett | Team Visma | Lease A Bike | s.t. |
| 7 | Luke Plapp | Team Jayco Alula | s.t. |
| 8 | Luke Tuckwell | Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 9 | Kévin Vauquelin | Netcompany Ineos Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 10 | Oscar Onley | Netcompany Ineos Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 11 | Bruno Armirail | Team Visma | Lease A Bike | 0' 35'' |
| 12 | Isaac Del Toro | UAE Team Emirates XRG | 0' 44'' |
| 13 | Harold Tejada | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 14 | Cian Uijtdebroeks | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 15 | Clément Berthet | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 16 | Juan Ayuso | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 17 | Paul Seixas | Decathlon CMA CGM | s.t. |
| 18 | Santiago Buitrago | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 19 | Mattias Skjelmose | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 20 | Matteo Jorgenson | Team Visma | Lease A Bike | s.t. |
| 21 | Maxim Van Gils | Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 22 | Valentin Paret Peintre | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 23 | Guillaume Martin Guyonnet | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 24 | Steff Cras | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 25 | Torstein Træen | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 26 | Sean Quinn | Ef Education-Easypost | 0' 56'' |
| 27 | Jose Felix Parra | Caja Rural-Seguros Rga | 1' 04'' |
| 28 | Jan Castellon | Caja Rural-Seguros Rga | s.t. |
| 29 | Jørgen Nordhagen | Team Visma | Lease A Bike | s.t.' |
| 30 | Carlos Rodriguez | Netcompany Ineos Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 31 | George Bennett | Nsn Cycling Team | 1' 16'' |
| 32 | Cristian Rodriguez | XDS Astana Team | 1' 46'' |
| 33 | Sam Maisonobe | Cofidis | 2' 53'' |
| 34 | Lars Craps | Lotto Intermarche | s.t. |
| 35 | Michael Gogl | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 36 | Daniel Felipe Martinez | Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe | s.t.' |
| 37 | Lorenzo Fortunato | XDS Astana Team | 2' 56'' |
| 38 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 39 | Aurélien Paret Peintre | Decathlon CMA CGM | s.t. |
| 40 | Jefferson Cepeda | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 41 | Nicolas Breuillard | Totalenergies | s.t. |
| 42 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Decathlon CMA CGM | s.t. |
| 43 | Lennard Kämna | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 44 | Ben Healy | Ef Education-Easypost | s.t. |
| 45 | Andreas Kron | Uno-X Mobility | 3' 20'' |
| 46 | Tobias Johannessen | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 47 | Emanuel Buchmann | Cofidis | 4' 17'' |
| 48 | Clément Braz Afonso | Groupama-FDJ United | 5' 35'' |
| 49 | Yannis Voisard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 5' 56'' |
| 50 | Robin Donzé | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 51 | Alessandro Covi | Team Jayco Alula | s.t. |
| 52 | Lennart Jasch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 53 | Michael Leonard | Ef Education-Easypost | 9' 40'' |
| 54 | Finn Fisher-Black | Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe | 11' 29'' |
| 55 | Mathis Le Berre | Totalenergies | 11' 32'' |
| 56 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 57 | Pablo Torres Arias | UAE Team Emirates XRG | s.t. |
| 58 | Carlos Verona | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 59 | Diego Pescador | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 60 | Maxime Decomble | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 61 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 62 | Pavel Sivakov | UAE Team Emirates XRG | s.t. |
| 63 | Marco Frigo | Nsn Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 64 | Gal Glivar | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 12' 44'' |
| 65 | Matej Mohoric | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 66 | Nicola Conci | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 67 | Julien Bernard | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 68 | Quinn Simmons | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 69 | Hannes Wilksch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 70 | Hamish Mckenzie | Team Jayco Alula | s.t. |
| 71 | Felix Engelhardt | Team Jayco Alula | s.t. |
| 72 | Simone Velasco | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 73 | Anders Johannessen | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 74 | Jordan Jegat | Totalenergies | s.t. |
| 75 | Robbe Dhondt | Team Picnic Postnl | s.t. |
| 76 | Laurens De Plus | Netcompany Ineos Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 77 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Totalenergies | 15' 04'' |
| 78 | Roland Thalmann | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 79 | Anthon Charmig | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 80 | Julen Arriola-Bengoa | Caja Rural-Seguros Rga | s.t. |
| 81 | Kévin Geniets | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 82 | Toms Skujins | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 83 | Mauri Vansevenant | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 84 | Anders Skaarseth | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 85 | Alex Diaz Alvarez | Caja Rural-Seguros Rga | s.t. |
| 86 | Georg Zimmermann | Lotto Intermarche | s.t. |
| 87 | Benjamin Thomas | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 88 | Max Walker | Ef Education-Easypost | s.t. |
| 89 | Louis Rouland | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 90 | Matteo Vercher | Totalenergies | 15' 09'' |
| 91 | Per Strand Hagenes | Team Visma | Lease A Bike | 16' 10'' |
| 92 | Georg Steinhauser | Ef Education-Easypost | 21' 11'' |
| 93 | Alastair Mackellar | Ef Education-Easypost | s.t. |
| 94 | Martin Svrcek | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 95 | Ivo Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates XRG | s.t. |
| 96 | Baptiste Veistroffer | Lotto Intermarche | s.t. |
| 97 | Benoit Cosnefroy | UAE Team Emirates XRG | s.t. |
| 98 | Sergi Darder Gari | Caja Rural-Seguros Rga | s.t. |
| 99 | Martin Urianstad Bugge | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 100 | Joan Bou Company | Caja Rural-Seguros Rga | s.t. |
| 101 | Michael Matthews | Team Jayco Alula | s.t. |
| 102 | Henri Uhlig | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 103 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | Totalenergies | s.t. |
| 104 | Gorka Sorarrain | Caja Rural-Seguros Rga | s.t. |
| 105 | Gianni Vermeersch | Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 106 | Thibault Guernalec | Totalenergies | s.t. |
| 107 | Haimar Exteberria | Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 108 | Raul Garcia Pierna | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 109 | Sergio Samitier | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 110 | Pau Marti Soriano | Nsn Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 111 | Samuel Watson | Netcompany Ineos Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 112 | Dorian Godon | Netcompany Ineos Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 113 | Pablo Castrillo Zapater | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 114 | Callum Thornley | Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 115 | Hugo Houle | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 116 | Lennert Belmans | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 117 | Daan Hoole | Decathlon CMA CGM | s.t. |
| 118 | Luke Durbridge | Team Jayco Alula | s.t. |
| 119 | Jasha Sütterlin | Team Jayco Alula | s.t. |
| 120 | Ivan Rome | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 121 | Joshua Tarling | Netcompany Ineos Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 122 | Vlad Van Mechelen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 123 | Ethan Edward Hayter | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 124 | Edoardo Affini | Team Visma | Lease A Bike | s.t. |
| 125 | Senna Remijn | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 126 | Michel Heßmann | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 127 | Wout Van Aert | Team Visma | Lease A Bike | 24' 09'' |
| 128 | Matteo Trentin | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 129 | Jacob Eriksson | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 130 | Henri-François Renard-Haquin | Team Picnic Postnl | s.t. |
| 131 | Mathieu Kockelmann | Lotto Intermarche | s.t. |
| 132 | Stefan Bissegger | Decathlon CMA CGM | s.t. |
| 133 | Gijs Leemreize | Team Picnic Postnl | s.t. |
| 134 | James Knox | Team Picnic Postnl | s.t. |
| 135 | Anton Kuzmin | XDS Astana Team | s.t.' |
| 136 | Pepijn Reinderink | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 137 | Nikias Arndt | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 138 | Matthew Fox | Lotto Intermarche | s.t. |
| 139 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 140 | Matevž Govekar | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 141 | Nadav Raisberg | Nsn Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 142 | Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk | Lotto Intermarche | s.t. |
| 143 | Hugo Hofstetter | Nsn Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 144 | Alexy Faure Prost | Team Picnic Postnl | s.t. |
| 145 | Dillon Corkery | Team Picnic Postnl | s.t. |
| 146 | Vito Braet | Lotto Intermarche | s.t. |
| 147 | Joao Almeida | UAE Team Emirates XRG | s.t. |
| 148 | Valentin Ferron | Cofidis | 28' 55'' |
| 149 | Bryan Coquard | Cofidis | 33' 25'' |
Stage 1 map & profiles:
Stage 1 map
Stage 1 profile
Stage 1 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
Isaac Del Toro at the opening teams presentation ceremony.
Wout van Aert bandaged after crashing Monday on a training ride.
Michael Matthews
Team Lotto-Intermarché
1975 & 1976 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (an old name for this race) winner Bernard Thévenet. Oh, and he also won the 1975 & 1977 Tours de France. He was the director of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré from 2010 to 2015.
Stage one gets started in the Town of Vizille.
A nice day to go racing in La Belle France.
Alex Baudin wins stage one.
The sprint for second place, won by Ramses Debruyne (far right).
Stage winner and GC leader Alex Baudin with Bernard Thévenet on the podium.
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Start list with back numbers, June 6, 2026:
| UAE TEAM EMIRATES XRG | |
| 1 | ISAAC DEL TORO ROMERO |
| 2 | JOAO ALMEIDA |
| 3 | BENOIT COSNEFROY |
| 4 | IVO OLIVEIRA |
| 5 | PAVEL SIVAKOV |
| 6 | PABLO TORRES ARIAS |
| 7 | KEVIN VERMAERKE |
| TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE | |
| 11 | MATTEO JORGENSON |
| 12 | EDOARDO AFFINI |
| 13 | BRUNO ARMIRAIL |
| 14 | PER STRAND HAGENES |
| 15 | JØRGEN NORDHAGEN |
| 16 | BEN TULETT |
| 17 | WOUT VAN AERT |
| LIDL-TREK | |
| 21 | JUAN AYUSO |
| 22 | JULIEN BERNARD |
| 23 | LENNARD KÄMNA |
| 24 | QUINN SIMMONS |
| 25 | MATTIAS SKJELMOSE |
| 26 | TOMS SKUJINS |
| 27 | CARLOS VERONA |
| NETCOMPANY INEOS CYCLING TEAM | |
| 31 | OSCAR ONLEY |
| 32 | LAURENS DE PLUS |
| 33 | DORIAN GODON |
| 34 | CARLOS RODRIGUEZ |
| 35 | JOSHUA TARLING |
| 36 | KÉVIN VAUQUELIN |
| 37 | SAMUEL WATSON |
| RED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE | |
| 41 | DANIEL FELIPE MARTINEZ |
| 42 | HAIMAR EXTEBERRIA |
| 43 | FINN FISHER - BLACK |
| 44 | CALLUM THORNLEY |
| 45 | LUKE TUCKWELL |
| 46 | MAXIM VAN GILS |
| 47 | GIANNI VERMEERSCH |
| DECATHLON CMA CGM TEAM | |
| 51 | PAUL SEIXAS |
| 52 | LÉO BISIAUX |
| 53 | STEFAN BISSEGGER |
| 54 | DAAN HOOLE |
| 55 | AURÉLIEN PARET PEINTRE |
| 56 | NICOLAS PRODHOMME |
| 57 | MATTHEW RICCITELLO |
| UNO-X MOBILITY | |
| 61 | TOBIAS JOHANNESSEN |
| 62 | MARTIN URIANSTAD BUGGE |
| 63 | ANTHON CHARMIG |
| 64 | ANDERS JOHANNESSEN |
| 65 | ANDREAS KRON |
| 66 | ANDERS SKAARSETH |
| 67 | TORSTEIN TRÆEN |
| EF EDUCATION - EASYPOST | |
| 71 | BEN HEALY |
| 72 | ALEX BAUDIN |
| 73 | MICHAEL SHEA LEONARD |
| 74 | ALASTAIR MACKELLAR |
| 75 | SEAN QUINN |
| 76 | GEORG STEINHAUSER |
| 77 | MAX WALKER |
| SOUDAL QUICK-STEP | |
| 81 | VALENTIN PARET PEINTRE |
| 82 | STEFF CRAS |
| 83 | PASCAL EENKHOORN |
| 84 | ETHAN EDWARD HAYTER |
| 85 | PEPIJN REINDERINK |
| 86 | MARTIN SVRCEK |
| 87 | MAURI VANSEVENANT |
| XDS ASTANA TEAM | |
| 91 | HAROLD TEJADA |
| 92 | NICOLA CONCI |
| 93 | LORENZO FORTUNATO |
| 94 | FLORIAN SAMUEL KAJAMINI |
| 95 | ANTON KUZMIN |
| 96 | CRISTIAN RODRIGUEZ |
| 97 | SIMONE VELASCO |
| MOVISTAR TEAM | |
| 101 | CIAN UIJTDEBROEKS |
| 102 | PABLO CASTRILLO ZAPATER |
| 103 | JEFFERSON CEPEDA |
| 104 | RAUL GARCIA PIERNA |
| 105 | MICHEL HEßMANN |
| 106 | FERNANDO DIEGO PESCADOR |
| 107 | IVAN ROMEO ABAD |
| TUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM | |
| 111 | YANNIS VOISARD |
| 112 | ROBIN DONZÉ |
| 113 | JACOB ERIKSSON |
| 114 | LENNART JASCH |
| 115 | ROLAND THALMANN |
| 116 | MATTEO TRENTIN |
| 117 | HANNES WILKSCH |
| BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | |
| 121 | PELLO BILBAO |
| 122 | NIKIAS ARNDT |
| 123 | PHIL BAUHAUS |
| 124 | SANTIAGO BUITRAGO |
| 125 | MATEVŽ GOVEKAR |
| 126 | MATEJ MOHORIC |
| 127 | VLAD VAN MECHELEN |
| LOTTO INTERMARCHE | |
| 131 | GEORG ZIMMERMANN |
| 132 | VITO BRAET |
| 133 | LARS CRAPS |
| 134 | MATTHEW FOX |
| 135 | MATHIEU KOCKELMANN |
| 136 | ROEL VAN SINTMAARTENSDIJK |
| 137 | BAPTISTE VEISTROFFER |
| TOTALENERGIES | |
| 141 | JORDAN JEGAT |
| 142 | GEOFFREY BOUCHARD |
| 143 | NICOLAS BREUILLARD |
| 144 | MATHIEU BURGAUDEAU |
| 145 | THIBAULT GUERNALEC |
| 146 | MATHIS LE BERRE |
| 147 | MATTEO VERCHER |
| CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA | |
| 151 | JOSE FELIX PARRA CUERDA |
| 152 | JULEN ARRIOLA-BENGOA BEITIA |
| 153 | JOAN BOU COMPANY |
| 154 | JAN CASTELLON RIBALTA |
| 155 | SERGI DARDER GARI |
| 156 | ALEX DIAZ ALVAREZ |
| 157 | GORKA SORARRAIN AGIRREZABALA |
| NSN CYCLING TEAM | |
| 161 | GEORGE BENNETT |
| 162 | MARCO FRIGO |
| 163 | BRADY GILMORE |
| 164 | HUGO HOFSTETTER |
| 165 | PAU MARTI SORIANO |
| 166 | NADAV RAISBERG |
| 167 | ROTEM TENE |
| TEAM JAYCO ALULA | |
| 171 | LUKE PLAPP |
| 172 | ALESSANDRO COVI |
| 173 | LUKE DURBRIDGE |
| 174 | FELIX ENGELHARDT |
| 175 | MICHAEL MATTHEWS |
| 176 | HAMISH MCKENZIE |
| 177 | JASHA SÜTTERLIN |
| COFIDIS | |
| 181 | BRYAN COQUARD |
| 182 | EMANUEL BUCHMANN |
| 183 | VALENTIN FERRON |
| 184 | SAM MAISONOBE |
| 185 | LOUIS ROULAND |
| 186 | SERGIO SAMITIER SAMITIER |
| 187 | BENJAMIN THOMAS |
| GROUPAMA-FDJ UNITED | |
| 191 | CLÉMENT BERTHET |
| 192 | CLÉMENT BRAZ AFONSO |
| 193 | MAXIME DECOMBLE |
| 194 | KÉVIN GENIETS |
| 195 | GUILLAUME MARTIN GUYONNET |
| 196 | RUDY MOLARD |
| 197 | QUENTIN PACHER |
| ALPECIN-PREMIER TECH | |
| 201 | HENRI UHLIG |
| 202 | LENNERT BELMANS |
| 203 | RAMSES DEBRUYNE |
| 204 | GAL GLIVAR |
| 205 | MICHAEL GOGL |
| 206 | HUGO HOULE |
| 207 | SENNA REMIJN |
| TEAM PICNIC POSTNL | |
| 211 | GIJS LEEMREIZE |
| 212 | DILLON CORKERY |
| 213 | ROBBE DHONDT |
| 214 | ALEXY FAURE PROST |
| 215 | JAMES KNOX |
| 216 | GUILLERMO JUAN MARTINEZ HUERTAS |
| 217 | HENRI FRANÇOIS RENARD HAQUIN |