2026 Paris-Nice, France (World Tour)

84th edition: March 8 - 15, 2026

Paris-Nice podium history | 2025 edition | List of stages | Route description | Start list | List of invited teams
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | Stage 6 | Stage 7 | Stage 8

2026 Paris-Nice route. 8 stages covering 1,134.6 kilometers.

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Sunday, March 15: 8th & Final stage, Nice - Nice, 129.2 km

Stage 8 profile

Lenny Martinez wins a close one from Jonas Vingegaard.

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Weather at the start/finish city of Nice at 1:20 PM, local time: 15C (58F), cloudy, with the wind from the north-northeast at 26 km/hr (16 mph). There is just a 5% chance of rain.

Rated ascents:

• Km 50.7: Col de la Porte, 7 km @ 7.2%. Cat. 1
• Km 83.2: Côte de Chateauneuf-Villevieille, 6.7 km @ 6.6%. Cat. 1
• Km 110.7: Côte du Linguador, 3.3 km @ 8.8%. Cat. 1

The stage: Due to the municipal elections taking place this week-end in France, Paris-Nice moves away from its traditional finish on the Promenade des Anglais and relocates its grand finale to the Allianz Riviera, home to today’s start and finish.

The race: 104 riders signed on ahead of the final stage. Ewen Costiou (Groupama-FDJ), Guillaume Boivin (NSN), Cees Bol, Callum Scotson (Decathlon CMA CGM), Alex Kirsch (Cofidis), and Joshua Giddings (Lotto Intermarché) did not start.

Two Danes on the start line: GC leader Jonas Vingegaard and Casper Pedersen. Pedersen, second in the moutains classification to Vingegaard, is wearing the mountains jersey because Vingegaard who is also the best climber of course, wears the yellow jersey.

Here's the organizer's stage eight summary:

A year after crashing out of Paris-Nice 2025, Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) claimed emphatic revenge in the 84th edition of the Race to the Sun, concluded on Sunday at the Allianz Riviera stadium. The Danish star had to settle for second place on the day, behind Bahrain Victorious’ Lenny Martinez - the only rider able to follow him on the final climb of the race and the first French winner of the final stage since Arthur Vichot in 2014 -, but he increased his margin in the overall standings to historic proportions. His gap of 4’23’’ to Dani Martinez (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) is the biggest recorded between winner and runner-up of Paris-Nice since 1939 and the fourth biggest in the history of the race.

Vingegaard also secured the polka-dot jersey, as the winner of the KOM standings, and took the green jersey, as the winner of the points standings. Third in the overall standings, Georg Steinhauser (EF Education-EasyPost) also stepped on the podium to receive the best young rider’s white jersey.

Stage eight gets its official start.

The race:

The riders are in Nice, but it doesn’t mean they’re done with the 84th edition of the Race to the Sun! Stage 8 sees the peloton take on a 129.2km loop starting and finishing at the Allianz Riviera stadium. The day is packed with climbing (2,300m of elevation gain), with three cat.1 ascents including the unprecedented Côte du Linguador (3.3km at 8.8%, with gradients up to 14%) to enter the last 20 kilometres of the stage.

All out from the start
The final battle starts frantically, as many attackers want to seize their last opportunity to shine. Fabio Van den Bossche (Soudal Quick-Step), Benjamin Thomas (Cofidis), Matteo Trentin (Tudor), Alexandre Delettre (TotalEnergies) and Tim Marsman (Alpecin-Premier Tech) get away at km 9. But the peloton drive a strong chase.

The gap never gets higher than 1’15’’ (km 21) and it drops down as the road rises towards the Col de la Porte (cat. 1, summit at km 50.7). Both the peloton and the breakaway explode on the ascent, and the race situation is totally reconfigured.

The peloton about 37 kilometers into the stage with five breakaway riders about 20 seconds ahead.

Paret-Peintre’s solo
After he bridged the gap to the early attackers, Valentin Paret-Peintre (Soudal Quick-Step) attacks 6 kilometres away from the Col de la Porte. At the summit, the French climber is 25’’ ahead of Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates XRG). Visma-Lease a Bike drive a reduced peloton with a gap of 45’’.

This should be what's left of the peloton on the Col de la Porte. Photo: ASO/Billy Ceusters

Paret-Peintre keeps pushing on the downhill, while Marc Soler is caught by the bunch as they get back on the valley. The French climber begins the ascent of the second categorised climb of the day, Côte de Châteauneuf-Villevieille, with a lead of 45’’.

Martinez vs Vingegaard
Ineos Grenadiers up the ante to try and propel Kevin Vauquelin to the overall podium. On the ascent, Dani Martinez (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) is involuntarily taken down by a teammate. The Colombian is in pain but he gets back on his bike and starts chasing 1’30’’ behind his GC rivals. At the front, Ineos Grenadiers and then Visma-Lease a Bike maintain a strong pace. Paret-Peintre is eventually reeled in just before the final climb.

Lenny Martinez just beats Jonas Vingegaard for the stage win.

Victor Campenaerts (Visma-Lease a Bike) sets a brutal pace to launch Vingegaard’s attack 21 kilometres from the finish. Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious) manages to follow the Dane all the way to the summit (18.5km to go). The duo collaborate until the final kilometre, where the French youngster narrowly edges his Danish rival. Vingegaard is the overall winner of Paris-Nice 2026.

Complete results:

129.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.517 km/hr

1	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	3hr 6min 43sec
2	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
3	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	@ 7sec
4	Kévin Vauquelin	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
5	Alex Baudin	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
6	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
7	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
8	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
9	Nicolas Vinokurov	XDS Astana Team	0:44
10	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
11	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
12	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
13	Victor Campenaerts	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:51
14	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
15	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
16	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
17	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
18	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
19	Jefferson Cepeda	Movistar Team	s.t.
20	Daniel Martinez	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
21	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
22	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	2:44
23	William Barta	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
24	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ United	4:06
25	Mathis Le Berre	Team TotalEnergies	5:32
26	Bruno Armirail	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
27	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
28	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	5:35
29	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	6:37
30	Laurence Pithie	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
31	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	6:55
32	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar Team	7:49
33	Nickolas Zukowsky	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
34	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	9:06
35	Chris Hamilton	Team Picnic PostNL	9:47
36	Steff Cras	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
37	Jasha Sütterlin	Team Jayco-AlUla	11:42
38	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
39	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
40	Luca Van Boven	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
41	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
42	Dorian Godon	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
43	Joris Delbove	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
44	Johan Jacobs	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
45	Lewis Askey	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
46	Jonas Rutsch	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
47	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
48	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
49	Alastair Mackellar	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
50	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
51	Jasper Stuyven	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
52	Yevgeniy Fedorov	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
53	Robert Donaldson	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
54	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
55	Tim Marsman	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
56	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
57	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
58	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
59	Michel Heßmann	Movistar Team	s.t.
60	Matis Louvel	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
61	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
62	Riley Sheehan	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
63	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
64	Fabio Van den Bossche	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
65	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
66	Søren Kragh Andersen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
67	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
68	Mick van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
69	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
70	Sandy Dujardin	Team TotalEnergies	15:20
71	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
72	Florian Dauphin	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
73	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
74	Ryan Mullen	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
75	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
76	Jonas Geens	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
77	Tim Naberman	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
78	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
79	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
80	Tom Van Asbroeck	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
81	Juan Martinez	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
82	Orluis Aular	Movistar Team	s.t.
83	David de la Cruz	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
84	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
85	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
86	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
87	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
88	Vito Braet	Lotto-Intermarché	17:47
89	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.

 

Final GC after stage 8:

• GC winner: Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Mountains classification winner: Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Points classification winner: Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Best young rider: Georg Steinhauser (EF Education-EasyPost)
• Teams classification winner: INEOS Grenadiers

1,134.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.635 km/hr

1	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	25hr 25min 11sec
2	Daniel Martinez	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	@ 4min 23sec
3	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	6:07
4	Kévin Vauquelin	INEOS Grenadiers	6:24
5	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	7:31
6	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	9:09
7	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	9:19
8	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	10:23
9	Alex Baudin	EF Education-EasyPost	10:33
10	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	11:40
11	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	13:09
12	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	26:14
13	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	26:47
14	Nickolas Zukowsky	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	28:29
15	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	29:07
16	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ United	31:11
17	Victor Campenaerts	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	31:51
18	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Premier Tech	39:12
19	Bruno Armirail	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	41:39
20	Nicolas Vinokurov	XDS Astana Team	42:01
21	Jasha Sütterlin	Team Jayco-AlUla	42:27
22	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ United	43:08
23	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	43:11
24	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	43:37
25	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	43:57
26	Joris Delbove	Team TotalEnergies	44:19
27	Jefferson Cepeda	Movistar Team	44:34
28	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	44:58
29	Laurence Pithie	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	45:55
30	William Barta	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	47:19
31	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	48:23
32	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	48:28
33	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	48:42
34	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	50:34
35	Tom Van Asbroeck	NSN Cycling Team	51:45
36	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	52:32
37	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	52:40
38	Mick van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	52:46
39	Dorian Godon	INEOS Grenadiers	53:13
40	Johan Jacobs	Groupama-FDJ United	54:00
41	Robert Donaldson	Team Jayco-AlUla	55:20
42	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	56:12
43	Steff Cras	Soudal Quick-Step	56:25
44	Sandy Dujardin	Team TotalEnergies	56:53
45	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	56:58
46	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	57:02
47	Jasper Stuyven	Soudal Quick-Step	57:24
48	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	57:38
49	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ United	58:38
50	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	59:16
51	Chris Hamilton	Team Picnic PostNL	59:21
52	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ United	59:46
53	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Premier Tech	1:00:37
54	Tim Marsman	Alpecin-Premier Tech	1:00:42
55	Lewis Askey	NSN Cycling Team	1:02:14
56	Søren Kragh Andersen	Lidl-Trek	1:02:47
57	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	1:03:03
58	Fabio Van den Bossche	Soudal Quick-Step	1:03:06
59	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	1:04:14
60	Mathis Le Berre	Team TotalEnergies	1:04:29
61	Riley Sheehan	NSN Cycling Team	1:04:35
62	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar Team	1:06:37
63	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:07:23
64	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	1:09:56
65	Luca Van Boven	Lotto-Intermarché	1:10:07
66	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	1:10:34
67	Jonas Rutsch	Lotto-Intermarché	1:11:12
68	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	1:11:37
69	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:12:12
70	Orluis Aular	Movistar Team	1:12:21
71	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	1:12:55
72	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	1:14:52
73	Michel Heßmann	Movistar Team	1:15:38
74	David de la Cruz	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:16:18
75	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto-Intermarché	1:16:32
76	Jonas Geens	Alpecin-Premier Tech	1:16:43
77	Alastair Mackellar	EF Education-EasyPost	1:17:04
78	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	1:17:54
79	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:18:16
80	Yevgeniy Fedorov	XDS Astana Team	1:18:30
81	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	1:21:33
82	Florian Dauphin	Team TotalEnergies	1:21:49
83	Vito Braet	Lotto-Intermarché	1:22:17
84	Matis Louvel	NSN Cycling Team	1:22:23
85	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	1:22:29
86	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:25:25
87	Juan Martinez	Team Picnic PostNL	1:28:36
88	Tim Naberman	Team Picnic PostNL	1:32:02
89	Ryan Mullen	NSN Cycling Team	1:35:16

 

Stage 8 profile:

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Saturday, March 14: Stage 7, Nice Le Broc - Isola, 120.4 43.4 km

Stage 7 profile

Dorian Godon wins stage seven.

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Weather at the finish city of Isola at 1:50 PM, local time: 3C (37F), snow, with the wind from the south at 8 km/hr (5 mph). The snow is forecast to end at 4:00 PM.

Rated ascents:

• Km 14.8: Côte de Carros, 7 km @ 5.1%. Cat. 2
• Km 24.4: Côte de Bouyon, 1.7 km @ 6.1%. Cat. 3

The stage: March 14: To avoid the sections made dangerous by rain in the first part of the route, riders will be transferred in their team buses to a new start location on the Louis Nucéra bridge, at Le Broc. After a 2.5 kilometre transfer, the official start will be given at kilometre 73 of the original route. The finish line remains in Isola-Village, at the end of a route now reduced to 43.4 kilometres.

The time cut is pushed to 25% of the winner's time, compared with the originally scheduled 15%. There will be a 3 km sprint zone at the end of the stage. The stage was scheduled to start at 1:45 PM but the real start was given at 2:00 PM.

March 13th: The organizers of Paris-Nice have been closely monitoring the weather conditions in the Alpes-Maritimes department throughout the week. The latest forecasts make an arrival in the Auron resort inconceivable, with the rain-snow line estimated to be around 1,100 meters altitude. To ensure riders' safety, the decision to modify the route for stage 7 was made in agreement with the city of Nice, the Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur, the Alpes-Maritimes prefecture, the municipalities of Auron and Isola, and in consultation with the panel of commissaires from the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), as well as representatives of the teams (A.I.G.C.P) and riders (C.P.A).

The finish of stage 7 will therefore take place in Isola, where the intermediate sprint was already scheduled, as the weather conditions do not allow the finish to be moved to another mountain top. The stage distance is reduced to the first 120.4 kilometres of the originally planned route.

The peloton waits at Le Broc to start the stage. Photo: ASO/Billy Ceusters

The race: The following riders did not start stage 7 of Paris-Nice 2026: Tim van Dijke (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), Nikias Arndt (Bahrain Victorious), Pascal Eenkhoorn (Soudal Quick-Step), Max Kanter (XDS Astana), Petr Kelemen (Tudor), Timo Roosen (Picnic PostNL), Marijn van den Berg (EF Education-EasyPost), Sven Erik Bystrom (Uno-X Mobility), Aime De Gendt, Frederik Frison (Pinarello-Q36.5), Anthony Turgis (TotalEnergies), and Milan Menten (Lotto Intermarché).
110 riders have signed on during the team presentation on the Promenade des Anglais.

Here's the race organizer's stage seven summary:

Dorian Godon made the most of a shortened stage 7 of Paris-Nice 2026 to take his first victory with Ineos Grenadiers. The French national champion unleashed his raw power on the uphill finish in Isola, after 47 kilometres on a route redesigned due to the harsh weather conditions, with snow at altitude and heavy rains in the valley. Biniam Girmay (NSN) and Cees Bol (Decathlon CMA CGM) complete the day’s top 3. Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) survived another day with the leader’s yellow and white jersey and heads into the final stage around Nice with a strong margin on Dani Martinez (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) and Georg Steinhauser (EF Education-EasyPost).

The stage gets its official start.

As the peloton of the Race to the Sun head into the final weekend of this 84th edition, the weather conditions are not favourable, so much so that the course has to be adapted. Originally scheduled to reach the Auron ski resort, at an altitude of 1,614 metres, the stage is set to finish in Isola-Village. The start is also moved to Le Broc, making it a 47-kilometre route on the eve of the final stage in Nice. 110 riders sign on during the team presentation on the Promenade des Anglais before getting on the team buses to reach the new start.

As soon as the flag drops, Visma-Lease a Bike drive the bunch. Victor Campenaerts, Bruno Armirail, Edoardo Affini and Wilco Kelderman take turns at the front, while Axel Zingle follows Jonas Vingegaard’s wheel. After a dozen kilometres of racing, Tim Marsman (Alpecin-Premier Tech) sets off.

The tall Dutchman pushes his advantage to a maximum of 15 kilometres, halfway through the stage, before being reeled in by the bunch just inside the last 10 kilometres. Nicolya Vinokurov (XDS Astana) counter-attacks with 7 kilometres to go but he’s rapidly reeled in as the peloton set a bunch sprint in Isola.

The peloton with 3 km to go.

A couple of crashes disrupt the finale, but not the Ineos Grenadiers train. French national champion Dorian Godon takes off inside the last 200 metres and powers to his first victory with the British team, ahead of Biniam Girmay (NSN) and Cees Bol (Decathlon CMA CGM).

Complete results:

43.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.136 km/hr

1	Dorian Godon	INEOS Grenadiers	1hr 1min 48sec
2	Biniam Girmay	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
3	Cees Bol	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
4	Laurence Pithie	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
5	Luke Lamperti	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
6	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
7	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
8	Jasper Stuyven	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
9	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
10	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
11	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
12	Yevgeniy Fedorov	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
13	Timo de Jong	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
14	Luca Van Boven	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
15	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
16	Axel Zingle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
17	Jonas Geens	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
18	Kévin Vauquelin	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
19	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
20	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
21	Tom Van Asbroeck	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
22	William Barta	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
23	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
24	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
25	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar Team	s.t.
26	Sandy Dujardin	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
27	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
28	Johan Jacobs	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
29	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
30	Orluis Aular	Movistar Team	s.t.
31	Søren Kragh Andersen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
32	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
33	Lewis Askey	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
34	Fabio Van den Bossche	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
35	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
36	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
37	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
38	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
39	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
40	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
41	Tim Naberman	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
42	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
43	Matis Louvel	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
44	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
45	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
46	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
47	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
48	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
49	Chris Hamilton	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
50	Daniel Martinez	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
51	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
52	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
53	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
54	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
55	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
56	Juan Martinez	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
57	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
58	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
59	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
60	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
61	Joris Delbove	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
62	Ewen Costiou	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
63	Victor Campenaerts	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
64	Robert Donaldson	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
65	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
66	Tim Marsman	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
67	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
68	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
69	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
70	Jasha Sütterlin	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
71	Jonas Rutsch	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
72	Florian Dauphin	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
73	Louis Rouland	Cofidis	s.t.
74	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
75	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
76	Guillaume Boivin	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
77	David de la Cruz	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
78	Nickolas Zukowsky	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
79	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	@ 2min 4sec
80	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	2:08
81	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
82	Alex Baudin	EF Education-EasyPost	@ 0sec
83	Bruno Armirail	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	2:08
84	Mick van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
85	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
86	Steff Cras	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 0sec
87	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	2:08
88	Callum Thornley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
89	Mathis Le Berre	Team TotalEnergies	@ 0sec
90	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	@ 0sec
91	Alastair Mackellar	EF Education-EasyPost	2:08
92	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
93	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	2:31
94	Emmanuel Houcou	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
95	Riley Sheehan	NSN Cycling Team	2:39
96	Jefferson Cepeda	Movistar Team	s.t.
97	Nicolas Vinokurov	XDS Astana Team	@ 0sec
98	Callum Scotson	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	2:54
99	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	@ 0sec
100	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	3:07
101	Ryan Mullen	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
102	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	@ 0sec
103	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	3:35
104	Joshua Giddings	Lotto-Intermarché	4:14
105	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	4:48
106	Vito Braet	Lotto-Intermarché	@ 0sec
107	Alex Kirsch	Cofidis	5:11
108	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	6:40
109	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	@ 0sec
110	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	@ 0sec

 

GC after stage 7:

• GC leader: Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Mountains classification leader: Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Points classification leader: Dorion Godon (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Best young rider: Georg Steinhauser (EF Education-EasyPost)
• Teams classification leader: INEOS Gernadiers

1,005.4 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 45.021 km/hr

1	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	22hr 18min 38sec
2	Daniel Martinez	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	@ 3min 22sec
3	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	5:50
4	Kévin Vauquelin	INEOS Grenadiers	6:09
5	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	7:37
6	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	8:15
7	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	9:02
8	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	10:06
9	Alex Baudin	EF Education-EasyPost	10:16
10	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	11:27
11	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	12:08
12	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	19:09
13	Nickolas Zukowsky	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	20:30
14	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Premier Tech	23:42
15	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	23:53
16	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ United	26:55
17	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	28:06
18	Jasha Sütterlin	Team Jayco-AlUla	30:35
19	Victor Campenaerts	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	30:50
20	Joris Delbove	Team TotalEnergies	32:27
21	Bruno Armirail	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	35:57
22	Tom Van Asbroeck	NSN Cycling Team	36:15
23	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	36:36
24	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	36:50
25	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	37:02
26	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	37:10
27	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
28	Laurence Pithie	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	39:08
29	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	39:13
30	Mick van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	40:54
31	Nicolas Vinokurov	XDS Astana Team	41:07
32	Dorian Godon	INEOS Grenadiers	41:21
33	Sandy Dujardin	Team TotalEnergies	41:23
34	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ United	42:07
35	Johan Jacobs	Groupama-FDJ United	42:08
36	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	42:17
37	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	42:36
38	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	42:41
39	Robert Donaldson	Team Jayco-AlUla	43:28
40	Jefferson Cepeda	Movistar Team	43:33
41	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	44:20
42	Luke Lamperti	EF Education-EasyPost	44:24
43	William Barta	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	44:25
44	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	45:06
45	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	45:10
46	Jasper Stuyven	Soudal Quick-Step	45:32
47	Steff Cras	Soudal Quick-Step	46:28
48	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	47:24
49	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	47:33
50	Axel Zingle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	47:44
51	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ United	47:54
52	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	48:22
53	Tim Marsman	Alpecin-Premier Tech	48:50
54	Chris Hamilton	Team Picnic PostNL	49:24
55	Timo de Jong	Team Picnic PostNL	49:40
56	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
57	Lewis Askey	NSN Cycling Team	50:22
58	Søren Kragh Andersen	Lidl-Trek	50:55
59	Fabio Van den Bossche	Soudal Quick-Step	51:14
60	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	52:22
61	Riley Sheehan	NSN Cycling Team	52:43
62	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	55:31
63	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	56:07
64	Orluis Aular	Movistar Team	56:51
65	Callum Thornley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	56:52
66	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ United	57:37
67	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	58:04
68	Luca Van Boven	Lotto-Intermarché	58:15
69	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto-Intermarché	58:35
70	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar Team	58:38
71	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	58:42
72	Mathis Le Berre	Team TotalEnergies	58:47
73	Jonas Rutsch	Lotto-Intermarché	59:20
74	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	59:21
75	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Premier Tech	59:36
76	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	59:55
77	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:00:20
78	David de la Cruz	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:00:48
79	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	1:01:03
80	Jonas Geens	Alpecin-Premier Tech	1:01:13
81	Biniam Girmay	NSN Cycling Team	1:02:03
82	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	1:02:24
83	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:02:29
84	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:02:46
85	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	1:03:00
86	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	1:03:46
87	Vito Braet	Lotto-Intermarché	1:04:20
88	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	1:04:59
89	Alastair Mackellar	EF Education-EasyPost	1:05:12
90	Emmanuel Houcou	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:06:11
91	Florian Dauphin	Team TotalEnergies	1:06:19
92	Yevgeniy Fedorov	XDS Astana Team	1:06:38
93	Ewen Costiou	Groupama-FDJ United	1:06:47
94	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	1:06:59
95	Cees Bol	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	1:07:50
96	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	1:09:41
97	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:09:55
98	Louis Rouland	Cofidis	1:10:03
99	Matis Louvel	NSN Cycling Team	1:10:31
100	Callum Scotson	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
101	Joshua Giddings	Lotto-Intermarché	1:11:10
102	Juan Martinez	Team Picnic PostNL	1:13:06
103	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	1:15:00
104	Guillaume Boivin	NSN Cycling Team	1:15:03
105	Alex Kirsch	Cofidis	1:15:18
106	Tim Naberman	Team Picnic PostNL	1:16:32
107	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	1:17:18
108	Ryan Mullen	NSN Cycling Team	1:19:46
109	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:21:34
110	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	1:27:14

 

Stage 7 profile: (before route modification)

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Friday, March 13: Stage 6, Barbentane - Apt, 179.3 km

Stage 6 profile

Harol Tejada solos across the line.

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Weather at the finish city of Apt at 1:35 PM, local time: 17C (62F), sunny, with the wind from the south-southwest at 11 km/hr (7 mph). No rain is forecast.

Rated ascents:

• Km 25.1: Côte de Saint-Rémy-de Provence, 2.5 km @ 5%. Cat. 3
• Km 105.7: Côte de Bonnieux, 2.6 km @ 4.6%. Cat. 3
• Km 146.1: Col de l'Aire de Deï Masco, 7.1 km @ 4.4%. Cat. 2
• Km 174.8: Côte de Saignon, 4 km @ 5%. Cat. 2

The race: “Ivan Romeo will not start today’s stage after having had a bad night with stomach discomfort”, Movistar reported on social media. A stage winner in last year’s Critérium du Dauphiné (now Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes), the young Spanish national champion was competing in his second Paris-Nice. Oscar Onley (Ineos Grenadiers), Julien Bernard (Lidl-Trek) and Rick Pluimers (Tudor) also didn't start. Early in the stage Niklas Märkl abandoned.

Here's the race organizer's stage six summary:

Already 3rd in Colombier-le-Vieux, Harold Tejada showed his punch, skills, and grit to take victory in Apt, the finish of stage 6 of Paris–Nice 2026. The Colombian made the most of a hilly and thrilling finale with a counter-attack over the top of the Côte de Saignon, summited just inside the final 5 kilometres. The shattered peloton reacted too late, and Tejada flew to XDS Astana’s second victory this week after Max Kanter conquered Montargis on stage 2.

In his wake, French national champion Dorian Godon (Ineos Grenadiers) was the fastest from the bunch to take second ahead of Lewis Askey (NSN). Jonas Vingegaard (Visma–Lease a Bike) safely navigated the day’s challenges to retain the leader’s yellow and white jersey ahead of the final weekend around Nice.

After Jonas Vingegaard’s dominant performances to claim victory in Uchon and Colombier-le-Vieux, the 84th edition of the Race to the Sun heads to Apt with a 179.3km hilly stage starting in Barbentane. The peloton face 2,100m of elevation, with a series of ascents capped off by the cat-2 Côte de Saignon, to be summited inside the last 5 kilometres. 125 riders start after Oscar Onley (Ineos Grenadiers), Ivan Romeo (Movistar), Julien Bernard (Lidl Trek), and Rick Pluimers (Tudor) withdraw from the race.

Tarling emerges from a big battle for the break
Attackers want to make it another hard day. It takes 42 kilometres of battle for a four-man breakaway to set off with Josh Tarling (Ineos Grenadiers), Igor Arrieta (UAE Team Emirates XRG), Staff Cras (Soudal Quick-Step), and Arthur Kluckers (Tudor). Counter-attackers try to join them but Biniam Girmay’s NSN and Bryan Coquard’s Cofidis control them.

Early in the stage.

Benjamin Thomas (Cofidis) is tasked with driving the peloton. The pace remains strong and the gap never gets higher than 2’10’’ just before the ascent up the Côte de Bonnieux, reached after 2 hours of racing at almost 49 km/h.

Full on battle
The peloton accelerate towards the last climbs of the day, the cat. 2 ascents of Col de l’Aire Deï Masco (summited with 33.2 km remaining) and Côte de Saignon (4.5km to go). The gap is down to 1’20’’ at the bottom of the first of these two ascents.

As the situation settles on the climb, Soren Kragh Andersen (Lidl Trek) sets off in pursuit with 37 km remaining. At the Col de l’Aire Deï Masco, he trails by 30’’. The peloton are 20’’ further behind.

The peloton in the town of Lourmarin, about 115 km into the stage. Photo: ASO/Billy Ceusters

Igor Arrieta goes hard on the downhill. Cras is dropped and rapidly caught by Kragh Andersen. The duo fail to bridge the gap and eventually sit up to wait for the bunch.

Tejada finds the opening
The gap increases to 1’20’’ again, into the last 20 kilometres. But Lidl-Trek react and drive a strong chase with Kragh Andersen, Jakob Söderqvist and Lennard Kämna. The gap drops down to 25’’ at the bottom of the final climb of the day.

Arrieta and Tarling up the ante and push their advantage to 35’’… But Victor Campenaerts (Visma-Lease a Bike) takes the reins of the bunch. The lead duo are caught as Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious) attacks just before the summit.

The French climber’s move is nullified, but Harold Tejada (XDS Astana) counter-attacks and rapidly opens a gap of 10’’. The Colombian flies on the downhill and eventually takes the biggest win of his career 6’’ ahead of Dorian Godon (Ineos Grenadiers), the fastest in a bunch where Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) safely retained the leader’s yellow and white jersey.

Jonas Vingegaard will start stage seven in yellow.

Complete results:

179.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.850 km/hr

1	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	3hr 54min 38sec
2	Dorian Godon	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 6sec
3	Lewis Askey	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
4	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
5	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
6	Laurence Pithie	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
7	Kévin Vauquelin	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
8	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
9	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
10	Alex Baudin	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
11	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
12	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
13	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
14	Nicolas Vinokurov	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
15	Daniel Martinez	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
16	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
17	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
18	Jefferson Cepeda	Movistar Team	s.t.
19	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
20	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
21	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
22	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	0:30
23	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
24	Luca Van Boven	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
25	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
26	Luke Lamperti	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
27	Fabio Van den Bossche	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
28	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
29	Cees Bol	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:35
30	Chris Hamilton	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
31	Nickolas Zukowsky	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:37
32	Orluis Aular	Movistar Team	s.t.
33	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
34	William Barta	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:16
35	Jasper Stuyven	Soudal Quick-Step	1:19
36	Axel Zingle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
37	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
38	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ United	1:35
39	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
40	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
41	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	1:44
42	Sandy Dujardin	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
43	Joris Delbove	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
44	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
45	Robert Donaldson	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
46	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
47	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	1:48
48	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	1:55
49	Biniam Girmay	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
50	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar Team	s.t.
51	Jasha Sütterlin	Team Jayco-AlUla	2:11
52	Johan Jacobs	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
53	Jonas Rutsch	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
54	Tom Van Asbroeck	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
55	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
56	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
57	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	2:22
58	Victor Campenaerts	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	2:36
59	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
60	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	4:05
61	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	5:04
62	Søren Kragh Andersen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
63	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
64	Alastair Mackellar	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
65	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
66	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
67	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
68	Tim Marsman	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
69	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
70	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
71	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
72	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
73	Matis Louvel	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
74	Jonas Geens	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
75	Mathis Le Berre	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
76	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
77	Anthony Turgis	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
78	Frederik Frison	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
79	Aimé De Gendt	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
80	Timo de Jong	Team Picnic PostNL	6:05
81	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
82	Ewen Costiou	Groupama-FDJ United	6:07
83	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	6:23
84	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
85	David de la Cruz	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
86	Juan Martinez	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
87	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Premier Tech	6:25
88	Callum Scotson	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
89	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
90	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	7:21
91	Yevgeniy Fedorov	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
92	Max Kanter	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
93	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
94	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco-AlUla	7:31
95	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
96	Mick van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
97	Vito Braet	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
98	Emmanuel Houcou	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	7:51
99	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	7:58
100	Milan Menten	Lotto-Intermarché	8:31
101	Alex Kirsch	Cofidis	s.t.
102	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
103	Callum Thornley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
104	Joshua Giddings	Lotto-Intermarché	9:12
105	Steff Cras	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
106	Riley Sheehan	NSN Cycling Team	9:47
107	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	10:17
108	Guillaume Boivin	NSN Cycling Team	11:11
109	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	12:43
110	Tim Naberman	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
111	Bruno Armirail	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
112	Ryan Mullen	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
113	Florian Dauphin	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
114	Louis Rouland	Cofidis	s.t.
115	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
116	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	13:13
117	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
118	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	13:39
119	Tim van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	13:44
120	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	14:22
121	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	19:54
122	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	21:52

 

GC after stage 6:

• GC leader: Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Mountains classification leader: Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Points classification leader: Luke Lamperti (EF Education-EasyPost)
• Best young rider: Georg Steinhauser (EF Education-EasyPost)
• Teams classification leader: INEOS Grenadiers

962.0 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 45.206 km/hr

1	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	21hr 16min 50sec
2	Daniel Martinez	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	@ 3min 22sec
3	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	5:50
4	Kévin Vauquelin	INEOS Grenadiers	6:09
5	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	7:37
6	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	8:15
7	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	9:02
8	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	10:06
9	Alex Baudin	EF Education-EasyPost	10:16
10	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	11:27
11	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	12:08
12	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	19:09
13	Nickolas Zukowsky	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	20:30
14	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Premier Tech	23:42
15	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	23:53
16	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ United	26:55
17	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	28:06
18	Jasha Sütterlin	Team Jayco-AlUla	30:35
19	Victor Campenaerts	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	30:50
20	Joris Delbove	Team TotalEnergies	32:27
21	Bruno Armirail	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	33:49
22	Tom Van Asbroeck	NSN Cycling Team	36:15
23	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	36:36
24	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	36:50
25	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	37:02
26	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	37:10
27	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
28	Mick van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	38:46
29	Laurence Pithie	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	39:08
30	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	39:13
31	Jefferson Cepeda	Movistar Team	40:54
32	Nicolas Vinokurov	XDS Astana Team	41:07
33	Sandy Dujardin	Team TotalEnergies	41:23
34	Dorian Godon	INEOS Grenadiers	41:31
35	Tim van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	41:52
36	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ United	42:07
37	Johan Jacobs	Groupama-FDJ United	42:08
38	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	42:17
39	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	42:36
40	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	42:41
41	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	42:58
42	Robert Donaldson	Team Jayco-AlUla	43:28
43	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	44:20
44	Luke Lamperti	EF Education-EasyPost	44:24
45	William Barta	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	44:25
46	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	45:10
47	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	45:16
48	Jasper Stuyven	Soudal Quick-Step	45:32
49	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	46:03
50	Steff Cras	Soudal Quick-Step	46:28
51	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	46:33
52	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	47:33
53	Axel Zingle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	47:44
54	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ United	47:54
55	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	48:22
56	Tim Marsman	Alpecin-Premier Tech	48:50
57	Frederik Frison	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	49:08
58	Chris Hamilton	Team Picnic PostNL	49:24
59	Timo de Jong	Team Picnic PostNL	49:40
60	Riley Sheehan	NSN Cycling Team	50:04
61	Lewis Askey	NSN Cycling Team	50:22
62	Søren Kragh Andersen	Lidl-Trek	50:55
63	Fabio Van den Bossche	Soudal Quick-Step	51:14
64	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	52:22
65	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Uno-X Mobility	53:08
66	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	53:27
67	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	54:33
68	Callum Thornley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	54:44
69	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	54:49
70	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	56:07
71	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto-Intermarché	56:27
72	Orluis Aular	Movistar Team	56:51
73	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ United	57:37
74	Anthony Turgis	Team TotalEnergies	58:01
75	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	58:04
76	Luca Van Boven	Lotto-Intermarché	58:15
77	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar Team	58:38
78	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	58:42
79	Mathis Le Berre	Team TotalEnergies	58:47
80	Jonas Rutsch	Lotto-Intermarché	59:20
81	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Premier Tech	59:36
82	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	59:55
83	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	1:00:11
84	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:00:20
85	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:00:21
86	David de la Cruz	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:00:48
87	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	1:01:03
88	Jonas Geens	Alpecin-Premier Tech	1:01:13
89	Aimé De Gendt	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:01:46
90	Biniam Girmay	NSN Cycling Team	1:02:09
91	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	1:02:24
92	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:02:46
93	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	1:03:00
94	Alastair Mackellar	EF Education-EasyPost	1:03:04
95	Emmanuel Houcou	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:03:40
96	Vito Braet	Lotto-Intermarché	1:04:20
97	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	1:04:51
98	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	1:04:59
99	Florian Dauphin	Team TotalEnergies	1:06:19
100	Yevgeniy Fedorov	XDS Astana Team	1:06:38
101	Ewen Costiou	Groupama-FDJ United	1:06:47
102	Joshua Giddings	Lotto-Intermarché	1:06:56
103	Milan Menten	Lotto-Intermarché	1:07:17
104	Callum Scotson	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	1:07:37
105	Cees Bol	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	1:07:54
106	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	1:09:08
107	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	1:09:41
108	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:09:55
109	Louis Rouland	Cofidis	1:10:03
110	Alex Kirsch	Cofidis	1:10:07
111	Matis Louvel	NSN Cycling Team	1:10:31
112	Max Kanter	XDS Astana Team	1:13:06
113	Juan Martinez	Team Picnic PostNL	1:13:06
114	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	1:14:47
115	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:14:54
116	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	1:15:00
117	Guillaume Boivin	NSN Cycling Team	1:15:03
118	Tim Naberman	Team Picnic PostNL	1:16:32
119	Ryan Mullen	NSN Cycling Team	1:16:39
120	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	1:17:17
121	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:27:07
122	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	1:27:14

 

Stage 6 profile

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Thursday, March 12: Stage 5, Cormoranche-sur-Saône - Colombier-le-Vieux, 206.3 km

Stage 5 profile

Jonas Vingegaard solos across the finish line 2min 2sec ahead of his nearest chaser.

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Weather at the finish city of Colombier-le-Vieux at 1:35 PM, local time: 13C (56F), fair, with the wind from the north at 19 km/hr (12 mph). No rain is forecast for the afternoon.

Rated ascents:

• Km 63.7: Côte de Lenyilly, 2.3 km @ 4.7%. Cat. 3
• Km 106.7: Côte de Trèves, 2.3 km @ 6%. Cat. 3
• Km 172.8: Côde de Sécheras, 3.9 km @ 7%. Cat. 2
• Km 186.4: Côte de Saint-Jean-de-Muzols, 2.2 km @ 11%. Cat. 1
• Km 197.2: Côte de Saint-Barthélémy-le-Plain, 3.2 km @ 7.6%. Cat. 2

The race: Casper Van Uden (Picnic-PostNL) was ill and did not start. Toms Skujins (Lidl-Trek) & Pascal Ackermann (Jayco ALUla) also did not start. That left 135 starters.

Early in the stage Pavel Sivakov (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), Luke Durbridge (Jayco AlUla), & David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ United) abandoned.

Here's the race organizer's stage five summary:

What a contrast from 2025 to 2026 for Jonas Vingegaard (Visma–Lease a Bike)! Last year, the Danish star took the yellow and white jersey on day 4 before crashing on the Côte de Trèves the next day and eventually abandoning the Race to the Sun.

This time, on the day after his victory in Uchon, he safely went over the same climb before putting the hammer down on the steepest gradients of the day. Untouchable on the Côte de Saint-Jean-de-Muzols, Vingegaard covered the last 21 kilometres on his own to take his second consecutive stage win - with gaps over two minutes - and significantly increase his lead in the overall standings. Dani Martinez (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) now trails by 3’22’’, ahead of EF Education-EasyPost’s Georg Steinhauser (+5’50’’) and Ineos Grenadiers’ Kevin Vauquelin (+6’09’’).

Stage 5 gets its official start.

After an eventful day 4 that turned the race upside down on the roads of the Morvan, the Race to the Sun continues with a 206.3 km stage between Cormoranche-sur-Saône and Colombier-le-Vieux. With relentless ups and downs and gradients reaching 16%, the riders face 2,950 metres of elevation gain — the highest figure of this edition.

A massive battle for the break
Attackers are inspired by the challenges of the day, furthermore after many teams lost all their GC hopes on Wednesday. A flurry of attacks animates the first part of the race but riders fail to open differences on flat terrain.

Fifty kilometers into the stage and still no break has been able to stay away

Eventually, a distinguished climber of the calibre of Aleksandr Vlasov (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) accelerates on the cat. 3 ascent of the Côte de Lentilly. He goes first over the top (km 63.7) and presses on afterwards.

Four riders join him to make the first break of the day at km 70: Joshua Tarling (Ineos Grenadiers), Rémi Cavagna (Groupama-FDJ United), Jefferson Cepeda (Movistar) and Nicolas Prodhomme (Decathlon CMA CGM).

5 + 3 = 8 leaders
Behind them, Jonas Vingegaard’s Visma-Lease a Bike try to restore order in the bunch and control the gap at around 1’40’’. The pace is hard, too hard for David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ), who was 5th in the overall standings but is forced to abandon.

As the race hits the second ascent of the day, the Côte de Trèves (summit at km 106.7), Movistar’s Ivan Romeo and Lorenzo Milesi set off in pursuit. Victor Campenaerts (Visma-Lease a Bike) follows their move.

The three counter-attackers join the five leaders with 90 km remaining. Visma-Lease a Bike drive the bunch and the gap never gets higher than 2’05’’ (66 km to go). It drops to 1 minute at the bottom of the Côte de Sécheras, the first of three steep kickers inside the last 35 km.

70 kilometers to go. A break of eight - Victor Campenaerts (Visma-Lease a Bike), Aleksandr Vlasov (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), Joshua Tarling (Ineos Grenadiers), Rémi Cavagna (Groupama-FDJ United), Ivan Romeo, Jefferson Cepeda, Lorenzo Milesi (Movistar), and Nicolas Prodhomme (Decathlon CMA CGM) is 1min 50sec ahead of the pack.

Vingegaard in his own world
The breakaway explodes, with Cepeda going solo at the front. Vlasov and Prodhomme try to chase him while the rest are swallowed by the bunch, including Tarling and Campenaerts, who bring more firepower to Ineos Grenadiers and Visma-Lease a Bike. The two teams work together to get back to Cepeda on the first slopes up the mighty Côte de Saint-Jean-de-Muzols (2.2km at 11% with gradients reaching 16%).

Jonas Vingegaard attacks with 1 kilometre remaining. Nobody can follow the overall leader of the race. Seven riders emerge in pursuit: Dani Martinez (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), Georg Steinhauser (EF Education-EasyPost), Kevin Vauquelin (Ineos Grenadiers), Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious), Mathys Rondel (Tudor), Harold Tejada (XDS Astana), and Valentin Paret-Peintre (Soudal Quick-Step).

For the second stage in a row Jonas Vingegaard has left everyone else behind. This stage, by more than two minutes. Incredible.

While Vingegaard safely rides to victory in Colombier-le-Vieux, Paret-Peintre attacks over the top of the final climb of the day, Côte de Saint-Barthélémy-le-Plain. The Frenchman eventually takes 2nd place (+2'02''), ahead of Harold Tejada (+2'20'') and the rest of the chasers.

Complete results:

206.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.012 km/hr

1	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	4hr 29min 1sec
2	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 2min 2sec
3	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	2:20
4	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
5	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
6	Daniel Martinez	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
7	Kévin Vauquelin	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
8	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
9	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
10	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
11	Alex Baudin	EF Education-EasyPost	2:23
12	Oscar Onley	INEOS Grenadiers	2:36
13	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	4:27
14	Steff Cras	Soudal Quick-Step	4:29
15	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	4:32
16	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
17	Nicolas Vinokurov	XDS Astana Team	6:05
18	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ United	6:37
19	Jefferson Cepeda	Movistar Team	6:42
20	Victor Campenaerts	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	7:30
21	Nickolas Zukowsky	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	9:45
22	Chris Hamilton	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
23	William Barta	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
24	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
25	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	9:47
26	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
27	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	11:09
28	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
29	Jasha Sütterlin	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
30	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
31	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
32	Johan Jacobs	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
33	Joris Delbove	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
34	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
35	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
36	Bruno Armirail	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
37	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	15:10
38	Tim Marsman	Alpecin-Premier Tech	15:46
39	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
40	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
41	Jasper Stuyven	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
42	Sandy Dujardin	Team TotalEnergies	15:49
43	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Premier Tech	15:52
44	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	18:59
45	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
46	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
47	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	19:30
48	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ United	20:14
49	David de la Cruz	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	21:30
50	Iván Romeo	Movistar Team	s.t.
51	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
52	Milan Menten	Lotto-Intermarché	22:31
53	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
54	Yevgeniy Fedorov	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
55	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
56	Dorian Godon	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
57	Matis Louvel	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
58	Riley Sheehan	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
59	Anthony Turgis	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
60	Axel Zingle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
61	Jonas Rutsch	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
62	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
63	Ryan Mullen	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
64	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
65	Guillaume Boivin	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
66	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
67	Tom Van Asbroeck	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
68	Jonas Geens	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
69	Alex Kirsch	Cofidis	s.t.
70	Fabio Christen	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
71	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
72	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
73	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
74	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
75	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
76	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
77	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
78	Niklas Märkl	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
79	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
80	Søren Kragh Andersen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
81	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
82	Callum Scotson	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
83	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
84	Laurence Pithie	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
85	Luke Lamperti	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
86	Max Kanter	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
87	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
88	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
89	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
90	Alastair Mackellar	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
91	Tim Naberman	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
92	Mick van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
93	Timo de Jong	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
94	Tim van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
95	Cees Bol	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
96	Biniam Girmay	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
97	Mathis Le Berre	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
98	Emmanuel Houcou	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
99	Lewis Askey	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
100	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
101	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
102	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
103	Frederik Frison	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
104	Fabio Van den Bossche	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
105	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar Team	s.t.
106	Aimé De Gendt	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
107	Michel Heßmann	Movistar Team	s.t.
108	Robert Donaldson	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
109	Callum Thornley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
110	Orluis Aular	Movistar Team	s.t.
111	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
112	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
113	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
114	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
115	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
116	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
117	Louis Rouland	Cofidis	s.t.
118	Florian Dauphin	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
119	Luca Van Boven	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
120	Vito Braet	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
121	Julien Bernard	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
122	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
123	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
124	Juan Martinez	Team Picnic PostNL	27:43
125	Ewen Costiou	Groupama-FDJ United	27:49
126	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	30:06
127	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	34:43
128	Joshua Giddings	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
129	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.

 

GC after stage 5:

• GC leader: Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Mountains classification leader: Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Points classification leader: Luke Lamperti (EF Education-EasyPost)
• Best young rider: Georg Steinhauser (EF Education-EasyPost)
• Teams classification leader: INEOS Grenadiers

782.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 45.065 km/hr

1	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	17hr 22min 6sec
2	Daniel Martinez	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	@ 3min 22sec
3	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	5:50
4	Kévin Vauquelin	INEOS Grenadiers	6:09
5	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	7:37
6	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	8:15
7	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	9:02
8	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	10:06
9	Alex Baudin	EF Education-EasyPost	10:16
10	Oscar Onley	INEOS Grenadiers	11:23
11	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	11:43
12	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	11:44
13	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	19:09
14	Nickolas Zukowsky	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	19:59
15	Bruno Armirail	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	21:12
16	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	22:15
17	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Premier Tech	22:29
18	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ United	26:24
19	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	28:06
20	Tim van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	28:14
21	Victor Campenaerts	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	28:20
22	Jasha Sütterlin	Team Jayco-AlUla	28:30
23	Joris Delbove	Team TotalEnergies	30:49
24	Mick van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	31:21
25	Tom Van Asbroeck	NSN Cycling Team	34:10
26	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	34:45
27	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	35:20
28	Niklas Märkl	Team Picnic PostNL	35:24
29	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	35:27
30	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	36:36
31	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	37:10
32	Steff Cras	Soudal Quick-Step	37:22
33	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	38:00
34	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	38:53
35	Laurence Pithie	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	39:08
36	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	39:18
37	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	39:22
38	Sandy Dujardin	Team TotalEnergies	39:45
39	Johan Jacobs	Groupama-FDJ United	40:03
40	Riley Sheehan	NSN Cycling Team	40:23
41	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ United	40:29
42	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	40:48
43	Jefferson Cepeda	Movistar Team	40:54
44	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	41:05
45	Nicolas Vinokurov	XDS Astana Team	41:07
46	Dorian Godon	INEOS Grenadiers	41:37
47	Robert Donaldson	Team Jayco-AlUla	41:50
48	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	42:17
49	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	42:36
50	William Barta	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	43:15
51	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	43:24
52	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	43:38
53	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	43:41
54	Timo de Jong	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
55	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto-Intermarché	43:50
56	Tim Marsman	Alpecin-Premier Tech	43:52
57	Luke Lamperti	EF Education-EasyPost	44:00
58	Frederik Frison	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	44:10
59	Jasper Stuyven	Soudal Quick-Step	44:19
60	Søren Kragh Andersen	Lidl-Trek	45:57
61	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	46:02
62	Callum Thornley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	46:19
63	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	46:24
64	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ United	46:25
65	Axel Zingle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	46:31
66	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	47:08
67	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	47:09
68	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	47:24
69	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	47:44
70	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Uno-X Mobility	48:10
71	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	48:16
72	Chris Hamilton	Team Picnic PostNL	48:55
73	Iván Romeo	Movistar Team	49:06
74	Michel Heßmann	Movistar Team	50:00
75	Lewis Askey	NSN Cycling Team	50:26
76	Fabio Van den Bossche	Soudal Quick-Step	50:50
77	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	51:09
78	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	52:23
79	Anthony Turgis	Team TotalEnergies	53:03
80	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Premier Tech	53:17
81	Florian Dauphin	Team TotalEnergies	53:42
82	Mathis Le Berre	Team TotalEnergies	53:49
83	David de la Cruz	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	54:31
84	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	55:06
85	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	55:24
86	Julien Bernard	Lidl-Trek	55:29
87	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ United	55:32
88	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	55:45
89	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	55:48
90	Emmanuel Houcou	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	55:55
91	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	56:08
92	Fabio Christen	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	56:09
93	Jonas Geens	Alpecin-Premier Tech	56:15
94	Orluis Aular	Movistar Team	56:20
95	Aimé De Gendt	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	56:48
96	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar Team	56:49
97	Vito Braet	Lotto-Intermarché	56:55
98	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	56:59
99	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	57:04
100	Jonas Rutsch	Lotto-Intermarché	57:15
101	Louis Rouland	Cofidis	57:26
102	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	57:26
103	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	57:48
104	Joshua Giddings	Lotto-Intermarché	57:50
105	Luca Van Boven	Lotto-Intermarché	57:51
106	Alastair Mackellar	EF Education-EasyPost	58:06
107	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	58:42
108	Milan Menten	Lotto-Intermarché	58:52
109	Yevgeniy Fedorov	XDS Astana Team	59:23
110	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	59:55
111	Biniam Girmay	NSN Cycling Team	1:00:20
112	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	1:00:31
113	Ewen Costiou	Groupama-FDJ United	1:00:46
114	Callum Scotson	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	1:01:18
115	Alex Kirsch	Cofidis	1:01:42
116	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:02:30
117	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	1:03:09
118	Tim Naberman	Team Picnic PostNL	1:03:55
119	Guillaume Boivin	NSN Cycling Team	1:03:58
120	Ryan Mullen	NSN Cycling Team	1:04:02
121	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	1:04:10
122	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:05:21
123	Matis Louvel	NSN Cycling Team	1:05:33
124	Max Kanter	XDS Astana Team	1:05:51
125	Juan Martinez	Team Picnic PostNL	1:06:49
126	Cees Bol	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	1:07:25
127	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	1:12:30
128	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	1:14:07
129	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Premier Tech	1:20:36

 

Stage 5 profile:

Stage 5 profile

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Wednesday, March 11: Stage 4, Bourges - Uchon, 195 km

Stage 4 profile

Jonas Vingegaard wins the stage and becomes the new GC leader. ASO photo

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Weather at the finish city of Uchon at 1:45 PM, local time: 8C (47F), raining, with the wind from the south-southwest at 21 km/hr (13 mph). The rain is forecast to continue through the afternoon.

Rated ascents:

• Km 133.4: Côte de la Croix des Cerisiers, 6.2 km @ 4.3%. Cat. 3
• Km 171.9: Côte de la Croix de la Libération, 4.6 km @ 5.3%. Cat. 2
• Km 195: Uchon, 8 km @ 4.5%. Cat. 1

The race: Here's the organizer's stage four summary.

Stage 4 of Paris-Nice 2026 featured the first proper climbing challenges of the 84th edition of the Race to the Sun, but fierce action unleashed well before the ascents of the day! A rainy and windy day produced echelons as soon as the flag dropped in Bourges, 195 km away from the finish. Spending his first day with the yellow and white jersey, Juan Ayuso (Lidl-Trek) was in prime position to defend his overall lead until he got caught in a crash with 47 km to go and forced to abandon.

A wet start to the stage.

Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe drove the front of the race for Dani Martinez, and only Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) managed to stick to their wheel. The Dane eventually put the hammer down for the final kilometre to the Uchon finish, with gradients up to 16%, and went on to take his first Paris-Nice stage win, as well as the leader’s yellow and white jersey. This is the eighth consecutive edition with a Danish stage win, but they’ve yet to win overall.

Following Tuesday’s team time trial and Juan Ayuso’s rise to power, the peloton face the first real climbing challenges of Paris-Nice 2026 with 2,520 metres of elevation en route to a cat-1 summit finish in Uchon.

Riders warm up at high intensities ahead of the start. Is it because of the rain? Because they anticipate a hard battle for the break? Or are they wary of the 20-30 km/h winds (with gusts up to 45km/h) blowing from the south (crosswinds)?

Echelons from the gun
Riders stand on their pedals as soon as the flag drops. Less than 5 kilometres into the stage, splits already appear. Ayuso (Lidl-Trek) is up there, as well as Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike), Oscar Onley (Ineos Grenadiers), and Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates XRG). Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe are also in force, with four teammates (Denz, Thornley, Van Dijke x2) along with Dani Martinez.

The echelons say this is both a windy and wet day in France.

Second in the overall standings, Kevin Vauquelin (Ineos Grenadiers) is in a third split that rapidly gets back to the second group, featuring Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious) and Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates XRG). A fierce battle ensues, with the gap oscillating between 55’’ and 1’40’’ at the bottom of the Côte de la Croix des Cerisiers (km 127).

Ayuso on the ground
Kevin Vauquelin and Lenny Martinez drive the chase on the ascent, bringing the gap down to 45’’. Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe up the ante on wet roads. And Ayuso hits the deck on the downhill with 47 kilometres to go. The Spaniard tries to resume racing but he is injured and needs to stop. Brandon McNulty is also involved, and the group explodes.

Soon, only five riders remain at the front: Dani Martinez with three teammates (Denz, Van Dijke x2), and Vingegaard. They push their advantage on the ascent of the Côte de la Croix de la Libération (4.6km at 5.3%). Behind them, Tarling paces Onley, who had to change bikes on the downhill due to a previous crash at km 85, but the gap rapidly increases.

Vingegaard at the summit
The Ineos Grenadiers duo eventually wait for their first chasers, including Vauquelin, who bridges the gap along with Lenny Martinez 16 km away from the finish. At that point, they trail by 2’40’’.

The final climb begins with 8 km to go. The slope is very irregular, with the maximum gradients (16%) to be hit in the final kilometre. Mick van Dijke is spent with 6.5 km to go. His brother Tim sets the pace all the way to the flamme rouge.

As the road rises dramatically, Vingegaard unleashes his power and takes off to his first Paris-Nice stage win, 41’’ ahead of Martinez. The Dane also takes the leader’s jersey with a gap of 52’’ to his Colombian rival. Fifth on the day, Georg Steinhauser (EF Education-EasyPost) completes the GC top 3 (+3’20’’), ahead of Vauquelin (+3’39’’).

Here's another shot of Jonas Vingegaard finishing the stage.

On Thursday the 12th the race organizer posted this update: Yesterday’s stage was marked by a crash that took Juan Ayuso out of the race with 47 remaining. The Spaniard tried to resume racing but rapidly had to give up and lie down with significant pain on his left thigh. His team Lidl Trek then shared comforting news: “Fortunately X-rays performed at the hospital in France did not reveal any fractures. A further clinical assessment performed by the Team doctor on-site at the Team hotel has also ruled out any other serious injuries. Juan will continue to monitored by the Team’s medical staff & another update will be provided only if necessary.”

Involved in the same crash, Brandon McNulty “suffered abrasions and an injury to his left knee and was unable to continue”, UAE Team Emirates XRG doctor Adrian Rotunno reported. “He will travel home for a rest period under the supervision of team medical staff.”

Ten more riders abandoned for varied reasons yesterday: Davide Piganzoli, Mathijs Paasschens, Robert Stannard, Pablo Castrillo, Raul Garcia Pierna, Bert Van Lerberghe, Daan Hoole, Luka Mezgec, Torstein Træen, and Lindsay De Vylder.

Complete results:

195 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.667 km/hr

1	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	4hr 16min 12sec
2	Daniel Martinez	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	@ 41sec
3	Tim van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:45
4	Mick van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:42
5	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	2:54
6	Kévin Vauquelin	INEOS Grenadiers	3:38
7	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	4:02
8	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ United	4:20
9	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Premier Tech	4:55
10	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	5:07
11	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	5:24
12	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	5:49
13	Nickolas Zukowsky	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	6:11
14	Tom Van Asbroeck	NSN Cycling Team	6:22
15	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	6:32
16	Alex Baudin	EF Education-EasyPost	7:19
17	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	8:01
18	Oscar Onley	INEOS Grenadiers	8:35
19	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	9:10
20	Pascal Ackermann	Team Jayco-AlUla	9:25
21	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ United	9:31
22	Bruno Armirail	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	9:37
23	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	9:46
24	Niklas Märkl	Team Picnic PostNL	11:03
25	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	12:46
26	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
27	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
28	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	13:32
29	Søren Kragh Andersen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
30	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	15:59
31	Laurence Pithie	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	16:04
32	Riley Sheehan	NSN Cycling Team	16:08
33	Jasha Sütterlin	Team Jayco-AlUla	16:13
34	Callum Thornley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	16:17
35	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
36	Joshua Giddings	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
37	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	16:28
38	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	16:34
39	Axel Zingle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	17:28
40	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	17:31
41	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	17:34
42	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	17:39
43	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	17:42
44	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
45	Victor Campenaerts	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	17:44
46	Timo de Jong	Team Picnic PostNL	17:52
47	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
48	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
49	Joris Delbove	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
50	Dorian Godon	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
51	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
52	Frederik Frison	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
53	Sandy Dujardin	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
54	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
55	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	s.t.
56	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto-Intermarché	17:58
57	Robert Donaldson	Team Jayco-AlUla	18:11
58	Luke Lamperti	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
59	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	18:16
60	Johan Jacobs	Groupama-FDJ United	19:03
61	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	19:09
62	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
63	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X Mobility	19:19
64	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
65	Lewis Askey	NSN Cycling Team	26:20
66	Guillaume Boivin	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
67	Mathis Le Berre	Team TotalEnergies	26:24
68	Ryan Mullen	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
69	Jasper Stuyven	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
70	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
71	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
72	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
73	Tim Marsman	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
74	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
75	Tim Naberman	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
76	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
77	Anthony Turgis	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
78	Fabio Van den Bossche	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
79	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
80	Florian Dauphin	Team TotalEnergies	26:36
81	Emmanuel Houcou	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	26:44
82	Iván Romeo	Movistar Team	27:03
83	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	29:04
84	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
85	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	30:37
86	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	31:12
87	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ United	31:20
88	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
89	David de la Cruz	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	31:39
90	Steff Cras	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
91	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
92	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
93	Julien Bernard	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
94	Jonas Geens	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
95	Alex Kirsch	Cofidis	s.t.
96	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar Team	31:43
97	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
98	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	31:49
99	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	31:52
100	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
101	Milan Fretin	Cofidis	s.t.
102	Chris Hamilton	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
103	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	31:59
104	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
105	Alastair Mackellar	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
106	Luke Durbridge	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
107	Yevgeniy Fedorov	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
108	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
109	Luca Van Boven	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
110	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
111	Ewen Costiou	Groupama-FDJ United	32:05
112	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	32:09
113	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
114	Fabio Christen	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	32:16
115	William Barta	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
116	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	32:18
117	Jefferson Cepeda	Movistar Team	32:26
118	Milan Menten	Lotto-Intermarché	32:38
119	Jonas Rutsch	Lotto-Intermarché	32:55
120	Biniam Girmay	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
121	Nicolas Vinokurov	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
122	Vito Braet	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
123	Cees Bol	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
124	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
125	Aimé De Gendt	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
126	Juan Martinez	Team Picnic PostNL	33:01
127	Orluis Aular	Movistar Team	33:11
128	Matis Louvel	NSN Cycling Team	33:22
129	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	33:55
130	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	34:02
131	Louis Rouland	Cofidis	s.t.
132	Callum Scotson	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	34:11
133	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
134	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Premier Tech	34:17
135	Casper van Uden	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
136	Toms Skujins	Lidl-Trek	34:45
137	Max Kanter	XDS Astana Team	35:07

 

GC after stage 4:

• GC leader: Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Mountains classification leader: Casper Pedersen (Soudal Quick-Step)
• Points classification leader: Luke Lamperti (EF Education-EasyPost)
• Best young rider: Georg Steinhauser (EF Education-EasyPost)
• Teams classification leader: Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe

576.4 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 44.726 km/hr

1	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	12hr 53min 15sec
2	Daniel Martinez	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	@ 52sec
3	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	3:20
4	Kévin Vauquelin	INEOS Grenadiers	3:39
5	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ United	5:02
6	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	5:07
7	Tim van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	5:33
8	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	5:45
9	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Premier Tech	6:27
10	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	6:32
11	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	7:02
12	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	7:36
13	Alex Baudin	EF Education-EasyPost	7:43
14	Oscar Onley	INEOS Grenadiers	8:37
15	Mick van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	8:40
16	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	9:17
17	Bruno Armirail	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	9:53
18	Nickolas Zukowsky	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	10:04
19	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	10:56
20	Tom Van Asbroeck	NSN Cycling Team	11:29
21	Niklas Märkl	Team Picnic PostNL	12:43
22	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	13:55
23	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ United	15:05
24	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	16:18
25	Laurence Pithie	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	16:27
26	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	16:41
27	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	17:03
28	Jasha Sütterlin	Team Jayco-AlUla	17:11
29	Riley Sheehan	NSN Cycling Team	17:42
30	Pascal Ackermann	Team Jayco-AlUla	17:46
31	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	18:01
32	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	18:13
33	Dorian Godon	INEOS Grenadiers	18:56
34	Robert Donaldson	Team Jayco-AlUla	19:09
35	Joris Delbove	Team TotalEnergies	19:30
36	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	20:00
37	Victor Campenaerts	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	20:40
38	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	20:57
39	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	21:00
40	Timo de Jong	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
41	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto-Intermarché	21:09
42	Luke Lamperti	EF Education-EasyPost	21:19
43	Frederik Frison	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	21:29
44	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	21:44
45	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	22:04
46	Joshua Giddings	Lotto-Intermarché	22:57
47	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X Mobility	23:01
48	Søren Kragh Andersen	Lidl-Trek	23:16
49	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	23:21
50	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	23:22
51	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	23:26
52	Callum Thornley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	23:38
53	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	23:43
54	Sandy Dujardin	Team TotalEnergies	23:46
55	Axel Zingle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	23:50
56	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	24:28
57	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	24:43
58	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	25:03
59	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Uno-X Mobility	25:29
60	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ United	26:01
61	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	27:19
62	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	27:28
63	Iván Romeo	Movistar Team	27:32
64	Lewis Askey	NSN Cycling Team	27:45
65	Tim Marsman	Alpecin-Premier Tech	27:56
66	Fabio Van den Bossche	Soudal Quick-Step	28:09
67	Jasper Stuyven	Soudal Quick-Step	28:23
68	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	28:28
69	Johan Jacobs	Groupama-FDJ United	28:44
70	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	29:07
71	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	29:42
72	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	29:46
73	Anthony Turgis	Team TotalEnergies	30:22
74	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Premier Tech	30:36
75	Florian Dauphin	Team TotalEnergies	31:01
76	Mathis Le Berre	Team TotalEnergies	31:08
77	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	32:20
78	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	32:25
79	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	32:39
80	Steff Cras	Soudal Quick-Step	32:43
81	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
82	Ewen Costiou	Groupama-FDJ United	32:47
83	Julien Bernard	Lidl-Trek	32:48
84	David de la Cruz	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	32:51:
85	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
86	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	33:07
87	Emmanuel Houcou	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	33:14
88	William Barta	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	33:20
89	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	33:27
90	Fabio Christen	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	33:28
91	Jonas Geens	Alpecin-Premier Tech	33:34
92	Orluis Aular	Movistar Team	33:39
93	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ United	33:42
94	Jefferson Cepeda	Movistar Team	34:02
95	Aimé De Gendt	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	34:07
96	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	34:11
97	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar Team	34:12
98	Vito Braet	Lotto-Intermarché	34:14
99	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	34:18
100	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	34:23
101	Jonas Rutsch	Lotto-Intermarché	34:34
102	Louis Rouland	Cofidis	34:45
103	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
104	Nicolas Vinokurov	XDS Astana Team	34:52
105	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	35:07
106	Luca Van Boven	Lotto-Intermarché	35:10
107	Alastair Mackellar	EF Education-EasyPost	35:25
108	Milan Fretin	Cofidis	35:38
109	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	36:01
110	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	36:05
111	Milan Menten	Lotto-Intermarché	36:11
112	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
113	Yevgeniy Fedorov	XDS Astana Team	36:42
114	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	37:14
115	Biniam Girmay	NSN Cycling Team	37:39
116	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	37:50
117	Luke Durbridge	Team Jayco-AlUla	37:58
118	Callum Scotson	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	38:37
119	Juan Martinez	Team Picnic PostNL	38:56
120	Chris Hamilton	Team Picnic PostNL	39:00
121	Alex Kirsch	Cofidis	39:01
122	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	39:14
123	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco-AlUla	39:49
124	Casper van Uden	Team Picnic PostNL	40:18
125	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	40:28
126	Tim Naberman	Team Picnic PostNL	41:14
127	Guillaume Boivin	NSN Cycling Team	41:17
128	Ryan Mullen	NSN Cycling Team	41:21
129	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	41:29
130	Toms Skujins	Lidl-Trek	41:38
131	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	42:14
132	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	42:40
133	Matis Louvel	NSN Cycling Team	42:52
134	Max Kanter	XDS Astana Team	43:10
135	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	44:26
136	Cees Bol	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	44:44
137	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Premier Tech	45:43

 

Stage 4 profile:

Stage 4 profile

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Tuesday, March 10: Stage 3, Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire -  Pouilly-sur-Loire 23.5 kilometer team time trial

Stage 3 profile

New GC leader Juan Ayuso's Team INEOS Grenadiers riding to first place. Photo: ASO/Billy Ceusters

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Weather at the finish town of Pouilly-sur-Loire at 1:45 PM, local time: 15C (59F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 11 km/hr (7 mph). There is a 12% chance of rain, rising to 24% at 5:00 PM.

The race: First team off was Picnic-PostNL at 3:10 PM.

Here's the organizer's stage three summary:

The team time trial on day 3 of Paris–Nice 2026 produced an exhilarating battle for stage victory in Pouilly-sur-Loire and for the top places in the overall standings. Ineos Grenadiers made the most of their power and tactics to dominate the 23.5 km course, propelling Kévin Vauquelin to the finish in 26’40’’ (52.9 km/h). Oscar Onley crossed the line just one second behind, while Lidl–Trek’s Juan Ayuso finished two seconds back.

Having earned four bonus seconds on day 2, Ayuso is the new overall leader of Paris–Nice 2026, and will be the first Spaniard to wear the yellow-and-white jersey since Luis Leon Sánchez in 2018, a year that eventually saw Marc Soler turn the race upside down on the final day. The GC battle is now well and truly on, and it will continue Wednesday with a brutal summit finish in Uchon.

After two thrilling sprint finales dominated by Luke Lamperti and Max Kanter, the GC battle for Paris-Nice 2026 is set to begin with today’s team time trial from Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire to Pouilly-sur-Loire (23.5km).

The event 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 organisers revamped a traditional exercise, mixing collective performance and individual brilliance for a more tactical battle.

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. It’s all about which team can best propel their leader to a strong time at the finish.

Early times
Picnic PostNL are the first on course, rapidly followed by Jayco AlUla, who set the first benchmark at the finish: 27’37’’ (51.0km/h). But the Australian team is overtaken by Groupama-FDJ United, who complete the course at an average speed of 51.5 km/h.

Stage three is on with Team Picnic-PostNL's start.

It’s not enough to hold off the last two riders from UAE Team Emirates XRG, Brandon McNulty and Marc Soler, who finish as a duo with an advantage of 4 seconds. However, their performance is not enough to repeat the feat of 2024, when the American took the leader's jersey at the end of the team time trial in Auxerre.

Hoole’s solo effort
The Visma-Lease a Bike armada is expected to put on a show and is well positioned to do so, improving on the UAE's time by 21 seconds. The Dutch team finish with four riders, led by Jonas Vingegaard alongside Bruno Armirail, Davide Piganzoli and Victor Campenaerts.

Their performance is promising, but they are unable to match that of Decathlon-CMA CGM, who set the best intermediate time at km 14, seem to fall apart at the end of the course but count on Daan Hoole, who is clearly strong and confident. The Dutch champion rides solo for the last five kilometres, and still manages to beat Visma by 4 seconds. All this after an attempted attack in the final stretch of Montargis, which failed in the last kilometre!

Here's GC leader Luke Lamperti's Team EF Education-EasyPost in a perfect, tight line.

Ayuso vs Grenadiers
Hoole’s impressive effort is not enough to resist Lidl-Trek. The American team makes the most of his many powerhouses - Mathias Vacek, Soren Kragh Andersen, Jakob Söderqvist… - to propel Juan Ayuso to the finish with a time of 26’42’’, 9 seconds ahead of Decathlon CMA CGM.

Lidl-Trek impressed collectively, but so do Ineos Grenadiers. The British team are 13’’ faster than their USA rivals at km 14. The gap decreases in the second part, and Kevin Vauquelin eventually clocks a time of 26’40’’, with Oscar Onley on his wheel. That’s enough to take the stage. But not for the yellow and white jersey, as Ayuso earned four bonus seconds on stage 2! The Spaniard is the overall leader ahead of the climbing challenges of Paris-Nice 2026.

Results:

23.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 52.875 km/hr

1	INEOS Grenadiers	26min 40sec
2	Lidl-Trek	@ 2sec
3	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:11
4	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:15
5	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:20
6	EF Education-EasyPost	0:23
7	Movistar	0:28
8	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:37
9	Groupama-FDJ United	0:41
10	Cofidis	0:42
11	Team Jayco AlUla	0:57
12	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1min 3sec
13	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
14	Bahrain Victorious	1min 4sec
15	Uno-X Mobility	1min 9sec
16	Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1min 11sec
17	XDS Astana Team	1min 15sec
18	NSN Cycling Team	1min 24sec
19	lotto Intermarché	1min 30sec
20	Alpecin-Premier Tech	1min 31sec
21	TotalEnergies	1min 37sec
22	Team Picnic-PostNL	1min 39sec

 

GC after stage 3:

• GC leader: Juan Ayuso (Lidl-Trek)
• Mountains classification leader: Casper Pedersen (Soudal Quick-Step)
• Points classification leader: Luke Lamperti (EF Education-EasyPost)
• Best young rider: Juan Ayuso (Lidl-Trek)
• Teams classification leader: INEOS Grenadiers

384.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 44.574 km/hr

1	Juan Ayuso	Lidl-Trek	8hr 37min 2sec
2	Kévin Vauquelin	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 2sec
3	Oscar Onley	INEOS Grenadiers	0:03
4	Daan Hoole	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:13
5	Bruno Armirail	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:17
6	Davide Piganzoli	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
7	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
8	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:22
9	Daniel Martinez	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
10	Laurence Pithie	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:24
11	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
12	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	0:25
13	Alex Baudin	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
14	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	0:27
15	Orluis Aular	Movistar Team	0:29
16	Iván Romeo	Movistar Team	0:30
17	Raúl García	Movistar Team	0:33
18	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:39
19	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
20	Ewen Costiou	Groupama-FDJ United	0:43
21	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
22	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
23	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	0:44
24	Louis Rouland	Cofidis	s.t.
25	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:51
26	Robert Donaldson	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:59
27	Jasha Sütterlin	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
28	Dorian Godon	INEOS Grenadiers	1:05
29	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
30	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
31	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
32	Steff Cras	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
33	William Barta	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
34	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	1:06
35	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	1:09
36	Julien Bernard	Lidl-Trek	1:10
37	Torstein Træen	Uno-X Mobility	1:11
38	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
39	Aimé De Gendt	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:13
40	David de la Cruz	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
41	Fabio Christen	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
42	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	1:17
43	Vito Braet	Lotto-Intermarché	1:20
44	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	1:24
45	Robert Stannard	Bahrain Victorious	1:25
46	Lewis Askey	NSN Cycling Team	1:26
47	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	1:29
48	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Premier Tech	1:33
49	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
50	Tim Marsman	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
51	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:34
52	Riley Sheehan	NSN Cycling Team	1:35
53	Jefferson Cepeda	Movistar Team	1:37
54	Joris Delbove	Team TotalEnergies	1:39
55	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
56	Jonas Rutsch	Lotto-Intermarché	1:40
57	Niklas Märkl	Team Picnic PostNL	1:41
58	Fabio Van den Bossche	Soudal Quick-Step	1:46
59	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	1:49
60	Jonas Geens	Alpecin-Premier Tech	1:56
61	Nicolas Vinokurov	XDS Astana Team	1:58
62	Jasper Stuyven	Soudal Quick-Step	2:00
63	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	2:09
64	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ United	2:23
65	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar Team	2:30
66	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	2:44
67	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	2:51
68	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	2:52
69	Victor Campenaerts	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	2:57
70	Luke Lamperti	EF Education-EasyPost	3:09
71	Timo de Jong	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
72	Luca Van Boven	Lotto-Intermarché	3:12
73	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
74	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	3:13
75	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	3:19
76	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	3:23
77	Alastair Mackellar	EF Education-EasyPost	3:27
78	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	3:29
79	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	3:33
80	Milan Menten	Lotto-Intermarché	3:34
81	Frederik Frison	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	3:38
82	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X Mobility	3:43
83	Milan Fretin	Cofidis	3:47
84	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	3:54
85	Nickolas Zukowsky	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
86	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	3:56
87	Anthony Turgis	Team TotalEnergies	3:59
88	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	4:03
89	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	4:07
90	Lindsay De Vylder	Alpecin-Premier Tech	4:12
91	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	4:15
92	Florian Dauphin	Team TotalEnergies	4:26
93	Callum Scotson	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	4:27
94	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	4:34
95	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	4:35
96	Yevgeniy Fedorov	XDS Astana Team	4:44
97	Biniam Girmay	NSN Cycling Team	4:45
98	Mathis Le Berre	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
99	Tim van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	4:53
100	Tom Van Asbroeck	NSN Cycling Team	5:08
101	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	5:11
102	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
103	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ United	5:35
104	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	5:42
105	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	5:49
106	Sandy Dujardin	Team TotalEnergies	5:55
107	Juan Martinez	Team Picnic PostNL	5:56
108	Luke Durbridge	Team Jayco-AlUla	6:00
109	Casper van Uden	Team Picnic PostNL	6:02
110	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	6:20
111	Axel Zingle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	6:23
112	Emmanuel Houcou	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	6:31
113	Joshua Giddings	Lotto-Intermarché	6:41
114	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	6:47
115	Toms Skujins	Lidl-Trek	6:54
116	Edward Dunbar	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	6:58
117	Mick van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	6:59
118	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	7:05
119	Chris Hamilton	Team Picnic PostNL	7:09
120	Callum Thornley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	7:22
121	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	7:23
122	Alex Kirsch	Cofidis	s.t.
123	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	7:28
124	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Uno-X Mobility	7:48
125	Luka Mezgec	Team Jayco-AlUla	7:50
126	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco-AlUla	7:51
127	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	8:00
128	Max Kanter	XDS Astana Team	8:04
129	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
130	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ United	8:10
131	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	8:15
132	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	8:20
133	Pascal Ackermann	Team Jayco-AlUla	8:22
134	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	8:41
135	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	8:49
136	Michel Heßmann	Movistar Team	9:28
137	Matis Louvel	NSN Cycling Team	9:31
138	Johan Jacobs	Groupama-FDJ United	9:42
139	Søren Kragh Andersen	Lidl-Trek	9:45
140	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	9:47
141	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	10:37
142	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	10:38
143	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	10:42
144	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Lotto-Intermarché	11:14
145	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Premier Tech	11:27
146	Cees Bol	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	11:50
147	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	12:35
148	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	13:07
149	Tim Naberman	Team Picnic PostNL	14:51
150	Ryan Mullen	NSN Cycling Team	14:58
151	Guillaume Boivin	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
152	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	15:54

 

Stage 3 profile:

Stage 3 profile

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Monday, March 9: Stage 2, Epône - Montargis, 187 km

Stage 2 profile

Max Kanter wins stage two.

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Weather at the finish city of Montargis at 1:55 PM, local time: 19C (66F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the south at 11 km/hr (7 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

Rated ascents:

• Km 30.3: Côte de Mesnuls, 1.3 km @ 5.6%. Cat. 3
• Km 81: Côte de Villeconin, 1 km @ 6.1%. Cat. 3
• Km 113.4: Côte du Pressoir, 1 km @ 6.5%. Cat 3

The race: Here's the organizer's stage two summary.

Celebrated for its spectacular sprint finishes, Montargis crowned Max Kanter (XDS Astana) on day 2 of Paris-Nice 2026. The German sprinter powered to his biggest victory to date as he got the better of Laurence Pithie (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), already second in the same place two years ago. Jasper Stuyven (Soudal Quick-Step) rounded out the podium after a thrilling finale. Daan Hoole (Decathlon CMA CGM) launched a daring attack with 21 km remaining, only to be caught inside the last kilometre. Luke Lamperti (EF Education-EasyPost) completed the stage’s top 5 and retained the yellow and white leader’s jersey with the tightest margin; Vito Braet (Lotto Intermarché) is now level on time. The standings will be turned upside down on Wednesday with a team time trial set to kick off the GC battle between Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire and Pouilly-sur-Loire.

On the day after Luke Lamperti’s opening win in the Yvelines department, the peloton of the 84th edition of the Race to the Sun heads south, to reach Montargis with a 187 km stage 2 from Épône. They face 1,270m of elevation, with three cat-3 climbs and a flat run-in to a potential bunch sprint. The area is often windswept but the weather forecast announces moderate winds, with speeds around 10km/h.

The day's early break about 18 km into the stage: Casper Pedersen, Mathis Leberre, & Mattéo Vercher. They were all caught with 59 kilometers to go.

Pedersen vs Le Berre, round 2
Jasha Sütterlin (Jayco AlUla) attacks as soon as the flag drops. After 7 kilometres of hard racing, he’s joined at the front by the polka dot jersey wearer Casper Pedersen (Soudal Quick-Step), his runner-up in the KOM standings Mathis Le Berre (TotalEnergies), as well as Matteo Vercher (TotalEnergies too). The four-man breakaway rapidly loses a member, as Sütterlin drops back to the peloton after 12 km.

Already on the move on day 1, Pedersen and Le Berre resume their battle for the KOM points. The Dane has a 1-point advantage as they face the first climb of the day, Côte des Mesnuls (km 30.3). And he makes the most of this first opportunity as he goes first over the top (3 points), ahead of Le Berre (2) and Vercher (1), who waits for the bunch after the summit.

Luke Lamperti’s EF Education-EasyPost and Biniam Girmay’s NSN are already in action at the front of the peloton to control the gap. The lead duo’s advantage hits a maximum of 2’25’’ at km 45.

Pedersen and Le Berre work together on the valley and battle on the ascents. The Dane makes the most of his strength to also go first  up Côte de Villeconin (km 81) and Côte du Pressoir (km 113,4). His tally is up to 18 KOM points, compared to Le Berre’s 14.

The peloton with 70 km to go. Photo: ASO/Billy Cuesters

A thrilling finale
After the last summit, Lotto Intermarché up the ante to catch the breakaway riders before the intermediate sprint in Fromont (46.1km to go). Pedersen and Le Berre are eventually caught just inside the last 60 kilometres, after 119 kilometres at the front.

A dozen kilometres later, Vito Braet (Lotto Intermarché) dominates the intermediate sprint ahead of Juan Ayuso (Lidl-Trek) and Luke Lamperti (EF Education-EasyPost). With the bonus seconds up for grabs (6, 4, and 2), the Belgian sprinter is level on time with the American overall leader. Ayuso trails by 8’’, like Pedersen and Orluis Alar (Movistar). The rest of the field have a gap of at least 12’’. The winner of the stage will take 10 bonus seconds.

The run-in to Montargis is disrupted by a crash with 34 km to go. Sprinters like Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious), Cees Bol (Decathlon CMA CGM) and Sandy Dujardin (TotalEnergies) are involved. They all get back to the bunch. With Bol affected by the crash, his lead-out man Daan Hoole attacks with 21 km to go. He rapidly opens a gap of 30’’, before Movistar react at the front the bunch.

Tudor, Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe and EF Education-EasyPost also participate in the chase. Hoole is eventually caught inside the last kilometre! Mike Teunissen (XDS Astana) then powers to the front to lead Max Kanter, who takes his biggest win to date ahead of Laurence Pithie (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) and Jasper Stuyven (Soudal Quick-Step). Luke Lamperti (EF Education-EasyPost) completes the top 5 and retains the leader’s jersey.

Complete results:

187 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.321 km/jr

1	Max Kanter	XDS Astana Team	4hr 25min 7sec
2	Laurence Pithie	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
3	Jasper Stuyven	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
4	Dorian Godon	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
5	Luke Lamperti	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
6	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
7	Lewis Askey	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
8	Tom Van Asbroeck	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
9	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
10	Anthony Turgis	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
11	Emmanuel Houcou	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
12	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
13	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
14	Pascal Ackermann	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
15	Niklas Märkl	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
16	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
17	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
18	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
19	Vito Braet	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
20	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
21	Axel Zingle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
22	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
23	Tim van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
24	Orluis Aular	Movistar Team	s.t.
25	Casper van Uden	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
26	Robert Stannard	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
27	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
28	Kévin Vauquelin	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
29	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
30	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
31	Luca Van Boven	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
32	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
33	Yevgeniy Fedorov	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
34	Joshua Giddings	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
35	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
36	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
37	Nicolas Vinokurov	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
38	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
39	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
40	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
41	Riley Sheehan	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
42	Biniam Girmay	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
43	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
44	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
45	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
46	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
47	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
48	Frederik Frison	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
49	Iván Romeo	Movistar Team	s.t.
50	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
51	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
52	Ryan Mullen	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
53	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
54	Victor Campenaerts	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
55	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
56	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
57	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
58	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
59	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
60	Jonas Geens	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
61	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
62	Daniel Martinez	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
63	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
64	Jefferson Cepeda	Movistar Team	s.t.
65	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
66	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
67	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
68	Tim Marsman	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
69	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
70	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
71	Johan Jacobs	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
72	Steff Cras	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
73	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar Team	s.t.
74	Ewen Costiou	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
75	Bruno Armirail	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
76	Torstein Træen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
77	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
78	Juan Ayuso	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
79	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
80	Davide Piganzoli	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
81	Oscar Onley	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
82	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
83	Jasha Sütterlin	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
84	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
85	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
86	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
87	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
88	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
89	Joris Delbove	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
90	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
91	David de la Cruz	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
92	Raúl García	Movistar Team	s.t.
93	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
94	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
95	Julien Bernard	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
96	Louis Rouland	Cofidis	s.t.
97	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
98	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
99	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
100	Edward Dunbar	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
101	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
102	Lindsay De Vylder	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
103	Robert Donaldson	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
104	William Barta	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
105	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
106	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
107	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
108	Fabio Christen	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
109	Fabio Van den Bossche	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
110	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
111	Alex Baudin	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
112	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
113	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
114	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
115	Alex Kirsch	Cofidis	s.t.
116	Juan Martinez	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
117	Milan Menten	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
118	Callum Scotson	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
119	Jonas Rutsch	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
120	Nickolas Zukowsky	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
121	Aimé De Gendt	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
122	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
123	Daan Hoole	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
124	Guillaume Boivin	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
125	Matis Louvel	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
126	Florian Dauphin	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
127	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
128	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
129	Milan Fretin	Cofidis	@ 34sec
130	Luka Mezgec	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
131	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
132	Søren Kragh Andersen	Lidl-Trek	0:42
133	Chris Hamilton	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
134	Mick van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
135	Tim Naberman	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
136	Callum Thornley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
137	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	0:49
138	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
139	Toms Skujins	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
140	Mathis Le Berre	Team TotalEnergies	0:58
141	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	1:04
142	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
143	Sandy Dujardin	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
144	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:22
145	Luke Durbridge	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
146	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
147	Alastair Mackellar	EF Education-EasyPost	1:32
148	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	1:50
149	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	2:19
150	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
151	Timo de Jong	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
152	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco-AlUla	2:49
153	Cees Bol	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	7:06

 

GC after stage 2:

• GC leader: Luke Lamperti (EF Education-EasyPost)
• Mountains classification leader: Casper Pedersen (Soudal Quick-Step)
• Points classification leader: Luke Lamperti (EF Education-EasyPost)
• Best young rider: Luke Lamperti (EF Education-EasyPost)
• Teams classification leader: NSN Cycling Team

357.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.807 km/hr

1	Luke Lamperti	EF Education-EasyPost	8hr 10min 12sec
2	Vito Braet	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
3	Laurence Pithie	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	@ 6sec
4	Jasper Stuyven	Soudal Quick-Step	0:08
5	Orluis Aular	Movistar Team	s.t.
6	Juan Ayuso	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
7	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
8	Dorian Godon	INEOS Grenadiers	0:12
9	Anthony Turgis	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
10	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
11	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
12	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
13	Axel Zingle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
14	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
15	Emmanuel Houcou	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
16	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
17	Lewis Askey	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
18	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
19	Biniam Girmay	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
20	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
21	Nicolas Vinokurov	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
22	Tim van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
23	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
24	Kévin Vauquelin	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
25	Riley Sheehan	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
26	Niklas Märkl	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
27	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
28	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
29	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
30	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
31	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
32	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
33	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
34	Iván Romeo	Movistar Team	s.t.
35	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
36	Jonas Geens	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
37	Steff Cras	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
38	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
39	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar Team	s.t.
40	Robert Donaldson	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
41	Robert Stannard	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
42	Jasha Sütterlin	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
43	Bruno Armirail	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
44	Jefferson Cepeda	Movistar Team	s.t.
45	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
46	Julien Bernard	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
47	Daniel Martinez	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
48	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
49	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
50	Luca Van Boven	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
51	Davide Piganzoli	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
52	Milan Menten	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
53	Ewen Costiou	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
54	Torstein Træen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
55	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
56	Tim Marsman	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
57	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
58	Raúl García	Movistar Team	s.t.
59	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
60	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
61	Aimé De Gendt	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
62	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
63	Oscar Onley	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
64	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
65	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
66	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
67	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
68	Daan Hoole	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
69	Joris Delbove	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
70	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
71	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
72	William Barta	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
73	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
74	David de la Cruz	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
75	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
76	Edward Dunbar	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
77	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
78	Louis Rouland	Cofidis	s.t.
79	Fabio Christen	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
80	Alex Baudin	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
81	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
82	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
83	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
84	Lindsay De Vylder	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
85	Fabio Van den Bossche	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
86	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
87	Florian Dauphin	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
88	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
89	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
90	Jonas Rutsch	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
91	Milan Fretin	Cofidis	0:46
92	Sandy Dujardin	Team TotalEnergies	1:16
93	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	1:36
94	Victor Campenaerts	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	2:14
95	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	2:31
96	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
97	Frederik Frison	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
98	Timo de Jong	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
99	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
100	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
101	Callum Scotson	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
102	Nickolas Zukowsky	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	2:37
103	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	2:44
104	Mathis Le Berre	Team TotalEnergies	2:48
105	Alastair Mackellar	EF Education-EasyPost	3:08
106	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	3:18
107	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	3:20
108	Toms Skujins	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
109	Tom Van Asbroeck	NSN Cycling Team	3:25
110	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
111	Casper van Uden	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
112	Yevgeniy Fedorov	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
113	Joshua Giddings	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
114	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
115	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
116	Juan Martinez	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
117	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	3:35
118	Luka Mezgec	Team Jayco-AlUla	3:59
119	Luke Durbridge	Team Jayco-AlUla	4:04
120	Mick van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	4:07
121	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco-AlUla	4:27
122	Max Kanter	XDS Astana Team	4:48
123	Pascal Ackermann	Team Jayco-AlUla	4:58
124	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
125	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
126	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
127	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
128	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
129	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
130	Matis Louvel	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
131	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
132	Chris Hamilton	Team Picnic PostNL	5:40
133	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	5:44
134	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	6:02
135	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	6:30
136	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
137	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
138	Johan Jacobs	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
139	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
140	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
141	Alex Kirsch	Cofidis	s.t.
142	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
143	Søren Kragh Andersen	Lidl-Trek	7:12
144	Callum Thornley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
145	Cees Bol	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	7:18
146	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Premier Tech	7:19
147	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	7:52
148	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
149	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	8:20
150	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	11:32
151	Ryan Mullen	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
152	Guillaume Boivin	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
153	Tim Naberman	Team Picnic PostNL	12:14

 

Stage 2 profile:

Stage 2 profile

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Sunday, March 8: Stage 1, Achères - Carrières-sous-Poissy, 170.9 km

Stage 1 map & profile

Luke Lamperti (pink helmet & jersey) wins stage one.

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Weather at the finish city of Carrières-sous-Poissy at 2:15 PM, local time: 13C (56F), foggy, with the wind from the east a 5 km/hr (3 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

Rated ascents:

• Km 107.5: Côte de Gargenville, 2.5 km @ 4.8%. Cat. 3
• Km 124.1: Côte de Vaux-sur-Seine, 1.4 km @ 7%. Cat. 3
• Km 143.3: Côte de Chanteloup-les-Vignes, 1.1 km @ 8.3%. Cat. 3
• Km 159.9: Côte de Chanteloup-les-Vignes, 1.1 km @ 8.3%. Cat. 3

The race: Kelland O'Brien (Jayco AlUla) abandoned just after the stage started.

Here's the race organizer's stage one summary:

From 2025 to 2026, USA riders still rule Paris-Nice. Following Matteo Jorgenson and Magnus Sheffield’s triumph last year on the Promenade des Anglais, Luke Lamperti (EF Education-EasyPost) dominated the sprint at the end of stage 1 of the 84th edition of the Race to the Sun. The American youngster took his biggest win so far as he dominated Vito Braet (Lotto Intermarché) and Orluis Aular (Movistar) in Carrières-sous-Poissy, while Biniam Girmay (NSN) had to settle for 5th place. Lamperti will wear the yellow and white jersey as the first leader of Paris-Nice en route to Montargis, on Tuesday.

On the start line, Kévin Vauquelin & Jonas Vingegaard. ASO photo

The 154-man peloton begin Paris-Nice 2026 under cloudy skies in Achères, but the sun rapidly appears to accompany the riders in this first stage of the 84th edition of the Race to the Sun (170.9km to Carrières-sous-Poissy). Kelland O’Brien (Jayco AlUla) doesn’t get to enjoy the favourable weather conditions as he abandons as soon as the race begins.

It's time to go racing in France. ASO photo

NSN and Picnic PostNL control the early break
The pace is high, with a handful of attacks and counter-attacks until a group of six riders emerge at km 7 with Casper Pedersen (Soudal-Quick Step), Luke Durbdridge, Patrick Gamper (Jayco AlUla), Max Walker (EF Education-EasyPost), Mathis Le Berre (TotalEnergies), and Sébastien Grignard (Lotto Intermarché).

Biniam Girmay’s NSN Cycling Team and Casper van Uden’s Picnic PostNL drive the bunch to control the gap. The attackers’ lead never gets higher than 1’45’’ at the halfway point. The peloton then pick up the pace as many teams are wary of the hilly and technical finale, with 4 cat-3 ascents.

30 kilometers into the stage Casper Pedersen (Soudal-Quick Step), Luke Durbdridge, Patrick Gamper (Jayco AlUla), Max Walker (EF Education-EasyPost), Mathis Le Berre (TotalEnergies) and Sébastien Grignard (Lotto Intermarché) are 1'10'' ahead of the peloton. After 70 kilometers of racing their lead was 1min 30sec. ASO photo

Pedersen chases the polka dots
Casper Pedersen dominates the first ascent of the day, up the Côte de Gargenville (63.4km to go). The Dane then controls Mathis Le Berre’s attack on the Côte de Vaux-sur-Seine (46.8km) to take 3 more KOM points.

The attackers get back together and push their lead back up to 1’40’’ as they enter the 16.6-km final circuit, to be covered twice in its entirety, with the mighty Côte de Chanteloup-les-Vignes (1.1km at 8.3%), formerly home to the Polymultipliée. Once again, Pedersen goes first at the summit to all but secure the polka-dot jersey.

The day's six-man break racing across France. 70 kilometers into the stage they have buit a 1min 30sec lead. ASO photo

Lamperti takes over
The gap is still up to 1’15’’ as the race enters the final lap. More teams collaborate at the front of the bunch and bring the gap down to 45’’ at the bottom of the final ascent up Côte de Chanteloup-les-Vignes. Le Berre attacks at the summit but the peloton only trail by 30’’.

With Visma-Lease a Bike’s Bruno Armirail driving a strong chase, the gap drops down to 10’’ with 5 km to go, and the attackers are eventually caught just inside the final 2 km. EF Education-EasyPost power to the front positions for the final kilometre… And USA's Luke Lamperti powers to his biggest career to date, following in the footsteps of Matteo Jorgenson and Magnus Sheffield, who ruled the Pormenade des Anglais on the final day of Paris-Nice 2026.

Luke Lamperti will start stage two in yellow. Getty photo

Complete results:

170.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.516 km/hr

1	Luke Lamperti	EF Education-EasyPost	3hr 45min 17sec
2	Vito Braet	Lotto Intermarché	s.t.
3	Orluis Aular	Movistar Team	s.t.
4	Milan Fretin	Cofidis	s.t.
5	Biniam Girmay	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
6	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
7	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
8	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
9	Axel Zingle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
10	Robert Donaldson	Team Jayco AlUla	s.t.
11	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	s.t.
12	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
13	Cees Bol	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
14	Dorian Godon	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
15	Milan Menten	Lotto Intermarché	s.t.
16	Sandy Dujardin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
17	Laurence Pithie	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
18	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
19	Nicolas Vinokurov	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
20	Jasper Stuyven	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
21	Riley Sheehan	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
22	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
23	Aimé De Gendt	Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
24	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
25	Juan Ayuso	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
26	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
27	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
28	Emmanuel Houcou	Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
29	Julien Bernard	Lidl-Trek	@ 16sec
30	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
31	Daan Hoole	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:20
32	Kévin Vauquelin	INEOS Grenadiers	0:24
33	Jasha Sütterlin	Team Jayco AlUla	s.t.
34	Tim van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:34
35	Timo de Jong	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
36	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
37	Lewis Askey	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
38	Steff Cras	Soudal Quick-Step	0:42
39	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
40	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar Team	s.t.
41	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
42	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	0:47
43	Bruno Armirail	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
44	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
45	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
46	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
47	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
48	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
49	Niklas Märkl	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
50	Jonas Geens	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
51	Raúl García Pierna	Movistar Team	s.t.
52	Davide Piganzoli	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
53	Iván Romeo	Movistar Team	s.t.
54	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
55	Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda	Movistar Team	s.t.
56	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
57	Torstein Træen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
58	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
59	Ewen Costiou	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
60	Will Barta	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
61	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
62	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
63	Alex Baudin	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
64	Daniel Felipe Martínez	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
65	Oscar Onley	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
66	Fabio Christen	Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
67	Eddie Dunbar	Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
68	Tim Marsman	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
69	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
70	Joris Delbove	TotalEnergies	1:00
71	Florian Dauphin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
72	Mattéo Vercher	TotalEnergies	s.t.
73	Alexandre Delettre	TotalEnergies	s.t.
74	Louis Rouland	Cofidis	s.t.
75	David de la Cruz	Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
76	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
77	Fabio Van den Bossche	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
78	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
79	Lindsay De Vylder	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
80	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
81	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
82	Jonas Rutsch	Lotto Intermarché	1:14
83	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
84	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain-Victorious	s.t.
85	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
86	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
87	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	1:24
88	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
89	Robert Stannard	Bahrain-Victorious	s.t.
90	Alastair MacKellar	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
91	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
92	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco AlUla	1:32
93	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
94	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Intermarché	1:38
95	Mathis Le Berre	TotalEnergies	s.t.
96	Carlos Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	1:53
97	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain-Victorious	s.t.
98	Michał Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
99	Luca Van Boven	Lotto Intermarché	s.t.
100	Victor Campenaerts	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	2:02
101	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	2:19
102	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain-Victorious	s.t.
103	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain-Victorious	s.t.
104	Frederik Frison	Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
105	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
106	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	s.t.
107	Callum Scotson	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
108	Toms Skujiņš	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
109	Nickolas Zukowsky	Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	2:25
110	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	2:32
111	Luke Durbridge	Team Jayco AlUla	s.t.
112	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
113	Tom Van Asbroeck	NSN Cycling Team	3:13
114	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
115	Joshua Giddings	Lotto Intermarché	s.t.
116	Yevgeniy Fedorov	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
117	Mick van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
118	Casper van Uden	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
119	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain-Victorious	s.t.
120	Luka Mezgec	Team Jayco AlUla	s.t.
121	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain-Victorious	s.t.
122	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
123	Juan Guillermo Martinez	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
124	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	4:46
125	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
126	Pascal Ackermann	Team Jayco AlUla	s.t.
127	Matis Louvel	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
128	Chris Hamilton	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
129	Max Kanter	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
130	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
131	Rémi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
132	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
133	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
134	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
135	Samuel Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
136	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Premier Tech	6:18
137	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
138	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
139	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
140	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
141	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Lotto Intermarché	s.t.
142	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	s.t.
143	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
144	Callum Thornley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
145	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
146	Alex Kirsch	Cofidis	s.t.
147	Søren Kragh Andersen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
148	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
149	Johan Jacobs	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
150	Guillaume Boivin	NSN Cycling Team	11:20
151	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
152	Ryan Mullen	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
153	Tim Naberman	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.

 

GC after stage 1:

• GC leader: Luke Lamperti (EF Education-EasyPost)
• Mountains classification leader: Casper Pedersen (Soudal Quick-Step)
• Points classification leader: Luke Lamperti (EF Education-EasyPost)
• Best young rider: Luke Lamperti (EF Education-EasyPost)
• Teams classification leader: Lidl-Trek

1	Luke Lamperti	EF Education-EasyPost	3hr 45min 7sec
2	Vito Braet	Lotto Intermarché	@ 4sec
3	Orluis Aular	Movistar Team	0:06
4	Milan Fretin	Cofidis	0:10
5	Biniam Girmay	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
6	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
7	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
8	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
9	Axel Zingle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
10	Robert Donaldson	Team Jayco AlUla	s.t.
11	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	s.t.
12	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
13	Cees Bol	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
14	Dorian Godon	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
15	Milan Menten	Lotto Intermarché	s.t.
16	Sandy Dujardin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
17	Laurence Pithie	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
18	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
19	Nicolas Vinokurov	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
20	Jasper Stuyven	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
21	Riley Sheehan	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
22	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
23	Aimé De Gendt	Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
24	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
25	Juan Ayuso	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
26	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
27	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
28	Emmanuel Houcou	Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
29	Julien Bernard	Lidl-Trek	0:26
30	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
31	Daan Hoole	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:30
32	Kévin Vauquelin	INEOS Grenadiers	0:34
33	Jasha Sütterlin	Team Jayco AlUla	s.t.
34	Tim van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:44
35	Timo de Jong	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
36	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
37	Lewis Askey	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
38	Steff Cras	Soudal Quick-Step	0:52
39	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
40	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar Team	s.t.
41	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
42	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	0:53
43	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	0:57
44	Bruno Armirail	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
45	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
46	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
47	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
48	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
49	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
50	Niklas Märkl	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
51	Jonas Geens	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
52	Raúl García Pierna	Movistar Team	s.t.
53	Davide Piganzoli	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
54	Iván Romeo	Movistar Team	s.t.
55	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
56	Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda	Movistar Team	s.t.
57	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
58	Torstein Træen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
59	Ewen Costiou	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
60	Will Barta	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
61	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
62	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
63	Alex Baudin	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
64	Daniel Felipe Martínez	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
65	Oscar Onley	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
66	Fabio Christen	Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
67	Eddie Dunbar	Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
68	Tim Marsman	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
69	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
70	Joris Delbove	TotalEnergies	1:10
71	Florian Dauphin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
72	Mattéo Vercher	TotalEnergies	s.t.
73	Alexandre Delettre	TotalEnergies	s.t.
74	Louis Rouland	Cofidis	s.t.
75	David de la Cruz	Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
76	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
77	Fabio Van den Bossche	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
78	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
79	Lindsay De Vylder	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
80	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
81	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
82	Jonas Rutsch	Lotto Intermarché	1:24
83	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
84	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain-Victorious	s.t.
85	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
86	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
87	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	1:34
88	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
89	Robert Stannard	Bahrain-Victorious	s.t.
90	Alastair MacKellar	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
91	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
92	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco AlUla	1:36
93	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:42
94	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Intermarché	1:48
95	Mathis Le Berre	TotalEnergies	s.t.
96	Carlos Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	2:03
97	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain-Victorious	s.t.
98	Michał Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
99	Luca Van Boven	Lotto Intermarché	s.t.
100	Victor Campenaerts	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	2:12
101	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	2:29
102	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain-Victorious	s.t.
103	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain-Victorious	s.t.
104	Frederik Frison	Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
105	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
106	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	s.t.
107	Callum Scotson	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
108	Toms Skujiņš	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
109	Nickolas Zukowsky	Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	2:35
110	Luke Durbridge	Team Jayco AlUla	2:40
111	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	2:42
112	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
113	Tom Van Asbroeck	NSN Cycling Team	3:23
114	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
115	Joshua Giddings	Lotto Intermarché	s.t.
116	Yevgeniy Fedorov	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
117	Mick van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
118	Casper van Uden	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
119	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain-Victorious	s.t.
120	Luka Mezgec	Team Jayco AlUla	s.t.
121	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain-Victorious	s.t.
122	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
123	Juan Guillermo Martinez	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
124	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	4:56
125	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
126	Pascal Ackermann	Team Jayco AlUla	s.t.
127	Matis Louvel	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
128	Chris Hamilton	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
129	Max Kanter	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
130	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
131	Rémi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
132	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
133	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
134	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
135	Samuel Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
136	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Premier Tech	6:28
137	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
138	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
139	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
140	Erik Bystrøm Sven	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
141	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Lotto Intermarché	s.t.
142	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	s.t.
143	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
144	Callum Thornley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
145	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
146	Alex Kirsch	Cofidis	s.t.
147	Søren Kragh Andersen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
148	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
149	Johan Jacobs	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
150	Guillaume Boivin	NSN Cycling Team	11:30
151	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
152	Ryan Mullen	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
153	Tim Naberman	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.

 

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile