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2025 Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine (2.1), France

39th edition: August 26 - 29, 2025

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Friday, August 29: 4th & Final Stage, La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois - Poitiers, 185.9 km

Stage 4 map & profile

Dorian Godon wins the final stage. Getty photo

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Weather at the finish city of Poitiers at 2:05 PM, local time: 20C (68F), thunder in the vicinity, with the wind from the west at 23 km/hr (14 mph). There is an 80% chance of rain, dropping to 18% at 4:00 PM.

The race: Here's the report from third-place Giovanni Lonardi's Team Polti-VisitMalta.

After helping to control two moves of five riders each — one from long range and one inside the last 10 kilometers — Team Polti VisitMalta wrapped up the Tour Poitou Charentes with Giovanni Lonardi taking 3rd place in the explosive finish in the regional capital on a windy, rainy day. Staying with the leading group until the end, Fran Muñoz finished as the squad’s best overall in 18th place, in a GC won by Leroux (Total Energies) thanks to yesterday’s ITT.

On the start line in La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois

Lonardi: “It was a very fast and nervous stage. In the finale, Muñoz and Manuel Peñalver did a great job positioning me. After Peñalver led me into the final climb, I got on the Groupama train and managed to pass almost everyone. Only Izagirre was still ahead, then Godon came from behind and overtook us both. Still, it was a strong uphill sprint.”

Sports Director Stefano Zanatta: “We didn’t start on a high note, with Mirco Maestri not feeling well overnight and unable to start in the morning, but we ended with satisfaction thanks to our sprinter finishing just behind top-level opponents and ahead of a champion like Démare. A good trip!”

Complete results:

185.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.539 km/hr

1	Dorian Godon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	4hr 5min 23sec
2	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
3	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
4	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
5	Arnaud Démare	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
6	Luca Colnaghi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
7	Milan Fretin	Cofidis	s.t.
8	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
9	Héctor Álvarez	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
10	Luca Mozzato	Arkea-B&B Hotels	@ 3sec
11	Nicolas Milesi	Arkea-B&B Hotels	0:05
12	Ronan Augé	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
13	Niek Voogt	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
14	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
15	Filippo Fiorelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
16	Vincent Hoppezak	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
17	Sebastian Nielsen	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
18	Samuel Leroux	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
19	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
20	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
21	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
22	Pierre Latour	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
23	Zeb Kyffin	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
24	Eliott Boulet	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
25	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
26	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
27	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
28	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
29	Joren Bloem	Unibet Tietema Rockets	0:13
30	Enrico Zanoncello	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
31	Anthony Delaplace	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
32	Paul Verbnjak	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
33	Nolann Mahoudo	Cofidis	s.t.
34	Manu Guerinel	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
35	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
36	Emmanuel Morin	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
37	Wessel Mouris	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
38	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
39	Jaakko Hänninen	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
40	Dillon Corkery	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
41	Martijn Rasenberg	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
42	Jan Maas	Cofidis	s.t.
43	Corentin Devroute	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
44	Daniel Årnes	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
45	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
46	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	0:26
47	Kévin Avoine	Van Rysel-Roubaix	0:27
48	Jason Tesson	Team TotalEnergies	0:29
49	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	0:31
50	Hamish Beadle	Team Novo Nordisk	0:36
51	Cameron Rogers	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	0:40
52	Martin Pedersen	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
53	Kasper Haugland	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
54	Philip Heijnen	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
55	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	0:47
56	Bohémond Barrillot	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	0:50
57	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	1:00
58	Jesper Rasch	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
59	Baptiste Planckaert	Van Rysel-Roubaix	1:08
60	Lewis Bower	Groupama-FDJ	1:18
61	Blake Agnoletto	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
62	Baptiste Gillet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
63	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
64	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
65	Manuel Peñalver	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
66	Arthur Blaise	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:56
67	Thomas Bonnet	Team TotalEnergies	3:20
68	Matteo Milan	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
69	Mathis Avondts	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
70	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	4:28
71	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
72	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
73	Davide Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
74	Nils Sinschek	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
75	Andrea Montagner	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
76	Filippo Cettolin	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
77	Alessandro Perracchione	Team Novo Nordisk	6:04
78	Aidan Buttigieg	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
79	Célestin Wattelle	Team Novo Nordisk	6:13
80	Mattia Pinazzi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
81	Alan Riou	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	6:16
82	Victor Jean	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
83	Antoine Hue	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
84	Maël Guégan	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
85	Jérémy Lecroq	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	6:24
86	Similien Hamon	CIC-U-Nantes	6:30
87	Emmanuel Houcou	Arkea-B&B Hotels	6:39
88	Lucas Boniface	Team TotalEnergies	9:28
89	Célestin Guillon	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
90	Nicola Marcerou	Team TotalEnergies	10:42
91	Federico Biagini	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.

Final GC after stage 4:

GC winner: Samuel Leroux (Team TotalEnergies)
Mountains classification winner: Maël Guégan (CIC-U-Nantes)
Points classification winner: Dorian Godon (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale)
Best young rider: Nicolas Milesi (Arkea-B&B Hotels)
Teams classification winner: Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale

582 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.362 km/hr

1	Samuel Leroux	Team TotalEnergies	13hr 7min 10sec
2	Dorian Godon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	@ 5sec
3	Nicolas Milesi	Arkea-B&B Hotels	0:22
4	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:24
5	Pierre Latour	Team TotalEnergies	0:29
6	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	0:32
7	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:35
8	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
9	Eliott Boulet	Groupama-FDJ	0:45
10	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	0:51
11	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
12	Héctor Álvarez	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	1:01
13	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	1:06
14	Anthony Delaplace	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:10
15	Wessel Mouris	Unibet Tietema Rockets	1:16
16	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	1:18
17	Daniel Årnes	Van Rysel-Roubaix	1:30
18	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	1:55
19	Cameron Rogers	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	2:02
20	Zeb Kyffin	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
21	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	2:13
22	Kévin Avoine	Van Rysel-Roubaix	2:34
23	Milan Fretin	Cofidis	2:40
24	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	2:45
25	Filippo Fiorelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	2:46
26	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	2:47
27	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	2:49
28	Lewis Bower	Groupama-FDJ	2:56
29	Emmanuel Morin	Van Rysel-Roubaix	3:00
30	Arthur Blaise	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	3:07
31	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti-VisitMalta	3:09
32	Vincent Hoppezak	Parkhotel Valkenburg	3:11
33	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix	3:21
34	Arnaud Démare	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
35	Paul Verbnjak	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	3:23
36	Jaakko Hänninen	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	3:28
37	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	3:29
38	Martijn Rasenberg	Parkhotel Valkenburg	3:32
39	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	3:55
40	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	4:05
41	Sebastian Nielsen	Unibet Tietema Rockets	4:21
42	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	4:24
43	Blake Agnoletto	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
44	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	4:27
45	Bohémond Barrillot	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	4:39
46	Joren Bloem	Unibet Tietema Rockets	4:43
47	Corentin Devroute	CIC-U-Nantes	4:54
48	Nolann Mahoudo	Cofidis	5:14
49	Enrico Zanoncello	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	5:21
50	Luca Colnaghi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	5:25
51	Ronan Augé	CIC-U-Nantes	5:44
52	Jason Tesson	Team TotalEnergies	5:47
53	Dillon Corkery	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	5:53
54	Baptiste Gillet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	5:58
55	Martin Pedersen	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	6:07
56	Luca Mozzato	Arkea-B&B Hotels	6:16
57	Matteo Milan	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	6:22
58	Manuel Peñalver	Team Polti-VisitMalta	6:27
59	Niek Voogt	Parkhotel Valkenburg	6:39
60	Davide Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	6:55
61	Jesper Rasch	Parkhotel Valkenburg	7:29
62	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	8:06
63	Jérémy Lecroq	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	8:09
64	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	8:21
65	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	8:22
66	Alan Riou	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	8:40
67	Victor Jean	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	8:54
68	Similien Hamon	CIC-U-Nantes	9:15
69	Baptiste Planckaert	Van Rysel-Roubaix	9:55
70	Thomas Bonnet	Team TotalEnergies	9:59
71	Emmanuel Houcou	Arkea-B&B Hotels	10:19
72	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	10:27
73	Lucas Boniface	Team TotalEnergies	11:44
74	Jan Maas	Cofidis	12:43
75	Hamish Beadle	Team Novo Nordisk	12:49
76	Alessandro Perracchione	Team Novo Nordisk	13:23
77	Mattia Pinazzi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	14:23
78	Manu Guerinel	Van Rysel-Roubaix	14:51
79	Philip Heijnen	Parkhotel Valkenburg	15:17
80	Célestin Guillon	Van Rysel-Roubaix	15:37
81	Nils Sinschek	Parkhotel Valkenburg	16:07
82	Federico Biagini	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	17:11
83	Mathis Avondts	Parkhotel Valkenburg	18:19
84	Andrea Montagner	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	19:39
85	Filippo Cettolin	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	20:05
86	Maël Guégan	CIC-U-Nantes	21:09
87	Kasper Haugland	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	23:22
88	Célestin Wattelle	Team Novo Nordisk	25:13
89	Aidan Buttigieg	Team Polti-VisitMalta	25:49
90	Nicola Marcerou	Team TotalEnergies	28:44
91	Antoine Hue	CIC-U-Nantes	33:26

Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

Thursday, August 27: Stage 3, Chauvigny - Jardres 27.3 km individual time trial

Stage 3 map & profile:

Samuel Leroux on his way to winning the stage and taking over the GC lead. Photo: S. Rave

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Weather at the finish city of Jardes at 2:15 PM, local time: 22C (72F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 21 km/hr (13 mph). There is a 9% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from second-place Nicolas Milesi's Team Arkea-B&B Hotels.

Second in the time trial at the end of stage 3 of the Tour Poitou-Charentes, Nicolas Milesi takes the best young rider jersey ahead of Friday's final stage. He is now third in the provisional overall standings.

Nicolas Milesi:
I am pleased with my time. I enjoy this type of solo effort on courses like this one. After the Italian time trial championships, I did some altitude training. Since then, I have been feeling good. On the first two stages, the whole Arkea-B&B Hotels team played the Arnaud Démare card. We all worked well. Today, on this third stage, I wanted to clock a good time. And I did. I put in a great effort at the end of the race. In the last ten kilometres, I felt that my legs were strong. I just went all out. And I finished well. I took the best young rider jersey and I am third in the provisional general classification. I am happy with today and I remain focused on finishing well on the last stage on Friday, where there are still great things to achieve.

Thibault Guernalec:
It was my first time trial since my crash at the French time trial championships. There is still work to be done. I think I've done a good job since my comeback, but judging by my result, four weeks wasn't enough to compete. I didn't feel great today. I lacked a little bit to maintain my power for a long time in a time trial made difficult by the wind. I'm still a little bit off. It's a mixed bag between the satisfaction of coming back and racing here and the disappointment of my placing. I'm not in optimal shape yet. There's still work to be done before the Tour of Luxembourg.

Léonard Cosnier, Directeur sportif:
Nicolas is performing very well. This comes as no surprise. It's a performance that matches his talent. He has proven that he has a lot of power. He has had a few minor physical setbacks this year that have slowed him down. Today, he is showing that he is in great form. Finishing second in a time trial in the Tour Poitou-Charentes alongside virtually all the best French riders is a source of satisfaction. Before the final stage, he is wearing the best young rider's jersey and is third in the overall standings. Even though the final stage is not the hardest, the weather forecast is unpredictable and anything is still possible. We still have Arnaud Démare to call on in the event of a sprint finish, and the team can count on him to fight for the win as well.

Since the start of the Tour Poitou-Charentes, the Arkea-B&B Hotels team has been present and has shown great teamwork.

Complete results:

27.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 49.561 km/hr

1	Samuel Leroux	Team TotalEnergies	33min 3sec
2	Nicolas Milesi	Arkea-B&B Hotels	@ 22sec
3	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:24
4	Pierre Latour	Team TotalEnergies	0:29
5	Dorian Godon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:30
6	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	0:32
7	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	0:35
8	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:40
9	Eliott Boulet	Groupama-FDJ	0:45
10	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	0:51
11	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:00
12	Anthony Delaplace	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:02
13	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
14	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	1:06
15	Héctor Álvarez	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
16	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	1:09
17	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	1:11
18	Wessel Mouris	Unibet Tietema Rockets	1:13
19	Arthur Blaise	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:16
20	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	1:18
21	Kasper Haugland	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:23
22	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	1:24
23	Daniel Årnes	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
24	Cameron Rogers	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	1:33
25	Alexys Brunel	Team TotalEnergies	1:41
26	Jérémy Lecroq	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	1:50
27	Lewis Bower	Groupama-FDJ	1:52
28	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	1:55
29	Nils Sinschek	Parkhotel Valkenburg	1:56
30	Zeb Kyffin	Unibet Tietema Rockets	2:02
31	Kévin Avoine	Van Rysel-Roubaix	2:12
32	Célestin Guillon	Van Rysel-Roubaix	2:13
33	Thomas Bonnet	Team TotalEnergies	2:18
34	Similien Hamon	CIC-U-Nantes	2:20
35	Lucas Boniface	Team TotalEnergies	2:21
36	Martijn Rasenberg	Parkhotel Valkenburg	2:22
37	Baptiste Gillet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
38	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	2:23
39	Jan Maas	Cofidis	2:27
40	Alan Riou	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	2:29
41	Davide Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	2:32
42	Philip Heijnen	Parkhotel Valkenburg	2:34
43	Victor Jean	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	2:43
44	Tommaso Dati	Cofidis	2:45
45	Milan Fretin	Cofidis	s.t.
46	Filippo Fiorelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	2:46
47	Blake Agnoletto	Groupama-FDJ	2:49
48	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	2:50
49	Emmanuel Morin	Van Rysel-Roubaix	2:52
50	Martin Pedersen	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	2:57
51	Emmanuel Houcou	Arkea-B&B Hotels	3:02
52	Matteo Milan	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	3:07
53	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	3:11
54	Vincent Hoppezak	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
55	Paul Verbnjak	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	3:15
56	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti-VisitMalta	3:18
57	Charlie Paige	Unibet Tietema Rockets	3:19
58	Jaakko Hänninen	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	3:20
59	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix	3:21
60	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
61	Arnaud Démare	Arkea-B&B Hotels	3:38
62	Nolann Mahoudo	Cofidis	3:41
63	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	3:43
64	Bohémond Barrillot	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	3:54
65	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	3:55
66	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	3:57
67	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	4:06
68	Mattia Pinazzi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	4:14
69	Maël Guégan	CIC-U-Nantes	4:18
70	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	4:19
71	Sebastian Nielsen	Unibet Tietema Rockets	4:21
72	Luca Mozzato	Arkea-B&B Hotels	4:23
73	Manu Guerinel	Van Rysel-Roubaix	4:35
74	Joren Bloem	Unibet Tietema Rockets	4:39
75	Niek Voogt	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
76	Alessandro Perracchione	Team Novo Nordisk	4:40
77	Antoine Hue	CIC-U-Nantes	4:43
78	Andrea Montagner	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	4:44
79	Corentin Devroute	CIC-U-Nantes	4:46
80	Baptiste Planckaert	Van Rysel-Roubaix	4:51
81	Sam Bennett	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	4:56
82	Dillon Corkery	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	4:59
83	Enrico Zanoncello	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	5:13
84	Manuel Peñalver	Team Polti-VisitMalta	5:14
85	Hamish Beadle	Team Novo Nordisk	5:20
86	Aidan Buttigieg	Team Polti-VisitMalta	5:29
87	Luca Colnaghi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	5:30
88	Jason Tesson	Team TotalEnergies	5:33
89	Mathis Avondts	Parkhotel Valkenburg	5:38
90	Nicola Marcerou	Team TotalEnergies	5:41
91	Noah Knecht	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	5:43
92	Ronan Augé	CIC-U-Nantes	5:44
93	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	6:04
94	Célestin Wattelle	Team Novo Nordisk	6:07
95	Jesper Rasch	Parkhotel Valkenburg	6:34
96	Federico Biagini	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	6:36
97	Filippo Cettolin	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	7:15
98	Dylan Massa	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	7:46

GC after stage 3:

GC leader: Samuel Leroux (Team TotalEnergies)
Mountains classification leader: Maël Guégan (CIC-U-Nantes)
Points classification leader: Dorian Godon (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale)
Best young rider: Nicolas Milesi (Arkea-B&B Hotels)

396.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.873 km/hr

1	Samuel Leroux	Team TotalEnergies	9hr 1min 42sec
2	Dorian Godon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	@ 20sec
3	Nicolas Milesi	Arkea-B&B Hotels	0:22
4	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:24
5	Pierre Latour	Team TotalEnergies	0:29
6	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	0:32
7	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	0:35
8	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:40
9	Eliott Boulet	Groupama-FDJ	0:45
10	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	0:51
11	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:00
12	Anthony Delaplace	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:02
13	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
14	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	1:05
15	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	1:06
16	Héctor Álvarez	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
17	Wessel Mouris	Unibet Tietema Rockets	1:08
18	Arthur Blaise	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:16
19	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	1:24
20	Daniel Årnes	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
21	Cameron Rogers	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	1:33
22	Alexys Brunel	Team TotalEnergies	1:41
23	Lewis Bower	Groupama-FDJ	1:43
24	Jérémy Lecroq	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	1:50
25	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	1:52
26	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	1:55
27	Zeb Kyffin	Unibet Tietema Rockets	2:02
28	Kévin Avoine	Van Rysel-Roubaix	2:12
29	Lucas Boniface	Team TotalEnergies	2:21
30	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	2:23
31	Alan Riou	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	2:29
32	Davide Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	2:32
33	Victor Jean	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	2:43
34	Milan Fretin	Cofidis	2:45
35	Filippo Fiorelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	2:46
36	Similien Hamon	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
37	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
38	Emmanuel Morin	Van Rysel-Roubaix	2:52
39	Matteo Milan	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	3:07
40	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	3:11
41	Vincent Hoppezak	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
42	Blake Agnoletto	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
43	Paul Verbnjak	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	3:15
44	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti-VisitMalta	3:18
45	Jaakko Hänninen	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	3:20
46	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix	3:21
47	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
48	Martijn Rasenberg	Parkhotel Valkenburg	3:24
49	Arnaud Démare	Arkea-B&B Hotels	3:26
50	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	3:43
51	Emmanuel Houcou	Arkea-B&B Hotels	3:45
52	Bohémond Barrillot	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	3:54
53	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	3:55
54	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	3:57
55	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	3:59
56	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	4:19
57	Sebastian Nielsen	Unibet Tietema Rockets	4:21
58	Joren Bloem	Unibet Tietema Rockets	4:35
59	Baptiste Gillet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	4:45
60	Corentin Devroute	CIC-U-Nantes	4:46
61	Nolann Mahoudo	Cofidis	5:06
62	Enrico Zanoncello	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	5:13
63	Manuel Peñalver	Team Polti-VisitMalta	5:14
64	Jason Tesson	Team TotalEnergies	5:23
65	Luca Colnaghi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	5:30
66	Martin Pedersen	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	5:32
67	Tommaso Dati	Cofidis	s.t.
68	Ronan Augé	CIC-U-Nantes	5:44
69	Dillon Corkery	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	5:45
70	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	6:04
71	Célestin Guillon	Van Rysel-Roubaix	6:14
72	Luca Mozzato	Arkea-B&B Hotels	6:18
73	Jesper Rasch	Parkhotel Valkenburg	6:34
74	Federico Biagini	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	6:36
75	Niek Voogt	Parkhotel Valkenburg	6:39
76	Thomas Bonnet	Team TotalEnergies	6:44
77	Alessandro Perracchione	Team Novo Nordisk	7:24
78	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	7:39
79	Mattia Pinazzi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	8:15
80	Dylan Massa	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	8:20
81	Baptiste Planckaert	Van Rysel-Roubaix	8:52
82	Charlie Paige	Unibet Tietema Rockets	11:36
83	Nils Sinschek	Parkhotel Valkenburg	11:44
84	Hamish Beadle	Team Novo Nordisk	12:18
85	Jan Maas	Cofidis	12:35
86	Philip Heijnen	Parkhotel Valkenburg	14:42
87	Manu Guerinel	Van Rysel-Roubaix	14:43
88	Maël Guégan	CIC-U-Nantes	14:58
89	Mathis Avondts	Parkhotel Valkenburg	15:04
90	Andrea Montagner	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	15:16
91	Filippo Cettolin	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	15:42
92	Nicola Marcerou	Team TotalEnergies	18:07
93	Célestin Wattelle	Team Novo Nordisk	19:05
94	Aidan Buttigieg	Team Polti-VisitMalta	19:50
95	Noah Knecht	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	21:07
96	Kasper Haugland	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	22:47
97	Antoine Hue	CIC-U-Nantes	27:15
98	Sam Bennett	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	27:30

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

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Wednesday, August 26: Stage 2, Jonzac - Gond-Pontouvre, 175.5 km

Stage 2 map & profile

Dorian Godon (on left) wins stage two. Getty photo

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Weather at the finish city of Gond-Pontouvre at 2:15 PM, local time: 23C (74F), cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 8 km/hr (5 mph). There is a 5% chance of rain.

The race: Justin Ducret (CIC-U-Nantes) did not start.

Here's the stage two report from Team Groupama-FDJ:

Unlike the opening stage, the second day of racing in the Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle Aquitaine did not go the way of the Groupama-FDJ cycling team on Wednesday, between Jonzac and Gond-Pontouvre. Cyril Barthe and his teammates couldn’t find a gap, nor make a good enough positioning to contest the final sprint. The Frenchman crossed the line in 18th place, while Lewis Bower retained the white jersey for best young rider and remains in fourth place overall.

The stage two start line.

Just like on the first day, the breakaway formed quite early on Wednesday’s stage in the Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle Aquitaine. Four riders—three of whom came from the Parkhotel Valkenburg team—broke clear shortly after the start in Jonzac, while the peloton easily took control of the chase.

“We decided not to go in the break today because our goal was to race hard in the final,” explained Philippe Mauduit. “There were three climbs where the race could have played out. The other scenario was a bunch sprint”. After quite an uneventful day, the peloton reached the final three climbs with less than a two-minute gap to the leaders. As expected, attacks occurred. “There was a move with seven riders, and we had Enzo in there,” Philippe added. “It was really important to be part of it because when a group goes with 10 kilometres to go, you never know how it might end. They caught the last men of the breakaway, but this disorganized the group, and it didn’t go very far. So it ended up being a sprint.”

The peloton eventually caught the final attacker with four kilometres to go, with a slight uphill sprint (400 metres at 5%) coming up in Gond-Pontouvre. “The goal was to set up Cyril in the best possible way,” said Philippe. “Unfortunately, as a team, we weren’t able to support him up to the start of the sprint. Positioning at 500-600 metres was absolutely crucial with a large roundabout at the bottom of a descent and right before the final climb. To have a chance, you had to be well-positioned at that moment, without having used too much energy beforehand. We didn’t manage to position ourselves, we got blocked behind, and Cyril couldn’t tackle the base of the climb in a good position”.

As a result, the Frenchman couldn’t sprint for the top spots and had to settle for 18th place across the line. Still present in the peloton, Lewis Bower slipped to fourth overall but retained the best young rider’s jersey. Up next is a 27-kilometre time trial. “The general classification will be decided tomorrow,” Philippe concluded. “Everyone will go full gas to try and get the best possible result.”

Complete results:

175.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.079 km/hr

1	Dorian Godon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	4hr 10min 26sec
2	Arnaud Démare	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
3	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
4	Héctor Álvarez	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
5	Jason Tesson	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
6	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
7	Ronan Augé	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
8	Luca Colnaghi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
9	Enrico Zanoncello	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
10	Joren Bloem	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
11	Sebastian Nielsen	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
12	Manuel Peñalver	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
13	Jérémy Lecroq	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
14	Matteo Milan	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
15	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
16	Filippo Fiorelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
17	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
18	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
19	Zeb Kyffin	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
20	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
21	Vincent Hoppezak	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
22	Corentin Devroute	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
23	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
24	Emmanuel Morin	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
25	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
26	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
27	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
28	Daniel Årnes	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
29	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
30	Samuel Leroux	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
31	Nicolas Milesi	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
32	Bohémond Barrillot	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
33	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
34	Davide Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
35	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
36	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
37	Eliott Boulet	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
38	Wessel Mouris	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
39	Pierre Latour	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
40	Niek Voogt	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
41	Milan Fretin	Cofidis	s.t.
42	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
43	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
44	Victor Jean	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
45	Cameron Rogers	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
46	Jesper Rasch	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
47	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
48	Manu Guerinel	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
49	Paul Verbnjak	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
50	Kévin Avoine	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
51	Lewis Bower	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
52	Federico Biagini	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
53	Arthur Blaise	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
54	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
55	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
56	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
57	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
58	Lucas Boniface	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
59	Jan Maas	Cofidis	s.t.
60	Jaakko Hänninen	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
61	Alexys Brunel	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
62	Alan Riou	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
63	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
64	Anthony Delaplace	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
65	Lenaic Langella	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
66	Blake Agnoletto	Groupama-FDJ	@ 22sec
67	Baptiste Gillet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
68	Andrea Montagner	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	0:24
69	Charlie Paige	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
70	Similien Hamon	CIC-U-Nantes	0:30
71	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	0:34
72	Martin Pedersen	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
73	Dylan Massa	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
74	Emmanuel Houcou	Arkea-B&B Hotels	0:43
75	Tommaso Dati	Cofidis	0:46
76	Dillon Corkery	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
77	Alessandro Perracchione	Team Novo Nordisk	0:54
78	Nils Sinschek	Parkhotel Valkenburg	0:59
79	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	@ 0sec
80	Martijn Rasenberg	Parkhotel Valkenburg	1:10
81	Nolann Mahoudo	Cofidis	1:25
82	Mathis Avondts	Parkhotel Valkenburg	1:55
83	Luca Mozzato	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
84	Célestin Guillon	Van Rysel-Roubaix	2:00
85	Baptiste Planckaert	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
86	Mattia Pinazzi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
87	Philip Heijnen	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
88	Thomas Bonnet	Team TotalEnergies	4:26
89	Hamish Beadle	Team Novo Nordisk	5:26
90	Célestin Wattelle	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
91	Filippo Cettolin	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	6:26
92	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	6:28
93	Aidan Buttigieg	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
94	Maël Guégan	CIC-U-Nantes	10:43
95	Noah Knecht	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	12:24
96	Antoine Hue	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
97	Nicola Marcerou	Team TotalEnergies	12:26
98	Kasper Haugland	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
99	Sam Bennett	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.

GC after stage 2:

GC leader: Arnaud Démare (Arkea-B&B Hotels)
Mountains classification leader: Maël Guégan (CIC-U-Nantes)
Points classification leader: Arnaud Démare (Arkea-B&B Hotels)
Best young rider: Lewis Bower (Groupama-FDJ)
Teams classification leader: Unibet Tietema Rockets

368.8 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.013 km/hr

1	Arnaud Démare	Arkea-B&B Hotels	8hr 34min 27sec
2	Dorian Godon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	@ 2sec
3	Jason Tesson	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
4	Lewis Bower	Groupama-FDJ	0:03
5	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	0:05
6	Wessel Mouris	Unibet Tietema Rockets	0:07
7	Joren Bloem	Unibet Tietema Rockets	0:08
8	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
9	Héctor Álvarez	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	0:12
10	Luca Colnaghi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
11	Manuel Peñalver	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
12	Jérémy Lecroq	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
13	Sebastian Nielsen	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
14	Enrico Zanoncello	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
15	Ronan Augé	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
16	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
17	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
18	Zeb Kyffin	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
19	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
20	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
21	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
22	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
23	Vincent Hoppezak	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
24	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
25	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
26	Filippo Fiorelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
27	Nicolas Milesi	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
28	Davide Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
29	Eliott Boulet	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
30	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
31	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
32	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
33	Kévin Avoine	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
34	Daniel Årnes	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
35	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
36	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
37	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
38	Milan Fretin	Cofidis	s.t.
39	Samuel Leroux	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
40	Matteo Milan	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
41	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
42	Corentin Devroute	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
43	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
44	Jaakko Hänninen	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
45	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
46	Pierre Latour	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
47	Bohémond Barrillot	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
48	Paul Verbnjak	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
49	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
50	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
51	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
52	Victor Jean	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
53	Jesper Rasch	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
54	Federico Biagini	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
55	Arthur Blaise	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
56	Lucas Boniface	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
57	Cameron Rogers	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
58	Emmanuel Morin	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
59	Anthony Delaplace	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
60	Alexys Brunel	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
61	Alan Riou	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
62	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
63	Blake Agnoletto	Groupama-FDJ	0:34
64	Similien Hamon	CIC-U-Nantes	0:42
65	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	0:46
66	Dylan Massa	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
67	Emmanuel Houcou	Arkea-B&B Hotels	0:55
68	Dillon Corkery	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	0:58
69	Martijn Rasenberg	Parkhotel Valkenburg	1:14
70	Nolann Mahoudo	Cofidis	1:37
71	Luca Mozzato	Arkea-B&B Hotels	2:07
72	Niek Voogt	Parkhotel Valkenburg	2:12
73	Baptiste Gillet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	2:35
74	Martin Pedersen	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	2:47
75	Alessandro Perracchione	Team Novo Nordisk	2:56
76	Tommaso Dati	Cofidis	2:59
77	Célestin Guillon	Van Rysel-Roubaix	4:13
78	Baptiste Planckaert	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
79	Mattia Pinazzi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
80	Thomas Bonnet	Team TotalEnergies	4:38
81	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	6:40
82	Hamish Beadle	Team Novo Nordisk	7:10
83	Charlie Paige	Unibet Tietema Rockets	8:29
84	Filippo Cettolin	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	8:39
85	Mathis Avondts	Parkhotel Valkenburg	9:38
86	Nils Sinschek	Parkhotel Valkenburg	10:00
87	Manu Guerinel	Van Rysel-Roubaix	10:20
88	Jan Maas	Cofidis	s.t.
89	Lenaic Langella	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
90	Andrea Montagner	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	10:44
91	Maël Guégan	CIC-U-Nantes	10:52
92	Philip Heijnen	Parkhotel Valkenburg	12:20
93	Nicola Marcerou	Team TotalEnergies	12:38
94	Célestin Wattelle	Team Novo Nordisk	13:10
95	Aidan Buttigieg	Team Polti-VisitMalta	14:33
96	Noah Knecht	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	15:36
97	Kasper Haugland	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	21:36
98	Antoine Hue	CIC-U-Nantes	22:44
99	Sam Bennett	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	22:46

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

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Tuesday, August 26: Stage 1, Sauzé-Entre-Bois - La Genétouze, 193.3 km

Stage 1 map & profile

The big sprint: Jason Tesson (Team TotalEnergies) wins a close one. Getty photo

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Weather at the finish city of La Genétouze at 2:50 PM, local time: 28C (83F), fair, with the wind from the west-soutwest at 13 km/hr (8 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from seventh-place Andrea Peron's Team Novo Nordisk.

Veteran Team Novo Nordisk sprinter Andrea Peron showed his late summer form on the opening stage of Tour Poitou – Charentes Nouvelle Aquitaine today, sprinting into seventh place after some strong teamwork by the American squad.

A long, but steady stage unfolded for the peloton behind four breakaway riders who went clear early, without posing a great threat to the sprinters teams who kept the situation under control.

Team Novo Nordisk stayed sheltered throughout, together until the final circuits before Peron and compatriot Filippo Ridolfo moved into position for the sprint, finishing 7th and 13th respectively.

“It was a pretty calm stage throughout,” said Peron. “Well controlled behind the break though we knew it would come to life at the very end and the last 10km were quite hectic as we approached the sprint.”

“This kind of course still suits me well and this season I’ve been feeling better as we get deeper into the year, so I came in feeling optimistic about Tour Poitou and it’s nice to start strongly. For me and for the team.”

Complete results:

193.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.896 km/hr

1	Jason Tesson	Team TotalEnergies	4hr 24min 13sec
2	Arnaud Démare	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
3	Joren Bloem	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
4	Dorian Godon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
5	Jérémy Lecroq	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
6	Manuel Peñalver	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
7	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
8	Luca Colnaghi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
9	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
10	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
11	Sebastian Nielsen	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
12	Héctor Álvarez	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
13	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
14	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
15	Zeb Kyffin	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
16	Enrico Zanoncello	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
17	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
18	Kévin Avoine	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
19	Eliott Boulet	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
20	Vincent Hoppezak	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
21	Ronan Augé	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
22	Davide Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
23	Jaakko Hänninen	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
24	Nicolas Milesi	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
25	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
26	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
27	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
28	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
29	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
30	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
31	Emmanuel Houcou	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
32	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
33	Milan Fretin	Cofidis	s.t.
34	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
35	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
36	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
37	Filippo Fiorelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
38	Martijn Rasenberg	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
39	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
40	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
41	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
42	Daniel Årnes	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
43	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
44	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
45	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
46	Samuel Leroux	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
47	Lewis Bower	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
48	Maël Guégan	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
49	Paul Verbnjak	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
50	Lucas Boniface	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
51	Pierre Latour	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
52	Wessel Mouris	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
53	Anthony Delaplace	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
54	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
55	Arthur Blaise	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
56	Federico Biagini	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
57	Corentin Devroute	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
58	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
59	Thomas Bonnet	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
60	Jesper Rasch	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
61	Alexys Brunel	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
62	Victor Jean	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
63	Matteo Milan	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
64	Luca Mozzato	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
65	Cameron Rogers	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
66	Bohémond Barrillot	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
67	Nolann Mahoudo	Cofidis	s.t.
68	Similien Hamon	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
69	Dillon Corkery	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
70	Blake Agnoletto	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
71	Alan Riou	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
72	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
73	Hamish Beadle	Team Novo Nordisk	@ 1min 32sec
74	Alessandro Perracchione	Team Novo Nordisk	1:50
75	Célestin Guillon	Van Rysel-Roubaix	2:01
76	Filippo Cettolin	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
77	Niek Voogt	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
78	Baptiste Planckaert	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
79	Baptiste Gillet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
80	Tommaso Dati	Cofidis	s.t.
81	Mattia Pinazzi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
82	Martin Pedersen	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
83	Dylan Massa	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	@ 0sec
84	Noah Knecht	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	3:00
85	Nicola Marcerou	Team TotalEnergies	@ 0sec
86	Célestin Wattelle	Team Novo Nordisk	7:32
87	Mathis Avondts	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
88	Charlie Paige	Unibet Tietema Rockets	7:53
89	Aidan Buttigieg	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
90	Emmanuel Morin	Van Rysel-Roubaix	@ 0sec
91	Nils Sinschek	Parkhotel Valkenburg	8:51
92	Kasper Haugland	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	8:58
93	Lenaic Langella	CIC-U-Nantes	10:08
94	Antoine Hue	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
95	Philip Heijnen	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
96	Manu Guerinel	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
97	Sam Bennett	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
98	Andrea Montagner	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
99	Jan Maas	Cofidis	s.t.
100	Justin Ducret	CIC-U-Nantes	@ 0sec

GC after stage 1:

GC leader: Jason Tesson (Team TotalEnergies)
Mountains classification winner: Maël Guégan (CIC-U-Nantes)
Points classification leader: Jason Tesson (Team TotalEnergies)
Best young rider: Lewis Bower (Groupama-FDJ)
Teams classification leader: Unibet Tietema Rockets

1	Jason Tesson	Team TotalEnergies	4hr 24min 3sec
2	Lewis Bower	Groupama-FDJ	@ 1sec
3	Arnaud Démare	Arkea-B&B Hotels	0:04
4	Wessel Mouris	Unibet Tietema Rockets	0:05
5	Joren Bloem	Unibet Tietema Rockets	0:06
6	Maël Guégan	CIC-U-Nantes	0:07
7	Dorian Godon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:10
8	Jérémy Lecroq	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
9	Manuel Peñalver	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
10	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
11	Luca Colnaghi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
12	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
13	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
14	Sebastian Nielsen	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
15	Héctor Álvarez	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
16	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
17	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
18	Zeb Kyffin	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
19	Enrico Zanoncello	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
20	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
21	Kévin Avoine	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
22	Eliott Boulet	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
23	Vincent Hoppezak	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
24	Ronan Augé	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
25	Davide Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
26	Jaakko Hänninen	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
27	Nicolas Milesi	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
28	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
29	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
30	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
31	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
32	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
33	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
34	Emmanuel Houcou	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
35	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
36	Milan Fretin	Cofidis	s.t.
37	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
38	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
39	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
40	Filippo Fiorelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
41	Martijn Rasenberg	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
42	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
43	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
44	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
45	Daniel Årnes	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
46	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
47	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
48	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
49	Samuel Leroux	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
50	Paul Verbnjak	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
51	Lucas Boniface	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
52	Pierre Latour	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
53	Anthony Delaplace	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
54	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
55	Arthur Blaise	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
56	Federico Biagini	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
57	Corentin Devroute	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
58	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
59	Thomas Bonnet	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
60	Jesper Rasch	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
61	Alexys Brunel	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
62	Victor Jean	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
63	Matteo Milan	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
64	Luca Mozzato	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
65	Cameron Rogers	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
66	Bohémond Barrillot	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
67	Nolann Mahoudo	Cofidis	s.t.
68	Similien Hamon	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
69	Dillon Corkery	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
70	Blake Agnoletto	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
71	Alan Riou	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
72	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
73	Dylan Massa	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
74	Nicola Marcerou	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
75	Emmanuel Morin	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
76	Justin Ducret	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
77	Hamish Beadle	Team Novo Nordisk	1:42
78	Alessandro Perracchione	Team Novo Nordisk	2:00
79	Niek Voogt	Parkhotel Valkenburg	2:10
80	Célestin Guillon	Van Rysel-Roubaix	2:11
81	Filippo Cettolin	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
82	Baptiste Planckaert	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
83	Baptiste Gillet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
84	Tommaso Dati	Cofidis	s.t.
85	Mattia Pinazzi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
86	Martin Pedersen	Lidl-Trek Future Racing	s.t.
87	Noah Knecht	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	3:10
88	Célestin Wattelle	Team Novo Nordisk	7:42
89	Mathis Avondts	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
90	Charlie Paige	Unibet Tietema Rockets	8:03
91	Aidan Buttigieg	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
92	Nils Sinschek	Parkhotel Valkenburg	9:01
93	Kasper Haugland	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	9:08
94	Lenaic Langella	CIC-U-Nantes	10:18
95	Antoine Hue	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
96	Philip Heijnen	Parkhotel Valkenburg	s.t.
97	Manu Guerinel	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
98	Sam Bennett	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
99	Andrea Montagner	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
100	Jan Maas	Cofidis	s.t.

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

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Start list with back numbers, August 25, 2025:

	Arkea-B&B Hotels
1	Anthony Delaplace
2	Arnaud Démare
3	Thibault Guernalec
4	Baptiste Gillet
5	Emmanuel Houcou
6	Nicolas Milesi
7	Luca Mozzato
	Cofidis
11	Milan Fretin
12	Ion Izagirre
13	Nolann Mahoudo
14	Anthony Perez
15	Benjamin Thomas
16	Tommaso Dati
17	Jan Maas
	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
21	Sam Bennett
22	Clément Berthet
23	Arthur Blaise
24	Oscar Chamberlain
25	Dorian Godon
26	Kasper Haugland
27	Aurélien Paret-Peintre
	Groupama-FDJ
31	Lewis Bower
32	Clément Davy
33	Eddy Le Huitouze
34	Enzo Paleni
35	Cyril Barthe
36	Blake Agnoletto
37	Eliott Boulet
	Team TotalEnergies
41	Lucas Boniface
42	Thomas Bonnet
43	Alexys Brunel
44	Pierre Latour
45	Samuel Leroux
46	Nicola Marcerou
47	Jason Tesson
	Unibet Tietema Rockets
51	Wessel Mouris
52	Charlie Paige
53	Joren Bloem
54	Sebastian Nielsen
55	Zeb Kyffin
	Team Polti-VisitMalta
61	Davide Bais
62	Aidan Buttigieg
63	Giovanni Lonardi
64	Mirco Maestri
65	Francisco Muñoz
66	Manuel Peñalver
67	Gabriele Raccagni
	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè
71	Luca Colnaghi
72	Filippo Cettolin
73	Filippo Fiorelli
74	Federico Biagini
75	Andrea Montagner
76	Mattia Pinazzi
77	Enrico Zanoncello
	Team Novo Nordisk
81	David Lozano
82	Andrea Peron
83	Filippo Ridolfo
84	Hamish Beadle
85	Sam Brand
86	Alessandro Perracchione
87	Célestin Wattelle
	Lidl-Trek Future Racing
91	Héctor Álvarez
93	Matteo Milan
94	Martin Pedersen
95	Cameron Rogers
96	Paul Verbnjak
	Parkhotel Valkenburg
101	Mathis Avondts
102	Niek Voogt
103	Philip Heijnen
104	Vincent Hoppezak
105	Jesper Rasch
106	Nils Sinschek
107	Martijn Rasenberg
	CIC-U-Nantes
111	Ronan Augé
112	Corentin Devroute
113	Justin Ducret
114	Maël Guégan
115	Similien Hamon
116	Antoine Hue
117	Lenaic Langella
	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur
121	Jaakko Hänninen
122	Alexander Konijn
123	Andrea Mifsud
124	Noah Knecht
125	Dylan Massa
126	Bohémond Barrillot
	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93
131	Romain Cardis
132	Dillon Corkery
133	Théo Delacroix
134	Jérémy Lecroq
135	Alan Riou
136	Morne Van Niekerk
137	Victor Jean
	Van Rysel-Roubaix
141	Rait Ärm
142	Daniel Årnes
143	Kévin Avoine
144	Emmanuel Morin
145	Baptiste Planckaert
146	Célestin Guillon
147	Manu Guerinel

2025 Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine (2.1), France

39th edition: August 26 - 29, 2025

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