2025 Tour de l'Ain (2.1), France

37th edition: August 6 - 8, 2025

Tour de l'Ain podium history | 2023 edition (we did not cover the 2024 race) | Start list
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3

Map of 2025 Tour de l'Ain

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Friday, August 8: 3rd & Final Stage, Plateau d'Hauteville (Haut-Bugey Agglomération) - Belley, 130.4 km

Stage 3 map & profile

Having left everyone else more than three minutes behind, Cian Uijtdebroeks can take time to celebrate his first pro victory.

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Weather at the finish city of Belley at 2:25 PM, local time: 33C (91F), sunny, with the wind from the southwest at 8 km/hr (5 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from stage and GC winner Cian Uijtdebroeks' Team Visma | Lease a Bike

Cian Uijtdebroeks claimed an impressive solo victory in the final stage of the Tour de l’Ain. On the slopes of the Col de la Grand Colombier, he dropped Nicolas Prodhomme and rode alone to the finish line. With this stage win, the young Belgian also secured the overall victory in the French stage race. Ben Tulett finished third in the general classification.

“This is incredible,” Uijtdebroeks said after the finish. “The past few months have been tough, so it feels amazing to come back like this. I was already feeling good in San Sebastián, but this is truly fantastic. It was a dream of mine to win a race this year. That was my goal: to learn how to win. To actually do it now is just amazing.”

“The team was incredibly strong again today,” he continued. “On the penultimate climb, we pushed the pace hard, which left us with a small group going into the Colombier. Ben did a great job after that, setting things up so I could launch my attack and finish it off.”

Team Visma | Lease a Bike showed their strength as a unit in the final stage. On the penultimate climb, they set a relentless pace, reducing the lead group to just seven riders, including Uijtdebroeks, Tulett, and Jørgen Nordhagen.

On the final ascent of the Col du Grand Colombier, it was Tulett who launched the first attack. Uijtdebroeks and Prodhomme responded, but not long after, the young Belgian unleashed a powerful acceleration. He dropped his French rival, gradually extended his lead, and soloed to his first professional win, sealing the overall classification in the process.

A performance that earned high praise from sports director Robert Wagner: “I’m incredibly proud of the team. We may not have done everything perfectly, but we gave it our all for three straight days. In the end, Cian finished it off in spectacular fashion, and he truly deserves it after the difficult months he’s had. I’m very pleased.”

Complete results:

130.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.213 km/hr

1	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	3hr 30min 15sec
2	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	@ 3min 5sec
3	Ben Tulett	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	5:33
4	Jordan Jegat	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
5	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
6	Sylvain Moniquet	Cofidis	s.t.
7	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	8:06
8	Odd Christian Eiking	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
9	Axel Mariault	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
10	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
11	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
12	Thomas Champion	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
13	Jørgen Nordhagen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	8:12
14	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
15	Oliver Mattheis	BIKE AID	12:47
16	Jamie Meehan	Cofidis	s.t.
17	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
18	Robin Donzé	Tudor Pro Cycling Team U23	s.t.
19	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	12:54
20	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix	16:04
21	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
22	Laurens Huys	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
23	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
24	Matthew Greenwood	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	16:08
25	Sergio Samitier	Cofidis	s.t.
26	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	16:10
27	Nicolas Breuillard	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	16:14
28	Baptiste Huyet	Unibet Tietema Rockets	18:47
29	Antoine Berlin	BIKE AID	s.t.
30	Joseph Pidcock	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
31	Rémi Capron	Van Rysel-Roubaix	20:58
32	Johannes Adamietz	Germany/Allemagne	s.t.
33	Killian Verschuren	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
34	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	22:43
35	Geoffrey Soupe	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
36	Victor Lafay	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
37	Bohémond Barrillot	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
38	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
39	Célestin Guillon	Van Rysel-Roubaix	22:45
40	Fabien Doubey	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
41	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
42	Maël Guégan	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
43	Maximilien Juillard	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
44	Jaakko Hänninen	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
45	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
46	Tommaso Dati	Cofidis	s.t.
47	Charlie Paige	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
48	Diego Casagrande	Tudor Pro Cycling Team U23	s.t.
49	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
50	Tim Rex	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
51	Joris Chaussinand	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
52	Yohann Simon	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
53	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	s.t.
54	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
55	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
56	Simon Carr	Cofidis	s.t.
57	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	24:33
58	Noa Isidore	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	32:30
59	Carter Guichard	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
60	Yoel Habteab	BIKE AID	s.t.
61	Ole Theiler	Germany/Allemagne	s.t.
62	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
63	Miguel Heidemann	Germany/Allemagne	37:49
64	Jon Knolle	Germany/Allemagne	s.t.
65	Arthur Progin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team U23	40:36
66	Roger Kluge	Germany/Allemagne	41:00
67	Anton Theo Lennemann	BIKE AID	s.t.
68	Julian Borresch	Germany/Allemagne	s.t.

 

Final GC after stage 3:

• GC winner: Cian Uijtdebroeks (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Mountains classification winner: Cian Uijtdebroeks (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Points classification leader: Nicolas Prodhomme (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale)
• Best young rider: Cian Uijtdebroeks (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Teams classification winner: Visma | Lease a Bike

446.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.815 km/hr

1	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	11hr 12min 52sec
2	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	@ 3min 3sec
3	Ben Tulett	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	6:24
4	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
5	Sylvain Moniquet	Cofidis	s.t.
6	Jordan Jegat	Team TotalEnergies	7:34
7	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	8:57
8	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	9:03
9	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	10:07
10	Axel Mariault	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
11	Odd Christian Eiking	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
12	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
13	Jørgen Nordhagen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	10:13
14	Jamie Meehan	Cofidis	13:38
15	Oliver Mattheis	BIKE AID	14:48
16	Robin Donzé	Tudor Pro Cycling Team U23	s.t.
17	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	17:00
18	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	17:18
19	Nicolas Breuillard	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	18:15
20	Thomas Champion	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	20:27
21	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	23:59
22	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix	24:24
23	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	24:44
24	Rémi Capron	Van Rysel-Roubaix	26:39
25	Joseph Pidcock	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	27:51
26	Laurens Huys	Arkea-B&B Hotels	28:27
27	Matthew Greenwood	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	30:00
28	Sergio Samitier	Cofidis	32:16
29	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	33:11
30	Killian Verschuren	Unibet Tietema Rockets	34:48
31	Jaakko Hänninen	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	35:06
32	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix	36:27
33	Fabien Doubey	Team TotalEnergies	39:53
34	Geoffrey Soupe	Team TotalEnergies	40:07
35	Victor Lafay	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	42:27
36	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	42:29
37	Diego Casagrande	Tudor Pro Cycling Team U23	43:39
38	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	44:16
39	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	45:03
40	Antoine Berlin	BIKE AID	45:35
41	Yohann Simon	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	45:47
42	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	46:01
43	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	46:03
44	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ	47:35
45	Tim Rex	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	47:52
46	Maël Guégan	CIC-U-Nantes	49:33
47	Célestin Guillon	Van Rysel-Roubaix	50:10:
48	Tommaso Dati	Cofidis	s.t.
49	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
50	Charlie Paige	Unibet Tietema Rockets	51:29
51	Baptiste Huyet	Unibet Tietema Rockets	51:38
52	Johannes Adamietz	Germany/Allemagne	51:59
53	Noa Isidore	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	52:14
54	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	53:17
55	Ole Theiler	Germany/Allemagne	54:01
56	Simon Carr	Cofidis	55:36
57	Maximilien Juillard	Van Rysel-Roubaix	59:47
58	Yoel Habteab	BIKE AID	59:55
59	Joris Chaussinand	CIC-U-Nantes	1:02:09
60	Bohémond Barrillot	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	1:03:21
61	Julian Borresch	Germany/Allemagne	1:04:18
62	Miguel Heidemann	Germany/Allemagne	1:05:14
63	Carter Guichard	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	1:13:08
64	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	1:16:03
65	Jon Knolle	Germany/Allemagne	1:18:27
66	Arthur Progin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team U23	1:18:32
67	Theo Lennemann Anton	BIKE AID	1:21:38
68	Roger Kluge	Germany/Allemagne	1:27:41

 

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

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Thursday, August 7: Stage 2, Saint Vulbas - Lélex Monts-Jura, 153.1 km

Stage 2 map & profile

Nicolas Prodhomme can sit up and celebrate his win. Getty photo

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Weather at the finish city of Lélex at 2:35 PM, local time: 27C (80F), sunny, with the wind from the southwest at 16 km/hr (10 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the race report from second-place Cian Uijtdebroeks' Team Visma | Lease a Bike.

Cian Uijtdebroeks took second place in the second stage of the Tour de l’Ain. The young Belgian launched an attack on the final climb and was joined by Nicolas Prodhomme, who later proved the strongest in a two-man sprint. Ben Tulett finished fourth, Tijmen Graat came in ninth.

In the second stage of the French stage race, Team Visma | Lease a Bike immediately took control in the tough finale. Led by Tim Rex and Wilco Kelderman, a small group remained at the front, after which Uijtdebroeks launched his attack. The young Belgian was soon accompanied by Prodhomme.

Together, Uijtdebroeks and his French breakaway companion quickly built a solid gap over the chasing group, which included Tulett and Graat. Despite several attempts to shake off Prodhomme, Uijtdebroeks couldn’t drop him, and the Frenchman came out on top in the sprint.

“We rode a really strong race as a team today,” Uijtdebroeks reflected. “At the start, we were able to control the stage well, and Tim and Wilco did an amazing job on the climbs. The plan was to attack early to see if I could crack Prodhomme, but unfortunately, that didn’t work out. Still, I’m taking a positive feeling into tomorrow.”

Tomorrow brings the queen stage of the Tour de l’Ain, featuring the brutal Col du Grand Colombier as the key challenge. “I’m really looking forward to it. As a team, we’ll give it our all to bring home the overall win. My legs feel good, and the longer, tougher climbs tomorrow should suit me better. Hopefully, it will be a great day.”

Complete results:

153.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.773 km/hr

1	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	3hr 56min 55sec
2	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	@ 2sec
3	Jamie Meehan	Cofidis	0:53
4	Ben Tulett	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
5	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
6	Sylvain Moniquet	Cofidis	s.t.
7	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
8	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
9	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:56
10	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	2:03
11	Jordan Jegat	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
12	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
13	Nicolas Breuillard	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
14	Oliver Mattheis	BIKE AID	s.t.
15	Odd Christian Eiking	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
16	Axel Mariault	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
17	Harm Vanhoucke	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
18	Robin Donzé	Tudor Pro Cycling Team U23	s.t.
19	Jørgen Nordhagen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
20	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
21	Rémi Capron	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
22	Matteo Badilatti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	4:26
23	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
24	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
25	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	7:51
26	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix	8:44
27	Joseph Pidcock	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
28	Clément Braz Afonso	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
29	Sergio Samitier	Cofidis	s.t.
30	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	12:23
31	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
32	Thomas Champion	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
33	Jaakko Hänninen	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
34	Laurens Huys	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
35	Steff Cras	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
36	Ole Theiler	Germany/Allemagne	13:30
37	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	s.t.
38	Fabien Doubey	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
39	Geoffrey Soupe	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
40	Diego Casagrande	Tudor Pro Cycling Team U23	s.t.
41	Killian Verschuren	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
42	Tim Rex	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
43	Matthew Greenwood	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
44	David de la Cruz	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	18:03
45	Victor Lafay	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	19:24
46	Julian Borresch	Germany/Allemagne	s.t.
47	Tommaso Dati	Cofidis	s.t.
48	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
49	Noa Isidore	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
50	Yoel Habteab	BIKE AID	s.t.
51	Antoine Berlin	BIKE AID	s.t.
52	Maël Guégan	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
53	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
54	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
55	Miguel Heidemann	Germany/Allemagne	s.t.
56	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
57	Yohann Simon	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
58	Rémi Lelandais	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
59	Célestin Guillon	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
60	Johannes Adamietz	Germany/Allemagne	s.t.
61	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	22:20
62	Simon Carr	Cofidis	24:50
63	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
64	Charlie Paige	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
65	Baptiste Huyet	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
66	Yaël Joalland	CIC-U-Nantes	24:52
67	Joris Chaussinand	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
68	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
69	Arno Wallenborn	Tudor Pro Cycling Team U23	26:17
70	Arthur Progin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team U23	26:19
71	Roger Kluge	Germany/Allemagne	27:34
72	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	29:01
73	Jon Knolle	Germany/Allemagne	s.t.
74	Milkias Maekele	BIKE AID	s.t.
75	Bohémond Barrillot	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
76	Maximilien Juillard	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
77	Anton Theo Lennemann	BIKE AID	s.t.
78	Corentin Devroute	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
79	Justin Ducret	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
80	Mehmet Sampiyonbisiklet	BIKE AID	s.t.
81	Baptiste Planckaert	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
82	Carter Guichard	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.

 

GC after stage 2:

• GC leader: Nicolas Prodhomme (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale)
• Mountains classification leader: Sergio Samitier (Cofidis)
• Points classification leader: Nicolas Prodhomme (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale)
• Best young rider: Cian Uijtdebroeks (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Teams classification leader: Visma | Lease a Bike

316.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.000 km/hr

1	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	7hr 42min 35sec
2	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	@ 2sec
3	Ben Tulett	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:53
4	Sylvain Moniquet	Cofidis	s.t.
5	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
6	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
7	Jamie Meehan	Cofidis	s.t.
8	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
9	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:56
10	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	2:03
11	Jordan Jegat	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
12	Nicolas Breuillard	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
13	Axel Mariault	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
14	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
15	Oliver Mattheis	BIKE AID	s.t.
16	Robin Donzé	Tudor Pro Cycling Team U23	s.t.
17	Odd Christian Eiking	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
18	Jørgen Nordhagen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
19	Harm Vanhoucke	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
20	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
21	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	4:26
22	Matteo Badilatti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	4:48
23	Rémi Capron	Van Rysel-Roubaix	5:43
24	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	7:51
25	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix	8:22
26	Clément Braz Afonso	Groupama-FDJ	8:44
27	Joseph Pidcock	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	9:06
28	Steff Cras	Team TotalEnergies	12:23
29	Jaakko Hänninen	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
30	Thomas Champion	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
31	Laurens Huys	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
32	Killian Verschuren	Unibet Tietema Rockets	13:52
33	Matthew Greenwood	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	13:54
34	Sergio Samitier	Cofidis	16:10
35	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	16:19
36	Fabien Doubey	Team TotalEnergies	17:10
37	Geoffrey Soupe	Team TotalEnergies	17:26
38	David de la Cruz	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	18:25
39	Victor Lafay	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	19:46
40	Noa Isidore	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
41	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
42	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix	20:23
43	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	20:26
44	Diego Casagrande	Tudor Pro Cycling Team U23	20:56
45	Ole Theiler	Germany/Allemagne	21:33
46	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	s.t.
47	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	22:20
48	Yohann Simon	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	23:04
49	Julian Borresch	Germany/Allemagne	23:20
50	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
51	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
52	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ	24:52
53	Tim Rex	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	25:09
54	Antoine Berlin	BIKE AID	26:50
55	Maël Guégan	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
56	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	27:27
57	Tommaso Dati	Cofidis	s.t.
58	Yoel Habteab	BIKE AID	s.t.
59	Miguel Heidemann	Germany/Allemagne	s.t.
60	Célestin Guillon	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
61	Charlie Paige	Unibet Tietema Rockets	28:46
62	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
63	Arno Wallenborn	Tudor Pro Cycling Team U23	30:13
64	Rémi Lelandais	Arkea-B&B Hotels	31:03
65	Johannes Adamietz	Germany/Allemagne	s.t.
66	Simon Carr	Cofidis	32:53
67	Baptiste Huyet	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
68	Maximilien Juillard	Van Rysel-Roubaix	37:04
69	Arthur Progin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team U23	37:58
70	Yaël Joalland	CIC-U-Nantes	39:26
71	Joris Chaussinand	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
72	Jon Knolle	Germany/Allemagne	40:40
73	Bohémond Barrillot	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
74	Mehmet Sampiyonbisiklet	BIKE AID	s.t.
75	Corentin Devroute	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
76	Carter Guichard	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
77	Milkias Maekele	BIKE AID	s.t.
78	Anton Theo Lennemann	BIKE AID	s.t.
79	Baptiste Planckaert	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
80	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	43:35
81	Justin Ducret	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
82	Roger Kluge	Germany/Allemagne	46:43

 

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

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Wednesday, August 6: Stage 1, Feillens - Lagnieu, 163 km

Stage 1 map & profile

Team Groupama-FDJ scores a 1-2 in the first stage with Tom Donnenwirth 1st & David Gaudu 2nd.

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Weather at the finish city of Lagnieu at 2:20 PM, local time: 23C (74F), sunny, with the wind from the northwest at 10 km/hr (6 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Tom Donnenwirth's Team Groupama-FDJ.

He will forever remember this 6th of August. On the opening stage of the Tour de l’Ain, heading towards Lagnieu and featuring the Col de Portes, Tom Donnenwirth celebrated his very first pro win on Wednesday. Riding at the WorldTour level since this season with Groupama-FDJ, the 27-year-old puncher finished off a superb team effort by winning a sprint ahead of… David Gaudu, who also claimed his first pro victory in the Tour de l’Ain eight years ago. Lorenzo Germani also slipped into the mix and took fourth place. A perfect start, to say the least.

Unlike in previous editions, the sprinters were really not welcomed to the Tour de l’Ain this year. The first stage, usually suited to them, already offered a major difficulty on Wednesday. Forty kilometres from the finish, the peloton had to tackle the Col de Portes (14.6 km at 5.4%), the only climb of the day, but one that was surely enough to make a proper selection. Over the 120 kilometres of flat before that, a trio formed at the front and was able to lead the race with a two-minute margin over the pack. The gap was approximately similar before the first slopes, and it obviously only decreased on the Col de Portes as riders started to get dropped from behind. Then, halfway up the climb, Visma-Lease a Bike really made a big push, and three men quickly broke away from the rest.

“I really had to manage my effort because my legs were really hurting, and the goal for me was to not go above my limits so that I could make a good sprint at the finish,” explained Tom Donnenwirth. “I had really good legs during our quick ride yesterday, and I thought I could do it today, on a course that really suited me.” Like his teammates, he entered a chasing group of about ten, then some twenty riders. “We suffered on the attacks, but these were the first efforts after a long period without racing,” added Yvon Caër. “We didn’t panic. We knew Lorenzo would be able to close the gap on the descent.”

And that’s indeed what happened. After crossing the summit of the Col de Portes twenty seconds behind the leading trio, the chasing group was able to bridge across on the downhill thanks to the young Italian rider from Groupama-FDJ, who kept his effort going all the way to the bottom, with his leader David Gaudu in his wheel. Inside a first “peloton” of twenty-nine riders, the French squad still had the French climber, Tom Donnenwirth, Lorenzo Germani, Brieuc Rolland and Clément Braz Afonso. The latter was soon put to work after Oliver Mattheis’ attack on the flat thirteen-kilometre section leading to the finish.

“The guys trusted me, and I need that to perform”, said Tom. “They told me I could win, that I was one of the fastest guys in the peloton. The whole team was really great all day, pulling on the climb, in the final. There was some action, but I always remained calm. I kept telling myself that I could do it, and I really didn’t want to mess up.” Thanks in particular to the work done by Clément Braz Afonso, the fugitive was caught with two kilometres to go, and the Groupama-FDJ train then set itself on track. In the wake of Brieuc Rolland, the team got to the front of the group shortly after the flamme rouge and never left this position from then on.

In the final corner, 200 metres from the finish line, Lorenzo Germani launched the last two wagons, namely Tom Donnenwirth and David Gaudu, and it all ended with a superb one-two finish and the first pro win of the young Frenchman. “It was a textbook finish,” said Tom with a big smile on his face. “The guys put me in a perfect position with 100 metres to go, I just had to sprint hard, finish it off, and it worked. I really have to thank the whole team who worked for me and who trusted me. It’s just pure joy. It’s a day I will always remember, that’s for sure. There have been ups and downs this season, but I always tried to believe in my capabilities, and I told myself that it would eventually work out. I hope that this is the turning point and that it will continue like this for the end of the season.”

Symbolically, Tom Donnenwirth raised his arms at the finish line alongside his leader David Gaudu, who placed second, and who also took his first pro victory in a one-two finish – with Thibaut Pinot – in the same race. “The final was really nice to see,” added Yvon. “We made this happen together and did exactly what we planned. We trusted Tom, and it paid off, but I also want to highlight the work of his teammates because everyone stepped up when needed. It’s really satisfying from a team point of view.”

On Thursday, Tom Donnenwirth will start the second stage of the Tour de l’Ain with the yellow jersey on his shoulders, while the general classification is expected to change quite a lot.

Complete Results:

163 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.338 km/hr

1	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ	3hr 45min 40sec
2	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
3	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
4	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
5	Steff Cras	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
6	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
7	Nicolas Breuillard	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
8	Axel Mariault	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
9	Jordan Jegat	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
10	Ben Tulett	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
11	Jaakko Hänninen	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
12	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
13	Sylvain Moniquet	Cofidis	s.t.
14	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
15	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
16	Thomas Champion	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
17	Robin Donzé	Tudor Pro Cycling Team U23	s.t.
18	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
19	Oliver Mattheis	BIKE AID	s.t.
20	Jørgen Nordhagen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
21	Laurens Huys	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
22	Odd Christian Eiking	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
23	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
24	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
25	Harm Vanhoucke	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
26	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
27	Jamie Meehan	Cofidis	s.t.
28	Clément Braz Afonso	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
29	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
30	Noa Isidore	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	@ 22sec
31	Killian Verschuren	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
32	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
33	Joseph Pidcock	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
34	Victor Lafay	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
35	Matteo Badilatti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
36	David de la Cruz	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
37	Matthew Greenwood	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:24
38	Fabien Doubey	Team TotalEnergies	3:40
39	Yohann Simon	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
40	Rémi Capron	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
41	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	3:56
42	Arno Wallenborn	Tudor Pro Cycling Team U23	s.t.
43	Julian Borresch	Germany/Allemagne	s.t.
44	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
45	Charlie Paige	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
46	Geoffrey Soupe	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
47	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
48	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
49	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
50	Antoine Berlin	BIKE AID	7:26
51	Maël Guégan	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
52	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
53	Diego Casagrande	Tudor Pro Cycling Team U23	s.t.
54	Sergio Samitier	Cofidis	s.t.
55	Maximilien Juillard	Van Rysel-Roubaix	8:03
56	Célestin Guillon	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
57	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
58	Miguel Heidemann	Germany/Allemagne	s.t.
59	Ole Theiler	Germany/Allemagne	s.t.
60	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
61	Tommaso Dati	Cofidis	s.t.
62	Yoel Habteab	BIKE AID	s.t.
63	Simon Carr	Cofidis	s.t.
64	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	s.t.
65	Baptiste Huyet	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
66	Rémi Lelandais	Arkea-B&B Hotels	11:39
67	Mehmet Sampiyonbisiklet	BIKE AID	s.t.
68	Edoardo Zamperini	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
69	Carter Guichard	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
70	Johannes Adamietz	Germany/Allemagne	s.t.
71	Corentin Devroute	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
72	Bohémond Barrillot	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
73	Jon Knolle	Germany/Allemagne	s.t.
74	Baptiste Planckaert	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
75	Anton Theo Lennemann	BIKE AID	s.t.
76	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
77	Arthur Progin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team U23	s.t.
78	Milkias Maekele	BIKE AID	s.t.
79	Tim Rex	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
80	Alan Jousseaume	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
81	Yaël Joalland	CIC-U-Nantes	14:34
82	Mathias Guillemette	Tudor Pro Cycling Team U23	s.t.
83	Joris Chaussinand	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
84	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
85	Justin Ducret	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
86	Roger Kluge	Germany/Allemagne	19:09

 

GC after stage 1:

• GC leader: Tom Donnenwirth (Groupama-FDJ)
• Mountains classification leader: Cian Uijtdebroeks (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Points classification leader: Tom Donnenwirth (Groupama-FDJ)
• Best young rider: Robin Donzé (Tudor Pro Cycling)
• Teams classification leader: Groupama-FDJ

1	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ	3hr 45min 40sec
2	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
3	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
4	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
5	Steff Cras	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
6	Nicolas Prodhomme	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
7	Nicolas Breuillard	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
8	Axel Mariault	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
9	Jordan Jegat	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
10	Ben Tulett	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
11	Jaakko Hänninen	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
12	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
13	Sylvain Moniquet	Cofidis	s.t.
14	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
15	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
16	Thomas Champion	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
17	Robin Donzé	Tudor Pro Cycling Team U23	s.t.
18	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
19	Oliver Mattheis	BIKE AID	s.t.
20	Jørgen Nordhagen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
21	Laurens Huys	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
22	Odd Christian Eiking	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
23	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
24	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
25	Harm Vanhoucke	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
26	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
27	Jamie Meehan	Cofidis	s.t.
28	Clément Braz Afonso	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
29	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
30	Noa Isidore	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	@ 22sec
31	Killian Verschuren	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
32	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
33	Joseph Pidcock	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
34	Victor Lafay	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
35	Matteo Badilatti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
36	David de la Cruz	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
37	Matthew Greenwood	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:24
38	Fabien Doubey	Team TotalEnergies	3:40
39	Yohann Simon	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
40	Rémi Capron	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
41	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	3:56
42	Arno Wallenborn	Tudor Pro Cycling Team U23	s.t.
43	Julian Borresch	Germany/Allemagne	s.t.
44	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
45	Charlie Paige	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
46	Geoffrey Soupe	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
47	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
48	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
49	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
50	Antoine Berlin	BIKE AID	7:26
51	Maël Guégan	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
52	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
53	Diego Casagrande	Tudor Pro Cycling Team U23	s.t.
54	Sergio Samitier	Cofidis	s.t.
55	Maximilien Juillard	Van Rysel-Roubaix	8:03
56	Célestin Guillon	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
57	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
58	Miguel Heidemann	Germany/Allemagne	s.t.
59	Ole Theiler	Germany/Allemagne	s.t.
60	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
61	Tommaso Dati	Cofidis	s.t.
62	Yoel Habteab	BIKE AID	s.t.
63	Simon Carr	Cofidis	s.t.
64	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	s.t.
65	Baptiste Huyet	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
66	Rémi Lelandais	Arkea-B&B Hotels	11:39
67	Mehmet Sampiyonbisiklet	BIKE AID	s.t.
68	Edoardo Zamperini	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
69	Carter Guichard	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
70	Johannes Adamietz	Germany/Allemagne	s.t.
71	Corentin Devroute	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
72	Bohémond Barrillot	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
73	Jon Knolle	Germany/Allemagne	s.t.
74	Baptiste Planckaert	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
75	Anton Theo Lennemann	BIKE AID	s.t.
76	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
77	Arthur Progin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team U23	s.t.
78	Milkias Maekele	BIKE AID	s.t.
79	Tim Rex	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
80	Alan Jousseaume	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
81	Yaël Joalland	CIC-U-Nantes	14:34
82	Mathias Guillemette	Tudor Pro Cycling Team U23	s.t.
83	Joris Chaussinand	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
84	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
85	Justin Ducret	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
86	Roger Kluge	Germany/Allemagne	19:09

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

Start list with back numbers, August 5, 2025:

	Team Visma | Lease a Bike
1	Cian Uijtdebroeks
2	Tim Rex
3	Tijmen Graat
4	Wilco Kelderman
5	Jørgen Nordhagen
6	Ben Tulett
	Van Rysel-Roubaix
11	Rémi Capron
12	Célestin Guillon
13	Maxime Jarnet
14	Maximilien Juillard
15	Kenny Molly
16	Baptiste Planckaert
	Cofidis
21	Sylvain Moniquet
22	Simon Carr
23	Nicolas Debeaumarché
24	Sergio Samitier
25	Jamie Meehan
26	Tommaso Dati
	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
31	Nicolas Prodhomme
32	Geoffrey Bouchard
33	Andrea Vendrame
34	Matthew Greenwood
35	Noa Isidore
36	Victor Lafay
	Groupama-FDJ
41	David Gaudu
42	Clément Braz Afonso
43	Tom Donnenwirth
44	Rémy Rochas
45	Lorenzo Germani
46	Brieuc Rolland
	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93
51	Nicolas Breuillard
52	Thomas Champion
53	Romain Cardis
54	Théo Delacroix
55	Yohann Simon
56	Morne Van Niekerk
	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
61	Matteo Badilatti
62	Gianluca Brambilla
63	David de la Cruz
64	Kamil Malecki
65	Joseph Pidcock
66	Harm Vanhoucke
	Arkea-B&B Hotels
71	Victor Guernalec
72	Rémi Lelandais
73	Laurens Huys
74	Michel Ries
75	Louis Rouland
76	Edoardo Zamperini
	CIC-U-Nantes
81	Axel Mariault
82	Joris Chaussinand
83	Justin Ducret
84	Maël Guégan
85	Corentin Devroute
86	Yaël Joalland
	Tudor Pro Cycling Team U23
91	Samuele Alari
92	Diego Casagrande
93	Arthur Progin
94	Robin Donzé
95	Mathias Guillemette
96	Arno Wallenborn
	BIKE AID
101	Anton Lennemann
102	Yoel Habteab
103	Oliver Mattheis
104	Antoine Berlin
105	Milkias Maekele
106	Mehmet Sampiyonbisiklet
	Team TotalEnergies
111	Geoffrey Soupe
112	Rayan Boulahoite
113	Steff Cras
114	Jordan Jegat
115	Fabien Doubey
116	Alan Jousseaume
	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur
121	Andrea Mifsud
122	Jaakko Hänninen
123	Carter Guichard
124	Damien Girard
125	Bohémond Barrillot
126	Alexander Konijn
	Unibet Tietema Rockets
131	Baptiste Huyet
132	Charlie Paige
133	Killian Verschuren
134	Odd Christian Eiking
	Germany/Allemagne
141	Johannes Adamietz
142	Julian Borresch
143	Roger Kluge
144	Miguel Heidemann
145	Jon Knolle
146	Ole Theiler