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Friday, August 22: 4th & Final Stage, Saint Hilaire Bonneval - Limoges, 164.5 km

Andrea Vendrame wins the stage and his teammate Paul Lapeira is second. Getty photo
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Weather at the finish city of Limoges at 2:10 PM, local time: 24C (76F), partly cloudy, with the wind fron the north-northwest at 11 km/hr (7 mph). No rain is forecast.
The race: Here's the report from stage winner Andrea Vendrame's Team Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale:
Andrea Vendrame:
"We thought the breakaway with Noa (Isidore) would win. When the peloton came back in the final, we had to make a big effort to go into the sprint with Paul (Lapeira). I started from a long way back, so it's great to finish 1st and 2nd. On the final stage, we tried to shake up the overall classification, but our rivals held firm. We came away from the Tour du Limousin with 2 stage wins, which is a good result. It's also my second win of the season with the team, so I'm very happy and hope to have the opportunity to win again by the end of the year."

The start line for the final stage.
The news:
Well placed in the overall classification at the start of the final stage, Paul Lapeira and Nicolas Prodhomme maintained their respective 4th and 5th places after an intense finale on the roads of the Tour du Limousin. Thanks to his stage win today, Andrea Vendrame moved up one place to 8th. On the strength of these results, the Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale team wins the team classification.
Complete results:
164.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.321 km/hr
| 1 | Andrea Vendrame | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 3hr 47min 50sec |
| 2 | Paul Lapeira | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 3 | Hugo Page | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 4 | Alexandre Delettre | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 5 | Dylan Teuns | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 6 | Sergi Darder | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 7 | Lorenzo Conforti | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 8 | Andrea Mifsud | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 9 | Giacomo Villa | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 10 | Rémi Capron | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 11 | Axel Mariault | CIC-U-Nantes | s.t. |
| 12 | Haimar Etxeberria | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 13 | Clément Venturini | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 14 | Sylvain Moniquet | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 15 | Jonathan Lastra | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 16 | Yohann Simon | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 17 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 18 | Ivan Cobo | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 19 | Morne Van Niekerk | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 20 | Urko Berrade | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 21 | Xabier Berasategi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 22 | Filippo Magli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 23 | Ewen Costiou | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 24 | Cedrik Bakke Christophersen | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 25 | Mathis Le Berre | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 26 | Adrien Maire | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 27 | Marco Tizza | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 28 | Thomas Champion | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 29 | Alexandre Balmer | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 30 | Maxime Jarnet | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 31 | Sam Maisonobe | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 32 | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 33 | Martin Tjøtta | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 34 | Sergio Meris | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 35 | Lenaic Langella | CIC-U-Nantes | s.t. |
| 36 | Noa Isidore | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | @ 7sec |
| 37 | Alexander Konijn | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 0:17 |
| 38 | Stefano Oldani | Cofidis | 0:22 |
| 39 | Jan Castellon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:25 |
| 40 | Kristian Sbaragli | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 41 | Alexy Faure-Prost | Intermarché-Wanty | 0:32 |
| 42 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | Team TotalEnergies | 0:44 |
| 43 | Nicolas Debeaumarché | Cofidis | 0:46 |
| 44 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 0:55 |
| 45 | Kevin Colleoni | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 46 | Alessio Martinelli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 47 | Alex Tolio | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 48 | Henri-Francois Haquin | Wagner Bazin WB | 1:05 |
| 49 | Vicente Rojas | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 50 | Rémy Rochas | Groupama-FDJ | 1:42 |
| 51 | Lorenzo Rota | Intermarché-Wanty | 1:59 |
| 52 | Gorka Sorarrain | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 2:01 |
| 53 | Anthony Delaplace | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 2:23 |
| 54 | Luca Mozzato | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 2:54 |
| 55 | Quentin Bezza | Wagner Bazin WB | 3:47 |
| 56 | Baptiste Vadic | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 57 | Thomas Gachignard | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 58 | Maximilien Juillard | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 7:25 |
| 59 | Gari Ugarte | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 60 | Jaakko Hänninen | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 61 | Eduard Prades | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 62 | Victor Lafay | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 63 | Sergio Trueba | Illes Balears-Arabay | s.t. |
| 64 | Owen Geleijn | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 65 | Célestin Guillon | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 66 | Anthony Turgis | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 67 | Nicolas Breuillard | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 68 | Sebastian Berwick | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 69 | Théo Delacroix | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 9:10 |
| 70 | Valentin Retailleau | Team TotalEnergies | 10:11 |
| 71 | Edgar Curto Pellicer | Illes Balears-Arabay | s.t. |
| 72 | Simon Guglielmi | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 73 | Joan Albert Riera | Illes Balears-Arabay | s.t. |
| 74 | Kévin Avoine | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 75 | Iker Mintegi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 10:42 |
| 76 | Marc Brustenga | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 77 | Pablo Lospitao | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 78 | Nicolas Alustiza | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 11:30 |
| 79 | Mikel Retegi | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 80 | Louic Boussemaere | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 12:46 |
| 81 | Jelle Vermoote | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 82 | Axel Van Den Broek | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 83 | Victor Hannes | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 84 | Andrei Carbunarea | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 85 | Luca Verrando | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 86 | Xabier Isasa | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 87 | Alan Riou | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 88 | Lewis Bower | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 89 | Mark Stewart | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 90 | Cesar Perez | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 91 | Kenny Molly | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 12:48 |
| 92 | Yukiya Arashiro | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 93 | Victor Papon | Wagner Bazin WB | 14:19 |
| 94 | Fabien Grellier | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 95 | Emmanuel Morin | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 96 | Mathias Sanlaville | CIC-U-Nantes | 22:23 |
Final GC after stage 4:
706.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.201 km/hr
| 1 | Ewen Costiou | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 17:08:17 |
| 2 | Alexandre Delettre | Team TotalEnergies | @ 7sec |
| 3 | Sylvain Moniquet | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 4 | Paul Lapeira | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 0:24 |
| 5 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 0:31 |
| 6 | Urko Berrade | Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:39 |
| 7 | Martin Tjøtta | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 0:42 |
| 8 | Andrea Vendrame | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 0:45 |
| 9 | Sam Maisonobe | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 10 | Thomas Champion | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 1:27 |
| 11 | Ivan Cobo | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:40 |
| 12 | Haimar Etxeberria | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:43 |
| 13 | Clément Venturini | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 1:44 |
| 14 | Adrien Maire | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 15 | Andrea Mifsud | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 16 | Rémi Capron | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 1:49 |
| 17 | Marco Tizza | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 18 | Giacomo Villa | Wagner Bazin WB | 1:58 |
| 19 | Mathis Le Berre | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 1:59 |
| 20 | Axel Mariault | CIC-U-Nantes | 2:03 |
| 21 | Xabier Berasategi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 2:12 |
| 22 | Jonathan Lastra | Cofidis | 2:19 |
| 23 | Cedrik Bakke Christophersen | Unibet Tietema Rockets | 2:30 |
| 24 | Alexandre Balmer | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 3:01 |
| 25 | Maxime Jarnet | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 3:18 |
| 26 | Sergi Darder | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3:30 |
| 27 | Dylan Teuns | Cofidis | 3:33 |
| 28 | Kevin Colleoni | Intermarché-Wanty | 3:45 |
| 29 | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama-FDJ | 3:51 |
| 30 | Rémy Rochas | Groupama-FDJ | 5:25 |
| 31 | Gorka Sorarrain | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 5:34 |
| 32 | Yohann Simon | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 5:56 |
| 33 | Henri-Francois Haquin | Wagner Bazin WB | 5:59 |
| 34 | Lenaic Langella | CIC-U-Nantes | 6:09 |
| 35 | Thomas Gachignard | Team TotalEnergies | 6:44 |
| 36 | Alessio Martinelli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 7:00 |
| 37 | Anthony Delaplace | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 7:16 |
| 38 | Lorenzo Rota | Intermarché-Wanty | 8:17 |
| 39 | Vicente Rojas | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 8:37 |
| 40 | Sergio Meris | Unibet Tietema Rockets | 10:10 |
| 41 | Sebastian Berwick | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 10:16 |
| 42 | Eduard Prades | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 10:41 |
| 43 | Stefano Oldani | Cofidis | 13:42 |
| 44 | Morne Van Niekerk | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 15:29 |
| 45 | Filippo Magli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 16:08 |
| 46 | Lorenzo Conforti | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 17:05 |
| 47 | Noa Isidore | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 17:49 |
| 48 | Victor Papon | Wagner Bazin WB | 18:31 |
| 49 | Nicolas Debeaumarché | Cofidis | 19:26 |
| 50 | Alex Tolio | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 20:20 |
| 51 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 20:23 |
| 52 | Simon Guglielmi | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 21:22 |
| 53 | Owen Geleijn | Unibet Tietema Rockets | 21:39 |
| 54 | Baptiste Vadic | Team TotalEnergies | 21:56 |
| 55 | Kristian Sbaragli | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 22:06 |
| 56 | Victor Lafay | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 22:37 |
| 57 | Jaakko Hänninen | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 22:39 |
| 58 | Alexander Konijn | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 22:47 |
| 59 | Maximilien Juillard | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 22:50 |
| 60 | Hugo Page | Intermarché-Wanty | 22:59 |
| 61 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | Team TotalEnergies | 23:09 |
| 62 | Alexy Faure-Prost | Intermarché-Wanty | 24:57 |
| 63 | Nicolas Breuillard | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 26:22 |
| 64 | Quentin Bezza | Wagner Bazin WB | 27:01 |
| 65 | Anthony Turgis | Team TotalEnergies | 27:54 |
| 66 | Célestin Guillon | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 27:55 |
| 67 | Mikel Retegi | Equipo Kern Pharma | 28:22 |
| 68 | Iker Mintegi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 28:25 |
| 69 | Sergio Trueba | Illes Balears-Arabay | 29:21 |
| 70 | Kévin Avoine | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 29:37 |
| 71 | Jan Castellon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 31:48 |
| 72 | Pablo Lospitao | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 33:31 |
| 73 | Cesar Perez | Equipo Kern Pharma | 33:53 |
| 74 | Edgar Curto Pellicer | Illes Balears-Arabay | 34:24 |
| 75 | Luca Mozzato | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 36:17 |
| 76 | Gari Ugarte | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 36:20 |
| 77 | Mark Stewart | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 36:47 |
| 78 | Théo Delacroix | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 37:24 |
| 79 | Emmanuel Morin | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 41:06 |
| 80 | Lewis Bower | Groupama-FDJ | 44:09 |
| 81 | Marc Brustenga | Equipo Kern Pharma | 44:20 |
| 82 | Louic Boussemaere | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 45:35 |
| 83 | Andrei Carbunarea | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 46:50 |
| 84 | Victor Hannes | Intermarché-Wanty | 49:19 |
| 85 | Valentin Retailleau | Team TotalEnergies | 49:46 |
| 86 | Luca Verrando | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 49:58 |
| 87 | Nicolas Alustiza | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 50:20 |
| 88 | Kenny Molly | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 51:13 |
| 89 | Fabien Grellier | Team TotalEnergies | 52:11 |
| 90 | Xabier Isasa | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 53:27 |
| 91 | Jelle Vermoote | Wagner Bazin WB | 56:34 |
| 92 | Yukiya Arashiro | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 56:36 |
| 93 | Joan Albert Riera | Illes Balears-Arabay | 56:37 |
| 94 | Alan Riou | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 58:08 |
| 95 | Axel Van Den Broek | Intermarché-Wanty | 59:13 |
| 96 | Mathias Sanlaville | CIC-U-Nantes | 1:01:03 |
Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile
Thursday, August 21: Stage 3, Saint-Jal - Masseret, 182.7 km

Paul Lapeira takes stage three.
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Weather at the finish city of Masseret at 2:15 PM, local time: 17C (63F), cloudy, with the wind from the north-northwest at 16 km/hr (10 mph). There is just a 2% chance of rain.
The race: Here's the news from stage winner Paul Lapeira's Team Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale.
Paul Lapeira:
"Victory eluded us in the first two stages. Even though we were up against some very strong rivals, there was disappointment and we wanted to react. Today's stage suited me well. The pace was very high all day, but I knew that I could perform well in the final stages, so I didn't let up. It was important to win today, everyone worked really well and I'm really happy for the team. There's still one last stage to go and get a good result. There are several of us with a chance of winning the overall classification, and even if the scenario isn't ideal, we're going to give it everything we've got right up to the end. I was told that the Tour du Limousin was a tough race, so I'm not disappointed."

Ewen Costiou in the GC leader's yellow jersey on the start line.
The news:
At the front of the race following a series of curbs on the first stage, Dries De Bondt managed to take 7 seconds of bonuses. Once again well placed today, the Belgian rider increased his bonus counter by a further 3 seconds to take 3rd place overall.
The number: 3
The number of team riders in the top 10 of the Tour du Limousin general classification. On the eve of the final stage, Paul Lapeira and Nicolas Prodhomme are 4th and 5th respectively, 30 and 31 seconds behind the leader. Andrea Vendrame is in 9th place, 55 seconds bac
Complete results:
182.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.072 km/hr
| 1 | Paul Lapeira | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 4hr 26min 54sec |
| 2 | Ewen Costiou | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 3 | Alexandre Delettre | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 4 | Dylan Teuns | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 5 | Andrea Vendrame | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 6 | Adrien Maire | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 7 | Alessio Martinelli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 8 | Sergi Darder | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 9 | Rémi Capron | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 10 | Marco Tizza | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 11 | Axel Mariault | CIC-U-Nantes | s.t. |
| 12 | Sebastian Berwick | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 13 | Stefano Oldani | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 14 | Clément Venturini | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 15 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 16 | Yohann Simon | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 17 | Maxime Jarnet | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 18 | Cedrik Bakke Christophersen | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 19 | Urko Berrade | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 20 | Sam Maisonobe | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 21 | Sylvain Moniquet | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 22 | Eduard Prades | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 23 | Andrea Mifsud | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 24 | Xabier Berasategi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 25 | Martin Tjøtta | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 26 | Thomas Champion | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 27 | Mikel Retegi | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 28 | Ivan Cobo | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 29 | Giacomo Villa | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 30 | Haimar Etxeberria | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 31 | Lorenzo Rota | Intermarché-Wanty | @ 13sec |
| 32 | Mathis Le Berre | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 33 | Gorka Sorarrain | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:15 |
| 34 | Sergio Trueba | Illes Balears-Arabay | s.t. |
| 35 | Lenaic Langella | CIC-U-Nantes | s.t. |
| 36 | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama-FDJ | 0:18 |
| 37 | Alexandre Balmer | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 0:21 |
| 38 | Vicente Rojas | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 0:23 |
| 39 | Kevin Colleoni | Intermarché-Wanty | 0:24 |
| 40 | Filippo Magli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 0:25 |
| 41 | Louic Boussemaere | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 0:27 |
| 42 | Jan Castellon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:28 |
| 43 | Gari Ugarte | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:31 |
| 44 | Jonathan Lastra | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 45 | Noa Isidore | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 0:39 |
| 46 | Mario Silva | Illes Balears-Arabay | s.t. |
| 47 | Kristian Sbaragli | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 0:49 |
| 48 | Edgar Curto Pellicer | Illes Balears-Arabay | 0:50 |
| 49 | Victor Papon | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 50 | Owen Geleijn | Unibet Tietema Rockets | 0:54 |
| 51 | Joris Chaussinand | CIC-U-Nantes | 0:56 |
| 52 | Alexy Faure-Prost | Intermarché-Wanty | 1:02 |
| 53 | Lewis Bower | Groupama-FDJ | 1:12 |
| 54 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 1:14 |
| 55 | Anthony Delaplace | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 56 | Henri-Francois Haquin | Wagner Bazin WB | 1:22 |
| 57 | Victor Lafay | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 58 | Lorenzo Conforti | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 59 | Maximilien Juillard | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 60 | Alex Tolio | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 61 | Nicolas Debeaumarché | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 62 | Alexander Konijn | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 63 | Jaakko Hänninen | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 64 | Andrei Carbunarea | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 65 | Mark Stewart | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 66 | Thomas Gachignard | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 67 | Victor Hannes | Intermarché-Wanty | 1:43 |
| 68 | Rémy Rochas | Groupama-FDJ | 1:57 |
| 69 | Emmanuel Morin | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 70 | Quentin Bezza | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 71 | Pablo Lospitao | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 72 | Antoine Hue | CIC-U-Nantes | s.t. |
| 73 | Cesar Perez | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 74 | Anthony Turgis | Team TotalEnergies | 2:09 |
| 75 | Morne Van Niekerk | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 76 | Léandre Huck | Cofidis | 2:13 |
| 77 | Baptiste Vadic | Team TotalEnergies | 2:26 |
| 78 | Théo Delacroix | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 2:30 |
| 79 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 80 | Simon Guglielmi | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 81 | Célestin Guillon | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 2:58 |
| 82 | Fabien Grellier | Team TotalEnergies | 3:02 |
| 83 | Nicolas Breuillard | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 3:04 |
| 84 | Iker Mintegi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 3:09 |
| 85 | Luca Mozzato | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 3:13 |
| 86 | Sergio Meris | Unibet Tietema Rockets | 3:15 |
| 87 | Luca Verrando | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 6:12 |
| 88 | Axel Van Den Broek | Intermarché-Wanty | 8:29 |
| 89 | Hugo Page | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 90 | Marc Brustenga | Equipo Kern Pharma | 11:06 |
| 91 | Joan Albert Riera | Illes Balears-Arabay | s.t. |
| 92 | Jelle Vermoote | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 93 | Valentin Retailleau | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 94 | Yukiya Arashiro | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 95 | Kévin Avoine | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 12:40 |
| 96 | Kenny Molly | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 97 | Alan Riou | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 98 | Xabier Isasa | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 99 | Mathias Sanlaville | CIC-U-Nantes | 13:04 |
| 100 | Nicolas Alustiza | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
GC after stage 3:
541.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.697 km/ht
| 1 | Ewen Costiou | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 13hr 20min 27sec |
| 2 | Alexandre Delettre | Team TotalEnergies | @ 7sec |
| 3 | Sylvain Moniquet | Cofidis | 0:08 |
| 4 | Paul Lapeira | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 0:30 |
| 5 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 0:31 |
| 6 | Urko Berrade | Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:39 |
| 7 | Martin Tjøtta | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 0:42 |
| 8 | Sam Maisonobe | Cofidis | 0:45 |
| 9 | Andrea Vendrame | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 0:55 |
| 10 | Thomas Champion | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 1:27 |
| 11 | Ivan Cobo | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:40 |
| 12 | Haimar Etxeberria | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:43 |
| 13 | Adrien Maire | Unibet Tietema Rockets | 1:44 |
| 14 | Clément Venturini | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 15 | Andrea Mifsud | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 16 | Rémi Capron | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 1:49 |
| 17 | Marco Tizza | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 18 | Giacomo Villa | Wagner Bazin WB | 1:58 |
| 19 | Mathis Le Berre | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 1:59 |
| 20 | Axel Mariault | CIC-U-Nantes | 2:03 |
| 21 | Xabier Berasategi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 2:12 |
| 22 | Jonathan Lastra | Cofidis | 2:19 |
| 23 | Cedrik Bakke Christophersen | Unibet Tietema Rockets | 2:30 |
| 24 | Kevin Colleoni | Intermarché-Wanty | 2:50 |
| 25 | Sebastian Berwick | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 2:51 |
| 26 | Thomas Gachignard | Team TotalEnergies | 2:57 |
| 27 | Alexandre Balmer | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 3:05 |
| 28 | Eduard Prades | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3:16 |
| 29 | Maxime Jarnet | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 3:18 |
| 30 | Sergi Darder | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3:30 |
| 31 | Dylan Teuns | Cofidis | 3:33 |
| 32 | Gorka Sorarrain | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 33 | Rémy Rochas | Groupama-FDJ | 3:43 |
| 34 | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama-FDJ | 3:51 |
| 35 | Victor Papon | Wagner Bazin WB | 4:12 |
| 36 | Anthony Delaplace | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 4:53 |
| 37 | Henri-Francois Haquin | Wagner Bazin WB | 4:54 |
| 38 | Yohann Simon | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 5:56 |
| 39 | Alessio Martinelli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 6:05 |
| 40 | Lenaic Langella | CIC-U-Nantes | 6:09 |
| 41 | Lorenzo Rota | Intermarché-Wanty | 6:18 |
| 42 | Vicente Rojas | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 7:32 |
| 43 | Sergio Meris | Unibet Tietema Rockets | 10:10 |
| 44 | Simon Guglielmi | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 11:11 |
| 45 | Stefano Oldani | Cofidis | 13:20 |
| 46 | Owen Geleijn | Unibet Tietema Rockets | 14:14 |
| 47 | Joris Chaussinand | CIC-U-Nantes | 14:46 |
| 48 | Victor Lafay | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 15:12 |
| 49 | Jaakko Hänninen | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 15:14 |
| 50 | Maximilien Juillard | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 15:25 |
| 51 | Morne Van Niekerk | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 15:29 |
| 52 | Filippo Magli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 16:08 |
| 53 | Mikel Retegi | Equipo Kern Pharma | 16:52 |
| 54 | Lorenzo Conforti | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 17:05 |
| 55 | Noa Isidore | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 17:42 |
| 56 | Iker Mintegi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 17:43 |
| 57 | Baptiste Vadic | Team TotalEnergies | 18:09 |
| 58 | Léandre Huck | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 59 | Nicolas Debeaumarché | Cofidis | 18:40 |
| 60 | Nicolas Breuillard | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 18:58 |
| 61 | Alex Tolio | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 19:25 |
| 62 | Kévin Avoine | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 19:26 |
| 63 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 19:28 |
| 64 | Anthony Turgis | Team TotalEnergies | 20:29 |
| 65 | Célestin Guillon | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 20:30 |
| 66 | Cesar Perez | Equipo Kern Pharma | 21:07 |
| 67 | Kristian Sbaragli | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 21:41 |
| 68 | Sergio Trueba | Illes Balears-Arabay | 21:56 |
| 69 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | Team TotalEnergies | 22:25 |
| 70 | Alexander Konijn | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 22:30 |
| 71 | Pablo Lospitao | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 22:49 |
| 72 | Hugo Page | Intermarché-Wanty | 23:03 |
| 73 | Quentin Bezza | Wagner Bazin WB | 23:20 |
| 74 | Mark Stewart | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 24:01 |
| 75 | Edgar Curto Pellicer | Illes Balears-Arabay | 24:13 |
| 76 | Alexy Faure-Prost | Intermarché-Wanty | 24:25 |
| 77 | Emmanuel Morin | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 26:47 |
| 78 | Théo Delacroix | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 28:14 |
| 79 | Gari Ugarte | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 28:55 |
| 80 | Mario Silva | Illes Balears-Arabay | 29:08 |
| 81 | Jan Castellon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 31:23 |
| 82 | Lewis Bower | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 83 | Louic Boussemaere | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 32:49 |
| 84 | Luca Mozzato | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 33:25 |
| 85 | Marc Brustenga | Equipo Kern Pharma | 33:38 |
| 86 | Andrei Carbunarea | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 34:04 |
| 87 | Victor Hannes | Intermarché-Wanty | 36:33 |
| 88 | Luca Verrando | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 37:12 |
| 89 | Fabien Grellier | Team TotalEnergies | 37:52 |
| 90 | Kenny Molly | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 38:25 |
| 91 | Mathias Sanlaville | CIC-U-Nantes | 38:43 |
| 92 | Antoine Hue | CIC-U-Nantes | 38:46 |
| 93 | Nicolas Alustiza | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 38:50 |
| 94 | Valentin Retailleau | Team TotalEnergies | 39:35 |
| 95 | Xabier Isasa | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 40:41 |
| 96 | Jelle Vermoote | Wagner Bazin WB | 43:48 |
| 97 | Yukiya Arashiro | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 98 | Alan Riou | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 45:22 |
| 99 | Axel Van Den Broek | Intermarché-Wanty | 46:27 |
| 100 | Albert Riera Joan | Illes Balears-Arabay | s.t. |
Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile
Wednesday, August 20: Stage 2, Thiviers - Grèzes Les Côteaux Périgourdins, 174.3 km
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Sylvain Moniquet wins stage two. Gussev Photo
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Weather at the finish city of Grèzes Les Côteaux Périgourdins at 2:05 PM, local time: 22C (72F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the northwest at 13 km/hr (8 mph). There are thunderstroms in the area and there is a 62% chance of rain at 3:00 PM.
The race: Here's the report from GC leader Ewen Costiou's Team Arkea-B&B Hotels.
After two consecutive days on the podium, finishing second yesterday and third today, Ewen Costiou took the leader's jersey in the Tour du Limousin thanks to bonus points.

The scene at the start in Thiviers.
Ewen Costiou:
Tonight, I'm leading the provisional classification of the Tour du Limousin, which is great. But the goal was to win this stage, which finished in Grèzes. Four of us broke away in the final, and the last climb was very tactical. Sylvain Moniquet played it really well by attacking, and he's going to win at the top of the Périgourdins hills. The rest of us were marking each other. That's racing. I finished third, and thanks to the bonus points, I took the yellow jersey as leader of the Tour du Limousin.
Now I have to hold on to it. We were really hoping to win the stage today. I would like to thank Martin Tjøtta, who did a great job for me in the final. We'll race tomorrow with the same collective ambition and do everything we can to try to keep the leader's jersey until Limoges. There are two difficult stages left, and we know from experience that nothing is ever a given in the Tour du Limousin. So we'll have to be 100% physically and continue to be strong collectively, as we have been since the start of this race.

Five man break 50 kilometers into the stage with a 5-minute lead: Mathias Sanlaville (UCN), Victor Hannes (IWA), Edgar Curto (IBA), Célestin Guillon (VRR), Kenny Molly (VRR)
Laurent Pichon, Sport director:
We are delighted that Ewen Costiou has taken the leader's jersey. Once again, we saw a strong Arkea-B&B Hotels team working together around him throughout this second stage, initially to filter out any breakaways that could prove dangerous. Thanks to the lead Ewen gained yesterday, it was up to the other teams to make up time. Decathlon made the race tougher with this in mind, but we were able to respond collectively. Ewen and Martin both found themselves at the front in the final.
The end of the race was quite tactical. Martin pushed hard, but behind him Ewen didn't make the break. Moniquet slipped through our fingers for the stage victory, and he also took the bonus points awarded to the winner. Ewen finished third and also took some. He now has a two-second lead in the provisional overall classification of the Tour du Limousin. We're going to fight to keep the jersey. We still have two days to go to Limoges, and the whole group is motivated and united around Ewen.
Complete results
174.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.878 km/hr
| 1 | Sylvain Moniquet | Cofidis | 4hr 22min 15sec |
| 2 | Alexandre Delettre | Team TotalEnergies | @ 8sec |
| 3 | Ewen Costiou | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 0:11 |
| 4 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 0:13 |
| 5 | Sam Maisonobe | Cofidis | 0:22 |
| 6 | Martin Tjøtta | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 0:24 |
| 7 | Paul Lapeira | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 8 | Urko Berrade | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 9 | Andrea Vendrame | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 0:40 |
| 10 | Thomas Champion | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 1:09 |
| 11 | Haimar Etxeberria | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:25 |
| 12 | Andrea Mifsud | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 1:26 |
| 13 | Clément Venturini | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 14 | Adrien Maire | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 15 | Ivan Cobo | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:28 |
| 16 | Mathis Le Berre | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 17 | Rémy Rochas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 18 | Rémi Capron | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 1:31 |
| 19 | Marco Tizza | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 20 | Jonathan Lastra | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 21 | Giacomo Villa | Wagner Bazin WB | 1:40 |
| 22 | Thomas Gachignard | Team TotalEnergies | 1:42 |
| 23 | Yohann Simon | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 1:45 |
| 24 | Axel Mariault | CIC-U-Nantes | s.t. |
| 25 | Xabier Berasategi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:54 |
| 26 | Kevin Colleoni | Intermarché-Wanty | 2:08 |
| 27 | Cedrik Bakke Christophersen | Unibet Tietema Rockets | 2:12 |
| 28 | Alexandre Balmer | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 2:21 |
| 29 | Sebastian Berwick | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 2:33 |
| 30 | Vicente Rojas | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 2:58 |
| 31 | Eduard Prades | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 32 | Maxime Jarnet | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 3:00 |
| 33 | Gorka Sorarrain | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 34 | Victor Papon | Wagner Bazin WB | 3:04 |
| 35 | Sergi Darder | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3:12 |
| 36 | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama-FDJ | 3:15 |
| 37 | Dylan Teuns | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 38 | Henri-Francois Haquin | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 39 | Anthony Delaplace | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 3:21 |
| 40 | Sergio Meris | Unibet Tietema Rockets | 4:54 |
| 41 | Lenaic Langella | CIC-U-Nantes | 5:36 |
| 42 | Lorenzo Rota | Intermarché-Wanty | 5:47 |
| 43 | Alessio Martinelli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 44 | Kévin Avoine | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 5:56 |
| 45 | Simon Guglielmi | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 8:25 |
| 46 | Maximilien Juillard | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 8:25 |
| 47 | Sergio Trueba | Illes Balears-Arabay | 11:20 |
| 48 | Cesar Perez | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 49 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 50 | Stefano Oldani | Cofidis | 13:02 |
| 51 | Kristian Sbaragli | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 52 | Jaakko Hänninen | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 53 | Alexy Faure-Prost | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 54 | Pablo Lospitao | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 55 | Abner González | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 56 | Morne Van Niekerk | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 57 | Owen Geleijn | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 58 | Victor Lafay | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 59 | Joris Chaussinand | CIC-U-Nantes | s.t. |
| 60 | Edgar Curto Pellicer | Illes Balears-Arabay | s.t. |
| 61 | Iker Mintegi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 14:16 |
| 62 | Hugo Page | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 63 | Célestin Guillon | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 15:25 |
| 64 | Baptiste Vadic | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 65 | Noa Isidore | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 66 | Lorenzo Conforti | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 67 | Filippo Magli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 68 | Théo Delacroix | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 69 | Nicolas Debeaumarché | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 70 | Mathias Sanlaville | CIC-U-Nantes | s.t. |
| 71 | Mikel Retegi | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 72 | Nicolas Alustiza | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 73 | Léandre Huck | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 74 | Kenny Molly | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 75 | Nicolas Breuillard | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 15:36 |
| 76 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 17:40 |
| 77 | Tom Donnenwirth | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 78 | Louic Boussemaere | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 79 | Alex Tolio | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 80 | Victor Hannes | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 81 | Alexander Konijn | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 82 | Xabier Isasa | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 83 | Anthony Turgis | Team TotalEnergies | 18:02 |
| 84 | Martin Marcellusi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 18:48 |
| 85 | Jan Castellon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 20:34 |
| 86 | Gari Ugarte | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 87 | Valentin Retailleau | Team TotalEnergies | 20:39 |
| 88 | Fabien Grellier | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 89 | Marc Brustenga | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 90 | Quentin Bezza | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 91 | Luca Verrando | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 92 | Emmanuel Morin | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 93 | Axel Van Den Broek | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 94 | Mario Silva | Illes Balears-Arabay | s.t. |
| 95 | Albert Riera Joan | Illes Balears-Arabay | s.t. |
| 96 | Danny van der Tuuk | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 22:21 |
| 97 | Luca Mozzato | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 98 | Andrei Carbunarea | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 99 | Lewis Bower | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 100 | Mark Stewart | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 101 | Jelle Vermoote | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 102 | Alan Riou | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 103 | Jelle Johannink | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 104 | Yukiya Arashiro | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 105 | Antoine Hue | CIC-U-Nantes | 22:38 |
| 106 | Ronan Augé | CIC-U-Nantes | 29:59 |
| 107 | Bohémond Barrillot | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
GC after stage 2:
358.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.352 km/hr
| 1 | Ewen Costiou | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 8hr 53min 39sec |
| 2 | Sylvain Moniquet | Cofidis | @ 2sec |
| 3 | Alexandre Delettre | Team TotalEnergies | 0:07 |
| 4 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 0:25 |
| 5 | Urko Berrade | Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:33 |
| 6 | Paul Lapeira | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 0:34 |
| 7 | Martin Tjøtta | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 0:36 |
| 8 | Sam Maisonobe | Cofidis | 0:39 |
| 9 | Andrea Vendrame | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 0:49 |
| 10 | Thomas Champion | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 1:21 |
| 11 | Thomas Gachignard | Team TotalEnergies | 1:31 |
| 12 | Ivan Cobo | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:34 |
| 13 | Haimar Etxeberria | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:37 |
| 14 | Clément Venturini | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 1:38 |
| 15 | Adrien Maire | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 16 | Andrea Mifsud | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 17 | Rémy Rochas | Groupama-FDJ | 1:40 |
| 18 | Mathis Le Berre | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 19 | Rémi Capron | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 1:43 |
| 20 | Marco Tizza | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 21 | Jonathan Lastra | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 22 | Giacomo Villa | Wagner Bazin WB | 1:52 |
| 23 | Axel Mariault | CIC-U-Nantes | 1:57 |
| 24 | Xabier Berasategi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 2:06 |
| 25 | Kevin Colleoni | Intermarché-Wanty | 2:20 |
| 26 | Cedrik Bakke Christophersen | Unibet Tietema Rockets | 2:24 |
| 27 | Alexandre Balmer | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 2:38 |
| 28 | Sebastian Berwick | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 2:45 |
| 29 | Eduard Prades | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3:10 |
| 30 | Maxime Jarnet | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 3:12 |
| 31 | Gorka Sorarrain | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 32 | Victor Papon | Wagner Bazin WB | 3:16 |
| 33 | Sergi Darder | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3:24 |
| 34 | Dylan Teuns | Cofidis | 3:27 |
| 35 | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 36 | Henri-Francois Haquin | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 37 | Anthony Delaplace | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 3:33 |
| 38 | Lenaic Langella | CIC-U-Nantes | 5:48 |
| 39 | Yohann Simon | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 5:50 |
| 40 | Alessio Martinelli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 5:59 |
| 41 | Lorenzo Rota | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 42 | Kévin Avoine | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 6:40 |
| 43 | Sergio Meris | Unibet Tietema Rockets | 6:49 |
| 44 | Vicente Rojas | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 7:03 |
| 45 | Simon Guglielmi | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 8:35 |
| 46 | Stefano Oldani | Cofidis | 13:14 |
| 47 | Owen Geleijn | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 48 | Morne Van Niekerk | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 49 | Joris Chaussinand | CIC-U-Nantes | 13:44 |
| 50 | Jaakko Hänninen | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 13:46 |
| 51 | Victor Lafay | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 52 | Maximilien Juillard | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 13:57 |
| 53 | Hugo Page | Intermarché-Wanty | 14:28 |
| 54 | Iker Mintegi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 55 | Filippo Magli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 15:37 |
| 56 | Lorenzo Conforti | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 57 | Baptiste Vadic | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 58 | Nicolas Breuillard | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 15:48 |
| 59 | Léandre Huck | Cofidis | 15:50 |
| 60 | Mikel Retegi | Equipo Kern Pharma | 16:46 |
| 61 | Noa Isidore | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 16:57 |
| 62 | Nicolas Debeaumarché | Cofidis | 17:12 |
| 63 | Célestin Guillon | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 17:26 |
| 64 | Tom Donnenwirth | Groupama-FDJ | 17:51 |
| 65 | Alex Tolio | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 17:57 |
| 66 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 18:08 |
| 67 | Anthony Turgis | Team TotalEnergies | 18:14 |
| 68 | Cesar Perez | Equipo Kern Pharma | 19:04 |
| 69 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | Team TotalEnergies | 19:49 |
| 70 | Pablo Lospitao | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 20:46 |
| 71 | Kristian Sbaragli | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 72 | Alexander Konijn | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 21:02 |
| 73 | Quentin Bezza | Wagner Bazin WB | 21:23 |
| 74 | Sergio Trueba | Illes Balears-Arabay | 21:35 |
| 75 | Marc Brustenga | Equipo Kern Pharma | 22:26 |
| 76 | Mark Stewart | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 22:33 |
| 77 | Abner González | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 23:17 |
| 78 | Edgar Curto Pellicer | Illes Balears-Arabay | s.t. |
| 79 | Alexy Faure-Prost | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 80 | Emmanuel Morin | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 24:44 |
| 81 | Mathias Sanlaville | CIC-U-Nantes | 25:33 |
| 82 | Théo Delacroix | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 25:38 |
| 83 | Kenny Molly | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 25:39 |
| 84 | Nicolas Alustiza | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 25:40 |
| 85 | Jelle Johannink | Unibet Tietema Rockets | 26:35 |
| 86 | Xabier Isasa | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 27:55 |
| 87 | Gari Ugarte | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 28:18 |
| 88 | Valentin Retailleau | Team TotalEnergies | 28:23 |
| 89 | Mario Silva | Illes Balears-Arabay | s.t. |
| 90 | Martin Marcellusi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 29:03 |
| 91 | Lewis Bower | Groupama-FDJ | 30:05 |
| 92 | Luca Mozzato | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 30:09 |
| 93 | Jan Castellon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 30:49 |
| 94 | Luca Verrando | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 30:54 |
| 95 | Louic Boussemaere | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 32:16 |
| 96 | Andrei Carbunarea | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 32:36 |
| 97 | Yukiya Arashiro | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 98 | Jelle Vermoote | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 99 | Alan Riou | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 100 | Fabien Grellier | Team TotalEnergies | 34:44 |
| 101 | Victor Hannes | Intermarché-Wanty | 34:45 |
| 102 | Albert Riera Joan | Illes Balears-Arabay | 35:15 |
| 103 | Danny van der Tuuk | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 36:26 |
| 104 | Antoine Hue | CIC-U-Nantes | 36:43 |
| 105 | Bohémond Barrillot | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 37:43 |
| 106 | Axel Van Den Broek | Intermarché-Wanty | 37:52 |
| 107 | Ronan Augé | CIC-U-Nantes | 40:14 |
Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile
Tuesday, August 19: Stage 1, Panazol - La Courtine, 184.6 km

Thomas Gachignard beats Ewen Costiou for the stage win and the GC lead. 
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Weather at the finish city of La Courtine at 3:00 PM, local time: 17C (63F), cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 10 km/hr (6 mph). There is a 60% chance of rain with thunderstorms in the area.
The race: Here's the report from second-place Ewen Costiou's Team Arkea-B&B Hotels:
Ewen Costiou 2nd at La Courtine, Simon Guglielmi ahead and taking bonus points, a good start to the Tour du Limousin for the red and black team in their “Excalibur” jerseys.
Ewen Costiou:
This was my first race back after the Tour de France, and I think I overcompensated. I feel strong, and I think it will get better and better as the races go on. I would like to commend the entire Arkea-B&B Hotels team for their good work on this first stage of the Tour du Limousin. We were aggressive, we rode at the front and controlled the race. Anthony Delaplace and Mathis Le Berre put me in the best position in the peloton. Simon Gugliellmi was in the first breakaway, which meant we didn't have to ride behind. He took the bonus points. Once his group was caught, seven of us broke away.

About halfway into the stage, a 7-man break with a 2min 11sec lead on the pack. Photo: Gurvan Sévenou
We took the lead, then our breakaway broke up. Thomas Gachignard went on the offensive. I followed him. We worked well together right away, but as I suspected, two kilometers from the finish, he didn't pass me. That's the game, because he had a teammate behind him. I kept going in anticipation of the overall classification in the Tour du Limousin, while still thinking about winning the stage. But Thomas was the fastest, no question about it. I was able to gain a little time for myself in this race, which is often decided by small margins, and that's not bad.
Laurent Pichon - Sport director:
We don't know, the Tour du Limousin is often decided by very little. And Ewen's second place, with a slight lead over the peloton, may be a good thing. But beyond his performance, what I want to remember from this first stage of the Tour du Limousin is the spirit of the Arkea-B&B Hotels team. Simon made the first breakaway, earned bonus points, and is eighth in the provisional overall standings tonight. It's always good to have several riders well placed in this race. Ewen, for his part, seized the opportunities that presented themselves, twice. The first time was by joining a group of seven, and the second was by following Thomas Gachignard in the final.
We tried to play the stage, of course, but in the final, when his breakaway companion was less cooperative, because one of his teammates had gone on the counterattack, Ewen continued to ride to try to create as much of a gap as possible between himself and the peloton. It was a good day, but we know that anything can happen in Limousin. We remain cautious. But congratulations to the red and black team for this great start to the race
Complete results:
184.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.813 km/hr
| 1 | Thomas Gachignard | Team TotalEnergies | 4hr 31min 23sec |
| 2 | Ewen Costiou | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 3 | Alexandre Delettre | Team TotalEnergies | @ 10sec |
| 4 | Andrea Vendrame | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 5 | Paul Lapeira | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 0:13 |
| 6 | Stefano Oldani | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 7 | Hugo Page | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 8 | Sergi Darder | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 9 | Rémi Capron | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 10 | Marco Tizza | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 11 | Xabier Berasategi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 12 | Nicolas Breuillard | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 13 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 14 | Giacomo Villa | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 15 | Tom Donnenwirth | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 16 | Clément Venturini | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 17 | Lenaic Langella | CIC-U-Nantes | s.t. |
| 18 | Eduard Prades | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 19 | Adrien Maire | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 20 | Haimar Etxeberria | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 21 | Filippo Magli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 22 | Kevin Colleoni | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 23 | Mark Stewart | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 24 | Anthony Turgis | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 25 | Owen Geleijn | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 26 | Sebastian Berwick | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 27 | Morne Van Niekerk | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 28 | Urko Berrade | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 29 | Maxime Jarnet | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 30 | Simon Guglielmi | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 31 | Dylan Teuns | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 32 | Sylvain Moniquet | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 33 | Andrea Mifsud | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 34 | Anthony Delaplace | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 35 | Jonathan Lastra | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 36 | Lorenzo Conforti | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 37 | Martin Tjøtta | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 38 | Rémy Rochas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 39 | Baptiste Vadic | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 40 | Iker Mintegi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 41 | Axel Mariault | CIC-U-Nantes | s.t. |
| 42 | Thomas Champion | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 43 | Victor Papon | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 44 | Mathis Le Berre | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 45 | Ivan Cobo | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 46 | Alessio Martinelli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 47 | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 48 | Cedrik Bakke Christophersen | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 49 | Alexandre Balmer | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 0:18 |
| 50 | Sam Maisonobe | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 51 | Alex Tolio | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 52 | Léandre Huck | Cofidis | 0:26 |
| 53 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 0:29 |
| 54 | Kévin Avoine | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 0:45 |
| 55 | Victor Lafay | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 56 | Jaakko Hänninen | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 57 | Quentin Bezza | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 58 | Joris Chaussinand | CIC-U-Nantes | s.t. |
| 59 | Henri-Francois Haquin | Wagner Bazin WB | @ 13sec |
| 60 | Lucas Bénéteau | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 1:16 |
| 61 | Mikel Retegi | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:22 |
| 62 | Gorka Sorarrain | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | @ 13sec |
| 63 | Noa Isidore | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 1:33 |
| 64 | Nicolas Debeaumarché | Cofidis | 1:48 |
| 65 | Marc Brustenga | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 66 | Sergio Meris | Unibet Tietema Rockets | 1:56 |
| 67 | Lorenzo Rota | Intermarché-Wanty | @ 13sec |
| 68 | Célestin Guillon | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 2:04 |
| 69 | Alexander Konijn | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 3:23 |
| 70 | Emmanuel Morin | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 4:06 |
| 71 | Jocelyn Baguelin | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 72 | Vicente Rojas | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 73 | Yohann Simon | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 74 | Jelle Johannink | Unibet Tietema Rockets | 4:15 |
| 75 | Maximilien Juillard | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 5:33 |
| 76 | Mario Silva | Illes Balears-Arabay | 7:45 |
| 77 | Cesar Perez | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 78 | Pablo Lospitao | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 79 | Gari Ugarte | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 80 | Valentin Retailleau | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 81 | Bohémond Barrillot | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 82 | Kristian Sbaragli | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 83 | Lewis Bower | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 84 | Luca Mozzato | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 7:49 |
| 85 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | Team TotalEnergies | 8:30 |
| 86 | Jan Castellon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 10:16 |
| 87 | Abner González | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 88 | Andrei Carbunarea | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 89 | Edgar Curto Pellicer | Illes Balears-Arabay | s.t. |
| 90 | Asier Pablo Gonzalez | Illes Balears-Arabay | s.t. |
| 91 | Xabier Isasa | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 92 | Sergio Trueba | Illes Balears-Arabay | s.t. |
| 93 | Yukiya Arashiro | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 94 | Luca Verrando | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 95 | Théo Delacroix | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 96 | Alan Riou | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 97 | Jelle Vermoote | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 98 | Alexy Faure-Prost | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 99 | Ronan Augé | CIC-U-Nantes | s.t. |
| 100 | Yaël Joalland | CIC-U-Nantes | s.t. |
| 101 | Kenny Molly | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 102 | Nicolas Alustiza | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 103 | Mathias Sanlaville | CIC-U-Nantes | s.t. |
| 104 | Martin Marcellusi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 105 | Danny van der Tuuk | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 14:06 |
| 106 | Fabien Grellier | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 107 | Antoine Hue | CIC-U-Nantes | s.t. |
| 108 | Louic Boussemaere | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 14:37 |
| 109 | Joan Albert Riera | Illes Balears-Arabay | s.t. |
| 110 | Eddy Le Huitouze | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 111 | Francisco Galván | Equipo Kern Pharma | 15:32 |
| 112 | Axel Van Den Broek | Intermarché-Wanty | 17:14 |
| 113 | Attilio Viviani | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 114 | Marton Dina | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 115 | Victor Hannes | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 116 | Halvor Dolven | Intermarché-Wanty | 17:17 |
| 117 | Lorenzo Germani | Groupama-FDJ | 21:46 |
| 118 | Carter Guichard | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 24:05 |
GC after stage 1:
| 1 | Thomas Gachignard | Team TotalEnergies | 4hr 31min 13sec |
| 2 | Ewen Costiou | Arkea-B&B Hotels | @ 4sec |
| 3 | Alexandre Delettre | Team TotalEnergies | 0:16 |
| 4 | Ivan Cobo | Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:17 |
| 5 | Andrea Vendrame | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 0:20 |
| 6 | Urko Berrade | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 7 | Paul Lapeira | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 0:21 |
| 8 | Simon Guglielmi | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 9 | Tom Donnenwirth | Groupama-FDJ | 0:22 |
| 10 | Stefano Oldani | Cofidis | 0:23 |
| 11 | Hugo Page | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 12 | Sergi Darder | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 13 | Rémi Capron | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 14 | Marco Tizza | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 15 | Xabier Berasategi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 16 | Nicolas Breuillard | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 17 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 18 | Giacomo Villa | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 19 | Clément Venturini | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 20 | Lenaic Langella | CIC-U-Nantes | s.t. |
| 21 | Eduard Prades | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 22 | Adrien Maire | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 23 | Haimar Etxeberria | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 24 | Filippo Magli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 25 | Kevin Colleoni | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 26 | Mark Stewart | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 27 | Anthony Turgis | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 28 | Owen Geleijn | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 29 | Sebastian Berwick | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 30 | Morne Van Niekerk | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 31 | Maxime Jarnet | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 32 | Dylan Teuns | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 33 | Sylvain Moniquet | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 34 | Andrea Mifsud | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 35 | Anthony Delaplace | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 36 | Jonathan Lastra | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 37 | Lorenzo Conforti | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 38 | Martin Tjøtta | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 39 | Rémy Rochas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 40 | Baptiste Vadic | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 41 | Iker Mintegi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 42 | Axel Mariault | CIC-U-Nantes | s.t. |
| 43 | Thomas Champion | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 44 | Victor Papon | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 45 | Mathis Le Berre | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 46 | Alessio Martinelli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 47 | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 48 | Cedrik Bakke Christophersen | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 49 | Henri-Francois Haquin | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 50 | Gorka Sorarrain | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 51 | Lorenzo Rota | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 52 | Alexandre Balmer | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 0:28 |
| 53 | Sam Maisonobe | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 54 | Alex Tolio | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 55 | Léandre Huck | Cofidis | 0:36 |
| 56 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 0:39 |
| 57 | Joris Chaussinand | CIC-U-Nantes | 0:53 |
| 58 | Kévin Avoine | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 0:55 |
| 59 | Victor Lafay | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 60 | Jaakko Hänninen | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 61 | Quentin Bezza | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 62 | Lucas Bénéteau | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 1:26 |
| 63 | Mikel Retegi | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:32 |
| 64 | Noa Isidore | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 1:43 |
| 65 | Nicolas Debeaumarché | Cofidis | 1:58 |
| 66 | Marc Brustenga | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 67 | Sergio Meris | Unibet Tietema Rockets | 2:06 |
| 68 | Célestin Guillon | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 2:14 |
| 69 | Alexander Konijn | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 3:33 |
| 70 | Emmanuel Morin | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 4:16 |
| 71 | Jocelyn Baguelin | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 72 | Vicente Rojas | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 73 | Yohann Simon | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 74 | Jelle Johannink | Unibet Tietema Rockets | 4:25 |
| 75 | Maximilien Juillard | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 5:43 |
| 76 | Mario Silva | Illes Balears-Arabay | 7:55 |
| 77 | Cesar Perez | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 78 | Pablo Lospitao | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 79 | Gari Ugarte | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 80 | Valentin Retailleau | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 81 | Bohémond Barrillot | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 82 | Kristian Sbaragli | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 83 | Lewis Bower | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 84 | Luca Mozzato | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 7:59 |
| 85 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | Team TotalEnergies | 8:40 |
| 86 | Théo Delacroix | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 10:24 |
| 87 | Jan Castellon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 10:26 |
| 88 | Abner González | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 89 | Andrei Carbunarea | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 90 | Edgar Curto Pellicer | Illes Balears-Arabay | s.t. |
| 91 | Asier Pablo Gonzalez | Illes Balears-Arabay | s.t. |
| 92 | Xabier Isasa | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 93 | Sergio Trueba | Illes Balears-Arabay | s.t. |
| 94 | Yukiya Arashiro | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 95 | Luca Verrando | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 96 | Alan Riou | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 97 | Jelle Vermoote | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 98 | Alexy Faure-Prost | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 99 | Ronan Augé | CIC-U-Nantes | s.t. |
| 100 | Yaël Joalland | CIC-U-Nantes | s.t. |
| 101 | Kenny Molly | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 102 | Nicolas Alustiza | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 103 | Mathias Sanlaville | CIC-U-Nantes | s.t. |
| 104 | Martin Marcellusi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 105 | Danny van der Tuuk | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 14:16 |
| 106 | Fabien Grellier | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 107 | Antoine Hue | CIC-U-Nantes | s.t. |
| 108 | Louic Boussemaere | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 14:47 |
| 109 | Joan Albert Riera | Illes Balears-Arabay | s.t. |
| 110 | Eddy Le Huitouze | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 111 | Francisco Galván | Equipo Kern Pharma | 15:42 |
| 112 | Axel Van Den Broek | Intermarché-Wanty | 17:24 |
| 113 | Attilio Viviani | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 114 | Marton Dina | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 115 | Victor Hannes | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 116 | Halvor Dolven | Intermarché-Wanty | 17:27 |
| 117 | Lorenzo Germani | Groupama-FDJ | 21:56 |
| 118 | Carter Guichard | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 24:15 |
Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile
Start list with back numbers, August 18, 2025:
| Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 1 | Andrea Vendrame |
| 2 | Geoffrey Bouchard |
| 3 | Louic Boussemaere |
| 4 | Noa Isidore |
| 5 | Victor Lafay |
| 6 | Paul Lapeira |
| 7 | Nicolas Prodhomme |
| Arkea-B&B Hotels | |
| 11 | Ewen Costiou |
| 12 | Anthony Delaplace |
| 13 | Simon Guglielmi |
| 14 | Mathis Le Berre |
| 15 | Martin Tjøtta |
| 16 | Luca Mozzato |
| 17 | Clément Venturini |
| Cofidis | |
| 21 | Dylan Teuns |
| 22 | Stefano Oldani |
| 23 | Nicolas Debeaumarché |
| 24 | Clement Izquierdo |
| 25 | Jonathan Lastra |
| 26 | Sam Maisonobe |
| 27 | Sylvain Moniquet |
| Groupama-FDJ | |
| 31 | Lewis Bower |
| 32 | Tom Donnenwirth |
| 33 | Lorenzo Germani |
| 34 | Olivier Le Gac |
| 35 | Quentin Pacher |
| 36 | Enzo Paleni |
| 37 | Rémy Rochas |
| Intermarché-Wanty | |
| 41 | Kevin Colleoni |
| 42 | Halvor Dolven |
| 43 | Alexy Faure-Prost |
| 44 | Alexander Kamp |
| 45 | Felix Ørn-Kristoff |
| 46 | Hugo Page |
| 47 | Lorenzo Rota |
| Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 51 | Sebastian Berwick |
| 52 | Sergi Darder |
| 53 | Abner González |
| 54 | Jan Castellon |
| 55 | Eduard Prades |
| 56 | Gorka Sorarrain |
| 57 | Pablo Lospitao |
| Equipo Kern Pharma | |
| 61 | Urko Berrade |
| 62 | Marc Brustenga |
| 63 | Mikel Retegi |
| 64 | Haimar Etxeberria |
| 65 | Ivan Cobo |
| 66 | Francisco Galván |
| 67 | Cesar Perez |
| Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 71 | Gari Ugarte |
| 72 | Iker Mintegi |
| 73 | Nicolas Alustiza |
| 74 | Xabier Isasa |
| 75 | Xabier Berasategi |
| 76 | Marton Dina |
| 77 | Danny van der Tuuk |
| Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | |
| 81 | Yukiya Arashiro |
| 82 | Alexandre Balmer |
| 83 | Mark Stewart |
| 84 | Joann Rolando |
| 85 | Kristian Sbaragli |
| 86 | Attilio Viviani |
| 87 | Luca Verrando |
| Team TotalEnergies | |
| 91 | Mathieu Burgaudeau |
| 92 | Alexandre Delettre |
| 93 | Thomas Gachignard |
| 94 | Fabien Grellier |
| 95 | Valentin Retailleau |
| 96 | Anthony Turgis |
| 97 | Baptiste Vadic |
| Unibet Tietema Rockets | |
| 101 | Adrien Maire |
| 102 | Cedrik Bakke Christophersen |
| 103 | Giovanni Carboni |
| 104 | Jelle Johannink |
| 105 | Owen Geleijn |
| 106 | Sergio Meris |
| VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | |
| 111 | Luca Covili |
| 112 | Filippo Magli |
| 113 | Martin Marcellusi |
| 114 | Alessio Martinelli |
| 115 | Vicente Rojas |
| 116 | Lorenzo Conforti |
| 117 | Alex Tolio |
| Wagner Bazin WB | |
| 121 | Jocelyn Baguelin |
| 122 | Quentin Bezza |
| 123 | Victor Papon |
| 124 | Henri-Francois Haquin |
| 125 | Marco Tizza |
| 126 | Jelle Vermoote |
| 127 | Giacomo Villa |
| CIC-U-Nantes | |
| 131 | Axel Mariault |
| 132 | Ronan Augé |
| 133 | Joris Chaussinand |
| 134 | Antoine Hue |
| 135 | Yaël Joalland |
| 136 | Lenaic Langella |
| 137 | Mathias Sanlaville |
| Illes Balears-Arabay | |
| 141 | Edgar Curto Pellicer |
| 142 | Joan Gamundi |
| 143 | Asier Pablo Gonzalez |
| 144 | Pau Llaneras |
| 145 | Sergio Trueba |
| 146 | Joan Albert Riera |
| 147 | Mario Silva |
| St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | |
| 151 | Lucas Bénéteau |
| 152 | Nicolas Breuillard |
| 153 | Thomas Champion |
| 154 | Morne Van Niekerk |
| 155 | Théo Delacroix |
| 156 | Alan Riou |
| 157 | Yohann Simon |
| Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur | |
| 161 | Andrea Mifsud |
| 162 | Jaakko Hänninen |
| 163 | Alexander Konijn |
| 164 | Damien Girard |
| 165 | Andrei Carbunarea |
| 166 | Bohémond Barrillot |
| 167 | Carter Guichard |
| Van Rysel-Roubaix | |
| 171 | Maxime Jarnet |
| 172 | Kévin Avoine |
| 173 | Rémi Capron |
| 174 | Célestin Guillon |
| 175 | Maximilien Juillard |
| 176 | Kenny Molly |
| 177 | Emmanuel Morin |