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2025 Tour du Limousin (2.Pro), France

58th edition: August 19 - 22, 2025

Tour du Limousin podium history | 2024 edition | Start list
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4

Overall map of the 2025 edition of the Tour du Limousin


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

Stage 4 map & profile

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:

  • GC winner: Ewen Costiou (Arkea-B&B Hotels)
  • Mountains classification winner: Kenny Molly (Van Rysel-Roubaix)
  • Best young rider: Ewen Costiou (Arkea-B&B Hotels)
  • Teams classification winner: Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale

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


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

Stage 3 map & profile:

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:

  • GC leader: Ewen Costiou (Arkea-B&B Hotels)
  • Mountains classification leader: Kenny Molly (Van Rysel-Roubaix)
  • Best young rider: Ewen Costiou (Arkea-B&B Hotels)
  • Teams classificaton leader: Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale

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

Stage 2 map & profile

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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:

  • GC leader: Ewen Costiou (Arkea-B&B Hotels)
  • Mountains classification leader: Kenny Molly (Van Rysel-Roubaix)
  • Best young rider: Ewen Costiou (Arkea-B&B Hotels)
  • Teams classification leader: Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale

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

 

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

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Thomas Gachignard beats Ewen Costiou for the stage win and the GC lead. TDF volume 1

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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:

  • GC leader: Thomas Gachignard (Team TotalEnergies)
  • Mountains classification leader: Kenny Molly (Van Rysel Roubaix)
  • Best young rider: Thomas Gachignard (Team Totalenergies)
  • Teams classification leader: Team TotalEnergies
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

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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