2026 Tour du Limousin (2.1), France

59th edition: August 18 - 21, 2026

Tour du Limousin podium history | 2025 edition | Start list
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4

Overall map of the 2026 edition of the Tour du Limousin. Four stages covering 719.6 km

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Friday, August 21: 4th & Final Stage, Nantiat - Limoges, 178.7 km

Stage 4 map & profile

Noa Isidore wins the final stage. Photo: X. Pereyron/LNC

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Weather at the finish city of Limoges at 2:45 PM,. local time: 23C (73F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the west-southwest at 14 km/hr (9 mph). There is a 4% chance of rain.

The race: Morné Van Niekerk (St Michael-Preference Home-Auber 93) did not start.

Stage winner Noa Isidore’s Team Decathlon CMA CGM posted this:

Noa Isidore:
“On this new final circuit, we weren’t quite sure how it would play out, since it was ripe for attacks. The last tour was really fast and difficult; we had to stay in a good position the whole time to have any hope of a bunch sprint. We managed to do that as a team, and I think we controlled the race very well all day. I want to thank my teammates, who once again believed in me and helped me secure the victory. I felt even more confident thanks to the results I’ve had this week and my first professional victory on Tuesday. On a finish like this, I knew I could be the strongest rider today.”

The news: Émilien Jacquelin Honored
Upon completing his first stage race, Émilien Jacquelin was awarded the “rider” Fair Play Award by the race jury. It was his first such experience, and he was exemplary throughout the week, working tirelessly at the front of the peloton and keeping pace with the leaders in the final stretch of the third stage.

Key number: 6
Just like Antoine L’Hote’s position in the final overall standings of the Limousin-Périgord Nouvelle-Aquitaine “ Tour .” After his impressive fifth-place finish in the second stage, Antoine managed to avoid the pitfalls and finish eighth in the third and fourth stages. This consistent performance allowed him to secure sixth place in the race.

Complete results:

178.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.585 km/hr

1	Noa Isidore	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	4hr 6min 0sec
2	Alex Aranburu	Cofidis	s.t.
3	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
4	Pierre Gautherat	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
5	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
6	Hugo Page	Cofidis	@ 6sec
7	Kay De Bruyckere	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	s.t.
8	Antoine L'Hote	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
9	Matthew Fox	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
10	Sergio Meris	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
11	Rémi Capron	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
12	Milan Menten	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
13	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
14	Ewen Costiou	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
15	Rayan Boulahoite	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
16	Johan Meens	Aarco	s.t.
17	Axel Mariault	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
18	Yohann Simon	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
19	Killian Verschuren	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
20	Valentin Darbellay	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	s.t.
21	Olivier Godfroid	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	s.t.
22	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
23	Valentin Ferron	Cofidis	s.t.
24	Guillaume Adam	Veloce Club Rouen 76	s.t.
25	Pierre-Henry Basset	XDS Astana Development Team	s.t.
26	Daan Depuydt	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	s.t.
27	Mathis Guerinel	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
28	Mathis Le Berre	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
29	Luca Cretti	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
30	Jean-Loup Fayolle	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
31	Axel Salvadori	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	s.t.
32	Victor Papon	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
33	Matys Grisel	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
34	Gerben Kuypers	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	s.t.
35	Lorenz Van de Wynkele	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
36	Mavric Beaune	Veloce Club Rouen 76	0:18
37	Joris Chaussinand	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
38	Thomas Champion	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
39	Maxime Decomble	Groupama-FDJ United	0:25
40	Samuele Zoccarato	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
41	Jannis Peter	Unibet Rose Rockets	0:26
42	Nils Aebersold	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	s.t.
43	Pierre Thierry	Team TotalEnergies	0:43
44	Louis Hardouin	Van Rysel-Roubaix	0:51
45	Adam Toupalik	Unibet Rose Rockets	1:03
46	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	1:17
47	Jim Breitler	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	1:46
48	Aurélien Kayser	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	s.t.
49	Haoyu Su	XDS Astana Development Team	1:51
50	Baptiste Gillet	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	1:58
51	Viktor Vandenberghe	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	2:13
52	Michael Vanthourenhout	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	s.t.
53	Justin Coron	Veloce Club Rouen 76	2:32
54	Edoardo Zamperini	Cofidis	s.t.
55	Léandre Lozouet	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
56	Robbe Mellaerts	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	2:39
57	Maximilien Juillard	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	2:49
58	Valentin Retailleau	Team TotalEnergies	3:20
59	Baptiste Vadic	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
60	Sil De Brauwere	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	s.t.
61	Pietro Galbusera	XDS Astana Development Team	s.t.
62	Arne Baers	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	s.t.
63	Émilien Jacquelin	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
64	Camille Charret	Cofidis	s.t.
65	Simon Guglielmi	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
66	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
67	Laurens Huys	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
68	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
69	Eivind Broholt Fougner	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
70	Guillaume Bagou	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	s.t.
71	Victor Van de Putte	Lotto-Intermarché	3:27
72	Arnaud Tendon	Van Rysel-Roubaix	4:48
73	Jan Sommer	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	4:51
74	Joppe Heremans	Van Rysel-Roubaix	5:13
75	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ United	5:36
76	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Veloce Club Rouen 76	5:48
77	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
78	Lucas Bénéteau	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	6:51
79	Jocelyn Baguelin	Aarco	s.t.
80	Maël Guégan	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
81	Victor Vidal	BIKE AID	s.t.
82	Maxence Place	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
83	Simon Baran	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	7:07
84	Victor Jean	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	7:23
85	Lars Daelmans	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	8:46
86	Aubin Vasseur	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	s.t.
87	Baptiste Berger	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	s.t.
88	Márk Valent	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
89	Filippo D'Aiuto	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
90	Clément Davy	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
91	Jaakko Hänninen	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
92	Clément Petit	Veloce Club Rouen 76	s.t.
93	Colin Savioz	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
94	Josh Kench	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
95	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	12:35
96	Raphaël Hector	Veloce Club Rouen 76	s.t.
97	Marius Innhaug Dahl	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
98	Lennard Sternsdorff	BIKE AID	s.t.
99	Mikhail Podluzhnyy	XDS Astana Development Team	s.t.
100	Gabriel Berg	BIKE AID	s.t.
101	Oliver Mattheis	BIKE AID	12:53
102	Victor Guernalec	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	13:05
103	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
104	Karl Hall	BIKE AID	15:23

 

Final GC after stage 4:

• GC winner: Ewen Costiou (Groupama-FDJ United)
• Mountains classification winner: Baptiste Veistroffer (Lotto-Intermarché)
• Best young rider: Ewen Costiou (Groupama-FDJ United)
• Teams classification winner: TotalEnergies

719.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.777 km/hr

1	Ewen Costiou	Groupama-FDJ United	16hr 49min 20sec
2	Alex Aranburu	Cofidis	@ 15sec
3	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
4	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	0:24
5	Axel Mariault	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	0:29
6	Antoine L'Hote	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:35
7	Yohann Simon	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
8	Mathis Le Berre	Team TotalEnergies	0:38
9	Thomas Champion	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	0:58
10	Pierre-Henry Basset	XDS Astana Development Team	1:39
11	Rayan Boulahoite	Team TotalEnergies	1:46
12	Rémi Capron	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
13	Killian Verschuren	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
14	Sergio Meris	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
15	Valentin Ferron	Cofidis	s.t.
16	Guillaume Adam	Veloce Club Rouen 76	s.t.
17	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
18	Olivier Godfroid	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	s.t.
19	Gerben Kuypers	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	s.t.
20	Luca Cretti	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	2:33
21	Hugo Page	Cofidis	2:58
22	Valentin Darbellay	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	s.t.
23	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix	3:02
24	Jean-Loup Fayolle	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
25	Samuele Zoccarato	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	3:14
26	Jannis Peter	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
27	Victor Papon	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	3:33
28	Lorenz Van de Wynkele	Lotto-Intermarché	3:49
29	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	4:13
30	Maximilien Juillard	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	5:31
31	Simon Guglielmi	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	6:16
32	Eivind Broholt Fougner	Unibet Rose Rockets	7:51
33	Aurélien Kayser	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	7:57
34	Daan Depuydt	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	8:37
35	Pietro Galbusera	XDS Astana Development Team	9:41
36	Nils Aebersold	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	11:36
37	Arnaud Tendon	Van Rysel-Roubaix	11:45
38	Joris Chaussinand	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	12:02
39	Pierre Thierry	Team TotalEnergies	12:27
40	Maxence Place	Lotto-Intermarché	13:29
41	Axel Salvadori	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	13:49
42	Noa Isidore	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	14:28
43	Laurens Huys	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	14:34
44	Johan Meens	Aarco	14:54
45	Adam Toupalik	Unibet Rose Rockets	15:51
46	Marius Innhaug Dahl	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	16:31
47	Matys Grisel	Lotto-Intermarché	18:41
48	Guillaume Bagou	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	18:55
49	Victor Vidal	BIKE AID	19:22
50	Oliver Mattheis	BIKE AID	19:51
51	Maxime Decomble	Groupama-FDJ United	20:06
52	Émilien Jacquelin	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	20:16
53	Clément Petit	Veloce Club Rouen 76	21:14
54	Jaakko Hänninen	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	21:15
55	Valentin Retailleau	Team TotalEnergies	21:56
56	Mavric Beaune	Veloce Club Rouen 76	22:13
57	Kay De Bruyckere	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	22:37
58	Baptiste Vadic	Team TotalEnergies	23:03
59	Louis Hardouin	Van Rysel-Roubaix	23:22
60	Lars Daelmans	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	23:57
61	Camille Charret	Cofidis	24:22
62	Léandre Lozouet	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	25:06
63	Mathis Guerinel	Van Rysel-Roubaix	25:20
64	Justin Coron	Veloce Club Rouen 76	s.t.
65	Pierre Gautherat	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	25:33
66	Milan Menten	Lotto-Intermarché	25:41
67	Matthew Fox	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
68	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix	25:57
69	Victor Van de Putte	Lotto-Intermarché	26:12
70	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto-Intermarché	27:17
71	Edoardo Zamperini	Cofidis	28:07
72	Joppe Heremans	Van Rysel-Roubaix	28:43
73	Michael Vanthourenhout	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	29:24
74	Baptiste Gillet	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	30:50
75	Arne Baers	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	30:54
76	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ United	31:15
77	Baptiste Berger	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	32:27
78	Maël Guégan	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	33:26
79	Filippo D'Aiuto	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	35:50
80	Clément Davy	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	35:51
81	Haoyu Su	XDS Astana Development Team	36:13
82	Jim Breitler	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	36:35
83	Colin Savioz	Unibet Rose Rockets	36:49
84	Aubin Vasseur	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	37:12
85	Robbe Mellaerts	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	37:16
86	Viktor Vandenberghe	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	38:03
87	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	38:10
88	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	39:02
89	Victor Jean	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	39:50
90	Jocelyn Baguelin	Aarco	41:13
91	Simon Baran	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	41:33
92	Josh Kench	Groupama-FDJ United	42:32
93	Lucas Bénéteau	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	42:33
94	Gabriel Berg	BIKE AID	44:09
95	Jan Sommer	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	44:55
96	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ United	45:33
97	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Veloce Club Rouen 76	46:44
98	Lennard Sternsdorff	BIKE AID	47:01
99	Victor Guernalec	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	47:27
100	Márk Valent	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	47:40
101	Sil De Brauwere	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	47:55
102	Karl Hall	BIKE AID	53:49
103	Mikhail Podluzhnyy	XDS Astana Development Team	57:36
104	Raphaël Hector	Veloce Club Rouen 76	1:02:32

 

Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

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Thursday, August 20: Stage 3, Saint-Privat - Ègletons, 181.8 km

Stage 3 map & profile

Photo finish won by Daan Depuyt (left).

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Weather at the finish city of Ègletons at 2:45 PM, local time: 19C (67F), showers in the vicinity, with the wind from the west-southwest at 10 km/hr (6 mph). The storms are forecast to end about 4:30 PM.

The race: Here's the report from thrid-place Alex Aranburu's Team Cofidis.

Alex Aranburu confirmed his strong form at the Tour du Limousin. After a particularly demanding stage between Saint-Privat and Égletons, the Basque rider took 3rd place, his third podium in five days. He also gained four seconds in the general classification and is now 27 seconds behind the leader.

Raced in the rain at the start of the day, this third stage got underway at a very high pace. After nearly an hour and a half of racing, eleven riders finally managed to break away.

On the toughest course of this year's edition, Cofidis had decided to go on the attack in the final 35 kilometres. Hugo Page made a move on the Suc au May, before Alex Aranburu and Camille Charret also tried their luck.

With 13 kilometres to go, Alex Aranburu attacked again on the Côte de Saint-Yrieix-le-Déjalat in an attempt to bridge across to the lone leader. After being caught and then countered by the other GC contenders, the Basque rider could count on a big effort from Valentin Ferron to bring him back to the group of favourites.

Around twenty riders eventually battled for victory in Égletons. Alex Aranburu took 3rd place to claim his third podium in five days. Thanks to the bonus seconds, he gained four seconds in the general classification and remains 3rd overall, now 27 seconds behind the leader ahead of tomorrow's final stage.

Sports director Benjamin Giraud:
“Another 3rd place after a very animated stage. The plan was to make it an aggressive race and take some risks in the final 35 kilometres to try to shake up the general classification. That's what we did, and the team rode very well collectively around Alex. Groupama-FDJ controlled the race very well and we eventually headed towards a sprint with around twenty riders. Alex finished 3rd. There is obviously a little disappointment because he had the qualities to win on this type of finish.”

Complete results:

181.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.407 km/hr

1	Daan Depuydt	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	4hr 23min 26sec
2	Axel Mariault	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
3	Alex Aranburu	Cofidis	s.t.
4	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
5	Ewen Costiou	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
6	Rayan Boulahoite	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
7	Rémi Capron	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
8	Antoine L'Hote	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
9	Mathis Le Berre	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
10	Guillaume Adam	Veloce Club Rouen 76	s.t.
11	Sergio Meris	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
12	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
13	Pierre-Henry Basset	XDS Astana Development Team	s.t.
14	Valentin Ferron	Cofidis	s.t.
15	Killian Verschuren	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
16	Olivier Godfroid	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	s.t.
17	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
18	Luca Cretti	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
19	Yohann Simon	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
20	Gerben Kuypers	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	s.t.
21	Thomas Champion	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	@ 5sec
22	Nils Aebersold	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	0:06
23	Pietro Galbusera	XDS Astana Development Team	0:20
24	Maxime Decomble	Groupama-FDJ United	0:21
25	Jannis Peter	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
26	Émilien Jacquelin	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:25
27	Valentin Darbellay	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	1:12
28	Hugo Page	Cofidis	1:16
29	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
30	Marius Innhaug Dahl	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
31	Lorenz Van de Wynkele	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
32	Victor Papon	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
33	Maximilien Juillard	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	s.t.
34	Simon Guglielmi	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
35	Jean-Loup Fayolle	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
36	Samuele Zoccarato	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
37	Michael Vanthourenhout	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	s.t.
38	Axel Salvadori	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	s.t.
39	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
40	Filippo D'Aiuto	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
41	Lars Daelmans	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	1:28
42	Eivind Broholt Fougner	Unibet Rose Rockets	1:30
43	Laurens Huys	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	1:35
44	Matys Grisel	Lotto-Intermarché	4:31
45	Arnaud Tendon	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
46	Tom Mainguenaud	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
47	Camille Charret	Cofidis	s.t.
48	Aurélien Kayser	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	s.t.
49	Maxence Place	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
50	Oliver Mattheis	BIKE AID	s.t.
51	Luis Alberto Lajarin	Cofidis	6:40
52	Colin Savioz	Unibet Rose Rockets	8:57
53	Valentin Retailleau	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
54	Baptiste Berger	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	10:04
55	Kay De Bruyckere	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	s.t.
56	Pierre Thierry	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
57	Viktor Vandenberghe	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	s.t.
58	Maël Guégan	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
59	Carter Guichard	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
60	Jaakko Hänninen	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
61	Clément Petit	Veloce Club Rouen 76	s.t.
62	Baptiste Vadic	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
63	Joris Chaussinand	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
64	Justin Coron	Veloce Club Rouen 76	s.t.
65	Victor Vidal	BIKE AID	s.t.
66	Léandre Lozouet	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
67	Louis Hardouin	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
68	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix	12:42
69	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
70	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto-Intermarché	13:08
71	Guillaume Bagou	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	s.t.
72	Victor Jean	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	s.t.
73	Márk Valent	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
74	Johan Meens	Aarco	s.t.
75	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	s.t.
76	Clément Davy	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
77	Edoardo Zamperini	Cofidis	s.t.
78	Matthew Fox	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
79	Mavric Beaune	Veloce Club Rouen 76	s.t.
80	Josh Kench	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
81	Milan Menten	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
82	Victor Van de Putte	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
83	Adam Toupalik	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
84	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
85	Pierre Gautherat	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
86	Noa Isidore	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
87	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	15:53
88	Robbe Mellaerts	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	21:03
89	Arne Baers	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	s.t.
90	Joppe Heremans	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
91	Sil De Brauwere	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	s.t.
92	Lennard Sternsdorff	BIKE AID	21:55
93	Jocelyn Baguelin	Aarco	s.t.
94	Karl Hall	BIKE AID	s.t.
95	Haoyu Su	XDS Astana Development Team	s.t.
96	Jim Breitler	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	s.t.
97	Aubin Vasseur	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	s.t.
98	Mikhail Podluzhnyy	XDS Astana Development Team	s.t.
99	Baptiste Gillet	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
100	Raphaël Hector	Veloce Club Rouen 76	s.t.
101	Mathis Guerinel	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
102	Simon Baran	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	s.t.
103	Victor Guernalec	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
104	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Veloce Club Rouen 76	s.t.
105	Gabriel Berg	BIKE AID	s.t.
106	Jules Vaugrenard	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
107	Thomas Tachot	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	21:59
108	Jan Sommer	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	22:23
109	Lucas Bénéteau	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	22:28
110	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
111	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.

 

GC after stage 3:

• GC leader: Ewen Costiou (Groupama-FDJ United)
• Mountains classification leader: Baptiste Veistroffer (Lotto-Intermarché)
• Best young rider: Ewen Costiou (Groupama-FDJ United)
• Teams classification leader: TotalEnergies

540.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.522 km/hr

1	Ewen Costiou	Groupama-FDJ United	12hr 43min 14sec
2	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	@ 21sec
3	Alex Aranburu	Cofidis	0:27
4	Axel Mariault	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	0:29
5	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	0:35
6	Antoine L'Hote	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
7	Yohann Simon	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
8	Mathis Le Berre	Team TotalEnergies	0:38
9	Thomas Champion	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	0:46
10	Pierre-Henry Basset	XDS Astana Development Team	1:39
11	Rayan Boulahoite	Team TotalEnergies	1:46
12	Killian Verschuren	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
13	Valentin Ferron	Cofidis	s.t.
14	Guillaume Adam	Veloce Club Rouen 76	s.t.
15	Rémi Capron	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
16	Sergio Meris	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
17	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
18	Olivier Godfroid	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	s.t.
19	Gerben Kuypers	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	s.t.
20	Luca Cretti	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	2:33
21	Maximilien Juillard	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	2:51
22	Jannis Peter	Unibet Rose Rockets	2:54
23	Samuele Zoccarato	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	2:55
24	Hugo Page	Cofidis	2:58
25	Valentin Darbellay	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	s.t.
26	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix	3:02
27	Simon Guglielmi	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	3:02
28	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
29	Jean-Loup Fayolle	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
30	Victor Papon	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	3:33
31	Lorenz Van de Wynkele	Lotto-Intermarché	3:49
32	Innhaug Dahl Marius	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	4:02
33	Eivind Broholt Fougner	Unibet Rose Rockets	4:37
34	Aurélien Kayser	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	6:17
35	Pietro Galbusera	XDS Astana Development Team	6:27
36	Maxence Place	Lotto-Intermarché	6:44
37	Arnaud Tendon	Van Rysel-Roubaix	7:04
38	Oliver Mattheis	BIKE AID	s.t.
39	Daan Depuydt	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	8:37
40	Nils Aebersold	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	11:16
41	Laurens Huys	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	11:20
42	Pierre Thierry	Team TotalEnergies	11:50
43	Joris Chaussinand	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
44	Clément Petit	Veloce Club Rouen 76	12:37
45	Victor Vidal	BIKE AID	s.t.
46	Jaakko Hänninen	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
47	Axel Salvadori	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	13:46
48	Tom Mainguenaud	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	14:16
49	Noa Isidore	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	14:44
50	Johan Meens	Aarco	14:54
51	Adam Toupalik	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
52	Lars Daelmans	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	15:17
53	Guillaume Bagou	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	15:41
54	Émilien Jacquelin	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	17:02
55	Matys Grisel	Lotto-Intermarché	18:41
56	Valentin Retailleau	Team TotalEnergies	18:42
57	Luis Alberto Lajarin	Cofidis	19:13
58	Maxime Decomble	Groupama-FDJ United	19:47
59	Baptiste Vadic	Team TotalEnergies	19:49
60	Camille Charret	Cofidis	21:08
61	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto-Intermarché	21:35
62	Mavric Beaune	Veloce Club Rouen 76	22:01
63	Kay De Bruyckere	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	22:37
64	Louis Hardouin	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
65	Léandre Lozouet	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	22:40
66	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix	22:43
67	Victor Van de Putte	Lotto-Intermarché	22:53
68	Justin Coron	Veloce Club Rouen 76	22:54
69	Joppe Heremans	Van Rysel-Roubaix	23:36
70	Baptiste Berger	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	23:47
71	Carter Guichard	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	24:11
72	Mathis Guerinel	Van Rysel-Roubaix	25:20
73	Milan Menten	Lotto-Intermarché	25:41
74	Pierre Gautherat	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
75	Edoardo Zamperini	Cofidis	s.t.
76	Matthew Fox	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
77	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	s.t.
78	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ United	25:45
79	Maël Guégan	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	26:41
80	Filippo D'Aiuto	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	27:10
81	Clément Davy	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	27:11
82	Michael Vanthourenhout	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	27:17
83	Arne Baers	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	27:40
84	Colin Savioz	Unibet Rose Rockets	28:09
85	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	28:26
86	Aubin Vasseur	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	28:32
87	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	28:40
88	Baptiste Gillet	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	28:58
89	Gabriel Berg	BIKE AID	31:40
90	Thomas Tachot	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	31:44
91	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ United	32:34
92	Victor Jean	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	s.t.
93	Josh Kench	Groupama-FDJ United	33:52
94	Jocelyn Baguelin	Aarco	34:28
95	Victor Guernalec	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
96	Haoyu Su	XDS Astana Development Team	s.t.
97	Lennard Sternsdorff	BIKE AID	34:32
98	Simon Baran	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	s.t.
99	Robbe Mellaerts	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	34:43
100	Jim Breitler	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	34:55
101	Jules Vaugrenard	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	35:20
102	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	35:48
103	Lucas Bénéteau	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
104	Viktor Vandenberghe	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	35:56
105	Karl Hall	BIKE AID	38:32
106	Márk Valent	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	39:00
107	Jan Sommer	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	40:10
108	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Veloce Club Rouen 76	41:08
109	Sil De Brauwere	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	44:41
110	Mikhail Podluzhnyy	XDS Astana Development Team	45:07
111	Raphaël Hector	Veloce Club Rouen 76	50:03

 

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

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Wednesday, August 19: Stage 2, Salignac-Eyvigues - Lanouaille, 184.2 km

Stage 2 map & profile

Ewen Costiou solos acros the line to win the stage and become the new GC leader. Photo: Getty Images.

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Weather at the finish city of Lanouaille at 2:40 PM, local time: 28C (82F), sunny, with the wind from the west-southwest at 14 km/hr (9 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Axel Van Den Broek (Aarco) did not start and well into the race Mathias Vivier (Aarco) abandoned.

Here's the race report from third-place Alex Aranburu's Team Cofidis:

The second stage of the Tour du Limousin took place this Wednesday in the Dordogne, between Salignac-Eyvigues and Lanouaille. After a strong team effort throughout the 184.2 kilometres, Alex Aranburu went on the attack in the finale and took 3rd place on the stage. He also moved up to 3rd overall.

Five riders quickly went clear and built up a lead of up to five minutes. As on the previous day, Cofidis took responsibility in the peloton and played an active role in chasing down the breakaway.

The race really came to life in the final 25 kilometres, where most of the day's difficulties were concentrated. Alex Aranburu went on the attack several times, notably on the Côte de Génis, and joined a chasing group behind the last remaining rider from the breakaway.

Ewen Costiou eventually launched the decisive attack to take the victory in Lanouaille. At the front until the very end, Alex Aranburu took 3rd place on the stage and moved up to the same position in the general classification, 31 seconds behind the leader.

Benjamin Giraud, Sports Director :
“It was a tougher and more demanding second stage than yesterday. We controlled a large part of the day before reaching the final circuit, where all the difficulties were concentrated in the last 25 kilometres. That’s really where the race came to life.

We were proactive with Alex Aranburu, who was very strong today. Unfortunately, we came up against someone stronger and smarter than us in Ewen Costiou. We’re obviously a little disappointed to miss out on the stage win because we were hoping for more and I think we were capable of achieving more. We can take some consolation from Alex’s 3rd place after a huge effort from the whole team throughout the day.”

Complete results:

184.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.159 km/hr

1	Ewen Costiou	Groupama-FDJ United	4hr 22min 10sec
2	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	@ 17sec
3	Alex Aranburu	Cofidis	0:25
4	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
5	Antoine L'Hote	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
6	Axel Mariault	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
7	Yohann Simon	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
8	Mathis Le Berre	Team TotalEnergies	0:28
9	Thomas Champion	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	0:31
10	Victor Papon	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	1:29
11	Samuele Zoccarato	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
12	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix	1:36
13	Marius Innhaug Dahl	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
14	Valentin Darbellay	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	s.t.
15	Killian Verschuren	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
16	Maximilien Juillard	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	s.t.
17	Valentin Ferron	Cofidis	s.t.
18	Rayan Boulahoite	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
19	Pierre-Henry Basset	XDS Astana Development Team	s.t.
20	Gerben Kuypers	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	s.t.
21	Olivier Godfroid	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	s.t.
22	Hugo Page	Cofidis	s.t.
23	Johan Meens	Aarco	s.t.
24	Rémi Capron	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
25	Noa Isidore	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
26	Joris Chaussinand	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
27	Maxence Place	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
28	Simon Guglielmi	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
29	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
30	Aurélien Kayser	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	s.t.
31	Jean-Loup Fayolle	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
32	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
33	Adam Toupalik	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
34	Sergio Meris	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
35	Pierre Thierry	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
36	Guillaume Adam	Veloce Club Rouen 76	s.t.
37	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto-Intermarché	2:18
38	Arnaud Tendon	Van Rysel-Roubaix	2:23
39	Guillaume Bagou	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	s.t.
40	Joppe Heremans	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
41	Luca Cretti	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
42	Victor Vidal	BIKE AID	s.t.
43	Lorenz Van de Wynkele	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
44	Jannis Peter	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
45	Oliver Mattheis	BIKE AID	s.t.
46	Jaakko Hänninen	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
47	Clément Petit	Veloce Club Rouen 76	s.t.
48	Mathis Guerinel	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
49	Eivind Broholt Fougner	Unibet Rose Rockets	2:57
50	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	5:30
51	Pietro Galbusera	XDS Astana Development Team	5:57
52	Aubin Vasseur	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	6:27
53	Arne Baers	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	s.t.
54	Gustav Wang	XDS Astana Development Team	s.t.
55	Baptiste Gillet	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	6:53
56	Mavric Beaune	Veloce Club Rouen 76	8:43
57	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
58	Daan Depuydt	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	s.t.
59	Baptiste Vadic	Team TotalEnergies	9:35
60	Valentin Retailleau	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
61	Laurens Huys	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
62	Victor Van de Putte	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
63	Gabriel Berg	BIKE AID	s.t.
64	Tom Mainguenaud	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
65	Baptiste Berger	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	s.t.
66	Lars Daelmans	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	s.t.
67	Nils Aebersold	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	s.t.
68	Thomas Tachot	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	s.t.
69	Matthew Fox	Lotto-Intermarché	12:23
70	Milan Menten	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
71	Karl Hall	BIKE AID	s.t.
72	Robbe Mellaerts	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	s.t.
73	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	s.t.
74	Matys Grisel	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
75	Émilien Jacquelin	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
76	Kay De Bruyckere	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	s.t.
77	Maël Guégan	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
78	Jules Vaugrenard	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
79	Axel Salvadori	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	s.t.
80	Jocelyn Baguelin	Aarco	s.t.
81	Pierre Gautherat	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
82	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
83	Viktor Vandenberghe	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	s.t.
84	Luis Alberto Lajarin	Cofidis	s.t.
85	Colin Savioz	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
86	Louis Hardouin	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
87	Edoardo Zamperini	Cofidis	s.t.
88	Arthur van den Boer	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	s.t.
89	You Li	XDS Astana Development Team	s.t.
90	Carter Guichard	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
91	Haoyu Su	XDS Astana Development Team	s.t.
92	Mikhail Podluzhnyy	XDS Astana Development Team	s.t.
93	Márk Valent	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
94	Clément Davy	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
95	Camille Charret	Cofidis	s.t.
96	Jim Breitler	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	s.t.
97	Filippo D'Aiuto	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
98	Jan Sommer	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	s.t.
99	Victor Guernalec	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
100	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	s.t.
101	Lucas Bénéteau	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
102	Raphaël Hector	Veloce Club Rouen 76	12:27
103	Lennard Sternsdorff	BIKE AID	s.t.
104	Léandre Lozouet	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
105	Simon Baran	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	s.t.
106	Michael Vanthourenhout	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	s.t.
107	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Veloce Club Rouen 76	s.t.
108	Justin Coron	Veloce Club Rouen 76	12:45
109	Sil De Brauwere	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	12:49
110	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ United	12:53
111	Leopold Dallemagne	Aarco	s.t.
112	Maxime Decomble	Groupama-FDJ United	19:16
113	Victor Jean	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	s.t.
114	Josh Kench	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
115	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
116	Joonas Puuraid	BIKE AID	37:39

 

GC after stage 2:

• GC leader: Ewen Costiou (Groupama-FDJ United)
• Mountains classification leader: Baptiste Veistroffer (Lotto-Intermarché)
• Points classification leader: Alex Aranburu (Cofidis)
• Best young rider: Ewen Costiou (Groupama-FDJ United)
• Teams classification leader: Team TotalEnergies

359.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.109 km/hr

1	Ewen Costiou	Groupama-FDJ United	8hr 19min 48sec
2	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	@ 21sec
3	Alex Aranburu	Cofidis	0:31
4	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	0:35
5	Axel Mariault	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
6	Yohann Simon	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
7	Antoine L'Hote	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
8	Mathis Le Berre	Team TotalEnergies	0:38
9	Thomas Champion	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	0:41
10	Noa Isidore	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	1:36
11	Samuele Zoccarato	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	1:39
12	Maximilien Juillard	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	1:40
13	Hugo Page	Cofidis	1:42
14	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix	1:46
15	Rayan Boulahoite	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
16	Simon Guglielmi	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
17	Killian Verschuren	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
18	Valentin Ferron	Cofidis	s.t.
19	Valentin Darbellay	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	s.t.
20	Guillaume Adam	Veloce Club Rouen 76	s.t.
21	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
22	Olivier Godfroid	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	s.t.
23	Rémi Capron	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
24	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
25	Sergio Meris	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
26	Pierre-Henry Basset	XDS Astana Development Team	s.t.
27	Gerben Kuypers	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	s.t.
28	Johan Meens	Aarco	s.t.
29	Jean-Loup Fayolle	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
30	Aurélien Kayser	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	s.t.
31	Pierre Thierry	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
32	Joris Chaussinand	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
33	Adam Toupalik	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
34	Maxence Place	Lotto-Intermarché	2:13
35	Victor Papon	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	2:17
36	Guillaume Bagou	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	2:33
37	Clément Petit	Veloce Club Rouen 76	s.t.
38	Joppe Heremans	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
39	Luca Cretti	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
40	Jannis Peter	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
41	Victor Vidal	BIKE AID	s.t.
42	Oliver Mattheis	BIKE AID	s.t.
43	Arnaud Tendon	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
44	Jaakko Hänninen	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
45	Lorenz Van de Wynkele	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
46	Marius Innhaug Dahl	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	2:46
47	Eivind Broholt Fougner	Unibet Rose Rockets	3:07
48	Mathis Guerinel	Van Rysel-Roubaix	3:25
49	Pietro Galbusera	XDS Astana Development Team	6:07
50	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	6:12
51	Gustav Wang	XDS Astana Development Team	6:37
52	Aubin Vasseur	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	s.t.
53	Arne Baers	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	s.t.
54	Baptiste Gillet	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	7:03
55	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto-Intermarché	8:28
56	Daan Depuydt	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	8:47
57	Mavric Beaune	Veloce Club Rouen 76	8:53
58	Baptiste Vadic	Team TotalEnergies	9:45
59	Valentin Retailleau	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
60	Tom Mainguenaud	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
61	Thomas Tachot	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	s.t.
62	Laurens Huys	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
63	Victor Van de Putte	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
64	Gabriel Berg	BIKE AID	s.t.
65	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix	10:01
66	Nils Aebersold	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	11:10
67	Milan Menten	Lotto-Intermarché	12:33
68	Pierre Gautherat	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
69	Edoardo Zamperini	Cofidis	s.t.
70	Kay De Bruyckere	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	s.t.
71	Jocelyn Baguelin	Aarco	s.t.
72	Luis Alberto Lajarin	Cofidis	s.t.
73	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	s.t.
74	Victor Guernalec	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
75	Matthew Fox	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
76	Louis Hardouin	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
77	Haoyu Su	XDS Astana Development Team	s.t.
78	Axel Salvadori	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	s.t.
79	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	s.t.
80	Léandre Lozouet	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	12:37
81	Lennard Sternsdorff	BIKE AID	s.t.
82	Simon Baran	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	s.t.
83	Justin Coron	Veloce Club Rouen 76	12:50
84	Jim Breitler	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	13:00
85	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ United	13:03
86	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	13:20
87	Lucas Bénéteau	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
88	Jules Vaugrenard	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	13:25
89	Robbe Mellaerts	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	13:40
90	Baptiste Berger	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	13:43
91	Lars Daelmans	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	13:49
92	Clément Davy	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	14:03
93	Carter Guichard	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	14:08
94	Matys Grisel	Lotto-Intermarché	14:10
95	Karl Hall	BIKE AID	16:37
96	Émilien Jacquelin	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
97	Maël Guégan	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
98	You Li	XDS Astana Development Team	s.t.
99	Camille Charret	Cofidis	s.t.
100	Jan Sommer	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	17:47
101	Colin Savioz	Unibet Rose Rockets	19:12
102	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Veloce Club Rouen 76	19:13
103	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ United	19:26
104	Maxime Decomble	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
105	Victor Jean	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	19:26
106	Josh Kench	Groupama-FDJ United	20:44
107	Mikhail Podluzhnyy	XDS Astana Development Team	23:12
108	Sil De Brauwere	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	23:38
109	Viktor Vandenberghe	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	25:52
110	Márk Valent	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
111	Filippo D'Aiuto	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	25:54
112	Michael Vanthourenhout	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	26:01
113	Leopold Dallemagne	Aarco	26:35
114	Raphaël Hector	Veloce Club Rouen 76	28:08
115	Arthur van den Boer	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	35:59
116	Joonas Puuraid	BIKE AID	53:13

 

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

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Tuesday, August 18: Stage 1, Veyrac - Dun-le-Palestel, 174.9 km

Stage 1 map & profile

Noa Isidore wins the first stage. Photo: X. Pereyron/LNC

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Weather at the finish city of Dun-le-Palestel at 2:40 PM, local time: 29C (85F), sunny, with the wind from the west at 13 km/hr (8 mph). No rain is forecast.

The Race: Midway into the stage Antoine Berger (St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93) abandoned. Arnaud Tissières (Elite Foundations) & gilles Oockx (Aarco) also did not finish. Baptiste Huyet (BIKE AID) was disqualified.

Here's the race report from stage winner Noa Isidore's Team Decathlon CMA CGM:

Noa Isidore: “It was a pretty tough day, very grueling, but I knew this course could suit me, especially that slightly uphill finish. The team had faith in me and really worked hard. I want to thank them; I was determined to finish in the best possible way: with a victory. The whole team was eager to do well, especially Émilien Jacquelin, who—in his second professional race—helped us control the breakaway. I really wanted to win after coming close to victory several times. I rode with that motivation to experience that joy once again.”

The news: A first professional victory and the leader's jersey
By raising his arms in victory for the first time in his professional career, Noa Isidore also took the lead in both the general classification and the best young rider classification. He will wear the leader’s jersey starting tomorrow.

Key number: 4
Take, for example, Pierre Gautherat’s performance during this first stage of the Limousin-Périgord Nouvelle-Aquitaine “Tour.” After leading Noa Isidore to victory in the sprint, Pierre kept pushing to secure an impressive fourth-place finish.

Complete results:

174.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.130 km/hr

1	Noa Isidore	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	3hr 57min 48sec
2	Daan Depuydt	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	s.t.
3	Hugo Page	Cofidis	s.t.
4	Pierre Gautherat	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
5	Alex Aranburu	Cofidis	s.t.
6	Baptiste Vadic	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
7	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
8	Simon Guglielmi	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
9	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
10	Mathis Le Berre	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
11	Clément Petit	Veloce Club Rouen 76	s.t.
12	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
13	Guillaume Bagou	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	s.t.
14	Guillaume Adam	Veloce Club Rouen 76	s.t.
15	Milan Menten	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
16	Rayan Boulahoite	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
17	Edoardo Zamperini	Cofidis	s.t.
18	Axel Mariault	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
19	Joppe Heremans	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
20	Mavric Beaune	Veloce Club Rouen 76	s.t.
21	Sergio Meris	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
22	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
23	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
24	Killian Verschuren	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
25	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
26	Gustav Wang	XDS Astana Development Team	s.t.
27	Valentin Ferron	Cofidis	s.t.
28	Maxime Decomble	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
29	Pietro Galbusera	XDS Astana Development Team	s.t.
30	Valentin Retailleau	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
31	Rémi Capron	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
32	Olivier Godfroid	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	s.t.
33	Ewen Costiou	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
34	Tom Mainguenaud	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
35	Valentin Darbellay	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	s.t.
36	Johan Meens	Aarco	s.t.
37	Jean-Loup Fayolle	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
38	Gerben Kuypers	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	s.t.
39	Pierre-Henry Basset	XDS Astana Development Team	s.t.
40	Victor Guernalec	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
41	Pierre Thierry	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
42	Kay De Bruyckere	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	s.t.
43	Thomas Tachot	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	s.t.
44	Justin Coron	Veloce Club Rouen 76	s.t.
45	Samuele Zoccarato	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
46	Aurélien Kayser	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	s.t.
47	Luca Cretti	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
48	Jannis Peter	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
49	Jocelyn Baguelin	Aarco	s.t.
50	Luis Alberto Lajarin	Cofidis	s.t.
51	Victor Vidal	BIKE AID	s.t.
52	Yohann Simon	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
53	Joris Chaussinand	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
54	Maximilien Juillard	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	s.t.
55	Louis Hardouin	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
56	Thomas Champion	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
57	Oliver Mattheis	BIKE AID	s.t.
58	Laurens Huys	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
59	Antoine L'Hote	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
60	Eivind Broholt Fougner	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
61	Adam Toupalik	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
62	Léandre Lozouet	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
63	Victor Van de Putte	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
64	Haoyu Su	XDS Astana Development Team	s.t.
65	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	s.t.
66	Arnaud Tendon	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
67	Aubin Vasseur	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	s.t.
68	Gabriel Berg	BIKE AID	s.t.
69	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	s.t.
70	Victor Jean	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	s.t.
71	Matthew Fox	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
72	Arne Baers	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	s.t.
73	Jaakko Hänninen	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
74	Simon Baran	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	s.t.
75	Baptiste Gillet	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
76	Lennard Sternsdorff	BIKE AID	s.t.
77	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
78	Lorenz Van de Wynkele	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
79	Axel Salvadori	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	s.t.
80	Jim Breitler	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	@ 27sec
81	Maxence Place	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
82	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	0:36
83	Victor Papon	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	0:38
84	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	0:47
85	Lucas Bénéteau	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
86	Mathis Guerinel	Van Rysel-Roubaix	0:52
87	Jules Vaugrenard	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
88	Marius Innhaug Dahl	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	1:00
89	Robbe Mellaerts	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	1:07
90	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix	1:08
91	Josh Kench	Groupama-FDJ United	1:18
92	Nils Aebersold	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	1:25
93	Clément Davy	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	1:30
94	Carter Guichard	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	1:35
95	Matys Grisel	Lotto-Intermarché	1:37
96	Baptiste Berger	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	4:04
97	Camille Charret	Cofidis	s.t.
98	Émilien Jacquelin	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
99	Maël Guégan	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
100	Karl Hall	BIKE AID	s.t.
101	Lars Daelmans	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	s.t.
102	You Li	XDS Astana Development Team	s.t.
103	Ludovico Mellano	XDS Astana Development Team	s.t.
104	Jan Sommer	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	5:14
105	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto-Intermarché	6:03
106	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Veloce Club Rouen 76	6:39
107	Kamiel Hannes	Aarco	6:39
108	Colin Savioz	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
109	Sil De Brauwere	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	10:39
110	Mikhail Podluzhnyy	XDS Astana Development Team	s.t.
111	Axel Van Den Broek	Aarco	13:16
112	Viktor Vandenberghe	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	13:19
113	Márk Valent	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
114	Zsombor Takacs	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	13:21
115	Filippo D'Aiuto	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
116	Florentin Lecamus-Lambert	Veloce Club Rouen 76	s.t.
117	Michael Vanthourenhout	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	13:24
118	Leopold Dallemagne	Aarco	13:32
119	Raphaël Hector	Veloce Club Rouen 76	15:31
120	Joonas Puuraid	BIKE AID	15:33
121	Arthur van den Boer	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	23:26
122	Lewis Bower	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
123	Matthias Vivier	Aarco	27:05

 

GC after stage 1:

• GC leader: Noa Isadore (Decathlon CMA CGM)
• Mountains classification leader: Jean-Louis Le Ny (Veloce Club Rouen 76)
• Points classification leader: Noa Isidore (Decathlon CMA CGM)
• Best young rider: Noa Isidore (Decathlon CMA CGM)
• Teams classification leader: Team TotalEnergies

1	Noa Isidore	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	3hr 57min 38sec
2	Daan Depuydt	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	@ 4sec
3	Maximilien Juillard	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	s.t.
4	Hugo Page	Cofidis	0:06
5	Pierre Gautherat	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:10
6	Alex Aranburu	Cofidis	s.t.
7	Baptiste Vadic	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
8	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
9	Simon Guglielmi	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
10	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
11	Mathis Le Berre	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
12	Clément Petit	Veloce Club Rouen 76	s.t.
13	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
14	Guillaume Bagou	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	s.t.
15	Guillaume Adam	Veloce Club Rouen 76	s.t.
16	Milan Menten	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
17	Rayan Boulahoite	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
18	Edoardo Zamperini	Cofidis	s.t.
19	Axel Mariault	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
20	Joppe Heremans	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
21	Mavric Beaune	Veloce Club Rouen 76	s.t.
22	Sergio Meris	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
23	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
24	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
25	Killian Verschuren	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
26	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
27	Gustav Wang	XDS Astana Development Team	s.t.
28	Valentin Ferron	Cofidis	s.t.
29	Maxime Decomble	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
30	Pietro Galbusera	XDS Astana Development Team	s.t.
31	Valentin Retailleau	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
32	Rémi Capron	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
33	Olivier Godfroid	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	s.t.
34	Ewen Costiou	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
35	Tom Mainguenaud	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
36	Valentin Darbellay	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	s.t.
37	Johan Meens	Aarco	s.t.
38	Jean-Loup Fayolle	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
39	Gerben Kuypers	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	s.t.
40	Pierre-Henry Basset	XDS Astana Development Team	s.t.
41	Victor Guernalec	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
42	Pierre Thierry	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
43	Kay De Bruyckere	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	s.t.
44	Thomas Tachot	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	s.t.
45	Justin Coron	Veloce Club Rouen 76	s.t.
46	Samuele Zoccarato	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
47	Aurélien Kayser	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	s.t.
48	Luca Cretti	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
49	Jannis Peter	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
50	Jocelyn Baguelin	Aarco	s.t.
51	Luis Alberto Lajarin	Cofidis	s.t.
52	Victor Vidal	BIKE AID	s.t.
53	Yohann Simon	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
54	Joris Chaussinand	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
55	Louis Hardouin	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
56	Thomas Champion	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
57	Oliver Mattheis	BIKE AID	s.t.
58	Laurens Huys	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
59	Antoine L'Hote	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
60	Eivind Broholt Fougner	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
61	Adam Toupalik	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
62	Léandre Lozouet	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
63	Victor Van de Putte	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
64	Haoyu Su	XDS Astana Development Team	s.t.
65	Pim Ronhaar	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	s.t.
66	Arnaud Tendon	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
67	Aubin Vasseur	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	s.t.
68	Gabriel Berg	BIKE AID	s.t.
69	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	s.t.
70	Victor Jean	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	s.t.
71	Matthew Fox	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
72	Arne Baers	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	s.t.
73	Jaakko Hänninen	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
74	Simon Baran	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	s.t.
75	Baptiste Gillet	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
76	Lennard Sternsdorff	BIKE AID	s.t.
77	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
78	Lorenz Van de Wynkele	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
79	Axel Salvadori	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	s.t.
80	Jim Breitler	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	0:37
81	Maxence Place	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
82	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	0:46
83	Victor Papon	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	0:48
84	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	0:57
85	Lucas Bénéteau	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
86	Mathis Guerinel	Van Rysel-Roubaix	1:02
87	Jules Vaugrenard	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
88	Marius Innhaug Dahl	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	1:10
89	Robbe Mellaerts	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	1:17
90	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix	1:18
91	Josh Kench	Groupama-FDJ United	1:28
92	Nils Aebersold	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	1:35
93	Clément Davy	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	1:40
94	Carter Guichard	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	1:45
95	Matys Grisel	Lotto-Intermarché	1:47
96	Baptiste Berger	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	4:14
97	Camille Charret	Cofidis	s.t.
98	Émilien Jacquelin	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
99	Maël Guégan	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	s.t.
100	Karl Hall	BIKE AID	s.t.
101	Lars Daelmans	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	s.t.
102	You Li	XDS Astana Development Team	s.t.
103	Ludovico Mellano	XDS Astana Development Team	s.t.
104	Jan Sommer	Elite Fondations Cycling Team	5:24
105	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto-Intermarché	6:13
106	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Veloce Club Rouen 76	6:46
107	Kamiel Hannes	Aarco	6:49
108	Colin Savioz	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
109	Sil De Brauwere	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	10:49
110	Mikhail Podluzhnyy	XDS Astana Development Team	s.t.
111	Axel Van Den Broek	Aarco	13:26
112	Viktor Vandenberghe	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	13:29
113	Márk Valent	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
114	Zsombor Takacs	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	13:31
115	Filippo D'Aiuto	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
116	Florentin Lecamus-Lambert	Veloce Club Rouen 76	s.t.
117	Michael Vanthourenhout	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw	13:34
118	Leopold Dallemagne	Aarco	13:42
119	Joonas Puuraid	BIKE AID	15:34
120	Raphaël Hector	Veloce Club Rouen 76	15:41
121	Arthur van den Boer	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions	23:36
122	Lewis Bower	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
123	Matthias Vivier	Aarco	27:15

 

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

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Start list with back numbers, August 17, 2025:

	Groupama-FDJ United
1	Ewen Costiou
2	Remi Cavagna
3	Maxime Decomble
4	Brieuc Rolland
5	Tom Donnenwirth
6	Lewis Bower
7	Josh Kench
	Decathlon CMA CGM Team
11	Aurélien Paret-Peintre
12	Noa Isidore
13	Antoine L'Hote
14	Pierre Gautherat
16	Marius Innhaug Dahl
17	Émilien Jacquelin
	Lotto-Intermarché
21	Matys Grisel
22	Milan Menten
23	Matthew Fox
24	Victor Van de Putte
25	Baptiste Veistroffer
26	Maxence Place
27	Lorenz Van de Wynkele
	Cofidis
31	Alex Aranburu
32	Hugo Page
33	Valentin Ferron
34	Edoardo Zamperini
35	Luis Alberto Lajarin
36	Camille Charret
37	Nicolas Debeaumarché
	Unibet Rose Rockets
42	Jannis Peter
43	Sergio Meris
44	Killian Verschuren
45	Eivind Broholt Fougner
46	Adam Toupalik
47	Colin Savioz
	Team TotalEnergies
51	Alexandre Delettre
52	Mattéo Vercher
53	Mathis Le Berre
54	Pierre Thierry
55	Baptiste Vadic
56	Rayan Boulahoite
57	Valentin Retailleau
	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort
61	Zsombor Takacs
62	Luca Cretti
63	Samuele Zoccarato
65	Filippo D'Aiuto
66	Márk Valent
	XDS Astana Development Team
71	Pierre-Henry Basset
72	Ludovico Mellano
73	Pietro Galbusera
74	Mikhail Podluzhnyy
75	Haoyu Su
76	You Li
77	Gustav Wang
	CIC Pro Cycling Academy
81	Axel Mariault
82	Jules Vaugrenard
83	Maël Guégan
84	Léandre Lozouet
85	Victor Guernalec
86	Joris Chaussinand
87	Jean-Loup Fayolle
	Van Rysel-Roubaix
91	Rémi Capron
92	Louis Hardouin
93	Joppe Heremans
94	Maxime Jarnet
95	Kenny Molly
96	Arnaud Tendon
97	Mathis Guerinel
	Elite Fondations Cycling Team
101	Valentin Darbellay
102	Victor Jean
103	Jan Sommer
104	Nils Aebersold
105	Arnaud Tissières
106	Guillaume Bagou
107	Jim Breitler
	BIKE AID
111	Baptiste Huyet
112	Victor Vidal
113	Oliver Mattheis
114	Lennard Sternsdorff
115	Joonas Puuraid
116	Gabriel Berg
117	Karl Hall
	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93
121	Thomas Champion
122	Lucas Bénéteau
123	Théo Delacroix
124	Simon Guglielmi
125	Morne Van Niekerk
126	Yohann Simon
127	Antoine Berger
	Veloce Club Rouen 76
131	Guillaume Adam
132	Justin Coron
133	Mavric Beaune
134	Clément Petit
135	Jean-Louis Le Ny
136	Raphaël Hector
137	Florentin Lecamus-Lambert
	Aarco
141	Johan Meens
142	Gilles Dockx
143	Kamiel Hannes
144	Jocelyn Baguelin
145	Axel Van Den Broek
146	Matthias Vivier
147	Leopold Dallemagne
	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur
151	Victor Papon
152	Tom Mainguenaud
153	Jaakko Hänninen
154	Carter Guichard
155	Baptiste Gillet
156	Laurens Huys
157	Clément Davy
	Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions
171	Pim Ronhaar
172	Arthur van den Boer
173	Arne Baers
174	Olivier Godfroid
175	Robbe Mellaerts
176	Daan Depuydt
	Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais
181	Baptiste Berger
182	Maximilien Juillard
183	Aurélien Kayser
184	Simon Baran
185	Axel Salvadori
186	Thomas Tachot
187	Aubin Vasseur
	Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw Cycling Team
191	Michael Vanthourenhout
192	Gerben Kuypers
193	Viktor Vandenberghe
194	Kay De Bruyckere
195	Lars Daelmans
197	Sil De Brauwere