2025 Région Pays de la Loire Tour
Formerly Circuit de la Sarthe - Pays de la Loire, (2.1), France

71st edition: April 8 - April 11, 2025

Région Pays de la Loire Tour podium history | 2024 edition | 2026 edition | Start list
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4

Map of the 2025 Région Pays de la Loire Tour

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Friday, April 11: 4th & Final Stage, Sillé-le-Guillaume - Le Mans, 186.5 km

Stage 4 map

Kévin Vauquelin wins the stage and the 2025 Région Pays de la Loire Tour

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Weather at the finish city of Le Mans at 2:10 PM, local time: 21C (69F), sunny, with the wind from the east-northeast at 14 km/hr (9 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Not starting: Davide Baza (Team Polti-VisitMalta), Kévin Avoine (Van Rysel-Roubaix) & Siebe Deweirdt (Team Flanders-Baloise)

The final 2025 stage gets started.

Complete results:

186.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.205 km/hr

1	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	4hr 19min 0sec
2	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
3	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
4	Ewen Costiou	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
5	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
6	Lewis Bower	Groupama-FDJ	@ 17sec
7	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
8	Lander Loockx	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
9	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	0:22
10	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
11	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
12	Jonas Geens	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
13	Axel Mariault	CIC U Nantes	s.t.
14	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
15	Nicolas Breuillard	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
16	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
17	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
18	Noah Ramsay	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:33
19	Sam Maisonobe	Cofidis	s.t.
20	Valentin Ferron	Cofidis	2:46
21	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
22	Lorrenzo Manzin	Team TotalEnergies	2:56
23	Pierre Latour	Team TotalEnergies	2:59
24	Vincent Bodet	Development Team Picnic PostNL	4:02
25	Emilien Jeannière	Team TotalEnergies	4:05
26	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
27	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
28	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
29	Giacomo Villa	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
30	Matteo Vanhuffel	Development Team Picnic PostNL	4:08
31	Valentin Retailleau	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
32	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	4:09
33	Unai Zubeldia	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
34	Adam Toupalik	Unibet Tietema Rockets	4:13
35	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
36	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
37	Sergio Trueba	Illes Balears Arabay	6:44
38	Henri-Francois Haquin	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
39	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
40	Sebastian Nielsen	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
41	Ronan Augé	CIC U Nantes	s.t.
42	Tom Portsmouth	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
43	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
44	Baptiste Vadic	Team TotalEnergies	6:47
45	Jocelyn Baguelin	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
46	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
47	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
48	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
49	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
50	Victor Papon	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
51	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
52	Vince Gerits	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
53	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
54	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
55	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
56	Iker Bonillo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
57	Noah Hobbs	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
58	Samuele Zoccarato	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
59	Killian Théot	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
60	Jack Rootkin-Gray	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
61	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
62	Siebe Roesems	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
63	Aubin Sparfel	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
64	Tord Gudmestad	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
65	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
66	Sam Bennett	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
67	Noa Isidore	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
68	Jose Maria Garcia	Illes Balears Arabay	10:33
69	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
70	Yuhi Todome	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
71	Matisse Julien	CIC U Nantes	12:31
72	Carter Guichard	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
73	Similien Hamon	CIC U Nantes	23:41

 

Final GC after stage 4:

• GC winner: Kévin Vauquelin (Arkea-B&B Hotels)
• Mountains classification winner: Andreas Leknessund (Uno-X Mobility)
• Points classification winner: Sam Bennett (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale)
• Best young rider: Matyas Kopecky (Team Noco Nordisk)
• Teams classification winner: Cofidis

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

1	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	16hr 36min 42sec
2	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	@ 7sec
3	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	0:08
4	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	0:09
5	Ewen Costiou	Arkea-B&B Hotels	0:11
6	Lander Loockx	Unibet Tietema Rockets	0:29
7	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:31
8	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	0:35
9	Jonas Geens	Team Flanders-Baloise	0:37
10	Nicolas Breuillard	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
11	Axel Mariault	CIC U Nantes	s.t.
12	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	0:38
13	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix	0:43
14	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	0:47
15	Sam Maisonobe	Cofidis	0:58
16	Noah Ramsay	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:24
17	Valentin Ferron	Cofidis	3:01
18	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	3:11
19	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ	3:41
20	Emilien Jeannière	Team TotalEnergies	4:20
21	Giacomo Villa	Wagner Bazin WB	4:30
22	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	4:38
23	Sam Bennett	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	6:42
24	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	7:04
25	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	7:11
26	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	7:26
27	Noa Isidore	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	7:29
28	Matteo Vanhuffel	Development Team Picnic PostNL	7:37
29	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	8:07
30	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix	8:17
31	Killian Théot	Van Rysel-Roubaix	8:50
32	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	9:35
33	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti-VisitMalta	10:10
34	Ronan Augé	CIC U Nantes	10:13
35	Sergio Trueba	Illes Balears Arabay	10:34
36	Sebastian Nielsen	Unibet Tietema Rockets	10:35
37	Jocelyn Baguelin	Wagner Bazin WB	10:46
38	Vincent Bodet	Development Team Picnic PostNL	11:18
39	Victor Papon	Wagner Bazin WB	11:40
40	Pierre Latour	Team TotalEnergies	13:25
41	Adam Toupalik	Unibet Tietema Rockets	13:34
42	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	14:23
43	Lorrenzo Manzin	Team TotalEnergies	14:31
44	Noah Hobbs	EF Education-EasyPost	15:06
45	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	15:07
46	Iker Bonillo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	15:22
47	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	17:08
48	Tom Portsmouth	Wagner Bazin WB	17:23
49	Henri-Francois Haquin	Wagner Bazin WB	17:40
50	Jose Maria Garcia	Illes Balears Arabay	17:40
51	Baptiste Vadic	Team TotalEnergies	17:59
52	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	18:05
53	Unai Zubeldia	Euskaltel-Euskadi	18:52
54	Lewis Bower	Groupama-FDJ	19:23
55	Valentin Retailleau	Team TotalEnergies	19:33
56	Tord Gudmestad	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	19:44
57	Vince Gerits	Team Flanders-Baloise	19:53
58	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	21:51
59	Aubin Sparfel	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	21:55
60	Siebe Roesems	Alpecin-Deceuninck	22:12
61	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	22:54
62	Samuele Zoccarato	Team Polti-VisitMalta	23:24
63	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	24:52
64	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	25:52
65	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	27:01
66	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	28:42
67	Yuhi Todome	EF Education-EasyPost	29:02
68	Carter Guichard	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	29:38
69	Jack Rootkin-Gray	EF Education-EasyPost	31:25
70	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	35:59
71	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	36:53
72	Matisse Julien	CIC U Nantes	38:09
73	Similien Hamon	CIC U Nantes	45:01

 

Stage 4 map:

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Thursday, April 10: Stage 3, Tiercé - Hambers, 165.9 km

Stage 3 map

GC leader Sam Bennett wins stage three.

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Weather at the finish city of Hambers at 2:10 PM, local time: 17C (62F), sunny, with the wind from the northeast at 18 km/hr (11 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Jelle Johannink (Unibet Tietema Rockets) did not start.

Third-place Ewen Costiou's Team Areka-B&B Hotels posted this:

Ewen Costiou:
We came here to win and it's frustrating to come so close, even though Sam Benett was very strong. I launched really hard, but I got a bit locked in on the last bend, which forced me to apply the brakes. I've lost some speed, but without that I can surprise my rivals more. Kevin Vauquelin is also doing well (4th). There's now one stage left to try and get a better result (Ewen is currently 3rd in the provisional overall rankings).

It's time to race.

Roger Tréhin - Sports Director:
Ewen came 3rd in this third stage of the Région Pays de la Loire Tour, with Kévin Vauquelin 4th. The aim was to make the race harder on the climbs of the côte de Montaigu. We did that, but we were one of the few teams to try and dynamise the race, and that wasn't enough to keep the sprinters out. Ewen tried his luck in the final. He was overtaken by Sam Benett in the final metres. This Thursday, on the eve of the finish, Ewen and Kevin occupy 3rd and 5th places in the provisional overall classification.

Complete results:

165.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.315 km/hr

1	Sam Bennett	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	3hr 55min 14sec
2	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
3	Ewen Costiou	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
4	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
5	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
6	Lander Loockx	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
7	Emilien Jeannière	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
8	Nicolas Breuillard	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
9	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
10	Jonas Geens	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
11	Axel Mariault	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
12	Valentin Ferron	Cofidis	s.t.
13	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
14	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
15	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix	@ 6sec
16	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
17	Alessandro Tonelli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	0:10
18	Giacomo Villa	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
19	Sam Maisonobe	Cofidis	s.t.
20	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
21	Sergio Meris	Unibet Tietema Rockets	0:12
22	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
23	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility	0:16
24	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
25	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
26	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:18
27	Noah Ramsay	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:24
28	Noa Isidore	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:27
29	Vincent Bodet	Development Team Picnic PostNL	0:37
30	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
31	Victor Papon	Wagner Bazin WB	1:03
32	Tom Portsmouth	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
33	Killian Théot	Van Rysel-Roubaix	1:48
34	Baptiste Vadic	Team TotalEnergies	2:23
35	Lorrenzo Manzin	Team TotalEnergies	2:51
36	Unai Zubeldia	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:14
37	Matteo Vanhuffel	Development Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
38	Antoine Hue	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
39	Ronan Augé	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
40	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
41	Sebastian Nielsen	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
42	Alvaro Sagrado Perez	Illes Balears Arabay	3:21
43	Jose Maria Garcia	Illes Balears Arabay	s.t.
44	Carter Guichard	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	3:23
45	Jocelyn Baguelin	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
46	Vince Gerits	Team Flanders-Baloise	3:30
47	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	3:35
48	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
49	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
50	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
51	Sergio Trueba	Illes Balears Arabay	s.t.
52	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
53	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
54	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	3:39
55	Ryan Gal	Development Team Picnic PostNL	3:44
56	Pierre Latour	Team TotalEnergies	3:47
57	Jurgen Zomermaand	Development Team Picnic PostNL	3:53
58	Dillon Corkery	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	3:55
59	Paul Hennequin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	4:15
60	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
61	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	5:32
62	Henri-Francois Haquin	Wagner Bazin WB	7:00
63	Nicolas Milesi	Arkea-B&B Hotels	8:08
64	Aubin Sparfel	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
65	Tord Gudmestad	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
66	Louis Kitzki	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
67	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
68	Siebe Roesems	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
69	Iker Bonillo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
70	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
71	Valentin Retailleau	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
72	Jose Marin Aragón	Illes Balears Arabay	s.t.
73	Noah Hobbs	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
74	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
75	Siebe Deweirdt	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
76	Adam Toupalik	Unibet Tietema Rockets	8:20
77	Kévin Avoine	Van Rysel-Roubaix	8:31
78	Samuele Zoccarato	Team Polti-VisitMalta	9:23
79	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ	10:28
80	Christiaan van Rees	Development Team Picnic PostNL	10:33
81	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	10:51
82	Gianluca Pollefliet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
83	Jack Rootkin-Gray	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
84	Tom Crabbe	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
85	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
86	Yuhi Todome	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
87	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
88	Noah Knecht	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
89	Matisse Julien	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
90	Similien Hamon	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
91	Alan Riou	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
92	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
93	Célestin Wattelle	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
94	Joan Albert Riera	Illes Balears Arabay	s.t.
95	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	12:38
96	Davide Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
97	Emmanuel Morin	Van Rysel-Roubaix	14:02
98	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
99	Louis Chaleil	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
100	Andrei Carbunarea	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
101	Justin Ducret	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
102	Lewis Bower	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
103	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Deceuninck	14:27
104	Donavan Grondin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	14:57:
105	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
106	Ko Molenaar	Development Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.

 

GC after stage 3:

• GC leader: Sam Bennett (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale)
• Mountains classification leader: Similien Hamon (CIC-U-Nantes)
• Points classification leader: Sam Bennett (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale)
• Best young rider: Matyas Kopecky (Team Novo Nordisk)
• Teams classification leader: Cofidis

524.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.632 km/hr

1	Sam Bennett	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	12hr 17min 37sec
2	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Deceuninck	@ 14sec
3	Ewen Costiou	Arkea-B&B Hotels	0:16
4	Lander Loockx	Unibet Tietema Rockets	0:17
5	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	0:18
6	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
7	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
8	Emilien Jeannière	Team TotalEnergies	0:20
9	Jonas Geens	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
10	Nicolas Breuillard	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
11	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
12	Axel Mariault	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
13	Valentin Ferron	Cofidis	s.t.
14	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
15	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	0:22
16	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	0:26
17	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
18	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	0:30
19	Sam Maisonobe	Cofidis	s.t.
20	Giacomo Villa	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
21	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
22	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	0:31
23	Sergio Meris	Unibet Tietema Rockets	0:32
24	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility	0:33
25	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:38
26	Alessandro Tonelli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	0:42
27	Noa Isidore	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:47
28	Noah Ramsay	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:56
29	Killian Théot	Van Rysel-Roubaix	2:08
30	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ	3:24
31	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti-VisitMalta	3:28
32	Ronan Augé	CIC-U-Nantes	3:34
33	Matteo Vanhuffel	Development Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
34	Sergio Trueba	Illes Balears Arabay	3:55
35	Sebastian Nielsen	Unibet Tietema Rockets	3:56
36	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	3:59
37	Jocelyn Baguelin	Wagner Bazin WB	4:04
38	Dillon Corkery	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	4:11
39	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix	4:17
40	Victor Papon	Wagner Bazin WB	4:58
41	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	5:35
42	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	7:09
43	Jose Maria Garcia	Illes Balears Arabay	7:12
44	Vincent Bodet	Development Team Picnic PostNL	7:21
45	Jurgen Zomermaand	Development Team Picnic PostNL	8:05
46	Noah Hobbs	EF Education-EasyPost	8:24
47	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	8:25
48	Siebe Deweirdt	Team Flanders-Baloise	8:28
49	Iker Bonillo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	8:40
50	Kévin Avoine	Van Rysel-Roubaix	8:49
51	Adam Toupalik	Unibet Tietema Rockets	9:26
52	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	10:19
53	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	10:29
54	Pierre Latour	Team TotalEnergies	10:31
55	Tom Portsmouth	Wagner Bazin WB	10:44
56	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ	10:48
57	Ryan Gal	Development Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
58	Henri-Francois Haquin	Wagner Bazin WB	11:06
59	Baptiste Vadic	Team TotalEnergies	11:17
60	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	11:23
61	Lorrenzo Manzin	Team TotalEnergies	11:40
62	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	11:46
63	Nicolas Milesi	Arkea-B&B Hotels	12:41
64	Tord Gudmestad	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	13:02
65	Vince Gerits	Team Flanders-Baloise	13:11
66	Paul Hennequin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	13:56
67	Emmanuel Morin	Van Rysel-Roubaix	14:34
68	Unai Zubeldia	Euskaltel-Euskadi	14:48
69	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	15:09
70	Aubin Sparfel	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	15:13
71	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	15:24
72	Siebe Roesems	Alpecin-Deceuninck	15:30
73	Valentin Retailleau	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
74	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	16:12
75	Samuele Zoccarato	Team Polti-VisitMalta	16:42
76	Carter Guichard	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	17:12
77	Alvaro Sagrado Perez	Illes Balears Arabay	17:13
78	Christiaan van Rees	Development Team Picnic PostNL	17:17
79	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	18:10
80	Gianluca Pollefliet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	18:34
81	Yuhi Todome	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
82	Lewis Bower	Groupama-FDJ	19:11
83	Davide Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	20:06
84	Justin Ducret	CIC-U-Nantes	20:18
85	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	20:24
86	Tom Crabbe	Team Flanders-Baloise	20:53
87	Similien Hamon	CIC-U-Nantes	21:25
88	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Deceuninck	21:37
89	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	22:00
90	Célestin Wattelle	Team Novo Nordisk	22:30
91	Noah Knecht	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	22:47
92	Alan Riou	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	22:55
93	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix	23:43
94	Jack Rootkin-Gray	EF Education-EasyPost	24:43
95	Louis Kitzki	Alpecin-Deceuninck	25:27
96	Matisse Julien	CIC-U-Nantes	25:46
97	Ko Molenaar	Development Team Picnic PostNL	26:18
98	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X Mobility	27:14
99	Antoine Hue	CIC-U-Nantes	27:32
100	Jose Marin Aragón	Illes Balears Arabay	27:45
101	Donavan Grondin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	28:59
102	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	29:17
103	Joan Albert Riera	Illes Balears Arabay	s.t.
104	Andrei Carbunarea	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	30:10
105	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	32:45
106	Louis Chaleil	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.

 

Stage 3 map:

Stage 3 map

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Wednesday, April 9: Stage 2, Cugand-la-Bernardière - Beaupréau-en-Mauges, 158.5 km

Stage 2 map

Victor Guernalec wins stage two. Getty photo

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Weather at the finish city of Beaupréau-en-Mauges at 2:30 PM, local time: 18C (65F), sunny, with the wind from the northeast at 13 mph (21 km/hr). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from winner Victor Guernalec's Team Arkea-B&B Hotels.

Victor Guernalec took his first professional win on Wednesday in the 2nd stage of the Région Pays de la Loire Tour.

Victor Guernalec:
"I'm so happy! I still don't quite realise what's happening to me. It was a violent effort in the final. The team needed a win and this one rewards the whole Arkea-B&B Hotels team, staff and riders. I came to this Région Pays de la Loire primarily to help my leaders Kévin Vauquelin and Ewen Costiou. Initially, I attacked on the last lap to help them as they approached the line. But when I saw that the finish was approaching, I thought I could play my card. When the peloton doesn't come back with three kilometres to go, I start to believe in it. That's why I launched my sprint from a distance. I was a bit stressed at the kilometre mark about winning the professional race. When I saw my rivals start early, I felt they were less serene than I was. I took the initiative so that I could keep as much speed as possible in the final. And the closer I got to the line, the more it became a mental battle between me and the peloton."

The riders get ready to start on a sunny day in La Belle France.

Roger Tréhin, Sports Director:
"We race to win races, that's our objective. We knew the circuit would be tough and difficult for the sprinters. The plan was to start with thirty kilometres to go. So Ewen went on the offensive at that point. Victor then took over and rode a strong final to claim his first professional win, the 4th of the season for Arkea-B&B Hotels WorldTour."

Complete results:

158.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.765 km/hr

1	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	3hr 47min 42sec
2	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
3	Noah Hobbs	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
4	Sam Bennett	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
5	Lander Loockx	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
6	Emilien Jeannière	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
7	Sergio Meris	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
8	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
9	Noa Isidore	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
10	Jonas Geens	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
11	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
12	Nicolas Breuillard	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
13	Giacomo Villa	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
14	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
15	Sam Maisonobe	Cofidis	s.t.
16	Ewen Costiou	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
17	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
18	Milan Lanhove	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
19	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
20	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
21	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
22	Killian Théot	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
23	Axel Mariault	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
24	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
25	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
26	Siebe Deweirdt	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
27	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
28	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
29	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
30	Valentin Ferron	Cofidis	s.t.
31	Sergio Trueba	Illes Balears Arabay	s.t.
32	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
33	Dillon Corkery	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
34	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
35	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
36	Matteo Vanhuffel	Development Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
37	Davide Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
38	Ronan Augé	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
39	Kévin Avoine	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
40	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	@ 12sec
41	Iker Bonillo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
42	Emmanuel Morin	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
43	Alessandro Tonelli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
44	Jocelyn Baguelin	Wagner Bazin WB	0:21
45	Sebastian Nielsen	Unibet Tietema Rockets	0:22
46	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
47	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	0:41
48	Adam Toupalik	Unibet Tietema Rockets	0:46
49	Noah Ramsay	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:51
50	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ	1:28
51	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	s.t.
52	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:01
53	Jurgen Zomermaand	Development Team Picnic PostNL	3:14
54	Jose Maria Garcia	Illes Balears Arabay	s.t.
55	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
56	Nicolas Milesi	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
57	Victor Papon	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
58	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
59	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
60	Justin Ducret	CIC-U-Nantes	3:46
61	Henri-Francois Haquin	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
62	Lewis Bower	Groupama-FDJ	3:50
63	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	3:52
64	Tord Gudmestad	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	4:34
65	Carter Guichard	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	6:24
66	Christiaan van Rees	Development Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
67	Siebe Roesems	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
68	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
69	Baptiste Vadic	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
70	Valentin Retailleau	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
71	Gianluca Pollefliet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
72	Vincent Bodet	Development Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
73	Charlie Paige	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
74	Noah Vandenbranden	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
75	Ko Molenaar	Development Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
76	Lorrenzo Manzin	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
77	Pierre Latour	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
78	Ryan Gal	Development Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
79	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
80	Yuhi Todome	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
81	Alvaro Sagrado Perez	Illes Balears Arabay	s.t.
82	Unai Zubeldia	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
83	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
84	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
85	Aubin Sparfel	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
86	Samuele Zoccarato	Team Polti-VisitMalta	6:38
87	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Deceuninck	6:50
88	Jelle Johannink	Unibet Tietema Rockets	8:24
89	Vince Gerits	Team Flanders-Baloise	9:21
90	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
91	Tom Portsmouth	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
92	Paul Hennequin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
93	Tom Crabbe	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
94	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
95	Alan Riou	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
96	Similien Hamon	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
97	Louis Chaleil	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	10:58
98	Célestin Wattelle	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
99	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
100	Antoine Hue	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
101	Andrei Carbunarea	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
102	Aidan Buttigieg	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
103	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
104	Alastair Mackellar	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
105	Jack Rootkin-Gray	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
106	Noah Knecht	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
107	Donavan Grondin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
108	Matisse Julien	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
109	Joan Albert Riera	Illes Balears Arabay	s.t.
110	Pau Llaneras	Illes Balears Arabay	12:09
111	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
112	Louis Kitzki	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
113	Jose Marin Aragón	Illes Balears Arabay	s.t.

 

GC after stage 2:

• GC leader: Sam Bennett (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale)
• Mountains classification leader: Similien Hamon (CIC-U-Nantes)
• Points classification leader: Sam Bennett (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale)
• Best young rider: Noah Hobbs (EF Education-EasyPost)
• Teams classification leader: Arkea-B&B Hotels

367.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.840 km/hr

1	Sam Bennett	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	8hr 22min 33sec
2	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
3	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	@ 4sec
4	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
5	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	0:05
6	Noah Hobbs	EF Education-EasyPost	0:06
7	Dillon Corkery	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
8	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility	0:07
9	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	0:08
10	Kévin Avoine	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
11	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	0:09
12	Emilien Jeannière	Team TotalEnergies	0:10
13	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
14	Jonas Geens	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
15	Lander Loockx	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
16	Nicolas Breuillard	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
17	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
18	Ewen Costiou	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
19	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
20	Milan Lanhove	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
21	Sam Maisonobe	Cofidis	s.t.
22	Sergio Meris	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
23	Ronan Augé	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
24	Giacomo Villa	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
25	Noa Isidore	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
26	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
27	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
28	Killian Théot	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
29	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
30	Axel Mariault	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
31	Valentin Ferron	Cofidis	s.t.
32	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
33	Sergio Trueba	Illes Balears Arabay	s.t.
34	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
35	Siebe Deweirdt	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
36	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
37	Matteo Vanhuffel	Development Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
38	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
39	Emmanuel Morin	Van Rysel-Roubaix	0:22
40	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
41	Iker Bonillo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
42	Alessandro Tonelli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
43	Jocelyn Baguelin	Wagner Bazin WB	0:31
44	Sebastian Nielsen	Unibet Tietema Rockets	0:32
45	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
46	Adam Toupalik	Unibet Tietema Rockets	0:56
47	Noah Ramsay	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:22
48	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	1:50
49	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:11
50	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ	2:37
51	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	3:24
52	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
53	Jose Maria Garcia	Illes Balears Arabay	3:41
54	Victor Papon	Wagner Bazin WB	3:45
55	Henri-Francois Haquin	Wagner Bazin WB	3:56
56	Jurgen Zomermaand	Development Team Picnic PostNL	4:02
57	Nicolas Milesi	Arkea-B&B Hotels	4:23
58	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
59	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	4:40
60	Tord Gudmestad	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	4:44
61	Lewis Bower	Groupama-FDJ	4:59
62	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	6:04
63	Justin Ducret	CIC-U-Nantes	6:06
64	Pierre Latour	Team TotalEnergies	6:34
65	Noah Vandenbranden	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
66	Christiaan van Rees	Development Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
67	Vincent Bodet	Development Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
68	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
69	Ryan Gal	Development Team Picnic PostNL	6:54
70	Charlie Paige	Unibet Tietema Rockets	6:55
71	Aubin Sparfel	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
72	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Deceuninck	7:00
73	Samuele Zoccarato	Team Polti-VisitMalta	7:09
74	Siebe Roesems	Alpecin-Deceuninck	7:12
75	Valentin Retailleau	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
76	Davide Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	7:18
77	Gianluca Pollefliet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	7:33
78	Yuhi Todome	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
79	Jelle Johannink	Unibet Tietema Rockets	8:34
80	Lorrenzo Manzin	Team TotalEnergies	8:39
81	Baptiste Vadic	Team TotalEnergies	8:44
82	Paul Hennequin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	9:31
83	Vince Gerits	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
84	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
85	Tom Portsmouth	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
86	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	9:52
87	Tom Crabbe	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
88	Similien Hamon	CIC-U-Nantes	10:24
89	Ko Molenaar	Development Team Picnic PostNL	11:11
90	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	11:24
91	Unai Zubeldia	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
92	Célestin Wattelle	Team Novo Nordisk	11:29
93	Noah Knecht	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	11:46
94	Alan Riou	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	11:54
95	Aidan Buttigieg	Team Polti-VisitMalta	12:07
96	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
97	Pau Llaneras	Illes Balears Arabay	12:19
98	Carter Guichard	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	13:39
99	Alvaro Sagrado Perez	Illes Balears Arabay	13:42
100	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
101	Jack Rootkin-Gray	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
102	Donavan Grondin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
103	Alastair Mackellar	EF Education-EasyPost	14:14
104	Matisse Julien	CIC-U-Nantes	14:45
105	Andrei Carbunarea	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	15:58
106	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	15:59
107	Louis Kitzki	Alpecin-Deceuninck	17:09
108	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	18:16
109	Joan Albert Riera	Illes Balears Arabay	s.t.
110	Jose Marin Aragón	Illes Balears Arabay	19:27
111	Louis Chaleil	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	20:33
112	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	21:44
113	Antoine Hue	CIC-U-Nantes	24:08

 

Stage 2 map:

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Tuesday, April 8: Stage 1, Machecoul-Saint-Même - La Baule-Escoublac, 208.4 km

Stage 1 map

Sam Bennett wins stage one.

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Weather at the finish city of La Baule-Escoublac at 2:30 PM, local time: 20C (68F), sunny, with the wind from the east at 11 km/hr (7 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Marco Tizza (Wagner Bazin WB) did not start. Halfway into the stage David Dekker (Euskaltel-Euskadi) abandoned.

Here's the report from second-place Giovanni Lonardi's Team Polti-VisitMalta:

Second position of high level for Giovanni Lonardi in the opening of the Région Pays de la Loire Tour. The tought final circuit in La Baule-Escoublac did not deprive the Italian sprinter to sprint close to the victory just behind Bennett (Decathlon).

A great competitive start in France, with the longest stage of the race exceeding 200 kilometres and with temperatures exceeding 25 degrees Celsius along with the humidity of the coast. The peloton rode calmly the first part, allowing a breakaway of five riders to make its way, with a gap of over 4 minutes but with no real chance of dreaming of victory.

On the start line.

The Decathlon team was in charge of accelerating the pace, with Polti VisitMalta always at the front, supporting Lonardi. The speed on the final circuit, where the breakaway was neutralised, caused the peloton to stretch out, and the speed in the succession of turns caused Davide Bais to fall, bruised but not seriously injured so he can continue in the race tomorrow.

The work of the rest of his team-mates, with Zoccarato and Raccagni still up front until the last kilometres, tried to launch a Lonardi who finally followd the wheel of the winner Bennett, and made maximum progress on the inside to take second place at the finish line.

Giovanni Lonardi: “The stage was very nervous, but we managed to do a great job to be in a position to fight for the finish. The result is good, because the winner Bennett is a great champion, so we are happy and we will keep trying to win”.

Jesús Hernández, sport director: “We already knew that the first day was going to be the most complicated on the final circuit. It was a stressful day, so I give a lot of value to the team work with Zoccarato, Aidan, Tonelli and Raccagni. I’m happy to see that Lonardi was able to get the result he was looking for and was only beaten by Bennett, a rider with Tour de France victories and that gives even more value to that second place. Today everyone gave their best so we just have to keep working to try to raise our arms in the race”.

Tomorrow the Région Pays de la Loire Tour continues with the second stage of 158.5 kilometres between Cugand-la-Bernadière and Beaupréau-en-Mauges, full of steep climbs and with a final circuit with three laps. Lonardi will wear the green jersey of the points classification.

Complete results:

208.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.466 km/hr

1	Sam Bennett	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	4hr 35min 1sec
2	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
3	Dillon Corkery	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
4	Tord Gudmestad	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
5	Noah Hobbs	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
6	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
7	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
8	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
9	Emilien Jeannière	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
10	Emmanuel Morin	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
11	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
12	Jocelyn Baguelin	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
13	Ronan Augé	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
14	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
15	Jonas Geens	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
16	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
17	Paul Hennequin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
18	Sebastian Nielsen	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
19	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
20	Nicolas Breuillard	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
21	Lander Loockx	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
22	Iker Bonillo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
23	Pierre Latour	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
24	Vince Gerits	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
25	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
26	Ewen Costiou	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
27	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
28	Adam Toupalik	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
29	Milan Lanhove	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
30	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
31	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
32	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
33	Sam Maisonobe	Cofidis	s.t.
34	Killian Théot	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
35	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
36	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
37	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
38	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
39	Giacomo Villa	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
40	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
41	Valentin Ferron	Cofidis	s.t.
42	Sergio Meris	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
43	Axel Mariault	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
44	Noah Vandenbranden	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
45	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
46	Henri-Francois Haquin	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
47	Noa Isidore	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
48	Vincent Bodet	Development Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
49	Alessandro Tonelli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
50	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
51	Matteo Vanhuffel	Development Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
52	Sergio Trueba	Illes Balears Arabay	s.t.
53	Christiaan van Rees	Development Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
54	Pau Llaneras	Illes Balears Arabay	s.t.
55	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
56	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
57	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
58	Tom Portsmouth	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
59	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
60	Siebe Deweirdt	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
61	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
62	Ryan Gal	Development Team Picnic PostNL	@ 20sec
63	Jose Maria Garcia	Illes Balears Arabay	0:21
64	Samuele Zoccarato	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
65	Aubin Sparfel	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
66	Noah Ramsay	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
67	Paul Ourselin	Cofidis	s.t.
68	Victor Papon	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
69	Tom Crabbe	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
70	Charlie Paige	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
71	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
72	Célestin Wattelle	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
73	Jurgen Zomermaand	Development Team Picnic PostNL	0:38
74	Valentin Retailleau	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
75	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
76	Noah Knecht	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
77	Siebe Roesems	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
78	Similien Hamon	CIC-U-Nantes	0:59
79	Nicolas Milesi	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
80	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
81	Aidan Buttigieg	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
82	Yuhi Todome	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
83	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
84	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
85	Gianluca Pollefliet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
86	Lewis Bower	Groupama-FDJ	1:02
87	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
88	Kévin Avoine	Van Rysel-Roubaix	1:42
89	Jelle Johannink	Unibet Tietema Rockets	1:55
90	Lorrenzo Manzin	Team TotalEnergies	2:05
91	Baptiste Vadic	Team TotalEnergies	2:10
92	Justin Ducret	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
93	Alan Riou	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	2:23
94	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	2:30
95	Jack Rootkin-Gray	EF Education-EasyPost	2:34
96	Donavan Grondin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	2:44
97	Alastair Mackellar	EF Education-EasyPost	3:06
98	Matisse Julien	CIC-U-Nantes	3:37
99	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	4:26
100	Ko Molenaar	Development Team Picnic PostNL	4:50
101	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
102	Unai Zubeldia	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
103	Andrei Carbunarea	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
104	Louis Kitzki	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
105	Carter Guichard	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	7:05
106	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
107	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	7:08
108	Joan Albert Riera	Illes Balears Arabay	s.t.
109	Davide Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
110	Alvaro Sagrado Perez	Illes Balears Arabay	s.t.
111	Jose Marin Aragón	Illes Balears Arabay	s.t.
112	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
113	Louis Chaleil	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	9:25
114	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
115	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
116	Antoine Hue	CIC-U-Nantes	13:00

GC after stage 1:

• GC leader: Sam Bennett (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale)
• Mountains classification leader: Similien Hamon (CIC-U-Nantes)
• Points classification leader: Sam Bennett (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale)
• Best young rider: Henrik Pedersen (Uno-X Mobility)
• Teams classification leader: Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale

1	Sam Bennett	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	4hr 34min 51sec
2	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti-VisitMalta	@ 4sec
3	Dillon Corkery	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	0:06
4	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility	0:07
5	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	0:08
6	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	0:09
7	Tord Gudmestad	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:10
8	Noah Hobbs	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
9	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
10	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
11	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
12	Emilien Jeannière	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
13	Emmanuel Morin	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
14	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
15	Jocelyn Baguelin	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
16	Ronan Augé	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
17	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
18	Jonas Geens	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
19	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
20	Paul Hennequin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
21	Sebastian Nielsen	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
22	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
23	Nicolas Breuillard	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
24	Lander Loockx	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
25	Iker Bonillo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
26	Pierre Latour	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
27	Vince Gerits	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
28	Ewen Costiou	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
29	Adam Toupalik	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
30	Milan Lanhove	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
31	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
32	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
33	Sam Maisonobe	Cofidis	s.t.
34	Killian Théot	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
35	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
36	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
37	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
38	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
39	Giacomo Villa	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
40	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
41	Valentin Ferron	Cofidis	s.t.
42	Sergio Meris	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
43	Axel Mariault	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
44	Noah Vandenbranden	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
45	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
46	Henri-Francois Haquin	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
47	Noa Isidore	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
48	Vincent Bodet	Development Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
49	Alessandro Tonelli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
50	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
51	Matteo Vanhuffel	Development Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
52	Sergio Trueba	Illes Balears Arabay	s.t.
53	Christiaan van Rees	Development Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
54	Pau Llaneras	Illes Balears Arabay	s.t.
55	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
56	Gabriele Raccagni	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
57	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
58	Tom Portsmouth	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
59	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
60	Siebe Deweirdt	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
61	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
62	Ryan Gal	Development Team Picnic PostNL	0:30
63	Jose Maria Garcia	Illes Balears Arabay	0:31
64	Samuele Zoccarato	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
65	Aubin Sparfel	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
66	Noah Ramsay	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
67	Paul Ourselin	Cofidis	s.t.
68	Victor Papon	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
69	Tom Crabbe	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
70	Charlie Paige	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
71	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
72	Célestin Wattelle	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
73	Jurgen Zomermaand	Development Team Picnic PostNL	0:48
74	Valentin Retailleau	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
75	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
76	Noah Knecht	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
77	Siebe Roesems	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
78	Similien Hamon	CIC-U-Nantes	1:04
79	Nicolas Milesi	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:09
80	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
81	Aidan Buttigieg	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
82	Yuhi Todome	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
83	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
84	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
85	Gianluca Pollefliet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
86	Lewis Bower	Groupama-FDJ	1:12
87	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
88	Kévin Avoine	Van Rysel-Roubaix	1:50
89	Jelle Johannink	Unibet Tietema Rockets	2:05
90	Lorrenzo Manzin	Team TotalEnergies	2:15
91	Baptiste Vadic	Team TotalEnergies	2:20
92	Justin Ducret	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
93	Alan Riou	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	2:33
94	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	2:40
95	Jack Rootkin-Gray	EF Education-EasyPost	2:44
96	Donavan Grondin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	2:54
97	Alastair Mackellar	EF Education-EasyPost	3:16
98	Matisse Julien	CIC-U-Nantes	3:47
99	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	4:36
100	Ko Molenaar	Development Team Picnic PostNL	4:55
101	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	5:00
102	Unai Zubeldia	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
103	Andrei Carbunarea	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
104	Louis Kitzki	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
105	Carter Guichard	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	7:15
106	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
107	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	7:18
108	Joan Albert Riera	Illes Balears Arabay	s.t.
109	Davide Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
110	Alvaro Sagrado Perez	Illes Balears Arabay	s.t.
111	Jose Marin Aragón	Illes Balears Arabay	s.t.
112	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
113	Louis Chaleil	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	9:35
114	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
115	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
116	Antoine Hue	CIC-U-Nantes	13:10

 

Stage 1 map:

Start list with back numbers, April 7, 2025:

	EF Education-EasyPost
1	Yuhi Todome
2	Alastair Mackellar
3	James Shaw
4	Jack Rootkin-Gray
5	Noah Hobbs
	Groupama-FDJ
11	Cyril Barthe
12	Remi Cavagna
13	Tom Donnenwirth
14	Matthew Walls
15	Lewis Bower
16	Paul Penhoët
	Cofidis
21	Bryan Coquard
22	Valentin Ferron
23	Oliver Knight
24	Sam Maisonobe
25	Paul Ourselin
26	Benjamin Thomas
	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
31	Sam Bennett
32	Louis Chaleil
33	Tord Gudmestad
34	Noa Isidore
35	Gianluca Pollefliet
36	Aubin Sparfel
	Alpecin-Deceuninck
41	Henri Uhlig
42	Louis Kitzki
43	Simon Dehairs
44	Noah Ramsay
45	Siebe Roesems
46	Jensen Plowright
	Arkea-B&B Hotels
51	Ewen Costiou
52	Nicolas Milesi
53	Kévin Vauquelin
54	Victor Guernalec
55	Louis Rouland
56	Clément Venturini
	Team TotalEnergies
61	Alexandre Delettre
62	Emilien Jeannière
63	Pierre Latour
64	Lorrenzo Manzin
65	Valentin Retailleau
66	Baptiste Vadic
	Uno-X Mobility
71	Stian Fredheim
72	Henrik Pedersen
73	Martin Urianstad Bugge
74	Magnus Kulset
75	Andreas Leknessund
76	Sakarias Koller Løland
	Team Novo Nordisk
81	Sam Brand
82	Matyas Kopecky
83	Andrea Peron
84	Antonio Polga
85	Filippo Ridolfo
86	Célestin Wattelle
	Team Polti-VisitMalta
91	Giovanni Lonardi
92	Davide Bais
93	Samuele Zoccarato
94	Gabriele Raccagni
95	Alessandro Tonelli
96	Aidan Buttigieg
	Wagner Bazin WB
101	Jocelyn Baguelin
102	Victor Papon
103	Tom Portsmouth
104	Henri-Francois Haquin
105	Marco Tizza
106	Giacomo Villa
	Team Flanders-Baloise
111	Tom Crabbe
112	Vince Gerits
113	Siebe Deweirdt
114	Jonas Geens
115	Milan Lanhove
116	Noah Vandenbranden
	Euskaltel-Euskadi
121	Iker Bonillo
122	Paul Hennequin
123	David Dekker
124	Danny van der Tuuk
125	Unai Zubeldia
	Unibet Tietema Rockets
131	Adam Toupalik
132	Charlie Paige
133	Lander Loockx
134	Sebastian Nielsen
135	Sergio Meris
136	Jelle Johannink
	CIC-U-Nantes
141	Ronan Augé
142	Justin Ducret
143	Similien Hamon
144	Antoine Hue
145	Matisse Julien
146	Axel Mariault
	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur
151	Damien Girard
152	Carter Guichard
153	Alexander Konijn
154	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli
155	Noah Knecht
156	Andrei Carbunarea
	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93
161	Nicolas Breuillard
162	Théo Delacroix
163	Romain Cardis
164	Dillon Corkery
165	Alan Riou
166	Morne Van Niekerk
	Van Rysel-Roubaix
171	Rait Ärm
172	Kenny Molly
173	Kévin Avoine
174	Emmanuel Morin
175	Killian Théot
176	Maxime Jarnet
	Development Team Picnic PostNL
181	Vincent Bodet
182	Ryan Gal
183	Ko Molenaar
184	Christiaan van Rees
185	Matteo Vanhuffel
186	Jurgen Zomermaand
	Illes Balears Arabay
191	Jose Maria Garcia
192	Joan Albert Riera
193	Pau Llaneras
194	Jose Marin Aragón
195	Alvaro Sagrado Perez
196	Sergio Trueba