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2026 Tour de l'Ain (2.1), France
38th edition: July 28 - 30, 2026
Tour de l'Ain podium history | 2025 edition | Start list
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3
Map of 2026 Tour de l'Ain
Thursday, July 30: 3rd & Final Stage, Oyonnax - Lélex Monts-Jura, 131.5 km
Axel Mariault wins the final stage with GC leader Markel Beloki finishing second.
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Weather at the city of Lélex, on the route, 0.7 km from the finish, at 2:40 PM, local time: 32C (89F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 23 km/hr (14 mph). There is a 32% chance of rain and a 44% chance of thunderstorms around 4:15 PM.
The race: Here's the report from GC winner Markel Beloki's Team EF education-EasyPost.
Markel Beloki raced to his first professional general classification victory at the Tour de l'Ain.
After Noah Hobbs' win on Stage 1 and his own victory on Stage 2, Markel and his teammates went on the offense again to defend the yellow jersey. They came oh so close to making it a clean sweep of stage wins, with Markel finishing second in the sprint at the end of Stage 3. Markel's first general classification win was the best prize they could win, though. The Basque beamed as he pulled on the yellow jersey on the final podium in Lélex.
"We knew today was going to be a very hard day for us," Markel said after the finish. "We knew it would be a hard, super-intensive stage."
Jardi van der Lee, Noah Streif, Noah Hobbs, and Alexander Cepeda rose to the challenge, keeping Markel out of the wind at the front of the peloton on a brutal race course through the Jura mountains. On the Col du Menthières, the final and hardest climb in the stage, Alexander accelerated with Markel on his wheel, putting all of his GC rivals on the limit. Soon, there were only nine riders left at the front. Markel and Alexander worked together to keep the pace so high that none of the other rivals in the move dared attack, hurtling down the descent and pushing all the way up the long drag to the final kilometer, where Alexander launched a bid for the stage win. His brave move was brought back right before the line. Markel dashed to second in the sprint with more than enough of an advantage to secure the GC.
He was thankful for his teammates' efforts from the start to the end of the race.
"We could control everything, and I'm happy to take the GC," Markel said.
The 21-year-old’s sights are now set on the Vuelta a Burgos and a busy rest of the season.
"I'm working every day, to perform better and better," he said. "We'll see how the future develops."
Complete results:
131.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.202 km/hr
| 1 | Axel Mariault | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | 3hr 26min 32sec |
| 2 | Markel Beloki | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 3 | Brieuc Rolland | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 4 | Jamie Meehan | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 5 | Rémi Arsac | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 6 | Nicola Conci | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 7 | Henrique Bravo | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 8 | Huw Buck Jones | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme | @ 5sec |
| 9 | Alexander Cepeda | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 10 | Thomas Gachignard | Team TotalEnergies | 0:57 |
| 11 | Chris Hamilton | Development Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 12 | Tom Lambert-Wetzel | Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais | s.t. |
| 13 | Florian Kajamini | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 14 | Rémi Capron | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 15 | Wout Poels | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 16 | Jean-Loup Fayolle | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 17 | Adam Howell | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme | 1:22 |
| 18 | Said Cisneros | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:24 |
| 19 | Louis Leidert | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | 1:29 |
| 20 | Erazem Valjavec | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:31 |
| 21 | Valentin Darbellay | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 22 | Timothée Coudière-Cantin | France | s.t. |
| 23 | Sven Mernik | Visma | Lease a Bike Development | s.t. |
| 24 | Cedrik Bakke Christophersen | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 25 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Team TotalEnergies | 1:33 |
| 26 | Arnaud Tissières | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | 1:36 |
| 27 | Louis Hardouin | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 28 | Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | 1:43 |
| 29 | Noa Isidore | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 3:34 |
| 30 | Yohann Simon | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 3:44 |
| 31 | Fabio Segatta | Visma | Lease a Bike Development | 4:01 |
| 32 | Jan Maas | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 33 | Alexandre Trouvain | Development Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 34 | Owen Geleijn | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 35 | Charlie Paige | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme | s.t. |
| 36 | Pierre Thierry | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 37 | Odd Christian Eiking | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 38 | Gil Gelders | Soudal Quick-Step | 4:05 |
| 39 | Maxime Jarnet | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 40 | Aubin Vasseur | Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais | 6:56 |
| 41 | Arnaud Tendon | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 42 | Kenny Molly | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 43 | Colin Savioz | Unibet Rose Rockets | 7:01 |
| 44 | Jardi Van Der Lee | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 45 | Antoine Berger | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 7:30 |
| 46 | Johan Blanc | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 47 | Ian Kings | Visma | Lease a Bike Development | 9:03 |
| 48 | Gabriel Layrac | France | s.t. |
| 49 | Maximilien Juillard | Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais | 10:33 |
| 50 | Baptiste Berger | Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais | s.t. |
| 51 | Eivind Broholt Fougner | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 52 | Sylvain Moniquet | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 53 | Victor Jean | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 54 | Stefan Bissegger | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 55 | Emanuel Buchmann | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 56 | Stan Van Tricht | Soudal Quick-Step | 12:07 |
| 57 | Joris Chaussinand | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | 12:09 |
| 58 | Thomas Champion | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 59 | Matej Pitak | Visma | Lease a Bike Development | 15:13 |
| 60 | Jack Ward | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
| 61 | Corentin Lequet | France | 17:05 |
| 62 | Alessio Delle Vedove | XDS Astana Team | 18:04 |
| 63 | Pietro Galbusera | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 64 | Thor Michielsen | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
| 65 | Maël Guégan | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 66 | Yaël Joalland | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 67 | Morne Van Niekerk | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 68 | Théo Delacroix | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 69 | Vladislav Bashlykov | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 70 | Baptiste Grégoire | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 71 | Antoine Raugel | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 72 | Patryk Goszczurny | Visma | Lease a Bike Development | s.t. |
| 73 | Simon Guglielmi | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 74 | Benedikt Benz | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
| 75 | Mikal Grimstad Uglehus | Visma | Lease a Bike Development | s.t. |
| 76 | Jules Vaugrenard | France | s.t. |
| 77 | Johan Jacobs | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 78 | Alberto Dainese | Soudal Quick-Step | 20:10 |
| 79 | Noah Streif | EF Education-EasyPost | 23:38 |
| 80 | Arthur Blaise | France | 23:37 |
| 81 | Gianluca Pollefliet | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 24:16 |
| 82 | Matteo Milan | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 83 | Simon Baran | Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais | s.t. |
| 84 | Antoine Basset | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme | 28:30 |
| 85 | Rémi Lelandais | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme | s.t. |
| 86 | Alexys Brunel | Team TotalEnergies | 29:32 |
| 87 | Mathias Sanlaville | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 88 | Martin Pedersen | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | 29:57 |
| 89 | Alfie George | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | 32:18 |
| 90 | Jason Tesson | Team TotalEnergies | 33:53 |
Final GC after stage 3:
- GC winner: Markel Beloki (EF Education-EasyPost)
- Mountains classification winner: Patryk Goszczurny (Visma | Lease a Bike Development)
- Points classification winner: Markel Beloki (EF Education-EasyPost)
- Best young rider: Markel Beloki (EF Education-EasyPost)
- Teams classification winner: Soudal Quick-Step
454.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.178 km/hr
| 1 | Markel Beloki | EF Education-EasyPost | 10hr 46min 16sec |
| 2 | Axel Mariault | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | @ 51sec |
| 3 | Jamie Meehan | Cofidis | 0:55 |
| 4 | Henrique Bravo | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 5 | Rémi Arsac | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 6 | Nicola Conci | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 7 | Alexander Cepeda | EF Education-EasyPost | 1:00 |
| 8 | Huw Buck Jones | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme | s.t. |
| 9 | Adam Howell | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme | 2:17 |
| 10 | Said Cisneros | Soudal Quick-Step | 2:19 |
| 11 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Team TotalEnergies | 2:28 |
| 12 | Rémi Capron | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 3:41 |
| 13 | Chris Hamilton | Development Team Picnic PostNL | 3:45 |
| 14 | Thomas Gachignard | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 15 | Florian Kajamini | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 16 | Tom Lambert-Wetzel | Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais | s.t. |
| 17 | Wout Poels | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 18 | Louis Leidert | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | 4:17 |
| 19 | Sven Mernik | Visma | Lease a Bike Development | 4:19 |
| 20 | Louis Hardouin | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 4:20 |
| 21 | Noa Isidore | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 4:29 |
| 22 | Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | 4:37 |
| 23 | Jean-Loup Fayolle | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | 6:19 |
| 24 | Odd Christian Eiking | Unibet Rose Rockets | 6:49 |
| 25 | Timothée Coudière-Cantin | France | 6:53 |
| 26 | Arnaud Tissières | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | 6:58 |
| 27 | Valentin Darbellay | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | 8:24 |
| 28 | Yohann Simon | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 10:39 |
| 29 | Alexandre Trouvain | Development Team Picnic PostNL | 10:54 |
| 30 | Brieuc Rolland | Groupama-FDJ United | 12:21 |
| 31 | Sylvain Moniquet | Cofidis | 13:21 |
| 32 | Arnaud Tendon | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 13:49 |
| 33 | Charlie Paige | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme | 14:37 |
| 34 | Thomas Champion | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 14:57 |
| 35 | Erazem Valjavec | Soudal Quick-Step | 17:15 |
| 36 | Cedrik Bakke Christophersen | Unibet Rose Rockets | 17:17 |
| 37 | Jan Maas | Cofidis | 18:09 |
| 38 | Pierre Thierry | Team TotalEnergies | 18:13 |
| 39 | Jardi Van Der Lee | EF Education-EasyPost | 19:33 |
| 40 | Maxime Jarnet | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 19:47 |
| 41 | Patryk Goszczurny | Visma | Lease a Bike Development | 20:52 |
| 42 | Joris Chaussinand | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | 21:22 |
| 43 | Antoine Berger | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 21:42 |
| 44 | Gil Gelders | Soudal Quick-Step | 21:45 |
| 45 | Corentin Lequet | France | 22:27 |
| 46 | Eivind Broholt Fougner | Unibet Rose Rockets | 22:54 |
| 47 | Stefan Bissegger | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 23:16 |
| 48 | Johan Blanc | Groupama-FDJ United | 23:27 |
| 49 | Emanuel Buchmann | Cofidis | 24:45 |
| 50 | Aubin Vasseur | Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais | 24:51 |
| 51 | Victor Jean | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | 24:56 |
| 52 | Pietro Galbusera | XDS Astana Team | 24:57 |
| 53 | Owen Geleijn | Unibet Rose Rockets | 25:18 |
| 54 | Fabio Segatta | Visma | Lease a Bike Development | s.t. |
| 55 | Kenny Molly | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 26:05 |
| 56 | Maximilien Juillard | Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais | 27:07 |
| 57 | Simon Guglielmi | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 27:21 |
| 58 | Matej Pitak | Visma | Lease a Bike Development | 29:21 |
| 59 | Ian Kings | Visma | Lease a Bike Development | 30:20 |
| 60 | Gabriel Layrac | France | 30:24 |
| 61 | Benedikt Benz | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | 30:25 |
| 62 | Baptiste Berger | Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais | 31:54 |
| 63 | Antoine Raugel | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 33:46 |
| 64 | Théo Delacroix | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 65 | Stan Van Tricht | Soudal Quick-Step | 34:31 |
| 66 | Maël Guégan | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | 36:18 |
| 67 | Jack Ward | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | 36:34 |
| 68 | Johan Jacobs | Groupama-FDJ United | 37:11 |
| 69 | Alessio Delle Vedove | XDS Astana Team | 39:21 |
| 70 | Thor Michielsen | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
| 71 | Mikal Grimstad Uglehus | Visma | Lease a Bike Development | 39:25 |
| 72 | Yaël Joalland | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 73 | Jules Vaugrenard | France | s.t. |
| 74 | Vladislav Bashlykov | XDS Astana Team | 39:38 |
| 75 | Colin Savioz | Unibet Rose Rockets | 39:45 |
| 76 | Morne Van Niekerk | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 40:28 |
| 77 | Alberto Dainese | Soudal Quick-Step | 41:27 |
| 78 | Rémi Lelandais | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme | 44:12 |
| 79 | Arthur Blaise | France | 44:58 |
| 80 | Gianluca Pollefliet | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 45:37 |
| 81 | Simon Baran | Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais | s.t. |
| 82 | Antoine Basset | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme | 49:47 |
| 83 | Mathias Sanlaville | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | 50:49 |
| 84 | Martin Pedersen | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | 51:18 |
| 85 | Jason Tesson | Team TotalEnergies | 55:10 |
| 86 | Matteo Milan | Groupama-FDJ United | 56:56 |
| 87 | Baptiste Grégoire | Groupama-FDJ United | 59:08 |
| 88 | Alexys Brunel | Team TotalEnergies | 1:03:40 |
| 89 | Noah Streif | EF Education-EasyPost | 1:05:31 |
| 90 | Alfie George | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | 1:08:42 |
Stage 3 map & profile:
Stage 3 map
Stage 3 profile
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Wednesday, July 29: Stage 2, Saint-Vulbas - Lagnieu, 161.9 km
Markel Beloki wins stage two and becomes the new GC leader.
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Weather at the finish city of Lagnieu at 2:40 PM, local time: 37C (98F), sunny, with the wind from the south at 14 km/hr (9 mph). No rain is forecast.
The race: Here's the report from stage winner & new GC leader Markel Beloki's Team EF education-EasyPost.
The day after Noah Hobbs' bunch sprint victory on Stage 1 of the Tour de l'Ain, Markel Beloki attacked an elite group of climbers down the descent from the Col du Portes and held them off to take EF Education-EasyPost's second straight win at the stage race in the east of France.
Markel played it smart on the road from Saint-Vulbas to Lagnieu to take the biggest victory of his career.
"I didn't have my best legs on the climb, so we preferred to set a high pace," he said after the finish. "Then on the descent a few guys came back from behind, so we had to play a different card on the flat part. I attacked in the last 10 kilometers, and I could make it to the finish line."
EF Education-EasyPost is riding high after Noah Hobbs set the tone with his first pro victory on Stage 1.
"Yesterday was a super nice day with Noah's victory, and today's going to be another super nice night with the boys," Markel said. "So let's enjoy it, and tomorrow we'll see what happens."
Markel now leads the general classification by 52 seconds. He and his teammates will race to defend the yellow jersey during tomorrow's final stage through the Jura Mountains from Oyonnax to Lélex. With seven categorized climbs on the route, plus a hard uphill drag to the finish, it is going to be tough, but Markel is up to the challenge.
"This win gives me a lot of confidence," he said. "I've been at altitude working hard for myself. I came here to test the legs, and I know they're good – so let's see what's coming."
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Complete results:
161.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.757 km/hr
| 1 | Markel Beloki | EF Education-EasyPost | 3hr 52min 39sec |
| 2 | Noa Isidore | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | @ 54sec |
| 3 | Nicola Conci | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 4 | Axel Mariault | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 5 | Rémi Arsac | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 6 | Jamie Meehan | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 7 | Henrique Bravo | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 8 | Adam Howell | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme | s.t. |
| 9 | Huw Buck Jones | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme | s.t. |
| 10 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 11 | Said Cisneros | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 12 | Alexander Cepeda | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 13 | Tom Lambert-Wetzel | Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais | 2:48 |
| 14 | Louis Leidert | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
| 15 | Odd Christian Eiking | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 16 | Rémi Capron | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 17 | Patryk Goszczurny | Visma | Lease a Bike Development | s.t. |
| 18 | Louis Hardouin | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 19 | Florian Kajamini | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 20 | Thomas Gachignard | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 21 | Chris Hamilton | Development Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 22 | Sylvain Moniquet | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 23 | Wout Poels | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 24 | Sven Mernik | Visma | Lease a Bike Development | s.t. |
| 25 | Thomas Champion | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 26 | Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | 2:54 |
| 27 | Arnaud Tissières | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | 5:22 |
| 28 | Jean-Loup Fayolle | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 29 | Corentin Lequet | France | s.t. |
| 30 | Timothée Coudière-Cantin | France | s.t. |
| 31 | Arnaud Tendon | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 6:53 |
| 32 | Valentin Darbellay | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 33 | Pietro Galbusera | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 34 | Alexandre Trouvain | Development Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 35 | Yohann Simon | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 6:55 |
| 36 | Joris Chaussinand | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | 9:17 |
| 37 | Simon Guglielmi | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 38 | Charlie Paige | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme | 10:36 |
| 39 | Stefan Bissegger | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 12:21 |
| 40 | Erazem Valjavec | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 41 | Benedikt Benz | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
| 42 | Eivind Broholt Fougner | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 43 | Jardi Van Der Lee | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 44 | Brieuc Rolland | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 45 | Antoine Berger | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 14:12 |
| 46 | Matej Pitak | Visma | Lease a Bike Development | s.t. |
| 47 | Victor Jean | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 48 | Pierre Thierry | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 49 | Emanuel Buchmann | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 50 | Jan Maas | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 51 | Johan Blanc | Groupama-FDJ United | 15:46 |
| 52 | Maximilien Juillard | Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais | s.t. |
| 53 | Rémi Lelandais | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme | s.t. |
| 54 | Gil Gelders | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 55 | Antoine Raugel | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 56 | Kenny Molly | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 57 | Maxime Jarnet | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 58 | Théo Delacroix | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 59 | Cedrik Bakke Christophersen | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 60 | Aubin Vasseur | Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais | 17:55 |
| 61 | Maël Guégan | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 62 | Johan Jacobs | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 63 | Alessio Delle Vedove | XDS Astana Team | 21:21 |
| 64 | Owen Geleijn | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 65 | Ko Molenaar | Development Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 66 | Thor Michielsen | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
| 67 | Jacob Bush | Development Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 68 | Gabriel Layrac | France | s.t. |
| 69 | Baptiste Berger | Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais | s.t. |
| 70 | Ian Kings | Visma | Lease a Bike Development | s.t. |
| 71 | Arthur Blaise | France | s.t. |
| 72 | Simon Baran | Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais | s.t. |
| 73 | Fabio Segatta | Visma | Lease a Bike Development | s.t. |
| 74 | Tord Gudmestad | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 75 | Alberto Dainese | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 76 | Mathias Sanlaville | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 77 | Gianluca Pollefliet | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 78 | Yaël Joalland | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 79 | Vladislav Bashlykov | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 80 | Mikal Grimstad Uglehus | Visma | Lease a Bike Development | s.t. |
| 81 | Antoine Basset | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme | s.t. |
| 82 | Jules Vaugrenard | France | s.t. |
| 83 | Arthur Meyer | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme | s.t. |
| 84 | Nils Aebersold | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 85 | Elia Blum | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 86 | Stan Van Tricht | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 87 | Martin Pedersen | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
| 88 | Jason Tesson | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 89 | Morne Van Niekerk | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 90 | Nicolas Debeaumarché | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 91 | Jack Ward | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
| 92 | Alexys Brunel | Team TotalEnergies | 27:08 |
| 93 | Matteo Milan | Groupama-FDJ United | 32:44 |
| 94 | Colin Savioz | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 95 | Enzo Boulet | Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais | 35:08 |
| 96 | Christiaan van Rees | Development Team Picnic PostNL | 36:28 |
| 97 | Ulrik Tvedt | Development Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 98 | Alfie George | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 99 | Bohémond Barrillot | France | 40:23 |
| 100 | Noah Hobbs | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 101 | Baptiste Grégoire | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 102 | Noah Streif | EF Education-EasyPost | 41:53 |
| DNF | Mattia Agostinacchio | EF Education-EasyPost | |
| DNF | Lev Gonov | XDS Astana Team | |
| DNF | Lorrenzo Manzin | Team TotalEnergies |
GC after stage 2:
- GC leader: Markel Beloki (EF Education-EasyPost)
- Mountains classification leader: Henrique Bravo (Soudal Quick-Step)
- Points classification leader: Markel Beloki (EF Education-EasyPost)
- Best young rider: Markel Beloki (EF Education-EasyPost)
- Teams classification leader: XDS Astana
322.8 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 44.043 km/hr
| 1 | Markel Beloki | EF Education-EasyPost | 7hr 19min 45sec |
| 2 | Axel Mariault | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | @ 52sec |
| 3 | Noa Isidore | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 0:55 |
| 4 | Jamie Meehan | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 5 | Henrique Bravo | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 6 | Alexander Cepeda | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 7 | Rémi Arsac | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 8 | Adam Howell | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme | s.t. |
| 9 | Huw Buck Jones | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme | s.t. |
| 10 | Nicola Conci | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 11 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 12 | Said Cisneros | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 13 | Louis Hardouin | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 2:45 |
| 14 | Rémi Capron | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 15 | Louis Leidert | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | 2:48 |
| 16 | Chris Hamilton | Development Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 17 | Thomas Gachignard | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 18 | Odd Christian Eiking | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 19 | Florian Kajamini | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 20 | Patryk Goszczurny | Visma | Lease a Bike Development | s.t. |
| 21 | Wout Poels | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 22 | Tom Lambert-Wetzel | Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais | s.t. |
| 23 | Sylvain Moniquet | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 24 | Sven Mernik | Visma | Lease a Bike Development | s.t. |
| 25 | Thomas Champion | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 26 | Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | 2:54 |
| 27 | Jean-Loup Fayolle | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | 5:22 |
| 28 | Corentin Lequet | France | s.t. |
| 29 | Timothée Coudière-Cantin | France | s.t. |
| 30 | Arnaud Tissières | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 31 | Alexandre Trouvain | Development Team Picnic PostNL | 6:53 |
| 32 | Pietro Galbusera | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 33 | Valentin Darbellay | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 34 | Arnaud Tendon | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 35 | Yohann Simon | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 6:55 |
| 36 | Joris Chaussinand | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | 9:13 |
| 37 | Simon Guglielmi | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 9:17 |
| 38 | Charlie Paige | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme | 10:36 |
| 39 | Benedikt Benz | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | 12:21 |
| 40 | Brieuc Rolland | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 41 | Eivind Broholt Fougner | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 42 | Jardi Van Der Lee | EF Education-EasyPost | 12:32 |
| 43 | Stefan Bissegger | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 12:43 |
| 44 | Matej Pitak | Visma | Lease a Bike Development | 14:08 |
| 45 | Jan Maas | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 46 | Emanuel Buchmann | Cofidis | 14:12 |
| 47 | Pierre Thierry | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 48 | Antoine Berger | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 49 | Victor Jean | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | 14:23 |
| 50 | Rémi Lelandais | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme | 15:42 |
| 51 | Antoine Raugel | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 52 | Théo Delacroix | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 53 | Maxime Jarnet | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 54 | Erazem Valjavec | Soudal Quick-Step | 15:44 |
| 55 | Cedrik Bakke Christophersen | Unibet Rose Rockets | 15:46 |
| 56 | Johan Blanc | Groupama-FDJ United | 15:57 |
| 57 | Maximilien Juillard | Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais | 16:34 |
| 58 | Gil Gelders | Soudal Quick-Step | 17:40 |
| 59 | Aubin Vasseur | Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais | 17:55 |
| 60 | Maël Guégan | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | 18:14 |
| 61 | Johan Jacobs | Groupama-FDJ United | 19:07 |
| 62 | Kenny Molly | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 19:09 |
| 63 | Alessio Delle Vedove | XDS Astana Team | 21:17 |
| 64 | Alberto Dainese | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 65 | Thor Michielsen | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
| 66 | Ian Kings | Visma | Lease a Bike Development | s.t. |
| 67 | Tord Gudmestad | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 68 | Mathias Sanlaville | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 69 | Owen Geleijn | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 70 | Fabio Segatta | Visma | Lease a Bike Development | s.t. |
| 71 | Jason Tesson | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 72 | Antoine Basset | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme | s.t. |
| 73 | Arthur Blaise | France | 21:21 |
| 74 | Jacob Bush | Development Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 75 | Gianluca Pollefliet | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 76 | Mikal Grimstad Uglehus | Visma | Lease a Bike Development | s.t. |
| 77 | Ko Molenaar | Development Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 78 | Nicolas Debeaumarché | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 79 | Yaël Joalland | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 80 | Simon Baran | Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais | s.t. |
| 81 | Gabriel Layrac | France | s.t. |
| 82 | Jack Ward | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
| 83 | Baptiste Berger | Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais | s.t. |
| 84 | Jules Vaugrenard | France | s.t. |
| 85 | Nils Aebersold | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 86 | Martin Pedersen | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
| 87 | Arthur Meyer | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme | 21:32 |
| 88 | Vladislav Bashlykov | XDS Astana Team | 21:34 |
| 89 | Elia Blum | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 90 | Stan Van Tricht | Soudal Quick-Step | 22:24 |
| 91 | Morne Van Niekerk | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 92 | Matteo Milan | Groupama-FDJ United | 32:40 |
| 93 | Colin Savioz | Unibet Rose Rockets | 32:44 |
| 94 | Alexys Brunel | Team TotalEnergies | 34:08 |
| 95 | Enzo Boulet | Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais | s.t. |
| 96 | Alfie George | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | 36:24 |
| 97 | Christiaan van Rees | Development Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 98 | Ulrik Tvedt | Development Team Picnic PostNL | 39:15 |
| 99 | Noah Hobbs | EF Education-EasyPost | 40:19 |
| 100 | Bohémond Barrillot | France | s.t. |
| 101 | Baptiste Grégoire | Groupama-FDJ United | 41:04 |
| 102 | Noah Streif | EF Education-EasyPost | 41:53 |
Stage 2 map & profile:
Stage 2 map
Stage 2 profile
Tuesday, July 28: Stage 1, Parc des Oiseaux (Villars-les-Dombes) - Bourg-en-Bresse, 160.9 km
Noah Hobbs wins the first stage.
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Weather at the finish city of Bourg-en-Bresse at 2:50 PM, local time: 32C (89F), sunny, with the wind from the south-southwest at 6 km/hr (4 mph). No rain is forecast.
The race: Here's the report from second-place Alberto Dainese's Team Soudal Quick-Step.
Alberto Dainese made his first appearance for The Wolfpack since June’s National Championships, and the Italian was in the spotlight at the end of the stage that concluded in Bourg-en Bresse, the city where our team took a memorable victory from the breakaway at the 2023 Tour de France.
It was a pretty straightforward route, almost flat and with non-technical roads that made it easy for the peloton to bring back the two different leading groups that tried their luck Tuesday afternoon. Soudal Quick-Step was one of the teams that set the tempo at the front of the bunch, reeling in the escapees and setting Alberto Dainese up for the mass gallop.
The Italian showed a good sprint as he took his first podium of the season, just behind Noah Hobbs (EF Education - EasyPost) and will wear the points jersey on Wednesday, then the terrain favoring the climbers will reshuffle the general classification.
Complete results:
160.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.630 km/hr
| 1 | Noah Hobbs | EF Education-EasyPost | 3hr 27min 2sec |
| 2 | Alberto Dainese | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 3 | Bohémond Barrillot | France | s.t. |
| 4 | Matteo Milan | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 5 | Alessio Delle Vedove | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 6 | Louis Hardouin | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 7 | Jason Tesson | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 8 | Mathias Sanlaville | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 9 | Rémi Lelandais | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme | s.t. |
| 10 | Tord Gudmestad | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 11 | Joris Chaussinand | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 12 | Antoine Raugel | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 13 | Ian Kings | Visma | Lease a Bike Development | s.t. |
| 14 | Alfie George | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 15 | Théo Delacroix | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 16 | Thor Michielsen | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
| 17 | Fabio Segatta | Visma | Lease a Bike Development | s.t. |
| 18 | Christiaan van Rees | Development Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 19 | Maxime Jarnet | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 20 | Rémi Capron | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 21 | Owen Geleijn | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 22 | Antoine Basset | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme | s.t. |
| 23 | Axel Mariault | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 24 | Jan Maas | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 25 | Matej Pitak | Visma | Lease a Bike Development | s.t. |
| 26 | Chris Hamilton | Development Team Picnic PostNL | @ 4sec |
| 27 | Louis Leidert | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
| 28 | Noa Isidore | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 29 | Benedikt Benz | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
| 30 | Lev Gonov | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 31 | Arthur Blaise | France | s.t. |
| 32 | Enzo Boulet | Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais | s.t. |
| 33 | Thomas Gachignard | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 34 | Emanuel Buchmann | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 35 | Lorrenzo Manzin | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 36 | Gianluca Pollefliet | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 37 | Jean-Loup Fayolle | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 38 | Jamie Meehan | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 39 | Pierre Thierry | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 40 | Brieuc Rolland | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 41 | Mikal Grimstad Uglehus | Visma | Lease a Bike Development | s.t. |
| 42 | Odd Christian Eiking | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 43 | Jacob Bush | Development Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 44 | Nicolas Debeaumarché | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 45 | Florian Kajamini | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 46 | Alexander Cepeda | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 47 | Aubin Vasseur | Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais | s.t. |
| 48 | Henrique Bravo | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 49 | Alexandre Trouvain | Development Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 50 | Wout Poels | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 51 | Corentin Lequet | France | s.t. |
| 52 | Patryk Goszczurny | Visma | Lease a Bike Development | s.t. |
| 53 | Pietro Galbusera | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 54 | Charlie Paige | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme | s.t. |
| 55 | Timothée Coudière-Cantin | France | s.t. |
| 56 | Rémi Arsac | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 57 | Yaël Joalland | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 58 | Ko Molenaar | Development Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 59 | Jack Ward | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
| 60 | Markel Beloki | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 61 | Sven Mernik | Visma | Lease a Bike Development | s.t. |
| 62 | Sylvain Moniquet | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 63 | Tom Lambert-Wetzel | Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais | s.t. |
| 64 | Arnaud Tissières | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 65 | Valentin Darbellay | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 66 | Adam Howell | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme | s.t. |
| 67 | Huw Buck Jones | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme | s.t. |
| 68 | Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
| 69 | Simon Baran | Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais | s.t. |
| 70 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 71 | Cedrik Bakke Christophersen | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 72 | Mattia Agostinacchio | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 73 | Thomas Champion | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 74 | Gabriel Layrac | France | s.t. |
| 75 | Jules Vaugrenard | France | s.t. |
| 76 | Yohann Simon | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 77 | Nicola Conci | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 78 | Antoine Berger | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 79 | Simon Guglielmi | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 80 | Nils Aebersold | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 81 | Noah Streif | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 82 | Arnaud Tendon | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 83 | Eivind Broholt Fougner | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 84 | Baptiste Berger | Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais | s.t. |
| 85 | Colin Savioz | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 86 | Said Cisneros | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 87 | Martin Pedersen | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
| 88 | Arthur Meyer | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme | 0:15 |
| 89 | Victor Jean | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 90 | Jardi Van Der Lee | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 91 | Johan Blanc | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 92 | Vladislav Bashlykov | XDS Astana Team | 0:17 |
| 93 | Elia Blum | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 94 | Maël Guégan | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | 0:22 |
| 95 | Stefan Bissegger | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 0:26 |
| 96 | Baptiste Grégoire | Groupama-FDJ United | 0:45 |
| 97 | Maximilien Juillard | Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais | 0:52 |
| 98 | Stan Van Tricht | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:07 |
| 99 | Morne Van Niekerk | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 99 | Johan Jacobs | Groupama-FDJ United | 1:15 |
| 101 | Gil Gelders | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:58 |
| 102 | Ulrik Tvedt | Development Team Picnic PostNL | 2:51 |
| 103 | Erazem Valjavec | Soudal Quick-Step | 3:27 |
| 104 | Kenny Molly | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 105 | Alexys Brunel | Team TotalEnergies | 7:04 |
| DNS | Tom Donnenwirth | Groupama-FDJ United |
GC after stage 1:
- GC leader: Noah Hobbs (EF Education-EasyPost)
- Mountains classification leader: Baptiste Berger (Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais)
- Points classification leader: Noah Hobbs (ED Education-EasyPost)
- Best young rider: Noah Hobbs (EDF Education-EasyPost)
- Teams classification leader: Van Rysel Roubaix
| 1 | Noah Hobbs | EF Education-EasyPost | 3hr 27min 2sec |
| 2 | Alberto Dainese | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 3 | Bohémond Barrillot | France | s.t. |
| 4 | Matteo Milan | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 5 | Alessio Delle Vedove | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 6 | Louis Hardouin | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 7 | Jason Tesson | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 8 | Mathias Sanlaville | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 9 | Rémi Lelandais | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme | s.t. |
| 10 | Tord Gudmestad | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 11 | Joris Chaussinand | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 12 | Antoine Raugel | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 13 | Ian Kings | Visma | Lease a Bike Development | s.t. |
| 14 | Alfie George | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 15 | Théo Delacroix | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 16 | Thor Michielsen | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
| 17 | Fabio Segatta | Visma | Lease a Bike Development | s.t. |
| 18 | Christiaan van Rees | Development Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 19 | Maxime Jarnet | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 20 | Rémi Capron | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 21 | Owen Geleijn | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 22 | Antoine Basset | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme | s.t. |
| 23 | Axel Mariault | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 24 | Jan Maas | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 25 | Matej Pitak | Visma | Lease a Bike Development | s.t. |
| 26 | Chris Hamilton | Development Team Picnic PostNL | @ 4sec |
| 27 | Louis Leidert | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
| 28 | Noa Isidore | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 29 | Benedikt Benz | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
| 30 | Lev Gonov | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 31 | Arthur Blaise | France | s.t. |
| 32 | Enzo Boulet | Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais | s.t. |
| 33 | Thomas Gachignard | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 34 | Emanuel Buchmann | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 35 | Lorrenzo Manzin | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 36 | Gianluca Pollefliet | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 37 | Jean-Loup Fayolle | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 38 | Jamie Meehan | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 39 | Pierre Thierry | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 40 | Brieuc Rolland | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 41 | Mikal Grimstad Uglehus | Visma | Lease a Bike Development | s.t. |
| 42 | Odd Christian Eiking | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 43 | Jacob Bush | Development Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 44 | Nicolas Debeaumarché | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 45 | Florian Kajamini | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 46 | Alexander Cepeda | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 47 | Aubin Vasseur | Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais | s.t. |
| 48 | Henrique Bravo | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 49 | Alexandre Trouvain | Development Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 50 | Wout Poels | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 51 | Corentin Lequet | France | s.t. |
| 52 | Patryk Goszczurny | Visma | Lease a Bike Development | s.t. |
| 53 | Pietro Galbusera | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 54 | Charlie Paige | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme | s.t. |
| 55 | Timothée Coudière-Cantin | France | s.t. |
| 56 | Rémi Arsac | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 57 | Yaël Joalland | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 58 | Ko Molenaar | Development Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 59 | Jack Ward | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
| 60 | Markel Beloki | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 61 | Sven Mernik | Visma | Lease a Bike Development | s.t. |
| 62 | Sylvain Moniquet | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 63 | Tom Lambert-Wetzel | Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais | s.t. |
| 64 | Arnaud Tissières | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 65 | Valentin Darbellay | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 66 | Adam Howell | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme | s.t. |
| 67 | Huw Buck Jones | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme | s.t. |
| 68 | Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
| 69 | Simon Baran | Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais | s.t. |
| 70 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 71 | Cedrik Bakke Christophersen | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 72 | Mattia Agostinacchio | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 73 | Thomas Champion | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 74 | Gabriel Layrac | France | s.t. |
| 75 | Jules Vaugrenard | France | s.t. |
| 76 | Yohann Simon | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 77 | Nicola Conci | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 78 | Antoine Berger | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 79 | Simon Guglielmi | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 80 | Nils Aebersold | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 81 | Noah Streif | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 82 | Arnaud Tendon | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 83 | Eivind Broholt Fougner | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 84 | Baptiste Berger | Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais | s.t. |
| 85 | Colin Savioz | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 86 | Said Cisneros | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 87 | Martin Pedersen | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
| 88 | Arthur Meyer | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme | 0:15 |
| 89 | Victor Jean | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 90 | Jardi Van Der Lee | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 91 | Johan Blanc | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 92 | Vladislav Bashlykov | XDS Astana Team | 0:17 |
| 93 | Elia Blum | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 94 | Maël Guégan | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | 0:22 |
| 95 | Stefan Bissegger | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 0:26 |
| 96 | Baptiste Grégoire | Groupama-FDJ United | 0:45 |
| 97 | Maximilien Juillard | Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais | 0:52 |
| 98 | Stan Van Tricht | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:07 |
| 99 | Morne Van Niekerk | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 100 | Johan Jacobs | Groupama-FDJ United | 1:15 |
| 101 | Gil Gelders | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:58 |
| 102 | Ulrik Tvedt | Development Team Picnic PostNL | 2:51 |
| 103 | Erazem Valjavec | Soudal Quick-Step | 3:27 |
| 104 | Kenny Molly | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 105 | Alexys Brunel | Team TotalEnergies | 7:04 |
Stage 1 map & profile:
Stage 1 map
Stage 1 profile
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Start list with back numbers, July 27, 2026:
| Team Visma | Lease a Bike Development | |
| 1 | Patryk Goszczurny |
| 2 | Ian Kings |
| 3 | Sven Aleksander Mernik |
| 4 | Matěj Piták |
| 5 | Fabio Segatta |
| 6 | Mikal Grimstad Uglehus |
| Decathlon CMA CGM Team | |
| 11 | Noa Isidore |
| 12 | Tord Gudmestad |
| 13 | Stefan Bissegger |
| 14 | Gianluca Pollefliet |
| 15 | Rémi Arsac |
| Cofidis | |
| 21 | Sylvain Moniquet |
| 22 | Jamie Meehan |
| 23 | Emanuel Buchmann |
| 24 | Yaël Joalland |
| 25 | Jan Maas |
| 26 | Nicolas Debeaumarché |
| TotalEnergies | |
| 31 | Geoffrey Bouchard |
| 32 | Jason Tesson |
| 33 | Pierre Thierry |
| 34 | Thomas Gachignard |
| 35 | Lorrenzo Manzin |
| 36 | Alexys Brunel |
| CIC Pro Cycling Academy | |
| 41 | Axel Mariault |
| 42 | Mathias Sanlaville |
| 43 | Maël Guégan |
| 45 | Joris Chaussinand |
| 46 | Jean-Loup Fayolle |
| Unibet Rose Rockets | |
| 51 | Wout Poels |
| 52 | Odd Christian Eiking |
| 53 | Cedrik Bakke Christophersen |
| 54 | Colin Savioz |
| 55 | Eivind Broholt Fougner |
| 56 | Owen Geleijn |
| Groupama-FDJ United | |
| 61 | Brieuc Rolland |
| 62 | Tom Donnenwirth |
| 63 | Johan Jacobs |
| 64 | Matteo Milan |
| 65 | Johan Blanc |
| 66 | Baptiste Grégoire |
| Van Rysel Roubaix | |
| 71 | Louis Hardouin |
| 72 | Maxime Jarnet |
| 73 | Kenny Molly |
| 74 | Arnaud Tendon |
| 75 | Rémi Capron |
| 76 | Antoine Raugel |
| St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | |
| 81 | Thomas Champion |
| 82 | Théo Delacroix |
| 83 | Antoine Berger |
| 84 | Simon Guglielmi |
| 85 | Morné Van Niekerk |
| 86 | Yohann Simon |
| EF Education-EasyPost | |
| 91 | Jefferson Alexander Cepeda |
| 92 | Markel Beloki |
| 93 | Noah Hobbs |
| 94 | Jardi Christiaan van der Lee |
| 95 | Mattia Agostinacchio |
| 96 | Noah Streif |
| XDS Astana Team | |
| 101 | Nicola Conci |
| 102 | Vladislav Bashlykov |
| 103 | Alessio Delle Vedove |
| 104 | Florian Samuel Kajamini |
| 105 | Lev Gonov |
| 106 | Pietro Galbusera |
| Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme | |
| 111 | Adam Howell |
| 112 | Arthur Meyer |
| 113 | Huw Buck Jones |
| 114 | Rémi Lelandais |
| 115 | Charles Paige |
| 116 | Antoine Basset |
| Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais | |
| 121 | Enzo Boulet |
| 122 | Tom Lambert Wetzel |
| 123 | Aubin Vasseur |
| 124 | Simon Baran |
| 125 | Baptiste Berger |
| 126 | Maximilien Juillard |
| Development Team Picnic PostNL | |
| 131 | Ko Molenaar |
| 132 | Christiaan van Rees |
| 133 | Jacob Bush |
| 134 | Chris Hamilton |
| 135 | Alexandre Trouvain |
| 136 | Ulrik Tvedt |
| Elite Fondations Cycling Team | |
| 141 | Victor Jean |
| 142 | Elia Blum |
| 143 | Nils Aebersold |
| 144 | Arnaud Tissières |
| 145 | Valentin Darbellay |
| 146 | Alfred George |
| Lidl-Trek Future Racing | |
| 151 | Jack Ward |
| 152 | Louis Leidert |
| 153 | Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier |
| 154 | Benedikt Benz |
| 155 | Thor Michielsen |
| 156 | Martin Pedersen |
| Soudal Quick-Step Devo Team | |
| 161 | Henrique Bravo |
| 162 | Alberto Dainese |
| 163 | Stan Van Tricht |
| 164 | Jose Said Cisneros |
| 165 | Erazem Valjavec |
| 166 | Gil Gelders |
| France | |
| 171 | Arthur Blaise |
| 172 | Bohémond Barrillot |
| 173 | Timothee Coudiere Cantin |
| 174 | Gabriel Layrac |
| 175 | Corentin Lequet |
| 176 | Jules Vaugrenard |