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UCI Mountain Bike World Championships: Rising Australian multi-discipline star Connor Wright takes junior men's XCO title, Anja Grossmann wins women's race

Owen Rogers — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:05:53 +0000

Australian rider Connor Wright took the Junior cross-country title at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Italy on Thursday.

The 18-year-old multi-discipline rider took control on the second of five laps of the Val di Sole Circuit, eventually beating the Austrian Michael Hettegger by well over a minute. Swiss rider Marwan Barhoumi was third, a further 27 seconds down.

Wright is a rising star, winning on and off-road and recently signing with Tudor Pro Cycling’s Development team.

In the women’s race, the Swiss rider Anja Grossman took the rainbow jersey, the 17-year-old taking the lead from Barbora Bukovska on the second of four laps, eventually beating her Czech rival by 48 seconds, with French rider Agathe Vauchamp in third place.

Like Wright, 2026 has been an excellent season for Grossmann, during which she has won European and national titles.

Results

Men Junior Cross-Country Olympic

Position	Rider (Country) Team	Time Gap
1	Connor Wright (Aus)	1:00:09
2	Michael Hettegger (Aut)	+1:16
3	Marwan Barhoumi (Swi)	+1:43
4	Daan Bakelaar (Ned)	+1:59
5	Mathieu Ghibaudo (Fra)	+2:10
6	Noa Filippi (Fra)	+2:24
7	James Climo (NZl)	+2:34
8	Michael Ortner (Aut)	+2:37
9	Leonardo Bernardes de Castro Filho (Bra)	+2:39
10	Niko Terho (Fin)	+3:12
11	Emilien Belzile (Can)	+3:21
12	Lucas Rodriguez (Fra)	+3:30
13	Marlon Riess (Ger)	+3:32
14	Johannes Braedstrup-Holm (Den)	+3:32
15	Luke Trafford (GBr)	+3:37

Women Junior Cross-Country Olympic

Position	Rider (Country) Team	Time Gap
1	Anja Grossmann (Swi)	57:57
2	Barbora Bukovska (Cze)	0:00:48
3	Agathe Vauchamp (Fra)	0:01:26
4	Nikoletta Bettina Kiss (Hun)	0:02:42
5	Mariachiara Signorelli (Ita)	0:03:18
6	Lise Revol (Fra)	0:03:56
7	Daniela Gaviria Ramirez (Col)	0:04:20
8	Lou-Anne Halter (Swi)	0:04:44
9	Giorgia Pellizotti (Ita)	0:04:46
10	Adina Daubner (Ger)	0:04:46
11	Zelie Lambert (Fra)	0:04:52
12	Aida Linton (USA)	0:05:27
13	Eva Terpin (Slo)	0:05:50
14	Jeanne Duterne (Fra)	0:05:56
15	Angelica Gatto (Ita)	0:05:59

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UCI Mountain Bike World Championships: Italy comes from behind to claim team relay

laura@cyclingnews.com (Laura Weislo) — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 20:39:57 +0000

Italy opened up the 2026 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships on home soil with their first gold medal in the Mixed Team Relay in 13 years, beating Switzerland and the United States in a thrilling come-from-behind team effort.

The event uses six riders from each nation, with one representative from the men's and women's junior, under-23 and elite teams, with the order of each rider's start up to the individual nation.

After taking the early lead by sending its elite men's rider Juri Zanotti off first, Italy then dropped to second behind a surging Austrian team, who led for three laps, with elite woman Mona Mitterwallner ending lap four with a lead of 1:35 over Italy and Switzerland, who were neck-and-neck.

However, Italy was able to retake the lead on the penultimate lap thanks to powerful rides from under-23 riders Valentina Corvi and Fabio Bassignana, who finished off the team's victorious effort, 51 seconds ahead of the Swiss.

“Winning in the Italian jersey at a home World Championships is a special feeling,” said Martina Berta. “I think it is incredible for all of us. Juri went out very hard, then we were all excellent, with some outstanding individual rides. Beating a very strong Swiss team makes us particularly proud.”

Switzerland and the United States both had strong last laps, with Luca Schatti leading the defending champions in for second, and Riley Amos holding off the Canadian team for third.

Results

Rank	Team	Splits	Final time
1	Italy		1:08:06
	Juri Zanotti	10:03
	Paolo Costa	11:02
	Martina Berta	11:29
	Giorgia Pellizotti	13:00
	Valentina Corvi	12:05
	Fabio Bassignana	10:27
2	Switzerland		1:08:57
	Nicolas Halter	10:08
	Men Gygax	11:08
	Jolanda Neff	12:04
	Anina Hutter	12:14
	Anja Grossmann	12:57
	Luca Schatti	10:26
3	United States		1:09:37
	Nicholas Konecny	10:43
	Noah Scholnick	11:07
	Haley Batten	11:45
	Aida Linton	13:16
	Bailey Cioppa	12:41
	Riley Amos	10:05
4	Canada		1:10:27
	Maxime St Onge	11:10
	Ethan Wood	10:50
	Isabella Holmgren	12:00
	Eliane Blais	13:54
	Marin Lowe	12:45
	Cole Punchard	9:48
5	Denmark		1:10:46
	Mikkel Lose	11:02
	Johannes Braedstrup-Holm	10:58
	Rose-Mai Damsgaard	13:32
	Julie Lillelund	12:36
	Caroline Bohe	12:22
	Sebastian Fini Juul	10:16
6	Austria		1:10:59
	Alexander Hammerle	10:35
	Mario Bair	10:22
	Michael Hettegger	10:45
	Mona Mitterwallner	12:17
	Johanna Piringer	14:21
	Antonia Grangl	12:39
7	Czechia		1:12:07
	Ondřej Cink	10:26
	Kuchař Josef	11:19
	Eliška Hanakova	12:55
	Lucie Grohova	13:58
	Adela Holubova	12:54
	Ondřej Novotny	10:35
8	Germany		1:13:16
	Niklas Michael Franz	10:43
	Quirin Bach	11:18
	Finja Lipp	13:15
	Lina Huber	13:48
	Adina Daubner	13:54
	Lennart-Jan Krayer	10:18
9	Brazil		1:13:24
	Alex Junior Malacarne	10:36
	Leonardo Bernardes de Castro Filho	10:36
	Angelina Santos da Silva	13:48
	Raiza Goulao Henrique	13:15
	Luiza Cocuzzi	14:05
	Vinicius Howe	11:04
10	Spain		1:14:43
	David Domingo Campos Motos	10:51
	Marta Cano Espinosa	12:54
	Pablo Rodriguez Romo	12:27
	Estibaliz Sagardoy Zunzarren	13:49
	Irene Garcia Crespo	14:08
	Hugo Franco Gallego	10:34
11	Athlete Individual Neutral		1:16:30
	Vadim Gvozdarev	11:29
	Polina Timoshenko	14:51
	Nikita Matveev	11:54
	Elina Semenova	13:56
	Tatiana Saitarova	13:09
	Yaroslav Shvedov	11:11
12	Ukraine		1:20:50
	Volodymyr Obukhivskyi	12:51
	Mark Kovalchuk	12:43
	Oleksandr Koniaiev	12:06
	Ksenia Voronova	15:53
	Yana Belomoina	13:11
	Mariia Sukhopalova	14:06
13	Slovakia
	Viliam Balog	11:25
	David Moška	12:19
	Tereza Kurnicka	15:15
	Dorota Vojtiškova	15:45
	Karolina Bortelova	2009
	Michal Šichta	2008

Vuelta a España: Matthew Brennan sprints to second win on stage 5 as late climb fails to drop sprinter

cyclingnews@futurenet.com (Dani Ostanek) — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 15:29:37 +0000

Matthew Brennan (Visma-Lease a Bike) sped to his second victory of the Vuelta a España on stage 5, outpacing Jordi Meeus (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) to the finish line in a reduced bunch sprint in Roquetas.

Visma-Lease a Bike's control at the front of the peloton was never in doubt in the final kilometres of the 173.3km stage, with the two-man lead-out of Wout van Aert and Christophe Laporte playing it to perfection on the run to the line.

Brennan, who celebrated his first career Grand Tour stage win in Manosque at the weekend, launched from the front 100 metres from the line, and proved untouchable at the finish.

Behind him, Meeus got the better of the other sprinters who had survived the third-category Alto de Paüls 26km from the finish. The German held off Vincenzo Albanese (EF Education-EasyPost) and Alessandro Romele (XDS-Astana) for second place.

"It's not a bad one! It's better than a normal day job, but yeah, it's fantastic. Second one in the bag, first Grand Tour. Everyone just went full throughout the day, so I'm very thankful to finish it off again. The boys are also quite relieved," Brennan said after the stage.

"It was pretty spot-on, to be fair," he said of the Visma lead-out.

"We had the two boys pulling on the front until the final few kilometres, and then Wout and Christophe are probably some of the – in fact, the best – guys you can have in the world for this type of thing. They supported me all the way into the final.

"At the last corner, I lost my wheel a bit. The paint was a little bit slippery, but thankfully, I stayed safe. Christophe also felt that a little bit, but managed it really well, so I'm glad we could finish with the arms in the air.

"I wouldn't say I'm a sprinter, but I can climb a little bit, so on this type of terrain, it works really nicely – especially with the support I have here. Even Stevie [Kruijswijk] and Bruno [Armirail], these guys were just so strong. When you've got these guys with you, it really gives you the confidence to go and try to achieve more."

The climb of the Alto de Paüls proved fatal for the chances of several sprinters who might have figured among the favourites for the stage. Mads Pedersen, who had worked for his Lidl-Trek leader Mattias Skjelmose in earlier crosswinds, dropped back, as did Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Premier Tech) and Ben Turner (Netcompany Ineos) as UAE Team Emirates-XRG pushed the pace on the way up.

With them out of the way, and the few attacks after the descent easily dealt with, a reduced bunch sprint was inevitable. A host of teams rotated at the front as the peloton approached the finish, but it was Visma-Lease a Bike who took control when it mattered most.

The Dutch squad were the only fully organised lead-out in Roquetas, and a finishing trio of Van Aert, Laporte, and Brennan surely has few equals in the peloton.

With 89 riders crossing the line together, there was no GC movement on stage 5. Red jersey Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) remains in the race lead, carrying a 3:21 advantage over Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) into the hills of stage 6.

How it unfolded

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After three days in France and Andorra, the Vuelta a España crossed into Spain for the first time on Wednesday for the first sprint-friendly stage of the race.

The 173.3km stage saw the riders race entirely in Catalunya, as they headed from Falset to Roquetes, with 1,600 metres of climbing along the way.

Only one categorised climb lay on the route, the third-category Alto de Pauls (3.5km at 7.1%), which lay 26km from the line, though it was preceded by several uncategorised hills.

A crash shortly after the stage start led to Roel van Sintmaartensdijk (Lotto-Intermarché) becoming the fourth rider to leave the Vuelta following Cian Uijtdebroeks (Movistar) earlier in the morning.

Out front, Fredrik Dversnes (Uno-X Mobility) led the breakaway attacks. He was joined in a five-man move by Stefan Küng (Tudor), Walter Calzoni (Pinarello-Q36.5), Diego Uriarte (Kern Pharma), and Mattia Gaffuri (Picnic-PostNL).

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Küng wouldn't last long in the move, though, his time up front coming to an end 28km into the stage after he dropped back with a mechanical.

Behind the break, Netcompany Ineos and UAE Team Emirates-XRG were among the teams working on the front as the time gap was limited to a maximum of just over a minute.

It wouldn't grow much further than that, either, with teams throughout the peloton racing nervily amid reports of crosswinds further along the course. With 110km to go, the break had just 40 seconds, and their time out front ended 10km later.

Netcompany Ineos and Lidl-Trek – led by Mads Pedersen – pushed the pace as the winds blew, provoking a split in the peloton and echelons on the exposed flatlands close to the Costa Daurada. The brief spell of crosswind chaos didn't last for long, though, and calm resumed as the race hit the town of Amposta.

Following the cessation of hostilities, the peloton rolled on into the second half of the stage with less urgency, even if Visma-Lease a Bike remained vigilant at the front. There was no attempt to re-establish a breakaway, either, though green jersey wearer Ethan Hayter (Soudal-QuickStep) ventured out on his own 73km from the finish.

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The Briton, second in the points classification, 45 points down on leader Tadej Pogačar, duly rolled through the day's intermediate sprint 14km later to collect 20 points and move closer to the Slovenian. Behind him, Wout van Aert nipped out of the peloton to take 17 points.

Both Hayter and Van Aert were soon back in the fold. The peloton was back as one as the race rolled into the final 50km of the day.

Andreas Kron (Uno-X Mobility) broke the deadlock on a hill with 44km to go, easing clear and racing to a 50-second lead on those he'd left behind. The pace remained languid until the riders began the approach to the Alto de Pauls, at which point UAE, Ineos, Lidl-Trek, and Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe took it up at the front.

Kron's lead quickly evaporated, and the Dane was caught with 30km to go just before the climb began. The early slopes saw a host of GC names shift to the front as several hardy sprinters, including Pedersen and Groves, were dropped.

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The UAE train – Pogačar plus three of his lieutenants – led the race over the summit and continued down the descent into the final 20km. Towards the bottom, Xabier Azparren (Pinarello-Q36.5) broke clear with a solo move, and the Basque rider's move was met with a reaction from several more riders behind.

The moves were quickly neutralised, though, and Visma and UAE retook control as the race hit the 10km mark. The Dutch squad kept the pace high into Roquetas as other teams, including NSN, Uno-X Mobility, and Jayco-AlUla, joined them.

The yellow jerseys of Uno-X and Visma led the race under the flamme rouge, the Dutch squad racing with three towards the final sprint. Van Aert hit the front with 800 metres to go, holding the line until the final right-hand turn. From there, it was up to Christophe Laporte, who provided the final lead-out for Brennan.

Following a peerless lead-out, and with the Briton clearly in top form, there was never any doubt that he would burst clear of his sprint rivals and clean up at the line.

He crossed the line untroubled by those behind, celebrating win number two of the race, the 21st of his young career.

Results

Stage
Rank	Name	Result
1	Matthew Brennan (GBr) Visma-Lease A Bike	3:47:02
2	Jordi Meeus (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
3	Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) EF Education-EasyPost
4	Alessandro Romele (Ita) XDS Astana
5	Axel Laurance (Fra) Netcompany Ineos
6	Orluis Alberto Aular Sanabria (Ven) Movistar
7	Christophe Laporte (Fra) Visma-Lease A Bike
8	Alberto Dainese (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step
9	Vito Braet (Bel) Lotto Intermarche
10	David Gonzalez Lopez (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5
11	Wout Van Aert (Bel) Visma-Lease A Bike
12	Pau Miquel Delgado (Spa) Bahrain Victorious
13	Bastien Tronchon (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
14	Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) NSN Cycling
15	Rasmus Tiller (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
16	Henok Mulueberhan (Eri) XDS Astana
17	Bryan Coquard (Fra) Cofidis
18	Marcel Camprubi Pijuan (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5
19	Alessandro Covi (Ita) Jayco AlUla
20	Clement Alleno (Fra) Burgos-Burpellet-BH
21	Henri François Renard Haquin (Fra) Picnic PostNL
22	Thibau Nys (Bel) Lidl-Trek
23	Carlos Canal Blanco (Spa) Movistar
24	Ivan Cobo Cayon (Spa) Kern Pharma
25	Fabian Weiss (Swi) Tudor
26	Luca Van Boven (Bel) Lotto Intermarche
27	Pello Bilbao (Spa) Bahrain Victorious
28	Ben Tulett (GBr) Visma-Lease A Bike
29	Ibon Ruiz Sedano (Spa) Kern Pharma
30	Enzo Paleni (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
31	Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Decathlon CMA CGM
32	Harold Tejada (Col) XDS Astana
33	Julien Bernard (Fra) Lidl-Trek
34	Gijs Leemreize (Ned) Picnic PostNL
35	Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Lotto Intermarche
36	Victor Langellotti (Mon) XDS Astana
37	Guillaume Martin Guyonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
38	Milan Vader (Ned) Pinarello-Q36.5
39	Finlay Pickering (GBr) Jayco AlUla
40	Tobias Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
41	Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
42	Lindsay De Vylder (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
43	Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
44	Clément Berthet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
45	Callum Scotson (Aus) Decathlon CMA CGM
46	Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
47	Attila Valter (Hun) Bahrain Victorious
48	Koen Bouwman (Ned) Jayco AlUla
49	Gianmarco Garofoli (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step
50	Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates XRG
51	Oscar Onley (GBr) Netcompany Ineos
52	Enric Mas (Spa) Movistar
53	Primoz Roglic (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
54	Félix Gall (Aut) Decathlon CMA CGM
55	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost
56	Jakob Omrzel (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
57	Jay Vine (Aus) UAE Team Emirates XRG
58	Pablo Torres Arias (Spa) UAE Team Emirates XRG
59	Luke Tuckwell (Aus) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
60	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng (Nor) Netcompany Ineos
61	Rudy Porter (Aus) Jayco AlUla
62	Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma-Lease A Bike
63	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek
64	Lawrence Warbasse (USA) Tudor
65	William Barta (USA) Tudor
66	Patrick Konrad (Aut) Lidl-Trek
67	Jarno Widar (Bel) Lotto Intermarche
68	Jan Hirt (Cze) NSN Cycling
69	Marco Brenner (Ger) Tudor
70	Cristian Rodriguez (Spa) XDS Astana
71	Léo Bisiaux (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM
72	Filippo Zana (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step
73	Juan Felipe Rodriguez Contreras (Col) EF Education-EasyPost
74	Matthew Riccitello (USA) Decathlon CMA CGM
75	Mikel Landa (Spa) Soudal Quick-Step
76	Urko Berrade Fernandez (Spa) Kern Pharma
77	Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
78	Xabier Azparren Irurzun (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5
79	Stefan Küng (Swi) Tudor
80	Carlos Rodriguez (Spa) Netcompany Ineos
81	Thomas Gloag (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5
82	Santiago Buitrago (Col) Bahrain Victorious
83	Jørgen Nordhagen (Nor) Visma-Lease A Bike
84	Pavel Sivakov (Fra) UAE Team Emirates XRG
85	Nicholas Schultz (Aus) NSN Cycling
86	Fredrik Dversnes (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
87	Edward Dunbar (Irl) Pinarello-Q36.5
88	Pau Marti Soriano (Spa) NSN Cycling
89	Fabio Van Den Bossche (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step
90	Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Cofidis	0:0:29
91	Mattia Gaffuri (Ita) Picnic PostNL
92	Darren Rafferty (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost	0:0:38
93	Lennard Kämna (Ger) Lidl-Trek	0:0:43
94	Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step
95	Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) NSN Cycling	0:0:51
96	Louis Rouland (Fra) Cofidis	0:01:11
97	Sylvain Moniquet (Bel) Cofidis	0:01:20
98	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) Soudal Quick-Step	0:01:25
99	Ivan Romeo Abad (Spa) Movistar	0:01:49
100	Steffen De Schuyteneer (Bel) Lotto Intermarche	0:04:00
101	Jordan Labrosse (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM
102	Roman Ermakov (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
103	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
104	Hannes Wilksch (Ger) Tudor
105	Jose Luis Faura Asensio (Spa) Burgos-Burpellet-BH
106	Matevž Govekar (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
107	Mario Aparicio Muñoz (Spa) Burgos-Burpellet-BH
108	Rémy Rochas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
109	Reuben Thompson (NZl) Lotto Intermarche
110	Gal Glivar (Slo) Alpecin-Premier Tech
111	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost
112	Roland Thalmann (Swi) Tudor
113	Paul Ourselin (Fra) Cofidis
114	Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Uno-X Mobility
115	Martin Tjøtta (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
116	Raul Garcia (Spa) Movistar
117	George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling
118	Yevgeniy Fedorov (Kaz) XDS Astana
119	Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Visma-Lease A Bike	0:05:12
120	Timo De Jong (Ned) Picnic PostNL
121	Bruno Armirail (Fra) Visma-Lease A Bike
122	Walter Calzoni (Ita) Pinarello-Q36.5
123	Simon Dalby (Den) Uno-X Mobility
124	David De La Cruz (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5
125	Frederik Wandahl (Den) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
126	Cesar Macias Estrada (Mex) Burgos-Burpellet-BH	0:05:34
127	Hamish McKenzie (Aus) Jayco AlUla	0:08:35
128	Moritz Kretschy (Ger) NSN Cycling
129	Iñigo Elosegui Momeñe (Spa) Kern Pharma
130	Floris Van Tricht (Bel) NSN Cycling
131	Marc Brustenga Masague (Spa) Kern Pharma
132	Jesus Herrada (Spa) Burgos-Burpellet-BH
133	Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Picnic PostNL
134	Michael Gogl (Aut) Alpecin-Premier Tech
135	Francesco Busatto (Ita) Alpecin-Premier Tech
136	Ivan Sosa (Col) Kern Pharma
137	Hugo Houle (Can) Alpecin-Premier Tech
138	Lars Craps (Bel) Lotto Intermarche
139	Timo Roosen (Ned) Picnic PostNL
140	Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
141	Paul Double (GBr) Jayco AlUla
142	Oliver Peace (GBr) Picnic PostNL
143	Markel Beloki (Spa) EF Education-EasyPost
144	Kevin Vermaerke (USA) UAE Team Emirates XRG
145	Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) XDS Astana
146	Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar
147	Joao Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates XRG
148	Darren Van Bekkum (Ned) XDS Astana
149	Guillermo Juan Martinez Huertas (Col) Picnic PostNL
150	Alastair MacKellar (Aus) EF Education-EasyPost
151	Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Lidl-Trek	0:10:39
152	Mats Wenzel (Lux) Kern Pharma
153	Sinuhe Fernandez Rodriguez (Spa) Burgos-Burpellet-BH
154	Oscar Chamberlain (Aus) Decathlon CMA CGM
155	Asbjørn Hellemose (Den) Jayco AlUla	0:10:46
156	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek
157	Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
158	Sergio Samitier (Spa) Cofidis
159	Alexis Renard (Fra) Cofidis
160	Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Netcompany Ineos
161	Mathijs Paasschens (Ned) Bahrain Victorious
162	Sander De Pestel (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM
163	James Shaw (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost
164	Jack Haig (Aus) Netcompany Ineos
165	Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Jayco AlUla
166	Callum Thornley (GBr) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
167	Gianni Moscon (Ita) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
168	Mathias Norsgaard (Den) Lidl-Trek
169	Jose Manuel Diaz Gallego (Spa) Burgos-Burpellet-BH
170	Ethan Hayter (GBr) Soudal Quick-Step
171	Ben Turner (GBr) Netcompany Ineos
172	Andreas Kron (Den) Uno-X Mobility
173	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Netcompany Ineos
174	Kaden Groves (Aus) Alpecin-Premier Tech
175	Sente Sentjens (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
176	Arthur Kluckers (Lux) Tudor
177	Diego Uriarte Belzunegi (Spa) Kern Pharma
178	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar
179	Domen Novak (Slo) UAE Team Emirates XRG
180	Ivo Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates XRG
DNF	Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk (Ned) Lotto Intermarche
DNS	Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Movistar

Young riders
Rank	Name	Result
1	Matthew Brennan (GBr) Visma-Lease A Bike	3:47:02
2	Alessandro Romele (Ita) XDS Astana
3	Axel Laurance (Fra) Netcompany Ineos
4	Bastien Tronchon (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
5	Marcel Camprubi Pijuan (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5
6	Henri François Renard Haquin (Fra) Picnic PostNL
7	Thibau Nys (Bel) Lidl-Trek
8	Carlos Canal Blanco (Spa) Movistar
9	Fabian Weiss (Swi) Tudor
10	Ben Tulett (GBr) Visma-Lease A Bike
11	Enzo Paleni (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
12	Finlay Pickering (GBr) Jayco AlUla
13	Lindsay De Vylder (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
14	Gianmarco Garofoli (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step
15	Oscar Onley (GBr) Netcompany Ineos
16	Jakob Omrzel (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
17	Pablo Torres Arias (Spa) UAE Team Emirates XRG
18	Luke Tuckwell (Aus) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
19	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng (Nor) Netcompany Ineos
20	Jarno Widar (Bel) Lotto Intermarche
21	Marco Brenner (Ger) Tudor
22	Léo Bisiaux (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM
23	Juan Felipe Rodriguez Contreras (Col) EF Education-EasyPost
24	Matthew Riccitello (USA) Decathlon CMA CGM
25	Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
26	Carlos Rodriguez (Spa) Netcompany Ineos
27	Thomas Gloag (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5
28	Jørgen Nordhagen (Nor) Visma-Lease A Bike
29	Pau Marti Soriano (Spa) NSN Cycling
30	Darren Rafferty (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost	0:0:38
31	Louis Rouland (Fra) Cofidis	0:01:11
32	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) Soudal Quick-Step	0:01:25
33	Ivan Romeo Abad (Spa) Movistar	0:01:49
34	Steffen De Schuyteneer (Bel) Lotto Intermarche	0:04:00
35	Jordan Labrosse (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM
36	Roman Ermakov (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
37	Hannes Wilksch (Ger) Tudor
38	Reuben Thompson (NZl) Lotto Intermarche
39	Gal Glivar (Slo) Alpecin-Premier Tech
40	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost
41	Martin Tjøtta (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
42	Raul Garcia (Spa) Movistar
43	Walter Calzoni (Ita) Pinarello-Q36.5	0:05:12
44	Simon Dalby (Den) Uno-X Mobility
45	Frederik Wandahl (Den) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
46	Cesar Macias Estrada (Mex) Burgos-Burpellet-BH	0:05:34
47	Hamish McKenzie (Aus) Jayco AlUla	0:08:35
48	Moritz Kretschy (Ger) NSN Cycling
49	Floris Van Tricht (Bel) NSN Cycling
50	Francesco Busatto (Ita) Alpecin-Premier Tech
51	Lars Craps (Bel) Lotto Intermarche
52	Oliver Peace (GBr) Picnic PostNL
53	Markel Beloki (Spa) EF Education-EasyPost
54	Darren Van Bekkum (Ned) XDS Astana
55	Guillermo Juan Martinez Huertas (Col) Picnic PostNL
56	Alastair MacKellar (Aus) EF Education-EasyPost
57	Mats Wenzel (Lux) Kern Pharma	0:10:39
58	Oscar Chamberlain (Aus) Decathlon CMA CGM
59	Callum Thornley (GBr) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:10:46
60	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Netcompany Ineos
61	Sente Sentjens (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
62	Diego Uriarte Belzunegi (Spa) Kern Pharma
63	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar
DNF	Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk (Ned) Lotto Intermarche
DNS	Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Movistar

Teams
Rank	Name	Result
1	Visma-Lease a Bike	11:21:06
2	XDS Astana
3	Pinarello-Q36.5
4	Lotto Intermarche
5	Groupama-FDJ United
6	Movistar Team
7	Bahrain Victorious
8	Uno-X Mobility
9	Jayco Alula
10	Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
11	Netcompany Ineos
12	Lidl-Trek
13	Soudal Quick-Step
14	Kern Pharma
15	Decathlon CMA CGM
16	EF Education-EasyPost
17	Tudor
18	UAE Team Emirates XRG
19	NSN Cycling
20	Picnic Postnl	0:0:29
21	Cofidis	0:01:40
22	Burgos-Burpellet-BH	0:08:00
23	Alpecin-Premier Tech

General classification after stage 5
Rank	Name	Result
1	Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates XRG	11:26:01
2	Primoz Roglic (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:03:21
3	Enric Mas (Spa) Movistar	0:03:32
4	Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma-Lease A Bike	0:03:44
5	Oscar Onley (GBr) Netcompany Ineos	0:03:45
6	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost	0:03:50
7	Félix Gall (Aut) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:03:57
8	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek	0:04:06
9	Jarno Widar (Bel) Lotto Intermarche
10	Jay Vine (Aus) UAE Team Emirates XRG	0:04:11
11	Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:04:34
12	Lindsay De Vylder (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:04:44
13	Pablo Torres Arias (Spa) UAE Team Emirates XRG	0:05:27
14	Harold Tejada (Col) XDS Astana	0:05:30
15	Marco Brenner (Ger) Tudor	0:06:02
16	Clément Berthet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:07:32
17	Ibon Ruiz Sedano (Spa) Kern Pharma	0:08:37
18	Léo Bisiaux (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:08:44
19	Ben Tulett (GBr) Visma-Lease A Bike
20	Jakob Omrzel (Slo) Bahrain Victorious	0:09:17
21	Guillaume Martin Guyonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:09:25
22	Jørgen Nordhagen (Nor) Visma-Lease A Bike	0:09:26
23	Jan Hirt (Cze) NSN Cycling	0:09:47
24	Cristian Rodriguez (Spa) XDS Astana	0:09:51
25	Finlay Pickering (GBr) Jayco AlUla	0:09:54
26	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng (Nor) Netcompany Ineos	0:10:52
27	Mikel Landa (Spa) Soudal Quick-Step	0:11:31
28	Matthew Riccitello (USA) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:12:09
29	Juan Felipe Rodriguez Contreras (Col) EF Education-EasyPost	0:12:49
30	Tobias Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:13:43
31	Urko Berrade Fernandez (Spa) Kern Pharma	0:14:20
32	William Barta (USA) Tudor	0:14:41
33	Pavel Sivakov (Fra) UAE Team Emirates XRG	0:15:00
34	Thomas Gloag (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	0:15:17
35	Edward Dunbar (Irl) Pinarello-Q36.5	0:15:33
36	Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Cofidis	0:16:30
37	Filippo Zana (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step	0:18:21
38	Pello Bilbao (Spa) Bahrain Victorious	0:18:57
39	Mario Aparicio Muñoz (Spa) Burgos-Burpellet-BH	0:19:05
40	Attila Valter (Hun) Bahrain Victorious	0:19:10
41	George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling	0:19:13
42	Luke Tuckwell (Aus) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:19:35
43	Roland Thalmann (Swi) Tudor	0:20:38
44	Raul Garcia (Spa) Movistar	0:21:19
45	Bruno Armirail (Fra) Visma-Lease A Bike	0:23:18
46	Stefan Küng (Swi) Tudor	0:23:19
47	Orluis Alberto Aular Sanabria (Ven) Movistar	0:23:28
48	Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:23:30
49	Axel Laurance (Fra) Netcompany Ineos	0:23:31
50	Carlos Rodriguez (Spa) Netcompany Ineos	0:23:32
51	Bastien Tronchon (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:23:36
52	Carlos Canal Blanco (Spa) Movistar	0:23:42
53	Santiago Buitrago (Col) Bahrain Victorious	0:23:43
54	Pau Miquel Delgado (Spa) Bahrain Victorious	0:23:46
55	Victor Langellotti (Mon) XDS Astana	0:23:49
56	Enzo Paleni (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:23:50
57	David Gonzalez Lopez (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5	0:23:52
58	Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) NSN Cycling	0:23:53
59	Gijs Leemreize (Ned) Picnic PostNL
60	Milan Vader (Ned) Pinarello-Q36.5	0:23:54
61	Fredrik Dversnes (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:23:57
62	Vito Braet (Bel) Lotto Intermarche	0:24:00
63	Alessandro Covi (Ita) Jayco AlUla	0:24:04
64	Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:24:08
65	Clement Alleno (Fra) Burgos-Burpellet-BH	0:24:09
66	Rudy Porter (Aus) Jayco AlUla	0:24:14
67	Gianmarco Garofoli (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step	0:24:17
68	Alberto Dainese (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step	0:24:18
69	Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:24:22
70	Luca Van Boven (Bel) Lotto Intermarche	0:24:25
71	Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) XDS Astana	0:24:36
72	Alessandro Romele (Ita) XDS Astana	0:24:38
73	Lawrence Warbasse (USA) Tudor
74	Julien Bernard (Fra) Lidl-Trek	0:24:44
75	Matthew Brennan (GBr) Visma-Lease A Bike	0:24:51
76	Wout Van Aert (Bel) Visma-Lease A Bike	0:24:56
77	Henri François Renard Haquin (Fra) Picnic PostNL	0:24:57
78	Henok Mulueberhan (Eri) XDS Astana
79	Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Lotto Intermarche	0:25:03
80	Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) EF Education-EasyPost	0:25:05
81	Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step	0:25:16
82	Christophe Laporte (Fra) Visma-Lease A Bike	0:25:19
83	Fabian Weiss (Swi) Tudor
84	Fabio Van Den Bossche (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step	0:25:23
85	Thibau Nys (Bel) Lidl-Trek	0:25:28
86	Ivan Romeo Abad (Spa) Movistar	0:25:30
87	Bryan Coquard (Fra) Cofidis	0:25:49
88	Jack Haig (Aus) Netcompany Ineos	0:25:50
89	Rasmus Tiller (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:25:56
90	Callum Scotson (Aus) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:25:57
91	Xabier Azparren Irurzun (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5	0:26:04
92	Marcel Camprubi Pijuan (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5
93	Sylvain Moniquet (Bel) Cofidis	0:26:06
94	Mattia Gaffuri (Ita) Picnic PostNL	0:26:08
95	Pau Marti Soriano (Spa) NSN Cycling
96	Nicholas Schultz (Aus) NSN Cycling	0:26:30
97	Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:26:32
98	Lennard Kämna (Ger) Lidl-Trek	0:26:39
99	Jordi Meeus (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:27:15
100	Koen Bouwman (Ned) Jayco AlUla	0:27:22
101	Patrick Konrad (Aut) Lidl-Trek	0:27:24
102	Jordan Labrosse (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:27:28
103	Louis Rouland (Fra) Cofidis	0:28:09
104	Rémy Rochas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:28:10
105	Simon Dalby (Den) Uno-X Mobility	0:28:13
106	Darren Rafferty (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost	0:28:28
107	Jose Luis Faura Asensio (Spa) Burgos-Burpellet-BH	0:29:26
108	David De La Cruz (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5	0:29:27
109	Walter Calzoni (Ita) Pinarello-Q36.5	0:29:32
110	Yevgeniy Fedorov (Kaz) XDS Astana	0:29:40
111	Hannes Wilksch (Ger) Tudor	0:29:45
112	Gal Glivar (Slo) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:29:49
113	Paul Ourselin (Fra) Cofidis	0:29:52
114	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) Soudal Quick-Step	0:29:59
115	Roman Ermakov (Slo) Bahrain Victorious	0:30:25
116	Reuben Thompson (NZl) Lotto Intermarche	0:30:43
117	James Shaw (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost	0:30:47
118	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost	0:31:05
119	Ivan Sosa (Col) Kern Pharma	0:31:07
120	Timo De Jong (Ned) Picnic PostNL	0:31:15
121	Matevž Govekar (Slo) Bahrain Victorious	0:31:35
122	Frederik Wandahl (Den) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:31:43
123	Steffen De Schuyteneer (Bel) Lotto Intermarche	0:32:02
124	Joao Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates XRG	0:32:16
125	Cesar Macias Estrada (Mex) Burgos-Burpellet-BH	0:32:22
126	Francesco Busatto (Ita) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:32:34
127	Paul Double (GBr) Jayco AlUla	0:32:41
128	Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Visma-Lease A Bike	0:32:45
129	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:32:47
130	Lars Craps (Bel) Lotto Intermarche	0:32:48
131	Martin Tjøtta (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:33:13
132	Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Uno-X Mobility	0:33:21
133	Floris Van Tricht (Bel) NSN Cycling	0:34:05
134	Michael Gogl (Aut) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:34:06
135	Markel Beloki (Spa) EF Education-EasyPost	0:34:11
136	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek	0:34:22
137	Kevin Vermaerke (USA) UAE Team Emirates XRG	0:34:29
138	Ethan Hayter (GBr) Soudal Quick-Step	0:34:34
139	Andreas Kron (Den) Uno-X Mobility	0:34:37
140	Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) NSN Cycling	0:34:42
141	Moritz Kretschy (Ger) NSN Cycling	0:34:43
142	Guillermo Juan Martinez Huertas (Col) Picnic PostNL	0:34:49
143	Iñigo Elosegui Momeñe (Spa) Kern Pharma	0:34:55
144	Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar	0:35:14
145	Jesus Herrada (Spa) Burgos-Burpellet-BH	0:35:45
146	Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:35:59
147	Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:36:01
148	Sander De Pestel (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:36:05
149	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar	0:36:06
150	Timo Roosen (Ned) Picnic PostNL	0:36:09
151	Alastair MacKellar (Aus) EF Education-EasyPost	0:36:20
152	Jose Manuel Diaz Gallego (Spa) Burgos-Burpellet-BH	0:36:39
153	Hugo Houle (Can) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:36:49
154	Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Lidl-Trek	0:36:50
155	Sergio Samitier (Spa) Cofidis	0:36:52
156	Mathias Norsgaard (Den) Lidl-Trek	0:37:16
157	Marc Brustenga Masague (Spa) Kern Pharma	0:37:20
158	Mats Wenzel (Lux) Kern Pharma	0:37:23
159	Oscar Chamberlain (Aus) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:37:24
160	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Netcompany Ineos	0:37:26
161	Ivo Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates XRG	0:37:36
162	Alexis Renard (Fra) Cofidis	0:37:39
163	Ben Turner (GBr) Netcompany Ineos	0:37:43
164	Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Netcompany Ineos	0:37:54
165	Kaden Groves (Aus) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:38:04
166	Asbjørn Hellemose (Den) Jayco AlUla	0:38:14
167	Ivan Cobo Cayon (Spa) Kern Pharma	0:38:27
168	Sinuhe Fernandez Rodriguez (Spa) Burgos-Burpellet-BH	0:38:29
169	Mathijs Paasschens (Ned) Bahrain Victorious	0:38:34
170	Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Jayco AlUla	0:39:06
171	Callum Thornley (GBr) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:39:13
172	Diego Uriarte Belzunegi (Spa) Kern Pharma	0:40:00
173	Gianni Moscon (Ita) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:41:28
174	Arthur Kluckers (Lux) Tudor	0:42:11
175	Oliver Peace (GBr) Picnic PostNL	0:42:59
176	Darren Van Bekkum (Ned) XDS Astana	0:43:10
177	Domen Novak (Slo) UAE Team Emirates XRG	0:43:19
178	Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Picnic PostNL	0:43:31
179	Hamish McKenzie (Aus) Jayco AlUla	0:45:39
180	Sente Sentjens (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:54:04

Points classification
Rank	Name	Result
1	Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates XRG	82
2	Matthew Brennan (GBr) Visma-Lease A Bike	60
3	Ethan Hayter (GBr) Soudal Quick-Step	57
4	Christophe Laporte (Fra) Visma-Lease A Bike	50
5	Wout Van Aert (Bel) Visma-Lease A Bike	48
6	Pau Miquel Delgado (Spa) Bahrain Victorious	30
7	Axel Laurance (Fra) Netcompany Ineos	28
8	Léo Bisiaux (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	25
9	Jordi Meeus (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	25
10	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Netcompany Ineos	25
11	Alessandro Romele (Ita) XDS Astana	24
12	Oscar Onley (GBr) Netcompany Ineos	22
13	Orluis Alberto Aular Sanabria (Ven) Movistar	22
14	Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) EF Education-EasyPost	22
15	Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Decathlon CMA CGM	21
16	Lindsay De Vylder (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	21
17	Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	20
18	Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) NSN Cycling	20
19	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek	20
20	Jarno Widar (Bel) Lotto Intermarche	17
21	Bryan Coquard (Fra) Cofidis	17
22	Félix Gall (Aut) Decathlon CMA CGM	15
23	Tobias Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	15
24	Bruno Armirail (Fra) Visma-Lease A Bike	15
25	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng (Nor) Netcompany Ineos	13
26	Vito Braet (Bel) Lotto Intermarche	13
27	Callum Thornley (GBr) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	13
28	Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma-Lease A Bike	11
29	Alberto Dainese (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step	11
30	Enric Mas (Spa) Movistar	10
31	David Gonzalez Lopez (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5	10
32	Asbjørn Hellemose (Den) Jayco AlUla	10
33	Primoz Roglic (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	9
34	Oscar Chamberlain (Aus) Decathlon CMA CGM	9
35	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost	8
36	Jay Vine (Aus) UAE Team Emirates XRG	8
37	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek	7
38	Ben Tulett (GBr) Visma-Lease A Bike	6
39	Arthur Kluckers (Lux) Tudor	6
40	Stefan Küng (Swi) Tudor	4
41	Bastien Tronchon (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	4
42	Harold Tejada (Col) XDS Astana	3
43	Pablo Torres Arias (Spa) UAE Team Emirates XRG	2
44	Rasmus Tiller (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	2
45	Ivo Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates XRG	2
46	Marco Brenner (Ger) Tudor	1

Mountains classification
Rank	Name	Result
1	Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates XRG	23
2	Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) XDS Astana	10
3	Koen Bouwman (Ned) Jayco AlUla	6
4	Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma-Lease A Bike	6
5	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost	6
6	Paul Double (GBr) Jayco AlUla	6
7	Félix Gall (Aut) Decathlon CMA CGM	5
8	Enric Mas (Spa) Movistar	4
9	Oscar Onley (GBr) Netcompany Ineos	4
10	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng (Nor) Netcompany Ineos	4
11	Ivan Sosa (Col) Kern Pharma	4
12	Diego Uriarte Belzunegi (Spa) Kern Pharma	4
13	Pavel Sivakov (Fra) UAE Team Emirates XRG	3
14	Harold Tejada (Col) XDS Astana	2
15	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar	2
16	Jay Vine (Aus) UAE Team Emirates XRG	1
17	Ben Tulett (GBr) Visma-Lease A Bike	1
18	Ethan Hayter (GBr) Soudal Quick-Step	1
19	Sinuhe Fernandez Rodriguez (Spa) Burgos-Burpellet-BH	1

Young riders classification
Rank	Name	Result
1	Oscar Onley (GBr) Netcompany Ineos	11:29:46
2	Jarno Widar (Bel) Lotto Intermarche	0:0:21
3	Lindsay De Vylder (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:0:59
4	Pablo Torres Arias (Spa) UAE Team Emirates XRG	0:01:42
5	Marco Brenner (Ger) Tudor	0:02:17
6	Léo Bisiaux (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:04:59
7	Ben Tulett (GBr) Visma-Lease A Bike
8	Jakob Omrzel (Slo) Bahrain Victorious	0:05:32
9	Jørgen Nordhagen (Nor) Visma-Lease A Bike	0:05:41
10	Finlay Pickering (GBr) Jayco AlUla	0:06:09
11	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng (Nor) Netcompany Ineos	0:07:07
12	Matthew Riccitello (USA) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:08:24
13	Juan Felipe Rodriguez Contreras (Col) EF Education-EasyPost	0:09:04
14	Thomas Gloag (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	0:11:32
15	Luke Tuckwell (Aus) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:15:50
16	Raul Garcia (Spa) Movistar	0:17:34
17	Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:19:45
18	Axel Laurance (Fra) Netcompany Ineos	0:19:46
19	Carlos Rodriguez (Spa) Netcompany Ineos	0:19:47
20	Bastien Tronchon (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:19:51
21	Carlos Canal Blanco (Spa) Movistar	0:19:57
22	Enzo Paleni (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:20:05
23	Gianmarco Garofoli (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step	0:20:32
24	Alessandro Romele (Ita) XDS Astana	0:20:53
25	Matthew Brennan (GBr) Visma-Lease A Bike	0:21:06
26	Henri François Renard Haquin (Fra) Picnic PostNL	0:21:12
27	Fabian Weiss (Swi) Tudor	0:21:34
28	Thibau Nys (Bel) Lidl-Trek	0:21:43
29	Ivan Romeo Abad (Spa) Movistar	0:21:45
30	Marcel Camprubi Pijuan (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5	0:22:19
31	Pau Marti Soriano (Spa) NSN Cycling	0:22:23
32	Jordan Labrosse (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:23:43
33	Louis Rouland (Fra) Cofidis	0:24:24
34	Simon Dalby (Den) Uno-X Mobility	0:24:28
35	Darren Rafferty (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost	0:24:43
36	Walter Calzoni (Ita) Pinarello-Q36.5	0:25:47
37	Hannes Wilksch (Ger) Tudor	0:26:00
38	Gal Glivar (Slo) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:26:04
39	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) Soudal Quick-Step	0:26:14
40	Roman Ermakov (Slo) Bahrain Victorious	0:26:40
41	Reuben Thompson (NZl) Lotto Intermarche	0:26:58
42	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost	0:27:20
43	Frederik Wandahl (Den) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:27:58
44	Steffen De Schuyteneer (Bel) Lotto Intermarche	0:28:17
45	Cesar Macias Estrada (Mex) Burgos-Burpellet-BH	0:28:37
46	Francesco Busatto (Ita) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:28:49
47	Lars Craps (Bel) Lotto Intermarche	0:29:03
48	Martin Tjøtta (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:29:28
49	Floris Van Tricht (Bel) NSN Cycling	0:30:20
50	Markel Beloki (Spa) EF Education-EasyPost	0:30:26
51	Moritz Kretschy (Ger) NSN Cycling	0:30:58
52	Guillermo Juan Martinez Huertas (Col) Picnic PostNL	0:31:04
53	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar	0:32:21
54	Alastair MacKellar (Aus) EF Education-EasyPost	0:32:35
55	Mats Wenzel (Lux) Kern Pharma	0:33:38
56	Oscar Chamberlain (Aus) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:33:39
57	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Netcompany Ineos	0:33:41
58	Callum Thornley (GBr) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:35:28
59	Diego Uriarte Belzunegi (Spa) Kern Pharma	0:36:15
60	Oliver Peace (GBr) Picnic PostNL	0:39:14
61	Darren Van Bekkum (Ned) XDS Astana	0:39:25
62	Hamish McKenzie (Aus) Jayco AlUla	0:41:54
63	Sente Sentjens (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:50:19

Teams classification
Rank	Name	Result
1	UAE Team Emirates XRG	34:27:48
2	Decathlon CMA CGM	0:06:20
3	Visma-Lease a Bike	0:10:26
4	Netcompany Ineos	0:16:33
5	XDS Astana	0:19:38
6	Tudor	0:24:52
7	EF Education-EasyPost	0:25:23
8	Groupama-FDJ United	0:30:12
9	Movistar Team	0:31:38
10	Bahrain Victorious	0:33:02
11	Kern Pharma	0:34:32
12	Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:36:09
13	NSN Cycling	0:38:05
14	Soudal Quick-Step	0:41:03
15	Lidl-Trek	0:42:04
16	Lotto Intermarche	0:42:16
17	Pinarello-Q36.5	0:43:53
18	Jayco Alula	0:47:18
19	Uno-X Mobility	0:50:02
20	Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:52:26
21	Burgos-Burpellet-BH	0:53:07
22	Cofidis	0:55:04
23	Picnic Postnl	1:04:07

Vuelta a España: Tadej Pogačar twists the knife with 50km solo raid in Andorra to win stage 4

James Moultrie — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:35:24 +0000

With 50km to go on the first high mountain day of the Vuelta a España, Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) drained any potential tension out of the red jersey race as he stormed away and completely destroyed his opposition solo for victory on stage 4, taking a massive step in pursuit of completing his set of Grand Tour overall titles.

Returning to Andorra, where he announced himself to the world with a maiden Grand Tour stage win at the 2019 Vuelta, Pogačar displayed seven years of development into becoming the sport's top rider by all but putting the race to bed with 17 stages still to race – even more ridiculous after considering how one of the four stages was cancelled.

He made his winning move off the back of a hard tempo being set by Decathlon CMA CGM on the Collada de Beixalis for Felix Gall, who, having poked the bear, tried valiantly but quickly failed to follow the Slovenian when he left everyone else in the rearview mirror halfway into the stage.

Extending his lead over the next two and a half climbs, Pogačar won the day by a margin of 2:39 on what was his longest Grand Tour solo victory, also growing the overall lead he already had control of out to 3:31, with four-time winner Primož Roglič the closest on GC.

Having had to settle for a fight for the podium, Pogačar's rivals could not be separated for the most part after some tough and tactical racing over the final two climbs.

In the end, 20-year-old Jarno Widar (Lotto-Intermarché) provided a look into the next generation by winning the small group sprint for second, with Gall only managing third after all of his and his team's efforts.

Already with a massive lead in red, also in control of the green points and jersey, and now leading the King of the Mountains classification, Pogačar has a chokehold on nearly everything available in this Vuelta, and anything but more stage wins en route to the title in Granada looks unlikely.

Asked after the stage if he had to go so early, Pogačar admitted, "No, no, I didn't have to do that. But the pace was super high already on the first climb, and then on the second climb we were going basically all-out from the bottom.

"When Jay [Vine] let me pass on the wheel of Decathlon, I knew I didn't want to be isolated against all the GC riders because they will all play against me. I tried with an attack on the climb and just hoped that I could survive until the finish when I saw that I could open the gap, and I did it. It was pretty tough, but beautiful out there."

More than happy with the large gap he eked out over his rivals, Pogačar is committing to defending the jersey and trying to become the first rider since Gianni Bugno in the 90s to lead a Grand Tour from start to finish.

"I mean, any gap is more than enough. But yeah, it's super good because now I can be calm and confident for the next days. We just keep going day by day and focus on each day after this, because it will be a little bit less stressful for sure," said Pogačar.

"I mean, I will say you never know, but now it's a good gap. So we give our best to control it every day. But if it's uncontrollable, you cannot control, and then we will have to fight. But it's going to be tough. We have a really strong team here, so we are ready."

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How it unfolded

After the drama of Monday's hailstorm and cancellation, normal service resumed at the Vuelta a España in Andorra la Vella, where a short but brutal 104km stage would bring the riders through the first high mountain stage of the 2026 edition, and there was one clear favourite.

Returning to where he made his name as a Grand Tour rider seven years ago at the Vuelta, race leader Tadej Pogačar and UAE Team Emirates-XRG made their intentions clear right from kilometre zero, with the black and white jerseys immediately coming to the front to pace for their all-conquering leader. Just one day after the weather denied him a chance at racing for victory, everyone was expecting a full-on Pogačar show.

With several riders on adopted home roads in the landlocked Pyrenean microstate, there were still many willing attackers, with Visma-Lease a Bike the most interested team in forming an early breakaway.

With Wout van Aert, Matthew Brennan, Bruno Armirail and Ben Tulett all getting up the road, alongside Finn Fisher-Black (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), Pablo Castrillo, Raul Garcia Pierna (Movistar), Eddie Dunbar (Pinarello Q36.5), Alexey Lutsenko (NSN), Simon Dalby (Uno X Mobility), Paul Double (Jayco AlUla), Georg Steinhauser (EF Education-EasyPost), Lorenzo Fortunato (XDS Astana), Ivan Sosa (Kern Pharma), Gijs Leemreize, and Mattia Gaffuri (Picnic PostNL), the gap started to go out to more than minute.

UAE led the peloton out of neutral for the opening 20km onto the Port d'Envalira (23.3km at 5.1%), but with 85km to go, they were overtaken by Decathlon CMA CGM, who started to set an infernal pace for Felix Gall's GC ambitions.

The break still managed to lead over the summit, Lorenzo Fortunato (XDS Astana) taking the maximum King of the Mountains points and moving into the virtual lead of that blue and white jersey – what unfolded later in the stage would deny him at the finish, though.

Decathlon's efforts reduced the break's advantage down to under 30 seconds at the top, and on the descent, made contact with the 16 leaders with 70km to go. Decimating much of the peloton, the next climb would offer more room for inflicting damage, the Collada de Beixalis (7km at 8.5%).

Decathlon set the tempo

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At the foot of the second category 1 climb along the route, UAE moved back into control with Pogačar ominously setting Jay Vine to work on the front. This didn't last long, though, as Decathlon showed their confidence and re-took the responsibility of pacing.

Gall had his trusty Austrian compatriot Gregor Mühlberger working for him on the front, setting an infernal tempo which completely blew up the group of favourites, reducing the lead group to less than 15 riders with a touch more than 50km still to ride.

Pogačar quickly had enough. With 50.3km to go on stage 4, he took it to all of his rivals on the Collada de Beixalis. While almost everyone disappeared behind him into obscurity, Gall tried – as he did at the Giro behind Jonas Vingegaard – to follow the race leader, but soon couldn't hold the pace.

Just 2km later, Pogačar was 48 seconds up the road, and Gall was back in what remained of the peloton. EF Education-EasyPost took up the mantle of pacing through recent development team graduate Juan Felipe Rodriguez, who paced for Richard Carapaz, but the gap only continued to grow in the wrong direction, out to more than 1:30 at the summit.

Tadej Pogacar cools down during stage 4 of the 2026 Vuelta a España (Image credit: Getty Images)

The final category 1 climb of the stage was the common training ascent for much of the peloton, the Coll d'Ordino (10km at 7%), and with Pogačar two minutes out of sight at the foot, cooperation started to fail in the group behind, prompting Decathlon to come back to the front.

Onto the Ordino and Gall would attack again, dropping everyone except for Oscar Onley (Nectompany Ineos) as the fight for the podium hotted up on stage 4. Four-time winner Primož Roglič wasn't done, though, accelerating to try and bridge across with around 5km of the climb still to come.

Looking like the Roglič of old, he scorched across the gap in no time, before Enric Mas (Movistar) and Sepp Kuss (Visma-Lease a Bike) did the same, making a five-man leading chase group, who failed again to cooperate.

The final climb

On the downhill approach to the final climb, Alto de la Comella (4km at 5.9%), the group of five became nine, as they were joined by Jarno Widar (Lotto-Intermarché), Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek), Carapaz, and Mühlberger, setting up a tactical fight in the last 10km.

Decathlon, for the umpteenth time, moved to the front with Mühlberger leading out Gall on the short ascent, which did for Skjelmose's hopes as he dropped. 2:48 down the road on Pogačar, Gall was attacking again but without much result, prompting Roglič to counter and drop Carapaz.

With four bonus seconds available for second to the top of the climb, Onley sprinted ahead to take them in front of Gall, who took the last two seconds available. All of this aggression reduced the gap to Pogačar to 2:43, who was approaching victory further up the road.

Even with the likes of Skjelmose and Carapaz off the back, the chasing group of GC challengers could not be separated, with a sprint set to decide the minor placings on stage 4. Some 2:39 after Pogačar, Widar would win the charge for second just ahead of Gall, with only Onley, Mas, Kuss and Roglič making it into the first chase group.

Jarno Widar leads the first chase group home in a sprint during stage 4 of the Vuelta a España 2026 (Image credit: Getty Images)

Results

Rank	Name	Result
1	Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates XRG	2:40:35
2	Jarno Widar (Bel) Lotto Intermarche	0:02:39
3	Félix Gall (Aut) Decathlon CMA CGM
4	Oscar Onley (GBr) Netcompany Ineos
5	Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma-Lease A Bike
6	Enric Mas (Spa) Movistar
7	Primoz Roglic (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
8	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost	0:02:57
9	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek	0:03:17
10	Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Decathlon CMA CGM
11	Jay Vine (Aus) UAE Team Emirates XRG	0:03:37
12	Lindsay De Vylder (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:03:57
13	Harold Tejada (Col) XDS Astana	0:04:34
14	Pablo Torres Arias (Spa) UAE Team Emirates XRG	0:04:40
15	Marco Brenner (Ger) Tudor	0:05:14
16	Clément Berthet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:06:29
17	Jan Hirt (Cze) NSN Cycling	0:06:43
18	Ibon Ruiz Sedano (Spa) Kern Pharma	0:06:59
19	Ben Tulett (GBr) Visma-Lease A Bike	0:07:48
20	Jakob Omrzel (Slo) Bahrain Victorious	0:07:59
21	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng (Nor) Netcompany Ineos	0:08:03
22	Finlay Pickering (GBr) Jayco AlUla	0:08:13
23	Guillaume Martin Guyonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
24	Cristian Rodriguez (Spa) XDS Astana
25	Jørgen Nordhagen (Nor) Visma-Lease A Bike
26	Léo Bisiaux (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:08:16
27	Mikel Landa (Spa) Soudal Quick-Step
28	Juan Felipe Rodriguez Contreras (Col) EF Education-EasyPost	0:10:45
29	Matthew Riccitello (USA) Decathlon CMA CGM
30	Tobias Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:12:55
31	Urko Berrade Fernandez (Spa) Kern Pharma
32	Mario Aparicio Muñoz (Spa) Burgos-Burpellet-BH	0:13:42
33	Jose Manuel Diaz Gallego (Spa) Burgos-Burpellet-BH
34	George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling	0:13:45
35	Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Cofidis
36	Roland Thalmann (Swi) Tudor
37	Thomas Gloag (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5
38	William Barta (USA) Tudor
39	Pavel Sivakov (Fra) UAE Team Emirates XRG
40	Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) XDS Astana
41	Bruno Armirail (Fra) Visma-Lease A Bike
42	Edward Dunbar (Irl) Pinarello-Q36.5
43	Raul Garcia (Spa) Movistar
44	Jack Haig (Aus) Netcompany Ineos
45	Attila Valter (Hun) Bahrain Victorious	0:15:42
46	Pello Bilbao (Spa) Bahrain Victorious	0:15:43
47	Filippo Zana (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step	0:17:07
48	James Shaw (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost	0:17:22
49	Luke Tuckwell (Aus) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:18:36
50	Ivan Sosa (Col) Kern Pharma	0:19:44
51	Simon Dalby (Den) Uno-X Mobility	0:21:30
52	Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk (Ned) Lotto Intermarche	0:22:45
53	Luca Van Boven (Bel) Lotto Intermarche
54	Fabian Weiss (Swi) Tudor
55	Xabier Azparren Irurzun (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5
56	Rémy Rochas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
57	Pau Miquel Delgado (Spa) Bahrain Victorious
58	Fredrik Dversnes (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
59	Reuben Thompson (NZl) Lotto Intermarche
60	Vito Braet (Bel) Lotto Intermarche
61	Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Lidl-Trek
62	Kevin Vermaerke (USA) UAE Team Emirates XRG
63	Rudy Porter (Aus) Jayco AlUla
64	Hannes Wilksch (Ger) Tudor
65	Paul Ourselin (Fra) Cofidis
66	Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar
67	Iñigo Elosegui Momeñe (Spa) Kern Pharma
68	Julien Bernard (Fra) Lidl-Trek
69	Sylvain Moniquet (Bel) Cofidis
70	Carlos Canal Blanco (Spa) Movistar
71	Francesco Busatto (Ita) Alpecin-Premier Tech
72	Lars Craps (Bel) Lotto Intermarche
73	Jordan Labrosse (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM
74	Moritz Kretschy (Ger) NSN Cycling
75	Floris Van Tricht (Bel) NSN Cycling
76	Gal Glivar (Slo) Alpecin-Premier Tech
77	Santiago Buitrago (Col) Bahrain Victorious
78	Alberto Dainese (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step
79	Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step
80	Guillermo Juan Martinez Huertas (Col) Picnic PostNL
81	Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) EF Education-EasyPost
82	Enzo Paleni (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
83	Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Visma-Lease A Bike
84	Bastien Tronchon (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
85	Stefan Küng (Swi) Tudor
86	Mathijs Paasschens (Ned) Bahrain Victorious
87	Alastair MacKellar (Aus) EF Education-EasyPost
88	Sergio Samitier (Spa) Cofidis
89	Jose Luis Faura Asensio (Spa) Burgos-Burpellet-BH
90	Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) NSN Cycling
91	Yevgeniy Fedorov (Kaz) XDS Astana
92	Gijs Leemreize (Ned) Picnic PostNL
93	Koen Bouwman (Ned) Jayco AlUla
94	Milan Vader (Ned) Pinarello-Q36.5
95	Clement Alleno (Fra) Burgos-Burpellet-BH
96	Darren Rafferty (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost
97	Pau Marti Soriano (Spa) NSN Cycling
98	Nicholas Schultz (Aus) NSN Cycling
99	Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Picnic PostNL
100	Michael Gogl (Aut) Alpecin-Premier Tech
101	Patrick Konrad (Aut) Lidl-Trek
102	Gianmarco Garofoli (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step
103	Frederik Wandahl (Den) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
104	Oliver Peace (GBr) Picnic PostNL
105	Asbjørn Hellemose (Den) Jayco AlUla
106	Sinuhe Fernandez Rodriguez (Spa) Burgos-Burpellet-BH
107	Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
108	Darren Van Bekkum (Ned) XDS Astana
109	Carlos Rodriguez (Spa) Netcompany Ineos
110	Ivan Romeo Abad (Spa) Movistar
111	Orluis Alberto Aular Sanabria (Ven) Movistar
112	Alessandro Covi (Ita) Jayco AlUla
113	Henok Mulueberhan (Eri) XDS Astana
114	Mattia Gaffuri (Ita) Picnic PostNL
115	Joao Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates XRG
116	David De La Cruz (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5
117	Jesus Herrada (Spa) Burgos-Burpellet-BH
118	Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
119	Markel Beloki (Spa) EF Education-EasyPost
120	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar
121	Axel Laurance (Fra) Netcompany Ineos
122	Lawrence Warbasse (USA) Tudor
123	Lennard Kämna (Ger) Lidl-Trek
124	Paul Double (GBr) Jayco AlUla
125	Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Netcompany Ineos
126	Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Lotto Intermarche
127	Walter Calzoni (Ita) Pinarello-Q36.5
128	Victor Langellotti (Mon) XDS Astana
129	David Gonzalez Lopez (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5
130	Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) NSN Cycling
131	Timo De Jong (Ned) Picnic PostNL	0:23:00
132	Mathias Norsgaard (Den) Lidl-Trek
133	Diego Uriarte Belzunegi (Spa) Kern Pharma
134	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost
135	Hugo Houle (Can) Alpecin-Premier Tech
136	Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
137	Marcel Camprubi Pijuan (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5
138	Callum Scotson (Aus) Decathlon CMA CGM
139	Thibau Nys (Bel) Lidl-Trek
140	Sander De Pestel (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM
141	Louis Rouland (Fra) Cofidis
142	Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
143	Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Uno-X Mobility
144	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek
145	Andreas Kron (Den) Uno-X Mobility
146	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) Soudal Quick-Step
147	Alessandro Romele (Ita) XDS Astana	0:23:09
148	Ethan Hayter (GBr) Soudal Quick-Step
149	Henri François Renard Haquin (Fra) Picnic PostNL	0:23:28
150	Roman Ermakov (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
151	Ben Turner (GBr) Netcompany Ineos	0:24:35
152	Wout Van Aert (Bel) Visma-Lease A Bike
153	Steffen De Schuyteneer (Bel) Lotto Intermarche
154	Christophe Laporte (Fra) Visma-Lease A Bike
155	Ivo Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates XRG
156	Callum Thornley (GBr) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
157	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Netcompany Ineos
158	Timo Roosen (Ned) Picnic PostNL
159	Cesar Macias Estrada (Mex) Burgos-Burpellet-BH
160	Domen Novak (Slo) UAE Team Emirates XRG
161	Rasmus Tiller (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
162	Kaden Groves (Aus) Alpecin-Premier Tech
163	Matevž Govekar (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
164	Matthew Brennan (GBr) Visma-Lease A Bike
165	Oscar Chamberlain (Aus) Decathlon CMA CGM
166	Bryan Coquard (Fra) Cofidis
167	Martin Tjøtta (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
168	Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
169	Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
170	Jordi Meeus (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
171	Fabio Van Den Bossche (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step
172	Mats Wenzel (Lux) Kern Pharma	0:24:46
173	Alexis Renard (Fra) Cofidis	0:24:47
174	Ivan Cobo Cayon (Spa) Kern Pharma	0:24:54
175	Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Jayco AlUla	0:25:54
176	Hamish McKenzie (Aus) Jayco AlUla
177	Arthur Kluckers (Lux) Tudor
178	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:25:56
179	Marc Brustenga Masague (Spa) Kern Pharma
180	Sente Sentjens (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:26:00
181	Gianni Moscon (Ita) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
182	Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Movistar	0:26:11

Young riders
Rank	Name	Result
1	Jarno Widar (Bel) Lotto Intermarche	2:43:14
2	Oscar Onley (GBr) Netcompany Ineos
3	Lindsay De Vylder (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:01:18
4	Pablo Torres Arias (Spa) UAE Team Emirates XRG	0:02:01
5	Marco Brenner (Ger) Tudor	0:02:35
6	Ben Tulett (GBr) Visma-Lease A Bike	0:05:09
7	Jakob Omrzel (Slo) Bahrain Victorious	0:05:20
8	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng (Nor) Netcompany Ineos	0:05:24
9	Finlay Pickering (GBr) Jayco AlUla	0:05:34
10	Jørgen Nordhagen (Nor) Visma-Lease A Bike
11	Léo Bisiaux (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:05:37
12	Juan Felipe Rodriguez Contreras (Col) EF Education-EasyPost	0:08:06
13	Matthew Riccitello (USA) Decathlon CMA CGM
14	Thomas Gloag (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	0:11:06
15	Raul Garcia (Spa) Movistar
16	Luke Tuckwell (Aus) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:15:57
17	Simon Dalby (Den) Uno-X Mobility	0:18:51
18	Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk (Ned) Lotto Intermarche	0:20:06
19	Fabian Weiss (Swi) Tudor
20	Reuben Thompson (NZl) Lotto Intermarche
21	Hannes Wilksch (Ger) Tudor
22	Carlos Canal Blanco (Spa) Movistar
23	Francesco Busatto (Ita) Alpecin-Premier Tech
24	Lars Craps (Bel) Lotto Intermarche
25	Jordan Labrosse (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM
26	Moritz Kretschy (Ger) NSN Cycling
27	Floris Van Tricht (Bel) NSN Cycling
28	Gal Glivar (Slo) Alpecin-Premier Tech
29	Guillermo Juan Martinez Huertas (Col) Picnic PostNL
30	Enzo Paleni (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
31	Bastien Tronchon (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
32	Alastair MacKellar (Aus) EF Education-EasyPost
33	Darren Rafferty (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost
34	Pau Marti Soriano (Spa) NSN Cycling
35	Gianmarco Garofoli (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step
36	Frederik Wandahl (Den) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
37	Oliver Peace (GBr) Picnic PostNL
38	Darren Van Bekkum (Ned) XDS Astana
39	Carlos Rodriguez (Spa) Netcompany Ineos
40	Ivan Romeo Abad (Spa) Movistar
41	Markel Beloki (Spa) EF Education-EasyPost
42	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar
43	Axel Laurance (Fra) Netcompany Ineos
44	Walter Calzoni (Ita) Pinarello-Q36.5
45	Diego Uriarte Belzunegi (Spa) Kern Pharma	0:20:21
46	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost
47	Marcel Camprubi Pijuan (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5
48	Thibau Nys (Bel) Lidl-Trek
49	Louis Rouland (Fra) Cofidis
50	Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
51	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) Soudal Quick-Step
52	Alessandro Romele (Ita) XDS Astana	0:20:30
53	Henri François Renard Haquin (Fra) Picnic PostNL	0:20:49
54	Roman Ermakov (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
55	Steffen De Schuyteneer (Bel) Lotto Intermarche	0:21:56
56	Callum Thornley (GBr) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
57	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Netcompany Ineos
58	Cesar Macias Estrada (Mex) Burgos-Burpellet-BH
59	Matthew Brennan (GBr) Visma-Lease A Bike
60	Oscar Chamberlain (Aus) Decathlon CMA CGM
61	Martin Tjøtta (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
62	Mats Wenzel (Lux) Kern Pharma	0:22:07
63	Hamish McKenzie (Aus) Jayco AlUla	0:23:15
64	Sente Sentjens (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:23:21
65	Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Movistar	0:23:32

Teams
Rank	Name	Result
1	UAE Team Emirates XRG	8:10:02
2	Decathlon CMA CGM	0:05:55
3	Visma-Lease a Bike	0:10:23
4	Netcompany Ineos	0:16:10
5	XDS Astana	0:18:15
6	EF Education-EasyPost	0:22:47
7	Tudor	0:24:27
8	Groupama-FDJ United	0:29:10
9	Movistar Team	0:30:52
10	Bahrain Victorious	0:31:07
11	Kern Pharma	0:31:21
12	NSN Cycling	0:34:56
13	Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:35:43
14	Soudal Quick-Step	0:39:51
15	Lotto Intermarche	0:39:52
16	Lidl-Trek	0:40:30
17	Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:41:10
18	Burgos-Burpellet-BH	0:41:52
19	Pinarello-Q36.5	0:41:58
20	Jayco Alula	0:45:26
21	Uno-X Mobility	0:48:53
22	Cofidis	0:50:58
23	Picnic Postnl	0:59:58

General classification after stage 4

Rank	Name	Result
1	Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates XRG	7:38:59
2	Primoz Roglic (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:03:21
3	Enric Mas (Spa) Movistar	0:03:32
4	Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma-Lease A Bike	0:03:44
5	Oscar Onley (GBr) Netcompany Ineos	0:03:45
6	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost	0:03:50
7	Félix Gall (Aut) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:03:57
8	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek	0:04:06
9	Jarno Widar (Bel) Lotto Intermarche
10	Jay Vine (Aus) UAE Team Emirates XRG	0:04:11
11	Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:04:34
12	Lindsay De Vylder (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:04:44
13	Pablo Torres Arias (Spa) UAE Team Emirates XRG	0:05:27
14	Harold Tejada (Col) XDS Astana	0:05:30
15	Marco Brenner (Ger) Tudor	0:06:02
16	Clément Berthet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:07:32
17	Ibon Ruiz Sedano (Spa) Kern Pharma	0:08:37
18	Léo Bisiaux (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:08:44
19	Ben Tulett (GBr) Visma-Lease A Bike
20	Jakob Omrzel (Slo) Bahrain Victorious	0:09:17
21	Guillaume Martin Guyonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:09:25
22	Jørgen Nordhagen (Nor) Visma-Lease A Bike	0:09:26
23	Jan Hirt (Cze) NSN Cycling	0:09:47
24	Cristian Rodriguez (Spa) XDS Astana	0:09:51
25	Finlay Pickering (GBr) Jayco AlUla	0:09:54
26	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng (Nor) Netcompany Ineos	0:10:52
27	Mikel Landa (Spa) Soudal Quick-Step	0:11:31
28	Matthew Riccitello (USA) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:12:09
29	Juan Felipe Rodriguez Contreras (Col) EF Education-EasyPost	0:12:49
30	Tobias Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:13:43
31	Urko Berrade Fernandez (Spa) Kern Pharma	0:14:20
32	William Barta (USA) Tudor	0:14:41
33	Pavel Sivakov (Fra) UAE Team Emirates XRG	0:15:00
34	Jack Haig (Aus) Netcompany Ineos	0:15:04
35	Mario Aparicio Muñoz (Spa) Burgos-Burpellet-BH	0:15:05
36	George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling	0:15:13
37	Thomas Gloag (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	0:15:17
38	Edward Dunbar (Irl) Pinarello-Q36.5	0:15:33
39	Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Cofidis	0:16:01
40	Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) XDS Astana
41	Roland Thalmann (Swi) Tudor	0:16:38
42	Raul Garcia (Spa) Movistar	0:17:19
43	Bruno Armirail (Fra) Visma-Lease A Bike	0:18:08
44	Filippo Zana (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step	0:18:21
45	Pello Bilbao (Spa) Bahrain Victorious	0:18:57
46	Attila Valter (Hun) Bahrain Victorious	0:19:10
47	Luke Tuckwell (Aus) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:19:35
48	James Shaw (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost	0:20:01
49	Ivan Sosa (Col) Kern Pharma	0:22:32
50	Simon Dalby (Den) Uno-X Mobility	0:23:01
51	Stefan Küng (Swi) Tudor	0:23:19
52	Jordan Labrosse (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:23:28
53	Orluis Alberto Aular Sanabria (Ven) Movistar
54	Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:23:30
55	Axel Laurance (Fra) Netcompany Ineos	0:23:31
56	Carlos Rodriguez (Spa) Netcompany Ineos	0:23:32
57	Bastien Tronchon (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:23:36
58	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek
59	Joao Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates XRG	0:23:41
60	Ivan Romeo Abad (Spa) Movistar
61	Carlos Canal Blanco (Spa) Movistar	0:23:42
62	Santiago Buitrago (Col) Bahrain Victorious	0:23:43
63	Pau Miquel Delgado (Spa) Bahrain Victorious	0:23:46
64	Victor Langellotti (Mon) XDS Astana	0:23:49
65	Enzo Paleni (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:23:50
66	Andreas Kron (Den) Uno-X Mobility	0:23:51
67	David Gonzalez Lopez (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5	0:23:52
68	Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) NSN Cycling	0:23:53
69	Gijs Leemreize (Ned) Picnic PostNL
70	Milan Vader (Ned) Pinarello-Q36.5	0:23:54
71	Ethan Hayter (GBr) Soudal Quick-Step
72	Fredrik Dversnes (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:23:57
73	Francesco Busatto (Ita) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:23:59
74	Vito Braet (Bel) Lotto Intermarche	0:24:00
75	Alessandro Covi (Ita) Jayco AlUla	0:24:04
76	Paul Double (GBr) Jayco AlUla	0:24:06
77	Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:24:08
78	Clement Alleno (Fra) Burgos-Burpellet-BH	0:24:09
79	Rémy Rochas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:24:10
80	Lars Craps (Bel) Lotto Intermarche	0:24:13
81	Rudy Porter (Aus) Jayco AlUla	0:24:14
82	David De La Cruz (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5	0:24:15
83	Gianmarco Garofoli (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step	0:24:17
84	Alberto Dainese (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step	0:24:18
85	Walter Calzoni (Ita) Pinarello-Q36.5	0:24:20
86	Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:24:22
87	Luca Van Boven (Bel) Lotto Intermarche	0:24:25
88	Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step	0:24:33
89	Alessandro Romele (Ita) XDS Astana	0:24:38
90	Lawrence Warbasse (USA) Tudor
91	Julien Bernard (Fra) Lidl-Trek	0:24:44
92	Sylvain Moniquet (Bel) Cofidis	0:24:46
93	Henri François Renard Haquin (Fra) Picnic PostNL	0:24:57
94	Henok Mulueberhan (Eri) XDS Astana
95	Wout Van Aert (Bel) Visma-Lease A Bike	0:25:00
96	Matthew Brennan (GBr) Visma-Lease A Bike	0:25:01
97	Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Lotto Intermarche	0:25:03
98	Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) EF Education-EasyPost	0:25:09
99	Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:25:15
100	Christophe Laporte (Fra) Visma-Lease A Bike	0:25:19
101	Sander De Pestel (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM
102	Fabian Weiss (Swi) Tudor
103	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar	0:25:20
104	Fabio Van Den Bossche (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step	0:25:23
105	Jose Luis Faura Asensio (Spa) Burgos-Burpellet-BH	0:25:26
106	Thibau Nys (Bel) Lidl-Trek	0:25:28
107	Floris Van Tricht (Bel) NSN Cycling	0:25:30
108	Michael Gogl (Aut) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:25:31
109	Markel Beloki (Spa) EF Education-EasyPost	0:25:36
110	Mattia Gaffuri (Ita) Picnic PostNL	0:25:39
111	Yevgeniy Fedorov (Kaz) XDS Astana	0:25:40
112	Hannes Wilksch (Ger) Tudor	0:25:45
113	Bryan Coquard (Fra) Cofidis	0:25:49
114	Gal Glivar (Slo) Alpecin-Premier Tech
115	Paul Ourselin (Fra) Cofidis	0:25:52
116	Jose Manuel Diaz Gallego (Spa) Burgos-Burpellet-BH	0:25:53
117	Kevin Vermaerke (USA) UAE Team Emirates XRG	0:25:54
118	Lennard Kämna (Ger) Lidl-Trek	0:25:56
119	Rasmus Tiller (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
120	Callum Scotson (Aus) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:25:57
121	Timo De Jong (Ned) Picnic PostNL	0:26:03
122	Xabier Azparren Irurzun (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5	0:26:04
123	Marcel Camprubi Pijuan (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5
124	Sergio Samitier (Spa) Cofidis	0:26:06
125	Moritz Kretschy (Ger) NSN Cycling	0:26:08
126	Pau Marti Soriano (Spa) NSN Cycling
127	Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Lidl-Trek	0:26:11
128	Guillermo Juan Martinez Huertas (Col) Picnic PostNL	0:26:14
129	Iñigo Elosegui Momeñe (Spa) Kern Pharma	0:26:20
130	Roman Ermakov (Slo) Bahrain Victorious	0:26:25
131	Mathias Norsgaard (Den) Lidl-Trek	0:26:30
132	Nicholas Schultz (Aus) NSN Cycling
133	Frederik Wandahl (Den) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:26:31
134	Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:26:32
135	Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar	0:26:39
136	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Netcompany Ineos	0:26:40
137	Reuben Thompson (NZl) Lotto Intermarche	0:26:43
138	Mats Wenzel (Lux) Kern Pharma	0:26:44
139	Oscar Chamberlain (Aus) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:26:45
140	Cesar Macias Estrada (Mex) Burgos-Burpellet-BH	0:26:48
141	Ivo Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates XRG	0:26:50
142	Alexis Renard (Fra) Cofidis	0:26:53
143	Ben Turner (GBr) Netcompany Ineos	0:26:57
144	Louis Rouland (Fra) Cofidis	0:26:58
145	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost	0:27:05
146	Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Netcompany Ineos	0:27:08
147	Jesus Herrada (Spa) Burgos-Burpellet-BH	0:27:10
148	Kaden Groves (Aus) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:27:18
149	Jordi Meeus (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:27:21
150	Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk (Ned) Lotto Intermarche
151	Koen Bouwman (Ned) Jayco AlUla	0:27:22
152	Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:27:24
153	Patrick Konrad (Aut) Lidl-Trek
154	Asbjørn Hellemose (Den) Jayco AlUla	0:27:28
155	Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Visma-Lease A Bike	0:27:33
156	Timo Roosen (Ned) Picnic PostNL	0:27:34
157	Matevž Govekar (Slo) Bahrain Victorious	0:27:35
158	Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Movistar	0:27:43
159	Alastair MacKellar (Aus) EF Education-EasyPost	0:27:45
160	Mathijs Paasschens (Ned) Bahrain Victorious	0:27:48
161	Sinuhe Fernandez Rodriguez (Spa) Burgos-Burpellet-BH	0:27:50
162	Darren Rafferty (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost
163	Steffen De Schuyteneer (Bel) Lotto Intermarche	0:28:02
164	Hugo Houle (Can) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:28:14
165	Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Jayco AlUla	0:28:20
166	Callum Thornley (GBr) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:28:27
167	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) Soudal Quick-Step	0:28:34
168	Marc Brustenga Masague (Spa) Kern Pharma	0:28:45
169	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:28:47
170	Martin Tjøtta (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:29:13
171	Diego Uriarte Belzunegi (Spa) Kern Pharma	0:29:14
172	Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Uno-X Mobility	0:29:21
173	Gianni Moscon (Ita) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:30:42
174	Arthur Kluckers (Lux) Tudor	0:31:25
175	Domen Novak (Slo) UAE Team Emirates XRG	0:32:33
176	Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) NSN Cycling	0:33:51
177	Oliver Peace (GBr) Picnic PostNL	0:34:24
178	Darren Van Bekkum (Ned) XDS Astana	0:34:35
179	Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Picnic PostNL	0:34:56
180	Hamish McKenzie (Aus) Jayco AlUla	0:37:04
181	Ivan Cobo Cayon (Spa) Kern Pharma	0:38:27
182	Sente Sentjens (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:43:18

Points classification
Rank	Name	Result
1	Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates XRG	82
2	Ethan Hayter (GBr) Soudal Quick-Step	37
3	Matthew Brennan (GBr) Visma-Lease A Bike	30
4	Léo Bisiaux (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	25
5	Pau Miquel Delgado (Spa) Bahrain Victorious	25
6	Wout Van Aert (Bel) Visma-Lease A Bike	25
7	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Netcompany Ineos	25
8	Christophe Laporte (Fra) Visma-Lease A Bike	24
9	Oscar Onley (GBr) Netcompany Ineos	22
10	Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Decathlon CMA CGM	21
11	Lindsay De Vylder (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	21
12	Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	20
13	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek	20
14	Jarno Widar (Bel) Lotto Intermarche	17
15	Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) NSN Cycling	17
16	Bryan Coquard (Fra) Cofidis	17
17	Félix Gall (Aut) Decathlon CMA CGM	15
18	Tobias Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	15
19	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng (Nor) Netcompany Ineos	13
20	Callum Thornley (GBr) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	13
21	Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma-Lease A Bike	11
22	Axel Laurance (Fra) Netcompany Ineos	11
23	Enric Mas (Spa) Movistar	10
24	Primoz Roglic (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	9
25	Oscar Chamberlain (Aus) Decathlon CMA CGM	9
26	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost	8
27	Jay Vine (Aus) UAE Team Emirates XRG	8
28	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek	7
29	Orluis Alberto Aular Sanabria (Ven) Movistar	7
30	Ben Tulett (GBr) Visma-Lease A Bike	6
31	Arthur Kluckers (Lux) Tudor	6
32	Alessandro Romele (Ita) XDS Astana	5
33	Stefan Küng (Swi) Tudor	4
34	Vito Braet (Bel) Lotto Intermarche	4
35	Harold Tejada (Col) XDS Astana	3
36	David Gonzalez Lopez (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5	3
37	Pablo Torres Arias (Spa) UAE Team Emirates XRG	2
38	Ivo Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates XRG	2
39	Marco Brenner (Ger) Tudor	1

Mountains classification
Rank	Name	Result
1	Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates XRG	23
2	Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) XDS Astana	10
3	Koen Bouwman (Ned) Jayco AlUla	6
4	Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma-Lease A Bike	6
5	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost	6
6	Paul Double (GBr) Jayco AlUla	6
7	Félix Gall (Aut) Decathlon CMA CGM	5
8	Enric Mas (Spa) Movistar	4
9	Oscar Onley (GBr) Netcompany Ineos	4
10	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng (Nor) Netcompany Ineos	4
11	Ivan Sosa (Col) Kern Pharma	4
12	Diego Uriarte Belzunegi (Spa) Kern Pharma	4
13	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar	2
14	Ben Tulett (GBr) Visma-Lease A Bike	1
15	Ethan Hayter (GBr) Soudal Quick-Step	1
16	Sinuhe Fernandez Rodriguez (Spa) Burgos-Burpellet-BH	1

Young riders classification
Rank	Name	Result
1	Oscar Onley (GBr) Netcompany Ineos	7:42:44
2	Jarno Widar (Bel) Lotto Intermarche	0:0:21
3	Lindsay De Vylder (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:0:59
4	Pablo Torres Arias (Spa) UAE Team Emirates XRG	0:01:42
5	Marco Brenner (Ger) Tudor	0:02:17
6	Léo Bisiaux (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:04:59
7	Ben Tulett (GBr) Visma-Lease A Bike
8	Jakob Omrzel (Slo) Bahrain Victorious	0:05:32
9	Jørgen Nordhagen (Nor) Visma-Lease A Bike	0:05:41
10	Finlay Pickering (GBr) Jayco AlUla	0:06:09
11	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng (Nor) Netcompany Ineos	0:07:07
12	Matthew Riccitello (USA) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:08:24
13	Juan Felipe Rodriguez Contreras (Col) EF Education-EasyPost	0:09:04
14	Thomas Gloag (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	0:11:32
15	Raul Garcia (Spa) Movistar	0:13:34
16	Luke Tuckwell (Aus) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:15:50
17	Simon Dalby (Den) Uno-X Mobility	0:19:16
18	Jordan Labrosse (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:19:43
19	Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:19:45
20	Axel Laurance (Fra) Netcompany Ineos	0:19:46
21	Carlos Rodriguez (Spa) Netcompany Ineos	0:19:47
22	Bastien Tronchon (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:19:51
23	Ivan Romeo Abad (Spa) Movistar	0:19:56
24	Carlos Canal Blanco (Spa) Movistar	0:19:57
25	Enzo Paleni (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:20:05
26	Francesco Busatto (Ita) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:20:14
27	Lars Craps (Bel) Lotto Intermarche	0:20:28
28	Gianmarco Garofoli (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step	0:20:32
29	Walter Calzoni (Ita) Pinarello-Q36.5	0:20:35
30	Alessandro Romele (Ita) XDS Astana	0:20:53
31	Henri François Renard Haquin (Fra) Picnic PostNL	0:21:12
32	Matthew Brennan (GBr) Visma-Lease A Bike	0:21:16
33	Fabian Weiss (Swi) Tudor	0:21:34
34	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar	0:21:35
35	Thibau Nys (Bel) Lidl-Trek	0:21:43
36	Floris Van Tricht (Bel) NSN Cycling	0:21:45
37	Markel Beloki (Spa) EF Education-EasyPost	0:21:51
38	Hannes Wilksch (Ger) Tudor	0:22:00
39	Gal Glivar (Slo) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:22:04
40	Marcel Camprubi Pijuan (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5	0:22:19
41	Moritz Kretschy (Ger) NSN Cycling	0:22:23
42	Pau Marti Soriano (Spa) NSN Cycling
43	Guillermo Juan Martinez Huertas (Col) Picnic PostNL	0:22:29
44	Roman Ermakov (Slo) Bahrain Victorious	0:22:40
45	Frederik Wandahl (Den) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:22:46
46	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Netcompany Ineos	0:22:55
47	Reuben Thompson (NZl) Lotto Intermarche	0:22:58
48	Mats Wenzel (Lux) Kern Pharma	0:22:59
49	Oscar Chamberlain (Aus) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:23:00
50	Cesar Macias Estrada (Mex) Burgos-Burpellet-BH	0:23:03
51	Louis Rouland (Fra) Cofidis	0:23:13
52	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost	0:23:20
53	Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk (Ned) Lotto Intermarche	0:23:36
54	Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Movistar	0:23:58
55	Alastair MacKellar (Aus) EF Education-EasyPost	0:24:00
56	Darren Rafferty (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost	0:24:05
57	Steffen De Schuyteneer (Bel) Lotto Intermarche	0:24:17
58	Callum Thornley (GBr) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:24:42
59	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) Soudal Quick-Step	0:24:49
60	Martin Tjøtta (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:25:28
61	Diego Uriarte Belzunegi (Spa) Kern Pharma	0:25:29
62	Oliver Peace (GBr) Picnic PostNL	0:30:39
63	Darren Van Bekkum (Ned) XDS Astana	0:30:50
64	Hamish McKenzie (Aus) Jayco AlUla	0:33:19
65	Sente Sentjens (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:39:33

Teams classification
Rank	Name	Result
1	UAE Team Emirates XRG	23:06:42
2	Decathlon CMA CGM	0:06:20
3	Visma-Lease a Bike	0:10:26
4	Netcompany Ineos	0:16:33
5	XDS Astana	0:19:38
6	Tudor	0:24:52
7	EF Education-EasyPost	0:25:23
8	Groupama-FDJ United	0:30:12
9	Movistar Team	0:31:38
10	Bahrain Victorious	0:33:02
11	Kern Pharma	0:34:32
12	Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:36:09
13	NSN Cycling	0:38:05
14	Soudal Quick-Step	0:41:03
15	Lidl-Trek	0:42:04
16	Lotto Intermarche	0:42:16
17	Pinarello-Q36.5	0:43:53
18	Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:44:26
19	Burgos-Burpellet-BH	0:45:07
20	Jayco Alula	0:47:18
21	Uno-X Mobility	0:50:02
22	Cofidis	0:53:24
23	Picnic Postnl	1:03:38

Hayley Preen and Alex Miller claim UCI Gravel World Series wins and African titles at Khomas100 for second year

simone.giuliani@futurenet.com (Simone Giuliani) — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 04:48:02 +0000

For a second year running Alex Miller (Swatt Club) and Hayley Preen (ChemChamp Honeycomb) claimed victory at the Khomas100 UCI Gravel World Series race along with the African gravel titles.

Preen, who has just delivered a fifth at Leadville 100, dominated in the women's elite race, crossing the line in the 140km race from Namibia's Windhoek to the Gross Barmen Resort in 4:59:31. The Life Time Grand Prix competitor crossed the line 13:07 ahead of Vera Looser, while just behind Namibian champion Anri Greeff took third.

It was a tight battle in the elite men's competition, with Miller taking the duel with Marco Joubert (Toyota Specialized Imbuko) right to the line, while Jordan Schleck (Canyon x DT Swiss All Terrain) took the final podium spot 4:51 later.

"Came back home to Namibia for one main goal: defend the African Gravel title and yesterday I managed to do just that," said Miller in a post on social media. "Nice dice in the end with SA gravel champ Marco Joubert."

The round across the fast open roads and demanding climbs was one of two UCI Gravel World Series races last weekend, with HYSK Gravel Classic in Japan delivering the first race of the series in the nation.

Top 5 elite men
Position	Riders	Time
1	Alex Miller	4:15:26
2	Marco Joubert	+01
3	Jordan Schleck	+4:51
4	Travis Stedman	+4:52
5	Lood Goosen	+7:21:62

Top 5 elite women
Position	Riders	Time
1	Hayley Preen	4:59:31
2	Vera Looser	+13:07
3	Anri Greeff	+13;09
4	Chloe Bishop	+24:00
5	Belinda van Rhyn	+34:69

Toki Sawada and Shu Wei Hsu claim first UCI Gravel World Series race in Japan

simone.giuliani@futurenet.com (Simone Giuliani) — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 01:36:12 +0000

The first UCI Gravel World Series race in Japan played out at HYSK Gravel Classic Yakurai on Saturday, with Toki Sawada and Shu Wei Hsu taking solo victories.

The race took place over 106km with 2,616m of elevation gain through the steep climbs and technical gravel sectors with the mountainous backdrop of the Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan.

Sawada, who won the Dustman in Thailand early in the UCI Gravel World Series season calendar, claimed the elite men's victory in 4:12:58. The Astemo Utsunomiya Blitzen rider was more than three minutes ahead of Koki Shirakawa while it was more than a minute further back to Hijiri Oda who completed the all Japanese podium.

In the elite women's race Taiwan's Hsu crossed the line at 5:36:57, carving out a substantial gap to home nation riders Sachi Kataoka and Chiharu Ukai, who took the remaining podium places.

The UCI Gravel World Series rounds offer riders an opportunity to qualify for the UCI Gravel World Championships, which this year will be held outside Europe for the first time ever. It will be held at Nannup, Western Australia on October 10-11.

Top 3 elite women
Position	Rider	Time
1	Shu Wei Hsu	5:36:57
2	Sachi Kataoka	+28:53
3	Chiharu Ukai	+37:46

Top 3 elite men
Position	Rider	Time
1	Toki Sawada	4:12:58
2	Koki Shirakawa	+3:29
3	Hijiri Oda	+4:42

Vuelta a España: Stage 3 ends without a winner as extreme weather batters the peloton on the road to first summit finish at Font Romeu

cyclingnews@futurenet.com (Dani Ostanek) — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 16:09:12 +0000

Stage 3 of the Vuelta a España was set to host the first mountain showdown of many over the coming weeks, but the weather intervened on the road to Font Romeu, and the stage was cancelled.

Race leader Tadej Pogačar and his UAE Team Emirates-XRG team were primed to lead the way to the line and likely extend his red jersey lead.

All that remained before the final climb was to catch breakaway survivor Mats Wenzel (Kern Pharma) and late attacker Lorenzo Fortunato (XDS-Astana), but any hopes of racing continued to the summit finish were dashed as a massive hailstorm struck.

Television images faltered as the riders raced over the penultimate climb of the Col de Mont-Louis, reappearing to show dropped riders pulling off the road to take shelter and Pogačar riding to the front of the peloton to wave his fellow riders to a halt.

The entire Vuelta convoy ground to a halt at a hotel near the top of the Col de Mont-Louis, the soaked and frozen riders quickly piling inside to seek refuge from the abysmal conditions. Shortly afterwards, word filtered through that the stage would be cancelled. There would be no racing to the line and no results taken at the time of the stoppage.

As a result of the cancellation, Pogačar continues in the race lead, heading towards stage 4's mountainous day through Andorra with a nine-second lead over Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike).

There are no changes to the points or mountain classifications overnight, either. Breakaway rider Ethan Hayter (Soudal-QuickStep) led the race over the day's only intermediate sprint to take 20 points. He won't take the points lead from Pogačar, however, with all results on the stage cancelled.

It's unclear whether Fortunato and Wenzel made it to the top of the stage's penultimate climb before the race was halted. Regardless, no points have been handed out for stage 3, so Koen Bouwman (Visma-Lease a Bike) remains in the polka dot jersey as king of the mountains.

How it unfolded

Ethan Hayter and Olivier Le Gac at the head of the day's breakaway (Image credit: Getty Images)

Rounding off the race's French Gran Salida, stage 3 of the Vuelta a España took the peloton on a 174km run towards the Pyrenees from Gruissan to Font Romeu.

After a flat first three-quarters of the stage, the road gradually turned upwards towards the race's opening first-category climb, the Col de Mont-Louis (19.4km at 4.8%). A short 4km descent led the way onto the final ascent to Font Romeu (9.8km at 5%), a second-category climb.

Attacks flew from the start of the stage, with the slim chance of a potential breakaway win on the cards. Among the early movers were green jersey Ethan Hayter (Soudal-QuickStep), in the break for the second day in a row, and Magnus Cort (Uno-X Mobility).

The pair were joined out front by Timo Roosen (Picnic-PostNL), Olivier Le Gac (Groupama-FDJ United), Mats Wenzel (Kern Pharma), and Asbjørn Hellemose (Jayco-AlUla). Milan Vader (Pinarello-Q36.5) briefly gave chase before dropping back to the peloton.

The sextet raced out to a 2:30 lead, controlled from behind by UAE Team Emirates-XRG, who massed on the front of the peloton for team and race leader Tadej Pogačar. The first half of the day passed with little incident, with UAE having cut the break's advantage to under two minutes.

UAE Team Emirates-XRG led the peloton for much of the stage (Image credit: Getty Images)

Not long afterwards, crosswinds hit the race, splitting the peloton apart as UAE pushed at the front. The split was undone a few kilometres later, though, with the wind having only a brief effect.

Hayter led the race over the intermediate sprint with 45km to go, the British racer adding 20 points to his tally and seemingly leapfrogging Pogačar in the points classification.

Behind, Pogačar's team continued to work, leading the peloton onto the Col de Mont-Louis with 35km to go, 1:30 behind the break.

At 29km from the line, Hellemose was the first man to react in the breakaway, bursting clear of his companions. He took Cort and Wenzel with him as the peloton closed the gap to less than a minute, while Hayter, Le Gac, and Roosen were reabsorbed.

Mats Wenzel and Magnus Cort were the last breakaway survivors on the penultimate climb (Image credit: Getty Images)

Hellemose was the first man dropped from the leading trio as Wenzel accelerated with 25km to go. Cort briefly stuck with the Luxembourger as the heavens opened, but he soon dropped away and back to the peloton, too.

Lorenzo Fortunato (XDS-Astana) launched the first volley from the peloton, jumping away 19km from the finish. He soon crossed over to Wenzel. The pair raced on together into ever heavier rain and hail amid a massive storm, with Fortunato leading the way over the summit.

Shortly afterwards, television images showed dropped riders pulling to the side of the road to seek shelter from the hail. The race was neutralised shortly afterwards, as Pogačar called a halt to the action amid the treacherous conditions.

Pogačar and the rest of the riders were quickly moved into a hotel near the summit, before Vuelta organisers announced that racing wouldn't resume as stage 3 was cancelled.

Riders – including Jordi Meeus, pictured here – climbed off their bikes to seek shelter from the hail as the stage was cancelled (Image credit: Getty Images)

Vuelta a España: Powerful sprint nets Matthew Brennan stage 2 victory as Tadej Pogačar fends off attacks to keep leader's jersey

James Moultrie — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 15:52:02 +0000

Grand Tour debutant Matthew Brennan (Visma-Lease a Bike) stormed to a dominant sprint victory on stage 2 of the Vuelta a España after a thrilling finale into Manosque, where the superstars came to the fore but failed to claim the day.

After more than 200km of racing, Brennan's teammate Wout van Aert lit things up with 2km to go, attacking as soon as the uphill roads arrived heading into the town and instantly getting a gap, with only race leader Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) able to follow.

They were caught heading into the last kilometre before Finn Fisher-Black (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) opened up the sprint early. Unfortunately for him, Brennan was lurking on his wheel, and once he hit out for glory, no one could match the young Brit's incredible turn of speed.

Riding his first three-week race, the 21-year-old easily beat the big names to the line, Pau Miquel (Bahrain-Victorious) landing a strong result for second, with Pogačar in third and Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) in fourth.

Ethan Hayter (Soudal-QuickStep) had moved into the virtual lead of the race after a gutsy ride in the breakaway and thanks to taking six bonus seconds at the intermediate sprint, but he was poorly positioned throughout the final approach to the line, finishing on a gap to the leaders and missing out on red for a second day running.

Pogačar held onto red with a now nine-second lead over Van Aert heading into stage 3. Thanks to his victory, Brennan moved into third overall and took control of the Best Young Rider's white jersey.

"We started off with the ambition of trying to get Wout in the red jersey today, and we said there's a nice opportunity to attack in the final, and Wout was really keen to do that. So we had that plan, and I was always going to be in the background to sprint in case that sat up," said Brennan.

"That's exactly what happened; the guys in front sat up, Christophe did a great job of guiding me all the way through the hecticness of that, and I'm super happy to finish it off.

"Hopefully it's not the last one, because it's nice. Again, the boys worked all day really well, really gave it 100% and believed in both of us so we could achieve something successful today. I'm really happy to start off this way."

Hayter moves into virtual lead from breakaway

The longest and first road stage of the Vuelta a España kicked off with a long neutralised roll-out from Monaco heading west into France, but it didn't take long for the attacks to fly, with four riders quickly getting up the road before the first climb.

With the Alto Châteauneuf-Grasse (123km at 2,9%) approaching, Koen Bouwman (Jayco AlUla) and Diego Uriarte (Equipo Kern Pharma) formed a leading duo, with stage 1 runner-up Ethan Hayter (Soudal-QuickStep) soon joining them as he looked to overtake Pogačar and take the red jersey. After some time chasing solo, Sinuhé Fernández (Burgos Burpellet BH) chased on to make it four in front.

The day's breakaway (Image credit: Getty Images)

They weren't allowed to build a big lead by any means, though, with the peloton keeping them around a 1:45 lead for much of the opening half of the race.

After the second and final categorised climb on the 214km route, Col de Saint Abdrieu (5km at 4.8%), an aggressive pace being set by Lidl-Trek and Visma-Lease a Bike saw the break's advantage cut down to just 1:28 with 110km to go.

This pattern stayed the same for much of the middle portion of the race, with the gap coming down to under 30 seconds in the final 50km. As the intermediate sprint in Gréoux-les-Bains approached – and with it six bonus seconds and a potential red jersey – Ethan Hayter set off on his own from the breakaway.

Hayter completed his individual effort to take the maximum six bonus seconds at the intermediate sprint, leapfrogging him into the virtual lead of the race ahead of Pogačar. Just 20 seconds behind, Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) took the remaining maximum four bonus seconds on offer.

The build-up to a thrilling final sprint

With Hayter back in, the pace lulled for a number of kilometres as the teams eyeing a sprint finish started to come to the fore. It wasn't until the final 10km that racing would kick off properly, though, when the likes of Visma-Lease a Bike and Netcompany Ineos moved into commanding positions on the front.

During the accelerations, Hayter stayed towards the back of the bunch, as is typical for him in recent years, but he couldn't risk getting gapped in the finale with how tight the race for the red jersey was.

Pogačar's UAE teammates kept him right towards the front in the yellow jersey as he threatened to take a run at the drag to the line, and on the entry into the finishing town and much narrower roads, he was in the perfect place to react.

It was Van Aert he had to respond to, who made a daring move with 2km to go, in pursuit of a potential stage win, red, and softening up of Brennan's rivals. In the end, Pogačar didn't pull through, and Alessandro Romele (XDS Astana) bridging across wasn't enough to keep them away from the Lidl-Trek-led peloton.

With the big stars caught, the sprint started to unfold with Visma still in the perfect position, as Christophe Laporte guided Brennan into the final few hundred metres, dropping him off onto the wheel of Fisher-Black, who went for a long one.

Brennan confirmed all of the talent he has already shown as a rapidly rising young star, surging away from Pedersen, Pogačar, and the rest to win by a relatively massive margin when it comes to a Grand Tour sprint.

In the end, Hayter's failure to position himself at the front proved decisive, as he missed the moves in the finale and perhaps paid for his earlier effort in the break, getting gapped and failing to claim red. Pogačar maintained his lead and it's now unlikely someone will take it off him again – unless a breakaway is allowed to get up the road and take significant time on tomorrow's third stage.

Matthew Brennan (Image credit: Getty Images)

Results

Position	Rider (Country) Team	Time Gap
1	Matthew Brennan (GBr) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	4:47:47
2	Pau Miquel (Spa) Bahrain - Victorious
3	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates - XRG
4	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl - Trek
5	Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) NSN Cycling Team
6	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
7	Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
8	Oscar Onley (GBr) Netcompany INEOS
9	Axel Laurance (Fra) Netcompany INEOS
10	Orluis Aular (Ven) Movistar Team
11	Ben Tulett (GBr) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike
12	Léo Bisiaux (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM Team
13	Vito Braet (Bel) Lotto Intermarché
14	David González (Spa) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
15	Bryan Coquard (Fra) Cofidis
16	Milan Vader (Ned) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
17	Fabio Van Den Bossche (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step
18	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin - Premier Tech
19	Marco Brenner (Ger) XDS Astana Team
20	Harold Tejada (Col) Tudor Pro Cycling Team
21	Carlos Canal (Spa) Movistar Team
22	Wout van Aert (Bel) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike
23	Pablo Torres (Spa) UAE Team Emirates - XRG
24	Bastien Tronchon (Fra) Groupama - FDJ United
25	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education - EasyPost
26	Enric Mas (Spa) Movistar Team
27	Alessandro Covi (Ita) Team Jayco AlUla
28	Santiago Buitrago (Col) Bahrain - Victorious
29	Stefan Küng (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling Team
30	Primož Roglič (Slo) Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
31	Andreas Kron (Den) Uno-X Mobility
32	Gijs Leemreize (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL
33	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl - Trek
34	Jordan Labrosse (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM Team
35	Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike
36	Clément Berthet (Fra) Groupama - FDJ United
37	Jay Vine (Aus) UAE Team Emirates - XRG
38	Clément Alleno (Fra) Burgos Burpellet BH
39	Guillaume Martin (Fra) Groupama - FDJ United
40	Will Barta (USA) Tudor Pro Cycling Team
41	Carlos Rodríguez (Spa) Netcompany INEOS
42	Luca Van Boven (Bel) Lotto Intermarché	0:00:18
43	Henri-François Renard-Haquin (Fra) Team Picnic PostNL
44	Victor Langellotti (Mon) XDS Astana Team
45	Matthew Riccitello (USA) Decathlon CMA CGM Team
46	Luke Tuckwell (Aus) Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
47	Jørgen Nordhagen (Nor) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike
48	David de la Cruz (Spa) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
49	Thomas Gloag (GBr) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
50	Enzo Paleni (Fra) Groupama - FDJ United
51	Gianmarco Garofoli (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step
52	Filippo Zana (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step
53	Rémy Rochas (Fra) Groupama - FDJ United
54	Lavik Fredrik Dversnes (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
55	Walter Calzoni (Ita) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
56	Lars Craps (Bel) Lotto Intermarché
57	Christophe Laporte (Fra) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike
58	Mario Aparicio (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH
59	João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates - XRG
60	Rudy Porter (Aus) Team Jayco AlUla
61	Juan Felipe Rodriguez (Col) EF Education - EasyPost
62	Cristián Rodríguez (Spa) XDS Astana Team
63	Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Decathlon CMA CGM Team
64	César Macías (Mex) Burgos Burpellet BH
65	Urko Berrade (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
66	Felix Gall (Aut) Decathlon CMA CGM Team
67	Jakob Omrzel (Slo) Bahrain - Victorious
68	Jarno Widar (Bel) Lotto Intermarché
69	Francesco Busatto (Ita) Alpecin - Premier Tech
70	Jack Haig (Aus) Netcompany INEOS
71	George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling Team
72	Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step
73	Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama - FDJ United
74	Paul Double (GBr) Team Jayco AlUla
75	Iván Romeo (Spa) Movistar Team
76	Simon Dalby (Den) Uno-X Mobility
77	Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Movistar Team
78	Pavel Sivakov (Fra) UAE Team Emirates - XRG
79	Alberto Dainese (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step	0:00:31
80	Ethan Hayter (GBr) Soudal Quick-Step
81	Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) XDS Astana Team
82	Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Cofidis
83	Sylvain Moniquet (Bel) Cofidis
84	Eddie Dunbar (Irl) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
85	Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama - FDJ United
86	Iván Ramiro Sosa (Col) Equipo Kern Pharma
87	Finlay Pickering (GBr) Team Jayco AlUla
88	Ibon Ruiz (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
89	Mats Wenzel (Lux) Equipo Kern Pharma	0:00:41
90	Rasmus Tiller (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
91	Henok Mulubrhan (Eri) XDS Astana Team	0:00:47
92	Thibau Nys (Bel) Lidl - Trek	0:00:56
93	Alessandro Romele (Ita) XDS Astana Team
94	José Luis Faura (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH
95	Larry Warbasse (USA) Tudor Pro Cycling Team
96	Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Lotto Intermarché
97	Julien Bernard (Fra) Lidl - Trek
98	Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
99	Alexis Renard (Fra) Cofidis	0:01:16
100	Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) EF Education - EasyPost
101	Matevž Govekar (Slo) Bahrain - Victorious	0:01:33
102	Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
103	Marcel Camprubí (Spa) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
104	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng (Nor) Netcompany INEOS	0:01:41
105	Kevin Vermaerke (USA) UAE Team Emirates - XRG
106	Floris Van Tricht (Bel) NSN Cycling Team
107	Gal Glivar (Slo) Alpecin - Premier Tech
108	Fabian Weiss (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling Team
109	Roman Ermakov (Slo) Bahrain - Victorious
110	Pello Bilbao (Spa) Bahrain - Victorious
111	Hannes Wilksch (Ger) Tudor Pro Cycling Team
112	Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Team Jayco AlUla
113	Ben Turner (GBr) Netcompany INEOS
114	Sander De Pestel (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM Team
115	Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama - FDJ United
116	Ivo Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates - XRG
117	Sergio Samitier (Spa) Cofidis
118	Paul Ourselin (Fra) Cofidis
119	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team
120	Juan Guillermo Martinez (Col) Team Picnic PostNL
121	Oscar Chamberlain (Aus) Decathlon CMA CGM Team
122	Kaden Groves (Aus) Alpecin - Premier Tech
123	Lindsay De Vylder (Bel) Alpecin - Premier Tech
124	Mattia Gaffuri (Ita) Team Picnic PostNL
125	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Netcompany INEOS
126	Yevgeniy Fedorov (Kaz) XDS Astana Team
127	James Shaw (GBr) EF Education - EasyPost
128	Marc Brustenga (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
129	Jordi Meeus (Bel) Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
130	Jan Hirt (Cze) NSN Cycling Team
131	Markel Beloki (Spa) EF Education - EasyPost
132	Callum Scotson (Aus) Decathlon CMA CGM Team
133	Mikel Landa (Spa) Soudal Quick-Step
134	Michael Gogl (Aut) Alpecin - Premier Tech
135	Roland Thalmann (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling Team
136	Timo Roosen (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	0:01:50
137	Attila Valter (Hun) Bahrain - Victorious	0:02:11
138	Timo de Jong (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL
139	Steffen De Schuyteneer (Bel) Lotto Intermarché	0:02:30
140	Jesús Herrada (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH
141	Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Lidl - Trek
142	Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team
143	Moritz Kretschy (Ger) NSN Cycling Team
144	Nick Schultz (Aus) NSN Cycling Team
145	Reuben Thompson (NZl) Lotto Intermarché
146	Lennard Kämna (Ger) Lidl - Trek
147	Frederik Wandahl (Den) Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
148	Xabier Mikel Azparren (Spa) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
149	Raúl García Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team
150	Pau Martí (Spa) NSN Cycling Team
151	Iñigo Elosegui (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
152	Louis Rouland (Fra) Cofidis
153	Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard (Den) Lidl - Trek
154	Bruno Armirail (Fra) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:03:02
155	Martin Tjøtta (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
156	Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Netcompany INEOS	0:03:12
157	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education - EasyPost	0:03:17
158	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk (Ned) Lotto Intermarché	0:03:27
159	Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike
160	Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team Jayco AlUla
161	Patrick Konrad (Aut) Lidl - Trek
162	Asbjørn Hellemose (Den) Team Jayco AlUla
163	Darren Rafferty (Irl) EF Education - EasyPost
164	Mathijs Paasschens (Ned) Bahrain - Victorious
165	Gianni Moscon (Ita) Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
166	Sinuhé Fernández (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH
167	Callum Thornley (GBr) Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
168	Hugo Houle (Can) Alpecin - Premier Tech	0:03:56
169	Alastair MacKellar (Aus) EF Education - EasyPost	0:04:11
170	Valentin Paret-Peintre (Fra) Soudal Quick-Step	0:04:31
171	Magnus Cort (Den) Uno-X Mobility	0:05:00
172	Diego Uriarte (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
173	Arthur Kluckers (Lux) Tudor Pro Cycling Team
174	Domen Novak (Slo) UAE Team Emirates - XRG	0:06:07
175	Hamish McKenzie (Aus) Team Jayco AlUla	0:10:14
176	Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Picnic PostNL
177	Oliver Peace (GBr) Team Picnic PostNL
178	José Manuel Díaz (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH
179	Darren van Bekkum (Ned) XDS Astana Team
180	Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) NSN Cycling Team
181	Iván Cobo (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma	0:12:12
182	Alex Kirsch (Lux) Cofidis	0:16:15
183	Sente Sentjens (Bel) Alpecin - Premier Tech

General classification after stage 2

Position	Rider	Time
1	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	4:58:40
2	Wout van Aert (Bel) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:09
3	Matthew Brennan (Gbr) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:10
4	Léo Bisiaux (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:00:12
5	Finn Fisher-Black (Nzl) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:00:14
6	Stefan Küng (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:00:18
7	Jay Vine (Aus) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:00:18
8	Primož Roglič (Slo) Lidl-Trek	0:00:20
9	Mads Pedersen (Den) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:00:26
10	Jordan Labrosse (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:00:27
11	Orluis Aular (Ven) Movistar Team	0:00:27
12	Christophe Laporte (Fra) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:28
13	Ethan Hayter (Gbr) Soudal Quick-Step	0:00:29
14	Axel Laurance (Fra) Netcompany INEOS	0:00:30
15	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:00:31
16	Pablo Torres (Esp) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:00:31
17	Carlos Rodríguez (Esp) Netcompany INEOS	0:00:31
18	Fabio Van den Bossche (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step	0:00:32
19	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:00:32
20	Marco Brenner (Ger) Uno-X Mobility	0:00:32
21	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek	0:00:33
22	Bastien Tronchon (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:00:35
23	Andreas Kron (Den) Uno-X Mobility	0:00:35
24	Enric Mas (Esp) Movistar Team	0:00:37
25	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost	0:00:37
26	João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:00:40
27	Harold Tejada (Col) XDS Astana Team	0:00:40
28	Iván Romeo (Esp) Movistar Team	0:00:40
29	Ben Tulett (Gbr) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:40
30	Will Barta (Usa) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:00:40
31	Carlos Canal (Esp) Movistar Team	0:00:41
32	Santiago Buitrago (Col) Bahrain-Victorious	0:00:42
33	Luke Tuckwell (Aus) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:00:43
34	Pau Miquel (Esp) Bahrain-Victorious	0:00:45
35	Clément Berthet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:00:47
36	Victor Langellotti (Mco) XDS Astana Team	0:00:48
37	Enzo Paleni (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:00:49
38	Sepp Kuss (Usa) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:49
39	David González (Esp) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:00:51
40	Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) NSN Cycling Team	0:00:52
41	Gijs Leemreize (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	0:00:52
42	Milan Vader (Ned) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:00:53
43	Oscar Onley (Gbr) Netcompany INEOS	0:00:54
44	Fredrik Dversnes Lavik (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:00:56
45	Guillaume Martin (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:00:56
46	Jørgen Nordhagen (Nor) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:57
47	Francesco Busatto (Ita) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:00:58
48	Bryan Coquard (Fra) Cofidis	0:00:58
49	Filippo Zana (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step	0:00:58
50	Pavel Sivakov (Fra) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:00:59
51	Vito Braet (Bel) Lotto Intermarché	0:00:59
52	Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:01:01
53	Jakob Omrzel (Slo) Bahrain-Victorious	0:01:02
54	Alessandro Covi (Ita) Team Jayco AlUla	0:01:03
55	Jack Haig (Aus) Netcompany INEOS	0:01:03
56	Rasmus Tiller (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:01:05
57	Paul Double (Gbr) Team Jayco AlUla	0:01:05
58	Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:01:06
59	Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:01:07
60	Mario Aparicio (Esp) Burgos Burpellet BH	0:01:07
61	Clément Alleno (Fra) Burgos Burpellet BH	0:01:08
62	Matthew Riccitello (Usa) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:01:08
63	Felix Gall (Aut) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:01:08
64	Rémy Rochas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:01:09
65	Urko Berrade (Esp) Equipo Kern Pharma	0:01:09
66	Lars Craps (Bel) Lotto Intermarché	0:01:12
67	George Bennett (Nzl) NSN Cycling Team	0:01:12
68	Rudy Porter (Aus) Team Jayco AlUla	0:01:13
69	Henri-François Renard-Haquin (Fra) Team Picnic PostNL	0:01:13
70	Alessandro Romele (Ita) XDS Astana Team	0:01:13
71	David de la Cruz (Esp) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:01:14
72	Simon Dalby (Den) Uno-X Mobility	0:01:15
73	Gianmarco Garofoli (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step	0:01:16
74	Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Movistar Team	0:01:16
75	Thomas Gloag (Gbr) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:01:16
76	Alberto Dainese (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step	0:01:17
77	Jarno Widar (Bel) Lotto Intermarché	0:01:17
78	Walter Calzoni (Ita) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:01:19
79	Ibon Ruiz (Esp) Equipo Kern Pharma	0:01:22
80	Cristián Rodríguez (Esp) XDS Astana Team	0:01:22
81	Luca Van Boven (Bel) Lotto Intermarché	0:01:24
82	Finlay Pickering (Gbr) Team Jayco AlUla	0:01:25
83	Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step	0:01:32
84	Eddie Dunbar (Irl) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:01:32
85	Larry Warbasse (Usa) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:01:37
86	Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:01:41
87	Mats Wenzel (Lux) Equipo Kern Pharma	0:01:42
88	Julien Bernard (Fra) Lidl-Trek	0:01:43
89	Sylvain Moniquet (Bel) Cofidis	0:01:45
90	Juan Felipe Rodriguez (Col) EF Education-EasyPost	0:01:48
91	Joshua Tarling (Gbr) Netcompany INEOS	0:01:49
92	Alexis Renard (Fra) Cofidis	0:01:50
93	Oscar Chamberlain (Aus) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:01:54
94	Henok Mulubrhan (Eri) XDS Astana Team	0:01:56
95	César Macías (Mex) Burgos Burpellet BH	0:01:57
96	Ivo Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:01:59
97	Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Cofidis	0:02:00
98	Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) XDS Astana Team	0:02:00
99	Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Lotto Intermarché	0:02:02
100	Sander De Pestel (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:02:03
101	Ben Turner (Gbr) Netcompany INEOS	0:02:06
102	Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) EF Education-EasyPost	0:02:08
103	Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Team Jayco AlUla	0:02:10
104	Thibau Nys (Bel) Lidl-Trek	0:02:12
105	Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:02:14
106	Fabian Weiss (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:02:18
107	Pablo Castrillo (Esp) Movistar Team	0:02:19
108	James Shaw (Gbr) EF Education-EasyPost	0:02:23
109	José Luis Faura (Esp) Burgos Burpellet BH	0:02:25
110	Kaden Groves (Aus) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:02:27
111	Floris Van Tricht (Bel) NSN Cycling Team	0:02:29
112	Michael Gogl (Aut) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:02:30
113	Jordi Meeus (Bel) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:02:30
114	Iván Ramiro Sosa (Col) Equipo Kern Pharma	0:02:32
115	Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:02:33
116	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng (Nor) Netcompany INEOS	0:02:33
117	Marc Brustenga (Esp) Equipo Kern Pharma	0:02:33
118	Markel Beloki (Esp) EF Education-EasyPost	0:02:35
119	Lindsay De Vylder (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:02:35
120	Roland Thalmann (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:02:37
121	Mattia Gaffuri (Ita) Team Picnic PostNL	0:02:38
122	Yevgeniy Fedorov (Kaz) XDS Astana Team	0:02:39
123	Callum Scotson (Aus) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:02:41
124	Roman Ermakov (Rus) Bahrain-Victorious	0:02:41
125	Timo Roosen (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	0:02:43
126	Matevž Govekar (Slo) Bahrain-Victorious	0:02:44
127	Hannes Wilksch (Ger) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:02:44
128	Timo de Jong (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	0:02:47
129	Jan Hirt (Cze) NSN Cycling Team	0:02:48
130	Marcel Camprubí (Esp) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:02:48
131	Gal Glivar (Slo) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:02:48
132	Paul Ourselin (Fra) Cofidis	0:02:51
133	Kevin Vermaerke (Usa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:02:53
134	Lennard Kämna (Ger) Lidl-Trek	0:02:55
135	Pello Bilbao (Esp) Bahrain-Victorious	0:02:58
136	Mikel Landa (Esp) Soudal Quick-Step	0:02:59
137	Xabier Mikel Azparren (Esp) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:03:03
138	Sergio Samitier (Esp) Cofidis	0:03:05
139	Moritz Kretschy (Ger) NSN Cycling Team	0:03:07
140	Pau Martí (Esp) NSN Cycling Team	0:03:07
141	Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Lidl-Trek	0:03:10
142	Steffen De Schuyteneer (Bel) Lotto Intermarché	0:03:11
143	Attila Valter (Hun) Bahrain-Victorious	0:03:12
144	Juan Guillermo Martinez (Col) Team Picnic PostNL	0:03:13
145	Mathias Norsgaard Sunekær (Den) Lidl-Trek	0:03:14
146	Raúl García Pierna (Esp) Movistar Team	0:03:18
147	Iñigo Elosegui (Esp) Equipo Kern Pharma	0:03:19
148	Nick Schultz (Aus) NSN Cycling Team	0:03:29
149	Frederik Wandahl (Den) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:03:30
150	Callum Thornley (Gbr) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:03:36
151	Jorge Arcas (Esp) Movistar Team	0:03:38
152	Reuben Thompson (Nzl) Lotto Intermarché	0:03:42
153	Louis Rouland (Fra) Cofidis	0:03:42
154	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost	0:03:49
155	Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Netcompany INEOS	0:04:07
156	Bruno Armirail (Fra) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:04:07
157	Jesús Herrada (Esp) Burgos Burpellet BH	0:04:09
158	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk (Ned) Lotto Intermarché	0:04:20
159	Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team Jayco AlUla	0:04:21
160	Martin Tjøtta (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:04:22
161	Patrick Konrad (Aut) Lidl-Trek	0:04:23
162	Gianni Moscon (Ita) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:04:26
163	Asbjørn Hellemose (Den) Team Jayco AlUla	0:04:27
164	Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:04:32
165	Alastair MacKellar (Aus) EF Education-EasyPost	0:04:44
166	Mathijs Paasschens (Ned) Bahrain-Victorious	0:04:47
167	Sinuhé Fernández (Esp) Burgos Burpellet BH	0:04:49
168	Darren Rafferty (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost	0:04:49
169	Hugo Houle (Can) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:04:58
170	Arthur Kluckers (Lux) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:05:15
171	Valentin Paret-Peintre (Fra) Soudal Quick-Step	0:05:18
172	Diego Uriarte (Esp) Equipo Kern Pharma	0:05:58
173	Magnus Cort (Den) Uno-X Mobility	0:06:05
174	Domen Novak (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:07:42
175	Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) NSN Cycling Team	0:10:50
176	Hamish McKenzie (Aus) Team Jayco AlUla	0:10:54
177	Oliver Peace (Gbr) Team Picnic PostNL	0:11:23
178	Darren van Bekkum (Ned) XDS Astana Team	0:11:34
179	Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Picnic PostNL	0:11:55
180	José Manuel Díaz (Esp) Burgos Burpellet BH	0:11:55
181	Iván Cobo (Esp) Equipo Kern Pharma	0:13:17
182	Alex Kirsch (Lux) Cofidis	0:16:45
183	Sente Sentjens (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:17:02

Deutschland Tour: Isaac del Toro seals overall title as Paul Magnier wins finale stage 4 in Heilbronn

kirsten.frattini@futurenet.com (Kirsten Frattini) — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 14:46:24 +0000

Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) sealed the overall victory at the Deutschland Tour on Sunday, and while he started the finale stage 4 with a hefty lead, he wasn't going to end the race without a fight.

The Mexican all-rounder, while wearing the leader's jersey, attacked in the final run-in to Heilbronn and gained a sizeable lead in pursuit of both stage victory and overall title.

However, his efforts ended when the charging peloton caught and passed him as they set up for a bunch sprint won by Paul Magnier (Soudal-QuickStep).

Magnier took the stage 4 victory ahead of Danny van Poppel (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) and Tim Torn Teutenberg (Lidl-Trek).

Del Toro rode away with the overall victory in the four-day race, 53 seconds ahead of runner-up Louis Barré (Visma-Lease a Bike) and 1:08 ahead of third-placed Marc Hirschi (Tudor Pro Cycling).

The final stage of the Lidl Deutschland Tour was 156.5km in Heilbronn with one categorised ascent at the start and three punchy climbs, Jägerhaus (2.1km), in the last 50km located one per finishing circuit.

With 50km to go, a breakaway of five included Dominik Röber (Team Vorarlberg), Ian Kings (Visma-Lease a Bike Development), Miguel Heidemann (REMBE-rad-net) and Ben Felix Jochum (Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur). They held 25 seconds over the pair of Ko Molenaar (Development Team Picnic PostNL) and Lennart Voege (Storck-MRW Bau), who were part of the initial move but struggled to hang on to their breakaway companions.

The peloton remained roughly a minute and a half behind, but as the race headed into the hills on the three finishing circuits, the gap dropped to just 20 seconds, and the breakaway was reduced to just three riders: King, Heidemann and Jochum.

The trio pushed their lead out to 35 seconds at the start of the last lap, but their efforts appeared doomed with UAE Team Emirates-XRG towing the peloton for their leader Del Toro.

Heading into the last time over Jägerhaus, the break held a slim 10 seconds, but the field was all back together at the base of the 2.1km climb.

Over the top, Del Toro, Barré and Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek) opened a gap, but on the run-in to the finish it was Del Toro who was alone, wearing the leader's jersey, and in pursuit of the final stage victory and overall title.

His overall victory was never in doubt, but the stage win wasn't meant to be as the field caught him on the run-in to the finish line.

Paul Magnier (Image credit: Getty Images)

Results

Position	Rider	Time
1	Paul Magnier (Fra) Soudal-Quick-Step	3:37:39
2	Danny van Poppel (Ned) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:00:00
3	Tim Torn Teutenberg (Ger) Lidl-Trek	0:00:00
4	Tibor Del Grosso (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:00:00
5	Edoardo Zambanini (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious	0:00:00
6	Natnael Tesfatsion (Eri) Movistar Team	0:00:00
7	Clément Venturini (Fra) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:00:00
8	Alan Jousseaume (Fra) Cofidis	0:00:00
9	Benjamin Thomas (Fra) TotalEnergies	0:00:00
10	Tijmen Graat (Ned) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:00
11	António Morgado (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:00:00
12	Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra) TotalEnergies	0:00:00
13	Henri Uhlig (Ger) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:00:00
14	Andrea Raccagni Noviero (Ita) Soudal-Quick-Step	0:00:00
15	Alexandre Kess (Lux) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur	0:00:00
16	Frank van den Broek (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	0:00:00
17	Isaac del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:00:00
18	Stefano Oldani (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:00:00
19	Lander Loockx (Bel) Team Storck-MRW Bau	0:00:00
20	Edgar David Cadena (Mex) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:00:00
21	Senna Remijn (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:00:00
22	Louis Barré (Fra) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:00
23	Dylan Teuns (Bel) Cofidis	0:00:00
24	Jan Maas (Ned) Cofidis	0:00:00
25	Jonas Rutsch (Ger) Germany	0:00:00
26	Gorka Sorarrain (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:00:00
27	Florian Stork (Ger) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:00:00
28	Marc Hirschi (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:00:00
29	Pelayo Sánchez (Esp) Movistar Team	0:00:00
30	Matteo Sobrero (Ita) Lidl-Trek	0:00:00
31	Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Germany	0:00:00
32	Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Soudal-Quick-Step	0:00:00
33	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	0:00:00
34	Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team	0:00:05
35	Giulio Pellizzari (Ita) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:00:07
36	Luca Vergallito (Ita) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:00:07
37	Robin Donzé (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:00:07
38	Juan Pedro López (Esp) Movistar Team	0:00:07
39	Nils Politt (Ger) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:00:07
40	Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Soudal-Quick-Step	0:00:11
41	Carlos Verona (Esp) Lidl-Trek	0:00:13
42	Giovanni Aleotti (Ita) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:00:25
43	Pavel Novák (Cze) Movistar Team	0:00:50
44	Tobias Müller (Ger) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:01:41
45	John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Picnic PostNL	0:01:41
46	Ian Kings (Ger) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:01:41
47	Roy Hoogendoorn (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	0:01:41
48	Leon Arenz (Ger) REMBE \| rad-net	0:01:41
49	Noé Ury (Lux) Team Storck-MRW Bau	0:01:41
50	Yaël Joalland (Fra) Cofidis	0:01:41
51	Martijn Rasenberg (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:01:41
52	Guus van den Eijnden (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:01:41
53	Paul Voß (Ger) Germany	0:01:41
54	Alvaro Sagrado (Esp) Team Storck-MRW Bau	0:01:41
55	Fran Miholjević (Cro) Bahrain-Victorious	0:01:41
56	Max Walscheid (Ger) Lidl-Trek	0:01:41
57	Ole Theiler (Ger) REMBE \| rad-net	0:01:41
58	Julian Borresch (Ger) REMBE \| rad-net	0:01:41
59	Nikias Arndt (Ger) Bahrain-Victorious	0:01:41
60	Arno Wallenborn (Lux) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur	0:01:41
61	Johannes Adamietz (Ger) REMBE \| rad-net	0:01:41
62	Théo Hébert (Fra) TotalEnergies	0:01:41
63	Rainer Kepplinger (Aut) Bahrain-Victorious	0:01:41
64	Joren Bloem (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:01:41
65	Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:01:41
66	Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain-Victorious	0:01:41
67	Miguel Heidemann (Ger) REMBE \| rad-net	0:03:19
68	Bart Lemmen (Ned) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:04:37
69	Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:04:37
70	Alberto Bruttomesso (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious	0:04:37
71	Alessio Magagnotti (Ita) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:04:37
72	Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Soudal-Quick-Step	0:04:37
73	Jarrad Drizners (Aus) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:04:37
74	Luc Wirtgen (Lux) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:04:37
75	Mil Morang (Lux) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur	0:04:37
76	Felix Groß (Ger) Germany	0:04:37
77	Ben Felix Jochum (Ger) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur	0:04:37
78	Gorka Corres (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:04:37
79	Jesper Stiansen (Nor) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:04:37
80	Marco Haller (Aut) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:04:37
81	Fabien Doubey (Fra) TotalEnergies	0:06:35
82	Michel Hessmann (Ger) Movistar Team	0:07:09
83	William Smith (Gbr) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:07:09
84	Niels Vandeputte (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:07:09
85	Moritz Mauss (Ger) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:07:38
86	Mees Vlot (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	0:07:52
87	Lennart Voege (Ger) Team Storck-MRW Bau	0:08:44
88	Joshua Huppertz (Ger) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur	0:08:44
89	Jonathan Malte Rottmann (Ger) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur	0:08:44
90	Patrick Reißig (Ger) Germany	0:08:44
91	Ellande Larronde (Fra) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:08:44
92	Niklas Märkl (Ger) Team Picnic PostNL	0:08:44
93	Dominik Röber (Ger) Germany	0:08:44
94	Lorenzo De Longhi (Ita) Cofidis	0:08:44
95	Rory Townsend (Irl) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:08:44
96	Laurenz Rex (Bel) Soudal-Quick-Step	0:10:28
97	Ko Molenaar (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	0:10:28
98	Jakob Neumann (Ger) Team Storck-MRW Bau	0:10:28
DNS	Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Lidl-Trek	-
DNS	Alexander Hajek (Aut) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	-

Final general classification after stage 4

Position	Rider	Time
1	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	17:39:48
2	Louis Barré (Fra) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:53
3	Marc Hirschi (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:01:08
4	Andrea Raccagni Noviero (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step	0:01:24
5	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	0:01:25
6	Natnael Tesfatsion (Eri) Movistar Team	0:01:25
7	Gorka Sorarrain (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:01:26
8	Stefano Oldani (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:01:28
9	Edgar David Cadena (Mex) Soudal Quick-Step	0:01:28
10	Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Team Storck-MRW Bau	0:01:33
11	Florian Stork (Ger) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:01:35
12	Dylan Teuns (Bel) Cofidis	0:01:36
13	Giulio Pellizzari (Ita) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:01:36
14	Lander Loockx (Bel) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:01:38
15	Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra) TotalEnergies	0:01:39
16	Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Germany	0:01:42
17	Senna Remijn (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:01:58
18	Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Cofidis	0:01:59
19	António Morgado (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:02:17
20	Jonas Rutsch (Ger) Germany	0:02:23
21	Frank van den Broek (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	0:02:27
22	Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team	0:02:30
23	Matteo Sobrero (Ita) Lidl-Trek	0:02:32
24	Juan Pedro López (Esp) Movistar Team	0:02:36
25	Luca Vergallito (Ita) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:02:39
26	Pelayo Sánchez (Esp) Movistar Team	0:02:40
27	Giovanni Aleotti (Ita) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:03:03
28	Johannes Adamietz (Ger) REMBE \| rad-net	0:04:04
29	Tijmen Graat (Ned) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:04:08
30	Rainer Kepplinger (Aut) Bahrain-Victorious	0:05:02
31	Arno Wallenborn (Lux) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur	0:05:24
32	Edoardo Zambanini (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious	0:06:44
33	Henri Uhlig (Ger) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:07:25
34	Nils Politt (Ger) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:07:44
35	Robin Donzé (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:07:52
36	Pavel Novák (Cze) Movistar Team	0:08:54
37	Jan Maas (Ned) Cofidis	0:08:55
38	Nikias Arndt (Ger) Bahrain-Victorious	0:09:25
39	Alan Jousseaume (Fra) TotalEnergies	0:09:25
40	Théo Hébert (Fra) TotalEnergies	0:09:53
41	Bart Lemmen (Ned) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:11:23
42	Martijn Rasenberg (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:11:49
43	Fran Miholjević (Cro) Bahrain-Victorious	0:11:52
44	Jesper Stiansen (Nor) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:12:19
45	Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:12:20
46	Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:13:59
47	Gorka Corres (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:14:11
48	Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Soudal Quick-Step	0:14:13
49	Michel Hessmann (Ger) Movistar Team	0:14:55
50	Fabien Doubey (Fra) TotalEnergies	0:17:00
51	Carlos Verona (Esp) Lidl-Trek	0:17:30
52	Clément Venturini (Fra) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:22:08
53	Guus van den Eijnden (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:24:36
54	Paul Voß (Ger) Germany	0:26:19
55	Leon Arenz (Ger) REMBE \| rad-net	0:26:26
56	Tibor Del Grosso (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:26:56
57	Paul Magnier (Fra) Soudal Quick-Step	0:27:25
58	Tim Torn Teutenberg (Ger) Lidl-Trek	0:27:32
59	Danny van Poppel (Ned) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:29:20
60	Tobias Müller (Ger) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:29:29
61	Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step	0:29:56
62	Alexandre Kess (Lux) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur	0:29:56
63	Ellande Larronde (Fra) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:30:09
64	Joren Bloem (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:31:06
65	John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Picnic PostNL	0:32:08
66	Mil Morang (Lux) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur	0:32:30
67	Max Walscheid (Ger) Lidl-Trek	0:32:35
68	Miguel Heidemann (Ger) REMBE \| rad-net	0:33:38
69	Alvaro Sagrado (Esp) Team Storck-MRW Bau	0:34:17
70	Ben Felix Jochum (Ger) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur	0:35:03
71	William Smith (Gbr) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:37:45
72	Patrick Reißig (Ger) Germany	0:37:48
73	Dominik Röber (Ger) Germany	0:38:20
74	Marco Haller (Aut) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:39:10
75	Yaël Joalland (Fra) Cofidis	0:39:37
76	Mees Vlot (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	0:40:00
77	Ole Theiler (Ger) REMBE \| rad-net	0:40:36
78	Julian Borresch (Ger) REMBE \| rad-net	0:42:17
79	Ian Kings (Ger) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:44:32
80	Roy Hoogendoorn (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	0:44:32
81	Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain-Victorious	0:44:42
82	Noé Ury (Lux) Team Storck-MRW Bau	0:44:46
83	Jarrad Drizners (Aus) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:44:52
84	Moritz Mauss (Ger) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:45:42
85	Alessio Magagnotti (Ita) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:47:18
86	Alberto Bruttomesso (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious	0:47:22
87	Felix Groß (Ger) Germany	0:47:22
88	Luc Wirtgen (Lux) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:47:27
89	Laurenz Rex (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step	0:48:25
90	Niels Vandeputte (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:50:28
91	Lorenzo De Longhi (Ita) Cofidis	0:51:31
92	Rory Townsend (Irl) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:51:35
93	Niklas Märkl (Ger) Team Picnic PostNL	0:51:36
94	Lennart Voege (Ger) Team Storck-MRW Bau	0:51:38
95	Jonathan Malte Rottmann (Ger) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur	0:51:42
96	Joshua Huppertz (Ger) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur	0:51:43
97	Ko Molenaar (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	0:53:24
98	Jakob Neumann (Ger) Team Storck-MRW Bau	1:02:15

Renewi Tour: Jasper Philipsen wins overall title with hat trick of sprint victories on stage 5

James Moultrie — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 14:10:56 +0000

Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Premier Tech) dominated the final stage of the Renewi Tour to confirm his overall title, covering every move from his rivals in a tricky final 10km, before freestyling in the sprint to win at a canter in Leuven.

As several attacks were launched in the run for home, Philipsen stayed calm in the blue and green leader's jersey, making sure he was never far from the wheel of closest overall challenger Jenno Berckmoes (Lotto Intermarché), whose big attack in the final 6km failed to distance his compatriot.

An all-out day of racing and a crash in the last 2km meant that Philipsen was without a lead-out in the last kilometre, with Uno-X Mobility trying to steal a march with a late solo burst from Carl-Frederik Bévort.

However, Philipsen always seemed in control, popping out of the bunch early to launch his sprint, storming into Bévort's wheel and slingshotting out of his slipstream to claim a hat-trick of stage wins and the GC title.

Following him for second were Luca Mozzato (Tudor) and Mike Teunissen (XDS Astana), but neither were close to challenging the dominant overall winner, who celebrated across the finish line.

"It's quite unique to take the WorldTour stage race win, so it's something which I never achieved in the past," said Philipsen after taking only his second pro stage race title and first at WorldTour level.

"It's an honour to win here as well; also, it's my home country, so it was a week to remember and a nice one for the team.

"Every win is important. We just try to give everything from the start of the season to the end. I'm happy with the condition now after the Tour; it's much, much better than I even hoped for. I'm just going to enjoy this victory together with the team."

An attacking day in and around Leuven

The final stage of the Renewi Tour kicked off from Leuven, where the riders would also finish after 183.7km of racing around the host of the 2021 World Championships. A two-man early breakaway of Frederik Frison (Pinarello Q36.5) and Robert Stannard (Bahrain Victorious) attacked up the road from kilometre zero to get the action started.

They led by 2:45 over the peloton, with a group of four chasers soon making it up to the leading duo: Edward Theuns (Lidl-Trek), Emil Herzog (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), Dries De Bondt (Jayco AlUla) and Hartthijs de Vries (Unibet Rose Rockets), to make it six in the lead.

When they joined together with 70km to go, the urgency went up in the peloton, with NSN and Decathlon CMA CGM working tirelessly to try and bring back a 2:11 lead heading into the final 50km.

With 25km to go and not much changing in terms of action, the six-man breakaway remained in front, but with a much smaller advantage of only 46 seconds, as UAE Team Emirates-XRG began to help chase down the leaders.

UAE showed their hand with 10km to go, after Mikkel Bjerg led out Florian Vermeersch for a big attack. This had an impact, splitting the front of the peloton, but the group that went with him was too big, meaning poor cooperation and a quick regrouping.

The attacks weren't done, though, with Pavel Bittner (Picnic PostNL) and Matyáš Kopecký (Unibet Rose Rockets) bridging across to the six leaders, only for the breakaway to be caught entirely when a surge from Berckmoes brought the race leader Philipsen to the front of proceedings.

With a sprint looking certain, the last bid for glory came from Uno-X Mobility's Carl-Frederik Bévort, who attacked with 1.5km to go and had the advantage over the faltering peloton. However, work from XDS Astana kept the bunch close enough, allowing Philipsen to surge across to his wheel and still win the final sprint of a hectic week of racing in Belgium.

Results

Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	4:06:49
2	Luca Mozzato (Ita) Tudor Pro Cycling Team
3	Mike Teunissen (Ned) XDS Astana Team
4	Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike
5	Alessandro Borgo (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious
6	Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto Intermarché
7	Marijn van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost
8	Carl-Frederik Bévort (Den) Uno-X Mobility
9	Toms Skujiņš (Lat) Netcompany INEOS
10	Kim Heiduk (Ger) Lidl-Trek
11	Jon Barrenetxea (Esp) Movistar Team
12	Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets
13	Matteo Trentin (Ita) Tudor Pro Cycling Team
14	Siebe Deweirdt (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise
15	Florian Vermeersch (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
16	Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step
17	Robert Donaldson (Gbr) Team Jayco AlUla
18	Brent Van Moer (Bel) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
19	Emil Herzog (Ger) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
20	Tim van Dijke (Ned) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
21	Jonas Geens (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
22	Davide Ballerini (Ita) XDS Astana Team
23	Quinten Hermans (Bel) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
24	Matyáš Kopecký (Cze) Unibet Rose Rockets
25	Pepijn Reinderink (Ned) Soudal Quick-Step
26	Davide Toneatti (Ita) XDS Astana Team
27	Pietro Mattio (Ita) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike
28	Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step
29	Cees Bol (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM Team
30	Olav Kooij (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM Team
31	Axel Huens (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
32	Mikkel Bjerg (Den) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
33	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) NSN Cycling Team
34	Alec Segaert (Bel) Bahrain-Victorious
35	Michiel Lambrecht (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise
36	Tim Marsman (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech
37	Pavel Bittner (Cze) Team Picnic PostNL
38	Iván García Cortina (Esp) Movistar Team
39	Igor Arrieta (Esp) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
40	Thibaud Gruel (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
41	Julius van den Berg (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL
42	Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
43	Matej Mohorič (Slo) Bahrain-Victorious
44	Clément Russo (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
45	Luke Lamperti (Usa) EF Education-EasyPost
46	Menno Huising (Ned) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike
47	Robert Stannard (Aus) Bahrain-Victorious
48	Senne Thonnon (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise
49	Kevin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ United
50	William Blume Levy (Den) Uno-X Mobility
51	Manlio Moro (Ita) Movistar Team	0:00:40
52	Abram Stockman (Bel) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:00:40
53	Arjen Livyns (Bel) XDS Astana Team	0:00:40
54	Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:00:00
55	Sean Flynn (Gbr) Team Picnic PostNL	0:00:40
56	Storm Ingebrigtsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:00:40
57	Arvid de Kleijn (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:00:40
58	Edward Theuns (Bel) Lidl-Trek	0:00:00
59	Dries De Bondt (Bel) Team Jayco AlUla	0:00:00
60	Vincent Van Hemelen (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise	0:00:40
61	Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Lidl-Trek	0:00:00
62	Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Lidl-Trek	0:01:05
63	Aimé De Gendt (Bel) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:00:00
64	Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:01:05
65	Johan Jacobs (Sui) Groupama-FDJ United	0:01:05
66	Kamil Gradek (Pol) Bahrain-Victorious	0:01:12
67	Dries De Pooter (Bel) Team Jayco AlUla	0:01:40
68	Aaron Gate (Nzl) XDS Astana Team	0:01:40
69	Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) Lotto Intermarché	0:01:40
70	Jakob Söderqvist (Swe) Lidl-Trek	0:01:40
71	Jules Hesters (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise	0:02:02
72	Connor Swift (Gbr) Netcompany INEOS	0:02:02
73	Hartthijs de Vries (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:02:21
74	Mick van Dijke (Ned) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:02:21
75	Tomáš Kopecký (Cze) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:00:00
76	Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Soudal Quick-Step	0:02:37
77	Silvan Dillier (Sui) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:03:00
78	Fabian Lienhard (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:03:00
79	Luke Durbridge (Aus) Team Jayco AlUla	0:03:00
80	Lennert Belmans (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:03:00
81	Aivaras Mikutis (Ltu) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:03:00
82	Arne Marit (Bel) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:03:00
83	Sam Bennett (Irl) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:03:00
84	Frederik Frison (Bel) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:03:00
85	Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-EasyPost	0:00:00
86	Bob Jungels (Lux) Netcompany INEOS	0:03:20
87	Maurice Ballerstedt (Ger) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:03:20
88	Leander Van Hautegem (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise	0:03:20
89	Nils Eekhoff (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	0:03:20
90	Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:03:20
91	Ferre Geeraerts (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise	0:03:20
92	Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step	0:03:20
93	Martin Svrček (Svk) Soudal Quick-Step	0:03:20
94	Elmar Reinders (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:03:20
95	Lorenzo Milesi (Ita) Movistar Team	0:03:20
96	Kamil Małecki (Pol) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:03:20
97	Biniam Girmay (Eri) NSN Cycling Team	0:00:00
98	Guillaume Boivin (Can) NSN Cycling Team	0:03:59
99	James Knox (Gbr) Team Picnic PostNL	0:04:09
100	Sebastian Kolze Changizi (Den) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:05:07
101	Daan Hoole (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:06:14
102	Artem Shmidt (Usa) Netcompany INEOS	0:06:14
103	Julius Johansen (Den) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:06:14
104	Lev Gonov (Rus) XDS Astana Team	0:08:33
105	Dillon Corkery (Irl) Team Picnic PostNL	0:10:55
106	Felix Ørn-Kristoff (Nor) Lotto Intermarché	0:10:55
107	Joshua Giddings (Gbr) Lotto Intermarché	0:10:55
108	Robbe Ghys (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:10:55
109	Samuel Watson (Gbr) Netcompany INEOS	0:00:00
DNF	Matteo Milan (Ita) Groupama-FDJ United	DNF
DNF	Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Jayco AlUla	DNF
DNF	Gleb Syritsa (Rus) XDS Astana Team	DNF
DNF	Tim Naberman (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	DNF
DNF	Jonas Hem Hvideberg (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	DNF
DNF	Davide Formolo (Ita) Movistar Team	DNF
DNF	Nadav Raisberg (Isr) NSN Cycling Team	DNF
DNF	Maikel Zijlaard (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	DNF
DNS	Arnaud De Lie (Bel) Lotto Intermarché	DNS
DNS	Lukáš Kubiš (Svk) Unibet Rose Rockets	DNS

Final general classification after stage 5

Position	Rider	Time
1	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	19:28:57
2	Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto Intermarché	+0:00:14
3	Olav Kooij (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	+0:00:20
4	Mike Teunissen (Ned) XDS Astana Team	+0:00:32
5	Quinten Hermans (Bel) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+0:00:33
6	Alec Segaert (Bel) Bahrain-Victorious	+0:00:37
7	Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	+0:00:37
8	Matteo Trentin (Ita) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	+0:00:38
9	Robert Donaldson (Gbr) Team Jayco AlUla	+0:00:39
10	Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+0:00:40
11	Axel Huens (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	+0:00:40
12	Marijn van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost	+0:00:41
13	Tim van Dijke (Ned) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+0:00:41
14	Pepijn Reinderink (Ned) Soudal Quick-Step	+0:00:41
15	Toms Skujiņš (Lat) Lidl-Trek	+0:00:42
16	Pavel Bittner (Cze) Team Picnic PostNL	+0:00:44
17	Florian Vermeersch (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	+0:00:44
18	Michiel Lambrecht (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise	+0:00:44
19	Kim Heiduk (Ger) Netcompany INEOS	+0:00:44
20	Tomáš Kopecký (Cze) Unibet Rose Rockets	+0:00:44
21	Siebe Deweirdt (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise	+0:00:44
22	Brent Van Moer (Bel) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+0:00:44
23	Pietro Mattio (Ita) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+0:00:44
24	Davide Toneatti (Ita) XDS Astana Team	+0:00:44
25	Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	+0:00:44
26	Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Lidl-Trek	+0:00:44
27	Senne Thonnon (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise	+0:00:53
28	Matej Mohorič (Slo) Bahrain-Victorious	+0:01:01
29	Aimé De Gendt (Bel) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+0:01:01
30	Mikkel Bjerg (Den) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	+0:01:06
31	Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-EasyPost	+0:01:06
32	Jonas Geens (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	+0:01:19
33	Vincent Van Hemelen (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise	+0:01:24
34	Thibaud Gruel (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	+0:01:36
35	Kevin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ United	+0:02:15
36	Aaron Gate (Nzl) XDS Astana Team	+0:02:22
37	Luca Mozzato (Ita) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	+0:02:34
38	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) NSN Cycling Team	+0:03:20
39	Iván García Cortina (Esp) Movistar Team	+0:03:20
40	Julius van den Berg (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	+0:03:22
41	Carl-Frederik Bévort (Den) Uno-X Mobility	+0:03:23
42	Biniam Girmay (Eri) NSN Cycling Team	+0:03:25
43	Cees Bol (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	+0:03:25
44	Mick van Dijke (Ned) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+0:03:27
45	Alessandro Borgo (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious	+0:03:29
46	Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step	+0:03:35
47	Luke Lamperti (Usa) EF Education-EasyPost	+0:03:41
48	Clément Russo (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	+0:03:41
49	Sean Flynn (Gbr) Team Picnic PostNL	+0:04:02
50	Arjen Livyns (Bel) XDS Astana Team	+0:04:05
51	Tim Marsman (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	+0:04:16
52	Samuel Watson (Gbr) Netcompany INEOS	+0:05:01
53	Connor Swift (Gbr) Netcompany INEOS	+0:05:35
54	Dries De Bondt (Bel) Team Jayco AlUla	+0:06:00
55	Robert Stannard (Aus) Bahrain-Victorious	+0:06:20
56	Lorenzo Milesi (Ita) Movistar Team	+0:06:49
57	Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step	+0:06:49
58	Daan Hoole (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	+0:07:20
59	Ferre Geeraerts (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise	+0:08:00
60	Davide Ballerini (Ita) XDS Astana Team	+0:08:35
61	Johan Jacobs (Sui) Groupama-FDJ United	+0:08:58
62	Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+0:09:14
63	Manlio Moro (Ita) Movistar Team	+0:09:41
64	Arne Marit (Bel) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+0:10:03
65	Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	+0:11:15
66	Menno Huising (Ned) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+0:11:15
67	Igor Arrieta (Esp) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	+0:11:24
68	Hartthijs de Vries (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	+0:11:46
69	Emil Herzog (Ger) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+0:11:52
70	Edward Theuns (Bel) Lidl-Trek	+0:12:31
71	William Blume Levy (Den) Uno-X Mobility	+0:12:35
72	Frederik Frison (Bel) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+0:12:42
73	Leander Van Hautegem (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise	+0:12:52
74	Jules Hesters (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise	+0:13:17
75	Abram Stockman (Bel) Unibet Rose Rockets	+0:14:04
76	Kamil Gradek (Pol) Bahrain-Victorious	+0:14:07
77	Sam Bennett (Irl) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+0:14:15
78	Elmar Reinders (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	+0:14:35
79	Jon Barrenetxea (Esp) Movistar Team	+0:14:51
80	Martin Svrček (Svk) Soudal Quick-Step	+0:15:06
81	Guillaume Boivin (Can) NSN Cycling Team	+0:15:14
82	Dries De Pooter (Bel) Team Jayco AlUla	+0:15:25
83	Matyáš Kopecký (Cze) Unibet Rose Rockets	+0:15:40
84	Kamil Małecki (Pol) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+0:15:55
85	Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step	+0:17:28
86	Arvid de Kleijn (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	+0:17:54
87	Julius Johansen (Den) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	+0:18:27
88	Fabian Lienhard (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	+0:18:58
89	Jakob Söderqvist (Swe) Lidl-Trek	+0:19:28
90	Maurice Ballerstedt (Ger) Alpecin-Premier Tech	+0:20:21
91	Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) Lotto Intermarché	+0:21:57
92	Storm Ingebrigtsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	+0:22:02
93	Aivaras Mikutis (Ltu) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	+0:22:19
94	Artem Shmidt (Usa) Netcompany INEOS	+0:25:44
95	Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Lidl-Trek	+0:27:32
96	James Knox (Gbr) Team Picnic PostNL	+0:27:41
97	Lennert Belmans (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	+0:27:54
98	Sebastian Kolze Changizi (Den) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	+0:28:07
99	Joshua Giddings (Gbr) Lotto Intermarché	+0:28:54
100	Silvan Dillier (Sui) Alpecin-Premier Tech	+0:28:59
101	Luke Durbridge (Aus) Team Jayco AlUla	+0:29:46
102	Felix Ørn-Kristoff (Nor) Lotto Intermarché	+0:31:07
103	Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Soudal Quick-Step	+0:31:22
104	Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	+0:31:24
105	Bob Jungels (Lux) Netcompany INEOS	+0:31:49
106	Lev Gonov (Rus) XDS Astana Team	+0:32:38
107	Nils Eekhoff (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	+0:32:40
108	Robbe Ghys (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	+0:33:55
109	Dillon Corkery (Irl) Team Picnic PostNL	+0:38:17

Tour of Britain Women: Kim Le Court-Pienaar claims overall title as unstoppable Lorena Wiebes takes fourth victory in stage 5 finale

Lukas Knöfler — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 13:22:38 +0000

Kim Le Court-Pienaar (AG Insurance-Soudal) has won the Tour of Britain Women. Starting the final stage with a 24-second buffer, her green leader's jersey was never really threatened, and stage 5 finished in a sprint that was won by Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) ahead of Lara Gillespie (UAE Team L'IMAD) and Chiara Consonni (Canyon-SRAM).

A breakaway of three had formed with 97km to go when Sara Martín (Movistar) bridged to Eva van Agt (FDJ United-Suez) and Alice Towers (Great Britain).

They held a gap of up to 2:40 minutes and were still over two minutes ahead atop the final climb in the Burton Dassett Hills Country Park with 30.6km to go, but when the sprinters' teams joined forces in the final, they caught the escapees 1.3km from the line.

The peloton split on a technical final kilometre in Royal Leamington Spa, and Zoe Backstedt (Canyon-SRAM) brought Consonni onto the finishing straight - but then Wiebes launched her sprint from Consonni's wheel and won by several bike lengths while Gillespie pipped Consonni to the line for second place.

Due to the 10-second time bonification for the stage win, Wiebes leapfrogged Liane Lippert (Movistar) in the final GC to finish second overall after a race where she won four of the five stages.

Lorena Wiebes (Image credit: Getty Images)

Another victory for Lorena Wiebes

The final stage covered 123.8km through Warwickshire, starting with a loop to the north of Royal Leamington Spa before heading south along Fosse Way. In Shipston-on-Stour, the race turned back north, taking in two classified climbs before finishing in the start town again.

Margot Vanpachtenbeke (Lidl-Trek) attacked after less than 5km of racing and was quickly joined by Julia Borgström (Hitec Products-Fluid Control) and Morven Yeoman (DAS-Hutchinson), but they were reeled in again very soon.

Van Agt then attacked with 109km to go and was let go, quickly building a half-minute gap. Towers went on the chase, and Van Agt waited for her, making it a break of two that was 40 seconds ahead when Martín jumped from the peloton with 101km to go.

The front duo waited for the Spaniard, who made it to the front 97km from the finish, then they worked together to increase their advantage. When Arabella Blackburn (Handsling Alba) went on a solo chase, the three escapees were 1:40 minutes ahead, and Blackburn soon realised the futility of her effort and dropped back to the peloton.

78km from the finish, there was a crash near the back of the peloton that took down Maggie Coles-Lyster (Human Powered Health), Elynor Backstedt-Calvert, Claire Steels (Movistar), and Ricarda Bauernfeind (Lidl-Trek), though all of them could continue and finish the race.

Alice Towers (Great Britain National Team), Eva Van Agt (FDJ United - Suez), Sara Martin (Movistar Team) (Image credit: SWPix)

When the breakaway rolled through the intermediate sprint atop Frizz Hill outside Wellesbourne, they were 2:03 minutes ahead of the peloton where AG Insurance-Soudal were controlling the race.

Entering the final 50km, UAE Team L’IMAD, Canyon-SRAM, Picnic PostNL, and Liv AlUla Jayco also came to the front, but nonetheless, the gap went out to 2:40 minutes at the bottom of Sun Rising Hill, putting Van Agt in the virtual race lead.

Towers had to leave a small gap to the other two escapees on the short but steep climb but could close it again just before the top. In the peloton, Josie Nelson (Picnic PostNL) attacked and was followed by Le Court-Pienaar, Lippert, and Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig. Le Court-Pienaar countered, but after the steepest part of the hill, Wiebes, Gillespie, Femke de Vries (Visma-Lease a Bike), Kate Courtney (FDJ United-Suez), and Caroline Andersson (Liv AlUla Jayco) could come back from behind.

Andersson and Le Court-Pienaar kept up the pace, then Nelson took over and led the group of nine over the QOM, 2:20 minutes behind the break. More riders joined on the plateau after the climb, there was no cooperation as the group grew bigger and bigger, and after a few unsuccessful attacks, a peloton of around 60 riders entered the climb through Burton Dassett Hills Country Park, 2:33 minutes behind the break.

There were no attacks as Le Court-Pienaar herself set the pace in the peloton, reducing the bunch to only 23 riders at the top, though with another group of ten only seconds behind. At the QOM, they were 2:03 minutes down on the breakaway.

In the bunch, where things slowly but surely came back together, there were several attempts to get away, but none of them lasted long, and when Julia Kopecký and Femke Gerritse (both SD Worx-Protime) came to the fore with 24km to go, it was clear that if the breakaway didn’t succeed, the race would end in a bunch sprint.

The sprinters’ teams had to work hard for it, though, as despite Canyon-SRAM, UAE Team L’IMAD, and Human Powered Health joining in with SD Worx-Protime, who also put Mischa Bredewold to work, the gap stayed above a minute into the last 10km.

Karlijn Swinkels (UAE Team L’IMAD), Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig, and Soraya Paladin (both Canyon-SRAM) also helped in the chase in the final, and with 3.5km to go, the three escapees were only 15 seconds ahead.

There was a brief moment of confusion as Gerritse and Bredewold pulled away when Aude Biannic (Movistar) let a gap open up with 3km to go, but Marit Raaijmakers (Human Powered Health) quickly closed the gap with Wiebes and Coles-Lyster on her wheel and the rest of the bunch following behind.

With the breakaway less than 10 seconds away, Anna Morris (Great Britain) launched a last-minute attack on the penultimate kilometre, but this only served to close the gap to the break just before a right-hand turn with 1.3km to go.

On the final kilometre, Zoe Backstedt started her lead-out for Consonni, and the two 90-degree turns caused splits in the peloton, but Wiebes was perfectly positioned on Consonni’s wheel and launched her sprint out of the final corner, pulling ahead to win the stage by about five bike lengths.

With her four stage victories, Wiebes also won the red points jersey while Lauren Dickson (FDJ United-Suez) won the blue QOM jersey. Nelson was the best-placed British rider in ninth place overall, and Fleur Moors (Lidl-Trek) won the overall combativity prize, the white U23 jersey as 13th in GC, and the team classification together with her Lidl-Trek teammates.

Final overall winner, Kim Le Court-Pienaar (Image credit: Getty Images)

Results

Position	Rider	Time
1	Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Team SD Worx-Protime	3:02:29
2	Lara Gillespie (Irl) UAE Team L'IMAD	0:00:00
3	Chiara Consonni (Ita) CANYON//SRAM	0:00:00
4	Zoe Bäckstedt (Gbr) CANYON//SRAM	0:00:00
5	Pfeiffer Georgi (Gbr) Team Picnic PostNL	0:00:00
6	Josie Nelson (Gbr) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:00
7	Nienke Veenhoven (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	0:00:00
8	Caroline Andersson (Swe) Liv AlUla Jayco	0:00:00
9	Millie Couzens (Gbr) Fenix-Premier Tech	0:00:00
10	Maggie Coles-Lyster (Can) Human Powered Health	0:00:00
11	Letizia Borghesi (Ita) AG Insurance-Soudal Team	0:00:00
12	Fleur Moors (Bel) Lidl-Trek	0:00:00
13	Ally Wollaston (Nzl) FDJ United-SUEZ	0:00:00
14	Lucía Ruiz Pérez (Esp) Movistar Team	0:00:00
15	Liane Lippert (Ger) Movistar Team	0:00:00
16	Julia Borgström (Swe) Hitec Products-Fluid Control	0:00:00
17	Ingvild Gåskjenn (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:00:00
18	Clara Copponi (Fra) Lidl-Trek	0:00:00
19	Noä Jansen (Ned) Liv AlUla Jayco	0:00:00
20	Femke de Vries (Ned) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:00
21	Morven Yeoman (Gbr) DAS-Hutchinson	0:00:00
22	Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) UAE Team L'IMAD	0:00:00
23	Marta Jaskulska (Pol) Human Powered Health	0:00:00
24	Kate Courtney (Usa) FDJ United-SUEZ	0:00:00
25	Quinty Ton (Ned) Liv AlUla Jayco	0:00:00
26	Kim Le Court-Pienaar (Mri) AG Insurance-Soudal Team	0:00:00
27	Mischa Bredewold (Ned) Team SD Worx-Protime	0:00:00
28	Anna Morris (Gbr) Great Britain	0:00:00
29	Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini (Ita) UAE Team L'IMAD	0:00:00
30	Imogen Wolff (Gbr) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:00
31	Riejanne Markus (Ned) Lidl-Trek	0:00:00
32	Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den) CANYON//SRAM	0:00:00
33	Margaux Vigié (Fra) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:00
34	Alexandra Manly (Aus) AG Insurance-Soudal Team	0:00:00
35	Shirin van Anrooij (Ned) Lidl-Trek	0:00:00
36	Margot Vanpachtenbeke (Bel) Lidl-Trek	0:00:00
37	Juliana Londoño (Col) Team Picnic PostNL	0:00:00
38	Eva van Agt (Ned) FDJ United-SUEZ	0:00:00
39	Maud Oudeman (Ned) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:00
40	Marit Raaijmakers (Ned) Human Powered Health	0:00:00
41	Oda Aune Gissinger (Nor) Hitec Products-Fluid Control	0:00:00
42	Marte Berg Edseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:00:00
43	Febe Jooris (Bel) UAE Team L'IMAD	0:00:00
44	Wilma Aintila (Fin) CANYON//SRAM	0:00:00
45	Sara Martín (Esp) Movistar Team	0:00:00
46	Ricarda Bauernfeind (Ger) Lidl-Trek	0:00:00
47	Magdalene Lind (Nor) Hitec Products-Fluid Control	0:00:00
48	Noémie Thomson (Gbr) DAS-Hutchinson	0:00:00
49	Alice Towers (Gbr) Great Britain	0:00:00
50	Francesca Barale (Ita) Movistar Team	0:00:00
51	Erica Magnaldi (Ita) UAE Team L'IMAD	0:00:00
52	Claire Steels (Gbr) Movistar Team	0:00:00
53	Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech	0:00:00
54	Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team	0:00:00
55	Marthe Truyen (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech	0:00:00
56	Flora Perkins (Gbr) Fenix-Premier Tech	0:00:00
57	Justyna Czapla (Ger) CANYON//SRAM	0:00:00
58	Dilyxine Miermont (Fra) Team Picnic PostNL	0:00:00
59	Léa Curinier (Fra) FDJ United-SUEZ	0:00:00
60	Lauren Dickson (Gbr) FDJ United-SUEZ	0:00:00
61	Petra Stiasny (Sui) Human Powered Health	0:00:00
62	Josie Talbot (Aus) Liv AlUla Jayco	0:00:00
63	Soraya Paladin (Ita) CANYON//SRAM	0:00:24
64	Julia Kopecký (Cze) Team SD Worx-Protime	0:00:46
65	Femke Gerritse (Ned) Team SD Worx-Protime	0:01:26
66	Katrine Aalerud (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:01:41
67	Amalie Cooper (Gbr) Great Britain	0:01:41
68	Stine Marie Snortheim (Nor) Hitec Products-Fluid Control	0:01:41
69	Teuntje Beekhuis (Ned) Uno-X Mobility	0:01:41
70	Beth Morrow (Gbr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team	0:01:41
71	Fien Van Eynde (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech	0:01:41
72	Alberte Greve (Den) Uno-X Mobility	0:02:29
73	Lucy Lee (Gbr) DAS-Hutchinson	0:02:57
74	Ida Krickau Ketelsen (Den) O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes	0:03:10
75	Amandine Fouquenet (Fra) AG Insurance-Soudal Team	0:03:10
76	Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Uno-X Mobility	0:03:34
77	Aniek van Alphen (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech	0:05:01
78	Elynor Bäckstedt (Gbr) UAE Team L'IMAD	0:05:33
79	Madelaine Leech (Gbr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team	0:05:33
80	Alma Walther Møller Rasmussen (Den) Hitec Products-Fluid Control	0:07:48
81	Tiffany Keep (Rsa) DAS-Hutchinson	0:07:48
82	Anna Flynn (Gbr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team	0:07:48
83	Daniela Hezinová (Cze) Team Picnic PostNL	0:09:26
84	Marthe Goossens (Bel) AG Insurance-Soudal Team	0:09:26
85	Amber Pate (Aus) Liv AlUla Jayco	0:09:26
86	Audrey De Keersmaeker (Bel) Team Picnic PostNL	0:09:26
87	Arabella Rosalie Blackburn (Gbr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team	0:09:26
88	Amelia Cebak (Gbr) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team	0:09:26
89	Leila Gschwentner (Aut) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team	0:09:26
90	Teniel Campbell (Tto) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team	0:09:26

Final general classification

Position	Rider	Time
1	Kim Le Court-Pienaar AG Insurance-Soudal Team	17:02:04
2	Lorena Wiebes Team SD Worx-Protime	0:00:19
3	Liane Lippert Movistar Team	0:00:24
4	Caroline Andersson Liv AlUla Jayco	0:00:39
5	Femke de Vries Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:44
6	Karlijn Swinkels UAE Team L'IMAD	0:00:46
7	Mischa Bredewold Team SD Worx-Protime	0:00:46
8	Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig CANYON//SRAM	0:00:46
9	Riejanne Markus Team Picnic PostNL	0:00:56
10	Josie Nelson Lidl-Trek	0:01:06
11	Kate Courtney FDJ United-SUEZ	0:01:12
12	Fleur Moors Lidl-Trek	0:01:14
13	Shirin van Anrooij Lidl-Trek	0:01:18
14	Maud Oudeman Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:01:18
15	Pfeiffer Georgi Team Picnic PostNL	0:01:22
16	Marte Berg Edseth Uno-X Mobility	0:01:25
17	Margot Vanpachtenbeke Lidl-Trek	0:01:25
18	Ricarda Bauernfeind Lidl-Trek	0:01:34
19	Eva van Agt FDJ United-SUEZ	0:02:28
20	Millie Couzens Fenix-Premier Tech	0:03:42
21	Erica Magnaldi UAE Team L'IMAD	0:03:46
22	Lauren Dickson FDJ United-SUEZ	0:03:55
23	Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini UAE Team L'IMAD	0:04:01
24	Alice Towers Great Britain	0:05:24
25	Aude Biannic Movistar Team	0:05:29
26	Katrine Aalerud Uno-X Mobility	0:05:34
27	Ingvild Gåskjenn Uno-X Mobility	0:05:37
28	Quinty Ton Liv AlUla Jayco	0:06:04
29	Letizia Borghesi AG Insurance-Soudal Team	0:06:28
30	Marit Raaijmakers Human Powered Health	0:06:46
31	Sara Martín Movistar Team	0:07:23
32	Flora Perkins Fenix-Premier Tech	0:07:24
33	Noémie Thomson DAS-Hutchinson	0:08:32
34	Marta Jaskulska Human Powered Health	0:08:49
35	Francesca Barale Movistar Team	0:09:17
36	Juliana Londoño Team Picnic PostNL	0:09:55
37	Soraya Paladin CANYON//SRAM	0:10:52
38	Léa Curinier FDJ United-SUEZ	0:12:09
39	Imogen Wolff Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:12:10
40	Marthe Truyen Fenix-Premier Tech	0:12:10
41	Justyna Czapla CANYON//SRAM	0:12:25
42	Lara Gillespie UAE Team L'IMAD	0:12:42
43	Chiara Consonni CANYON//SRAM	0:13:38
44	Julia Borgström Hitec Products-Fluid Control	0:14:57
45	Femke Gerritse Team SD Worx-Protime	0:16:57
46	Julia Kopecký Team SD Worx-Protime	0:16:58
47	Anna Morris Great Britain	0:17:39
48	Morven Yeoman DAS-Hutchinson	0:17:43
49	Josie Talbot Liv AlUla Jayco	0:17:59
50	Audrey De Keersmaeker Team Picnic PostNL	0:18:15
51	Lucía Ruiz Pérez Movistar Team	0:18:34
52	Noä Jansen Liv AlUla Jayco	0:18:34
53	Magdalene Lind Hitec Products-Fluid Control	0:19:46
54	Ally Wollaston FDJ United-SUEZ	0:20:07
55	Claire Steels Movistar Team	0:20:07
56	Zoe Bäckstedt CANYON//SRAM	0:20:44
57	Alessia Vigilia Uno-X Mobility	0:23:40
58	Dilyxine Miermont Team Picnic PostNL	0:24:34
59	Maggie Coles-Lyster Human Powered Health	0:24:36
60	Amandine Fouquenet AG Insurance-Soudal Team	0:25:21
61	Oda Aune Gissinger Hitec Products-Fluid Control	0:26:05
62	Febe Jooris UAE Team L'IMAD	0:28:11
63	Nienke Veenhoven Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:29:00
64	Alexandra Manly AG Insurance-Soudal Team	0:29:35
65	Clara Copponi Lidl-Trek	0:29:41
66	Alberte Greve Uno-X Mobility	0:30:03
67	Wilma Aintila CANYON//SRAM	0:30:07
68	Amalie Cooper Great Britain	0:31:09
69	Ida Krickau Ketelsen O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes	0:31:42
70	Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado Fenix-Premier Tech	0:33:08
71	Aniek van Alphen Fenix-Premier Tech	0:34:35
72	Margaux Vigié Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:34:38
73	Teuntje Beekhuis Uno-X Mobility	0:39:05
74	Beth Morrow Handsling Alba Development Road Team	0:39:44
75	Fien Van Eynde Fenix-Premier Tech	0:40:12
76	Daniela Hezinová Team Picnic PostNL	0:44:04
77	Madelaine Leech Handsling Alba Development Road Team	0:44:26
78	Alma Walther Møller Rasmussen Hitec Products-Fluid Control	0:44:27
79	Elynor Bäckstedt UAE Team L'IMAD	0:45:27
80	Amber Pate Liv AlUla Jayco	0:48:36
81	Anna Flynn Handsling Alba Development Road Team	0:49:09
82	Tiffany Keep DAS-Hutchinson	0:49:28
83	Marthe Goossens AG Insurance-Soudal Team	0:51:06
84	Arabella Rosalie Blackburn Handsling Alba Development Road Team	0:51:31
85	Lucy Lee DAS-Hutchinson	0:53:15
86	Petra Stiasny Human Powered Health	1:01:20
87	Leila Gschwentner Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team	1:02:06
88	Stine Marie Snortheim Hitec Products-Fluid Control	1:05:12
89	Amelia Cebak Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team	1:15:41
90	Teniel Campbell Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team	1:16:04

Vuelta a España: Tadej Pogačar claims stage 1 time trial and takes the first leader's jersey in Monaco

kirsten.frattini@futurenet.com (Kirsten Frattini) — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 17:42:01 +0000

Tadej Pogačar came into the Vuelta a España as one of the favourites to take the red leader's jersey, and he is off to a promising start after winning the opening individual time trial in Monaco.

The UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider and five-time Tour de France winner covered the 9.4km time trial with a winning time of 10:57, bumping Ethan Hayter (Soudal-QuickStep) out of the hot seat in the final moments of the stage.

He won the race against the clock by a fraction of a second ahead of Hayter and four seconds ahead of third-placed Joshua Tarling (Netcompany Ineos).

Pogačar will wear the leader's jersey into stage 2, a 214.3km race from Monaco to Manosque on Sunday. Hatyer trails with the same time, while Tarling sits just four seconds back.

"It's a weird feeling to win the time trial on the first stage and by such a small margin. I was not expecting it. I'm really happy. This red is a really nice colour," Pogačar said.

"That 0.09 happened when I passed my apartment because that was the most technical part, and I walk and cycle there every day. Even though it is completely different in the race, still, you race on your home roads, and you know it super well, so that helped me today."

Asked if he can hold the red jersey from start to finish, Pogačar said, "It's going to be tough. Tomorrow, I think, there are some guys who are close in time and can do a breakaway or sprint for bonus seconds, so it's going to be a fight for the red jersey and we can see some shuffle in the GC tomorrow."

Roglič loses time in opening time trial

The 81st edition of the Vuelta a España kicked off in Monaco for the Gran Partida, with the first of two individual time trials in this year's race. It was a 9.4km effort along a short and very technical course peppered with 13 corners, hairpins and roundabouts, three tunnels and short punchy climbs.

Time trial specialists off the starting ramp were Tarling, Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ United) along with Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) and even Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), but all eyes were on GC favourite Pogačar, who is looking to claim his first career overall victory at the Vuelta a España this year.

Diego Uriarte (Equipo Kern Pharma) was the first rider off the starting ramp, but after crossing the line with the first time of the day, it was quickly beaten by three riders in quick succession - Markel Beloki (EF Education-EasyPost), Rudy Porter (Jayco AlUla), then Andreas Leknessund (Uno-X Mobility).

A succession of new benchmarks came from Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard (Lidl-Trek) followed by 23-year-old Jordan Labrosse (Decathlon CMA CGM) and then his teammate Sander De Pestel, but Matthew Brennan (Visma-Lease a Bike) eclipsed them both with a time of 11:13. Arthur Kluckers (Tudor Pro Cycling) was the next to take the hotseat, riding five seconds faster than Brennan.

But that too was swept away by a better time from Oscar Chamberlain (Decathlon CMA CGM), coming in two seconds faster, and then quickly broken again by his teammate Léo Bisiaux by a fraction of a second, followed by Callum Thornley (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) posting a time of 11:02.

Josh Tarling (Image credit: Getty Images)

Tarling was the first of the time trial favourites to finish and took the hotseat with a time of 11:01. But with riders like Pogačar, Roglič and Van Aert still to start, the time trial was far from over.

Hayter bumped Tarling out of the hotseat with a time of 10:57. It wasn't to be for Van Aert, who crossed the line nine seconds down from Hayter, but still in the ballpark for other ambitions in upcoming stages.

Pogačar raced through the finish line, narrowly besting that time with a winning time of 10:57, just a fraction of a second faster than Hayter. As four-time Vuelta a España winner Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) was the last rider to cross the line, 22 seconds slower, confirming Pogačar as the stage victor and race leader.

Primož Roglič (Image credit: Getty Images)

Results

Position	Rider	Time
1	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:10:57
2	Ethan Hayter (Gbr) Soudal Quick-Step	0:00:00
3	Joshua Tarling (Gbr) Netcompany INEOS	0:00:04
4	Callum Thornley (Gbr) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:00:05
5	Christophe Laporte (Fra) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:06
6	Léo Bisiaux (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:00:08
7	Oscar Chamberlain (Aus) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:00:09
8	Wout van Aert (Bel) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:09
9	Arthur Kluckers (Lux) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:00:10
10	Finn Fisher-Black (Nzl) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:00:11
11	Alessandro Romele (Ita) XDS Astana Team	0:00:13
12	Stefan Küng (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:00:14
13	Jay Vine (Aus) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:00:14
14	Ivo Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:00:14
15	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek	0:00:16
16	Matthew Brennan (Gbr) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:16
17	Sander De Pestel (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:00:18
18	João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:00:18
19	Iván Romeo (Esp) Movistar Team	0:00:18
20	Rasmus Tiller (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:00:20
21	Lennard Kämna (Ger) Lidl-Trek	0:00:21
22	Luke Tuckwell (Aus) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:00:21
23	Ben Turner (Gbr) Netcompany INEOS	0:00:21
24	Primož Roglič (Slo) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:00:22
25	Jordan Labrosse (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:00:23
26	Orluis Aular (Ven) Movistar Team	0:00:23
27	Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Team Jayco AlUla	0:00:25
28	Axel Laurance (Fra) Netcompany INEOS	0:00:26
29	Victor Langellotti (Mon) XDS Astana Team	0:00:26
30	Alex Kirsch (Lux) Cofidis	0:00:26
31	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:00:27
32	Enzo Paleni (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:00:27
33	Pablo Torres (Esp) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:00:27
34	Carlos Rodríguez (Esp) Netcompany INEOS	0:00:27
35	Fabio Van den Bossche (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step	0:00:28
36	Marco Brenner (Ger) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:00:28
37	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost	0:00:28
38	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:00:28
39	Xabier Mikel Azparren (Esp) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:00:29
40	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek	0:00:29
41	Alastair MacKellar (Aus) EF Education-EasyPost	0:00:29
42	Alexis Renard (Fra) Cofidis	0:00:30
43	Bastien Tronchon (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:00:31
44	Andreas Kron (Den) Uno-X Mobility	0:00:31
45	Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) NSN Cycling Team	0:00:32
46	Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:00:32
47	Timo de Jong (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	0:00:32
48	Moritz Kretschy (Ger) NSN Cycling Team	0:00:33
49	Pau Martí (Esp) NSN Cycling Team	0:00:33
50	Enric Mas (Esp) Movistar Team	0:00:33
51	Fabian Weiss (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:00:33
52	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost	0:00:33
53	Pablo Castrillo (Esp) Movistar Team	0:00:34
54	Fredrik Dversnes Lavik (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:00:34
55	Jørgen Nordhagen (Nor) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:35
56	Francesco Busatto (Ita) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:00:36
57	Filippo Zana (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step	0:00:36
58	Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Lidl-Trek	0:00:36
59	Harold Tejada (Col) XDS Astana Team	0:00:36
60	Hamish McKenzie (Aus) Team Jayco AlUla	0:00:36
61	Ben Tulett (Gbr) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:36
62	Will Barta (Usa) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:00:36
63	Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:00:37
64	Pavel Sivakov (Fra) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:00:37
65	Carlos Canal (Esp) Movistar Team	0:00:37
66	Larry Warbasse (Usa) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:00:37
67	Steffen De Schuyteneer (Bel) Lotto Intermarché	0:00:37
68	James Shaw (Gbr) EF Education-EasyPost	0:00:38
69	Santiago Buitrago (Col) Bahrain-Victorious	0:00:38
70	Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:00:39
71	Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard (Den) Lidl-Trek	0:00:40
72	Jakob Omrzel (Slo) Bahrain-Victorious	0:00:40
73	Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:00:41
74	Jack Haig (Aus) Netcompany INEOS	0:00:41
75	Alberto Dainese (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step	0:00:42
76	Kaden Groves (Aus) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:00:42
77	Clément Berthet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:00:43
78	Valentin Paret-Peintre (Fra) Soudal Quick-Step	0:00:43
79	Sente Sentjens (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:00:43
80	Paul Double (Gbr) Team Jayco AlUla	0:00:43
81	Julien Bernard (Fra) Lidl-Trek	0:00:43
82	Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:00:44
83	Raúl García Pierna (Esp) Movistar Team	0:00:44
84	Floris Van Tricht (Bel) NSN Cycling Team	0:00:44
85	Iñigo Elosegui (Esp) Equipo Kern Pharma	0:00:45
86	Michael Gogl (Aut) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:00:45
87	Jordi Meeus (Bel) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:00:45
88	Mario Aparicio (Esp) Burgos Burpellet BH	0:00:45
89	Sepp Kuss (Usa) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:45
90	Matthew Riccitello (Usa) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:00:46
91	Felix Gall (Aut) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:00:46
92	Pau Miquel (Esp) Bahrain-Victorious	0:00:47
93	Rémy Rochas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:00:47
94	Ibon Ruiz (Esp) Equipo Kern Pharma	0:00:47
95	Urko Berrade (Esp) Equipo Kern Pharma	0:00:47
96	David González (Esp) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:00:47
97	Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) NSN Cycling Team	0:00:48
98	Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) EF Education-EasyPost	0:00:48
99	Gijs Leemreize (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	0:00:48
100	Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:00:48
101	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng (Nor) Netcompany INEOS	0:00:48
102	Marc Brustenga (Esp) Equipo Kern Pharma	0:00:48
103	Milan Vader (Ned) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:00:49
104	Timo Roosen (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	0:00:49
105	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk (Ned) Lotto Intermarché	0:00:49
106	Oscar Onley (Gbr) Netcompany INEOS	0:00:50
107	Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team Jayco AlUla	0:00:50
108	Lars Craps (Bel) Lotto Intermarché	0:00:50
109	Finlay Pickering (Gbr) Team Jayco AlUla	0:00:50
110	George Bennett (Nzl) NSN Cycling Team	0:00:50
111	Markel Beloki (Esp) EF Education-EasyPost	0:00:50
112	Lindsay De Vylder (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:00:50
113	Rudy Porter (Aus) Team Jayco AlUla	0:00:51
114	Henri-François Renard-Haquin (Fra) Team Picnic PostNL	0:00:51
115	Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Netcompany INEOS	0:00:51
116	Patrick Konrad (Aut) Lidl-Trek	0:00:52
117	Roland Thalmann (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:00:52
118	Guillaume Martin (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:00:52
119	David de la Cruz (Esp) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:00:52
120	Mattia Gaffuri (Ita) Team Picnic PostNL	0:00:53
121	Simon Dalby (Den) Uno-X Mobility	0:00:53
122	Gianmarco Garofoli (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step	0:00:54
123	Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Movistar Team	0:00:54
124	Thomas Gloag (Gbr) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:00:54
125	Yevgeniy Fedorov (Kaz) XDS Astana Team	0:00:54
126	Diego Uriarte (Esp) Equipo Kern Pharma	0:00:54
127	Nick Schultz (Aus) NSN Cycling Team	0:00:55
128	Vito Braet (Bel) Lotto Intermarché	0:00:55
129	Gianni Moscon (Ita) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:00:55
130	Jarno Widar (Bel) Lotto Intermarché	0:00:55
131	Callum Scotson (Aus) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:00:56
132	Bryan Coquard (Fra) Cofidis	0:00:56
133	Asbjørn Hellemose (Den) Team Jayco AlUla	0:00:56
134	Frederik Wandahl (Den) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:00:56
135	Roman Ermakov (Rus) Bahrain-Victorious	0:00:56
136	Mats Wenzel (Lux) Equipo Kern Pharma	0:00:57
137	Eddie Dunbar (Irl) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:00:57
138	Attila Valter (Hun) Bahrain-Victorious	0:00:57
139	Walter Calzoni (Ita) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:00:57
140	Hugo Houle (Can) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:00:58
141	Alessandro Covi (Ita) Team Jayco AlUla	0:00:59
142	Hannes Wilksch (Ger) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:00:59
143	Cristián Rodríguez (Esp) XDS Astana Team	0:01:00
144	Magnus Cort (Den) Uno-X Mobility	0:01:01
145	Iván Cobo (Esp) Equipo Kern Pharma	0:01:01
146	Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:01:01
147	Bruno Armirail (Fra) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:01:01
148	Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Lotto Intermarché	0:01:02
149	Luca Van Boven (Bel) Lotto Intermarché	0:01:02
150	Jan Hirt (Cze) NSN Cycling Team	0:01:03
151	Gal Glivar (Slo) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:01:03
152	Jorge Arcas (Esp) Movistar Team	0:01:04
153	Clément Alleno (Fra) Burgos Burpellet BH	0:01:04
154	Oliver Peace (Gbr) Team Picnic PostNL	0:01:05
155	Henok Mulubrhan (Eri) XDS Astana Team	0:01:05
156	Paul Ourselin (Fra) Cofidis	0:01:06
157	Matevž Govekar (Slo) Bahrain-Victorious	0:01:07
158	Reuben Thompson (Nzl) Lotto Intermarché	0:01:08
159	Kevin Vermaerke (Usa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:01:08
160	Louis Rouland (Fra) Cofidis	0:01:08
161	Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step	0:01:10
162	Sylvain Moniquet (Bel) Cofidis	0:01:10
163	Marcel Camprubí (Esp) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:01:11
164	Thibau Nys (Bel) Lidl-Trek	0:01:12
165	Pello Bilbao (Esp) Bahrain-Victorious	0:01:13
166	Mikel Landa (Esp) Soudal Quick-Step	0:01:14
167	Mathijs Paasschens (Ned) Bahrain-Victorious	0:01:16
168	Darren van Bekkum (Ned) XDS Astana Team	0:01:16
169	Martin Tjøtta (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:01:16
170	Sinuhé Fernández (Esp) Burgos Burpellet BH	0:01:18
171	Darren Rafferty (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost	0:01:18
172	Sergio Samitier (Esp) Cofidis	0:01:20
173	Sergio Geovani Chumil (Gta) Burgos Burpellet BH	0:01:24
174	José Luis Faura (Esp) Burgos Burpellet BH	0:01:25
175	Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Cofidis	0:01:25
176	Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) XDS Astana Team	0:01:25
177	Juan Felipe Rodriguez (Col) EF Education-EasyPost	0:01:26
178	Juan Guillermo Martinez (Col) Team Picnic PostNL	0:01:28
179	Domen Novak (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:01:31
180	Jesús Herrada (Esp) Burgos Burpellet BH	0:01:35
181	César Macías (Mex) Burgos Burpellet BH	0:01:35
182	Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Picnic PostNL	0:01:37
183	José Manuel Díaz (Esp) Burgos Burpellet BH	0:01:37
184	Iván Ramiro Sosa (Col) Equipo Kern Pharma	0:01:57

General classification after stage 1

Position	Rider	Time
1	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:10:57
2	Ethan Hayter (Gbr) Soudal Quick-Step	0:00:00
3	Joshua Tarling (Gbr) Netcompany INEOS	0:00:04
4	Callum Thornley (Gbr) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:00:05
5	Christophe Laporte (Fra) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:06
6	Léo Bisiaux (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:00:08
7	Oscar Chamberlain (Aus) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:00:09
8	Wout van Aert (Bel) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:09
9	Arthur Kluckers (Lux) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:00:10
10	Finn Fisher-Black (Nzl) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:00:11
11	Alessandro Romele (Ita) XDS Astana Team	0:00:13
12	Stefan Küng (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:00:14
13	Jay Vine (Aus) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:00:14
14	Ivo Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:00:14
15	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek	0:00:16
16	Matthew Brennan (Gbr) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:16
17	Sander De Pestel (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:00:18
18	João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:00:18
19	Iván Romeo (Esp) Movistar Team	0:00:18
20	Rasmus Tiller (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:00:20
21	Lennard Kämna (Ger) Lidl-Trek	0:00:21
22	Luke Tuckwell (Aus) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:00:21
23	Ben Turner (Gbr) Netcompany INEOS	0:00:21
24	Primož Roglič (Slo) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:00:22
25	Jordan Labrosse (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:00:23
26	Orluis Aular (Ven) Movistar Team	0:00:23
27	Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Team Jayco AlUla	0:00:25
28	Axel Laurance (Fra) Netcompany INEOS	0:00:26
29	Victor Langellotti (Mon) XDS Astana Team	0:00:26
30	Alex Kirsch (Lux) Cofidis	0:00:26
31	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:00:27
32	Enzo Paleni (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:00:27
33	Pablo Torres (Esp) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:00:27
34	Carlos Rodríguez (Esp) Netcompany INEOS	0:00:27
35	Fabio Van den Bossche (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step	0:00:28
36	Marco Brenner (Ger) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:00:28
37	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost	0:00:28
38	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:00:28
39	Xabier Mikel Azparren (Esp) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:00:29
40	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek	0:00:29
41	Alastair MacKellar (Aus) EF Education-EasyPost	0:00:29
42	Alexis Renard (Fra) Cofidis	0:00:30
43	Bastien Tronchon (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:00:31
44	Andreas Kron (Den) Uno-X Mobility	0:00:31
45	Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) NSN Cycling Team	0:00:32
46	Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:00:32
47	Timo de Jong (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	0:00:32
48	Moritz Kretschy (Ger) NSN Cycling Team	0:00:33
49	Pau Martí (Esp) NSN Cycling Team	0:00:33
50	Enric Mas (Esp) Movistar Team	0:00:33
51	Fabian Weiss (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:00:33
52	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost	0:00:33
53	Pablo Castrillo (Esp) Movistar Team	0:00:34
54	Fredrik Dversnes Lavik (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:00:34
55	Jørgen Nordhagen (Nor) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:35
56	Francesco Busatto (Ita) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:00:36
57	Filippo Zana (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step	0:00:36
58	Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Lidl-Trek	0:00:36
59	Harold Tejada (Col) XDS Astana Team	0:00:36
60	Hamish McKenzie (Aus) Team Jayco AlUla	0:00:36
61	Ben Tulett (Gbr) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:36
62	Will Barta (Usa) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:00:36
63	Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:00:37
64	Pavel Sivakov (Fra) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:00:37
65	Carlos Canal (Esp) Movistar Team	0:00:37
66	Larry Warbasse (Usa) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:00:37
67	Steffen De Schuyteneer (Bel) Lotto Intermarché	0:00:37
68	James Shaw (Gbr) EF Education-EasyPost	0:00:38
69	Santiago Buitrago (Col) Bahrain-Victorious	0:00:38
70	Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:00:39
71	Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard (Den) Lidl-Trek	0:00:40
72	Jakob Omrzel (Slo) Bahrain-Victorious	0:00:40
73	Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:00:41
74	Jack Haig (Aus) Netcompany INEOS	0:00:41
75	Alberto Dainese (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step	0:00:42
76	Kaden Groves (Aus) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:00:42
77	Clément Berthet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:00:43
78	Valentin Paret-Peintre (Fra) Soudal Quick-Step	0:00:43
79	Sente Sentjens (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:00:43
80	Paul Double (Gbr) Team Jayco AlUla	0:00:43
81	Julien Bernard (Fra) Lidl-Trek	0:00:43
82	Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:00:44
83	Raúl García Pierna (Esp) Movistar Team	0:00:44
84	Floris Van Tricht (Bel) NSN Cycling Team	0:00:44
85	Iñigo Elosegui (Esp) Equipo Kern Pharma	0:00:45
86	Michael Gogl (Aut) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:00:45
87	Jordi Meeus (Bel) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:00:45
88	Mario Aparicio (Esp) Burgos Burpellet BH	0:00:45
89	Sepp Kuss (Usa) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:45
90	Matthew Riccitello (Usa) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:00:46
91	Felix Gall (Aut) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:00:46
92	Pau Miquel (Esp) Bahrain-Victorious	0:00:47
93	Rémy Rochas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:00:47
94	Ibon Ruiz (Esp) Equipo Kern Pharma	0:00:47
95	Urko Berrade (Esp) Equipo Kern Pharma	0:00:47
96	David González (Esp) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:00:47
97	Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) NSN Cycling Team	0:00:48
98	Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) EF Education-EasyPost	0:00:48
99	Gijs Leemreize (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	0:00:48
100	Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:00:48
101	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng (Nor) Netcompany INEOS	0:00:48
102	Marc Brustenga (Esp) Equipo Kern Pharma	0:00:48
103	Milan Vader (Ned) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:00:49
104	Timo Roosen (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	0:00:49
105	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk (Ned) Lotto Intermarché	0:00:49
106	Oscar Onley (Gbr) Netcompany INEOS	0:00:50
107	Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team Jayco AlUla	0:00:50
108	Lars Craps (Bel) Lotto Intermarché	0:00:50
109	Finlay Pickering (Gbr) Team Jayco AlUla	0:00:50
110	George Bennett (Nzl) NSN Cycling Team	0:00:50
111	Markel Beloki (Esp) EF Education-EasyPost	0:00:50
112	Lindsay De Vylder (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:00:50
113	Rudy Porter (Aus) Team Jayco AlUla	0:00:51
114	Henri-François Renard-Haquin (Fra) Team Picnic PostNL	0:00:51
115	Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Netcompany INEOS	0:00:51
116	Patrick Konrad (Aut) Lidl-Trek	0:00:52
117	Roland Thalmann (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:00:52
118	Guillaume Martin (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:00:52
119	David de la Cruz (Esp) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:00:52
120	Mattia Gaffuri (Ita) Team Picnic PostNL	0:00:53
121	Simon Dalby (Den) Uno-X Mobility	0:00:53
122	Gianmarco Garofoli (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step	0:00:54
123	Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Movistar Team	0:00:54
124	Thomas Gloag (Gbr) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:00:54
125	Yevgeniy Fedorov (Kaz) XDS Astana Team	0:00:54
126	Diego Uriarte (Esp) Equipo Kern Pharma	0:00:54
127	Nick Schultz (Aus) NSN Cycling Team	0:00:55
128	Vito Braet (Bel) Lotto Intermarché	0:00:55
129	Gianni Moscon (Ita) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:00:55
130	Jarno Widar (Bel) Lotto Intermarché	0:00:55
131	Callum Scotson (Aus) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:00:56
132	Bryan Coquard (Fra) Cofidis	0:00:56
133	Asbjørn Hellemose (Den) Team Jayco AlUla	0:00:56
134	Frederik Wandahl (Den) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:00:56
135	Roman Ermakov (Rus) Bahrain-Victorious	0:00:56
136	Mats Wenzel (Lux) Equipo Kern Pharma	0:00:57
137	Eddie Dunbar (Irl) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:00:57
138	Attila Valter (Hun) Bahrain-Victorious	0:00:57
139	Walter Calzoni (Ita) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:00:57
140	Hugo Houle (Can) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:00:58
141	Alessandro Covi (Ita) Team Jayco AlUla	0:00:59
142	Hannes Wilksch (Ger) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:00:59
143	Cristián Rodríguez (Esp) XDS Astana Team	0:01:00
144	Magnus Cort (Den) Uno-X Mobility	0:01:01
145	Iván Cobo (Esp) Equipo Kern Pharma	0:01:01
146	Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:01:01
147	Bruno Armirail (Fra) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:01:01
148	Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Lotto Intermarché	0:01:02
149	Luca Van Boven (Bel) Lotto Intermarché	0:01:02
150	Jan Hirt (Cze) NSN Cycling Team	0:01:03
151	Gal Glivar (Slo) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:01:03
152	Jorge Arcas (Esp) Movistar Team	0:01:04
153	Clément Alleno (Fra) Burgos Burpellet BH	0:01:04
154	Oliver Peace (Gbr) Team Picnic PostNL	0:01:05
155	Henok Mulubrhan (Eri) XDS Astana Team	0:01:05
156	Paul Ourselin (Fra) Cofidis	0:01:06
157	Matevž Govekar (Slo) Bahrain-Victorious	0:01:07
158	Reuben Thompson (Nzl) Lotto Intermarché	0:01:08
159	Kevin Vermaerke (Usa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:01:08
160	Louis Rouland (Fra) Cofidis	0:01:08
161	Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step	0:01:10
162	Sylvain Moniquet (Bel) Cofidis	0:01:10
163	Marcel Camprubí (Esp) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:01:11
164	Thibau Nys (Bel) Lidl-Trek	0:01:12
165	Pello Bilbao (Esp) Bahrain-Victorious	0:01:13
166	Mikel Landa (Esp) Soudal Quick-Step	0:01:14
167	Mathijs Paasschens (Ned) Bahrain-Victorious	0:01:16
168	Darren van Bekkum (Ned) XDS Astana Team	0:01:16
169	Martin Tjøtta (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:01:16
170	Sinuhé Fernández (Esp) Burgos Burpellet BH	0:01:18
171	Darren Rafferty (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost	0:01:18
172	Sergio Samitier (Esp) Cofidis	0:01:20
173	Sergio Geovani Chumil (Gta) Burgos Burpellet BH	0:01:24
174	José Luis Faura (Esp) Burgos Burpellet BH	0:01:25
175	Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Cofidis	0:01:25
176	Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) XDS Astana Team	0:01:25
177	Juan Felipe Rodriguez (Col) EF Education-EasyPost	0:01:26
178	Juan Guillermo Martinez (Col) Team Picnic PostNL	0:01:28
179	Domen Novak (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:01:31
180	Jesús Herrada (Esp) Burgos Burpellet BH	0:01:35
181	César Macías (Mex) Burgos Burpellet BH	0:01:35
182	Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Picnic PostNL	0:01:37
183	José Manuel Díaz (Esp) Burgos Burpellet BH	0:01:37
184	Iván Ramiro Sosa (Col) Equipo Kern Pharma	0:01:57

Deutschland Tour: Giulio Pellizzari wins queen stage as Isaac del Toro retakes control of race lead

James Moultrie — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 15:47:26 +0000

Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) continued his strong August form by winning the queen stage of the Deutschland Tour, beating close friend off the bike, Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), to the line in Bad Dürkheim as the Mexican re-took the overall lead on stage 3.

Del Toro attacked away from the peloton with 33km to go on the steepest climb of seven categorised ascents along the 170km route, the Rotsteig, where race leader Louis Barré (Visma-Lease a Bike) was unable to follow, but Pellizzari managed to bridge across.

They rode the final 30km together after dropping lone early attacker Nelson Oliveira (Movistar) on the Annaberg, before arriving at the finish line where the Italian rode to the stage win and Del Toro back into the blue leader's jersey.

Barré's team tried but failed to bring him back to the two leaders, and even several solo bursts couldn't see him limit the damage to less than the 49 seconds he shipped at the line. With one stage remaining on Sunday, Del Toro will start with a 52-second buffer over the Frenchman, which, if he successfully defends, will bring him his fourth stage race victory of the season.

"Today is a super day. Yesterday we were super happy with Magagnotti's win, so today we wanted to do it again, and it was the perfect day to do it," said Pellizzari after the stage,

"We were in the perfect position when Isaac went. I just took my tempo and then in the end I came back. We had good collaboration – he was going for GC and I was going for the stage – we tried to do our best, and we are just super happy," he added, with both 22-year-old rising stars living in San Marino.

"We are super good friends, me and Isaac, of course, and during the race we have a good battle. I always say we are friends 1cm before the finish line; from there we are friends, so I'm super happy now he is leading in GC. Tomorrow is still one day; we will try with Alessio [Magagnotti], but today it's a perfect day for me, Isaac, and all San Marino."

GC action unfold over tricky terrain in brutal wet conditions

The third stage and fourth day of racing in Germany opened up to several early attacks, with three categorised climbs in the first 75km: Lolosruhe (3.8 km at 5.8%) and two laps up the Kalmit (5.2 km at 7.4%), but none of these moves stuck to form a true break of the day.

As heavy rain fell on the peloton, Nelson Oliveira attacked away solo in the final 70km to form a breakaway, as earlier splits in the main bunch came back together before a tricky finale.

Visma-Lease a Bike were in control for Barré one the Movistar rider got away, but that only lasted until the approach to the Rotsteig, where UAE started to show their strength and Nils Politt moved to the front.

With the home rider accelerating onto the short but steep climb, Del Toro was led out by him and Antonio Morgado, with the latter pulling so hard that everyone else was already on a gap by the time the young Mexican made his long-range move.

Barré had little in response, despite initially being able to hold a narrow gap, eventually dropping back to the remnants of the faltering peloton and being passed by a surging Pellizzari in the process.

He would never see Del Toro or Pellizzari again before the finish, losing 49 seconds and the race lead in the process. As the pair of San Marino residents fought out the stage win, Del Toro seemed happy to exhaust himself in establishing as big of a lead on GC as possible heading into the final day, with Pellizzari winning the stage.

Marc Hirshi (Tudor) showed signs of his previous best by attacking on the Annaberg to finish third on the stage, which also moved him up to third overall.

The Deutschland Tour will conclude tomorrow with a punchy 156km course starting and finishing in Heilbronn, where Del Toro will look to confirm overall victory for UAE Team Emirates-XRG.

Results

Position	Rider	Time
1	Giulio Pellizzari (Ita) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	4:03:44
2	Isaac del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:00:00
3	Marc Hirschi (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:00:34
4	Senna Remijn (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:00:49
5	Andrea Raccagni Noviero (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step	0:00:49
6	Natnael Tesfatsion (Eri) Movistar Team	0:00:49
7	Stefano Oldani (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:00:49
8	António Morgado (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:00:49
9	Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra) TotalEnergies	0:00:49
10	Florian Stork (Ger) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:00:49
11	Lander Loockx (Bel) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:00:49
12	Juan Pedro López (Esp) Movistar Team	0:00:49
13	Dylan Teuns (Bel) Cofidis	0:00:49
14	Frank van den Broek (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	0:00:49
15	Louis Barré (Fra) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:49
16	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	0:00:49
17	Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Soudal Quick-Step	0:00:49
18	Pelayo Sánchez (Esp) Movistar Team	0:00:49
19	Gorka Sorarrain (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:00:49
20	Edgar David Cadena (Mex) Team Storck-MRW Bau	0:00:49
21	Luca Vergallito (Ita) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:00:49
22	Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Germany	0:00:49
23	Giovanni Aleotti (Ita) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:00:53
24	Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Cofidis	0:01:23
25	Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team	0:01:34
26	Jonas Rutsch (Ger) Germany	0:01:34
27	Johannes Adamietz (Ger) REMBE \| rad-net	0:01:34
28	Matteo Sobrero (Ita) Lidl-Trek	0:01:46
29	Rainer Kepplinger (Aut) Bahrain-Victorious	0:01:48
30	Arno Wallenborn (Lux) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur	0:01:59
31	Théo Hébert (Fra) TotalEnergies	0:03:15
32	Tijmen Graat (Ned) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:03:15
33	Nils Politt (Ger) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:06:10
34	Fabien Doubey (Fra) TotalEnergies	0:06:10
35	Bart Lemmen (Ned) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:06:10
36	Edoardo Zambanini (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious	0:06:10
37	Nikias Arndt (Ger) Bahrain-Victorious	0:06:10
38	Martijn Rasenberg (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:06:10
39	Jan Maas (Ned) Cofidis	0:06:10
40	Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Soudal Quick-Step	0:06:10
41	Michel Hessmann (Ger) Movistar Team	0:06:10
42	Gorka Corres (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:06:10
43	Pavel Novák (Cze) Movistar Team	0:06:10
44	Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:06:10
45	Henri Uhlig (Ger) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:06:10
46	Jesper Stiansen (Nor) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:06:10
47	Alan Jousseaume (Fra) TotalEnergies	0:06:10
48	Robin Donzé (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:06:10
49	Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:06:10
50	Niklas Märkl (Ger) Team Picnic PostNL	0:07:47
51	Paul Voß (Ger) Germany	0:07:47
52	Tobias Müller (Ger) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:07:47
53	Patrick Reißig (Ger) Germany	0:07:47
54	Ko Molenaar (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	0:07:47
55	Ole Theiler (Ger) REMBE \| rad-net	0:07:47
56	Max Walscheid (Ger) Lidl-Trek	0:07:47
57	Moritz Mauss (Ger) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:07:47
58	Yaël Joalland (Fra) Cofidis	0:07:47
59	Ben Felix Jochum (Ger) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur	0:07:47
60	Jonathan Malte Rottmann (Ger) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur	0:07:47
61	Tim Torn Teutenberg (Ger) Lidl-Trek	0:07:47
62	Julian Borresch (Ger) REMBE \| rad-net	0:07:47
63	Joshua Huppertz (Ger) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur	0:07:47
64	Mil Morang (Lux) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur	0:07:47
65	Miguel Heidemann (Ger) REMBE \| rad-net	0:07:47
66	Roy Hoogendoorn (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	0:07:47
67	Ian Kings (Ger) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:07:47
68	John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Picnic PostNL	0:07:47
69	Dominik Röber (Ger) Germany	0:07:47
70	Ellande Larronde (Fra) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:07:47
71	Alexander Hajek (Aut) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:07:47
72	Mees Vlot (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	0:07:47
73	Joren Bloem (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:07:47
74	Alexandre Kess (Lux) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur	0:07:47
75	William Smith (Gbr) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:07:47
76	Alberto Bruttomesso (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious	0:07:47
77	Alvaro Sagrado (Esp) Team Storck-MRW Bau	0:07:47
78	Noé Ury (Lux) Team Storck-MRW Bau	0:07:47
79	Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step	0:07:47
80	Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Cofidis	0:07:47
81	Luc Wirtgen (Lux) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:07:47
82	Lennart Voege (Ger) Team Storck-MRW Bau	0:07:47
83	Danny van Poppel (Ned) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:07:47
84	Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain-Victorious	0:07:47
85	Marco Haller (Aut) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:07:47
86	Lorenzo De Longhi (Ita) Cofidis	0:07:47
87	Alessio Magagnotti (Ita) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:07:47
88	Guus van den Eijnden (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:07:47
89	Niels Vandeputte (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:07:47
90	Laurenz Rex (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step	0:07:47
91	Clément Venturini (Fra) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:07:47
92	Paul Magnier (Fra) Soudal Quick-Step	0:07:47
93	Tibor Del Grosso (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:07:47
94	Rory Townsend (Irl) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:07:47
95	Leon Arenz (Ger) REMBE \| rad-net	0:07:47
96	Felix Groß (Ger) Germany	0:07:47
97	Jakob Neumann (Ger) Team Storck-MRW Bau	0:07:47
98	Jarrad Drizners (Aus) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:07:47

General classification after stage 3

Position	Rider	Time
1	Isaac del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	14:02:12
2	Louis Barré (Fra) Team Visma\|Lease a Bike	+0:00:52
3	Marc Hirschi (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	+0:01:05
4	Andrea Raccagni Noviero (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step	+0:01:21
5	Natnael Tesfatsion (Eri) Movistar Team	+0:01:22
6	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	+0:01:23
7	Gorka Sorarrain (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+0:01:23
8	Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+0:01:25
9	Stefano Oldani (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step	+0:01:25
10	Giulio Pellizzari (Ita) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+0:01:26
11	Edgar David Cadena (Mex) Team Storck-MRW Bau	+0:01:30
12	Florian Stork (Ger) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	+0:01:32
13	Dylan Teuns (Bel) Cofidis	+0:01:33
14	Lander Loockx (Bel) Unibet Rose Rockets	+0:01:35
15	Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra) TotalEnergies	+0:01:36
16	Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Germany	+0:01:39
17	Senna Remijn (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	+0:01:55
18	Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Cofidis	+0:01:56
19	Jonas Rutsch (Ger) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	+0:02:14
20	António Morgado (Por) Germany	+0:02:20
21	Johannes Adamietz (Ger) REMBE\|rad-net	+0:02:20
22	Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team	+0:02:22
23	Frank van den Broek (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	+0:02:24
24	Juan Pedro López (Esp) Movistar Team	+0:02:26
25	Luca Vergallito (Ita) Alpecin-Premier Tech	+0:02:29
26	Matteo Sobrero (Ita) Lidl-Trek	+0:02:29
27	Giovanni Aleotti (Ita) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+0:02:35
28	Pelayo Sánchez (Esp) Movistar Team	+0:02:37
29	Rainer Kepplinger (Aut) Bahrain-Victorious	+0:03:18
30	Arno Wallenborn (Lux) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur	+0:03:40
31	Tijmen Graat (Ned) Team Visma\|Lease a Bike	+0:04:05
32	Edoardo Zambanini (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious	+0:06:41
33	Bart Lemmen (Ned) Team Visma\|Lease a Bike	+0:06:43
34	Henri Uhlig (Ger) Alpecin-Premier Tech	+0:07:22
35	Nils Politt (Ger) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	+0:07:34
36	Jesper Stiansen (Nor) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	+0:07:39
37	Nikias Arndt (Ger) Bahrain-Victorious	+0:07:41
38	Robin Donzé (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	+0:07:42
39	Michel Hessmann (Ger) Movistar Team	+0:07:43
40	Pavel Novák (Cze) Movistar Team	+0:08:01
41	Théo Hébert (Fra) TotalEnergies	+0:08:09
42	Tibor Del Grosso (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	+0:08:20
43	Alexander Hajek (Aut) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+0:08:27
44	Clément Venturini (Fra) Unibet Rose Rockets	+0:08:32
45	Jan Maas (Ned) Cofidis	+0:08:52
46	Paul Magnier (Fra) Soudal Quick-Step	+0:08:59
47	Tim Torn Teutenberg (Ger) Lidl-Trek	+0:09:00
48	Tobias Müller (Ger) Unibet Rose Rockets	+0:09:12
49	Mil Morang (Lux) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur	+0:09:17
50	Guus van den Eijnden (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	+0:09:19
51	Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Visma\|Lease a Bike	+0:09:19
52	Alan Jousseaume (Fra) TotalEnergies	+0:09:22
53	Gorka Corres (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+0:09:31
54	Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Soudal Quick-Step	+0:09:33
55	Martijn Rasenberg (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	+0:10:05
56	Fabien Doubey (Fra) TotalEnergies	+0:10:22
57	Patrick Reißig (Ger) Germany	+0:10:28
58	Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	+0:10:36
59	Joren Bloem (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	+0:10:49
60	Danny van Poppel (Ned) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+0:10:50
61	Dominik Röber (Ger) Germany	+0:11:00
62	Paul Voß (Ger) Germany	+0:11:02
63	Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step	+0:11:09
64	Alexandre Kess (Lux) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur	+0:11:20
65	Miguel Heidemann (Ger) REMBE\|rad-net	+0:11:43
66	Ben Felix Jochum (Ger) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur	+0:11:50
67	John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Picnic PostNL	+0:11:51
68	William Smith (Gbr) Team Visma\|Lease a Bike	+0:12:00
69	Max Walscheid (Ger) Lidl-Trek	+0:12:18
70	Alvaro Sagrado (Esp) Team Storck-MRW Bau	+0:14:00
71	Mees Vlot (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	+0:18:32
72	Laurenz Rex (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step	+0:19:21
73	Ole Theiler (Ger) REMBE\|rad-net	+0:20:19
74	Marco Haller (Aut) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	+0:20:57
75	Ellande Larronde (Fra) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+0:21:18
76	Julian Borresch (Ger) REMBE\|rad-net	+0:22:00
77	Alessio Magagnotti (Ita) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+0:24:05
78	Alberto Bruttomesso (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious	+0:24:09
79	Lorenzo De Longhi (Ita) Cofidis	+0:24:11
80	Luc Wirtgen (Lux) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	+0:24:14
81	Ian Kings (Ger) Team Visma\|Lease a Bike	+0:24:15
82	Roy Hoogendoorn (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	+0:24:15
83	Niklas Märkl (Ger) Team Picnic PostNL	+0:24:16
84	Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Cofidis	+0:24:17
85	Lennart Voege (Ger) Team Storck-MRW Bau	+0:24:18
86	Yaël Joalland (Fra) Cofidis	+0:24:20
87	Ko Molenaar (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	+0:24:20
88	Jonathan Malte Rottmann (Ger) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur	+0:24:22
89	Joshua Huppertz (Ger) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur	+0:24:23
90	Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain-Victorious	+0:24:25
91	Moritz Mauss (Ger) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	+0:24:28
92	Noé Ury (Lux) Team Storck-MRW Bau	+0:24:29
93	Niels Vandeputte (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	+0:24:43

Tour of Britain Women: Lorena Wiebes claims hard-fought hat trick of victories on stage 4

Lukas Knöfler — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 14:13:48 +0000

Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) won her third Tour of Britain Women stage in four days, winning the sprint of a reduced group after a hilly stage 4 through Wales. Liane Lippert (Movistar) finished second, Kim Le Court-Pienaar (AG Insurance-Soudal) finished third and defended her GC lead.

A breakaway of three was caught on the Hengoed climb, though not by the whole peloton as QOM jersey Lauren Dickson (FDJ United-Suez) had crashed, splitting the bunch.

Things came back together after the climb, and Movistar did a lead-out into Clyro Hill, the last climb of the day where Lippert went all-in, quickly getting away with Le Court-Pienaar on her wheel.

At the QOM point with 16.2km to go, they were four seconds ahead of Josie Nelson, Lorena Wiebes, Femke de Vries, and Shirin van Anrooij, and the four chasers closed the gap to the front duo together with Caroline Andersson (Liv AlUla Jayco).

In a fast final, this front group of seven worked well together, but just after the 5km mark, a group of five came back from behind. There were several attacks in the final kilometres, but Wiebes closed them all down and then launched her sprint to win the stage.

Going into the final stage, Le Court-Pienaar leads the GC by 24 seconds over Lippert and 29 seconds over Wiebes.

(Image credit: SWPix)

Reduced field sprints into Hay-On-Wye

The stage started in Llanidloes and covered 138.3km, winding through Powys before finishing in Hay-on-Wye, the “town of books” on the border to England.

Fleur Moors (Lidl-Trek) went on a solo breakaway with over 121km to go, and the wearer of the white U23 jersey was 1:08 minutes ahead at the Elan Valley QOM. She increased her gap to 2:40 minutes with 90km to go while Juliana Londoño (Picnic PostNL) went on a solo chase.

The Colombian never made it to Moors, though. She was passed by Alma Walther Møller Rasmussen (Hitec Products-Fluid Control) and caught by the peloton with 73km to go. Rasmussen continued to chase but only got within 1:35 minutes of Moors and was reeled in again 65km from the finish.

Dilyxine Miermont (Picnic PostNL) attacked from the peloton on an unclassified climb out of Knighton with 58km to go. Alessia Vigilia (Uno-X Mobility) also went off the front with 50km to go, quickly bridging to Miermont, and together, they soon caught Moors to make it a front group of three, still over a minute ahead of the peloton where UAE Team L’IMAD, SD Worx-Protime, Canyon-SRAM, and Liv AlUla Jayco were now joining AG Insurance-Soudal at the front.

At the bottom of the Hengoed climb, the gap was down to 57 seconds, and FDJ United-Suez were pulling hard in the peloton with Ally Wollaston and Kate Courtney leading out Dickson. Unfortunately for them, Dickson crashed after a touch of wheels with Courtney, splitting the peloton. Van Anrooij, Nelson, and Le Court-Pienaar bridged to the break on the climb, and another 14 riders also made it across just before the QOM.

Fleur Moors (Lidl - Trek) on stage 4 at the Tour of Britain (Image credit: SWPix)

A group of 16 riders came back in the descent to make it a peloton of 36 riders at the front, and soon the attacks started. Katrine Aalerud (Uno-X Mobility) was first to try, then Mischa Bredewold (SD Worx-Protime) went with Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Canyon-SRAM). Alice Towers (Great Britain) and Ricarda Bauernfeind (Lidl-Trek) tried to jump across, but it was Le Court-Pienaar who closed the gap with Wiebes on her wheel.

Van Anrooij was the next to attack but was closed down by Karlijn Swinkels (UAE Team L’IMAD) after a short chase, an attack by Bredewold and a Movistar rider was neutralised by a Le Court-Pienaar, and the following move by De Vries was shut down by Marit Raaijmakers (Human Powered Health).

(Image credit: SWPix)

After Vigilia’s attack was reeled in by Uttrup Ludwig and Towers, Movistar took over at the front of the group to lead out Lippert into the 2.2km climb up Clyro Hill with three riders. Lippert went hard on the steep ramp at the start of the climb and got a gap with Le Court-Pienaar on her wheel, taking everybody else by surprise.

On the flatter section in the middle of the climb, Bredewold had taken up the chase in the peloton, and as the gradient kicked up again, Nelson, De Vries, Wiebes, Van Anrooij, and Andersson attacked from the bunch.

Five seconds behind at the top, the five chasers closed the gap 14km from the finish while Dickson crashed a second time. Erica Magnaldi (UAE Team L’IMAD) and Swinkels, only seven seconds behind at the QOM, were left chasing in vain, eventually sitting up to join forces with Pfeiffer Georgi (Picnic PostNL), Kate Courtney (FDJ United-Suez), and Marte Berg Edseth (Uno-X Mobility).

The five chasers closed the gap with 4.6km to go, and after Wiebes shut down an attack by Courtney, Magnaldi began to set the pace with Wiebes on her wheel until Swinkels tried to attack from the very back of the group, just over 2km from the line.

Again, Wiebes had no trouble in neutralising the attack, and when De Vries and Edseth tried to get away, Wiebes shut their move down too. Andersson and Magnaldi also tried to attack but didn’t even keep going past Wiebes, who was attentive to everything, leading the group onto the finishing straight while two groups came back in touch on the final kilometre.

Van Anrooij tried one last move at the 500m mark but had Swinkels in her wheel, who then opened the sprint with 250m to go. Wiebes, Le Court-Pienaar, and Lippert reacted immediately, and Wiebes pulled ahead in the last 100 metres to win the stage by almost two bike lengths to Lippert, who came around Le Court-Pienaar to take second place.

Results

Position	Rider	Time
1	Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Team SD Worx-Protime	3:41:13
2	Liane Lippert (Ger) Movistar Team	0:00:00
3	Kim Le Court-Pienaar (Mri) AG Insurance-Soudal Team	0:00:00
4	Kate Courtney (Usa) FDJ United-SUEZ	0:00:00
5	Pfeiffer Georgi (Gbr) Team Picnic PostNL	0:00:00
6	Femke de Vries (Ned) UAE Team L'IMAD	0:00:00
7	Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:00
8	Millie Couzens (Gbr) Fenix-Premier Tech	0:00:00
9	Fleur Moors (Bel) Lidl-Trek	0:00:00
10	Josie Talbot (Aus) Liv AlUla Jayco	0:00:00
11	Marte Berg Edseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:00:00
12	Josie Nelson (Gbr) Team Picnic PostNL	0:00:00
13	Alice Towers (Gbr) Great Britain	0:00:00
14	Marit Raaijmakers (Ned) Human Powered Health	0:00:00
15	Caroline Andersson (Swe) Liv AlUla Jayco	0:00:00
16	Sara Martín (Esp) Movistar Team	0:00:00
17	Mischa Bredewold (Ned) Team SD Worx-Protime	0:00:00
18	Maud Oudeman (Ned) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:00
19	Shirin van Anrooij (Ned) Lidl-Trek	0:00:00
20	Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den) CANYON//SRAM	0:00:00
21	Ingvild Gåskjenn (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:00:00
22	Erica Magnaldi (Ita) UAE Team L'IMAD	0:00:00
23	Margot Vanpachtenbeke (Bel) Lidl-Trek	0:00:00
24	Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team	0:00:00
25	Riejanne Markus (Ned) Lidl-Trek	0:00:00
26	Ricarda Bauernfeind (Ger) Lidl-Trek	0:00:00
27	Katrine Aalerud (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:00:00
28	Eva van Agt (Ned) FDJ United-SUEZ	0:00:00
29	Soraya Paladin (Ita) CANYON//SRAM	0:00:55
30	Julia Borgström (Swe) Hitec Products-Fluid Control	0:03:06
31	Morven Yeoman (Gbr) DAS-Hutchinson	0:03:06
32	Magdalene Lind (Nor) Hitec Products-Fluid Control	0:03:06
33	Noä Jansen (Ned) Liv AlUla Jayco	0:03:06
34	Marthe Truyen (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech	0:03:06
35	Audrey De Keersmaeker (Bel) Team Picnic PostNL	0:03:06
36	Quinty Ton (Ned) Liv AlUla Jayco	0:03:06
37	Noémie Thomson (Sui) DAS-Hutchinson	0:03:06
38	Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Uno-X Mobility	0:03:06
39	Lucía Ruiz Pérez (Esp) Movistar Team	0:03:06
40	Francesca Barale (Ita) Movistar Team	0:03:06
41	Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini (Ita) UAE Team L'IMAD	0:03:06
42	Marta Jaskulska (Pol) Human Powered Health	0:03:06
43	Imogen Wolff (Gbr) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:03:06
44	Dilyxine Miermont (Fra) Team Picnic PostNL	0:03:06
45	Lara Gillespie (Irl) UAE Team L'IMAD	0:03:06
46	Flora Perkins (Gbr) Fenix-Premier Tech	0:03:06
47	Letizia Borghesi (Ita) AG Insurance-Soudal Team	0:03:06
48	Justyna Czapla (Ger) CANYON//SRAM	0:03:06
49	Femke Gerritse (Ned) Team SD Worx-Protime	0:03:06
50	Lauren Dickson (Gbr) FDJ United-SUEZ	0:03:06
51	Anna Morris (Gbr) Great Britain	0:04:39
52	Ally Wollaston (Nzl) FDJ United-SUEZ	0:04:39
53	Claire Steels (Gbr) Movistar Team	0:04:39
54	Petra Stiasny (Sui) Human Powered Health	0:04:39
55	Juliana Londoño (Col) Team Picnic PostNL	0:06:43
56	Amalie Cooper (Gbr) Great Britain	0:06:43
57	Léa Curinier (Fra) FDJ United-SUEZ	0:06:43
58	Clara Copponi (Fra) Lidl-Trek	0:06:43
59	Julia Kopecký (Cze) Team SD Worx-Protime	0:06:43
60	Alberte Greve (Den) Uno-X Mobility	0:06:43
61	Febe Jooris (Bel) UAE Team L'IMAD	0:06:43
62	Alexandra Manly (Aus) AG Insurance-Soudal Team	0:06:43
63	Chiara Consonni (Ita) CANYON//SRAM	0:06:43
64	Amandine Fouquenet (Fra) AG Insurance-Soudal Team	0:06:43
65	Maggie Coles-Lyster (Can) Human Powered Health	0:06:43
66	Lucy Lee (Gbr) DAS-Hutchinson	0:11:40
67	Ida Krickau Ketelsen (Den) O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes	0:11:40
68	Fien Van Eynde (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech	0:11:40
69	Margaux Vigié (Fra) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:11:40
70	Oda Aune Gissinger (Nor) Hitec Products-Fluid Control	0:11:40
71	Zoe Bäckstedt (Gbr) CANYON//SRAM	0:11:40
72	Elynor Bäckstedt (Gbr) UAE Team L'IMAD	0:11:40
73	Daniela Hezinová (Cze) Team Picnic PostNL	0:11:40
74	Nienke Veenhoven (Ned) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:11:40
75	Stine Marie Snortheim (Nor) Hitec Products-Fluid Control	0:11:40
76	Wilma Aintila (Fin) CANYON//SRAM	0:11:40
77	Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech	0:11:40
78	Amber Pate (Aus) Liv AlUla Jayco	0:11:40
79	Aniek van Alphen (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech	0:11:40
80	Teuntje Beekhuis (Ned) Uno-X Mobility	0:11:40
81	Arabella Rosalie Blackburn (Gbr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team	0:11:40
82	Beth Morrow (Gbr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team	0:11:40
83	Madelaine Leech (Gbr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team	0:11:40
84	Alma Walther Møller Rasmussen (Den) Hitec Products-Fluid Control	0:13:56
85	Anna Flynn (Gbr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team	0:14:49
86	Marthe Goossens (Bel) AG Insurance-Soudal Team	0:14:49
87	Leila Gschwentner (Aut) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team	0:14:49
88	Tiffany Keep (Rsa) DAS-Hutchinson	0:14:49
89	Amelia Cebak (Gbr) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team	0:14:49
90	Teniel Campbell (Tto) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team	0:14:49
DNF	Vittoria Guazzini (Ita) FDJ United-SUEZ	DNF
DNF	Iurani Blanco (Esp) Human Powered Health	DNF
DNF	Nina Buijsman (Ned) Human Powered Health	DNF
DNF	Katie Scott (Gbr) DAS-Hutchinson	DNF
DNF	Yilla Threels (Ned) O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes	DNF
DNF	Grace Lister (Gbr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team	DNF

General classification after stage 4

Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Kim Le Court-Pienaar (Mru) AG Insurance-Soudal Team	13:59:35
2	Liane Lippert (Ger) Movistar Team	0:00:24
3	Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Team SD Worx-Protime	0:00:29
4	Caroline Andersson (Swe) Liv AlUla Jayco	0:00:39
5	Femke de Vries (Ned) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:44
6	Mischa Bredewold (Ned) UAE Team L'IMAD	0:00:46
7	Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) Team SD Worx-Protime	0:00:46
8	Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den) CANYON//SRAM	0:00:46
9	Josie Nelson (Gbr) Team Picnic PostNL	0:00:56
10	Riejanne Markus (Ned) Lidl-Trek	0:01:06
11	Kate Courtney (Usa) FDJ United-SUEZ	0:01:12
12	Fleur Moors (Bel) Lidl-Trek	0:01:14
13	Shirin van Anrooij (Ned) Lidl-Trek	0:01:18
14	Maud Oudeman (Ned) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:01:18
15	Marte Berg Edseth (Nor) Team Picnic PostNL	0:01:22
16	Pfeiffer Georgi (Gbr) Uno-X Mobility	0:01:25
17	Margot Vanpachtenbeke (Bel) Lidl-Trek	0:01:25
18	Ricarda Bauernfeind (Ger) Lidl-Trek	0:01:34
19	Eva van Agt (Ned) FDJ United-SUEZ	0:02:29
20	Millie Couzens (Gbr) Fenix-Premier Tech	0:03:42
21	Erica Magnaldi (Ita) UAE Team L'IMAD	0:03:46
22	Katrine Aalerud (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:03:53
23	Lauren Dickson (Gbr) FDJ United-SUEZ	0:03:55
24	Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini (Ita) UAE Team L'IMAD	0:04:01
25	Alice Towers (Gbr) Great Britain	0:05:26
26	Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team	0:05:29
27	Ingvild Gåskjenn (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:05:37
28	Quinty Ton (Ned) Liv AlUla Jayco	0:06:04
29	Marit Raaijmakers (Ned) AG Insurance-Soudal Team	0:06:28
30	Letizia Borghesi (Ita) Human Powered Health	0:06:46
31	Flora Perkins (Gbr) Fenix-Premier Tech	0:07:24
32	Sara Martín (Esp) Movistar Team	0:07:26
33	Noémie Thomson (Gbr) DAS-Hutchinson	0:08:32
34	Marta Jaskulska (Pol) Human Powered Health	0:08:49
35	Audrey De Keersmaeker (Bel) Team Picnic PostNL	0:08:49
36	Francesca Barale (Ita) Movistar Team	0:09:17
37	Juliana Londoño (Col) Team Picnic PostNL	0:09:55
38	Soraya Paladin (Ita) CANYON//SRAM	0:10:28
39	Léa Curinier (Fra) FDJ United-SUEZ	0:12:09
40	Imogen Wolff (Gbr) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:12:10
41	Marthe Truyen (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech	0:12:10
42	Justyna Czapla (Ger) CANYON//SRAM	0:12:25
43	Lara Gillespie (Irl) UAE Team L'IMAD	0:12:48
44	Chiara Consonni (Ita) CANYON//SRAM	0:13:42
45	Julia Borgström (Swe) Hitec Products-Fluid Control	0:14:57
46	Femke Gerritse (Ned) Team SD Worx-Protime	0:15:31
47	Julia Kopecký (Cze) Team SD Worx-Protime	0:16:12
48	Anna Morris (Gbr) Great Britain	0:17:39
49	Morven Yeoman (Gbr) DAS-Hutchinson	0:17:43
50	Josie Talbot (Aus) Liv AlUla Jayco	0:17:59
51	Lucía Ruiz Pérez (Esp) Movistar Team	0:18:34
52	Noä Jansen (Ned) Liv AlUla Jayco	0:18:34
53	Magdalene Lind (Nor) Hitec Products-Fluid Control	0:19:46
54	Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Uno-X Mobility	0:20:06
55	Ally Wollaston (Nzl) FDJ United-SUEZ	0:20:07
56	Claire Steels (Gbr) Movistar Team	0:20:07
57	Zoe Bäckstedt (Gbr) CANYON//SRAM	0:20:44
58	Amandine Fouquenet (Fra) AG Insurance-Soudal Team	0:22:11
59	Dilyxine Miermont (Fra) Team Picnic PostNL	0:24:34
60	Maggie Coles-Lyster (Can) Human Powered Health	0:24:36
61	Oda Aune Gissinger (Nor) Hitec Products-Fluid Control	0:26:05
62	Alberte Greve (Den) Uno-X Mobility	0:27:34
63	Febe Jooris (Bel) UAE Team L'IMAD	0:28:11
64	Ida Krickau Ketelsen (Den) O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes	0:28:32
65	Nienke Veenhoven (Ned) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:29:00
66	Amalie Cooper (Gbr) Great Britain	0:29:28
67	Aniek van Alphen (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech	0:29:34
68	Alexandra Manly (Aus) AG Insurance-Soudal Team	0:29:35
69	Clara Copponi (Fra) Lidl-Trek	0:29:41
70	Wilma Aintila (Fin) CANYON//SRAM	0:30:07
71	Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech	0:33:08
72	Margaux Vigié (Fra) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:34:38
73	Daniela Hezinová (Cze) Team Picnic PostNL	0:34:38
74	Alma Walther Møller Rasmussen (Den) Hitec Products-Fluid Control	0:36:39
75	Teuntje Beekhuis (Ned) Uno-X Mobility	0:37:24
76	Beth Morrow (Gbr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team	0:38:03
77	Fien Van Eynde (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech	0:38:31
78	Madelaine Leech (Gbr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team	0:38:53
79	Amber Pate (Aus) Liv AlUla Jayco	0:39:10
80	Elynor Bäckstedt (Gbr) UAE Team L'IMAD	0:39:54
81	Anna Flynn (Gbr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team	0:41:21
82	Tiffany Keep (Rsa) DAS-Hutchinson	0:41:40
83	Marthe Goossens (Bel) AG Insurance-Soudal Team	0:41:40
84	Arabella Rosalie Blackburn (Gbr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team	0:42:05
85	Lucy Lee (Gbr) DAS-Hutchinson	0:50:18
86	Leila Gschwentner (Aut) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team	0:52:40
87	Petra Stiasny (Sui) Human Powered Health	1:01:20
88	Stine Marie Snortheim (Nor) Hitec Products-Fluid Control	1:03:31
89	Amelia Cebak (Gbr) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team	1:06:15
90	Teniel Campbell (Tto) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team	1:06:38

Renewi Tour: Jasper Philipsen awarded photo-finish sprint to claim stage 4 victory, retakes leader's jersey

James Moultrie — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 13:56:58 +0000

Another photo-finish at the 2026 Renewi Tour saw Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Premier Tech) emerge victorious on stage 4, narrowly pipping Olav Kooij (Decathlon CMA CGM) to the line in Bilzen-Hoeselt after a tight sprint.

Kooij came off the wheel of Biniam Girmay (NSN) in the final 200 metres with his eyes on the line and most of his rivals fading, but Philipsen was still lurking in his slipstream and struck in the final 75 metres to beat him with a good bike throw by a tyre's width.

There was another crash at the Belgian WorldTour race, with Søren Wærenskjold (Uno-X Mobility) coming down in the final 500 metres, but most of the big names managed to avoid it.

Alessandro Borgo (Bahrain-Victorious) came through late to finish third on stage, beating Dylan Groenewegen (Unibet Rose Rockets), who opened up the final sprint following a strong lead-out, with Luca Mozzato (Tudor) rounding out the top five.

Philipsen moved back into the overall lead of the race ahead of stage 3 winner Jenno Berckmoes (Lotto Intermarché), who failed to get up there in the sprint and couldn't get away from his rivals despite strong work from Arnaud De Lie leading into the final rep of the many punchy climbs along the 187km route.

Philipsen will take a four-second lead over his compatriot into the final day in and around Leuven, the site of the 2021 World Championships.

"It was a hard day, didn't have the freshest legs in the end, but I didn't think anybody had. So in the end I was happy I could launch my sprint just in time to overtake Olav," said Philipsen after his eighth win in 2026 so far.

"It was a really close sprint and a strong sprint from him, so I'm happy I could take victory. Of course it was a very tough day with the weather conditions, and it wasn't easy either with the hills on the course. A tough day and tomorrow also will be another tough day."

Sprinters battle it out after tough fourth stage

While the fourth stage of the Renewi Tour was always expected to be one for the sprinters, a tough course through Belgian Limburg lined with 14 short and sharp hills meant it was never going to be an easy day, with constantly changing weather conditions on Saturday adding another variable to the difficulty.

Racing split with 130km to go, when a six-man breakaway went up the road: Axel Huens, Johan Jacobs (Groupama-FDJ United), Kamil Małecki (Pinarello Q36.5), Lionel Taminiaux (Lotto Intermarché), Aivaras Mikutis (Tudor), Toms Skujiņš (Lidl-Trek).

While they went a minute up the road, 16 riders did briefly break away from the peloton to form a second group, but they were quickly caught, and the race settled into a regular sprint stage chasing pattern, with the likes of Alpecin-Premier Tech, Soudal-QuickStep and Netcompany Ineos doing the lion's share of the work.

The break did survive out in front until the Green KM, where Taminiaux and Mikutis shared the three sprint wins. From here, though, the Belgian dropped back while the Lithuanian champion kicked on to be the last man standing up the road, alongside Małecki, before they were fulled caught back with 21km to go.

Action in the peloton didn't settle, even with a sprint now looking certain, as Lidl-Trek – who are without sprinter Jonathan Milan after he crashed on stage 2 and abandoned one day later – sent Søren Kragh Andersen up the road with 17km to go.

His attack was working well until he reached the final lap up the Letenberg climb, where Arnaud De Lie accelerated in support of Berckmoes and all but fully ended the Dane's move. However, as the pace lulled due to no one wanting to push on, he was just able to re-establish a lead.

Kragh Andersen would survive all the way into the final kilometre, where he was caught by Unibet Rose Rockets and Soudal-QuickStep working on the front for a sprint. As the finale played out, though, both those teams would miss out as Groenewegen and Tim Merlier failed to match the much faster Philipsen and Kooij.

Results

Position	Rider	Time
1	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	3:57:45
2	Olav Kooij (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:00:00
3	Alessandro Borgo (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious	0:00:00
4	Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:00:00
5	Luca Mozzato (Ita) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:00:00
6	Marijn van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost	0:00:00
7	Biniam Girmay (Eri) NSN Cycling Team	0:00:00
8	Sam Bennett (Irl) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:00:00
9	Tim van Dijke (Ned) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:00:00
10	Pavel Bittner (Cze) Team Picnic PostNL	0:00:00
11	Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step	0:00:00
12	Mike Teunissen (Ned) XDS Astana Team	0:00:00
13	Arne Marit (Bel) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:00:00
14	Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto Intermarché	0:00:00
15	Cees Bol (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:00:00
16	Tomáš Kopecký (Cze) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:00:00
17	Jonas Geens (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:00:00
18	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) NSN Cycling Team	0:00:00
19	Matteo Trentin (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious	0:00:00
20	Matej Mohorič (Slo) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:00:00
21	Matteo Milan (Ita) Groupama-FDJ United	0:00:00
22	Elmar Reinders (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:00:00
23	Michiel Lambrecht (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise	0:00:00
24	Vincent Van Hemelen (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise	0:00:00
25	Jules Hesters (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise	0:00:00
26	Iván García Cortina (Esp) Movistar Team	0:00:00
27	Mikkel Bjerg (Den) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:00:00
28	Robert Donaldson (Gbr) Team Jayco AlUla	0:00:00
29	Pepijn Reinderink (Ned) Soudal Quick-Step	0:00:00
30	Siebe Deweirdt (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise	0:00:00
31	Senne Thonnon (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise	0:00:00
32	Axel Huens (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:00:00
33	Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:00:00
34	Davide Toneatti (Ita) XDS Astana Team	0:00:00
35	Pietro Mattio (Ita) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:00
36	Quinten Hermans (Bel) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:00:00
37	Julius van den Berg (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	0:00:00
38	Alec Segaert (Bel) Bahrain-Victorious	0:00:00
39	Thibaud Gruel (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:00:00
40	Florian Vermeersch (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:00:00
41	Leander Van Hautegem (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise	0:00:00
42	Clément Russo (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:00:00
43	Kevin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ United	0:00:00
44	Matyáš Kopecký (Cze) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:00:00
45	Manlio Moro (Ita) Movistar Team	0:00:00
46	Lorenzo Milesi (Ita) Movistar Team	0:00:00
47	Lukáš Kubiš (Svk) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:00:00
48	Luke Lamperti (Usa) EF Education-EasyPost	0:00:00
49	Carl-Frederik Bévort (Den) Uno-X Mobility	0:00:00
50	Aimé De Gendt (Bel) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:00:00
51	Mick van Dijke (Ned) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:00:15
52	Ferre Geeraerts (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise	0:00:00
53	Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Lidl-Trek	0:00:00
54	Daan Hoole (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:00:00
55	Tim Marsman (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:00:37
56	Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-EasyPost	0:00:00
57	Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Lidl-Trek	0:00:00
58	Sean Flynn (Gbr) Team Picnic PostNL	0:00:00
59	Menno Huising (Ned) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:00
60	Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:00
61	Kim Heiduk (Ger) Netcompany INEOS	0:00:00
62	Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:00:00
63	Guillaume Boivin (Can) NSN Cycling Team	0:00:00
64	Abram Stockman (Bel) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:00:45
65	Toms Skujiņš (Lat) Lidl-Trek	0:00:00
66	Arjen Livyns (Bel) XDS Astana Team	0:00:00
67	Edward Theuns (Bel) Lidl-Trek	0:00:00
68	William Blume Levy (Den) Uno-X Mobility	0:01:20
69	Samuel Watson (Gbr) Netcompany INEOS	0:01:20
70	Aaron Gate (Nzl) XDS Astana Team	0:00:00
71	Brent Van Moer (Bel) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:00:00
72	Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step	0:01:50
73	Lev Gonov (Rus) XDS Astana Team	0:02:06
74	Robert Stannard (Aus) Bahrain-Victorious	0:02:15
75	Dries De Pooter (Bel) Team Jayco AlUla	0:02:15
76	Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step	0:02:15
77	Davide Ballerini (Ita) XDS Astana Team	0:02:15
78	Martin Svrček (Svk) Soudal Quick-Step	0:02:15
79	Frederik Frison (Bel) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:02:15
80	Julius Johansen (Den) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:02:15
81	Emil Herzog (Ger) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:02:15
82	Storm Ingebrigtsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:02:15
83	Dillon Corkery (Irl) Team Picnic PostNL	0:02:49
84	Connor Swift (Gbr) Netcompany INEOS	0:02:49
85	Arvid de Kleijn (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:00:00
86	Nils Eekhoff (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	0:02:49
87	Dries De Bondt (Bel) Team Jayco AlUla	0:02:49
88	Davide Formolo (Ita) Movistar Team	0:02:49
89	Jonas Hem Hvideberg (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:02:49
90	Nadav Raisberg (Isr) NSN Cycling Team	0:02:49
91	Kamil Gradek (Pol) Bahrain-Victorious	0:02:57
92	Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:00:00
93	Johan Jacobs (Sui) Groupama-FDJ United	0:04:28
94	Fabian Lienhard (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:04:28
95	Maurice Ballerstedt (Ger) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:04:28
96	Felix Ørn-Kristoff (Nor) Lotto Intermarché	0:00:00
97	Hartthijs de Vries (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:04:28
98	Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Jayco AlUla	0:04:28
99	Joshua Giddings (Gbr) Lotto Intermarché	0:06:08
100	Arnaud De Lie (Bel) Lotto Intermarché	0:06:08
101	James Knox (Gbr) Team Picnic PostNL	0:06:17
102	Bob Jungels (Lux) Netcompany INEOS	0:06:17
103	Silvan Dillier (Sui) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:06:17
104	Luke Durbridge (Aus) Team Jayco AlUla	0:06:17
105	Kamil Małecki (Pol) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:06:17
106	Lennert Belmans (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:06:17
107	Igor Arrieta (Esp) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:06:17
108	Jon Barrenetxea (Esp) Movistar Team	0:06:17
109	Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:06:17
110	Robbe Ghys (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:06:17
111	Sebastian Kolze Changizi (Den) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:06:17
112	Aivaras Mikutis (Ltu) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:06:17
113	Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Soudal Quick-Step	0:06:17
114	Maikel Zijlaard (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:06:17
115	Tim Naberman (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	0:06:17
116	Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) Lotto Intermarché	0:06:17
117	Jakob Söderqvist (Swe) Lidl-Trek	0:08:16
118	Gleb Syritsa (Rus) XDS Astana Team	0:08:16
119	Artem Shmidt (Usa) Netcompany INEOS	0:08:16
DNF	Paul Lapeira (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	DNF
DNF	Niklas Behrens (Ger) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	DNF
DNF	Laurence Pithie (Nzl) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	DNF
DNS	Huub Artz (Ned) Lotto Intermarché	DNS
DNS	Pier-André Côté (Can) NSN Cycling Team	DNS

General classification after stage 4

Position	Rider	Time
1	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	15:22:18
2	Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto Intermarché	0:00:04
3	Olav Kooij (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:00:10
4	Quinten Hermans (Bel) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:00:23
5	Mike Teunissen (Ned) XDS Astana Team	0:00:26
6	Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Bahrain-Victorious	0:00:27
7	Alec Segaert (Bel) Uno-X Mobility	0:00:27
8	Matteo Trentin (Ita) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:00:28
9	Robert Donaldson (Gbr) Team Jayco AlUla	0:00:29
10	Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:30
11	Axel Huens (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:00:30
12	Marijn van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost	0:00:31
13	Tim van Dijke (Ned) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:00:31
14	Pepijn Reinderink (Ned) Soudal Quick-Step	0:00:31
15	Toms Skujiņš (Lat) XDS Astana Team	0:00:32
16	Aaron Gate (Nzl) Lidl-Trek	0:00:32
17	Pavel Bittner (Cze) Team Picnic PostNL	0:00:34
18	Florian Vermeersch (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:00:34
19	Tomáš Kopecký (Cze) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:00:34
20	Michiel Lambrecht (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise	0:00:34
21	Lukáš Kubiš (Svk) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:00:34
22	Vincent Van Hemelen (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise	0:00:34
23	Kim Heiduk (Ger) Netcompany INEOS	0:00:34
24	Siebe Deweirdt (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise	0:00:34
25	Pietro Mattio (Ita) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:34
26	Brent Van Moer (Bel) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:00:34
27	Davide Toneatti (Ita) XDS Astana Team	0:00:34
28	Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:00:34
29	Senne Thonnon (Bel) Lidl-Trek	0:00:34
30	Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Flanders-Baloise	0:00:43
31	Matej Mohorič (Slo) Bahrain-Victorious	0:00:51
32	Aimé De Gendt (Bel) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:00:51
33	Mick van Dijke (Ned) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:00:56
34	Daan Hoole (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:00:56
35	Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-EasyPost	0:00:56
36	Mikkel Bjerg (Den) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:00:56
37	Jonas Geens (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:01:09
38	Thibaud Gruel (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:01:26
39	Kevin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ United	0:02:05
40	Luca Mozzato (Ita) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:02:30
41	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) NSN Cycling Team	0:03:10
42	Iván García Cortina (Esp) Movistar Team	0:03:10
43	Julius van den Berg (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	0:03:12
44	Sean Flynn (Gbr) Team Picnic PostNL	0:03:12
45	Carl-Frederik Bévort (Den) Uno-X Mobility	0:03:13
46	Biniam Girmay (Eri) NSN Cycling Team	0:03:15
47	Cees Bol (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:03:15
48	Arjen Livyns (Bel) XDS Astana Team	0:03:15
49	Alessandro Borgo (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious	0:03:19
50	Lorenzo Milesi (Ita) Movistar Team	0:03:19
51	Connor Swift (Gbr) Netcompany INEOS	0:03:23
52	Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step	0:03:25
53	Luke Lamperti (Usa) EF Education-EasyPost	0:03:31
54	Clément Russo (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:03:31
55	Tim Marsman (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:04:06
56	Ferre Geeraerts (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise	0:04:30
57	Samuel Watson (Gbr) Netcompany INEOS	0:04:51
58	Dries De Bondt (Bel) Team Jayco AlUla	0:05:55
59	Robert Stannard (Aus) Bahrain-Victorious	0:06:12
60	Arnaud De Lie (Bel) Lotto Intermarché	0:06:31
61	Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step	0:06:39
62	Arne Marit (Bel) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:06:53
63	Johan Jacobs (Sui) Groupama-FDJ United	0:07:43
64	Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:07:59
65	Davide Ballerini (Ita) XDS Astana Team	0:08:25
66	Manlio Moro (Ita) Movistar Team	0:08:51
67	Hartthijs de Vries (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:09:15
68	Leander Van Hautegem (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise	0:09:22
69	Frederik Frison (Bel) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:09:38
70	Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:11:05
71	Sam Bennett (Irl) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:11:05
72	Jules Hesters (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise	0:11:05
73	Elmar Reinders (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:11:05
74	Guillaume Boivin (Can) NSN Cycling Team	0:11:05
75	Menno Huising (Ned) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:11:05
76	Igor Arrieta (Esp) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:11:14
77	Martin Svrček (Svk) Soudal Quick-Step	0:11:36
78	Emil Herzog (Ger) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:11:45
79	Julius Johansen (Den) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:12:03
80	Edward Theuns (Bel) Lidl-Trek	0:12:23
81	William Blume Levy (Den) Uno-X Mobility	0:12:25
82	Kamil Małecki (Pol) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:12:25
83	Kamil Gradek (Pol) Bahrain-Victorious	0:12:45
84	Abram Stockman (Bel) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:13:14
85	Dries De Pooter (Bel) Team Jayco AlUla	0:13:35
86	Jonas Hem Hvideberg (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:13:54
87	Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step	0:13:58
88	Jon Barrenetxea (Esp) Movistar Team	0:14:41
89	Matyáš Kopecký (Cze) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:15:30
90	Fabian Lienhard (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:15:48
91	Maurice Ballerstedt (Ger) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:16:51
92	Arvid de Kleijn (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:17:04
93	Jakob Söderqvist (Swe) Lidl-Trek	0:17:38
94	Joshua Giddings (Gbr) Lotto Intermarché	0:17:49
95	Maikel Zijlaard (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:18:20
96	Matteo Milan (Ita) Groupama-FDJ United	0:18:27
97	Aivaras Mikutis (Ltu) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:19:09
98	Artem Shmidt (Usa) Netcompany INEOS	0:19:20
99	Felix Ørn-Kristoff (Nor) Lotto Intermarché	0:20:02
100	Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) Lotto Intermarché	0:20:07
101	Storm Ingebrigtsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:21:12
102	Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Jayco AlUla	0:21:55
103	Robbe Ghys (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:22:50
104	Sebastian Kolze Changizi (Den) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:22:50
105	Davide Formolo (Ita) Movistar Team	0:23:08
106	James Knox (Gbr) Team Picnic PostNL	0:23:22
107	Nadav Raisberg (Isr) NSN Cycling Team	0:23:41
108	Lev Gonov (Rus) XDS Astana Team	0:23:55
109	Lennert Belmans (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:24:44
110	Tim Naberman (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	0:25:14
111	Silvan Dillier (Sui) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:25:49
112	Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Lidl-Trek	0:26:17
113	Luke Durbridge (Aus) Team Jayco AlUla	0:26:36
114	Dillon Corkery (Irl) Team Picnic PostNL	0:27:12
115	Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:27:54
116	Bob Jungels (Lux) Netcompany INEOS	0:28:19
117	Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Soudal Quick-Step	0:28:35
118	Nils Eekhoff (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	0:29:10
119	Gleb Syritsa (Rus) XDS Astana Team	0:33:12

Kortijk Koerse: Sofie van Rooijen out-sprints Charlotte Kool for a second career victory in Belgian race

Owen Rogers — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 18:58:56 +0000

Sofie Van Rooijen (UAE Development Team L'IMAD) out-sprinted Charlotte Kool (Fenix-Premier Tech) to win Konvert Kortijk Koerse. Kathrin Schweinberger (Human Powered Health) completed the podium from the bunch sprint.

It was the second time in three years that Van Rooijen conquered the laps on the Flemish roads, last edging Chiara Consonni (UAE Development) and Daria Pikulik (Human Powered Health) in 2024.

This time Rooijen had time to raise her arm to celebrate on the wet road from overcast skies and rain. It was her first victory in 10 months.

The Friday race attracted six top level WorldTour teams, all present in Belgium for a series of three one-day races on the Flemish roads, of which this was the last. Kool took the win on Thursday at GP Lucien Van Impe.

For Schweinberger, a third-place finish in the rain and across the cobbles was redemption for a DNF from the day before, where she crashed out.

Now in a fifth edition, the UCI 1.1 race started and finished in Kortrijk and sent riders on a flat course of 127.6km with two large loops south of the city before finishing with six loops of 9km to close the day. Two ascents of the cobbled Beerbosstraat on the opening loops added an early challenge, but with only 842m of climbing the race seemed like one for the sprinters.

A pair of riders formed the day’s breakaway, Loes Adegeest (Lidl-Trek) and Femke Markus (SD Worx-Protime) building a lead onto the closing circuits. But the flat terrain allowed the sprinters to reengage and on the final circuit the WorldTour teams positioned their riders for a bunch sprint.

The race attracted six top level WorldTour teams, all present in Belgium for a series of three one-day races on the Flemish roads, of which this was the last. However, it was the Continental-level UAE development that stole the spotlight.

Results

Place	Full Name (Team)	Time
1	Sofie van Rooijen (UAE Development Team)	03:04:17
2	Charlotte Kool (Fenix-Premier Tech)	+0:00:00
3	Kathrin Schweinberger (Human Powered Health)	+0:00:00
4	Katrijn De Clercq (Lotto-Intermarché Ladies)	+0:00:00
5	Shari Bossuyt (AG Insurance Soudal Devo Team)	+0:00:00
6	Marta Lach (Team SD Worx-Protime)	+0:00:00
7	Martina Alzini (Cofidis Women Team)	+0:00:00
8	Alena Ivanchenko (UAE Development Team)	+0:00:00
9	Olga Wankiewicz (MAT ATOM Deweloper Wroclaw)	+0:00:00
10	Jule Märkl (CANYON//SRAM Generation)	+0:00:00
11	Elisa Serne (KDM-Pack Cycling Team)	+0:00:00
12	Camilla Rånes Bye (Minimax Cycling Team)	+0:00:03
13	Scarlett Souren (VolkerWessels Cycling Team)	+0:00:03
14	Lily Williams (Human Powered Health)	+0:00:03
15	Anastasiya Kolesava (CANYON//SRAM Generation)	+0:00:05
16	Lea Lin Teutenberg (Lotto-Intermarché Ladies)	+0:00:05
17	Loes Sels (Cyclingteam Belco/Van Eyck)	+0:00:05
18	Silvia Zanardi (Human Powered Health)	+0:00:05
19	Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek)	+0:00:05
20	Emma Jeffers (Liv AlUla Jayco Women’s Continental Team)	+0:00:05
21	Lente Boskamp (KDM-Pack Cycling Team)	+0:00:05
22	Linda Zanetti (Uno-X Mobility)	+0:00:05
23	Masja Keesman (Cyclingteam Belco/Van Eyck)	+0:00:05
24	Clara Lundmark (Minimax Cycling Team)	+0:00:05
25	Tirza Wisse (VolkerWessels Cycling Team)	+0:00:05
26	Katherine Sarkisov (CCB p/b Levine Law Group)	+0:00:05
27	Emma Duchateau (Cyclingteam Belco/Van Eyck)	+0:00:05
28	Marte Dolven (KDM-Pack Cycling Team)	+0:00:05
29	Alyssa Polites (Meridian Bikebug)	+0:00:05
30	Lisa van Belle (Team SD Worx-Protime)	+0:00:05
31	Weronika Wasaty (CANYON//SRAM Generation)	+0:00:05
32	Fauve Bastiaenssen (AG Insurance Soudal Devo Team)	+0:00:05
33	Evelien Vijn (VolkerWessels Cycling Team)	+0:00:05
34	Carmen van der Veen (Carbonbike Giordana Sofré)	+0:00:05
35	Maja Tracka (MAT ATOM Deweloper Wroclaw)	+0:00:05
36	Florien Bolks (VolkerWessels Cycling Team)	+0:00:05
37	Magdalena Leis (UAE Development Team)	+0:00:05
38	Frauke Bruylandts (Cyclingteam Belco/Van Eyck)	+0:00:05
39	Matilde Vitillo (Liv AlUla Jayco Women’s Continental Team)	+0:00:05
40	Sofia Ungerova (MAT ATOM Deweloper Wroclaw)	+0:00:05
41	Lani Wittevrongel (Lotto-Intermarché Ladies)	+0:00:05
42	Linda Riedmann (Lotto-Intermarché Ladies)	+0:00:05
43	Jelena Eric (Uno-X Mobility)	+0:00:05
44	Hannah Kunz (REMBE \| rad-net women)	+0:00:05
45	Amber van der Hulst (VolkerWessels Cycling Team)	+0:00:05
46	Gabriela Kaczmarczyk (MAT ATOM Deweloper Wroclaw)	+0:00:05
47	Mikayla Harvey (Team SD Worx-Protime)	+0:00:05
48	Eilidh Shaw (UAE Development Team)	+0:00:05
49	Romina Hinojosa (Lotto-Intermarché Ladies)	+0:00:05
50	Manon de Boer (Citymesh-Customm Pro Cycling Team)	+0:00:05
51	Anabelle Thomas (Liv AlUla Jayco Women’s Continental Team)	+0:00:05
52	Mia Williams (Meridian Bikebug)	+0:00:05
53	Isabella Maria Escalera (O'SHEA Red Chilli Bikes)	+0:00:05
54	Alyssa Sarkisov (CCB p/b Levine Law Group)	+0:00:05
55	Akari Kobayashi (Kasseien Fiets Huis Cycling Team)	+0:00:05
56	Marith Vanhove (AG Insurance Soudal Devo Team)	+0:00:17
57	Maira Jasch (REMBE \| rad-net women)	+0:00:17
58	Urszula Sipko (MAT ATOM Deweloper Wroclaw)	+0:00:17
59	Katja Verkerk (Minimax Cycling Team)	+0:00:17
60	Helena Bieber (Carbonbike Giordana Sofré)	+0:00:17
61	Laura Süßemilch (REMBE \| rad-net women)	+0:00:17
62	Rose Kloese (Carbonbike Giordana Sofré)	+0:00:17
63	Mylène de Zoete (Fenix-Premier Tech)	+0:00:17
64	Felicity Wilson-Haffenden (Lidl-Trek)	+0:00:17
65	Jente Koops (Human Powered Health)	+0:00:17
66	Kateryna Velychko (Révvi-EGS Group-Velopro)	+0:00:17
67	Marine Lenehan (Lidl-Trek)	+0:00:17
68	Giada Borghesi (Human Powered Health)	+0:00:17
69	Femke Markus (Team SD Worx-Protime)	+0:00:17
70	Aileen Schweikart (REMBE \| rad-net women)	+0:00:25
71	Megan Guarnier (CCB p/b Levine Law Group)	+0:00:25
72	Viivi Turpeinen (Minimax Cycling Team)	+0:00:25
73	Ilken Seynave (Lotto-Intermarché Ladies)	+0:00:27
74	Karla Bell (Révvi-EGS Group-Velopro)	+0:00:28
75	Isabel Mayes (O'SHEA Red Chilli Bikes)	+0:00:28
76	Ursula Lindén (Minimax Cycling Team)	+0:00:28
77	Katia Ragusa (Human Powered Health)	+0:00:28
78	Anna Bruneel (AG Insurance Soudal Devo Team)	+0:00:28
79	Julie De Wilde (Fenix-Premier Tech)	+0:00:28
80	Fee Knaven (UAE Development Team)	+0:00:28
81	Luca Vierstraete (AG Insurance Soudal Devo Team)	+0:00:28
82	Valentine Fortin (Cofidis Women Team)	+0:00:32
83	Mijntje Geurts (Cofidis Women Team)	+0:00:33
84	Nadia Quagliotto (Cofidis Women Team)	+0:00:33
85	Loes Adegeest (Lidl-Trek)	+0:00:42
86	Mia Gjertsen (Uno-X Mobility)	+0:00:42
87	Franziska Brauße (REMBE \| rad-net women)	+0:00:42
88	Selma Lantzsch (REMBE \| rad-net women)	+0:00:42
89	Anna Vanderaerden (Fenix-Premier Tech)	+0:00:42
90	Sophie Marr (Liv AlUla Jayco Women’s Continental Team)	+0:00:42
91	Leonie Bentveld (AG Insurance Soudal Devo Team)	+0:00:42
92	Marion Norbert Riberolle (Fenix-Premier Tech)	+0:01:10
93	Ann-Christine Allik (Révvi-EGS Group-Velopro)	+0:01:47
94	Puck Langenbarg (Fenix-Premier Tech)	+0:01:47
95	Liisi Lohk (Révvi-EGS Group-Velopro)	+0:01:47
96	Kirsty Watts (Meridian Bikebug)	+0:01:47
97	Joëlle Messemer (CANYON//SRAM Generation)	+0:01:47
98	Anouska Koster (Uno-X Mobility)	+0:01:47
99	Evy Kuijpers (Fenix-Premier Tech)	+0:01:47
100	Margarita Lopez Llull (Minimax Cycling Team)	+0:01:47
101	Francesca Pellegrini (Uno-X Mobility)	+0:01:47
102	Marie Vandecasteele (Cyclingteam Belco/Van Eyck)	+0:01:47
103	Helene Hesters (Liv AlUla Jayco Women’s Continental Team)	+0:01:47
104	Britt Huybrechts (Cyclingteam Belco/Van Eyck)	+0:01:47
105	Dina Boels (Lotto-Intermarché Ladies)	+0:01:47
106	Milla Marston (Kasseien Fiets Huis Cycling Team)	+0:02:01
107	Marie Schreiber (Team SD Worx-Protime)	+0:02:11
108	Anniina Ahtosalo (Uno-X Mobility)	+0:02:53
109	Meg MacDonald (Kasseien Fiets Huis Cycling Team)	+0:03:43
DNF	Messane Bräutigam (AG Insurance Soudal Devo Team)	—
DNF	Sophie Alisch (CANYON//SRAM Generation)	—
DNF	Erja Bianchi (CANYON//SRAM Generation)	—
DNF	Awen Roberts (CANYON//SRAM Generation)	—
DNF	Jorja Bond (CCB p/b Levine Law Group)	—
DNF	Bridget Ciambotti (CCB p/b Levine Law Group)	—
DNF	Elena Wu-Yan (CCB p/b Levine Law Group)	—
DNF	Eefje Brandt (Carbonbike Giordana Sofré)	—
DNF	Julie Hendrickx (Carbonbike Giordana Sofré)	—
DNF	Ellen Højlund Klinge (Carbonbike Giordana Sofré)	—
DNF	Lorena Leu (Carbonbike Giordana Sofré)	—
DNF	Julie Stockman (Citymesh-Customm Pro Cycling Team)	—
DNF	Elise Timmerman (Citymesh-Customm Pro Cycling Team)	—
DNF	Kato Van Hoecke (Citymesh-Customm Pro Cycling Team)	—
DNF	Yonna van Dam (Citymesh-Customm Pro Cycling Team)	—
DNF	Marion Borras (Cofidis Women Team)	—
DNF	Kristyna Burlova (Cofidis Women Team)	—
DNF	Spela Kern (Cofidis Women Team)	—
DNF	Jade Lenaers (Cyclingteam Belco/Van Eyck)	—
DNF	Wiktoria Pikulik (Human Powered Health)	—
DNF	Rosanne Breugelmans (KDM-Pack Cycling Team)	—
DNF	Clemence Cousineau (KDM-Pack Cycling Team)	—
DNF	Marieke Goossenaerts (KDM-Pack Cycling Team)	—
DNF	Gemke De Rocker (Kasseien Fiets Huis Cycling Team)	—
DNF	Annamarie Lipp (Kasseien Fiets Huis Cycling Team)	—
DNF	Megan Russell (Kasseien Fiets Huis Cycling Team)	—
DNF	Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek)	—
DNF	Tabea Huys (Lidl-Trek)	—
DNF	Martyna Szczesna (MAT ATOM Deweloper Wroclaw)	—
DNF	Inez Cashman (Meridian Bikebug)	—
DNF	Georgia Gardiner (Meridian Bikebug)	—
DNF	Ava Maddison (Meridian Bikebug)	—
DNF	Heidi Antikainen (Minimax Cycling Team)	—
DNF	Charlotte Broughton Kulset (O'SHEA Red Chilli Bikes)	—
DNF	Cindy Pomares (O'SHEA Red Chilli Bikes)	—
DNF	Maurène Trégouët (O'SHEA Red Chilli Bikes)	—
DNF	Yuli van der Molen (O'SHEA Red Chilli Bikes)	—
DNF	An-Sofie Marien (Révvi-EGS Group-Velopro)	—
DNF	Chloe Van Den Eede (Révvi-EGS Group-Velopro)	—
DNF	Clara Westergaard (Révvi-EGS Group-Velopro)	—
DNF	Emily De Cuyper (Superhelp-Evileye Team)	—
DNF	Evelien Debboudt (Superhelp-Evileye Team)	—
DNF	Chiara Bianca Takacs (Superhelp-Evileye Team)	—
DNF	Gaia Tortolina (Superhelp-Evileye Team)	—
DNF	Luana Zago (Superhelp-Evileye Team)	—
DNF	Safia Al Sayegh (UAE Development Team)	—
DNF	Zahra Hussain (UAE Development Team)	—
DNF	Meis Poland (VolkerWessels Cycling Team)	—

Deutschland Tour: Alessio Magagnotti lands stunning sprint win ahead of Paul Magnier on stage 2

jackie.tyson@futurenet.com (Jackie Tyson) — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 15:30:33 +0000

Alessio Magagnotti (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) blasted across the final 100 metres and sailed past favourite Paul Magnier (Soudal-QuickStep) to win stage 2 of the Deutschland Tour. Iúri Leitão (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) followed in third place.

The 19-year-old Italian stunned with his first pro career victory, delivering for his German team. Soudal-QuickStep tried to get Magnier in position, but their work was scattered. Behind with all the teams trying to sort good lines, Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe's Danny Van Poppel and Jarrad Drizners positioned their young sprinter.

Magagnotti went full throttle from about 12 riders back, getting in the slipstream of Leitão and then getting daylight on the outside in the final 50 metres.

"For me, it's amazing because I don't believe it," Magagnotti, who usually rides with the development team, said to broadcasters at the finish.

"It's I think my fifth race in the WorldTour. Danny [Van Poppel] and Jarrad [Drizners] had to do the big work for me and thanks for the win."

Louis Barré (Visma-Lease a Bike) retained the overall lead, now six seconds ahead of Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG).

Surprise for the sprinters

After the longest day of the five-day stage race on Thursday, stage 2 came in 18km shorter at 197km on a day for the sprinters. From the start in Schwäbisch Hall the single classified climb was tackled 38.9km into proceedings leaving a few rollers the next 80km and then a speedway of roads for the final 73km.

The customary flurry of attacks began quickly, and it was a trio of riders who got away in the opening minutes - mountains classification contender Ole Theiler (REMBE l Rad-Net), Ben Felix Jochum (Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur), and Alvaro Sagrado (Storck-MRW Bau). From this group, both Sagrado and Jochum were the mild threats for the GC leader Louis Barré (Visma-Lease a Bike), at just over three minutes back each, but there was a long way to go.

Theiler had eyes on the stiff climb of Juxkopf, only 1.1km in distance but at a solid gradient of 10-14%. Sagrado and Jochum went one-two at the summit but the one point scored by Theiler moved him into the KOM lead, now one point ahead of teammate Miguel Heidemann.

The trio carried on past the mid-way point and rain began to fall as did the time gap, going from as much as 2:30 to 1:45. Leading a long line of riders in the peloton were Soudal-QuickStep and UAE Team Emirates-XRG, keeping both GC riders and sprinters in check.

The trio took all the points at the intermediate sprint in Landshausen and Oberhausen, but the peloton was closing down the gap, under 30 seconds for the final 50km, and the rain still making conditions dismal, which took away the normal sunshine in the area meadows filled with vineyards and villages.

Isaac Del Toro of UAE Team Emirates - XRG competes on soggy stage 2 (Image credit: Getty Images)

With 31km left, the peloton made their catch, UAE Team Emirates-XRG increasing the pace.

The race got a bit spicy at the Bonus time sprint on offer, with Del Toro accelerating around a corner in Belheim to get the better of the race leader Barré and grabbed three seconds. Nils Politt led out his teammate and in the process took two seconds himself.

The action disrupted the peloton as the final 20km approached, but a separation of riders at the front closed quickly and the sun succeeded in breaking through the clouds.

The bell rang with 13.3km to go on a pass through the finish line, the peloton still all together on narrow roads through the countryside. Unibet Rose Rockets moved en masse to the front as did Lidl-Trek for the final two kilometres.

Magnier was third wheel as his team tried to formulate a train in the final kilometre, but other riders infiltrated near the front. While Soudal-QuickStep, Caja Rural-Seguros RGA, Lidl-Trek and Bahrain Victorious riders spread on one side of the road, Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe delivered their young Italian, who sprang from the bunch on a wide open path on the right and score the surprise win.

Louis Barré of Visma-Lease a Bike celebrates at podium in Blue Leader Jersey after stage 2 (Image credit: Getty Images)

Stage Results

Top 10
Place	Full Name (Team)	Time
1	Alessio Magagnotti (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)	04:40:13
2	Paul Magnier (Soudal Quick-Step)	+0:00:00
3	Iúri Leitão (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)	+0:00:00
4	Max Walscheid (Lidl-Trek)	+0:00:00
5	Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious)	+0:00:00
6	Tobias Müller (Unibet Rose Rockets)	+0:00:00
7	John Degenkolb (Team Picnic PostNL)	+0:00:00
8	Jenthe Biermans (Cofidis)	+0:00:00
9	Henri Uhlig (Alpecin-Premier Tech)	+0:00:00
10	Marco Haller (Tudor Pro Cycling Team)	+0:00:00

General Classification after stage 2

Top 10
Place	Full Name (Team)	Time
1	Louis Barré (Team Visma \| Lease a Bike)	09:58:31
2	Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates - XRG)	+0:00:06
3	Giulio Ciccone (Lidl - Trek)	+0:00:18
4	Edoardo Zambanini (Bahrain - Victorious)	+0:00:28
5	Andrea Raccagni Noviero (Soudal Quick-Step)	+0:00:29
6	Natnael Tesfatsion (Cofidis)	+0:00:30
7	Benjamin Thomas (Movistar Team)	+0:00:30
8	Bart Lemmen (Team Visma \| Lease a Bike)	+0:00:30
9	Tibor Del Grosso (Alpecin - Premier Tech)	+0:00:30
10	Mathias Vacek (Lidl - Trek)	+0:00:31

Renewi Tour: Jenno Berckmoes pulls off a heist to snatch stage 3 and the leader's jersey on Tour of Flanders-inspired day

Patrick Fletcher — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 15:23:14 +0000

Jenno Berckmoes (Lotto-Intermarché) pulled off a stunning heist to win stage 3 of the Renewi Tour, turning a late breakaway into success mere metres ahead of the charging peloton.

On a route inspired by the Tour of Flanders, the 25-year-old Belgian went clear of a fragmented peloton in the company of Alec Segaert (Bahrain Victorious) over the final ascent of the famous Muur van Geraardsbergen.

Despite only holding a narrow gap on the reduced peloton for much of the 33-kilometre finishing circuit, the pair of them returned to Geraardsbergen with a slender lead and a shot, with the finish line positioned half-way up the climb – on the cobbles of De Vesten but before the iconic steep section of the Muur by the chapel.

Berckmoes attacked Segaert with 500 metres to go and surged clear as his compatriot was swallowed up by the charging pack. His own teammate Arnaud De Lie opened the sprint behind, with race leader Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) coming around for second place three seconds down, just ahead of Olav Kooij (Decathlon CMA CGM) in third.

Philipsen was forced to hand over the leader’s jersey to Berckmoes, who also claimed 18 seconds in time bonuses – 10 for his stage win and eight during the ‘Green Kilometre’ on the Bosberg, shortly after the winning move was made.

Having started the day nine seconds down, Berckmoes now leads the race by six seconds over Philipsen, with Kooij another six seconds down. In a race that was always going to be decided by seconds, and where the Green Kilometre bonuses can have a big influence as they did today, it's wide open as we head into the final weekend.

Crashes and chaos

The third stage of the Renewi Tour was a 182km journey from Celles to Geraardsbergen, taking in several classic climbs of the Tour of Flanders, including the Paterberg, en route to the finishing circuit that featured not only the iconic Muur and Bosberg combination, but also the Onkerzeleberg and Denderoordberg climbs.

There were four non-starters after a crash-ridden stage 2: Kasper Asgreen (EF Education-EasyPost), Simone Consonni (Lidl-Trek), Tobias Bayer (Alpecin-Premier Tech), and Taco van der Hoorn (Lotto-Intermarché).

The stage opened with two short laps around Celles, where the first breakaway was brought back and, as they headed to the Flemish Ardennes, replaced by a new three-man move containing: Julius Johansen (UAE), Frederik Frison (Pinarello-Q36.5), and Michiel Lambrecht (Flanders-Baloise).

After the spate of non-starers, there were more non-finishers, with stage 1 winner Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) unable to continue after his heavy crash the previous day, while those to crash out here were Sam Welsford (Netcompany-Ineos), Filip Maciejuk (Movistar), Albert Torres (Movistar), and Haimar Etxeberria (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe).

The breakaway took their lead out towards the four-minute mark as they ticked off seven climbs, including the Knokteberg, Paterberg, and Oude Kruisberg, en route to Geraardsbergen for two laps of a 33km finishing circuit. The circuit started and finished on De Vesten, half-way up the famous Muur van Geraardsbergen, and went on, after the steep section to the chapel, to tackle the Bosberg, then the Onkerzeleberg and Denderoordberg, with plenty of flat roads in between.

The gap to the break was down to two minutes by the first passage of the finish line with 66km to go. There was no real action in the main peloton until the first climb of the Onkerzeleberg, where Lorenzo Milesi (Movistar), Martin Svrcek (Soudal-QuickStep), and Niklas Behrens (Visma-Lease a Bike) attacked from the bunch and bridged to the leaders to make it six out front.

As the pace intensified there were more crashes, Biniam Girmay (NSN) going down before another huge pile-up a kilometre from the end of that first and penultimate lap. Magnus Sheffield (Netcompany-Ineos) and Vlad Van Mechelen (Bahrain Victorious) were forced out as a result.

That crash effectively split the peloton as they headed onto the Muur and under the finish banner, with Berckmoes and Segaert up in a split of seven that hit the steep section of Kapelmuur and swallowed up the day's break. The two of them forced their way clear over the top and survived to the Bosberg, where they shared out the Green Kilometre bonuses.

The 40 or so riders left in the peloton were close at hand but never well organised, with Philipsen closing gaps on his own at one point, and a number of accelerations but no cohesive chase.

When Laurence Pithie (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) attacked with 18km to go there was a huge lull, which allowed the Kiwi rider to settle into a long solo pursuit, but he'd never join the two Belgians, who were combining faultlessly.

There was a big surge in the bunch on the approach to the final climb, the Denderoordberg, which did for Pithie and brought the leading duo back to within 10 seconds. But despite an attack from Tomas Kopecky (Unibet-Rose-Rockets), there was a new lull, and the gap went out again.

That gave fresh hope to the leading pair, especially as the final couple of kilometres towards Geraardsbergen were downhill. The peloton chased, and split once again on the technical entrance to the town off the descent, and it hung in the balance. But Berckmoes delivered an almighty burst of power as the road tilted uphill to surge clear of Segaert and as he maintained his power over the draggy cobbles it soon became clear he was on his way to victory.

Segaert was swallowed up, and the fast finishers hit out behind, but Berckmoes held off to cap a fine victory that leaves this race perfectly poised.

Stage 3 Results

Position	Rider (Country) Team	Time
1	Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	4:09:11
2	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:00:03
3	Olav Kooij (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM Team
4	Arnaud De Lie (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché
5	Robert Donaldson (GBr) Jayco-AlUla	0:00:06
6	Quinten Hermans (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
7	Mike Teunissen (Ned) XDS Astana Team
8	Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike	0:00:08
9	Pepijn Reinderink (Ned) Soudal Quick-Step
10	Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
11	Marijn van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost
12	Tim van Dijke (Ned) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
13	Matteo Trentin (Ita) Tudor Pro Cycling Team
14	Pavel Bittner (Cze) Picnic PostNL	0:00:11
15	Alec Segaert (Bel) Bahrain Victorious
16	Florian Vermeersch (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
17	Toms Skujins (Lat) Lidl-Trek
18	Brent Van Moer (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
19	Kim Heiduk (Ger) Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team
20	Siebe Deweirdt (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise
21	Jon Barrenetxea (Spa) Movistar Team
22	Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Lidl-Trek
23	Vincent Van Hemelen (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise
24	Axel Huens (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
25	Tomas Kopecky (Cze) Unibet Rose Rockets
26	Davide Toneatti (Ita) XDS Astana Team
27	Pietro Mattio (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike
28	Michiel Lambrecht (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise
29	Lukas Kubis (Svk) Unibet Rose Rockets
30	Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
31	Aaron Gate (NZl) XDS Astana Team
32	Connor Swift (GBr) Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team
33	Mick van Dijke (Ned) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:00:18
34	Senne Thonnon (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise	0:00:20
35	Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious	0:00:28
36	Aimé De Gendt (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
37	Daan Hoole (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:00:33
38	Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-EasyPost
39	Mikkel Bjerg (Den) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
40	Niklas Behrens (Ger) Visma-Lease a Bike	0:00:36
41	Jonas Geens (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:00:46
42	Thibaud Gruel (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:01:03
43	Luca Mozzato (Ita) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:01:17
44	Kevin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ United	0:01:42
45	Matyas Kopecky (Cze) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:01:50
46	Iván García Cortina (Spa) Movistar Team	0:02:47
47	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) NSN Cycling Team
48	Julius van den Berg (Ned) Picnic PostNL	0:02:49
49	Sean Flynn (GBr) Picnic PostNL
50	Dries De Bondt (Bel) Jayco-AlUla
51	Ferre Geeraerts (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise
52	Laurence Pithie (NZl) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
53	Robert Stannard (Aus) Bahrain Victorious	0:02:52
54	Arjen Livyns (Bel) XDS Astana Team
55	Carl-Frederik Bevort (Den) Uno-X Mobility
56	Johan Jacobs (Swi) Groupama-FDJ United
57	Biniam Girmay (Eri) NSN Cycling Team
58	Cees Bol (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM Team
59	Lorenzo Milesi (Ita) Movistar Team	0:02:56
60	Alessandro Borgo (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	0:03:00
61	Tim Marsman (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:03:06
62	Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step
63	Hartthijs de Vries (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets
64	Sam Watson (GBr) Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	0:03:08
65	Clément Russo (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
66	Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step
67	Kamil Malecki (Pol) Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
68	Luke Lamperti (USA) EF Education-EasyPost
69	Igor Arrieta (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:03:12
70	Davide Ballerini (Ita) XDS Astana Team	0:03:49
71	Emil Herzog (Ger) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:06:04
72	Arne Marit (Bel) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:06:30
73	Martin Svrcek (Svk) Soudal Quick-Step
74	Frederik Frison (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
75	Manlio Moro (Ita) Movistar Team
76	Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:06:40
77	Julius Johansen (Den) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
78	Kamil Gradek (Pol) Bahrain Victorious	0:08:59
79	Dries De Pooter (Bel) Jayco-AlUla
80	Leander Van Hautegem (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise
81	Luke Durbridge (Aus) Jayco-AlUla
82	Aivaras Mikutis (Ltu) Tudor Pro Cycling Team
83	Fabian Lienhard (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling Team
84	Abram Stockman (Bel) Unibet Rose Rockets
85	Jakob Söderqvist (Swe) Lidl-Trek
86	Davide Formolo (Ita) Movistar Team
87	Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step	0:10:42
88	Bob Jungels (Lux) Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team
89	Elmar Reinders (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets
90	Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets
91	Maurice Ballerstedt (Ger) Alpecin-Premier Tech
92	James Knox (GBr) Picnic PostNL
93	Arvid de Kleijn (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling Team
94	Guillaume Boivin (Can) NSN Cycling Team
95	Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
96	Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché
97	Jules Hesters (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise
98	Jonas Hem Hvideberg (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
99	Silvan Dillier (Swi) Alpecin-Premier Tech
100	Edward Theuns (Bel) Lidl-Trek
101	Joshua Giddings (GBr) Lotto-Intermarché
102	Artem Shmidt (USA) Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team
103	Menno Huising (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike
104	Maikel Zijlaard (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling Team
105	Sam Bennett (Irl) Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
106	William Blume Levy (Den) Uno-X Mobility
107	Huub Artz (Ned) Lotto-Intermarché	0:16:00
108	Pier-André Côté (Can) NSN Cycling Team
109	Matteo Milan (Ita) Groupama-FDJ United	0:16:06
110	Lev Gonov (Rus) XDS Astana Team
111	Gleb Syritsa (Rus) XDS Astana Team
112	Felix Ørn-Kristoff (Nor) Lotto-Intermarché
113	Luka Mezgec (Slo) Jayco-AlUla
114	Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Lidl-Trek
115	Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Soudal Quick-Step
116	Lennert Belmans (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
117	Nils Eekhoff (Ned) Picnic PostNL	0:16:10
118	Tim Naberman (Ned) Picnic PostNL
119	Dillon Corkery (Irl) Picnic PostNL
120	Paul Lapeira (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM Team
121	Storm Ingebrigtsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
122	Robbe Ghys (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM Team
123	Nadav Raisberg (Isr) NSN Cycling Team
124	Sebastian Kolze Changizi (Den) Tudor Pro Cycling Team
DNS	Tobias Bayer (Aut) Alpecin-Premier Tech
DNS	Kasper Asgreen (Den) EF Education-EasyPost
DNS	Simone Consonni (Ita) Lidl-Trek
DNS	Taco van der Hoorn (Ned) Lotto-Intermarché
DNF	Zak Erzen (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
DNF	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious
DNF	Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM Team
DNF	Max Walker (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost
DNF	Titouan Fontaine (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
DNF	Jonathan Milan (Ita) Lidl-Trek
DNF	Filip Maciejuk (Pol) Movistar Team
DNF	Albert Torres (Spa) Movistar Team
DNF	Magnus Sheffield (USA) Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team
DNF	Sam Welsford (Aus) Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team
DNF	Haimar Etxeberria (Spa) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
DNF	Owain Doull (GBr) Visma-Lease a Bike
DNF	Timo Kielich (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike
DNF	Loe van Belle (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike
DNF	Filippo Baroncini (Ita) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
DNF	Rune Herregodts (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG

General Classification after stage 3

Position	Rider (Country) Team	Time
1	Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	11:24:37
2	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:00:06
3	Olav Kooij (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:00:12
4	Arnaud De Lie (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	0:00:19
5	Quinten Hermans (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5
6	Mike Teunissen (Ned) XDS Astana	0:00:22
7	Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:00:23
8	Alec Segaert (Bel) Bahrain Victorious
9	Matteo Trentin (Ita) Tudor Pro Cycling	0:00:24
10	Robert Donaldson (GBr) Jayco-AlUla	0:00:25
11	Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike	0:00:26
12	Marijn Van Den Berg (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost	0:00:27
13	Tim Van Dijke (Ned) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
14	Pepijn Reinderink (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep
15	Axel Huens (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:00:28
16	Aaron Gate (NZl) XDS Astana
17	Pavel Bittner (Cze) Picnic PostNL	0:00:30
18	Florian Vermeersch (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
19	Lukáš Kubiš (Svk) Unibet Rose Rockets
20	Tomas Kopecky (Cze) Unibet Rose Rockets
21	Michiel Lambrecht (Bel) Team Flanders- Baloise
22	Toms Skujins (Lat) Lidl-Trek
23	Vincent Van Hemelen (Bel) Team Flanders- Baloise
24	Kim Alexander Heiduk (Ger) Ineos Grenadiers
25	Brent Van Moer (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5
26	Pietro Mattio (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike
27	Siebe Deweirdt (Bel) Team Flanders- Baloise
28	Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Lidl-Trek
29	Davide Toneatti (Ita) XDS Astana
30	Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
31	Connor Swift (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
32	Mick Van Dijke (Ned) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:00:37
33	Senne Thonnon (Bel) Team Flanders- Baloise	0:00:39
34	Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious	0:00:47
35	Aime De Gendt (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5
36	Daan Hoole (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:00:52
37	Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-EasyPost
38	Mikkel Norsgaard Bjerg (Den) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
39	Jonas Geens (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:01:05
40	Thibaud Gruel (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:01:22
41	Kévin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ United	0:02:01
42	Luca Mozzato (Ita) Tudor Pro Cycling	0:02:26
43	Dries De Bondt (Bel) Jayco-AlUla	0:03:02
44	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) NSN Cycling Team	0:03:06
45	Ivan Garcia Cortina (Spa) Movistar Team
46	Julius Van Den Berg (Ned) Picnic PostNL	0:03:08
47	Laurence Pithie (NZl) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
48	Sean Flynn (GBr) Picnic PostNL
49	Carl-Frederik Bévort (Den) Uno-X Mobility	0:03:09
50	Biniam Girmay (Eri) NSN Cycling Team	0:03:11
51	Johan Jacobs (Swi) Groupama-FDJ United
52	Cees Bol (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM
53	Arjen Livyns (Bel) XDS Astana
54	Lorenzo Milesi (Ita) Movistar Team	0:03:15
55	Alessandro Borgo (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	0:03:19
56	Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	0:03:21
57	Tim Marsman (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:03:25
58	Luke Lamperti (USA) EF Education-EasyPost	0:03:27
59	Clément Russo (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
60	Sam Watson (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
61	Robert Stannard (Aus) Bahrain Victorious	0:03:53
62	Ferre Geeraerts (Bel) Team Flanders- Baloise	0:04:26
63	Hartthijs De Vries (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:04:43
64	Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	0:04:45
65	Igor Arrieta Lizarraga (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:04:53
66	Davide Ballerini (Ita) XDS Astana	0:06:06
67	Kamil Małecki (Pol) Pinarello-Q36.5	0:06:09
68	Niklas Behrens (Ger) Visma-Lease a Bike	0:06:15
69	Arne Marit (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:06:49
70	Frederik Frison (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5	0:07:19
71	Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Pinarello-Q36.5	0:07:55
72	Jon Barrenetxea Golzarri (Spa) Movistar Team	0:08:20
73	Manlio Moro (Ita) Movistar Team	0:08:47
74	Martin Svrček (Svk) Soudal-QuickStep	0:09:17
75	Leander Van Hautegem (Bel) Team Flanders- Baloise	0:09:18
76	Jakob Söderqvist (Swe) Lidl-Trek
77	Emil Herzog (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:09:26
78	Kamil Gradek (Pol) Bahrain Victorious	0:09:44
79	Julius Johansen (Den) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
80	Artem Shmidt (USA) Ineos Grenadiers	0:11:00
81	Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:11:01
82	Sam Bennett (Irl) Pinarello-Q36.5
83	Jules Hesters (Bel) Team Flanders- Baloise
84	Elmar Reinders (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets
85	Guillaume Boivin (Can) NSN Cycling Team
86	Menno Huising (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike
87	Blume William Levy (Den) Uno-X Mobility
88	Jonas Hem Hvideberg (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
89	Dries De Pooter (Bel) Jayco-AlUla	0:11:16
90	Fabian Lienhard (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling
91	Joshua Giddings (GBr) Lotto-Intermarché	0:11:37
92	Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	0:11:39
93	Maikel Zijlaard (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling	0:11:59
94	Edward Theuns (Bel) Lidl-Trek	0:12:19
95	Maurice Ballerstedt (Ger) Alpecin-Premier Tech
96	Abram Stockman (Bel) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:12:25
97	Aivaras Mikutis (Ltu) Tudor Pro Cycling	0:12:51
98	Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	0:13:52
99	Casper Matyáš Kopecký (Cze) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:15:26
100	Huub Artz (Ned) Lotto-Intermarché	0:16:19
101	Paul Lapeira (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:16:27
102	Robbe Ghys (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:16:29
103	Sebastian Kolze Changizi (Den) Tudor Pro Cycling
104	Arvid De Kleijn (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling	0:17:00
105	James Knox (GBr) Picnic PostNL	0:17:01
106	Luka Mezgec (Slo) Jayco-AlUla	0:17:23
107	Matteo Milan (Ita) Groupama-FDJ United	0:18:23
108	Lennert Belmans (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
109	Tim Naberman (Ned) Picnic PostNL	0:18:53
110	Storm Ingebrigtsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
111	Silvan Dillier (Swi) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:19:28
112	Felix Ørn-Kristoff (Nor) Lotto-Intermarché	0:19:58
113	Davide Formolo (Ita) Movistar Team	0:20:15
114	Luke Durbridge (Aus) Jayco-AlUla
115	Nadav Raisberg (Isr) NSN Cycling Team	0:20:48
116	Rui Filipe Alves Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:21:33
117	Lev Gonov (Rus) XDS Astana	0:21:45
118	Bob Jungels (Lux) Ineos Grenadiers	0:21:58
119	Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep	0:22:14
120	Dillon Corkery (Irl) Picnic PostNL	0:24:19
121	Gleb Syritsa (Rus) XDS Astana	0:24:52
122	Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Lidl-Trek	0:26:13
123	Nils Eekhoff (Ned) Picnic PostNL	0:26:17
124	Pier-André Côté (Can) NSN Cycling Team	0:27:20

Tour du Limousin: Ewen Costiou wins the overall for a second time as Noa Isadore wins his second stage of the week

Owen Rogers — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 15:01:13 +0000

Noa Isadore bookended the Tour du Limousin with his second stage win of the week on Friday, the Decathlon CMA CGM rider winning from a small group.

Having taken a solo victory on Wednesday's second stage, Ewen Costiou (Groupama-FDJ United) won the overall title for the second consecutive year, finishing a few seconds behind the stage winner on the final day of four.

Isadore infiltrated a small group which the Cofidis team led off the front of the bunch in the final kilometre, eventually out-sprinting Alex Aranburu (Cofidis) and Alexandre Delettre (TotalEnergies).

Aranburu's second place meant he took second overall with Mattéo Vercher (TotalEnergies) in third. Both men finished 15 seconds behind Costiou, though the Spaniard took second on countback.

Taking the riders on a 178.7km stage between Nantiat and Limoges, stage four set the peloton another hilly day, with three finishing laps each containing a short climb.

The day’s breakaway was quick to get away, Victor Van de Putte (Lotto-Intermarché), Arnaud Tendon (Van Rysel-Roubaix), Victor Jean (Elite Fondations), Jaakko Hänninen (Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur) and Jean-Louis Le Ny (Venice Club Rouen 76) building a lead over two minutes.

That advantage began to decrease as the race entered its final 60km, Decathlon CMA CGM and Cofidis slowly bringing them to heel. With the deficit just over one minute as the race approached 30km to go, a mechanical gave race leader Ewen Costiou a scare, though the Groupama rider was soon on a spare bike and heading back to the bunch, two teammates to guide him.

The breakaway was left to dangle off the front of the peloton for a long while, though they were finally brought back 16km, a series of attacks punctuating the final. Mathis le Berre (TotalEnergies) managed to get a gap on the final lap, but was never able to threaten Costiou’s GC lead, despite having started the day only 38 seconds down.

Stage 4 results

Position	Rider (Country) Team	Time Gap
1	Noa Isidore (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	04:06:00
2	Alex Aranburu (Spa) Cofidis
3	Alexandre Delettre (Fra) Team TotalEnergies
4	Pierre Gautherat (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM Team
5	Mattéo Vercher (Fra) Team TotalEnergies
6	Hugo Page (Fra) Cofidis	00:00:06
7	Kay De Bruyckere (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen - Altez Industriebouw Cycling Team	00:00:06
8	Antoine L'Hote (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	00:00:06
9	Matthew Fox (Aus) Lotto-Intermarché	00:00:06
10	Sergio Meris (Ita) Unibet Rose Rockets	00:00:06
11	Rémi Capron (Fra) Van Rysel-Roubaix	00:00:06
12	Milan Menten (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:00:06
13	Maxime Jarnet (Fra) Van Rysel-Roubaix	00:00:06
14	Ewen Costiou (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:00:06
15	Rayan Boulahoite (Fra) Team TotalEnergies	00:00:06
16	Johan Meens (Bel) Aarco	00:00:06
17	Axel Mariault (Fra) CIC Pro Cycling Academy	00:00:06
18	Yohann Simon (Fra) St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	00:00:06
19	Killian Verschuren (Fra) Unibet Rose Rockets	00:00:06
20	Valentin Darbellay (Swi) Elite Fondations Cycling Team	00:00:06

Final general classification

Position	Rider (Country) Team	Time Gap
1	Ewen Costiou (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	16:49:20
2	Alex Aranburu (Spa) Cofidis	00:00:15
3	Mattéo Vercher (Fra) Team TotalEnergies	00:00:15
4	Alexandre Delettre (Fra) Team TotalEnergies	00:00:24
5	Axel Mariault (Fra) CIC Pro Cycling Academy	00:00:29
6	Antoine L'Hote (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	00:00:35
7	Yohann Simon (Fra) St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	00:00:35
8	Mathis Le Berre (Fra) Team TotalEnergies	00:00:38
9	Thomas Champion (Fra) St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	00:00:58
10	Pierre-Henry Basset (Fra) XDS Astana Development Team	00:01:39

Tour of Britain Women: Kim Le Court-Pienaar soars to spectacular victory atop The Great Orme on stage 3

Lukas Knöfler — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:31:18 +0000

Kim Le Court-Pienaar (AG Insurance-Soudal) soared to a spectacular victory atop The Great Orme on stage 3 of the Tour of Britain Women, moving into the overall lead of the race in the process.

The Mauritian Champion attacked from the bottom of the 2.5km finishing climb on The Great Orme and soloed to the finish.

She crossed the line 14 seconds ahead of Liane Lippert (Movistar) and 20 seconds ahead of Caroline Andersson (Liv AlUla Jayco).

Le Court-Pienaar also takes the overall lead of the race, taking the green leader's jersey from Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime), who placed 10th.

Kim Le Court-Pienaar of AG Insurance - Soudal Team celebrates at podium as Green Leader Jersey winner (Image credit: Getty Images)

On an attritional, hilly stage through North Wales, Movistar did most of the work, reducing the peloton to fewer than 30 riders when the race turned towards the coast, but more riders came back on the run-in to Llandudno.

Canyon-SRAM and FDJ United-Suez set the pace on the penultimate climb on the road around the limestone peninsula, leaving around 20 riders at the foot of the finishing climb where Le Court-Pienaar went all-in to win.

"It was hard. I wasn’t expecting to come so fast into it; we almost had to brake around the corners. The plan was to go from the bottom, and I got a perfect lead-out from my teammate Letizia [Borghesi], so I’m very thankful she was here," said Le Court-Pienaar after her victory.

"I think it was the plan to just go all-out from the bottom, and my teammate put me in the best position possible for it. Then I just had to do the best effort I could to the top.

"Today I rode for Gladys [Verhulst-Wild], my teammate, she crashed out from the race. It was really sad to have her out because we came to this race together to redeem ourselves. We crashed out together last year, and she’s my roommate, so I’m very sad she’s not here. Today was for her.

Kim Le Court-Pienaar of AG Insurance - Soudal Team rises solo through The Great Orme (Image credit: Getty Images)

Going into stage 4, Le Court-Pienaar leads the general classification by 26 seconds over Lippert and 35 seconds over Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime).

"I think you have to never be too confident," she said about her chances of winning the race overall.

"Last year, I had the leader’s jersey on day one and crashed out on day two. We just have to keep our heads on our shoulders and just keep doing teamwork like we’ve done for the past few days, stay positive and keep fighting until the end."

Reduced group on final climb

Three riders did not start the stage: Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) was ill, Karlijn Koops (O’Shea Red Chilli Bikes) had crashed in the final of stage 2, and S’annara Grove (Smurfit Westrock) had been provisionally suspended for a positive doping test during the Commonwealth Games.

Starting in Mold, Flintshire, the 104.7km stage wound its was through the hills of North Wales, including two classified climbs on its way. Although there were several attempts to get away, no breakaway could get established as the GC favourites’ teams kept a high pace, with Movistar doing the lion’s share of work throughout the stage.

Lauren Dickson (FDJ United-Suez) was first over the Moel Fodiar climb to move into the virtual lead of the QOM classification, and the continuous up and down saw many riders lose contact, whittling down the peloton over time.

A crash just before the start of the climb to Nebo took down Ricarda Bauernfeind (Lidl-Trek) and Karlijn Swinkels (UAE Team L’IMAD), though both could get back to the peloton and compete in the final.

On the Nebo climb, Katrine Aalerud (Uno-X Mobility), lone escapee on stage 2, attacked from the peloton that was now down to about 40 riders, but Movistar did not let the Norwegian get away. At the top, Dickson took maximum points again and takes the QOM jersey off Steffi Häberlin (SD Worx-Protime) who had to abandon the race.

After the descent to Llanrwst, Aalerud again tried to get away and again wasn’t let go. 25.8km from the finish, Le Court-Pienaar won the intermediate sprint in Dolgarrog ahead of Mischa Bredewold (SD Worx-Protime) and Wiebes, netting three valuable bonus seconds in the process

17km from the finish, a group of dropped riders came back to the peloton from behind, increasing the size of the bunch to almost 50 riders. The race then stayed together until the Marine Drive, the road around the The Great Orme headland where the penultimate climb began with 6.7km to go.

Zoe Bäckstedt (Canyon-SRAM) rides next to Ally Wollaston (FDJ United - SUEZ) on a climb (Image credit: Getty Images)

Zoe Bäckstedt (Canyon-SRAM) did one last pull before handing over to her teammate Soraya Paladin, both in service of Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig. 6km from the finish, FDJ United-Suez also came to the front, setting a hard pace for Dickson, before Riejanne Markus (Lidl-Trek) led the race around the headland with 4km to go.

A total of 26 riders were left in the front group going into the short descent to the foot of the finishing climb, and while Bauernfeind had brought Fleur Moors (Lidl-Trek) to the front, Borghesi was in third position with Le Court-Pienaar on her wheel.

Liane Lippert of Movistar Team, Femke De Vries of Visma-Lease a Bike, Lorena Wiebes of SD Worx - Protime (in the Green Leader Jersey) and Fleur Moors of Lidl - Trek (in the White Best Young Rider Jersey) compete in the chase group (Image credit: Getty Images)

The Mauritian Champion took the inside line through the hairpin turn into the climb and accelerated right away, never looking back until the top. Behind her, a chase group of Lippert, Femke de Vries (Visma-Lease a Bike), Wiebes, and Moors formed from which Lippert then went solo, trying to limit her time loss and finishing runner-up at the top.

Wiebes lost contact further up on the climb and finished in tenth place, 37 seconds down, while Caroline Andersson (Liv AlUla Jayco) came from behind to take third place.

Stage 3 Results

Position	Rider (Country) Team	Time
1	Kimberley Le Court De Billot- Pienaar (Mri) AG Insurance-Soudal	2:46:10
2	Liane Lippert (Ger) Movistar Team	0:00:13
3	Caroline Andersson (Swe) Liv AlUla Jayco	0:00:20
4	Femke De Vries (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike	0:00:21
5	Uttrup Cecilie Ludwig (Den) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto	0:00:23
6	Lauren Dickson (GBr) FDJ United-SUEZ	0:00:26
7	Mischa Bredewold (Ned) SD Worx-Protime	0:00:28
8	Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) UAE Team ADQ	0:00:28
9	Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini (Ita) UAE Team ADQ	0:00:32
10	Lorena Wiebes (Ned) SD Worx-Protime	0:00:37
11	Josie Nelson (GBr) Picnic PostNL	0:00:37
12	Riejanne Markus (Ned) Lidl-Trek	0:00:43
13	Kate Courtney (USA) FDJ United-SUEZ	0:00:49
14	Fleur Moors (Bel) Lidl-Trek	0:00:51
15	Millie Couzens (GBr) Fenix-Premier Tech	0:00:51
16	Shirin Van Anrooij (Ned) Lidl-Trek	0:00:55
17	Erica Magnaldi (Ita) UAE Team ADQ	0:00:55
18	Maud Oudeman (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike	0:00:55
19	Pfeiffer Zara Georgi (GBr) Picnic PostNL	0:00:59
20	Margot Vanpachtenbeke (Bel) Lidl-Trek	0:01:02
21	Katrine Aalerud (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:01:02
22	Marte Berg Edseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:01:02
23	Ricarda Bauernfeind (Ger) Lidl-Trek	0:01:11
24	Marit Raaijmakers (Ned) Human Powered Health	0:01:25
25	Eva Van Agt (Ned) FDJ United-SUEZ	0:02:06
26	Alice Towers (GBr) EF Education-Oatly	0:02:35
27	Léa Curinier (Fra) FDJ United-SUEZ	0:02:35
28	Quinty Ton (Ned) Liv AlUla Jayco	0:02:35
29	Noemie Thomson (GBr) Das-Hutchinson	0:02:35
30	Nina Buijsman (Ned) Human Powered Health	0:02:35
31	Ingvild Gåskjenn (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:02:46
32	Juliana Londoño David (Col) Picnic PostNL	0:02:49
33	Marta Jaskulska (Pol) Human Powered Health	0:02:52
34	Audrey De Keersmaeker (Bel) Picnic PostNL	0:02:52
35	Letizia Borghesi (Ita) AG Insurance-Soudal	0:02:59
36	Julia Borgström (Swe)	0:03:00
37	Flora Perkins (GBr) Fenix-Premier Tech	0:03:55
38	Sara Martin Martin (Spa) Movistar Team	0:04:35
39	Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team	0:05:06
40	Francesca Barale (Ita) Movistar Team	0:05:48
41	Jane Zoe Backstedt (GBr) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto	0:06:13
42	Imogen Wolff (GBr) Visma-Lease a Bike	0:06:13
43	Marthe Truyen (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech	0:06:13
44	Justyna Czapla (Ger) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto	0:06:28
45	Soraya Paladin (Ita) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto	0:06:42
46	Chiara Consonni (Ita) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto	0:06:42
47	Lara Gillespie (Irl) UAE Team ADQ	0:06:53
48	Sophie Julia Kopecký (Cze) SD Worx-Protime	0:09:06
49	Femke Gerritse (Ned) SD Worx-Protime	0:09:06
50	Oda Aune Gissinger (Nor) Hitec Products-Fluid Control	0:11:34
51	Morven Yeoman (GBr) Das-Hutchinson	0:11:46
52	Noa Jansen (Ned) Liv AlUla Jayco	0:12:37
53	Ally Marée Wollaston (NZl) FDJ United-SUEZ	0:12:37
54	Amandine Fouquenet (Fra) AG Insurance-Soudal	0:12:37
55	Dilyxine Miermont (Fra) Picnic PostNL	0:12:37
56	Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech	0:12:37
57	Anna Morris (GBr)	0:12:37
58	Lucia Ruiz Perez (Spa) Movistar Team	0:12:37
59	Claire Steels (GBr) Movistar Team	0:12:37
60	Febe Jooris (Bel) UAE Team ADQ	0:12:37
61	Katie Scott (GBr) Das-Hutchinson	0:13:42
62	Elizabeth Grace Lister (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team	0:13:43
63	Magdalene Lind (Nor) Hitec Products-Fluid Control	0:13:49
64	Walther Møller Alma Rasmussen (Den) Hitec Products-Fluid Control	0:13:52
65	Amalie Cooper (GBr) Tirol Women Cycling	0:13:54
66	Lucy Lee (GBr) Das-Hutchinson	0:13:57
67	Alexandra Manly (Aus) AG Insurance-Soudal	0:14:01
68	Ida Krickau Ketelsen (Den) O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes	0:14:01
69	Clara Copponi (Fra) Lidl-Trek	0:14:07
70	Margaux Vigie (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike	0:14:07
71	Daniela Hezinová (Cze) Picnic PostNL	0:14:07
72	Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Uno-X Mobility	0:14:09
73	Nienke Veenhoven (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike	0:14:29
74	Aniek Van Alphen (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech	0:15:03
75	Maggie Coles-Lyster (Can) Human Powered Health	0:15:08
76	Elynor Backstedt (GBr) UAE Team ADQ	0:15:08
77	Josie Talbot (Aus) Liv AlUla Jayco	0:15:08
78	Teuntje Beekhuis (Ned) Uno-X Mobility	0:15:08
79	Wilma Aintila (Fin) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto	0:15:08
80	Stine-Marie Snortheim (Nor) Hitec Products-Fluid Control	0:17:32
81	Petra Stiasny (Swi) Human Powered Health	0:17:32
82	Beth Morrow (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team	0:17:32
83	Anna Flynn (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team	0:17:41
84	Rosalie Arabella Blackburn (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team	0:17:52
85	Tiffany Keep (RSA) Das-Hutchinson	0:18:00
86	Marthe Goossens (Bel) AG Insurance-Soudal	0:18:00
87	Leila Gschwentner (Aut) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team	0:18:00
88	Emilie Alberte Greve (Den) Uno-X Mobility	0:18:00
89	Fien Van Eynde (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech	0:18:00
90	Georgia Baker (Aus) Liv AlUla Jayco	0:18:00
91	Amber Pate (Aus) Liv AlUla Jayco	0:18:00
92	Iurani Blanco Calbet (Spa) Human Powered Health	0:18:00
93	Madelaine Leech (GBr)	0:18:22
94	Yilla Threels (Ned) O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes	0:18:31
95	Teniel Campbell (Tri)	0:18:38
96	Amelia Cebak (GBr) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team	0:18:38
97	Vittoria Guazzini (Ita) FDJ United-SUEZ	0:22:41
DNS	Karlijn Koops (Ned) O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes	-
DNS	S'annara Grove (RSA) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team	-
DNS	Lotte Kopecky (Bel) SD Worx-Protime	-
DNF	Mieke Docx (Bel) Das-Hutchinson	-
DNF	Ruby Oakes (GBr)	-
DNF	Grace Madeline Cooper (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team	-
DNF	Matilda Mckibben (GBr) O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes	-
DNF	Jo Tindley (GBr) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team	-
DNF	Steffi Häberlin (Swi) SD Worx-Protime	-

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General Classification after stage 3

Position	Rider (Country) Team	Time
1	Kimberley Le Court De Billot- Pienaar (Mri) AG Insurance-Soudal	10:18:26
2	Liane Lippert (Ger) Movistar Team	0:00:26
3	Lorena Wiebes (Ned) SD Worx-Protime	0:00:35
4	Caroline Andersson (Swe) Liv AlUla Jayco
5	Femke De Vries (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike	0:00:40
6	Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) UAE Team ADQ	0:00:42
7	Mischa Bredewold (Ned) SD Worx-Protime
8	Uttrup Cecilie Ludwig (Den) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto
9	Lauren Dickson (GBr) FDJ United-SUEZ	0:00:45
10	Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini (Ita) UAE Team ADQ	0:00:51
11	Josie Nelson (GBr) Picnic PostNL	0:00:52
12	Riejanne Markus (Ned) Lidl-Trek	0:01:02
13	Kate Courtney (USA) FDJ United-SUEZ	0:01:08
14	Fleur Moors (Bel) Lidl-Trek	0:01:10
15	Shirin Van Anrooij (Ned) Lidl-Trek	0:01:14
16	Maud Oudeman (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike
17	Pfeiffer Zara Georgi (GBr) Picnic PostNL	0:01:18
18	Marte Berg Edseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:01:21
19	Margot Vanpachtenbeke (Bel) Lidl-Trek
20	Ricarda Bauernfeind (Ger) Lidl-Trek	0:01:30
21	Eva Van Agt (Ned) FDJ United-SUEZ	0:02:25
22	Quinty Ton (Ned) Liv AlUla Jayco	0:02:54
23	Juliana Londoño David (Col) Picnic PostNL	0:03:08
24	Letizia Borghesi (Ita) AG Insurance-Soudal	0:03:18
25	Millie Couzens (GBr) Fenix-Premier Tech	0:03:38
26	Erica Magnaldi (Ita) UAE Team ADQ	0:03:42
27	Katrine Aalerud (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:03:49
28	Flora Perkins (GBr) Fenix-Premier Tech	0:04:14
29	Alice Towers (GBr) EF Education-Oatly	0:05:22
30	Nina Buijsman (Ned) Human Powered Health
31	Noemie Thomson (GBr) Das-Hutchinson
32	Léa Curinier (Fra) FDJ United-SUEZ
33	Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team	0:05:25
34	Ingvild Gåskjenn (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:05:33
35	Marta Jaskulska (Pol) Human Powered Health	0:05:39
36	Audrey De Keersmaeker (Bel) Picnic PostNL
37	Francesca Barale (Ita) Movistar Team	0:06:07
38	Marit Raaijmakers (Ned) Human Powered Health	0:06:42
39	Chiara Consonni (Ita) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto	0:06:55
40	Sara Martin Martin (Spa) Movistar Team	0:07:22
41	Imogen Wolff (GBr) Visma-Lease a Bike	0:09:00
42	Jane Zoe Backstedt (GBr) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto
43	Marthe Truyen (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech
44	Justyna Czapla (Ger) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto	0:09:15
45	Sophie Julia Kopecký (Cze) SD Worx-Protime	0:09:25
46	Soraya Paladin (Ita) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto	0:09:29
47	Lara Gillespie (Irl) UAE Team ADQ	0:09:38
48	Julia Borgström (Swe)	0:11:47
49	Femke Gerritse (Ned) SD Worx-Protime	0:12:21
50	Anna Morris (GBr)	0:12:56
51	Oda Aune Gissinger (Nor) Hitec Products-Fluid Control	0:14:21
52	Morven Yeoman (GBr) Das-Hutchinson	0:14:33
53	Lucia Ruiz Perez (Spa) Movistar Team	0:15:24
54	Noa Jansen (Ned) Liv AlUla Jayco
55	Ally Marée Wollaston (NZl) FDJ United-SUEZ
56	Amandine Fouquenet (Fra) AG Insurance-Soudal
57	Claire Steels (GBr) Movistar Team
58	Katie Scott (GBr) Das-Hutchinson	0:16:29
59	Magdalene Lind (Nor) Hitec Products-Fluid Control	0:16:36
60	Ida Krickau Ketelsen (Den) O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes	0:16:48
61	Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Uno-X Mobility	0:16:56
62	Nienke Veenhoven (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike	0:17:16
63	Maggie Coles-Lyster (Can) Human Powered Health	0:17:49
64	Aniek Van Alphen (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech	0:17:50
65	Josie Talbot (Aus) Liv AlUla Jayco	0:17:55
66	Wilma Aintila (Fin) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto	0:18:23
67	Emilie Alberte Greve (Den) Uno-X Mobility	0:20:47
68	Iurani Blanco Calbet (Spa) Human Powered Health
69	Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech	0:21:24
70	Febe Jooris (Bel) UAE Team ADQ
71	Dilyxine Miermont (Fra) Picnic PostNL
72	Walther Møller Alma Rasmussen (Den) Hitec Products-Fluid Control	0:22:39
73	Amalie Cooper (GBr) Tirol Women Cycling	0:22:41
74	Alexandra Manly (Aus) AG Insurance-Soudal	0:22:48
75	Clara Copponi (Fra) Lidl-Trek	0:22:54
76	Margaux Vigie (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike
77	Daniela Hezinová (Cze) Picnic PostNL
78	Elizabeth Grace Lister (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team	0:24:15
79	Teuntje Beekhuis (Ned) Uno-X Mobility	0:25:40
80	Vittoria Guazzini (Ita) FDJ United-SUEZ	0:25:56
81	Beth Morrow (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team	0:26:19
82	Anna Flynn (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team	0:26:28
83	Tiffany Keep (RSA) Das-Hutchinson	0:26:47
84	Marthe Goossens (Bel) AG Insurance-Soudal
85	Fien Van Eynde (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech
86	Madelaine Leech (GBr)	0:27:09
87	Georgia Baker (Aus) Liv AlUla Jayco	0:27:15
88	Amber Pate (Aus) Liv AlUla Jayco	0:27:26
89	Elynor Backstedt (GBr) UAE Team ADQ	0:28:10
90	Rosalie Arabella Blackburn (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team	0:30:21
91	Yilla Threels (Ned) O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes	0:36:05
92	Leila Gschwentner (Aut) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team	0:37:47
93	Lucy Lee (GBr) Das-Hutchinson	0:38:34
94	Amelia Cebak (GBr) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team	0:51:22
95	Teniel Campbell (Tri)	0:51:45
96	Stine-Marie Snortheim (Nor) Hitec Products-Fluid Control	0:51:47
97	Petra Stiasny (Swi) Human Powered Health	0:56:37

Points Classification

Position	Rider (Country) Team	Points
1	Kimberley Le Court De Billot- Pienaar (Mri) AG Insurance-Soudal	57
2	Lorena Wiebes (Ned) SD Worx-Protime	56
3	Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) UAE Team ADQ	24
4	Chiara Consonni (Ita) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto	24
5	Mischa Bredewold (Ned) SD Worx-Protime	23
6	Liane Lippert (Ger) Movistar Team	21
7	Maggie Coles-Lyster (Can) Human Powered Health	21
8	Caroline Andersson (Swe) Liv AlUla Jayco	18
9	Lara Gillespie (Irl) UAE Team ADQ	13
10	Josie Nelson (GBr) Picnic PostNL	12
11	Nienke Veenhoven (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike	9
12	Femke De Vries (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike	8
13	Quinty Ton (Ned) Liv AlUla Jayco	8
14	Uttrup Cecilie Ludwig (Den) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto	6
15	Lauren Dickson (GBr) FDJ United-SUEZ	5
16	Letizia Borghesi (Ita) AG Insurance-Soudal	5
17	Fleur Moors (Bel) Lidl-Trek	4
18	Clara Copponi (Fra) Lidl-Trek	4
19	Imogen Wolff (GBr) Visma-Lease a Bike	3
20	Teuntje Beekhuis (Ned) Uno-X Mobility	3
21	Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini (Ita) UAE Team ADQ	2
22	Ally Marée Wollaston (NZl) FDJ United-SUEZ	2
23	Juliana Londoño David (Col) Picnic PostNL	1
24	Marta Jaskulska (Pol) Human Powered Health	1

Mountains Classification

Position	Rider (Country) Team	Points
1	Lauren Dickson (GBr) FDJ United-SUEZ	27
2	Caroline Andersson (Swe) Liv AlUla Jayco	15
3	Kimberley Le Court De Billot- Pienaar (Mri) AG Insurance-Soudal	11
4	Kate Courtney (USA) FDJ United-SUEZ	11
5	Audrey De Keersmaeker (Bel) Picnic PostNL	10
6	Marta Jaskulska (Pol) Human Powered Health	10
7	Liane Lippert (Ger) Movistar Team	9
8	Mischa Bredewold (Ned) SD Worx-Protime	9
9	Uttrup Cecilie Ludwig (Den) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto	6
10	Femke De Vries (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike	5
11	Rosalie Arabella Blackburn (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team	5
12	Lorena Wiebes (Ned) SD Worx-Protime	4
13	Erica Magnaldi (Ita) UAE Team ADQ	4
14	Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini (Ita) UAE Team ADQ	3
15	Fleur Moors (Bel) Lidl-Trek	3
16	Dilyxine Miermont (Fra) Picnic PostNL	3
17	Elynor Backstedt (GBr) UAE Team ADQ	3
18	Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) UAE Team ADQ	2
19	Eva Van Agt (Ned) FDJ United-SUEZ	1
20	Millie Couzens (GBr) Fenix-Premier Tech	1
21	Marthe Truyen (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech	1
22	Emilie Alberte Greve (Den) Uno-X Mobility	1

Youth Classification

Position	Rider (Country) Team	Time
1	Fleur Moors (Bel) Lidl-Trek	10:19:36
2	Juliana Londoño David (Col) Picnic PostNL	0:01:58
3	Imogen Wolff (GBr) Visma-Lease a Bike	0:07:50
4	Jane Zoe Backstedt (GBr) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto	0:07:50
5	Justyna Czapla (Ger) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto	0:08:05
6	Sophie Julia Kopecký (Cze) SD Worx-Protime	0:08:15
7	Oda Aune Gissinger (Nor) Hitec Products-Fluid Control	0:13:11
8	Morven Yeoman (GBr) Das-Hutchinson	0:13:23
9	Lucia Ruiz Perez (Spa) Movistar Team	0:14:14
10	Ida Krickau Ketelsen (Den) O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes	0:15:38
11	Nienke Veenhoven (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike	0:16:06
12	Wilma Aintila (Fin) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto	0:17:13
13	Emilie Alberte Greve (Den) Uno-X Mobility	0:19:37
14	Febe Jooris (Bel) UAE Team ADQ	0:20:14
15	Walther Møller Alma Rasmussen (Den) Hitec Products-Fluid Control	0:21:29
16	Amalie Cooper (GBr) Tirol Women Cycling	0:21:31
17	Daniela Hezinová (Cze) Picnic PostNL	0:21:44
18	Elizabeth Grace Lister (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team	0:23:05
19	Rosalie Arabella Blackburn (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team	0:29:11
20	Yilla Threels (Ned) O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes	0:34:55
21	Amelia Cebak (GBr) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team	0:50:12

Teams Classification

Position	Team	Time
1	Lidl-Trek	30:58:44
2	FDJ United-SUEZ	0:00:52
3	UAE Team ADQ	0:01:54
4	Picnic PostNL	0:01:56
5	Uno-X Mobility	0:07:17
6	Movistar Team	0:07:25
7	Visma-Lease a Bike	0:07:28
8	SD Worx-Protime	0:07:42
9	Human Powered Health	0:11:47
10	Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto	0:13:03
11	Fenix-Premier Tech	0:13:26
12	Liv AlUla Jayco	0:15:31
13	AG Insurance-Soudal	0:15:35
14	Das-Hutchinson	0:32:58
15	Great Britain	0:37:33
16	Hitec Products-Fluid Control	0:39:18
17	Handsling Alba Development Road Team	1:11:51
18	Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team	1:40:11

Renewi Tour: Jasper Philipsen storms into race lead with victory on windy and chaotic stage 2

Patrick Fletcher — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:35:51 +0000

Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Premier Tech) stormed to victory on a chaotic stage 2 of the Renewi Tour, taking the race leader's jersey in the process.

The Belgian won by a distance in the bunch sprint in Ardooie, which was a messy affair that saw several of his rivals bumped out of contention.

Decathlon CMA CGM dominated the lead-out but never had their sprinter Olav Kooij in tow, while Tim Merlier (Soudal-QuickStep) suffered an apparent gearing issue before bumping into another rider.

At the same time, Philipsen found space at the head of the race and opened the taps, with no one able to get near him.

Joshua Giddings (Lotto-Intermarché) took a surprise second place with a strong sprint on the right-hand side of the road, while third place went to Soren Waerenskjold.

Philipsen moves into the overall lead of the race, taking the jersey from Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek), who was involved in a huge crash with more than 60km remaining and trailed home several minutes behind the peloton.

The crash occurred during a section of crosswinds on the finishing circuit around Ardooie, which was covered five times and created tensions and sometimes echelons each time they passed through.

The race, however, came back for a bunch sprint, and Philipsen combined the best positional sense with the strongest finishing kick.

"It was hectic all day, with potential echelons, but the team managed me well, and we could do a good sprint – I could time my sprint perfectly," Said Philipsen, who has now won three times in Ardooie in this race over the years.

"It's always nice when the competition is high, it's good for the confidence. It's very difficult to take a stage win with all the strong sprinters here, so I'm happy to take the win today."

A chaotic day throughout

The chaos began early on stage 2 of the Renewi Tour, a 173km trip from Blankenberge to Ardooie, made up of an opening loop and, later on, five laps of the 16km circuit around Ardooie.

The start had to be delayed due to a small crash in the neutral zone, and the neutralization continued beyond kilometre zero due to a safety incident that Belgian broadcaster Sporza reported was down to wet tram tracks. In addition, the two early intermediate sprints were moved to the finishing circuits.

Once they’d left Blankenberge behind, racing began in earnest, and a four-man break finally went up the road, containing: Mikkel Bjerg (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), Niklas Behrens (Visma-Lease a Bike), and Michiel Lambrecht (Flanders-Baloise).

Their adventure, however, was short-lived, as the wind and the threat of echelons triggered a high pace in the peloton, with the race coming back together at the halfway mark.

The peloton did split at this point, as they headed onto the finishing circuit, with most of the big names up front. And then came the crash, on an exposed section of the lap where the wind was coming from the left. The pace was solid, if not explosive, and an overlap of wheels from an Alpecin rider sparked a ripple in the bunch that brought down many riders.

Amaury Capiot (Jayco-AlUla) was the worst affected, leaving the race in an ambulance, while race leader Milan took a heavy blow on his side and remained stricken for a number of minutes. Milan eventually remounted and gingerly continued to ride, albeit several minutes behind the peloton. Dylan Groenewegen (Unibet-Rose-Rockets) was another big-name sprinter to hit the deck, getting back in but nursing his wrist.

The attacks continued on the following laps, mostly from the irrepressible Dries De Bondt (Jayco-AlUla), with Florian Vermeersch having a brief foray with Vlad Van Mechelen, and Edward Theuns led the race onto the penultimate lap.

But each time someone had a gap, the wind would blow, and the pace would increase in anticipation of the crosswind section. There were splits on that penultimate lap, but no big lasting damage.

The penultimate lap also played host to the Green Kilometre, with time bonuses of 3-2-1 seconds for the top three at three separate intermediate sprints within that 1000-metre zone. Matteo Trentin (Tudor) won the first one, Mike Teunissen (XDS-Astana) the second, and Arnaud De Lie (Lotto-Intermarché) the third.

The latest attack from Alec Segaert (Bahrain Victorious) fizzled out, and Red Bull hit the front for the final lap, which wasn’t so eventful as the ones before it. There was a late bike change for Merlier’s lead-out man, Bert Van Lerberghe, but otherwise no big action as the race instead wound up for a bunch sprint.

It was Decathlon who took charge with 2km to go, but Kooij was not latched on, and when he saw a gap he hesitated and then was squeezed out of contention. Merlier was looking down at his gears when he bumped into the wheel in front, and that sent him backwards too. Meanwhile, Philipsen found open road and his best sprinting legs to take the stage honours and the overall lead of the race.

Results

Stage 2 results
Position	Rider & Team	Time
1	Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin - Premier Tech)	3:11:27
2	Joshua Giddings (Lotto Intermarché)	,,
3	Søren Wærenskjold (Uno-X Mobility)	,,
4	Matteo Milan (Groupama - FDJ United)	,,
5	Arvid de Kleijn (Tudor Pro Cycling Team)	,,
6	Arne Marit (Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe)	,,
7	Žak Eržen (Bahrain - Victorious)	,,
8	Huub Artz (Lotto Intermarché)	,,
9	Tim Merlier (Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team)	,,
10	Sam Bennett (Soudal Quick-Step)	,,

General Classification after stage 2
Position	Rider & Team	Time
1	Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin - Premier Tech)	7:15:35
2	Olav Kooij (Decathlon CMA CGM Team)	+ 0:04
3	Dries De Bondt (Team Jayco AlUla)	,,
4	Quinten Hermans (Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team)	+ 0:05
5	Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step)	+ 0:06
6	Søren Wærenskjold (Uno-X Mobility)	,,
7	Mike Teunissen (XDS Astana Team)	+ 0:07
8	Arnaud De Lie (Lotto Intermarché)	,,
9	Matteo Trentin (Tudor Pro Cycling Team)	,,
10	Timo Kielich (Team Visma \| Lease a Bike)	,,

GP Lucien Van Impe: Charlotte Kool sprints to much needed win after a wind and rain soaked race in Belgium

Owen Rogers — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:25:47 +0000

Charlotte Kool returned to winning ways on Thursday, the Fenix-Premier Tech rider winning the sprint at the GP Lucien Van Impe in Belgium.

In what was aggressive race, her team were able to take control in the final, bringing back a late move by Loes Adegeest (Lidl-Trek), allowing Kool to take the win. Adegeest’s teammate, Lucinda Brand was second, with Babette van den Wolf (EF Education-Oatly) taking third place.

Though she had a stage win at the Baloise Ladies Tour in mid-July, Kool had a difficult Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift and was forced out of the Grand Tour after finishing over the time limit on stage 7. The win will be a great relief to her and her Belgian team.

For its third edition the GP Lucien Van Impe climbed to become a 1.Pro race, taking its place in the second tier of pro racing, and attracted a strong start list, with eight World Teams taking to the Belgian roads.

Covering 140km and starting and finishing in Erpe Mere, the riders first tackled a long loop to the south-west which included three well known Flemish climbs, La Houppe, Leberg and Hostellerie.

With those done, the race covered five undulating laps of 12.5km around the finish town before a slightly uphill finish.

A rash of attacks punctuated the early kilometres, though no one was able to establish a lead anywhere near one minute, and even when heavy rain and crosswinds split the peloton, the attacks persisted, though still no one got away.

Finally, as the race entered the closing circuits, Sofia Arici (Vini Fantini-BePink) and Tirza Wisse (Volkerwessels) escaped, building a lead of just over one minute, eking out a few more seconds on the second lap.

On the penultimate lap, with their lead down to 30 seconds, three riders tried to bridge, succeeding only in dragging the peloton with them, and Arici and Wisse were caught. More attacks came and went, but the day was set to conclude in a bunch sprint.

Results

Position	Rider (Country) Team	Time
1	Charlotte Kool (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech	03:31:19
2	Lucinda Brand (Ned) Lidl-Trek
3	Babette Van Der Wolf (Ned) EF Education-Oatly
4	Lily Williams (USA) Human Powered Health
5	Susan Emma Jeffers (Irl) Liv AlUla Jayco
6	Lonneke Uneken (Ned) Volkerwessels
7	Alison Jackson (Can) St Michel- Preference Home- Auber93
8	Linda Zanetti (Swi) Uno-X Mobility
9	Nicole Steigenga (Ned) AG Insurance-Soudal
10	Florien Bolks (Ned) Volkerwessels
11	Linda Riedmann (Ger) Lotto-Intermarché
12	Marta Lach (Pol) SD Worx-Protime
13	Valentine Fortin (Fra) Cofidis Women Team
14	Olga Wankiewicz (Pol) Mat Atom Deweloper Wrocław
15	Elyne Roussel (Fra) St Michel- Preference Home- Auber93
16	Katja Verkerk (Can) Minimax Cycling Team
17	Anouska Koster (Ned) Uno-X Mobility	0:00:05
18	Megan Jastrab (USA) UAE Team ADQ
19	Lisa Klein (Ger) Rembe \| Rad-Net Women
20	Jule Märkl (Ger) Canyon//Sram Zondacrypto Generation
21	Laura Lizette Sander (Est) Hitec Products-Fluid Control
22	Liv Wenzel (Lux) Tirol Women Cycling
23	Annelies Frieda Bart Nijssen (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché
24	Femke Markus (Ned) SD Worx-Protime
25	Anna Van Wersch (Ned) Lotto-Intermarché
26	Kristýna Zemanová (Cze) Vif Cycling Team	0:00:09
27	Cameron Eilidh Shaw (GBr) UAE Development Team
28	Alena Ivanchenko (Rus) UAE Team ADQ
29	Selma Lantzsch (Ger) Rembe \| Rad-Net Women
30	Auke De Buysser (Bel) EF Education-Oatly	0:00:12
31	Andrea Casagranda (Ita) Vini Fantini- Bepink
32	Clémence Chereau (Fra) St Michel- Preference Home- Auber93
33	Anne Knijnenburg (Ned) Volkerwessels
34	Britt De Grave (Ned) Citymesh- Customm Pro Cycling Team
35	Martyna Szczęsna (Pol) Mat Atom Deweloper Wrocław	0:00:14
36	Gaia Segato (Ita) Vini Fantini- Bepink
37	Anabelle Thomas (Can) Liv AlUla Jayco
38	Sofie Van Rooijen (Ned) UAE Team ADQ
39	Špela Kern (Slo) Cofidis Women Team
40	Marieke Meert (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché
41	Tirza Wisse (Ned) Volkerwessels
42	Katrijn De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché
43	Weronika Wąsaty (Pol) Canyon//Sram Zondacrypto Generation	0:00:18
44	Urszula Sipko (Pol) Mat Atom Deweloper Wrocław
45	Aidi Gerde Tuisk (Est) Hitec Products-Fluid Control
46	Awen Roberts (GBr) Canyon//SRAM Zondacrypto Generation
47	Sofia Ungerová (Svk) Mat Atom Deweloper Wrocław
48	Tess Moerman (Bel) Ag Insurance Soudal Devo Team	0:00:20
49	Cleo Kiekens (Bel) Citymesh- Customm Pro Cycling Team
50	Mijntje Geurts (Ned) Cofidis Women Team
51	Loes Adegeest (Ned) Lidl-Trek	0:00:23
52	Mirre Knaven (Ned) EF Education-Oatly
53	Anna Henderson (GBr) Lidl-Trek	0:00:28
54	Aileen Schweikart (Ger) Rembe \| Rad-Net Women
55	Belinda Holzer (Aut) Tirol Women Cycling	0:00:33
56	Elena De Laurentiis (Ita) Vini Fantini- Bepink
57	Lea Lin Teutenberg (Ger) Lotto-Intermarché	0:00:35
58	Nina Andacká (Svk) Vif Cycling Team	0:00:37
59	Anna Bruneel (Bel) Ag Insurance Soudal Devo Team
60	Jente Koops (Ned) Human Powered Health
61	Sofia Arici (Ita) Vini Fantini- Bepink
62	Mikayla Harvey (NZl) SD Worx-Protime	0:00:42
63	Giada Borghesi (Ita) Human Powered Health
64	Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) St Michel- Preference Home- Auber93
65	Hélène Hesters (Bel) Liv AlUla Jayco	0:00:44
66	Lisa Van Belle (Ned) SD Worx-Protime	0:00:52
67	Mia Gjertsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
68	Joëlle Amélie Messemer (Ger) Canyon//Sram Zondacrypto Generation
69	Erja Giulia Bianchi (Ita) Canyon//Sram Zondacrypto Generation
70	Nadia Quagliotto (Ita) Cofidis Women Team
71	Anna Vanderaerden (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech Development Team	0:01:08
72	Julie De Wilde (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech
73	Mylene De Zoete (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech
74	Mathilde Tritz (Fra)
75	Xaydee Van Sinaey (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech	0:01:15
76	Julie Van De Velde (Bel) AG Insurance-Soudal
77	Evy Kuijpers (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech	0:01:19
78	Fauve Bastiaenssen (Bel) AG Insurance-Soudal	0:01:50
79	Stina Kagevi (Swe) EF Education-Oatly	0:02:00
80	Alexandra Volstad (Can) EF Education-Oatly
81	Alexis Magner (USA) EF Education-Oatly	0:02:06
82	Franziska Brauße (Ger) Rembe \| Rad-Net Women	0:03:23
83	Amber Van Der Hulst (Ned) Volkerwessels
84	Karolina Spicarova (Cze)	0:03:26
85	Mathilde Huot (Can) Team Abadie Magnan
86	Eloise Camire (Can) Minimax Cycling Team
87	Evelien Vijn (Ned)
88	Eleanor Wiseman (Bel) Minimax Cycling Team
89	Felicity Wilson-Haffenden (Aus) Lidl-Trek
90	Hannah Kunz (Ger) Rembe \| Rad-Net Women
91	Manon De Boer (Ned) Citymesh- Customm Pro Cycling Team
92	Wiktoria Pikulik (Pol) Human Powered Health	0:03:30
93	Fee Knaven (Ned) Uae Development Team
94	Laury Milette (Can) Team Abadie Magnan	0:08:41
DNS	Emma Siegers (Bel) Ag Insurance Soudal Devo Team
DNS	Anastasiya Kolesava (Blr) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto
DNS	Marie Schreiber (Lux) SD Worx-Protime
DNF	Eline Van Rooijen (Ned) Citymesh- Customm Pro Cycling Team
DNF	Martina Alzini (Ita) Cofidis Women Team
DNF	Marion Borras (Fra) Cofidis Women Team
DNF	Veronika Bartoníková (Cze) Dukla Women Cycling
DNF	Gabriela Bártová (Cze) Dukla Women Cycling
DNF	Terézia Ciriaková (Svk) Dukla Women Cycling
DNF	Anna Dubcova (Cze)
DNF	Vendula Strakatá (Cze) Dukla Women Cycling
DNF	Kamma Bergholt (Den) Hitec Products-Fluid Control
DNF	Rikke Steen Enstad (Nor)
DNF	Mari Hole Mohr (Nor) Hitec Products-Fluid Control
DNF	Kathrin Schweinberger (Aut) Human Powered Health
DNF	Silvia Zanardi (Ita) Human Powered Health
DNF	Elisa Balsamo (Ita) Lidl-Trek
DNF	Marine Lenehan (Irl) Lidl-Trek
DNF	Sophie Marr (Aus) Liv AlUla Jayco
DNF	Gabriela Kaczmarczyk (Pol) Mat Atom Deweloper Wrocław
DNF	Maja Tracka (Pol) Mat Atom Deweloper Wrocław
DNF	Lauren Bates (Aus) Minimax Cycling Team
DNF	Jade Linthoudt (Bel) Minimax Cycling Team
DNF	Gwen Nothum (Lux) Minimax Cycling Team
DNF	Maira Jasch (Ger)
DNF	Jazmine Lavergne (Can) Team Abadie Magnan
DNF	Margaux Martinez (Fra) Team Abadie Magnan
DNF	Léane Tabu (Fra) Team Abadie Magnan
DNF	Franziska Ehrenreich (Aut) Tirol Women Cycling
DNF	Ramona Grießer (Aut) Tirol Women Cycling
DNF	Nela Kaňkovská (Cze) Tirol Women Cycling
DNF	Linda Sanarini (Ita) Tirol Women Cycling
DNF	Anniina Ahtosalo (Fin) Uno-X Mobility
DNF	Francesca Pellegrini (Ita) Uno-X Mobility
DNF	Eliška Kvasničková (Cze) Vif Cycling Team
DNF	Anežka Kysilková (Cze) Vif Cycling Team
DNF	Sára Slavíčková (Cze) Vif Cycling Team
DNF	Misia Belotti (Ita) Vini Fantini- Bepink
DNF	Maho Kakita (Jpn) Vini Fantini- Bepink

Deutschland Tour: Louis Barré swipes bonus seconds and surprising win on stage 1 to go into race lead

jackie.tyson@futurenet.com (Jackie Tyson) — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:11:31 +0000

Louis Barré (Visma-Lease a Bike) launched a fierce acceleration with 2km to go and won stage 1 of the Deustchland Tour.

Prologue winner Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) sprinted to second place on the stage in a five-rider chase, with Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) going third. Natnael Tesfazion (Movistar), Edoardo Zambanini (Bahrain Victorious) and Bart Lemmen (Visma-Lease a Bike) followed in the group for the top six, 16 seconds behind Barré.

The Frenchman started the day 14 seconds down on Del Toro, and wasn't seen as a major threat. He added 10 seconds for the win plus bonus seconds along the latter part of the stage to leap past Del Toro as the new race leader, now with a 9-second advantage.

Compatriot Paul Magnier (Soudal-Quickstep) was only two seconds down on GC to start the day and had made a move with Barré at the Bonus sprint point on a finishing circuit with just 2.5km to race. They scooped up three and two second, respectively, then Barré took off solo.

Magnier lost all steam on the climb to the finish line, swarmed by the peloton, and finished 1:16 back, now 31st overall.

"It's a really good victory. But I knew I had really good legs when I arrived here, like in Pologne last week. I'm really happy to win today and to beat strong riders, so it's it's really nice," Barre told broadcasters at the finish.

Just two weeks ago the 26-year-old earned his first victory for his new Visma team on stage 6 at the Tour de Pologne, which was also his first major career win as a pro rider. Now he has a second victory and a leader's jersey.

"I did the boni [bonification sprint], and I saw on top only Paul [Magnier] was with me, and I went full to the line. Paul, I thought he could he could finish with me, but I think he didn't recover after the hard effort."

Sprint for the final podium spots, Isaac Del Toro of UAE Team Emirates - XRG, in the Blue Leader Jersey, taking second (Image credit: Getty Images)

Late attacks and time bonuses

The opening prologue was only 2.6km, and five riders decided to continue with a fast frenzy on stage 1's hilly 215.3 kilometres. Right away from the start in Bad Orb, Lennart Voege (Storck-MRW Bau), Ellande Larronde (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Alexandre Kess (LottoKern-Haus Outlet Montebauer) and REMBE l rad-net duo Ole Theiler and Miguel Heidemann rushed away.

Kess and Voege were only part of the opening act for the first few kilometres and the first hills approached, leaving the escapades for the remaining 210km to the other three riders.

Larronde and his pair of German companions from the REMBE squad gained as much as five minutes on the peloton after 75km of racing, bringing them to the first of two classified climbs, Reicholzheim (2.5km at 5.4%).

UAE Team Emirates-XRG began to go to work at the front of the peloton another 25km on, Lidl-Trek and Soudal-QuickStep riders keeping an eye on the leader's team. The increased pace began to chip away at the gap to the lead trio, soon down to just two minutes on the approach to the the second KOM, Hermersberg (1.8km at 6.8%), with just 54km to go.

The trio still had aspirations of making to the finish at Schwäbisch Hall to fight for podium spots as they crested the second KOM, but their day ended on the back side of the climb.

Two intermediate sprints were next on the route for green jersey points, reigniting interest for attacks. Théo Hébert (TotalEnergies) launched a solo attack into Waldenburg for three jersey points, with 39km to go.

(L-R) Theo Hebert of TotalEnergies and Wilco Kelderman of Visma-Lease a Bike compete in the breakaway (Image credit: Getty Images)

The Frenchman carved out a 30-second gap across the next 5km as the continuously rolling roads dried from earlier rain. Wilco Kelderman (Visma-Lease a Bike) went on a solo chase to reel back the move as Hébert headed to the finish cricuit.

Kelderman notched success to join Hébert and the two worked together with a 45-second advantage and 10km to the final green jersey points, which also signaled under 13km to go to the finish circuit. The Visma rider, only 15 seconds behind the race lead after the prologue, rode as the virtual leader.

Lidl-Trek and Soudal-QuickStep fueled the engine of the peloton in the chase behind. The leaders still had 27 seconds as they heard the bell ring for the finish in another 12.9km.

With 2.5km to go for three riders to share six bonus seconds, the peloton swept up the lead duo and accelerations were underway, led by two riders from Tudor Pro. But on the steep incline to that line saw Louis Barré (Visma-Lease a Bike) outduel second-placed Magnier, riding in the green jersey, for three seconds, the Frenchman getting two, Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek) getting a single second.

With bonus seconds deposited, the duo kept on the gas with a gap to a strung out peloton, broken apart by the short climb. Barré then went on the attack alone.

Results

Top 10
Position	Full Name (Team)	Time
1	Louis Barré (Team Visma \| Lease a Bike)	05:15:09
2	Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)	+0:00:16
3	Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek)	+0:00:16
4	Natnael Tesfazion (Movistar Team)	+0:00:16
5	Edoardo Zambanini (Bahrain Victorious)	+0:00:16
6	Bart Lemmen (Team Visma \| Lease a Bike)	+0:00:16
7	Marc Hirschi (Tudor Pro Cycling Team)	+0:00:22
8	Tijmen Graat (Team Visma \| Lease a Bike)	+0:00:24
9	Mathieu Burgaudeau (Team TotalEnergies)	+0:00:24
10	Max Schachmann (Soudal Quick-Step)	+0:00:24

GC top 10
Place	Full Name (Team)	Time
1	Louis Barré (Team Visma \| Lease a Bike)	05:18:18
2	Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates - XRG)	+0:00:09
3	Giulio Ciccone (Lidl - Trek)	+0:00:18
4	Edoardo Zambanini (Bahrain - Victorious)	+0:00:28
5	Andrea Raccagni Noviero (Soudal Quick-Step)	+0:00:29
6	Natnael Tesfatsion (Cofidis)	+0:00:30
7	Benjamin Thomas (Movistar Team)	+0:00:30
8	Bart Lemmen (Team Visma \| Lease a Bike)	+0:00:30
9	Tibor Del Grosso (Alpecin - Premier Tech)	+0:00:30
10	Gorka Sorarrain (Caja Rural - Seguros RGA)	+0:00:31

Tour du Limousin: Daan Depuydt takes a thrilling stage win with a long range sprint as the breakaway is caught inside the final kilometre

Owen Rogers — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:02:40 +0000

Daan Depuydt won the third stage of the Tour du Limousin on Thursday, the Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Postbureau Lion rider winning a two man sprint on the uphill finish into Égletons.

Depuydt attacked what remained of the peloton inside the final 400 metres, taking Axel Mariault (CIC Academy) with him on their long range sprint. For a while it seemed as though Mariault would overhaul his rival, but the Belgian held on to take his first professional road victory.

Alex Aranburu (Cofidis) was third, leading the bunch home on the same time as the winner.

After winning stage 2 and taking the yellow jersey, Ewen Costiou (Groupama-FDJ United) finished fifth, retaining the overall lead with an advantage of 21 seconds with one stage to go.

It was another lumpy day at the Tour du Limousin, the 181.8km stage between Saint-Privat and Égletons climbing more than 3,000m.

It was another aggressive start to the day, and despite several attacks it took more than 30km for the breakaway to form. Eventually Léandre Lozouet (CIC Academy), Théo Delacroix (St Michel-Preference Homes-Auber93) and the Lotto-Intermarché pair of Matys Grisel and Baptiste Veistroffer, who had been part of the stage two breakaway, got away, building a lead of around a minute.

They were soon joined by seven other riders, and an 11-man group set about building their advantage, though such a large group was never going to be allowed too much of an advantage, and they struggled to put more than 1:30 into the peloton.

With 32km to go the leaders were caught and two more riders headed up the road, Maxence Place (Lotto-Intermarché) and Pierre-Henry Basset (XDS-Astana) attacking on a climb and building a lead of 30 seconds, though Place crashed on a bend leaving Basset alone in the final 20km.

Though his lead extended to one minute, he was reeled in by what remained of the peloton, his heart broken as he was caught with just 800m to go.

Results

Top 10
Position	Rider (Country) Team	Time
1	Daan Depuydt (Bel) Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions[cite: 1, 2]	4:23:26
2	Axel Mariault (Fra) CIC Pro Cycling Academy[cite: 1, 2]
3	Alex Aranburu Deva (Spa) Cofidis[cite: 1, 2]
4	Alexandre Delettre (Fra) Team TotalEnergies[cite: 1, 2]
5	Ewen Costiou (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United[cite: 1, 2]
6	Rayan Boulahoite (Fra) Team TotalEnergies[cite: 1, 2]
7	Rémi Capron (Fra) Van Rysel-Roubaix[cite: 1, 2]
8	Antoine L'Hote (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM Team[cite: 1, 2]
9	Mathis Le Berre (Fra) Team TotalEnergies[cite: 1, 2]
10	Guillaume Adam (Fra) Veloce Club Rouen 76[cite: 1, 2]

Tour of Britain Women: Lorena Wiebes doubles up with long-range sprint to win stage 2

kirsten.frattini@futurenet.com (Kirsten Frattini) — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:57:13 +0000

No one could match Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) as she sprinted to her second consecutive victory on stage 2 at the Tour of Britain Women on Thursday.

The overall race leader launched her sprint from 250 metres out and was largely uncontested as she crossed the line to take the win ahead of runner-up Maggie Coles-Lyster (Human Powered Health) and third-placed Kim Le Court-Pienaar (AG Insurance-Soudal Team) in Blackpool.

The lone escapee, Oda Aune Gissinger (Hitec Products-Fluid Control), was caught with 4km remaining. It was UAE Team L'IMAD that led the field into the final kilometres of the race with Liv AlUla Jayco, FDJ United-Suez and SD Worx-Protime pulling up with their lead-out trains, all gritting their teeth to hold their position on the wide-open roads.

Slightly boxed in under the 1km to go banner, Wiebes waited patiently for an opening, finding that gap with 250 metres to go, and accelerating to the line with an unrivalled sprint to take her ninth career stage win at the Tour of Britain.

Wiebes extended her lead in the overall classification to 14 seconds heading into stage 3 from Mold to The Great Orme on Friday.

Another day in the green leader's jersey for Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) (Image credit: Getty Images)

"Today was also quite a hard finish because it was pretty much straight until the finish with 10 km to go. So then there's also a bigger risk of getting boxed in. That's why I started the sprint a bit early – because I was a bit afraid to get boxed in, but it was enough. So then I'm happy with it, because it was quite a lot of headwind into the finish," Wiebes said after the finish.

"I think tomorrow will be probably too hard of a finish for me. So, yeah, probably... I need to see after tomorrow how things are going. Because if I lose like one minute on the finish of tomorrow, then GC is not possible anymore. But I think in that case, Kim Le Court-Pienaar is the big favourite for tomorrow, and she also showed yesterday how strong she is."

Route deviation, race pause and sprint finish

The second day of the Tour of Britain Women was an 110.5km race from Clitheroe to Blackpool, featuring two categorized climbs within the first 35km. The peloton lined up under rain and cooler temperatures, a shift from the previous week's dry heatwave, and prepared for wet conditions on narrow roads.

A road blockage caused race organisers to re-route part of the race with a short deviation early on, but once back on track, it was a relatively quiet start to the stage with the peloton intact over the first ascent of Waddington Fell, a 3.3km climb with an average gradient of 6.4%, with Steffi Häberlin (SD Worx-Protime) taking the points over the top.

Katrine Aalerud (Uno-X Mobility) was alone out front as the race headed into the second ascent of the day, Nick o' Pendle, a 2.5km climb with an average gradient of 6.8%, and she held a 30-second margin over the chasing field at about 35km into the stage.

Katrine Aalerud (Uno-X Mobility) on stage 2 (Image credit: Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com)

The field came to a neutralisation just before the climb after a motor accident on the course, and race organisers paused Aalerud and the peloton with 74km to go. Race officials decided not to award points over the top of Nick o' Pendle, meaning Häberlin remained the leader of the mountains classification.

Once the race got going again, several attacks across the flatter terrain caused splits in the peloton, but it wasn't until Daniela Hezinová (Picnic PostNL) cleared the field, albeit briefly, that the fireworks began in the final 40km of the race.

A mid-race crash took down Anna Morris (Great Britain), Katie Scott (DAS-Hutchinson) and Georgia Baker (Liv AlUla Jayco), but all three quickly got back on their bikes and soon rejoined the field to finish the race.

The rain continued to batter down on the peloton with 30km remaining, but the attacks kept coming with multiple surges from Pfeiffer Georgi (Picnic PostNL) and then with Oda Aune Gissinger (Hitec Products-Fluid Control) going clear. Hezinová attempted to jump across, but her efforts left her caught in no-man's-land between the leader on the road and the field.

Gissinger tucked into an aero position, smooth pedal strokes on the run-in to the final kilometres of the stage, building her lead to 30 seconds ahead of Hezinová and 50 seconds ahead of the main field.

US squad Human Powered Health did the lion's share of the pace-setting from the peloton, working for their sprinter Coles-Lyster, but other team lead-outs from AG Insurance-Soudal, SD Worx-Protime, Canyon-SRAM, and Liv AlUla Jayco quickly joined them.

The faster speeds spelled doom for Hezinová, who was caught with 11km to go, but Gissinger still clung to 30 seconds with 6km left.

It was all to play for as Gissinger looked over her shoulder to see the looming peloton coming up fast, and she was swept back into the field with 4.3km to go, resetting the race for a bunch sprint in Blackpool.

Lorena Wiebes of SD Worx - Protime drives to the finish line in Blackpool at the front (Image credit: Getty Images)

Stage 2 Results

Position	Rider (Country) Team	Time
1	Lorena Wiebes (Ned) SD Worx-Protime	3:29:26
2	Maggie Coles-Lyster (Can) Human Powered Health
3	Kimberley Le Court De Billot- Pienaar (Mri) AG Insurance-Soudal
4	Nienke Veenhoven (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike
5	Lara Gillespie (Irl) UAE Team ADQ
6	Chiara Consonni (Ita) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto
7	Clara Copponi (Fra) Lidl-Trek
8	Teuntje Beekhuis (Ned) Uno-X Mobility
9	Ally Marée Wollaston (NZl) FDJ United-SUEZ
10	Juliana Londoño David (Col) Picnic PostNL
11	Millie Couzens (GBr) Fenix-Premier Tech
12	Josie Nelson (GBr) Picnic PostNL
13	Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) UAE Team ADQ
14	Fleur Moors (Bel) Lidl-Trek
15	Anna Morris (GBr)
16	Lucia Ruiz Perez (Spa) Movistar Team
17	Julia Borgström (Swe)
18	Tiffany Keep (RSA) Das-Hutchinson
19	Josie Talbot (Aus) Liv AlUla Jayco
20	Liane Lippert (Ger) Movistar Team
21	Imogen Wolff (GBr) Visma-Lease a Bike
22	Marta Jaskulska (Pol) Human Powered Health
23	Morven Yeoman (GBr) Das-Hutchinson
24	Madelaine Leech (GBr)
25	Elizabeth Grace Lister (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team
26	Leila Gschwentner (Aut) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team
27	Mieke Docx (Bel) Das-Hutchinson
28	Noa Jansen (Ned) Liv AlUla Jayco
29	Kate Courtney (USA) FDJ United-SUEZ
30	Letizia Borghesi (Ita) AG Insurance-Soudal
31	Quinty Ton (Ned) Liv AlUla Jayco
32	Caroline Andersson (Swe) Liv AlUla Jayco
33	Marte Berg Edseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
34	Iurani Blanco Calbet (Spa) Human Powered Health
35	Oda Aune Gissinger (Nor) Hitec Products-Fluid Control
36	Emilie Alberte Greve (Den) Uno-X Mobility
37	Katie Scott (GBr) Das-Hutchinson
38	Jane Zoe Backstedt (GBr) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto
39	Amalie Cooper (GBr) Tirol Women Cycling
40	Francesca Barale (Ita) Movistar Team
41	Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini (Ita) UAE Team ADQ
42	Lucy Lee (GBr) Das-Hutchinson
43	Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech
44	Margot Vanpachtenbeke (Bel) Lidl-Trek
45	Flora Perkins (GBr) Fenix-Premier Tech
46	Maud Oudeman (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike
47	Pfeiffer Zara Georgi (GBr) Picnic PostNL
48	Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Uno-X Mobility
49	Febe Jooris (Bel) UAE Team ADQ
50	Alice Towers (GBr) EF Education-Oatly
51	Shirin Van Anrooij (Ned) Lidl-Trek
52	Ingvild Gåskjenn (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
53	Magdalene Lind (Nor) Hitec Products-Fluid Control
54	Mischa Bredewold (Ned) SD Worx-Protime
55	Marthe Truyen (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech
56	Eva Van Agt (Ned) FDJ United-SUEZ
57	Amelia Cebak (GBr) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team
58	Lauren Dickson (GBr) FDJ United-SUEZ
59	Riejanne Markus (Ned) Lidl-Trek
60	Ricarda Bauernfeind (Ger) Lidl-Trek
61	S'annara Grove (RSA) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team
62	Uttrup Cecilie Ludwig (Den) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto
63	Justyna Czapla (Ger) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto
64	Walther Møller Alma Rasmussen (Den) Hitec Products-Fluid Control
65	Audrey De Keersmaeker (Bel) Picnic PostNL
66	Rosalie Arabella Blackburn (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team
67	Lotte Kopecky (Bel) SD Worx-Protime
68	Anna Flynn (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team
69	Erica Magnaldi (Ita) UAE Team ADQ
70	Soraya Paladin (Ita) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto
71	Nina Buijsman (Ned) Human Powered Health
72	Katrine Aalerud (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
73	Sara Martin Martin (Spa) Movistar Team
74	Ruby Oakes (GBr)
75	Femke De Vries (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike
76	Aniek Van Alphen (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech
77	Noemie Thomson (GBr) Das-Hutchinson
78	Claire Steels (GBr) Movistar Team
79	Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team
80	Léa Curinier (Fra) FDJ United-SUEZ
81	Margaux Vigie (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike
82	Yilla Threels (Ned) O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes
83	Steffi Häberlin (Swi) SD Worx-Protime
84	Amandine Fouquenet (Fra) AG Insurance-Soudal
85	Alexandra Manly (Aus) AG Insurance-Soudal
86	Marthe Goossens (Bel) AG Insurance-Soudal
87	Daniela Hezinová (Cze) Picnic PostNL
88	Fien Van Eynde (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech
89	Dilyxine Miermont (Fra) Picnic PostNL
90	Sophie Julia Kopecký (Cze) SD Worx-Protime
91	Wilma Aintila (Fin) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto	0:00:28
92	Vittoria Guazzini (Ita) FDJ United-SUEZ
93	Femke Gerritse (Ned) SD Worx-Protime
94	Georgia Baker (Aus) Liv AlUla Jayco
95	Amber Pate (Aus) Liv AlUla Jayco	0:00:39
96	Marit Raaijmakers (Ned) Human Powered Health	0:02:30
97	Elynor Backstedt (GBr) UAE Team ADQ
98	Teniel Campbell (Tri)	0:02:30
99	Ida Krickau Ketelsen (Den) O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes
100	Beth Morrow (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team
101	Jo Tindley (GBr) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team	0:07:52
102	Matilda Mckibben (GBr) O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes
103	Grace Madeline Cooper (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team
104	Stine-Marie Snortheim (Nor) Hitec Products-Fluid Control	0:14:28
105	Petra Stiasny (Swi) Human Powered Health
106	Karlijn Koops (Ned) O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes

General Classification after stage 2

Position	Rider (Country) Team	Time
1	Lorena Wiebes (Ned) SD Worx-Protime	07:32:15
2	Chiara Consonni (Ita) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto	0:00:14
3	Kimberley Le Court De Billot- Pienaar (Mri) AG Insurance-Soudal
4	Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) UAE Team ADQ	0:00:15
5	Josie Nelson (GBr) Picnic PostNL	0:00:16
6	Mischa Bredewold (Ned) SD Worx-Protime	0:00:17
7	Fleur Moors (Bel) Lidl-Trek	0:00:20
8	Juliana Londoño David (Col) Picnic PostNL
9	Liane Lippert (Ger) Movistar Team
10	Anna Morris (GBr)
11	Quinty Ton (Ned) Liv AlUla Jayco
12	Letizia Borghesi (Ita) AG Insurance-Soudal
13	Caroline Andersson (Swe) Liv AlUla Jayco
14	Marte Berg Edseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
15	Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini (Ita) UAE Team ADQ
16	Kate Courtney (USA) FDJ United-SUEZ
17	Flora Perkins (GBr) Fenix-Premier Tech
18	Francesca Barale (Ita) Movistar Team
19	Margot Vanpachtenbeke (Bel) Lidl-Trek
20	Pfeiffer Zara Georgi (GBr) Picnic PostNL
21	Eva Van Agt (Ned) FDJ United-SUEZ
22	Shirin Van Anrooij (Ned) Lidl-Trek
23	Lauren Dickson (GBr) FDJ United-SUEZ
24	Maud Oudeman (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike
25	Uttrup Cecilie Ludwig (Den) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto
26	Riejanne Markus (Ned) Lidl-Trek
27	Ricarda Bauernfeind (Ger) Lidl-Trek
28	Lotte Kopecky (Bel) SD Worx-Protime
29	Femke De Vries (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike
30	Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team
31	Steffi Häberlin (Swi) SD Worx-Protime
32	Sophie Julia Kopecký (Cze) SD Worx-Protime
33	Maggie Coles-Lyster (Can) Human Powered Health	0:02:42
34	Lara Gillespie (Irl) UAE Team ADQ	0:02:46
35	Nienke Veenhoven (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike	0:02:48
36	Lucia Ruiz Perez (Spa) Movistar Team
37	Morven Yeoman (GBr) Das-Hutchinson
38	Noa Jansen (Ned) Liv AlUla Jayco
39	Marta Jaskulska (Pol) Human Powered Health
40	Ally Marée Wollaston (NZl) FDJ United-SUEZ
41	Imogen Wolff (GBr) Visma-Lease a Bike
42	Josie Talbot (Aus) Liv AlUla Jayco
43	Oda Aune Gissinger (Nor) Hitec Products-Fluid Control
44	Emilie Alberte Greve (Den) Uno-X Mobility
45	Millie Couzens (GBr) Fenix-Premier Tech
46	Iurani Blanco Calbet (Spa) Human Powered Health
47	Katie Scott (GBr) Das-Hutchinson
48	Alice Towers (GBr) EF Education-Oatly
49	Magdalene Lind (Nor) Hitec Products-Fluid Control
50	Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Uno-X Mobility
51	Jane Zoe Backstedt (GBr) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto
52	Marthe Truyen (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech
53	Ingvild Gåskjenn (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
54	Sara Martin Martin (Spa) Movistar Team
55	Erica Magnaldi (Ita) UAE Team ADQ
56	Justyna Czapla (Ger) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto
57	Audrey De Keersmaeker (Bel) Picnic PostNL
58	Nina Buijsman (Ned) Human Powered Health
59	Noemie Thomson (GBr) Das-Hutchinson
60	Soraya Paladin (Ita) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto
61	Katrine Aalerud (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
62	Ida Krickau Ketelsen (Den) O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes
63	Amandine Fouquenet (Fra) AG Insurance-Soudal
64	Claire Steels (GBr) Movistar Team
65	Léa Curinier (Fra) FDJ United-SUEZ
66	Karlijn Koops (Ned) O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes
67	Aniek Van Alphen (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech
68	Wilma Aintila (Fin) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto	0:03:16
69	Femke Gerritse (Ned) SD Worx-Protime
70	Vittoria Guazzini (Ita) FDJ United-SUEZ
71	Marit Raaijmakers (Ned) Human Powered Health	0:05:18
72	Clara Copponi (Fra) Lidl-Trek	0:08:48
73	Tiffany Keep (RSA) Das-Hutchinson
74	Madelaine Leech (GBr)
75	Julia Borgström (Swe)
76	Amalie Cooper (GBr) Tirol Women Cycling
77	Mieke Docx (Bel) Das-Hutchinson
78	Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech
79	Febe Jooris (Bel) UAE Team ADQ
80	S'annara Grove (RSA) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team
81	Walther Møller Alma Rasmussen (Den) Hitec Products-Fluid Control
82	Anna Flynn (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team
83	Marthe Goossens (Bel) AG Insurance-Soudal
84	Alexandra Manly (Aus) AG Insurance-Soudal
85	Margaux Vigie (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike
86	Daniela Hezinová (Cze) Picnic PostNL
87	Dilyxine Miermont (Fra) Picnic PostNL
88	Fien Van Eynde (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech
89	Beth Morrow (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team
90	Georgia Baker (Aus) Liv AlUla Jayco	0:09:16
91	Amber Pate (Aus) Liv AlUla Jayco	0:09:27
92	Teuntje Beekhuis (Ned) Uno-X Mobility	0:10:33
93	Elizabeth Grace Lister (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team
94	Ruby Oakes (GBr)
95	Rosalie Arabella Blackburn (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team	0:12:30
96	Elynor Backstedt (GBr) UAE Team ADQ	0:13:03
97	Yilla Threels (Ned) O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes	0:17:35
98	Leila Gschwentner (Aut) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team	0:19:48
99	Matilda Mckibben (GBr) O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes	0:20:22
100	Grace Madeline Cooper (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team
101	Lucy Lee (GBr) Das-Hutchinson	0:24:38
102	Jo Tindley (GBr) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team	0:27:40
103	Amelia Cebak (GBr) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team	0:32:45
104	Teniel Campbell (Tri)	0:33:08
105	Stine-Marie Snortheim (Nor) Hitec Products-Fluid Control	0:34:16
106	Petra Stiasny (Swi) Human Powered Health	0:39:06

Points Classification

Position	Rider (Country) Team	Points
1	Lorena Wiebes (Ned) SD Worx-Protime[cite: 1]	50
2	Chiara Consonni (Ita) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto[cite: 1]	23
3	Kimberley Le Court De Billot- Pienaar (Mri) AG Insurance-Soudal[cite: 1]	22
4	Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) UAE Team ADQ[cite: 1]	21
5	Maggie Coles-Lyster (Can) Human Powered Health[cite: 1]	21
6	Lara Gillespie (Irl) UAE Team ADQ[cite: 1]	13
7	Mischa Bredewold (Ned) SD Worx-Protime[cite: 1]	12
8	Josie Nelson (GBr) Picnic PostNL[cite: 1]	12
9	Nienke Veenhoven (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike[cite: 1]	9
10	Quinty Ton (Ned) Liv AlUla Jayco[cite: 1]	8
11	Caroline Andersson (Swe) Liv AlUla Jayco[cite: 1]	6
12	Letizia Borghesi (Ita) AG Insurance-Soudal[cite: 1]	5
13	Clara Copponi (Fra) Lidl-Trek[cite: 1]	4
14	Liane Lippert (Ger) Movistar Team[cite: 1]	3
15	Imogen Wolff (GBr) Visma-Lease a Bike[cite: 1]	3
16	Teuntje Beekhuis (Ned) Uno-X Mobility[cite: 1]	3
17	Ally Marée Wollaston (NZl) FDJ United-SUEZ[cite: 1]	2
18	Fleur Moors (Bel) Lidl-Trek[cite: 1]	1
19	Juliana Londoño David (Col) Picnic PostNL[cite: 1]	1
20	Marta Jaskulska (Pol) Human Powered Health[cite: 1]	1

Mountains Classification

Position	Rider (Country) Team	Points
1	Steffi Häberlin (Swi) SD Worx-Protime	16
2	Lauren Dickson (GBr) FDJ United-SUEZ	14
3	Caroline Andersson (Swe) Liv AlUla Jayco	11
4	Audrey De Keersmaeker (Bel) Picnic PostNL	10
5	Marta Jaskulska (Pol) Human Powered Health	7
6	Kate Courtney (USA) FDJ United-SUEZ	6
7	Kimberley Le Court De Billot- Pienaar (Mri) AG Insurance-Soudal	5
8	Rosalie Arabella Blackburn (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team	5
9	Uttrup Cecilie Ludwig (Den) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto	4
10	Erica Magnaldi (Ita) UAE Team ADQ	4
11	Dilyxine Miermont (Fra) Picnic PostNL	3
12	Elynor Backstedt (GBr) UAE Team ADQ	3
13	Liane Lippert (Ger) Movistar Team	2
14	Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini (Ita) UAE Team ADQ	2
15	Femke De Vries (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike	2
16	Emilie Alberte Greve (Den) Uno-X Mobility	1
17	Millie Couzens (GBr) Fenix-Premier Tech	1
18	Marthe Truyen (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech	1

Youth Classification

Position	Rider (Country) Team	Time
1	Fleur Moors (Bel) Lidl-Trek	7:32:35
2	Juliana Londoño David (Col) Picnic PostNL
3	Sophie Julia Kopecký (Cze) SD Worx-Protime
4	Nienke Veenhoven (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike	0:02:28
5	Lucia Ruiz Perez (Spa) Movistar Team
6	Morven Yeoman (GBr) Das-Hutchinson
7	Imogen Wolff (GBr) Visma-Lease a Bike
8	Oda Aune Gissinger (Nor) Hitec Products-Fluid Control
9	Emilie Alberte Greve (Den) Uno-X Mobility
10	Jane Zoe Backstedt (GBr) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto
11	Justyna Czapla (Ger) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto
12	Ida Krickau Ketelsen (Den) O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes
13	Wilma Aintila (Fin) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto	0:02:56
14	Amalie Cooper (GBr) Tirol Women Cycling	0:08:28
15	Febe Jooris (Bel) UAE Team ADQ
16	Walther Møller Alma Rasmussen (Den) Hitec Products-Fluid Control
17	Daniela Hezinová (Cze) Picnic PostNL
18	Elizabeth Grace Lister (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team	0:10:13
19	Ruby Oakes (GBr)
20	Rosalie Arabella Blackburn (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team	0:12:10
21	Yilla Threels (Ned) O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes	0:17:15
22	Matilda Mckibben (GBr) O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes	0:20:02
23	Grace Madeline Cooper (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team
24	Amelia Cebak (GBr) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team	0:32:25

Teams Classification

Position	Rider (Country) Team	Time
1	SD Worx-Protime	22:37:45
2	Picnic PostNL
3	Lidl-Trek
4	FDJ United-SUEZ
5	Movistar Team
6	UAE Team ADQ	0:02:28
7	Liv AlUla Jayco
8	Visma-Lease a Bike
9	Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto
10	AG Insurance-Soudal
11	Uno-X Mobility	0:04:56
12	Fenix-Premier Tech
13	Human Powered Health	0:07:24
14	Das-Hutchinson
15	Great Britain	0:10:56
16	Hitec Products-Fluid Control	0:13:24
17	O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes	0:17:06
18	Handsling Alba Development Road Team	0:25:24
19	Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team	0:47:24

Renewi Tour: Jonathan Milan edges out Olav Kooij in photo finish to win a messy opening stage

Patrick Fletcher — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:25:57 +0000

Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) came out on top on the opening stage of the Renewi Tour, edging out Olav Kooij (Decathlon CMA CGM) in a bunch sprint at the end of a messy and sodden day of racing.

With so few sprint opportunities on offer at the Vuelta a España, the Renewi Tour has attracted a stellar list of sprinters and they were all to the fore on the opening day.

Tim Merlier (Soudal-QuickStep) bagged the final spot on the podium, just ahead of Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Premier Tech), but the stage win came down to a nail-biting bike throw between Milan and Kooij.

Picnic-PostNL’s Pavel Bitter had opened the sprint after a very late catch of the breakaway, with Milan thundering down the middle of the soaked tarmac, while Kooij emerged from the slipstream and set about hauling him back.

Kooij gained and gained and almost snatched it, but, with both riders unsure which way it had gone, a photo finish would soon confirm that Milan had held on.

This was a tough opening day and not just because of the steady, heavy rain. The 191.3km route around Diest in Belgium featured five ascents of the Grasbos climb, affectionately known as ‘the Poggio of Diest’, and Milan was left scrambling on the final one as his rivals lit up the race and the peloton splintered.

When it did come back together, the day’s main five-man breakaway was still out front, and with an advantage that might well have seen them pull off an extraordinary heist, had they not started to play games with two kilometers to go.

But as it was, all the main favourites for the stage and the overall arrived to fight it out in the final kilometre.

“Tough conditions and also a tough race,” Milan said. “Big thanks to my teammates, it’s not easy to stay together to keep the focus and keep fighting but we made it.

“I was not sure about the sprint until the last second. I started with 200 metres to go, then when I was there I said ‘ok let’s try do hold it but Kooij was coming up super fast and immediately after the finish he was already in front of me so I was not sure, but I’m really happy with this victory."

Milan moves into the leader’s jersey with a lead of four seconds over Kooij on general classification, with Dries De Bondt (Jayco-AlUla) third on the same time thanks to the bonus seconds he earned from the breakaway in the ‘green kilometre’.

How it unfolded

The opening stage of the Renewi Tour, which takes place in the Benelux region but this year almost entirely in Belgium, was a 191.3-kilometre route around Diest, with multiple laps of a finishing circuit that featured the Grasbos climb, 500 metres long at an average gradient of around 8%.

It was a fast start as the battle to form the breakaway lasted a good 25km, with five strong riders eventually getting up the road: Lionel Taminiaux (Lotto-Intermarché), Dries De Bondt (Jayco-AlUla), Timo Kielich (Visma-Lease a Bike), Carl-Frederik Bévort (Uno-X Mobility), and Quinten Hermans (Pinarello-Q36.5).

The peloton was aware of the danger and only afforded them a lead of just over two minutes – and even that was a struggle to bring back in the end. The early phase of the race was quiet enough, even though it was far from comfortable, with the riders – most of whom have raced in sunny conditions for months now – were soaked and racing through gritted teeth.

The race intensified inside the final 100km, with Lidl-Trek, Soudal-QuickStep, Alpecin-Premier Tech, and Unibet-Rose-Rockets among the most prominent teams in the peloton. They had to work hard, taking strong pulls but not making many inroads, with the break still holding 90 seconds as they crossed the finish line with 32km and two laps remaining.

That penultimate lap featured the green kilometre, with bonuses of 3-2-1 seconds for the top three at three separate sprint points within that one kilometre. De Bondt won the first and third to take six seconds in total, while Hermans won the second and was second at the first to take the next-best haul of five seconds. There were none left for the peloton and the rest of the GC hopefuls.

There was a brief scare for Tiesj Benoot (Decathlon CMA CGM) due to a puncture, and a race-ending crash for a potential GC player in Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X).

As they took the bell lap with 16km to go, the gap was inside one minute and it continued to tumble on the approach to the final ascent of the Grasbos, where the attacks flew. Red Bull lit it up through Laurence Pithie and Tim Van Dijke, before Florian Vermeersch (UAE Team Emirates) drove the attack clear, aided by a split caused by a crash from a Tudor rider going around an uphill bend in around 10th position. Arnaud De Lie (Lotto-Intermarché) and a rider from Lidl-Trek completed the a five-man group as it went clear, with Milan scrambling on his own behind before slotting back into the bunch.

The peloton had split but the first portion was sizable and not far behind, and made its way back across a few kilometers later, with 6km to the line. At that point, the five men out front still had 20 seconds in hand, and they held onto that as the fragmented peloton got its bearings before launching a proper chase.

Lidl-Trek and Soudal-QuickStep took responsibility but it took a breakdown up front to really seal the deal. Just outside the 2km-to-go banner the leaders hesitated and, despite a long final pull from De Bondt – plus a futile attack from Kielich – that was game over.

A sodden peloton entered the home straight nd in this battle royale of sprinters and classics riders, the first blood went to Milan, by a whisker.

Results

Stage results
Position	Rider	Time
1	Jonathan Milan (Ita) Lidl-Trek	4:04:18
2	Olav Kooij (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM Team
3	Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step
4	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
5	Sam Bennett (Irl) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
6	Sam Welsford (Aus) Netcompany INEOS
7	Pavel Bittner (Cze) Team Picnic PostNL
8	Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets
9	Arnaud De Lie (Bel) XDS Astana Team
10	Mike Teunissen (Ned) Lotto Intermarché
11	Laurence Pithie (Nzl) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
12	Marijn van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost
13	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain-Victorious
14	Thibaud Gruel (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
15	Florian Vermeersch (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
16	Alessandro Borgo (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious
17	Jules Hesters (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise
18	Biniam Girmay (Eri) NSN Cycling Team
19	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) NSN Cycling Team
20	Jon Barrenetxea (Esp) Movistar Team
21	Aaron Gate (Nzl) XDS Astana Team
22	Leander Van Hautegem (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise
23	Niklas Behrens (Ger) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike
24	Žak Eržen (Slo) Bahrain-Victorious
25	Huub Artz (Ned) Lotto Intermarché
26	Luca Mozzato (Ita) Tudor Pro Cycling Team
27	Robert Donaldson (Gbr) Team Jayco AlUla
28	Luke Lamperti (Usa) EF Education-EasyPost
29	Arne Marit (Bel) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
30	Johan Jacobs (Sui) Groupama-FDJ United
31	Mick van Dijke (Ned) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
32	Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto Intermarché
33	Dillon Corkery (Irl) Team Picnic PostNL
34	Elmar Reinders (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets
35	Matteo Trentin (Ita) Tudor Pro Cycling Team
36	Corbin Strong (Nzl) NSN Cycling Team
37	Owain Doull (Gbr) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike
38	Dries De Bondt (Bel) Team Jayco AlUla
39	Daan Hoole (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM Team
40	Michiel Lambrecht (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise
41	Loe van Belle (Ned) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike
42	Toms Skujiņš (Lat) Lidl-Trek
43	Tomáš Kopecký (Cze) Unibet Rose Rockets
44	Matyáš Kopecký (Cze) Unibet Rose Rockets
45	Mikkel Bjerg (Den) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
46	Julius van den Berg (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL
47	Alec Segaert (Bel) Bahrain-Victorious
48	Lukáš Kubiš (Svk) Unibet Rose Rockets
49	Vincent Van Hemelen (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise
50	Axel Huens (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
51	Jakob Söderqvist (Swe) Lidl-Trek
52	Paul Lapeira (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM Team
53	Quinten Hermans (Bel) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
54	Brent Van Moer (Bel) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
55	Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike
56	Kasper Asgreen (Den) EF Education-EasyPost
57	Tim van Dijke (Ned) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
58	Kim Heiduk (Ger) Netcompany INEOS
59	Lorenzo Milesi (Ita) Movistar Team
60	Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) Lotto Intermarché
61	Pietro Mattio (Ita) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike
62	Nico Denz (Ger) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
63	Senne Thonnon (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise
64	Robbe Ghys (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM Team
65	Cees Bol (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM Team
66	Frederik Frison (Bel) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
67	Guillaume Boivin (Can) NSN Cycling Team
68	Matej Mohorič (Slo) Bahrain-Victorious
69	Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
70	William Blume Levy (Den) Uno-X Mobility
71	Menno Huising (Ned) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike
72	Magnus Sheffield (Usa) Netcompany INEOS
73	Lev Gonov (Rus) XDS Astana Team
74	Aimé De Gendt (Bel) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
75	Haimar Etxeberria (Esp) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
76	Clément Russo (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
77	Kamil Małecki (Pol) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
78	Carl-Frederik Bévort (Den) Uno-X Mobility
79	Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step
80	Jonas Geens (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
81	Arjen Livyns (Bel) XDS Astana Team
82	Siebe Deweirdt (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise
83	Sean Flynn (Gbr) Team Picnic PostNL
84	Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-EasyPost
85	Kevin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ United
86	Timo Kielich (Bel) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike
87	Samuel Watson (Gbr) Netcompany INEOS
88	Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step
89	Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Jayco AlUla
90	Iván García Cortina (Esp) Movistar Team
91	Tim Marsman (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech
92	Albert Torres (Esp) Movistar Team
93	Sebastian Kolze Changizi (Den) Tudor Pro Cycling Team
94	Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Lidl-Trek
95	Jonas Hem Hvideberg (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
96	Pepijn Reinderink (Ned) Soudal Quick-Step
97	Artem Shmidt (Usa) Netcompany INEOS
98	Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM Team
99	Kamil Gradek (Pol) Bahrain-Victorious
100	Rune Herregodts (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
101	Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
102	Filip Maciejuk (Pol) Movistar Team
103	Taco van der Hoorn (Ned) Lotto Intermarché
104	Connor Swift (Gbr) Netcompany INEOS
105	Maikel Zijlaard (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling Team
106	Robert Stannard (Aus) Bahrain-Victorious	0:00:42
107	Joshua Giddings (Gbr) Lotto Intermarché	0:00:42
108	Igor Arrieta (Esp) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:00:56
109	Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:00:56
110	Ferre Geeraerts (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise	0:01:18
111	Hartthijs de Vries (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:01:18
112	Maurice Ballerstedt (Ger) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:01:18
113	Edward Theuns (Bel) Lidl-Trek	0:01:18
114	Emil Herzog (Ger) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:01:32
115	Julius Johansen (Den) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:01:47
116	Amaury Capiot (Bel) Team Jayco AlUla	0:01:47
117	Tim Naberman (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	0:01:54
118	Tobias Bayer (Aut) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:01:58
119	Davide Ballerini (Ita) XDS Astana Team	0:01:58
120	Manlio Moro (Ita) Movistar Team	0:01:58
121	Fabian Lienhard (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:01:58
122	Filippo Baroncini (Ita) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:01:58
123	Storm Ingebrigtsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:01:58
124	Lennert Belmans (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:01:58
125	Dries De Pooter (Bel) Team Jayco AlUla	0:01:58
126	Nils Eekhoff (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	0:01:58
127	Simone Consonni (Ita) Lidl-Trek	0:01:58
128	Martin Svrček (Svk) Soudal Quick-Step	0:01:58
129	Matteo Milan (Ita) Groupama-FDJ United	0:01:58
130	Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Lidl-Trek	0:01:58
131	Davide Toneatti (Ita) XDS Astana Team	0:00:00
132	Gleb Syritsa (Rus) XDS Astana Team	0:03:07
133	Davide Formolo (Ita) Movistar Team	0:03:07
134	Felix Ørn-Kristoff (Nor) Lotto Intermarché	0:03:07
135	Bob Jungels (Lux) Netcompany INEOS	0:03:07
136	Titouan Fontaine (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:03:07
137	Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Soudal Quick-Step	0:03:07
138	Aivaras Mikutis (Ltu) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:03:07
139	Max Walker (Gbr) EF Education-EasyPost	0:03:07
140	James Knox (Gbr) Team Picnic PostNL	0:03:07
141	Silvan Dillier (Sui) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:03:07
142	Nadav Raisberg (Isr) NSN Cycling Team	0:03:07
143	Luke Durbridge (Aus) Team Jayco AlUla	0:03:07
144	Abram Stockman (Bel) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:03:07
145	Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:05:12
146	Ayco Bastiaens (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step	0:05:33
147	Arvid de Kleijn (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:05:59
148	Pier-André Côté (Can) NSN Cycling Team	0:10:31
149	Oliver Naesen (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:11:56
150	Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:13:30
151	Mattia Agostinacchio (Ita) EF Education-EasyPost	0:13:30
DNF	Jelte Krijnsen (Ned) Team Jayco AlUla
DNF	Ryan Mullen (Irl) NSN Cycling Team
DNS	Madis Mihkels (Est) EF Education-EasyPost

General classification
Position	Rider	Time
1	Jonathan Milan (Ita) Lidl-Trek	4:04:08
2	Olav Kooij (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:00:04
3	Dries De Bondt (Bel) Team Jayco AlUla	0:00:04
4	Quinten Hermans (Bel) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:00:05
5	Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step	0:00:06
6	Timo Kielich (Bel) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:07
7	Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) Lotto Intermarché	0:00:08
8	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Uno-X Mobility	0:00:08
9	Carl-Frederik Bévort (Den) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:00:10
10	Sam Bennett (Irl) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:00:10
11	Sam Welsford (Aus) Netcompany INEOS	0:00:10
12	Pavel Bittner (Cze) Team Picnic PostNL	0:00:10
13	Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:00:10
14	Mike Teunissen (Ned) XDS Astana Team	0:00:10
15	Arnaud De Lie (Bel) Lotto Intermarché	0:00:10
16	Laurence Pithie (Nzl) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:00:10
17	Marijn van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost	0:00:10
18	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain-Victorious	0:00:10
19	Florian Vermeersch (Bel) Groupama-FDJ United	0:00:10
20	Thibaud Gruel (Fra) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:00:10
21	Alessandro Borgo (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious	0:00:10
22	Jules Hesters (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise	0:00:10
23	Biniam Girmay (Eri) NSN Cycling Team	0:00:10
24	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) NSN Cycling Team	0:00:10
25	Jon Barrenetxea (Esp) Movistar Team	0:00:10
26	Aaron Gate (Nzl) XDS Astana Team	0:00:10
27	Leander Van Hautegem (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise	0:00:10
28	Niklas Behrens (Ger) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:10
29	Žak Eržen (Slo) Bahrain-Victorious	0:00:10
30	Huub Artz (Ned) Lotto Intermarché	0:00:10
31	Luca Mozzato (Ita) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:00:10
32	Robert Donaldson (Gbr) Team Jayco AlUla	0:00:10
33	Luke Lamperti (Usa) EF Education-EasyPost	0:00:10
34	Arne Marit (Bel) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:00:10
35	Johan Jacobs (Sui) Groupama-FDJ United	0:00:10
36	Mick van Dijke (Ned) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:00:10
37	Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto Intermarché	0:00:10
38	Dillon Corkery (Irl) Team Picnic PostNL	0:00:10
39	Elmar Reinders (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:00:10
40	Matteo Trentin (Ita) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:00:10
41	Corbin Strong (Nzl) NSN Cycling Team	0:00:10
42	Owain Doull (Gbr) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:10
43	Daan Hoole (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:00:10
44	Michiel Lambrecht (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise	0:00:10
45	Loe van Belle (Ned) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:10
46	Toms Skujiņš (Lat) Lidl-Trek	0:00:10
47	Tomáš Kopecký (Cze) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:00:10
48	Matyáš Kopecký (Cze) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:00:10
49	Mikkel Bjerg (Den) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:00:10
50	Julius van den Berg (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	0:00:10
51	Alec Segaert (Bel) Bahrain-Victorious	0:00:10
52	Lukáš Kubiš (Svk) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:00:10
53	Vincent Van Hemelen (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise	0:00:10
54	Axel Huens (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:00:10
55	Jakob Söderqvist (Swe) Lidl-Trek	0:00:10
56	Paul Lapeira (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:00:10
57	Brent Van Moer (Bel) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:00:10
58	Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:10
59	Kasper Asgreen (Den) EF Education-EasyPost	0:00:10
60	Tim van Dijke (Ned) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:00:10
61	Kim Heiduk (Ger) Netcompany INEOS	0:00:10
62	Lorenzo Milesi (Ita) Movistar Team	0:00:10
63	Pietro Mattio (Ita) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:10
64	Nico Denz (Ger) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:00:10
65	Senne Thonnon (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise	0:00:10
66	Robbe Ghys (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:00:10
67	Cees Bol (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:00:10
68	Frederik Frison (Bel) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:00:10
69	Guillaume Boivin (Can) NSN Cycling Team	0:00:10
70	Matej Mohorič (Slo) Bahrain-Victorious	0:00:10
71	Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:00:10
72	William Blume Levy (Den) Uno-X Mobility	0:00:10
73	Menno Huising (Ned) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:00:10
74	Magnus Sheffield (Usa) Netcompany INEOS	0:00:10
75	Lev Gonov (Rus) XDS Astana Team	0:00:10
76	Aimé De Gendt (Bel) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:00:10
77	Haimar Etxeberria (Esp) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:00:10
78	Clément Russo (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:00:10
79	Kamil Małecki (Pol) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:00:10
80	Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step	0:00:10
81	Jonas Geens (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:00:10
82	Arjen Livyns (Bel) XDS Astana Team	0:00:10
83	Siebe Deweirdt (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise	0:00:10
84	Sean Flynn (Gbr) Team Picnic PostNL	0:00:10
85	Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-EasyPost	0:00:10
86	Kevin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ United	0:00:10
87	Samuel Watson (Gbr) Netcompany INEOS	0:00:10
88	Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step	0:00:10
89	Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Jayco AlUla	0:00:10
90	Iván García Cortina (Esp) Movistar Team	0:00:10
91	Tim Marsman (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:00:10
92	Albert Torres (Esp) Movistar Team	0:00:10
93	Sebastian Kolze Changizi (Den) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:00:10
94	Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Lidl-Trek	0:00:10
95	Jonas Hem Hvideberg (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:00:10
96	Pepijn Reinderink (Ned) Soudal Quick-Step	0:00:10
97	Artem Shmidt (Usa) Netcompany INEOS	0:00:10
98	Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:00:10
99	Kamil Gradek (Pol) Bahrain-Victorious	0:00:10
100	Rune Herregodts (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:00:10
101	Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:00:10
102	Filip Maciejuk (Pol) Movistar Team	0:00:10
103	Taco van der Hoorn (Ned) Lotto Intermarché	0:00:10
104	Connor Swift (Gbr) Netcompany INEOS	0:00:10
105	Maikel Zijlaard (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:00:10
106	Davide Toneatti (Ita) XDS Astana Team	0:00:10
107	Robert Stannard (Aus) Bahrain-Victorious	0:00:52
108	Joshua Giddings (Gbr) Lotto Intermarché	0:00:52
109	Igor Arrieta (Esp) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:01:06
110	Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:01:06
111	Ferre Geeraerts (Bel) Team Flanders-Baloise	0:01:28
112	Hartthijs de Vries (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:01:28
113	Maurice Ballerstedt (Ger) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:01:28
114	Edward Theuns (Bel) Lidl-Trek	0:01:28
115	Emil Herzog (Ger) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:01:42
116	Julius Johansen (Den) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:01:57
117	Amaury Capiot (Bel) Team Jayco AlUla	0:01:57
118	Tim Naberman (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	0:02:04
119	Tobias Bayer (Aut) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:02:08
120	Davide Ballerini (Ita) XDS Astana Team	0:02:08
121	Manlio Moro (Ita) Movistar Team	0:02:08
122	Fabian Lienhard (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:02:08
123	Filippo Baroncini (Ita) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:02:08
124	Storm Ingebrigtsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:02:08
125	Lennert Belmans (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:02:08
126	Dries De Pooter (Bel) Team Jayco AlUla	0:02:08
127	Nils Eekhoff (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	0:02:08
128	Simone Consonni (Ita) Lidl-Trek	0:02:08
129	Martin Svrček (Svk) Soudal Quick-Step	0:02:08
130	Matteo Milan (Ita) Groupama-FDJ United	0:02:08
131	Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Lidl-Trek	0:02:08
132	Gleb Syritsa (Rus) XDS Astana Team	0:03:17
133	Davide Formolo (Ita) Movistar Team	0:03:17
134	Felix Ørn-Kristoff (Nor) Lotto Intermarché	0:03:17
135	Bob Jungels (Lux) Netcompany INEOS	0:03:17
136	Titouan Fontaine (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:03:17
137	Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Soudal Quick-Step	0:03:17
138	Aivaras Mikutis (Ltu) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:03:17
139	Max Walker (Gbr) EF Education-EasyPost	0:03:17
140	James Knox (Gbr) Team Picnic PostNL	0:03:17
141	Silvan Dillier (Sui) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:03:17
142	Nadav Raisberg (Isr) NSN Cycling Team	0:03:17
143	Luke Durbridge (Aus) Team Jayco AlUla	0:03:17
144	Abram Stockman (Bel) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:03:17
145	Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:05:22
146	Ayco Bastiaens (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step	0:05:43
147	Arvid de Kleijn (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:06:09
148	Pier-André Côté (Can) NSN Cycling Team	0:10:41
149	Oliver Naesen (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:12:06
150	Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:13:40
151	Mattia Agostinacchio (Ita) EF Education-EasyPost	0:13:40

Tour du Limousin: Ewen Costiou takes the overall lead after a solo stage 2 victory

Owen Rogers — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:57:33 +0000

Ewen Costiou fooled the chasers on Wednesday, the Groupama-FDJ United rider soloing to victory in stage 2 of the Tour du Limousin.

Costiou was one of a group of nine which bridged to a final breakaway rider inside the final 10km of the stage, which finished in Lanouaille, attacking the group 2km later to take the win alone. Mattéo Vercher, one of three TotalEnergies riders in the group, took second place, 18 seconds back, with Alex Aranburu (Cofidis) leading the remainder home in third, a further eight seconds down.

Costiou, who won the race overall last year, moves into the overall lead after Tuesday’s stage winner, Noa Isidore (Decathlon CMA CGM) finished in a chasing group, 1:37 behind. The race continues with two more stages remaining.

Stage two of the four day race took the riders on a 184.2km route between Salignac-Eyvigues and Lanouaille. With more than 2,500m of vertical ascent, it was another rolling day, with four short, sharp climbs and winding roads sure to make for a tense final 25km.

Some early aggression soon produced a breakaway, Baptiste Veistroffer (Lotto-Intermarché), Kenny Molly (Van Rysel-Roubaix), Justin Coron (Veloce Club Rouen 76) and Baptiste Berger (Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais) and his teammate Axel Salvadori getting away and building an advantage which extended to more than five minutes.

That time began to drop as the race entered its second half, Groupama-FDJ United, Cofidis and the Decathlon CMA CGM squad of stage 1 winner Noa Isidore leading the peloton. Between them they took two minutes out of the leaders in the space of 30km.

Having attacked alone with 25km to go, Veistroffer was the last to be caught by a group of nine just inside the final 10km. A few moments later Costiou attacked that group, taking a lead of around 15 seconds into the final 3km.

Results

Position	Rider (Country) Team	Time Gap
1	Ewen Costiou (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	4:22:09
2	Mattéo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies	0:00:18
3	Alex Aranburu (Spa) Cofidis	0:00:26
4	Alexandre Delettre (Fra) Totalenergies
5	Antoine L'Hote (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM
6	Axel Mariault (Fra) Cic Pro Cycling Academy
7	Yohann Simon (Fra) St Michel- Preference Home- Auber93
8	Mathis Le Berre (Fra) Totalenergies	0:00:28
9	Thomas Champion (Fra) St Michel- Preference Home- Auber93	0:00:31
10	Victor Papon (Fra) Nice Metropole Cote D'Azur	0:01:30
11	Samuele Zoccarato (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort
12	Maxime Jarnet (Fra) Van Rysel Roubaix	0:01:37
13	Marius Innhaug Dahl (Nor) Decathlon Cma Cgm Development Team
14	Valentin Darbellay (Swi) Elite Fondations Cycling Team
15	Killian Verschuren (Fra) Unibet Rose Rockets
16	Maximilien Juillard (Fra) Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais
17	Valentin Ferron (Fra) Cofidis
18	Rayan Boulahoite (Fra) Totalenergies
19	Pierre-Henry Basset (Fra) Xds Astana Development Team
20	Gerben Kuypers (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen - Altez Industriebouw Cycling Team

General classification after stage 2

Position	Rider (Country) Team	Time Gap
1	Ewen Costiou (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	8:19:47
2	Mattéo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies	0:00:22
3	Alex Aranburu (Spa) Cofidis	0:00:32
4	Alexandre Delettre (Fra) Totalenergies	0:00:36
5	Axel Mariault (Fra) Cic Pro Cycling Academy	"
6	Yohann Simon (Fra) St Michel- Preference Home- Auber93	"
7	Antoine L'Hote (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	"
8	Mathis Le Berre (Fra) Totalenergies	0:00:38
9	Thomas Champion (Fra) St Michel- Preference Home- Auber93	0:00:41
10	Noa Isidore (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:01:37
11	Samuele Zoccarato (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	0:01:40
12	Maximilien Juillard (Fra) Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	0:01:41
13	Hugo Page (Fra) Cofidis	0:01:43
14	Maxime Jarnet (Fra) Van Rysel Roubaix	0:01:47
15	Rayan Boulahoite (Fra) Totalenergies	"
16	Simon Guglielmi (Fra) St Michel- Preference Home- Auber93	"
17	Killian Verschuren (Fra) Unibet Rose Rockets	"
18	Valentin Ferron (Fra) Cofidis	"
19	Valentin Darbellay (Swi) Elite Fondations Cycling Team	"
20	Guillaume Adam (Fra) Veloce Club Rouen 76	"

Tour of Britain Women: Lorena Wiebes snatches sprint victory on stage 1 ahead of Chiara Consonni

Lukas Knöfler — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:40:11 +0000

Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) won stage 1 of the Tour of Britain Women through Cumbria, beating Chiara Consonni (Canyon-SRAM) and Josie Nelson (Picnic-PostNL) in a bunch sprint in Cockermouth. With the stage victory, Wiebes also takes the overall lead.

Early attacker Leila Gschwentner (Smurfit Westrock) had been reeled in 25km into the 158.9km stage. On the stretch along the coast of Solway Firth, there were no new attacks, and only when the race turned inland did Arabella Blackburn (Handsling Alba) and Audrey De Keersmaeker (Picnic-PostNL) get away.

Handicapped by a bee sting, Blackburn had to let go of De Keersmaeker on the Caldbeck climb, and the Belgian solo rider was caught on the last classified climb of the day with 36km to go.

A slightly reduced peloton passed through the finish line in Cockermouth with 27.7km to go to tackle a rolling finishing circuit. There were lots of attacks, but SD Worx-Protime controlled every move and ensured a sprint where Wiebes was unbeatable.

How it unfolded

Starting and finishing in Cockermouth, the opening stage of the Tour of Britain Women would take the peloton on a big clockwise loop of northwest Cumbria followed by a smaller finishing circuit.

Gschwentner attacked soon after the flag was dropped following an 8.4km neutral zone. The Austrian got nobody for company but continued on her own, building a gap of just under a minute on the rolling roads towards Whitehaven.

In the coastal town, Gschwentner was reeled in as the favourites’ teams readied themselves for possible echelons in the onshore tail-crosswinds from Solway Firth. But whether it was because everybody was prepared or because the wind wasn’t strong enough, there was no echelon action on the coastal stretch to Silloth.

The intermediate sprint in Allonby was won by Karlijn Swinkels (UAE Team L’IMAD) ahead of her teammate Lara Gillespie and Kim Le Court-Pienaar (AG Insurance-Soudal), giving Swinkels and Le Court-Pienaar valuable bonus seconds for their GC bids.

Audrey De Keersmaeker on the attack (Image credit: SWPix)

A crash then took down Lieke Nooijen (Visma-Lease a Bike), Becky Gardiner (Great Britain), and Claire Steels (Movistar). Nooijen and Gardiner had to abandon the race because of their injuries, as did Jessica Roberts (Great Britain) after an earlier crash. Several other riders also had to abandon.

Blackburn and De Keersmaeker had each attacked on their own and joined forces just before Wigton, passing through the town 1:10 minutes ahead of the peloton. Starting the Caldbeck climb, they were 1:30 minutes ahead, but on the climb, Blackburn, who had been stung by a bee earlier on the day, could not follow De Keersmaeker anymore, leaving a solo rider in front.

De Keersmaeker was 2:45 minutes up at the QOM point with 66.3km to go, but the peloton soon stepped up the chase, caught Blackburn, and was only 40 seconds behind entering the last 50km. Not wanting to make the catch too soon, the bunch temporarily let the gap go up to 1:10 minutes again but had De Keersmaeker in sight on the second classified climb, Parsonby Brow, that crested with 36km to go.

Halfway up the climb, Le Court-Pienaar attacked with Liane Lippert (Movistar) on her wheel, catching De Keersmaeker, but when the two attackers were caught and another attack by Pfeiffer Georgi (Picnic PostNL) was neutralised, the pace fell again. De Keersmaeker managed to recover and attack herself for the mountain points, and although she was passed by Steffi Häberlin (SD Worx-Protime) and Lauren Dickson (FDJ United-Suez) just before the top, the Belgian crossed the QOM in third place to take the lead in the mountain classification. She will wear the blue QOM jersey on stage 2 and was also awarded the combativity prize for her efforts.

Just over 20 riders had made it over the climb in the first group, but more came back from behind on the descent to Cockermouth, and over 60 riders started the 27.7km finishing circuit together. In the intermediate sprint at the passage of the finish line, Mischa Bredewold (SD Worx-Protime), Swinkels, and Le Court-Pienaar took the bonus seconds.

On the rolling finishing circuit, there were almost-continuous attacks on the narrow, often one-lane roads. Georgi was first with Riejanne Markus (Lidl-Trek) and Aude Biannic (Movistar) on her wheel, then Biannic countered and was closed down by Georgi.

Le Court-Pienaar also joined in but was followed by Häberlin. With other riders jumping across, there was briefly a front group of 12 while the peloton split into several groups. Zoe Backstedt (Canyon-SRAM) and Gillespie were among the riders who couldn’t follow the pace.

Femke de Vries (Visma-Lease a Bike) went just inside the 20km mark but was quickly closed down. Lauren Dickson (FDJ United-Suez) attacked next but was neutralised by Ricarda Bauernfeind (Lidl-Trek) right away. When the latter’s teammate Margot Vanpachtenbeke attacked, she had Le Court-Pienaar and others on her wheel, and the move only served to string out the group.

Back on a two-lane road, Georgi went again 16.5km from the finish and briefly got a gap before Dickson took up the chase and reeled her in, setting up an attack by Kate Courtney (FDJ United-Suez), who was shut down by Häberlin and De Vries.

Lauren Dickson in the peloton (Image credit: SWPix)

Now inside 15km to go, Quinty Ton (Liv AlUla Jayco) tried to get away but soon had Bauernfeind on her wheel, and the next move by Vanpachtenbeke was closed down by Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime). Shirin van Anrooij (Lidl-Trek) attacked but was chased down by Häberlin, then Markus tried again. Biannic bridged to her with Häberlin and Bredewold following soon after, but the quartet was caught with 12km to go.

Lippert then went away on a short uphill, and Le Court-Pienaar quickly bridged to her, but when two small groups jumped across to make it a group of nine, the cooperation stopped, and they were all caught just before the 10km mark.

Vanpachtenbeke, Häberlin, and Barale made the next attack, but as the move grew to ten riders, the pace went out of the group again. A move by Caroline Andersson (Liv AlUla Jayco) was shut down by Bredewold and Swinkels, and then Julia Kopecký (SD Worx-Protime) took over at the front of the peloton with 8km to go to set the pace in preparation for a bunch sprint.

Nevertheless, Ton tried again but was neutralised by Häberlin. Vanpachtenbeke’s move was shadowed by Kopecky, and when De Vries and Flora Perkins (Fenix-Premier Tech) went, Bredewold was on their wheels.

An attack by Markus was neutralised by Bredewold and Eleonora Gasparrini (UAE Team L’IMAD), then Ton tried one last time but didn’t get away. Lotte Kopecky went to the front to keep the pace high into the final 2km, taking a long turn well into the final kilometre and only swinging off.

With Nelson on her wheel, Georgi took the fastest line over the bridge across the river Derwent, but Bredewold led out Wiebes on the finishing straight, and when the superstar sprinter accelerated with 200m to go, there could be no doubt about the outcome as Wiebes won by almost two bike lengths over Consonni and Nelson.

Lorena Wiebes dashes to glory (Image credit: Getty Images)

Stage 1 Results

Position	Rider (Country) Team	Time
1	Lorena Wiebes (Ned) SD Worx-Protime	4:03:09
2	Chiara Consonni (Ita) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto
3	Josie Nelson (GBr) Picnic PostNL
4	Quinty Ton (Ned) Liv AlUla Jayco
5	Caroline Andersson (Swe) Liv AlUla Jayco
6	Letizia Borghesi (Ita) AG Insurance-Soudal
7	Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) UAE Team ADQ
8	Liane Lippert (Ger) Movistar Team
9	Mischa Bredewold (Ned) SD Worx-Protime
10	Fleur Moors (Bel) Lidl-Trek
11	Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini (Ita) UAE Team ADQ
12	Marte Berg Edseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
13	Eva Van Agt (Ned) FDJ United-SUEZ
14	Flora Perkins (GBr) Fenix-Premier Tech
15	Juliana Londoño David (Col) Picnic PostNL
16	Pfeiffer Zara Georgi (GBr) Picnic PostNL
17	Margot Vanpachtenbeke (Bel) Lidl-Trek
18	Anna Morris (GBr)
19	Lauren Dickson (GBr) FDJ United-SUEZ
20	Francesca Barale (Ita) Movistar Team
21	Shirin Van Anrooij (Ned) Lidl-Trek
22	Kimberley Le Court De Billot- Pienaar (Mri) AG Insurance-Soudal
23	Uttrup Cecilie Ludwig (Den) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto
24	Lotte Kopecky (Bel) SD Worx-Protime
25	Kate Courtney (USA) FDJ United-SUEZ
26	Femke De Vries (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike
27	Riejanne Markus (Ned) Lidl-Trek
28	Ricarda Bauernfeind (Ger) Lidl-Trek
29	Sophie Julia Kopecký (Cze) SD Worx-Protime
30	Steffi Häberlin (Swi) SD Worx-Protime
31	Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team
32	Maud Oudeman (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike
33	Nienke Veenhoven (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike	0:02:28
34	Lucia Ruiz Perez (Spa) Movistar Team	0:02:28
35	Maggie Coles-Lyster (Can) Human Powered Health	0:02:28
36	Noa Jansen (Ned) Liv AlUla Jayco	0:02:28
37	Morven Yeoman (GBr) Das-Hutchinson	0:02:28
38	Alice Towers (GBr) EF Education-Oatly	0:02:28
39	Oda Aune Gissinger (Nor) Hitec Products-Fluid Control	0:02:28
40	Karlijn Koops (Ned) O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes	0:02:28
41	Magdalene Lind (Nor) Hitec Products-Fluid Control	0:02:28
42	Ida Krickau Ketelsen (Den) O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes	0:02:28
43	Marta Jaskulska (Pol) Human Powered Health	0:02:28
44	Emilie Alberte Greve (Den) Uno-X Mobility	0:02:28
45	Imogen Wolff (GBr) Visma-Lease a Bike	0:02:28
46	Wilma Aintila (Fin) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto	0:02:28
47	Iurani Blanco Calbet (Spa) Human Powered Health	0:02:28
48	Lara Gillespie (Irl) UAE Team ADQ	0:02:28
49	Katie Scott (GBr) Das-Hutchinson	0:02:28
50	Sara Martin Martin (Spa) Movistar Team	0:02:28
51	Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Uno-X Mobility	0:02:28
52	Marthe Truyen (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech	0:02:28
53	Marit Raaijmakers (Ned) Human Powered Health	0:02:28
54	Josie Talbot (Aus) Liv AlUla Jayco	0:02:28
55	Erica Magnaldi (Ita) UAE Team ADQ	0:02:28
56	Noemie Thomson (GBr) Das-Hutchinson	0:02:28
57	Ally Marée Wollaston (NZl) FDJ United-SUEZ	0:02:28
58	Nina Buijsman (Ned) Human Powered Health	0:02:28
59	Amandine Fouquenet (Fra) AG Insurance-Soudal	0:02:28
60	Femke Gerritse (Ned) SD Worx-Protime	0:02:28
61	Audrey De Keersmaeker (Bel) Picnic PostNL	0:02:28
62	Ingvild Gåskjenn (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:02:28
63	Justyna Czapla (Ger) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto	0:02:28
64	Vittoria Guazzini (Ita) FDJ United-SUEZ	0:02:28
65	Léa Curinier (Fra) FDJ United-SUEZ	0:02:28
66	Katrine Aalerud (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:02:28
67	Claire Steels (GBr) Movistar Team	0:02:28
68	Soraya Paladin (Ita) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto	0:02:28
69	Jane Zoe Backstedt (GBr) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto	0:02:28
70	Millie Couzens (GBr) Fenix-Premier Tech	0:02:28
71	Aniek Van Alphen (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech	0:02:28
72	S'annara Grove (RSA) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team	0:08:28
73	Walther Møller Alma Rasmussen (Den) Hitec Products-Fluid Control	0:08:28
74	Amalie Cooper (GBr) Tirol Women Cycling	0:08:28
75	Anna Flynn (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team	0:08:28
76	Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech	0:08:28
77	Febe Jooris (Bel) UAE Team ADQ	0:08:28
78	Madelaine Leech (GBr)	0:08:28
79	Marthe Goossens (Bel) AG Insurance-Soudal	0:08:28
80	Tiffany Keep (RSA) Das-Hutchinson	0:08:28
81	Amber Pate (Aus) Liv AlUla Jayco	0:08:28
82	Clara Copponi (Fra) Lidl-Trek	0:08:28
83	Alexandra Manly (Aus) AG Insurance-Soudal	0:08:28
84	Georgia Baker (Aus) Liv AlUla Jayco	0:08:28
85	Dilyxine Miermont (Fra) Picnic PostNL	0:08:28
86	Daniela Hezinová (Cze) Picnic PostNL	0:08:28
87	Mieke Docx (Bel) Das-Hutchinson	0:08:28
88	Julia Borgström (Swe)	0:08:28
89	Fien Van Eynde (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech	0:08:28
90	Beth Morrow (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team	0:08:28
91	Margaux Vigie (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike	0:08:28
92	Ruby Oakes (GBr)	0:10:13
93	Grace Lister (GBr)	0:10:13
94	Teuntje Beekhuis (Ned) Uno-X Mobility	0:10:13
95	Elynor Backstedt (GBr) UAE Team ADQ	0:10:13
96	Rosalie Arabella Blackburn (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team	0:12:10
97	Matilda Mckibben (GBr) O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes	0:12:10
98	Grace Madeline Cooper (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team	0:12:10
99	Yilla Threels (Ned) O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes	0:17:15
100	Leila Gschwentner (Aut) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team	0:19:28
101	Jo Tindley (GBr) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team	0:19:28
102	Stine-Marie Snortheim (Nor) Hitec Products-Fluid Control	0:19:28
103	Lucy Lee (GBr) Das-Hutchinson	0:24:18
104	Petra Stiasny (Swi) Human Powered Health	0:24:18
105	Amelia Cebak (GBr) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team	0:32:25
106	Teniel Campbell (Tri)	0:32:48
DNF	Gladys Verhulst Wild (Fra) AG Insurance-Soudal	DNF
DNF	Rebecca Gardiner (GBr)	DNF
DNF	Jessica Roberts (GBr)	DNF
DNF	Kaja Rysz (Pol)	DNF
DNF	Connie Hayes (GBr) O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes	DNF
DNF	Maeve Plouffe (Aus) O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes	DNF
DNF	Lidia Cusack (USA)	DNF
DNF	Lieke Nooijen (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike	DNF

General Classification after stage 1

Position	Rider (Country) Team	Time
1	Lorena Wiebes (Ned) SD Worx-Protime	04:02:59
2	Chiara Consonni (Ita) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto	0:00:04
3	Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) UAE Team ADQ	0:00:05
4	Josie Nelson (GBr) Picnic PostNL	0:00:06
5	Mischa Bredewold (Ned) SD Worx-Protime	0:00:07
6	Kimberley Le Court De Billot- Pienaar (Mri) AG Insurance-Soudal	0:00:08
7	Quinty Ton (Ned) Liv AlUla Jayco	0:00:10
8	Caroline Andersson (Swe) Liv AlUla Jayco
9	Letizia Borghesi (Ita) AG Insurance-Soudal
10	Liane Lippert (Ger) Movistar Team
11	Fleur Moors (Bel) Lidl-Trek
12	Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini (Ita) UAE Team ADQ
13	Marte Berg Edseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
14	Eva Van Agt (Ned) FDJ United-SUEZ
15	Flora Perkins (GBr) Fenix-Premier Tech
16	Juliana Londoño David (Col) Picnic PostNL
17	Pfeiffer Zara Georgi (GBr) Picnic PostNL
18	Margot Vanpachtenbeke (Bel) Lidl-Trek
19	Anna Morris (GBr)
20	Lauren Dickson (GBr) FDJ United-SUEZ
21	Francesca Barale (Ita) Movistar Team
22	Shirin Van Anrooij (Ned) Lidl-Trek
23	Uttrup Cecilie Ludwig (Den) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto
24	Lotte Kopecky (Bel) SD Worx-Protime
25	Kate Courtney (USA) FDJ United-SUEZ
26	Femke De Vries (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike
27	Riejanne Markus (Ned) Lidl-Trek
28	Ricarda Bauernfeind (Ger) Lidl-Trek
29	Sophie Julia Kopecký (Cze) SD Worx-Protime
30	Steffi Häberlin (Swi) SD Worx-Protime
31	Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team
32	Maud Oudeman (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike
33	Lara Gillespie (Irl) UAE Team ADQ	0:02:36
34	Nienke Veenhoven (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike	0:02:38
35	Lucia Ruiz Perez (Spa) Movistar Team
36	Maggie Coles-Lyster (Can) Human Powered Health
37	Noa Jansen (Ned) Liv AlUla Jayco
38	Morven Yeoman (GBr) Das-Hutchinson
39	Alice Towers (GBr) EF Education-Oatly
40	Oda Aune Gissinger (Nor) Hitec Products-Fluid Control
41	Karlijn Koops (Ned) O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes
42	Magdalene Lind (Nor) Hitec Products-Fluid Control
43	Ida Krickau Ketelsen (Den) O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes
44	Marta Jaskulska (Pol) Human Powered Health
45	Emilie Alberte Greve (Den) Uno-X Mobility
46	Imogen Wolff (GBr) Visma-Lease a Bike
47	Wilma Aintila (Fin) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto
48	Iurani Blanco Calbet (Spa) Human Powered Health
49	Katie Scott (GBr) Das-Hutchinson
50	Sara Martin Martin (Spa) Movistar Team
51	Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Uno-X Mobility
52	Marthe Truyen (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech
53	Marit Raaijmakers (Ned) Human Powered Health
54	Josie Talbot (Aus) Liv AlUla Jayco
55	Erica Magnaldi (Ita) UAE Team ADQ
56	Noemie Thomson (GBr) Das-Hutchinson
57	Ally Marée Wollaston (NZl) FDJ United-SUEZ
58	Nina Buijsman (Ned) Human Powered Health
59	Amandine Fouquenet (Fra) AG Insurance-Soudal
60	Femke Gerritse (Ned) SD Worx-Protime
61	Audrey De Keersmaeker (Bel) Picnic PostNL
62	Ingvild Gåskjenn (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
63	Justyna Czapla (Ger) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto
64	Vittoria Guazzini (Ita) FDJ United-SUEZ
65	Léa Curinier (Fra) FDJ United-SUEZ
66	Katrine Aalerud (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
67	Claire Steels (GBr) Movistar Team
68	Soraya Paladin (Ita) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto
69	Jane Zoe Backstedt (GBr) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto
70	Millie Couzens (GBr) Fenix-Premier Tech
71	Aniek Van Alphen (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech
72	S'annara Grove (RSA) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team	0:08:38
73	Walther Møller Alma Rasmussen (Den) Hitec Products-Fluid Control
74	Amalie Cooper (GBr) Tirol Women Cycling
75	Anna Flynn (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team
76	Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech
77	Febe Jooris (Bel) UAE Team ADQ
78	Madelaine Leech (GBr)
79	Marthe Goossens (Bel) AG Insurance-Soudal
80	Tiffany Keep (RSA) Das-Hutchinson
81	Amber Pate (Aus) Liv AlUla Jayco
82	Clara Copponi (Fra) Lidl-Trek
83	Alexandra Manly (Aus) AG Insurance-Soudal
84	Georgia Baker (Aus) Liv AlUla Jayco
85	Dilyxine Miermont (Fra) Picnic PostNL
86	Daniela Hezinová (Cze) Picnic PostNL
87	Mieke Docx (Bel) Das-Hutchinson
88	Julia Borgström (Swe)
89	Fien Van Eynde (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech
90	Beth Morrow (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team
91	Margaux Vigie (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike
92	Ruby Oakes (GBr)	0:10:23
93	Grace Lister (GBr)
94	Teuntje Beekhuis (Ned) Uno-X Mobility
95	Elynor Backstedt (GBr) UAE Team ADQ
96	Rosalie Arabella Blackburn (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team	0:12:20
97	Matilda Mckibben (GBr) O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes
98	Grace Madeline Cooper (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team
99	Yilla Threels (Ned) O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes	0:17:25
100	Leila Gschwentner (Aut) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team	0:19:38
101	Jo Tindley (GBr) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team
102	Stine-Marie Snortheim (Nor) Hitec Products-Fluid Control
103	Lucy Lee (GBr) Das-Hutchinson	0:24:28
104	Petra Stiasny (Swi) Human Powered Health
105	Amelia Cebak (GBr) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team	0:32:35
106	Teniel Campbell (Tri)	0:32:58

Points Classification
Position	Rider (Country) Team	Points
1	Lorena Wiebes (Ned) SD Worx-Protime	25
2	Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) UAE Team ADQ	21
3	Chiara Consonni (Ita) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto	18
4	Mischa Bredewold (Ned) SD Worx-Protime	12
5	Josie Nelson (GBr) Picnic PostNL	12
6	Kimberley Le Court De Billot- Pienaar (Mri) AG Insurance-Soudal	10
7	Quinty Ton (Ned) Liv AlUla Jayco	8
8	Lara Gillespie (Irl) UAE Team ADQ	7
9	Caroline Andersson (Swe) Liv AlUla Jayco	6
10	Letizia Borghesi (Ita) AG Insurance-Soudal	5
11	Liane Lippert (Ger) Movistar Team	3
12	Maggie Coles-Lyster (Can) Human Powered Health	3
13	Imogen Wolff (GBr) Visma-Lease a Bike	3
14	Fleur Moors (Bel) Lidl-Trek	1
15	Nienke Veenhoven (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike	1
16	Marta Jaskulska (Pol) Human Powered Health	1

Mountains Classification
Position	Rider (Country) Team	Points
1	Audrey De Keersmaeker (Bel) Picnic PostNL	10
2	Steffi Häberlin (Swi) SD Worx-Protime	6
3	Lauren Dickson (GBr) FDJ United-SUEZ	5
4	Rosalie Arabella Blackburn (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team	5
5	Erica Magnaldi (Ita) UAE Team ADQ	4
6	Caroline Andersson (Swe) Liv AlUla Jayco	3
7	Dilyxine Miermont (Fra) Picnic PostNL	3
8	Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini (Ita) UAE Team ADQ	2
9	Femke De Vries (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike	2
10	Marthe Truyen (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech	1
11	Millie Couzens (GBr) Fenix-Premier Tech	1

Youth Classification
Position	Rider (Country) Team	Time
1	Fleur Moors (Bel) Lidl-Trek	4:03:09
2	Juliana Londoño David (Col) Picnic PostNL
3	Sophie Julia Kopecký (Cze) SD Worx-Protime
4	Nienke Veenhoven (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike	0:02:28
5	Lucia Ruiz Perez (Spa) Movistar Team	0:02:28
6	Morven Yeoman (GBr) Das-Hutchinson	0:02:28
7	Oda Aune Gissinger (Nor) Hitec Products-Fluid Control	0:02:28
8	Ida Krickau Ketelsen (Den) O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes	0:02:28
9	Emilie Alberte Greve (Den) Uno-X Mobility	0:02:28
10	Imogen Wolff (GBr) Visma-Lease a Bike	0:02:28
11	Wilma Aintila (Fin) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto	0:02:28
12	Justyna Czapla (Ger) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto	0:02:28
13	Jane Zoe Backstedt (GBr) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto	0:02:28
14	Walther Møller Alma Rasmussen (Den) Hitec Products-Fluid Control	0:08:28
15	Amalie Cooper (GBr) Tirol Women Cycling	0:08:28
16	Febe Jooris (Bel) UAE Team ADQ	0:08:28
17	Daniela Hezinová (Cze) Picnic PostNL	0:08:28
18	Ruby Oakes (GBr)	0:10:13
19	Elizabeth Grace Lister (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team	0:10:13
20	Rosalie Arabella Blackburn (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team	0:12:10
21	Matilda Mckibben (GBr) O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes	0:12:10
22	Grace Madeline Cooper (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team	0:12:10
23	Yilla Threels (Ned) O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes	0:17:15
24	Amelia Cebak (GBr) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team	0:32:25

Teams Classification
Position	Rider (Country) Team	Time
1	SD Worx-Protime	12:09:27
2	Picnic PostNL
3	Lidl-Trek
4	FDJ United-SUEZ
5	Movistar Team
6	Liv AlUla Jayco	0:02:28
7	UAE Team ADQ	0:02:28
8	Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto	0:02:28
9	AG Insurance-Soudal	0:02:28
10	Visma-Lease a Bike	0:02:28
11	Uno-X Mobility	0:04:56
12	Fenix-Premier Tech	0:04:56
13	Human Powered Health	0:07:24
14	Das-Hutchinson	0:07:24
15	Great Britain	0:10:56
16	Hitec Products-Fluid Control	0:13:24
17	O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes	0:17:06
18	Handsling Alba Development Road Team	0:25:24
19	Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team	0:47:24

Deutschland Tour: Isaac del Toro blasts to prologue victory ahead of Paul Magnier

Owen Rogers — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:07:29 +0000

Isaac Del Toro put in a stunning ride to take victory in the Prologue at the Lidl Deutschland Tour on Wednesday.

The UAE Team Emirates rider stopped the clock in a time of 3:08 on the short but sharp 2.6km course around Bad Orb in western Germany. Having led the race for much of the day, Paul Magnier (Soudal-QuickStep) finished second just under a second behind the Mexican champion, while his teammate Laurez Rex was third five seconds behind the leader.

Del Toro started the day as the penultimate rider and his three minute ride was a tense affair on drying roads, but he will take a decent lead into the four, lumpy remaining stages.

“It was a hard one for everybody I think, but yeah I’m not going to lie, I think they would have helped a bit otherwise Magnier was still in the lead, but yeah he did a crazy good job happy with the team, everybody helped me and give me some morale for these three minutes.

"I mean obviously I didn’t want to take risks so I took the corner last safe as I can and then the sprint in line, but yeah super happy to take this," Del Toro said.

"It’s supposed to be really good honestly I feel really good on the bike, but yeah mentally I’m recovering as well, so we’ll see how it is this week but happy to be back. On paper it’s tricky here in Deutschland but we will see day by day and I’m happy with how it went today."

For its 40th edition, the Deutschland Tour began with a 2.6km prologue ahead of the remaining four stages to be held in the coming days.

Held in Bad Orb, just east Frankfurt, the course was uphill from the start ramp before dropping in the second half of the race, though it was hardly a climber’s course, with only 45 metres of elevation gain. While it was short, the course tackled eight corners with a long sweeping right hand bend to the finish line and with set roads early in the day, the course was a technical one.

Home rider Jakob Neumann (Storck-MRW Bau) was first down the ramp in the 2.Pro second division race, stopping the clock in a time of 3:52, though he led for just a handful of seconds as new best times were set.

The likes of Luc Wirtgen (Tudor Pro Cycling) and Henri Uhlig (Alpecin-Premier Tech) both led the race, the latter occupying the hot seat for a long time, though as the roads began to dry times began to drop.

Fresh from victory at the ADAC Cyclassics at the weekend, Paul Magnier (Soudal-QuickStep) set a time of 3:10, and while others threatened his time, the Frenchman spent a considerable time in the leader’s hot seat, no one able to get within three seconds of him until Del Tor set his scorching time.

Paul Magnier of Soudal-QuickStep settled for second in the prologue to Bad Orb (Image credit: Getty Images)

Prologue Results

Position	Rider (Country) Team	Time Gap
1	Isaac Del Toro Romero (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:03:08
2	Paul Magnier (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep	0:00:02
3	Laurenz Rex (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	0:00:05
4	Marco Haller (Aut) Tudor Pro Cycling PRT
5	Andrea Raccagni Noviero (Ita) Soudal-QuickStep	0:00:06
6	Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Cofidis PRT	0:00:07
7	António Tomas Morgado (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
8	Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Lidl-Trek
9	Tibor Del Grosso (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech
10	Tobias Müller (Ger) Unibet Rose Rockets PRT
11	Joren Bloem (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets PRT	0:00:08
12	Nils Politt (Ger) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
13	Gorka Sorarrain Agirrezabala (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA PRT
14	Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:00:09
15	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	0:00:10
16	John Degenkolb (Ger) Picnic PostNL
17	Stefano Oldani (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA PRT
18	Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Soudal-QuickStep
19	Jesper Stiansen (Nor) Tudor Pro Cycling Team U23 CTM	0:00:11
20	Alberto Bruttomesso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
21	Benjamin Boos (Ger) Rembe \| Rad-Net CTM
22	Felix Groß (Ger)
23	Ben Felix Jochum (Ger) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur CTM	0:00:12
24	Rainer Kepplinger (Aut) Bahrain Victorious
25	Marc Hirschi (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling PRT
26	Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep
27	Mil Morang (Lux) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur CTM
28	Nikias Arndt (Ger) Bahrain Victorious	0:00:13
29	Henri Uhlig (Ger) Alpecin-Premier Tech
30	Iúri Leitão (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA PRT
31	Maximilian Richard Walscheid (Ger) Lidl-Trek
32	Edoardo Zambanini (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
33	Lorenzo De Longhi (Ita) Campana Imballaggi-Morbiato-Trentino CTM
34	Alexander Hajek (Aut) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:00:14
35	Louis Barre (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike
36	Robin Donzé (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling PRT
37	Guus Van Den Eijnden (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech Development Team CTM
38	Tim Torn Teutenberg (Ger) Lidl-Trek
39	Senna Remijn (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech
40	Natnael Tesfatsion (Eri) Movistar Team	0:00:15
41	Bart Lemmen (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike
42	Edgar David Cadena Martinez (Mex) Team Storck- Mrw Bau CTM
43	Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike
44	Luc Wirtgen (Lux) Tudor Pro Cycling PRT	0:00:16
45	Ian Kings (Ger) Team Visma \| Lease A Bike Development CTM	0:00:17
46	Roy Hoogendoorn (Ned) Metec- Solarwatt P/B Mantel CTM
47	Florian Stork (Ger) Tudor Pro Cycling PRT
48	Alessio Magagnotti (Ita) Red Bull- Bora- Hansgrohe Rookies CTM
49	Frank Van Den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL
50	Matteo Sobrero (Ita) Lidl-Trek
51	Rory Townsend (Irl) Unibet Rose Rockets PRT
52	Jarrad Eriks Drizners (Aus) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
53	Dylan Teuns (Bel) Cofidis PRT	0:00:18
54	Fabien Doubey (Fra) Totalenergies PRT
55	Niklas Märkl (Ger) Picnic PostNL
56	Alan Jousseaume (Fra) Totalenergies PRT
57	Dominik Röber (Ger) Team Vorarlberg CTM	0:00:19
58	Will Smith (GBr)
59	Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Cofidis PRT
60	Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Spa) Movistar Team
61	Clement Venturini (Fra) Unibet Rose Rockets PRT
62	Lennart Voege (Ger) Team Storck- Mrw Bau CTM	0:00:20
63	Giulio Pellizzari (Ita) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
64	Lander Loockx (Bel) Unibet Rose Rockets PRT
65	Jonas Rutsch (Ger) Lotto-Intermarché
66	Julian Borresch (Ger) Rembe \| Rad-Net CTM
67	Johannes Adamietz (Ger) Rembe \| Rad-Net CTM
68	Paul Voss (Ger)	0:00:21
69	Alexys Brunel (Fra) Totalenergies PRT
70	Michel Heßmann (Ger) Movistar Team
71	Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra) Totalenergies PRT
72	Yael Joalland (Fra) Cofidis PRT	0:00:22
73	Ko Molenaar (Ned) Development Team Picnic Postnl CTM
74	Alexandre Kess (Lux) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur CTM
75	Luca Vergallito (Ita) Alpecin-Premier Tech
76	Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team
77	Niels Vandeputte (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech Development Team CTM	0:00:23
78	Arno Wallenborn (Lux) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur CTM
79	Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Lotto-Intermarché	0:00:24
80	Giovanni Aleotti (Ita) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
81	Tijmen Graat (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike
82	Jonathan Malte Rottmann (Ger) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur CTM
83	Joan Bou Company (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA PRT
84	Joshua Huppertz (Ger) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur CTM	0:00:25
85	Patrick Reißig (Ger) Benotti Berthold CTM
86	Jan Maas (Ned) Cofidis PRT	0:00:26
87	Ellande Larronde (Fra) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA PRT
88	Gorka Corres Ibañez De Opakua (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA PRT	0:00:27
89	Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious
90	Matteo Vanden Wijngaert (Bel) Uae Team Emirates Gen-Z CTM
91	Mees Vlot (Ned) Development Team Picnic Postnl CTM	0:00:28
92	Leon Arenz (Ger) Rembe \| Rad-Net CTM
93	Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep
94	Ole Theiler (Ger) Rembe \| Rad-Net CTM
95	Matthew Walls (GBr) Team Storck- Mrw Bau CTM	0:00:29
96	Alvaro Sagrado Perez (Spa) Team Storck- Mrw Bau CTM	0:00:30
97	Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Lidl-Trek
98	Moritz Mauss (Ger) Uae Team Emirates Gen-Z CTM
99	Pelayo Sanchez Mayo (Spa) Movistar Team
100	Noé Ury (Lux) Team Storck- Mrw Bau CTM	0:00:31
101	Miguel Heidemann (Ger) Rembe \| Rad-Net CTM	0:00:32
102	Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
103	Pavel Novák (Cze) Movistar Team	0:00:33
104	Fran Miholjević (Cro) Bahrain Victorious	0:00:36
105	Jakob Neumann (Ger) Team Storck- Mrw Bau CTM	0:00:44
106	Martijn Rasenberg (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets PRT
107	Théo Hebert (Fra) Vendee U Primeo Energie CTM	0:01:00

General Classification after the Prologue

Position	Rider (Country) Team	Time Gap
1	Isaac Del Toro Romero (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:03:08
2	Paul Magnier (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep	0:00:02
3	Laurenz Rex (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	0:00:05
4	Marco Haller (Aut) Tudor Pro Cycling PRT
5	Andrea Raccagni Noviero (Ita) Soudal-QuickStep	0:00:06
6	Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Cofidis PRT	0:00:07
7	António Tomas Morgado (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
8	Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Lidl-Trek
9	Tibor Del Grosso (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech
10	Tobias Müller (Ger) Unibet Rose Rockets PRT
11	Joren Bloem (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets PRT	0:00:08
12	Nils Politt (Ger) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
13	Gorka Sorarrain Agirrezabala (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA PRT
14	Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:00:09
15	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	0:00:10
16	John Degenkolb (Ger) Picnic PostNL
17	Stefano Oldani (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA PRT
18	Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Soudal-QuickStep
19	Jesper Stiansen (Nor) Tudor Pro Cycling Team U23 CTM	0:00:11
20	Alberto Bruttomesso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
21	Benjamin Boos (Ger) Rembe \| Rad-Net CTM
22	Felix Groß (Ger)
23	Ben Felix Jochum (Ger) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur CTM	0:00:12
24	Rainer Kepplinger (Aut) Bahrain Victorious
25	Marc Hirschi (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling PRT
26	Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep
27	Mil Morang (Lux) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur CTM
28	Nikias Arndt (Ger) Bahrain Victorious	0:00:13
29	Henri Uhlig (Ger) Alpecin-Premier Tech
30	Iúri Leitão (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA PRT
31	Maximilian Richard Walscheid (Ger) Lidl-Trek
32	Edoardo Zambanini (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
33	Lorenzo De Longhi (Ita) Campana Imballaggi-Morbiato-Trentino CTM
34	Alexander Hajek (Aut) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:00:14
35	Louis Barre (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike
36	Robin Donzé (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling PRT
37	Guus Van Den Eijnden (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech Development Team CTM
38	Tim Torn Teutenberg (Ger) Lidl-Trek
39	Senna Remijn (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech
40	Natnael Tesfatsion (Eri) Movistar Team	0:00:15
41	Bart Lemmen (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike
42	Edgar David Cadena Martinez (Mex) Team Storck- Mrw Bau CTM
43	Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike
44	Luc Wirtgen (Lux) Tudor Pro Cycling PRT	0:00:16
45	Ian Kings (Ger) Team Visma \| Lease A Bike Development CTM	0:00:17
46	Roy Hoogendoorn (Ned) Metec- Solarwatt P/B Mantel CTM
47	Florian Stork (Ger) Tudor Pro Cycling PRT
48	Alessio Magagnotti (Ita) Red Bull- Bora- Hansgrohe Rookies CTM
49	Frank Van Den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL
50	Matteo Sobrero (Ita) Lidl-Trek
51	Rory Townsend (Irl) Unibet Rose Rockets PRT
52	Jarrad Eriks Drizners (Aus) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
53	Dylan Teuns (Bel) Cofidis PRT	0:00:18
54	Fabien Doubey (Fra) Totalenergies PRT
55	Niklas Märkl (Ger) Picnic PostNL
56	Alan Jousseaume (Fra) Totalenergies PRT
57	Dominik Röber (Ger) Team Vorarlberg CTM	0:00:19
58	Will Smith (GBr)
59	Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Cofidis PRT
60	Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Spa) Movistar Team
61	Clement Venturini (Fra) Unibet Rose Rockets PRT
62	Lennart Voege (Ger) Team Storck- Mrw Bau CTM	0:00:20
63	Giulio Pellizzari (Ita) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
64	Lander Loockx (Bel) Unibet Rose Rockets PRT
65	Jonas Rutsch (Ger) Lotto-Intermarché
66	Julian Borresch (Ger) Rembe \| Rad-Net CTM
67	Johannes Adamietz (Ger) Rembe \| Rad-Net CTM
68	Paul Voss (Ger)	0:00:21
69	Alexys Brunel (Fra) Totalenergies PRT
70	Michel Heßmann (Ger) Movistar Team
71	Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra) Totalenergies PRT
72	Yael Joalland (Fra) Cofidis PRT	0:00:22
73	Ko Molenaar (Ned) Development Team Picnic Postnl CTM
74	Alexandre Kess (Lux) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur CTM
75	Luca Vergallito (Ita) Alpecin-Premier Tech
76	Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team
77	Niels Vandeputte (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech Development Team CTM	0:00:23
78	Arno Wallenborn (Lux) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur CTM
79	Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Lotto-Intermarché	0:00:24
80	Giovanni Aleotti (Ita) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
81	Tijmen Graat (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike
82	Jonathan Malte Rottmann (Ger) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur CTM
83	Joan Bou Company (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA PRT
84	Joshua Huppertz (Ger) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur CTM	0:00:25
85	Patrick Reißig (Ger) Benotti Berthold CTM
86	Jan Maas (Ned) Cofidis PRT	0:00:26
87	Ellande Larronde (Fra) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA PRT
88	Gorka Corres Ibañez De Opakua (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA PRT	0:00:27
89	Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious
90	Matteo Vanden Wijngaert (Bel) Uae Team Emirates Gen-Z CTM
91	Mees Vlot (Ned) Development Team Picnic Postnl CTM	0:00:28
92	Leon Arenz (Ger) Rembe \| Rad-Net CTM
93	Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep
94	Ole Theiler (Ger) Rembe \| Rad-Net CTM
95	Matthew Walls (GBr) Team Storck- Mrw Bau CTM	0:00:29
96	Alvaro Sagrado Perez (Spa) Team Storck- Mrw Bau CTM	0:00:30
97	Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Lidl-Trek
98	Moritz Mauss (Ger) Uae Team Emirates Gen-Z CTM
99	Pelayo Sanchez Mayo (Spa) Movistar Team
100	Noé Ury (Lux) Team Storck- Mrw Bau CTM	0:00:31
101	Miguel Heidemann (Ger) Rembe \| Rad-Net CTM	0:00:32
102	Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
103	Pavel Novák (Cze) Movistar Team	0:00:33
104	Fran Miholjević (Cro) Bahrain Victorious	0:00:36
105	Jakob Neumann (Ger) Team Storck- Mrw Bau CTM	0:00:44
106	Martijn Rasenberg (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets PRT
107	Théo Hebert (Fra) Vendee U Primeo Energie CTM	0:01:00

Tour du Limousin: 21-year-old Noa Isidore sprints to first pro victory on stage 1 uphill finish

cyclingnews@futurenet.com (Dani Ostanek) — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:59:47 +0000

Noa Isidore (Decathlon CMA CGM) sprinted to the first victory of his professional career in the opening stage Tour du Limousin, the 21-year-old speeding into the race lead on the uphill finish in Dun-le-Palestel.

The Frenchman outpaced Daan Depuyt (Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions) to the line at the end of the 175km stage. Hugo Page (Cofidis) rounded out the podium ahead of Pierre Gautherat (Decathlon CMA CGM) and Alex Aranburu (Cofidis).

Isidore's win comes after a host of near misses earlier in the season. The punchy sprinter has five podium places to his name this year, including second on a stage of the Volta a Catalunya, and second at the GP du Morbihan.

"It was quite a tough day, very wearing, but I knew this course could suit me, especially that finish on a slight false flat. The team trusted me and worked really hard. I’m grateful to them; I was determined to wrap it up in the best possible way: with a win," Isidore said after the stage.

"The whole team wanted to perform well, especially Émilien Jacquelin, who, in just his second pro race, helped us keep the breakaway in check. I had a real fire in me to win after missing out so many times. I kept working with that drive just to get that feeling of joy again."

The stage, which featured 2,000 metres of elevation, posed a challenging start to the four-day race. A breakaway of five riders went clear early on as Antoine Berge (St Michel-Preference Home-Auber93), Joonas Puuraid (Bike Aid), Clément Davy (Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur), Jean-Louis Le Ny (Veloce Club Rouen 76), and Maximilien Juillard (VC Villefrance Beaujolais) got away.

Behind them, Cofidis and Lotto-Intermarché controlled the peloton, letting the move go three minutes clear. The break – minus Berger, dropped with 104km to go, and Puuraid, dropped 57km out – stayed together until the 21km to go mark.

There, sensing the peloton drawing closer, Davy launched an attack to go clear. He'd last 4km out front before he, too, was caught. From there, Lotto took over, before Decathlon joined them for the final kilometres before taking over at the front on the run-in to deliver Isidore to victory.

Results

Stage result
Position	Rider (Country) Team	Time Gap
1	Noa Isidore (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM WTT	3:57:48
2	Daan Depuydt (Bel) Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions
3	Hugo Page (Fra) Cofidis PRT
4	Pierre Gautherat (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM WTT
5	Alex Aranburu Deva (Spa) Cofidis PRT
6	Alexandre Delettre (Fra) Totalenergies PRT
7	Baptiste Vadic (Fra) Totalenergies PRT
8	Simon Guglielmi (Fra) St Michel- Preference Home- Auber93 CTM
9	Tom Donnenwirth (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United WTT
10	Mathis Le Berre (Fra) Totalenergies PRT
11	Clément Petit (Fra) Veloce Club Rouen 76 CTM
12	Maxime Jarnet (Fra) Van Rysel Roubaix CTM
13	Guillaume Bagou (Fra) Elite Fondations Cycling Team CTM
14	Guillaume Adam (Fra) Veloce Club Rouen 76 CTM
15	Rayan Boulahoite (Fra) Totalenergies PRT
16	Milan Menten (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché WTT
17	Edoardo Zamperini (Ita) Cofidis PRT
18	Axel Mariault (Fra) Cic Pro Cycling Academy CTM
19	Joppe Heremans (Bel) Van Rysel Roubaix CTM
20	Mavric Beaune (Fra) Veloce Club Rouen 76 CTM
21	Sergio Meris (Ita) Unibet Rose Rockets PRT
22	Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM WTT
23	Brieuc Rolland (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United WTT
24	Killian Verschuren (Fra) Unibet Rose Rockets PRT
25	Mattéo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies PRT
26	Gustav Wang (Den) Xds Astana Development Team CTM
27	Valentin Ferron (Fra) Cofidis PRT
28	Maxime Decomble (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United WTT
29	Valentin Retailleau (Fra) Totalenergies PRT
30	Pietro Galbusera (Ita) Xds Astana Development Team CTM
31	Rémi Capron (Fra) Van Rysel Roubaix CTM
32	Olivier Godfroid (Bel) Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions CTM
33	Valentin Darbellay (Swi) Elite Fondations Cycling Team CTM
34	Johan Meens (Bel) Aarco CTM
35	Jean Loup Fayolle (Fra) Cic Pro Cycling Academy CTM
36	Gerben Kuypers
37	Pierre Henry Basset (Fra) Xds Astana Development Team CTM
38	Victor Guernalec (Fra) Cic Pro Cycling Academy CTM
39	Pierre Thierry (Fra) Totalenergies PRT
40	Kay De Bruyckere
41	Thomas Tachot (Fra) Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais CTM
42	Justin Coron (Fra) Veloce Club Rouen 76 CTM
43	Samuele Zoccarato (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort PRT
44	Luca Cretti (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort PRT
45	Aurélien Kayser (Fra) Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais CTM
46	Jannis Peter (Ger) Unibet Rose Rockets PRT
47	Jocelyn Baguelin (Fra) Aarco CTM
48	Victor Vidal (Fra) Bike Aid CTM
49	Luis Alberto Lajarin
50	Yohann Simon (Fra) St Michel- Preference Home- Auber93 CTM
51	Joris Chaussinand (Fra) Cic Pro Cycling Academy CTM
52	Maximilien Juillard (Fra) Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais CTM
53	Louis Hardouin (Fra) Van Rysel Roubaix CTM
54	Thomas Champion (Fra) St Michel- Preference Home- Auber93 CTM
55	Oliver Mattheis (Ger) Bike Aid CTM
56	Laurens Huys (Bel) Nice Metropole Cote D'Azur CTM
57	Antoine L'Hote (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM WTT
58	Eivind Broholt Fougner (Nor) Unibet Rose Rockets PRT
59	Adam Ťoupalík (Cze) Unibet Rose Rockets PRT
60	Victor Van De Putte (Bel) Lotto- Groupe Wanty CTM
61	Léandre Lozouet (Fra) Cic Pro Cycling Academy CTM
62	Haoyu Su (Chn) XDS Astana WTT
63	Pim Ronhaar (Ned) Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions CTM
64	Arnaud Tendon (Swi) Van Rysel Roubaix CTM
65	Aubin Vasseur (Fra) Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais CTM
66	Gabriel Berg
67	Nicolas Debeaumarche (Fra) Cofidis PRT
68	Victor Jean (Fra) Elite Fondations Cycling Team CTM
69	Matthew Fox
70	Arne Baers (Bel) Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions CTM
71	Jaakko Hänninen (Fin) Nice Metropole Cote D'Azur CTM
72	Simon Baran (Fra) Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais CTM
73	Baptiste Gillet (Fra) Nice Metropole Cote D'Azur CTM
74	Lennard Sternsdorff (Ger) Bike Aid CTM
75	Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United WTT
76	Lorenz Van De Wynkele (Bel) Lotto- Groupe Wanty CTM
77	Axel Salvadori (Fra) Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais CTM
78	Jim Breitler	0:00:28
79	Maxence Place (Bel) Aarco CTM
80	Morné Van Niekerk (RSA) St Michel- Preference Home- Auber93 CTM	0:00:36
81	Théo Delacroix (Fra) St Michel- Preference Home- Auber93 CTM	0:00:48
82	Mathis Guerinel	0:00:53
83	Jules Vaugrenard
84	Marius Innhaug Dahl (Nor) Decathlon Cma Cgm Development Team CTM	0:01:01
85	Robbe Mellaerts (Bel) Baloise Verzekeringen-Het Poetsbureau Lions CTM	0:01:08
86	Kenny Molly (Bel) Van Rysel Roubaix CTM
87	Joshua Kench (NZl) Groupama-FDJ United WTT	0:01:19
88	Nils Aebersold (Swi) Elite Fondations Cycling Team CTM	0:01:26
89	Clément Davy (Fra) Nice Metropole Cote D'Azur CTM	0:01:31
90	Carter Guichard (NZl) Nice Metropole Cote D'Azur CTM	0:01:36
91	Matys Grisel (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché WTT	0:01:37
92	Baptiste Berger (Fra) Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais CTM	0:04:05
93	Camille Charret (Fra) Cofidis PRT
94	Émilien Jacquelin
95	Maël Guegan (Fra) Cic Pro Cycling Academy CTM
96	Karl Hall
97	Lars Daelmans
98	You Li (Chn) Xds Astana Development Team CTM
99	Ludovico Mellano (Ita) Xds Astana Development Team CTM
100	Jan Sommer (Swi) Elite Fondations Cycling Team CTM	0:05:15
101	Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché WTT	0:06:03
102	Jean Louis Le Ny (Fra) Veloce Club Rouen 76 CTM	0:06:39
103	Kamiel Hannes (Bel) Aarco CTM
104	Colin Savioz (Fra) Unibet Rose Rockets PRT
105	Sil De Brauwere	0:10:39
106	Mikhail Podluzhnyy (Kaz) Xds Astana Development Team CTM
DNF	Antoine Berger (Fra) St Michel- Preference Home- Auber93 CTM
DNF	Arnaud Tissieres (Swi) Elite Fondations Cycling Team CTM
DNF	Gilles Dockx (Bel) Aarco CTM

General classification
Position	Rider (Country) Team	Time Gap
1	Noa Isidore (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	3:57:38
2	Daan Depuydt (Bel) Baloise Verzekeringen - Het Poetsbureau Lions	0:00:04
3	Maximilien Juillard (Fra) Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais
4	Hugo Page (Fra) Cofidis	0:00:06
5	Pierre Gautherat (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:00:10
6	Alex Aranburu Deva (Spa) Cofidis
7	Baptiste Vadic (Fra) TotalEnergies
8	Alexandre Delettre (Fra) TotalEnergies
9	Simon Guglielmi (Fra) St Michel - Preference Home - Auber93
10	Tom Donnenwirth (Fra) Groupama - FDJ United
11	Mathis Le Berre (Fra) TotalEnergies
12	Clément Petit (Fra) Veloce Club Rouen 76
13	Maxime Jarnet (Fra) Van Rysel Roubaix
14	Guillaume Bagou (Fra) Elite Fondations Cycling Team
15	Guillaume Adam (Fra) Veloce Club Rouen 76
16	Milan Menten (Bel) Lotto Intermarché
17	Rayan Boulahoite (Fra) TotalEnergies
18	Edoardo Zamperini (Ita) Cofidis
19	Axel Mariault (Fra) CIC Pro Cycling Academy
20	Joppe Heremans (Bel) Van Rysel Roubaix
21	Mavric Beaune (Fra) Veloce Club Rouen 76
22	Sergio Meris (Ita) Unibet Rose Rockets
23	Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM Team
24	Brieuc Rolland (Fra) Groupama - FDJ United
25	Killian Verschuren (Fra) Unibet Rose Rockets
26	Mattéo Vercher (Fra) TotalEnergies
27	Gustav Wang (Den) XDS Astana Development Team
28	Valentin Ferron (Fra) Cofidis
29	Maxime Decomble (Fra) Groupama - FDJ United
30	Pietro Galbusera (Ita) XDS Astana Development Team
31	Valentin Retailleau (Fra) TotalEnergies
32	Rémi Capron (Fra) Van Rysel Roubaix
33	Olivier Godfroid (Bel) Baloise Verzekeringen - Het Poetsbureau Lions
34	Valentin Darbellay (Swi) Elite Fondations Cycling Team
35	Johan Meens (Bel) Aarco
36	Jean-Loup Fayolle (Fra) CIC Pro Cycling Academy
37	Gerben Kuypers (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen - Altez Industriebouw Cycling Team
38	Pierre Henry Basset (Fra) XDS Astana Development Team
39	Victor Guernalec (Fra) CIC Pro Cycling Academy
40	Pierre Thierry (Fra) TotalEnergies
41	Kay De Bruyckere (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen - Altez Industriebouw Cycling Team
42	Thomas Tachot (Fra) Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais
43	Justin Coron (Fra) Veloce Club Rouen 76
44	Samuele Zoccarato (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort
45	Luca Cretti (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort
46	Aurélien Kayser (Fra) Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais
47	Jannis Peter (Ger) Unibet Rose Rockets
48	Jocelyn Baguelin (Fra) Aarco
49	Victor Vidal (Fra) BIKE AID
50	Luis Alberto Lajarin (Spa) Cofidis
51	Yohann Simon (Fra) St Michel - Preference Home - Auber93
52	Joris Chaussinand (Fra) CIC Pro Cycling Academy
53	Louis Hardouin (Fra) Van Rysel Roubaix
54	Thomas Champion (Fra) St Michel - Preference Home - Auber93
55	Oliver Mattheis (Ger) BIKE AID
56	Laurens Huys (Bel) Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur
57	Antoine L'Hote (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM Team
58	Eivind Broholt Fougner (Nor) Unibet Rose Rockets
59	Adam Ťoupalík (Cze) Unibet Rose Rockets
60	Victor Van de Putte (Bel) Lotto Intermarché
61	Léandre Lozouet (Fra) CIC Pro Cycling Academy
62	Haoyu Su (Chn) XDS Astana Development Team
63	Pim Ronhaar (Ned) Baloise Verzekeringen - Het Poetsbureau Lions
64	Arnaud Tendon (Swi) Van Rysel Roubaix
65	Aubin Vasseur (Fra) Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais
66	Gabriel Berg (Fra) BIKE AID
67	Nicolas Debeaumarche (Fra) Cofidis
68	Victor Jean (Fra) Elite Fondations Cycling Team
69	Matthew Fox (Aus) Lotto Intermarché
70	Arne Baers (Bel) Baloise Verzekeringen - Het Poetsbureau Lions
71	Jaakko Hänninen (Fin) Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur
72	Simon Baran (Fra) Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais
73	Baptiste Gillet (Fra) Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur
74	Lennard Sternsdorff (Ger) BIKE AID
75	Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Groupama - FDJ United
76	Lorenz Van de Wynkele (Bel) Lotto Intermarché
77	Axel Salvadori (Fra) Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais
78	Jim Breitler (Swi) Elite Fondations Cycling Team	0:00:38
79	Maxence Place (Bel) Lotto Intermarché
80	Morné Van Niekerk (RSA) St Michel - Preference Home - Auber93	0:00:46
81	Théo Delacroix (Fra) St Michel - Preference Home - Auber93	0:00:58
82	Mathis Guerinel (Fra) Van Rysel Roubaix	0:01:03
83	Jules Vaugrenard (Fra) CIC Pro Cycling Academy
84	Marius Innhaug Dahl (Nor) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:01:11
85	Robbe Mellaerts (Bel) Baloise Verzekeringen - Het Poetsbureau Lions	0:01:18
86	Kenny Molly (Bel) Van Rysel Roubaix
87	Josh Kench (NZl) Groupama - FDJ United	0:01:29
88	Nils Aebersold (Swi) Elite Fondations Cycling Team	0:01:36
89	Clément Davy (Fra) Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	0:01:41
90	Carter Guichard (NZl) Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	0:01:46
91	Matys Grisel (Fra) Lotto Intermarché	0:01:47
92	Baptiste Berger (Fra) Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais	0:04:15
93	Camille Charret (Fra) Cofidis
94	Émilien Jacquelin (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM Team
95	Maël Guégan (Fra) CIC Pro Cycling Academy
96	Karl Hall (Ger) BIKE AID
97	Lars Daelmans (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen - Altez Industriebouw Cycling Team
98	You Li (Chn) XDS Astana Development Team
99	Ludovico Maria Mellano (Ita) XDS Astana Development Team
100	Jan Sommer (Swi) Elite Fondations Cycling Team	0:05:25
101	Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto Intermarché	0:06:13
102	Jean-Louis Le Ny (Fra) Veloce Club Rouen 76	0:06:46
103	Kamiel Hannes (Bel) Aarco	0:06:49
104	Colin Savioz (Fra) Unibet Rose Rockets

Egmont Cycling Race: Elisa Balsamo rounds off a strong Lidl-Trek performance with victory in Belgium

Owen Rogers — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:32:48 +0000

Former world champion Elisa Balsamo took her first win of the summer on Tuesday, the Italian rider winning the Egmont Cycling Race in Belgium.

Her Lidl-Trek team had been aggressive throughout the race, attacking and controlling all day, creating a small group in the final. Eventually Balsamo escaped on the wheel of teammate Lucinda Brand, sprinting off her wheel to take the win well ahead of her rivals.

Hélène Hesters (Liv-AlUla-Jayco Continental) sprinted home in second place, with Solbjørk Minke Anderson (EF Education-Oatly) taking third place.

The race was frantic from start to finish, producing a tense final with a number of riders going clear on the closing 26km lap. The last of those was Lily Williams, the Human Powered Health rider looking for a first win with the team. However, she was caught by the Lidl-Trek-led peloton with just 2km of the race to run.

As the final approached, Brand went clear with Balsamo on her wheel, and the Italian sprinted clear, taking the win by a handful of seconds over Hesters.

The win was Balsamo’s first victory since she took four stages of the Giro d’Italia Women in early June, which were also the team’s most recent victories.

In only its fourth edition, the Egmont Cycling Race was held in and around the Belgian town of Zottegem, the 130.2km race covering five laps of a 26km circuit. Climbing well over 1,100m, each lap tackled three climbs, the Waesberg, Klemhoutstraat and De Vlamme, as well as dealing with the Lippenhovenstraat cobbled sector.

As a UCI 1.1 level race, the start list included five WorldTour teams racing alongside squads form all other levels, including five club teams.

Though riders were dropped of the back, a fast start ensured the front of the race stayed together late into the second lap, then Katja Verkerk (Minimax) and Tabea Huys, riding as a stragiaire for Lidl-Trek, got a small gap. They were joined by Aileen Schweikart (REMBE-rad-net) and they set about building a lead of just over one minute, the race by then inside the closing 75km.

As the lead grew Akari Kobayashi (Kasseien Fiets Huis) attacked the bunch in a vain attempt the reach the front, but after struggling alone for a few kilometres she was swallowed up by the bunch.

With around 55km to go and Schweikart dropped, Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek) attacked the peloton, taking Lily Williams (Human Powered Health) and Alison Jackson (St Michel-Preference Home-Auber93) with her. They soon brought the break back and a larger group formed, though that too was caught as the peloton split yet again.

Yet another group got away, this one of 16 riders, then went clear, but they too were brought back and the final lap started with the peloton all together. A late attack from Anne Knijnenburg (Volkerwessels) was brought back with 8km to go, before Williams made another move.

Results

Top 10
Position	Rider (Country) Team	Time Gap
1	Elisa Balsamo (Ita) Lidl-Trek	3:13:17
2	Hélène Hesters (Bel) Liv AlUla Jayco	0:00:03
3	Solbjørk Minke Anderson (Den) EF Education-Oatly
4	Katja Verkerk (Can) Minimax Cycling Team
5	Mia Gjertsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
6	Alison Jackson (Can) St Michel- Preference Home- Auber93
7	Erja Giulia Bianchi (Ita) Canyon//Sram Zondacrypto Generation
8	Lonneke Uneken (Ned) Volkerwessels
9	Lucinda Brand (Ned) Lidl-Trek
10	Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) St Michel- Preference Home- Auber93	0:00:07

American Criterium Cup: Aline Seitz holds off Skylar Schneider while Justin Williams earns men's sprint victory on tight circuit in Salt Lake City

jackie.tyson@futurenet.com (Jackie Tyson) — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 21:39:14 +0000

Aline Seitz (HigherDOSE l Renova) and Justin Williams (L39ION of Los Angeles) sprinted to their first victories in the American Criterium Cup this season, winning the fifth round in Salt Lake City, Utah on Saturday.

Seitz won with a well-timed move on the final corner of the final lap and held off Skylar Schneider (L39ION of Los Angeles) and Marlies Mejías (Virginia's Blue Ridge TWENTY28). The Swiss rider had made the series podium twice before but both times came up short to series leader Schneider, who had won three of the first four events.

Racing solo for her squad, Seitz needed the victory to edge closer to Skylar Schneider in the overall standings, now trailing in second position by 26 points with one race to go. She predicted that positioning would pay off at the new course for the Mayer Brown Criterium, a short, four-corner course, coming in at just under one kilometre, in the Granary District of Salt Lake City. The race was the first of two days of 2026 Salt Lake Criterium.

"I knew if you win the last turn here, you probably win the race," Seitz said and managed to pull it off. The race was also without series contenders Paola Muñoz (Fearless Femme pb The Beasley Firm), Andre Cyr (HigherDOSE l Renova) and USPro crit champion Kendall Ryan (Caldera Medical x Aurea Racing), who did not make the trip to Utah.

Claudia Marcks (Pedla Racing Division), who won the ACC race at the Tour of America’s Dairyland, also came as a solo rider. She rounded the final corner on the outside and nearly crashed when her wheel skidded, but she reacted quickly and finished fourth, taking enough points to move into third in the overall standings.

Justin Williams wins Salt Lake Criterium 2026 (Image credit: Salt Lake Criterium)

L39ION riders hold both red leader's jerseys, with Justin Williams extending his lead with the Salt Lake victory and mathematically sealing the men's overall with any result at the final race in St. Louis, Missouri in three weeks.

His top rival and ACC current runner-up Lucas Bourgoyne (Team Cadence Cyclery p/b Waldo Racing) underwent surgery to have his appendix removed, so Justin Williams piled on the points to hold the top spot, now by a 42-point margin.

Breakaways came and went throughout the men's race and the riders settled into one fast field with a dozen laps to go. Then Foundation Cycling New York came to the front for their leader, Jordan Parra, who had not competed at an ACC race since the opener at Tulsa Tough. L39ION took over on to begin the final lap, but the lead-out for Justin Williams was disrupted by a move in the middle by Preston Eye (Clif Family Drifters Cycling).

The ACC leader abruptly went into warp speed on the final corner and opened space to the front for the win. Eye finished second and Parra went third. Team Cadence riders Cade Bickmore and Luke Fetzer trailed in fourth and fifth, respectively.

Ian Williams (Stellina Racing) finished sixth and held on to third overall in the ACC standings, now just three points ahead of Eye.

The final race of the series takes place on September 6 at the Giro Della Montagna, which serves as the third day of racing in the Bommarito Audi West County Gateway Cup in Missouri.

Results

Elite women top 10
Place	Full Name	Diff
1	Aline Seitz	01:09:09
2	Skylar Schneider	+0:00:00
3	Marlies Mejias Garcia	+0:00:00
4	Claudia Marcks	+0:00:01
5	Arielle Verhaaren	+0:00:01
6	Stefanie Young	+0:00:02
7	Greta Junker	+0:00:02
8	Ivanie Blondin	+0:00:02
9	Shannon Koch	+0:00:02
10	Veronica Church	+0:00:02

Elite men top 10
Place	Full Name	Diff
1	Justin Williams	01:09:48
2	Preston Eye	+0:00:00
3	Jordan Parra	+0:00:00
4	Cade Bickmore	+0:00:00
5	Luke Fetzer	+0:00:01
6	Ian Williams	+0:00:01
7	Connor Patten	+0:00:02
8	Ryan Chaney	+0:00:02
9	Cameron Adams	+0:00:02
10	Andrew Giniat	+0:00:02

Gravel Earth Series: Geerike Schreurs takes solo win as Tobias Kongstad sprints to victory at CORE4

Lyne Lamoureux — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 20:52:50 +0000

Geerike Schreurs (Specialized-Off road) crushed the CORE4 race in Iowa City, going solo for most of the 120-mile (193km) gravel race while Tobias Kongstad (PAS Racing) sprinted to victory from a group of five in the men’s race at the penultimate event of the Gravel Earth Series. Each made it to the top step on Saturday after finishing second last year.

Schreurs, racing with a broken right shifter, finished with a time of 5:49:10 and claimed her third victory in the GES. Crossing the line 18:32 later, Emily Newson took second. Crystal Anthony (Flow Formulas, Kenda, The Black Bibs) was third, 5:51 later.

Launched in 2022, CORE4 calls itself “the next level in gravel racing.” Taking place around and within the metro of Iowa City, the dynamic course goes through champagne gravel, speedy pavement, singletrack, bike paths, remote and rugged B roads, and even river and waterfall crossings.

An early crash on a B road led to the first split in the elite women’s peloton with Schreurs and Newsom pulling away, building a gap of one minute after 10 miles of racing.

Behind the pair, a group of four, Anthony, Flavia Oliveira Parks, Peta Mullens and Gabrielle Trexler joined together in a chase group. The situation stayed the same until the challenging water crossing and hiking section where Schreurs found herself solo.

Schreurs put her head down, and powered on, growing her gap from three minutes after around 30 miles of racing to 10 minutes by the aid station at mile 77.

Behind, Traxler dropped out of the chase group, leaving the three to battle for the remaining podium spots.

Tobias Kongstad wins CORE 4 2026 for elite men© GravelEarthSeries – CORE 4

Chase Wark leads Adam Roberge (centre) and Tobias Kongstad (right) across unrideable section of Iowa course at CORE 4© GravelEarthSeries – CORE 4

Elite Men's podium at 2026 CORE 4, part of the Gravel Earth Series© GravelEarthSeries – CORE 4

Geerike Schreurs wins 2026 CORE 4 for elite women© GravelEarthSeries – CORE 4

Elite Women's podium at 2026 CORE 4, part of Gravel Earth Series© GravelEarthSeries – CORE 4

In the men’s race, Kongstad claimed the victory with a time of 5:15:34, three seconds ahead of Cole Davis (SpeedStudio p/b Basso), who was second. Adam Roberge (Felt UN1TD) took third, one second further back.

The first split also happened early in the elite men’s race, with a group of 15 pulling away after a crash on a minimum maintenance road (MMR) in the first mile. Michael Garrison (SpeedStudio p/b Basso) took a solo flyer, but a broken wheel took him out of the equation.

The front group lost a few riders after hike a bike section following the waterfall crossing, leaving seven riders off the front after 20 miles in. Joining Kongstad, Davis and Roberge in the move were Daxton Mock (Trek Driftless), Chase Wark (Lunchbox Racing), Benjamin Perry (Guava x Castelli S.O.G), Hayden Christian (Trek / Maap Pro.fwd) and last year’s winner Julien Gagné (Lunchboxracing).

Cooperation was not perfect, as the group attacked each other for the rest of the race, with first Christian falling off the pace, and then Wark dropping out in the final 10 miles. The five riders sped to the finish line with Kongstad first around the corner and first across the line.

GES concludes in two weeks with a new event, The River by The Traka, which is run on a 160km route in Bouillon, Belgium.

Results

Women top 10
Position	Rider (Country) Team	Time Gap
1	Geerike Schreurs (Ned) Specialized-Off road	5:49:10
2	Emily Newsom (USA)	0:18:32
3	Crystal Anthony (USA) Flow Formulas, Kenda, The Black Bibs	0:24:13
4	Flavia Oliveira Parks (USA) EXCEL SPORTS p/b SPECIALIZED	0:24:32
5	Peta Mullens (USA) Tango Racing	0:27:30
6	A. Gabrielle Traxler (Can) Basso x Assos	0:36:37
7	Gabriella Arnold (USA) Velocio // Exploro	0:46:45
8	Alyssa Larish (USA) Rochester velÃ²/RASC	0:46:46
9	Sarah Diekmeyer (Can) Megamo Gravel Racing	1:54:23
DNF	Camille Wirkus (USA) United Cycling Women

Men's top 10
Position	Rider (Country) Team	Time Gap
1	Tobias Mørch Kongstad (Den) PAS Racing	5:15:34
2	Cole Davis (USA) SpeedStudio p/b Basso	0:00:03
3	Adam Roberge (Can) Felt UN1TD	0:00:04
4	Julien Gagne (Can) LUNCHBOXRACING	0:00:07
5	Benjamin Perry (Can) Guava x Castelli S.O.G	0:00:25
6	Chase Wark (USA) Lunchbox Racing	0:04:57
7	Daxton Mock (USA) Trek Driftless	0:07:38
8	Dylan Johnson (USA) Felt UN1TD	0:09:08
9	Michael Lambert (USA) Velovit Elite	0:11:08
10	Matt Zimmer (USA) Project Echelon Racing	0:16:11

Volta a Portugal: Rui Oliveira sprints to first pro win of his career on stage 10 as Alexis Guérin secures the overall victory

Lyne Lamoureux — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 17:11:52 +0000

Rui Oliveira timed his sprint perfectly on the cobbled climb to win on home soil on stage 10 of the Volta a Portugal. It was the first pro road victory for the 29-year-old UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider, best known for his prowess on the track, as he won the gold medal in the Madison at the Paris Olympic Games in 2024.

Launching the sprint first, Daniel Cavia (Burgos Burpellet BH) finished second and Francisco Campos (Tavira-Crédito Agrícola) was third on Avenida dos Aliados in Porto.

Alexis Guérin (Anicolor-Campicarn) crossed the line safely in eighth and secured the overall victory, The Frenchman took the lead after winning stage 4, and not only successfully defended his position but climbed to victory on stage 9 as well. His teammate Artem Nych finished second overall and Pedro Silva (Feira dos Sofás-Boavista) rounds out the podium.

Oliveira dedicated his victory to 19-year-old Finlay Tarling, who tragically died on stage 8.

“I just want to give my condolences to Fin's family, brother, friends, team, everyone. It's been a rough couple days. I can imagine what they're suffering, and I said yesterday that I wanted to win for everyone that supported me, but most of all, to Fin's family and the teammates, this one is for them.”

“I'm so so so happy to to win in my home. I live here from Porto, my club,” added Oliveira as he pointed to his club flag on his shoulders. “And I passed near my home four times. They gave me extra motivation.”

Alexis Guérin (Anicolor-Campicarn) wins the overall at Volta a Portugal 2026 (Image credit: Volta a Portugal / Rodrigo Rodrigues and Igor Martins / FPC)

The riders lined up for the final stage in Maia for 136.6 kilometres to Porto. After nearly 100km on open roads, the peloton entered the second-largest city in Portugal to tackle three laps of the finishing circuit.

The break of the day was initiated after some 20 kilometres of racing and included Adam Lewis (APS), Eduardo Perez-Landaluce (Obidos), Viacheslav Ivanov (Feirense-Beeceler), Gaspar Gonçalves (Gi Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO) and César Martingil (Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua)

The five riders worked well together, but were only able to get a maximum gap of 1:45 with 81 kilometres to go. With their lead dwindling to 41 seconds, Lewis, Martingil and Ivanov sat up another 40 kilometres later.

Diogo Narciso (Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car) bridged across to the two riders still up the road at the end of the first lap of the finishing circuit, and then continued on solo, but the Anicolor-led peloton reeled him back in with 13 kilometres to go.

Attacks flew at the front, shelling riders off the back as a big pack sped on the technical final kilometres. In a chaotic finish, the riders spread across the cobbled uphill finish, with Cavia launching first. Oliveira used his slipstream to overtake him and take the victory.

Results

Stage 10 results
Pos	Rider	Time
1	Rui Filipe Alves Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3:06:35
2	Daniel Cavia Sanz (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH	00:00:00
3	Francisco Campos (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	00:00:02
4	Axel van der Tuuk (Ned) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00:00:02
5	Jordi Lopez Caravaca (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00:00:02
6	Artem Nych (Rus) Anicolor/Campicarn	00:00:02
7	Tiago Antunes (Por) Efapel Cycling	00:00:02
8	Alexis Guerin (Fra) Anicolor/Campicarn	00:00:02
9	David Dominguez Vilchez (Spa) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	00:00:02
10	Tomas Contte (Arg) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	00:00:06
11	Pedro Silva (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	00:00:09
12	Xabier Isasa Larrañaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00:00:11
13	Jokin Murguialday (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00:00:13
14	José Carlos Prates Neves Fernandes (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	00:00:13
15	Hugo Nunes (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	00:00:13
16	Diogo Barbosa (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	00:00:13
17	Rui Carvalho (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	00:00:13
18	Maksym Bilyi (Ukr) Burgos Burpellet BH	00:00:16
19	Adrian Camilo Bustamante Ruda (Col) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	00:00:19
20	Rafael Barbas (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	00:00:19
21	João Martins (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	00:00:21
22	Louis Ferreira (Fra) Anicolor/Campicarn	00:00:23
23	Carlos Garcia Pierna (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH	00:00:26
24	Iker Bonillo Martin (Spa) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	00:00:26
25	Henrique da Silva Avancini (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	00:00:35
26	Abdulla Jasim Al-Ali (UAE) Uae Team Emirates Gen-Z	00:00:36
27	Harrison Wood (GBr) Feirense - Beeceler	00:01:04
28	Pedro Pinto (Por) Efapel Cycling	00:01:30
29	Bernardo Gaston Cambareri (Arg) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz	00:01:34
30	André Carvalho (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	00:01:38
31	Adria Pericas Capdevila (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:00:02
32	Emanuel Duarte (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	00:00:02
33	Jesus Del Pino Corrochano (Spa) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	00:00:02
34	Pedro Figueiredo Leme (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	00:01:48
35	Lucas Lopes (Por) Efapel Cycling	00:01:53
36	André Ribeiro (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	00:02:15
37	Angel Lorenzo Sanchez Rebollido (Spa) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	00:02:38
38	Afonso Silva (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	00:02:40
39	Daniel Viegas (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	00:02:55
40	Jeremy Smith (Aus) Obidos Cycling Team	00:03:03
41	Rafael Reis (Por) Anicolor/Campicarn	00:03:19
42	Bruno Martins Lemes (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	00:04:15
43	Joaquim Silva (Por) Efapel Cycling	00:04:15
44	Danny van der Tuuk (Pol) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00:04:15
45	Diogo Narciso (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	00:04:15
46	Fábio Oliveira (Por) Feirense - Beeceler	00:06:05
47	Cláudio Leal (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	00:06:05
48	Alvaro Navas Marchal (Spa) Obidos Cycling Team	00:06:05
49	Viacheslav Ivanov (Rus) Feirense - Beeceler	00:06:05
50	João Matias (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	00:06:05
51	Jesus David Peña Jimenez (Col) Efapel Cycling	00:06:05
52	Diogo Gonçalves (Por) Efapel Cycling	00:06:05
53	Ailetz Lasa Lizarraga (Spa) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	00:06:05
54	Guilherme Mestre (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	00:06:05
55	Keegam Swirbul (USA) Efapel Cycling	00:06:05
56	João Medeiros (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	00:06:09
57	Jade Rohde (USA) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz	00:07:51
58	Txomin Juaristi Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00:07:55
59	Rúben Rodrigues (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	00:07:55
60	Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00:07:55
61	Filipe Francisco (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	00:07:55
62	Gabriel Sousa Silva (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	00:07:55
63	Edson Gilmar de Rezende Junior (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	00:07:55
64	Conn Mc Dunphy (Irl) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery	00:07:55
65	Enzo Leijnse (Ned) Anicolor/Campicarn	00:07:55
66	Adam Lewis (GBr) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery	00:07:55
67	Ronan O Connor (Irl) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery	00:07:55
68	João Oliveira (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	00:07:55
69	Francisco Pereira (Por) Feirense - Beeceler	00:07:59
70	Eduardo Perez-Landaluce Gonzalez (Spa) Obidos Cycling Team	00:08:22
71	Oscar Rota Rus (Spa) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	00:08:49
72	Gaspar Gonçalves (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	00:09:40
73	Fábio Costa (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	00:09:41
74	Diogo Pinto (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	00:09:41
75	Bruno Maceiras (Por) Obidos Cycling Team	00:10:24
76	Jaime Torres Arias (Spa) Uae Team Emirates Gen-Z	00:10:24
77	Jorge Galvez Lopez (Spa) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	00:10:24
78	Andrew Lydic (USA) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery	00:10:24
79	Rafael Sousa (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	00:10:24
80	Francisco Morais (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	00:10:24
81	Gonçalo Carvalho (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	00:10:24
82	Alexandre Montez (Por) Feirense - Beeceler	00:10:39
83	Leangel Meneses (Ven) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	00:10:41
84	César Martingil (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	00:10:41
85	Jaume Espuis Rel (Spa) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz	00:14:07
86	José Moreira (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	00:14:07
DNF	Lorenzo Quartucci (Ita) Burgos Burpellet BH
DNF	Abner González Rivera (PuR) Feirense - Beeceler
DNF	Ferran Miravalles Badimon (Spa) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz

Final general classification
Pos	Rider	Time
1	Alexis Guerin (Fra) Anicolor/Campicarn	30:21:07
2	Artem Nych (Rus) Anicolor/Campicarn	00:01:02
3	Pedro Silva (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	00:04:37
4	José Carlos Prates Neves Fernandes (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	00:04:47
5	Adria Pericas Capdevila (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:05:38
6	Tiago Antunes (Por) Efapel Cycling	00:05:53
7	Jokin Murguialday (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00:06:47
8	Emanuel Duarte (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	00:06:54
9	Rui Carvalho (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	00:10:42
10	Diogo Barbosa (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	00:12:06
11	Jesus Del Pino Corrochano (Spa) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	00:13:17
12	Adrian Camilo Bustamante Ruda (Col) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	00:17:47
13	David Dominguez Vilchez (Spa) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	00:18:30
14	Carlos Garcia Pierna (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH	00:19:06
15	Rafael Barbas (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	00:21:09
16	Harrison Wood (GBr) Feirense - Beeceler	00:23:22
17	Louis Ferreira (Fra) Anicolor/Campicarn	00:23:52
18	Fábio Costa (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	00:24:12
19	André Ribeiro (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	00:29:55
20	Angel Lorenzo Sanchez Rebollido (Spa) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	00:30:47
21	Pedro Figueiredo Leme (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	00:33:14
22	Henrique da Silva Avancini (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	00:39:18
23	Xabier Isasa Larrañaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00:39:59
24	Afonso Silva (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	00:40:34
25	Eduardo Perez-Landaluce Gonzalez (Spa) Obidos Cycling Team	00:41:31
26	Ailetz Lasa Lizarraga (Spa) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	00:44:18
27	Keegam Swirbul (USA) Efapel Cycling	00:46:32
28	Jesus David Peña Jimenez (Col) Efapel Cycling	00:48:20
29	Jordi Lopez Caravaca (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00:50:16
30	Daniel Viegas (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	00:51:02
31	Oscar Rota Rus (Spa) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	00:51:23
32	Lucas Lopes (Por) Efapel Cycling	00:53:59
33	Francisco Campos (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	00:57:00
34	Txomin Juaristi Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00:59:32
35	Viacheslav Ivanov (Rus) Feirense - Beeceler	01:01:53
36	Joaquim Silva (Por) Efapel Cycling	01:02:28
37	Gaspar Gonçalves (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	01:03:18
38	Diogo Gonçalves (Por) Efapel Cycling	01:04:23
39	Jeremy Smith (Aus) Obidos Cycling Team	01:08:13
40	Rui Filipe Alves Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	01:08:50
41	André Carvalho (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	01:09:23
42	Tomas Contte (Arg) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	01:10:45
43	Maksym Bilyi (Ukr) Burgos Burpellet BH	01:11:01
44	Daniel Cavia Sanz (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH	01:13:39
45	Rafael Reis (Por) Anicolor/Campicarn	01:14:24
46	João Medeiros (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	01:17:57
47	Hugo Nunes (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	01:18:04
48	Diogo Narciso (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	01:19:41
49	Guilherme Mestre (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	01:19:48
50	Abdulla Jasim Al-Ali (UAE) Uae Team Emirates Gen-Z	01:19:51
51	Pedro Pinto (Por) Efapel Cycling	01:20:56
52	Jorge Galvez Lopez (Spa) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	01:21:17
53	Gonçalo Carvalho (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	01:22:14
54	Adam Lewis (GBr) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery	01:23:01
55	Iker Bonillo Martin (Spa) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	01:29:03
56	Bruno Martins Lemes (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	01:30:35
57	Axel van der Tuuk (Ned) Euskaltel-Euskadi	01:31:31
58	Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	01:33:40
59	Cláudio Leal (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	01:33:56
60	Danny van der Tuuk (Pol) Euskaltel-Euskadi	01:39:09
61	João Matias (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	01:41:15
62	João Martins (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	01:43:09
63	Filipe Francisco (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	01:43:37
64	Rúben Rodrigues (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	01:44:11
65	Andrew Lydic (USA) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery	01:46:04
66	Alexandre Montez (Por) Feirense - Beeceler	01:50:07
67	Edson Gilmar de Rezende Junior (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	01:50:17
68	Conn Mc Dunphy (Irl) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery	01:50:49
69	Enzo Leijnse (Ned) Anicolor/Campicarn	01:51:12
70	Jaume Espuis Rel (Spa) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz	01:52:34
71	Jaime Torres Arias (Spa) Uae Team Emirates Gen-Z	01:52:36
72	Gabriel Sousa Silva (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	01:58:06
73	Fábio Oliveira (Por) Feirense - Beeceler	01:59:29
74	Alvaro Navas Marchal (Spa) Obidos Cycling Team	02:00:23
75	Bernardo Gaston Cambareri (Arg) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz	02:02:30
76	Diogo Pinto (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	02:03:09
77	Ronan O Connor (Irl) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery	02:04:11
78	João Oliveira (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	02:04:19
79	Leangel Meneses (Ven) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	02:08:41
80	Francisco Pereira (Por) Feirense - Beeceler	02:09:57
81	Rafael Sousa (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	02:10:02
82	Jade Rohde (USA) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz	02:12:54
83	César Martingil (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	02:17:08
84	José Moreira (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	02:17:46
85	Francisco Morais (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	02:20:38
86	Bruno Maceiras (Por) Obidos Cycling Team	02:24:03

Arctic Race of Norway: Thomas Silva seals overall as Cedrik Christophersen climbs to stage 4 victory

Lyne Lamoureux — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 16:31:36 +0000

Thomas Silva (XDS-Astana) sealed the overall victory at the Arctic Race of Norway on Sunday, marking his closest rival Lennart Van Eetvelt (Lotto-Intermarché) all the way up the final climb to the ski station in Narvik.

Silva rider had claimed the leader’s jersey on stage 3, and now becomes the first Uruguayan to win the ‘race above the Arctic Circle’.

Meanwhile, Cedrik Christophersen (Unibet Rose Rockets) waited until the GC contenders were watching each other to launch a blistering attack inside of one kilometre to go on the steep climb to take his first professional victory on home soil.

The Norwegian overtook Thomas Gachinard (TotalEnergies) who had launched his own solo on the bottom of the 3.2km ascent.

Crossing the line three seconds later, Ludovico Crescioli (Polti VisitMalta) took second on the stage ahead of Silva.

Silva topped the general classification with 14 seconds on Van Eetvelt and 25 seconds on Alessandro Pinarello (NSN).

Cedrik Christophersen (Unibet Rose Rockets) wins finale stage (Image credit: Getty Images)

How it unfolded

The race above the Arctic Circle concluded with a hilly stage 4, running 190.5 kilometres from Sortland to the ski station in Narvik with a decisive final climb of 2.3 kilometers at an average gradient of 8.6%.

The pace was high early on with several riders attempting to break away, but no group managed to gain a significant advantage in the first 60 kilometers until a trio finally managed to pull away.

The escapees – Anders Foldager (Jayco AlUla) and Uno-X Mobility pair Breiner Henrik Pedersen and Adne Holter – pushed the gap up to maximum of 2:20, making Foldager the virtual leader on the road halfway through the stage. The three riders worked well together, with Foldager taking the maximum mountains points on the Balteskaret and Skoddebergvatnet climbs.

The peloton, led by XDS-Astana and with Caja Rural adding riders in the final 15 kilometres, reduced the gap to the lead trio to 1:06 with 10 kilometres to go.

With seconds ticking down, the three riders went all-in, with Pedersen going wide on a corner, having to bunnyhop the curb but staying on his bike as the gap was down to 20 seconds on the approach to the final climb.

As the road started to go uphill, Gachinard attacked and bridged up to the early breakaway with only Pedersen briefly staying with him. With two kilometres to go, Gachinard zipped up his jersey but the peloton was not giving up, slowly crawling closer.

Christophersen powered away with 800 metres remaining, and held on to take the stage win.

Results

Stage 4 results
Pos	Rider	Time
1	Cedrik Bakke Christophersen (Nor) Unibet Rose Rockets	4:03:06
2	Ludovico Crescioli (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	+0:03
3	Guillermo Thomas Silva Coussan (Uru) XDS Astana	+0:03
4	Lennert van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	+0:03
5	Alessandro Pinarello (Ita) NSN Cycling Team	+0:03
6	Joris Delbove (Fra) Totalenergies	+0:03
7	Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	+0:03
8	Thomas Bonnet (Fra) Totalenergies	+0:03
9	Johannes Kulset (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	+0:03
10	Wouter Poels (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	+0:03
11	Dario Giuliano (Fra) Polti-VisitMalta	+0:03
12	Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	+0:03
13	Jon Agirre Egaña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	+0:03
14	Sebastian Berwick (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+0:03
15	Mark Donovan (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	+0:03
16	Byron Munton (RSA) Modern Adventure	+0:11
17	Nicolas Alustiza Goenaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	+0:11
18	Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Unibet Rose Rockets	+0:11
19	Elias Maris (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	+0:14
20	Kevin Andre Sandli Messel (Nor) Team Ringerike	+0:14
21	Louis Sutton (GBr) Euskaltel-Euskadi	+0:14
22	Damien Howson (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5	+0:14
23	Joel Nicolau Beltran (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+0:18
24	Thomas Gachignard (Fra) Totalenergies	+0:22
25	Alexy Faure Prost (Fra) Picnic PostNL	+0:24
26	Toralf Rydningen Martinsen (Nor) Team Drali - Repsol	+0:24
27	Vilmer Ekman (Swe) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	+0:27
28	Xabier Berasategi Garmendia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	+0:27
29	Andréa Mifsud (Mlt) Polti-VisitMalta	+0:27
30	Georg Rydningen Martinsen (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	+0:31
31	Henrik Teslo Fjellheim (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	+0:37
32	Robbe Dhondt (Bel) Picnic PostNL	+0:40
33	Vincent van Hemelen (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	+0:40
34	Michiel Lambrecht (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	+0:40
35	Alex Diaz Alvarez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+0:59
36	Alessandro Covi (Ita) Jayco-AlUla	+1:01
37	Teodor de Luca (Swe) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	+1:05
38	Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg (Nor) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	+1:18
39	Axel Källberg (Fin) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	+1:27
40	Magnus Kulset (Nor) Team Ringerike	+1:31
41	Owen Geleijn (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	+1:42
42	Mirco Maestri (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	+1:45
43	Herman Emil Eriksen (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	+1:57
44	Sébastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	+2:01
45	Ronan Auge (Fra) Unibet Rose Rockets	+2:02
46	Karl Emil Kjeldsand (Nor) Team Drali - Repsol	+2:09
47	Marco Schrettl (Aut) XDS Astana	+2:12
48	Thomas Eriksen (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	+2:15
49	Anders Foldager (Den) Jayco-AlUla	+2:36
50	Henrik Pedersen (Den) Uno-X Mobility	+2:36
51	Ludvik Aspelund Holstad (Nor) Team Ringerike	+2:42
52	Ådne Holter (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	+2:42
53	Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	+2:42
54	Dion Allan Smith (NZl) NSN Cycling Team	+2:42
55	Ward Vanhoof (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	+2:54
56	Halvor Dolven (Nor) Lotto - Groupe Wanty	+3:01
57	Hamish Mckenzie (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	+3:23
58	Christopher Jensen (Den) Jayco-AlUla	+3:23
59	Bert Bolle (Bel) Volkerwessels	+3:27
60	Ezra Caudell (USA) Modern Adventure	+3:27
61	Sander Granberg (Nor) Team Drali - Repsol	+3:41
62	Ethan Vernon (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	+3:43
63	Mathieu Kockelmann (Lux) Lotto-Intermarché	+4:13
64	Artëm Fofonov (Fra) Xds Astana Development Team	+4:13
65	Kiaan Watts (NZl) Nsn Development Team	+4:16
66	Emils Liepins (Lat) Pinarello-Q36.5	+4:16
67	Samuel Leroux (Fra) Totalenergies	+4:20
68	Victor Vercouillie (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	+4:20
69	Brody Mcdonald (USA) Modern Adventure	+4:32
70	Cole Kessler (USA) Modern Adventure	+4:32
71	Andreas Flaatten (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	+4:52
72	Even Thorvaldsen (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	+4:52
73	Artuur Torney (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	+5:03
74	Rotem Tene (Isr) NSN Cycling Team	+5:03
75	Jason Tesson (Fra) Totalenergies	+5:06
76	Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) Totalenergies	+5:06
77	Karsten Larsen Feldmann (Nor) Unibet Rose Rockets	+5:16
78	Eirik Vang Aas (Nor) Team Drali - Repsol	+5:16
79	Andrea Pietrobon (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	+5:54
80	Giovanni Lonardi (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	+5:54
81	Hugo Lennartsson (Swe) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	+5:54
82	Oscar Amey (GBr) Nsn Development Team	+5:58
83	Martin Tjøtta (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	+6:00
84	Erlend Blikra (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	+6:00
85	Paul Hennequin (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi	+6:02
86	Darren van Bekkum (Ned) XDS Astana	+6:19
87	Casper Cornelis van Uden (Ned) Picnic PostNL	+6:30
88	Dillon Corkery (Irl) Picnic PostNL	+6:30
89	Riley Pickrell (Can) Modern Adventure	+6:30
90	Mark Stewart (GBr) Modern Adventure	+6:30
91	Oliver Bleddyn (Aus) Team Brennan	+6:56
92	Marc Rubirola Vila (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+8:37
93	Iker Villar Galdeano (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+8:39
94	Joseba Lopez Cuesta (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+8:42
95	Fabio Christen (Swi) Pinarello-Q36.5	+8:47
96	Matteo Badilatti (Swi) Pinarello-Q36.5	+8:47
97	Joe Pidcock (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	+8:49
98	Nikiforos Arvanitou (Gre) Team United Shipping	+8:49
99	Felix Ørn-Kristoff (Nor) Lotto-Intermarché	+8:51
100	Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	+8:57
101	Aksel Laforce (Nor) Team Ringerike	+9:08
102	Henrik E. Farstadvoll (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	+9:08
103	Anton Kuzmin (Kaz) XDS Astana	+9:08
104	Christian Alexander Klund (Nor) Team Ringerike	+9:18
105	Peder Wettre Andreassen (Nor) Team Ringerike	+9:38
106	Morthen Wang Baksaas (Nor) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	+9:42
107	Tobias Risan Nakken (Nor) Team Drali - Repsol	+9:42

Final general classification
Pos	Rider	Time
1	Guillermo Thomas Silva Coussan (Uru) XDS Astana	15:34:12
2	Lennert van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	+0:14
3	Alessandro Pinarello (Ita) NSN Cycling Team	+0:25
4	Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	+0:35
5	Sebastian Berwick (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+0:36
6	Thomas Bonnet (Fra) Totalenergies	+0:39
7	Wouter Poels (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	+0:40
8	Cedrik Bakke Christophersen (Nor) Unibet Rose Rockets	+0:42
9	Joris Delbove (Fra) Totalenergies	+0:44
10	Johannes Kulset (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	+0:55
11	Robbe Dhondt (Bel) Picnic PostNL	+1:06
12	Mark Donovan (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	+1:13
13	Ludovico Crescioli (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	+1:14
14	Kevin Andre Sandli Messel (Nor) Team Ringerike	+1:24
15	Jon Agirre Egaña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	+1:25
16	Byron Munton (RSA) Modern Adventure	+1:28
17	Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	+1:31
18	Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Unibet Rose Rockets	+1:50
19	Damien Howson (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5	+1:53
20	Louis Sutton (GBr) Euskaltel-Euskadi	+2:02
21	Xabier Berasategi Garmendia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	+2:06
22	Dario Giuliano (Fra) Polti-VisitMalta	+2:13
23	Vincent van Hemelen (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	+2:15
24	Nicolas Alustiza Goenaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	+2:23
25	Joel Nicolau Beltran (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+2:25
26	Georg Rydningen Martinsen (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	+2:26
27	Elias Maris (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	+2:29
28	Vilmer Ekman (Swe) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	+2:31
29	Toralf Rydningen Martinsen (Nor) Team Drali - Repsol	+2:49
30	Alessandro Covi (Ita) Jayco-AlUla	+3:08
31	Michiel Lambrecht (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	+3:13
32	Marco Schrettl (Aut) XDS Astana	+3:14
33	Teodor de Luca (Swe) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	+3:22
34	Andréa Mifsud (Mlt) Polti-VisitMalta	+3:23
35	Alex Diaz Alvarez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+3:24
36	Alexy Faure Prost (Fra) Picnic PostNL	+3:24
37	Thomas Gachignard (Fra) Totalenergies	+3:31
38	Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg (Nor) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	+3:53
39	Anders Foldager (Den) Jayco-AlUla	+4:18
40	Henrik Teslo Fjellheim (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	+4:25
41	Magnus Kulset (Nor) Team Ringerike	+4:27
42	Owen Geleijn (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	+4:28
43	Bert Bolle (Bel) Volkerwessels	+4:34
44	Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	+4:35
45	Karl Emil Kjeldsand (Nor) Team Drali - Repsol	+5:44
46	Mirco Maestri (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	+5:49
47	Christopher Jensen (Den) Jayco-AlUla	+6:26
48	Halvor Dolven (Nor) Lotto - Groupe Wanty	+6:31
49	Ludvik Aspelund Holstad (Nor) Team Ringerike	+6:48
50	Sander Granberg (Nor) Team Drali - Repsol	+6:50
51	Ward Vanhoof (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	+6:58
52	Sébastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	+7:00
53	Mathieu Kockelmann (Lux) Lotto-Intermarché	+7:04
54	Artëm Fofonov (Fra) Xds Astana Development Team	+7:14
55	Ronan Auge (Fra) Unibet Rose Rockets	+7:21
56	Samuel Leroux (Fra) Totalenergies	+7:23
57	Martin Tjøtta (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	+7:28
58	Cole Kessler (USA) Modern Adventure	+7:35
59	Axel Källberg (Fin) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	+8:01
60	Henrik Pedersen (Den) Uno-X Mobility	+8:15
61	Victor Vercouillie (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	+8:47
62	Hamish Mckenzie (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	+8:51
63	Darren van Bekkum (Ned) XDS Astana	+8:54
64	Thomas Eriksen (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	+9:09
65	Karsten Larsen Feldmann (Nor) Unibet Rose Rockets	+9:24
66	Fabio Christen (Swi) Pinarello-Q36.5	+9:30
67	Hugo Lennartsson (Swe) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	+9:37
68	Herman Emil Eriksen (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	+9:38
69	Dion Allan Smith (NZl) NSN Cycling Team	+9:40
70	Ådne Holter (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	+9:56
71	Even Thorvaldsen (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	+10:07
72	Joseba Lopez Cuesta (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+10:21
73	Ethan Vernon (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	+10:35
74	Andreas Flaatten (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	+11:13
75	Felix Ørn-Kristoff (Nor) Lotto-Intermarché	+11:21
76	Jason Tesson (Fra) Totalenergies	+11:53
77	Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) Totalenergies	+11:59
78	Rotem Tene (Isr) NSN Cycling Team	+12:01
79	Kiaan Watts (NZl) Nsn Development Team	+12:31
80	Emils Liepins (Lat) Pinarello-Q36.5	+12:32
81	Artuur Torney (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	+13:21
82	Ezra Caudell (USA) Modern Adventure	+13:34
83	Dillon Corkery (Irl) Picnic PostNL	+14:13
84	Oliver Bleddyn (Aus) Team Brennan	+14:19
85	Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	+14:44
86	Brody Mcdonald (USA) Modern Adventure	+15:08
87	Casper Cornelis van Uden (Ned) Picnic PostNL	+15:20
88	Iker Villar Galdeano (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+15:23
89	Eirik Vang Aas (Nor) Team Drali - Repsol	+15:37
90	Oscar Amey (GBr) Nsn Development Team	+15:53
91	Giovanni Lonardi (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	+15:59
92	Paul Hennequin (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi	+16:54
93	Christian Alexander Klund (Nor) Team Ringerike	+16:59
94	Erlend Blikra (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	+17:09
95	Riley Pickrell (Can) Modern Adventure	+17:30
96	Tobias Risan Nakken (Nor) Team Drali - Repsol	+18:39
97	Andrea Pietrobon (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	+18:51
98	Marc Rubirola Vila (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+18:56
99	Mark Stewart (GBr) Modern Adventure	+19:29
100	Peder Wettre Andreassen (Nor) Team Ringerike	+19:58
101	Henrik E. Farstadvoll (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	+20:31
102	Nikiforos Arvanitou (Gre) Team United Shipping	+21:02
103	Matteo Badilatti (Swi) Pinarello-Q36.5	+21:50
104	Aksel Laforce (Nor) Team Ringerike	+22:35
105	Anton Kuzmin (Kaz) XDS Astana	+22:48
106	Morthen Wang Baksaas (Nor) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	+22:52
107	Joe Pidcock (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	+25:03

La Polynormande: Hugo Page powers to victory in uphill bunch sprint

Lyne Lamoureux — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 14:54:52 +0000

Hugo Page (Cofidis) powered his way through the uphill sprint to win La Polynormande in France and claim his first victory in three years. Sandy Dujardin (TotalEnergies) took second for the second year in a row, and Alex Aranburu (Cofidis) was third in the reduced bunch sprint.

After taking the victory the past two years, Decathlon CMA CGM was denied, with the team's top finisher being Noa Isidore in fourth.

“We knew the finale was very tough and that the peloton might catch us at the end. I benefited from the great work Alex (Aranburu) did right up to the finish. I sat on his wheel and waited for the right moment to launch my sprint, and it worked out," said Page, who joined Cofidis in 2026 from Intermarché–Wanty.

"There’s definitely a lot of pride. I battled hard for three weeks at the Tour de France, and it’s never easy. You don’t always manage to achieve what you want over the course of a season. It had been three years since my last win, so I’m happy to have achieved it here. I’m also thrilled to have done it in the colours of Cofidis, a team that put its trust in me for three years."

This year’s route featured an opening 30-kilometre section before reaching a 12-kilometre circuit, which the riders raced 11 times, tackling the Côte de la Pigeonnièrie on every lap. In total, the race covered 168.9 kilometres.

Like previous editions of the race, aggression was the word of the day, as attack after attack flew, in what seemed to be a battle for control between the Decathlon and TotalEnergies squads.

In the final lap, Michiel Coppens (BEAT CC p/b Saxo) took a solo flyer but was reeled in on the climb by the pack led by Decathlon’s Paul Lapeira, who won the race in 2024. The high pace and dynamic racing continued until a group of around 20 riders formed in the final kilometres.

Results

Top 10
Position	Rider (Country) Team	Time Gap
1	Hugo Page (Fra) Cofidis	03:49:46
2	Sandy Dujardin (Fra) Totalenergies
3	Alex Aranburu Deva (Spa) Cofidis
4	Noa Isidore (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM WTT
5	Clément Venturini (Fra) Unibet Rose Rockets
6	Lander Loockx (Bel) Unibet Rose Rockets
7	Jochem Kerckhaert (Ned) Beat Cc P/B Saxo
8	Matthew Fox (Aus) Lotto-Intermarché
9	Dario Igor Belletta (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta
10	Elliot Rowe (GBr) Team Visma \| Lease A Bike Development

ADAC Cyclassics Hamburg: Paul Magnier takes sprint win after Soudal-Quickstep takes control in final 10 kilometres

Patrick Fletcher — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 14:35:31 +0000

Paul Magnier (Soudal-QuickStep) surged to victory at the ADAC Cyclassics Hamburg on Sunday, continuing his fine season with a convincing victory in the WorldTour-level one-day race.

The Frenchman, winner of three stages at this year’s Giro d’Italia, crossed the line with daylight between himself and the rest of the sprinting peloton, with Mike Teunissen (XDS Astana) taking second place and Laurence Pithie (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) grabbing the final spot on the podium.

The mixed bag of a top-10 was without a number of key contenders, including Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) and Olav Kooij (Decathlon CMA CGM), as a small group was cut off the back of the peloton on the final ascent of the punchy Waseberg climb.

The Waseberg – 700 metres long at an average gradient of 10% – was covered five times on the 205-kilometre route of the German Classic, inspiring attacks from the likes of Tour de France podium finisher Isaac Del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG).

In fact, it was Del Toro’s acceleration on the final ascent with 16km to go – coupled with repeated digs on the flat from the Mexican – that saw some of those big-name sprinters tailed out of the running.

Magnier’s QuickStep came to the front just when it looked like the Milan/Kooij group was about to return inside the final 10km, and they went on to dominate the final three kilometres with two men in front of Magnier.

It wasn’t quite enough to provide a full lead-out, as last-man Jasper Stuyven had to pull aside with 500 metres to go, but Magnier was so good he didn’t need much help. As Red Bull swamped he calmly slotted in and found a way out, moving decisively clear in the final 150 metres and holding it all the way to the line.

“I’m super proud to take my first WorldTour one-day victory,” Magnier said. “I think I can really thank my team, every single rider worked really hard, and in the final team really put me in the perfect position and I could make a perfect sprint.

“We also knew the breakaway was really strong – we didn’t want it to happen like last year. Ayco [Bastiaens] and Yves Lampaert had to work really hard to bring everything back together. Then the whole lead-out train helped me to always survive this steep climb every loop. I also felt strong in the last lap to follow the move of Del Toro. I knew I had a really strong lead-out and was really confident in them and super proud to finish it off.”

Cheers from the podium (l-r): second place Mike Teunissen (XDS Astana), winner Paul Magnier (Soudal-Quickstep) and third place Laurence Pither (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) (Image credit: Getty Images)

How it unfolded

The 29th edition of Cyclassics Hamburg took the riders on a 205.3-kilometre route from Buxtehude to the Mönckebergstraße area of Hamburg, with five ascents of the Waseberg climb (700 meters at 10%) once again forming the key challenge of the course.

The racing was sparked into life by a six-man breakaway that featured Filip Maciejuk (Movistar), Jonas Rutsch (Lotto-Intermarché), Dries De Pooeter (Jayco-AlUla), Benjamin Thomas (Cofidis), and the Visma-Lease a Bike duo of Niklas Behrens and Loe Van Belle.

They were kept on a relatively short leash, with the gap never growing out beyond five minutes.

Benjamin Thomas (Cofidis) sets the pace in the breakaway (Image credit: Getty Images)

The early phase of the race was marked by a couple of crashes, with Michael Matthews (Jayco-AlUla) and Mattia Agostinacchio (EF Education-EasyPost) forced to abandon, while Isaac Del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) also hit the deck but was able to continue.

The first ascent of the Waseberg came after 90km and passed without much incident, with the riders going on to head through the finish line for the first time, at the halfway mark, with three minutes the gap.

The second ascent of the Waseberg with 75km to go saw the race light up courtesy of Benoit Cosnefroy (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), the French puncheur putting in a stinging attack that drew out Brandon Rivera (Netcompany-Ineos), Tim Rex (Visma-Lease a Bike), and Brent Van Moer (Pinarello-Q36.5).

On the finishing loop, covered twice, the Wasberg featured twice in the space of barely 10km, and by the time it was back around to the climb the Cosnefroy move was neutralised as Visma accelerated from behind.

Isaac Del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) and Brandon Rivera (Netcompany Ineos) lead the peloton up the Waseberg (Image credit: Getty Images)

The next move, coming amid a lull, was a double Vermeersch affair, with Florian of UAE Team Emirates-XRG and Gianni of Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe going clear for several kilometres. However, beyond the penultimate passage of the finish line, which came with just over 50km to go, they were brought back to a peloton riding 1:25 behind the breakaway.

By the time they made it back out to the west of Hamburg for the final twin ascents of the Waseberg, the gap was down to one minute, and the break was soon down to four, as Thomas and Rutsch eased clear before the Visma duo of Behrens and Van Belle caught up.

Soon after, a key contender, Biniam Girmay (NSN Cycling), was taken out of contention by a crash on a right-hand bend. Needing a new bike, at a time when UAE were kicking off the charge towards the final ascent of the Waseberg, it was effectively game over for the Eritrean.

The inevitable Del Toro attack – UAE didn’t possess a top-level sprinter – came on the final time up the steep climb, but the Mexican couldn’t get away. However, despite a large peloton still being in his wheel, his move had split things to the extent that some key rivals were put out of the picture.

Del Toro tried again once the final breakaway survivors, Thomas and Rutsch, had been brought to heel, but neither his nor others’ attempts to go clear in the finale paid off. Instead, Uno-X, QuickStep, and Visma combined to keep the pace high in the peloton in order to keep the frantically chasing Milan/Kooij group at bay.

QuickStep did just what they had to do, and little more, and that gave them a strong hand for the lead-out, which they dominated from around 3km out. They might have fallen a little short of giving Magnier the perfect magic carpet but the Frenchman was dropped off in a position from where he could make his superiority blindingly obvious.

Results

Top 10
Position	Rider (Country) Team	Time Gap
1	Paul Magnier (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep	04:17:55
2	Mike Teunissen (Ned) XDS Astana Team
3	Laurence Pithie (NZl) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
4	Paul Penhoët (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
5	Henri Uhlig (Ger) Alpecin-Premier Tech
6	Milan Fretin (Bel) Cofidis
7	Jonas Rutsch (Ger) Lotto-Intermarché
8	Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
9	Huub Artz (Ned) Lotto-Intermarché
10	Arnaud De Lie (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché

Czech Tour: Andrew August seals overall title despite Fancellu coming back from pedal slip to win final stage

Patrick Fletcher — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 12:41:01 +0000

Andrew 'AJ' August (Netcompany-Ineos) continued his breakthrough season with overall victory at the Czech Tour, safely sealed on the final day despite not being crowned with a hattrick of stage wins.

Having won back-to-back stages on Friday and Saturday, and with a third straight hill-top finish on Sunday, the 20-year-old American was in the driving seat but only had an 11-second lead over Alessandro Fancellu (MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort), who ended up winning the final stage.

August's Netcompany-Ineos' teammates effectively defended yellow for him, though, setting such a strong tempo on the final climb to Pustenvy that no one dared attack until the dying metres.

Fancellu opened it up at the end and, remarkably, slipped out of his right pedal before clipping back in and accelerating away to the stage win.

August accelerated himself as his rival struggled for speed but when he drew up alongside the Italian he suddenly sat back down in the saddle and slowed his cadence, holding back as the Italian roared ahead once more.

After the final bend August then truly opened the taps but settled for second place on the day, crossing the line in the slipstream. Nicolas Breuillard (TotalEnergies) rounded out the day's podium on the same time.

Not letting Fancellu out of sight meant that August successfully defended the yellow jersey to clinch the first overall stage race success of his young career. His final margin of victory dropped from 11 seconds to seven seconds but he always looked in control throughout the final climb. Domenico Pozzovivo (Solution Tech Nippo Rali) rounded out the final overall podium, 40 seconds down.

The GC title is August's fifth win of what is fast becoming a breakthrough year, following stage wins at the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana and Itzulia Basque Country, and the two stage wins already in this race.

Results

Stage 4 results
Pos	Rider	Time
1	Alessandro Fancellu (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	03:42:16
2	Andrew August (USA) Netcompany Ineos	00:00:00
3	Nicolas Breuillard (Fra) Totalenergies	00:00:00
4	Václav Ježek (Cze) Kasper Crypto4Me	00:00:05
5	Filippo Turconi (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:00:05
6	Piotr Pękala (Pol) Att Investments	00:00:05
7	Max Bock (Ger) Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe Rookies	00:00:05
8	Alex Tolio (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:00:05
9	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng (Nor) Netcompany Ineos	00:00:10
10	Kamiel Bonneu (Bel) Solution Tech Nippo Rali	00:00:10
11	Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Solution Tech Nippo Rali	00:00:11
12	Jan Hirt (Cze) NSN Cycling Team	00:00:14
13	Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:00:38
14	Geoffrey Bouchard (Fra) Totalenergies	00:00:43
15	Alessandro Verre (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:00:43
16	Senne Thonnon (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00:00:43
17	Stefan de Bod (RSA) Modern Adventure	00:00:43
18	Pablo Carrascosa Miller (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma	00:00:46
19	Jorge Gutierrez Gonzalez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma	00:00:48
20	Alberto Carlo Monti (Cze) Att Investments	00:00:57
21	Luca Covili (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:00:57
22	Paul Conor (Fra) Vendee U Primeo Energie	00:01:00
23	Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Soudal-QuickStep	00:01:00
24	Edward Santiago Cruz Martinez (Col) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:01:00
25	Jack Haig (Aus) Netcompany Ineos	00:01:00
26	Siebe Deweirdt (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00:01:00
27	Joan Bou Company (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:01:10
28	Thomas Pesenti (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	00:01:11
29	Fernando Tercero Lopez (Spa) Polti-VisitMalta	00:01:13
30	Ibai Azanza Burusco (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma	00:01:21
31	Jan Castellon Ribalta (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:01:25
32	Francisco Muñoz Llana (Spa) Polti-VisitMalta	00:01:25
33	Filip Gruszczyński (Pol) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:01:25
34	Francisco Joel Peñuela Sandoval (Ven) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:01:28
35	Anatol Friedl (Aut) Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe Rookies	00:01:30
36	Mattia Stenico (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:01:34
37	Florian Samuel Kajamini (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:01:35
38	Dylan Vandenstorme (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00:01:35
39	Adam Pešek (Cze) Kasper Crypto4Me	00:01:37
40	Matteo Turconi (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:01:40
41	Samuel Fernandez Garcia (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:01:40
42	Mateusz Gajdulewicz (Pol) Att Investments	00:01:43
43	Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	00:01:43
44	Tomáš Přidal (Cze) Team United Shipping	00:01:46
45	Diego Bracalente (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:01:49
46	Unai Iribar Jauregi (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma	00:01:49
47	Gauthier Servranckx (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step Devo Team	00:02:00
48	Tomasz Budziński (Pol) Att Investments	00:02:08
49	Sam Brand (GBr) Novo Nordisk	00:02:15
50	Davide Bais (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	00:02:20
51	Manuele Tarozzi (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:02:22
52	Mattia Bais (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	00:02:46
53	David Lozano Riba (Spa) Novo Nordisk	00:02:46
54	Zsombor Palumby (Hun) Team United Shipping	00:02:49
55	Gil Gelders (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:02:59
56	Unai Ramos Murillo (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma	00:03:00
57	Franciszek Kocur (Pol) Tufo - Pardus Prostejov	00:03:05
58	Nolan Huysmans (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00:03:23
59	Antonio Polga (Ita) Novo Nordisk	00:03:25
60	Martin Bárta (Cze) Att Investments	00:03:28
61	Yen Yi 何 Ho 彥誼 (Tpe) Equipo Kern Pharma	00:03:35
62	Cesare Chesini (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:03:47
63	Kieran Haug (USA) Modern Adventure	00:03:59
64	Marco Frigo (Ita) NSN Cycling Team	00:04:01
65	Riley Sheehan (USA) NSN Cycling Team	00:04:01
66	Roei Edinger (Isr) Nsn Development Team	00:04:12
67	Filippo Ridolfo (Ita) Novo Nordisk	00:04:23
68	Lucas Dauge (Fra) Novo Nordisk	00:04:23
69	Fabien Grellier (Fra) Totalenergies	00:04:45
70	Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Netcompany Ineos	00:04:51
71	Evan Pavis (Fra) Vendee U Primeo Energie	00:04:51
72	Pablo Lospitao Gonzalez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:05:39
73	Alex Beldon (GBr) Nsn Development Team	00:05:39
74	Rastko Nikačević (Srb) Team United Shipping	00:05:39
75	Dominik Neuman (Cze) Att Investments	00:05:39
76	Samuel Florez Garces (Col) Modern Adventure	00:05:43
77	Ian Lopez de San Roman (USA) Modern Adventure	00:05:43
78	Nicola Marcerou (Fra) Totalenergies	00:06:25
79	Leander van Hautegem (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00:06:37
80	Jordan Jegat (Fra) Totalenergies	00:06:58
81	Bob Jungels (Lux) Netcompany Ineos	00:07:18
82	Sebastian Putz (Aut) Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe Rookies	00:07:18
83	Theodor Clemmensen (Den) Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe Rookies	00:07:18
84	Gijs Schoonvelde (Ned) Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe Rookies	00:07:20
85	Milan Kadlec (Cze) Kasper Crypto4Me	00:07:22
86	Michael Kukrle (Cze) Kasper Crypto4Me	00:07:22
87	Nikolaos Michail Drakos (Gre) Team United Shipping	00:07:22
88	Quinten de Graeve (Bel) Novo Nordisk	00:07:22
89	Martin Svrček (Svk) Soudal-QuickStep	00:07:22
90	Daniel Šilhavý (Cze) Tufo - Pardus Prostejov	00:07:22
91	Fabricio German Crozzolo (Arg) Polti-VisitMalta	00:07:56
92	Mats Wenzel (Lux) Equipo Kern Pharma	00:07:56
93	Sergi Darder Gari (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:08:09
94	Warre Vangheluwe (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:09:10
95	Ben Turner (GBr) Netcompany Ineos	00:09:49
96	Ben Swift (GBr) Netcompany Ineos	00:09:49
97	Alessandro Iacchi (Ita) Solution Tech Nippo Rali	00:09:49
98	Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Solution Tech Nippo Rali	00:09:49
99	Hayden Stevens (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk Development	00:09:49
100	Michael Boroš (Cze) Kasper Crypto4Me	00:09:49
101	Jan Kašpar (Cze) Tufo - Pardus Prostejov	00:09:49
102	Jules Hesters (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00:09:49
103	Jakub Otruba (Cze) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:09:49
104	Máté Endrédi (Hun) Team United Shipping	00:09:49
105	Pepijn Reinderink (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep	00:09:49
106	Harry Lasker (USA) Modern Adventure	00:10:30
107	Scott Mcgill (USA) Modern Adventure	00:10:30
108	Martin Voltr (Cze) Att Investments	00:10:30
109	Samuel Boardman (USA) Modern Adventure	00:10:30
110	Michal Schuran (Cze) Team United Shipping	00:10:35
111	Ondřej Pokorný (Cze) Tufo - Pardus Prostejov	00:10:39
112	Josef Černý (Cze) Kasper Crypto4Me	00:12:27
113	Adam Bittman (Cze) Kasper Crypto4Me	00:12:27
114	Romet Pajur (Est) Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe Rookies	00:12:27
115	Lorenzo Nespoli (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:14:54
116	Michele Gazzoli (Ita) Solution Tech Nippo Rali	00:14:54
117	Vojtěch Soukup (Cze) Tufo - Pardus Prostejov	00:15:29
118	Matyáš Koblížek (Cze) Tufo - Pardus Prostejov	00:24:37
DNF	Veljko Stojnić (Srb) Team United Shipping
DNF	Matteo Fabbro (Ita) Solution Tech Nippo Rali
DNF	Henri Vandenabeele (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise

Final general classification
Pos	Rider	Time
1	Andrew August (USA) Netcompany Ineos	15:08:12
2	Alessandro Fancellu (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:00:07
3	Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Solution Tech Nippo Rali	00:00:40
4	Filippo Turconi (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:00:51
5	Nicolas Breuillard (Fra) Totalenergies	00:00:54
6	Max Bock (Ger) Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe Rookies	00:00:59
7	Václav Ježek (Cze) Kasper Crypto4Me	00:01:03
8	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng (Nor) Netcompany Ineos	00:01:08
9	Jan Hirt (Cze) NSN Cycling Team	00:01:24
10	Alex Tolio (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:01:44
11	Jorge Gutierrez Gonzalez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma	00:01:46
12	Stefan de Bod (RSA) Modern Adventure	00:01:49
13	Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:01:50
14	Piotr Pękala (Pol) Att Investments	00:01:52
15	Luca Covili (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:02:01
16	Geoffrey Bouchard (Fra) Totalenergies	00:02:20
17	Senne Thonnon (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00:02:23
18	Alberto Carlo Monti (Cze) Att Investments	00:02:48
19	Fernando Tercero Lopez (Spa) Polti-VisitMalta	00:02:53
20	Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Soudal-QuickStep	00:03:00
21	Joan Bou Company (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:03:25
22	Anatol Friedl (Aut) Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe Rookies	00:03:37
23	Samuel Fernandez Garcia (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:03:44
24	Alessandro Verre (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:04:01
25	Unai Iribar Jauregi (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma	00:04:05
26	Siebe Deweirdt (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00:04:10
27	Pablo Carrascosa Miller (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma	00:04:19
28	Mateusz Gajdulewicz (Pol) Att Investments	00:04:32
29	Francisco Muñoz Llana (Spa) Polti-VisitMalta	00:04:35
30	Adam Pešek (Cze) Kasper Crypto4Me	00:04:39
31	Thomas Pesenti (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	00:04:41
32	Edward Santiago Cruz Martinez (Col) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:04:48
33	Filip Gruszczyński (Pol) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:05:10
34	Dylan Vandenstorme (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00:05:18
35	Gauthier Servranckx (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step Devo Team	00:05:21
36	Paul Conor (Fra) Vendee U Primeo Energie	00:05:45
37	Francisco Joel Peñuela Sandoval (Ven) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:06:07
38	Mattia Stenico (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:06:19
39	Davide Bais (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	00:07:06
40	Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	00:07:30
41	Kieran Haug (USA) Modern Adventure	00:07:31
42	Jack Haig (Aus) Netcompany Ineos	00:08:08
43	Matteo Turconi (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:08:18
44	Martin Bárta (Cze) Att Investments	00:08:56
45	Kamiel Bonneu (Bel) Solution Tech Nippo Rali	00:09:11
46	Florian Samuel Kajamini (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:09:36
47	Manuele Tarozzi (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:09:40
48	Unai Ramos Murillo (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma	00:10:42
49	Mats Wenzel (Lux) Equipo Kern Pharma	00:10:50
50	Cesare Chesini (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:11:09
51	Tomasz Budziński (Pol) Att Investments	00:11:53
52	Marco Frigo (Ita) NSN Cycling Team	00:12:03
53	Sam Brand (GBr) Novo Nordisk	00:13:00
54	Riley Sheehan (USA) NSN Cycling Team	00:13:02
55	Antonio Polga (Ita) Novo Nordisk	00:13:14
56	Jan Castellon Ribalta (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:13:42
57	Ibai Azanza Burusco (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma	00:14:01
58	Tomáš Přidal (Cze) Team United Shipping	00:15:05
59	Nolan Huysmans (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00:15:48
60	Franciszek Kocur (Pol) Tufo - Pardus Prostejov	00:16:00
61	Pablo Lospitao Gonzalez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:16:06
62	Gijs Schoonvelde (Ned) Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe Rookies	00:17:17
63	Diego Bracalente (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:18:47
64	Samuel Florez Garces (Col) Modern Adventure	00:19:33
65	Jordan Jegat (Fra) Totalenergies	00:20:17
66	Leander van Hautegem (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00:20:49
67	Michael Kukrle (Cze) Kasper Crypto4Me	00:21:05
68	David Lozano Riba (Spa) Novo Nordisk	00:21:16
69	Mattia Bais (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	00:21:27
70	Michael Boroš (Cze) Kasper Crypto4Me	00:21:41
71	Zsombor Palumby (Hun) Team United Shipping	00:21:43
72	Fabricio German Crozzolo (Arg) Polti-VisitMalta	00:21:58
73	Milan Kadlec (Cze) Kasper Crypto4Me	00:22:05
74	Jakub Otruba (Cze) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:22:14
75	Dominik Neuman (Cze) Att Investments	00:22:41
76	Máté Endrédi (Hun) Team United Shipping	00:23:08
77	Evan Pavis (Fra) Vendee U Primeo Energie	00:23:09
78	Ben Turner (GBr) Netcompany Ineos	00:23:29
79	Nikolaos Michail Drakos (Gre) Team United Shipping	00:23:36
80	Martin Svrček (Svk) Soudal-QuickStep	00:24:03
81	Sergi Darder Gari (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:24:07
82	Filippo Ridolfo (Ita) Novo Nordisk	00:24:32
83	Nicola Marcerou (Fra) Totalenergies	00:24:43
84	Sebastian Putz (Aut) Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe Rookies	00:25:42
85	Lucas Dauge (Fra) Novo Nordisk	00:27:08
86	Gil Gelders (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:27:09
87	Quinten de Graeve (Bel) Novo Nordisk	00:27:47
88	Ian Lopez de San Roman (USA) Modern Adventure	00:28:05
89	Bob Jungels (Lux) Netcompany Ineos	00:29:14
90	Pepijn Reinderink (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep	00:30:27
91	Yen Yi 何 Ho 彥誼 (Tpe) Equipo Kern Pharma	00:31:08
92	Scott Mcgill (USA) Modern Adventure	00:32:05
93	Fabien Grellier (Fra) Totalenergies	00:34:19
94	Roei Edinger (Isr) Nsn Development Team	00:36:01
95	Jules Hesters (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00:36:11
96	Warre Vangheluwe (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:36:34
97	Alex Beldon (GBr) Nsn Development Team	00:38:25
98	Theodor Clemmensen (Den) Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe Rookies	00:40:11
99	Jan Kašpar (Cze) Tufo - Pardus Prostejov	00:40:58
100	Michele Gazzoli (Ita) Solution Tech Nippo Rali	00:41:23
101	Ondřej Pokorný (Cze) Tufo - Pardus Prostejov	00:41:37
102	Michal Schuran (Cze) Team United Shipping	00:42:11
103	Alessandro Iacchi (Ita) Solution Tech Nippo Rali	00:43:00
104	Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Solution Tech Nippo Rali	00:43:00
105	Samuel Boardman (USA) Modern Adventure	00:43:34
106	Adam Bittman (Cze) Kasper Crypto4Me	00:44:59
107	Vojtěch Soukup (Cze) Tufo - Pardus Prostejov	00:45:26
108	Josef Černý (Cze) Kasper Crypto4Me	00:45:48
109	Ben Swift (GBr) Netcompany Ineos	00:45:52
110	Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Netcompany Ineos	00:46:02
111	Daniel Šilhavý (Cze) Tufo - Pardus Prostejov	00:46:13
112	Lorenzo Nespoli (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:48:00
113	Martin Voltr (Cze) Att Investments	00:48:23
114	Romet Pajur (Est) Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe Rookies	00:48:26
115	Harry Lasker (USA) Modern Adventure	00:48:26
116	Rastko Nikačević (Srb) Team United Shipping	00:50:23
117	Hayden Stevens (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk Development	01:05:32
118	Matyáš Koblížek (Cze) Tufo - Pardus Prostejov	01:15:39

Leadville Trail 100 MTB: Melisa Rollins earns second elite women's title after epic battle with Cecily Decker

jackie.tyson@futurenet.com (Jackie Tyson) — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 18:52:21 +0000

Melisa Rollins (Liv Racing Collective) launched a late attack against Cecily Decker (PAS Racing) to win a second time at Life Time Leadville Trail 100 MTB presented by Kenetik. The 2024 champion returned to the top step of the podium in a time of 5:58:43 in the modified 102-mile mountain bike endurance race.

Decker had to stop twice in the final 12 miles to deal with a flat tyre, but was able to finish in second place, 4:47 back. Lauren Stephens (Aegis x LOE) accelerated away from chase partner Sarah Lange to claim third place, 11:31 off the fast time of Rollins.

Stephens had joined Lange on the descent of the Columbine climb and the two rode together for nearly 45 miles, Lange relinquishing in the final miles and finishing 27 back for fourth.

A runner-up last year, Rollins won her second Leadville title, this time wearing the stars-and-stripes jersey as the US marathon mountain bike national champion. She chased from an early crash to catch Decker with 37 miles to go. 'Diesel Decker', who held the race lead for more than 55 miles, was the most aggressive rider on the day to build on an early solo lead using an attack at the St. Kevin's climb. The same area came back with a big sting later with a flat rear tyre to end hopes of a victory.

Cecily Decker finishes in solo second place in Leadville (Image credit: Life Time)

"It's really hard to just put into words. We all work really, really hard and I just put so much into this one race, and it sucks. Yeah, it's hard to just have it all go in one instant. It would have been really cool to just be able to fight with Melissa to the line," Decker said to organisers at the finish.

"I really wanted to push the pace on [St.] Kevin's [outbound], see who else wanted to go fast. I think if Melisa didn't have that crash, she would have been right up there right away.

"But she ended up coming back, obviously super strong. Yeah, we had a pretty epic battle towards the end. I ended up puncturing right at the bottom of St. Kevin's."

Rollins has competed at Leadville with her family for over a decade now, taking her first elite win two years ago and then going runner-up last year. This time Rollins won wearing the stars-and-stripes jersey as the US marathon mountain bike national champion.

"This race is so special to me, so I wasn't willing to give in," she said at the finish on the live broadcast provided by Life Time.

"I mean, this race is super important to me, it's super important to my family. It's super important to everybody who lines up, people who train for a year for this race. They try multiple times to get in. And the fact that we even got to have a race, I felt it like it was my duty to really put it out there, because a month ago, I really truly did not believe it was going to happen."

Rollins referred to a massive wildfire, the Willow Fire, that burned from July into August, destroying thousands of acres of land, including businesses and homes in Lake County to the west of Leadville. By mid-August, a large area which the original route had passed for three decades had been severely impacted and evacuated, with organisers having to search for a revised route and secure permits. The revised route was confirmed just two weeks ago.

Lauren Stephens leads the two-rider chase, Sarah Lange behind (Image credit: Life Time)

Villafañe, who won Leadville in 2023, finished seventh and held her overall lead in the Life Time Grand Prix standings. Leadville served as the third race in the six-race off-road series. Rollins, who was injured in the spring, did not race Sea Otter and did not complete Unbound Gravel 200 so came into Leadville in last place, but soared up to 16th place overall.

Decker remains second overall and Stephens is now third overall. Lange moved to sixth place.

Columbine creates separations but St. Kevin's decisive

The elite women began after the men at 6:10 a.m. local time from Leadville, Colorado (Image credit: Life Time)

The elite men were first on the course at 6:00 a.m. local time, with the elite women taking off 10 minutes later, as sunshine broke the darkness of a cloudless sky above the Rocky Mountain town of Leadville, the highest incorporated city in North America at 10,152 feet above sea level.

The modified 102-mile route brought a total of 9,897 feet (3,016 metres) of elevation gain, with cool temperatures of 41°F (5°C) for the early miles.

A large number of the women's peloton went down in a crash after just six miles, with Rollins one of the last riders to pick herself up, all riders back on their bikes and no major issues noticed on the broadcast cameras.

Another four miles later, on the early sections around the new eastbound direction around Turquoise Lake, Decker was the first rider to make a move, charging to the front and opening a five-second gap to Lange. A group of four formed a solid group behind the duo a few more seconds back - Rollins, Stephens, Hayley Preen (Factor Racing) and Alexis Skarda (Q36.5 Off Road Racing).

Outbound group of four riders in the chase led by Melisa Rollins (Image credit: Life Time)

Samara Sheppard of New Zealand was then 20 seconds back riding solo between that foursome and a twosome of Sofia Gomez Villafañe (Specialized Off-road) and Rosa Klöser (Canyon-SRAM). Other early favourites now chasing early were Paige Onweller (Trek Driftless) and former Leadville winner Hannah Otto (Scott Sports USA) to round out the top 10.

Once at the 38-mile time check at Twin Lakes, with the climb to Columbine Mine approaching, Decker continued a fierce pace to open nearly one minute to Lange. A full two minutes behind Lange, the quartet of Rollins, Stephens, Preen and Skarda continued together. Moves had been made by Onweller to connect with Villafañe and Klöser as Sheppard dropped back slightly and a second foursome gave chase another two minutes back.

Decker pushed solo at the front on the roughest part of the Columbine climb, the 'goat trail', while behind Rollins made the pass of Lange to ride in second place, 1:30 behind the lone leader. Lange filled the third spot on the climb, one minute behind Rollins while Stephens was fourth, another 1:35 back.

Melisa Rollins on her chase to catch leader Decker in the late-morning sunshine (Image credit: Life Time)

Shortly after making the turnaround atop Columbine, Decker had no one for company at the front, but once on the journey back to Leadville she saw Rollins in pursuit, the gap 1:01. Next on the two-way traffic, Decker saw Lange and Stephens, with larger time gaps building at 5 minutes to third place and 5:25 to fourth place.

On a paved section on the inbound beyond Twin Lakes, Rollins could see Decker. The catch was made with 37.5 miles to go. The gap behind to Lange and Stephens, still together, had grown to 7 minutes, with Lange doing the bulk of the work.

With 11 miles to go, the two carried on, with Decker trying to accelerate away at the base of St Kevin's, but a counter move was made by Rollins and she began to pull away.

Cecily Decker rides solo on singletrack (Image credit: Getty Images)

Rollins was able to extend her gap on the descent, and once Decker reached the rocky base behind, she suffered a flat tyre, shown on the live broadcast off her bike, not once but twice, and working to seal a leak.

Rollins knew she was alone, looking back a few times, but was not aware that Decker had stopped. Going for a second win, Rollins pounded out the miles next to the railroad tracks headed into Leadville and once on the tarmac of Sixth Street could celebrate.

Top five elite women at 2026 Leadville Trail 100 MTB (Image credit: Life Time)

Results

Top 30
Place	Full Name	Diff
1	Melisa Rollins	05:58:43
2	Cecily Decker	+0:04:47
3	Lauren Stephens	+0:11:31
4	Sarah Lange	+0:11:58
5	Hayley Preen	+0:23:08
6	Alexis Skarda	+0:25:59
7	Sofia Gomez Villafane	+0:29:50
8	Hannah Otto	+0:30:17
9	Paige Onweller	+0:34:59
10	Samara Sheppard	+0:35:41
11	Cecile Lejeune	+0:41:20
12	Karolina Migon	+0:42:09
13	Lauren De Crescenzo	+0:42:56
14	Emma Langley	+0:45:06
15	Morgan Aguirre	+0:45:16
16	Chelsea Bolton	+0:47:55
17	Ellen Campbell	+0:48:46
18	Stella Hobbs	+0:52:55
19	Lauren Aggeler	+0:54:41
20	Maude Farrell	+0:55:47
21	Ruby Ryan	+1:01:25
22	Laurel Quinones	+1:04:09
23	Danni Shrosbree	+1:04:51
24	Hannah Shell	+1:07:26
25	Courtney Sherwell	+1:07:31
26	Kylee Hanel	+1:14:07
27	Samanth Johnson	+1:14:47
28	Jenna Rinehart	+1:14:50
29	Anna Gibson	+1:14:52
30	Charlotte Clarke	+1:20:18

Leadville Trail 100 MTB: Keegan Swenson outsprints Matt Wilson to win record-tying sixth elite men's race

jackie.tyson@futurenet.com (Jackie Tyson) — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 17:47:57 +0000

Keegan Swenson (Specialized Off-road) won a hard-fought sixth consecutive title at Life Time Leadville Trail 100 MTB presented by Kenetik, having to come around New Zealand's Matt Wilson (Scott Sports USA-Shimano) in a two-rider sprint. The pair, who moved away from a four-rider breakaway in the final three miles of the 102-mile race, finished in 5:20:26 on a revised course.

The sprint for third went to Bradyn Lange (Canyon x DT Swiss All-Terrain Racing) ahead of John Gaston (STRAFE-Specialized), the US Gravel National Champion finishing 24 seconds back for the final podium spot.

Swenson and Gaston, who have gone one-two in the race three times before, grabbed a late lead across Carter Summit with 14 miles to go. A few miles later Lange and Wilson closed a 21-second gap to form the front quartet of elite men.

With three miles to go, Wilson got out of the saddle on a wide dirt road for an attack. Swenson reacted, grabbing his wheel as the two struck out together. A steady grind from Gaston and Lange kept the gap to around 10 seconds, but they never got closer.

Back on the pavement in Leadville, Wilson had a half-wheel lead on the marathon mountain bike World Champion as they rode side by side. On the final stretch of Sixth Street, Swenson kicked late to the front and won Leadville for a sixth time, which now ties the record for wins set by US rider David Wiens (2003-2008).

Swenson makes his move past Wilson on pavement (Image credit: Life Time)

Swenson's last five victories came in dominant fashion, and the 2026 race was the first time the Specialized rider needed a sprint finish to win.

"It was a hard one today. Physically, it wasn't like the hardest Leadville, until the very end when we started really ripping. But just such a different race, very tactical," Swenson said on the Life Time Grand Prix livestream at the finish.

"I wasn't quite sure how big the group would be after Columbine on the way back. I had a small gap, but it wasn't enough to stay away. So I figured it was best to wait for those guys and then just roll with them and try and figure it out at the finish."

Swenson extended his lead in the Life Time Grand Prix with his victory, his first in the three races held so far in the off-road series. Lange moved up to second in the elite men's series standings while Wilson moved into the top 10.

(Image credit: Life Time)

“I’m super happy. This is one of my biggest goals of the season every year and I’ve never really put together a good race here so it feels really good," Lange said about third place at Leadville.

Gaston, who has finished on the podium each of the last four years, missed by just one spot this time. He is not part of the Grand Prix. Another early contender outside the Grand Prix was Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek), who was second overall in his only other appearance in 2019, and he finished ninth, 8:50 off the pace.

Chasers close down Swenson

Elite men take the 2026 Leadville course at dawn in early morning hours on August 15 (Image credit: Life Time)

Riders lined up in the dark before the sun cast any light into the Rocky Mountain town of Leadville and set off at 6:00 a.m. local time with cool temperatures, 41°F (5°C). The rains from earlier in the week had packed down dirt roads, and with light winds and sunny skies, the conditions were near perfect.

The modified 102-mile route brought a total of 9,897 feet (3,016 metres) of elevation gain, starting from the highest incorporated city in North America at 10,152 feet above sea level.

A large group of 20 riders pushed to the front on the early St Kevin's double-track dirt. Another 18 riders bunched together 30 seconds back.

At the third time check, 38 miles in, the two groups reformed as one pack of 38 riders, with no major moves launched yet.

Passing the Twin Lakes Dam time check, with 38 miles covered, Drew Dillman rode at the front, with a group of 32 riders lined behind by 15-30 seconds. Another three miles as the road crept closer to the official base of Columbine, young New Zealander Matt Wilson, John Gaston, Keegan Swenson, Quinn Simmons, Bradyn Lange, Australian Brendan Johnston and Canadian Andrew L'Esperance picked up the pace, creating a small gap to a dozen other riders.

Quinn Simmons leads Keegan Swenson on early section of Leadville Trail 100 MTB course 2026 (Image credit: Life Time)

As the clock clicked past two and a half hours, Swenson and Wilson had the dirt road to Columbine Mine all to themselves, for the time being. Making the right-hand bend onto the 'goat trail' section where the rocks get chunkier, and the doubletrack narrows, Swenson had a few bike lengths on Wilson, and slowly began to take more seconds. By the crest of Columbine and reversing direction for the return trip to Leadville, the World Champion had 20 seconds on Wilson.

Behind, Pellaud was the third rider to begin the return trip, with Gaston and Andreas Seewald along for company one minute behind Swenson. Cole Paton chased 10 seconds behind that trio, with Lange and Johnston forming a duo two minutes from the leader. Toby Røed and Simmons were next in line in the chase, 1:50 behind the five-time champion, with Payson McElveen a minute behind them.

On the rough descent back on the goat trail section of Columbine, Swenson blasted along the trail all alone, only seeing a few riders pass to his left as they began their ascent.

(Image credit: Life Time)

However, at the base of Columbine, passing the Lost Canyon area with less than 45 miles to go, five riders had come together for the chase and were within 30 seconds of the leader - Lange, Wilson, Seewald, Paton and Gaston. Pellaud chased that group and had 14 seconds to wipe away his gap. Johnston rode in eighth place, 1:30 behind Pellaud, and it was another 2:45 to Røed and Simmons.

The catch of Swenson was made at the Twin Lakes area with under 37 miles to go, now a front group of seven, which included Pellaud.

Keegan Swenson descends bottom of Columbine solo (Image credit: Life Time)

Another 10 miles further, at a feed zone, Seewald slowed down to take his bottle and had to catch back into the lead group. The seven then went into action taking turns at the front, though Swenson seemed to be at the front with longer pulls.

With 15 miles to go on a pavement section, Swenson made an acceleration and only Gaston was able to match the pace, gaining a quick 10 seconds on Wilson, Lange, Pellaud and Seewald, with Paton fading. Pellaud then suffered a flat tyre and struggled to finish.

Across Carter Summit, the duo held a gap of 21 seconds to the group of four chasers, with less than 14 miles to go. A few miles on, after passing the former return on Powerline, a 12% gradient on the wooded section had the two headed to St. Kevin's on the top side of Turquoise Lake.

The deal was not done, though, as Wilson and Lange drilled the chase on the St. Kevin's dirt road and made a connection to the two leaders with just under 7 miles to go. Three US riders and one Kiwi then settled in for the battle for three podium spots.

Men's top 3 after the race (Image credit: Life Time)

Results

Top 30
Place	Full Name	Diff
1	Keegan Swenson	05:20:26
2	Matthew Wilson	+0:00:00
3	Bradyn Lange	+0:00:24
4	John Gaston	+0:00:25
5	Andreas Seewald	+0:01:19
6	Cole Paton	+0:05:00
7	Brendan Johnston	+0:05:33
8	Torbjorn Andre Roed	+0:08:47
9	Quinn Simmons	+0:08:50
10	Payson Mcelveen	+0:12:22
11	Zach Calton	+0:12:52
12	Simon Pellaud	+0:14:02
13	Cobe Freeburn	+0:14:45
14	Michael Woods	+0:14:46
15	Skyler Taylor	+0:15:08
16	Alexey Vermeulen	+0:15:40
17	Henry Nelson	+0:17:04
18	Andrew L'esperance	+0:19:26
19	Cameron Jones	+0:19:34
20	Russell Finsterwald	+0:23:58
21	Lucas Miers	+0:24:08
22	Toby Hassett	+0:24:29
23	Luke Mosteller	+0:24:36
24	Daniel Van Der Walt	+0:24:54
25	Caleb Bottcher	+0:25:56
26	Anton Stensby	+0:25:59
27	Matthew Beers	+0:26:03
28	Kyan Olshove	+0:32:00
29	Oskar Stack-Michasiw	+0:32:42
30	Elliot Thornblade	+0:32:42

Volta a Portugal: Race leader Alexis Guérin climbs to second stage win on stage 9

Lyne Lamoureux — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 16:50:35 +0000

Race leader Alexis Guérin (Anicolor-Campicarn) launched from a select trio in the final 500 metres on the famous Senhora da Graça climb to win stage 9 and claim his second stage victory at the Volta a Portugal.

The win cemented Anicolor's dominance of the race, with Artem Nych crossing the line in third place. José Neves (GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO) took second place, having escaped from a select lead group with the pair 4km from the top of the final climb.

The pair have held the top two spots since stage 4's summit finish at Torre, and now hold an increased lead after former third-place holder Adrià Pericas (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) lost 3:31 after an unfortunate puncture on the penultimate climb.

Pedro Silva (Feira dos Sofás-Boavista) was the main beneficiary, racing off into the distance with the rest of the GC men and gaining 2:33 to move up to third overall. He held on in the face of an onslaught from Neves on the final climb, but managed to keep hold of his spot by just six seconds at the top.

“We’ll see in Porto. I don’t know how much of a lead I have in the general classification. Porto is a technical course, and I’ll have to wait until the finish line before I can be happy, in quotes, about winning this Volta,” said Guérin.

The Frenchman, wearing a black leader’s jersey to honour Finlay Tarling, the day after the 19-year-old tragically died on stage 8, added, “Today, this victory gives me time overall, but it is also for this young man who was talented.”

Ahead of the final stage in Porto, Guérin leads by 1:02 to take Anicolor's fourth Volta triumph in five years. Double winner Nych is second, while Silva lies 4:30 down.

Racing concludes on Sunday with the final lumpy 136.9km stage between Maia and Porto.

Stage 9 connected the Monastery of Vilela, in Paredes, to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Grace, in Mondim de Basto. The Queen Stage with 3,223 metres of elevation gain over 142.3km featured the legendary climb to Senhora da Graça (8.4km at 7.4%). However, before the summit finish, riders also had to tackle the first category Alto de Carvalhais (9.6km at 6.6%) with a long gravel section towards the summit and at the plateau.

The race held a moment of silence to honour NSN Cycling Team’s Finlay Starling after his tragic death during stage 8 before the racing got underway.

A break of four riders, who escaped after the first intermediate sprint in Paredes, was joined by a large chase group to form, momentarily, a break of 18 riders off the front. They built a lead of over two minutes but broke apart on the demanding terrain.

Oscar Rota (Feira dos Sofás-Boavista) pulled away from the break on the early slopes of the Alto de Carvalhais with its pitches maxing out at 10.3%. Meanwhile, chaser Lorenzo Quartucci (Burgos-Burpellet-BH) was caught by a select group of GC favourites

Third on GC, Adrià Pericas (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) suffered a puncture on the gravel sector, losing a minute before he got a new bike from his team car.

On the descent, with 33km to go, Rota was reeled in by a group of 11 riders. The selection included Guérin, Nych, Neves and his teammate Rui Carvalho.

Rota's teammate Pedro Silva, Tiago Antunes and Keegan Swirbul (Efapel), Diogo Barbosa, Guilherme Mestre (Tavira-Crédito Agrícola), Jesus Del Pino (Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé), and Emanuel Duarte (Credibom-L.A. Alumínios-Marcos Car) were also along for the ride.

Come the start of the final climb, Pericas lay 2:40 down as Rota, pacing the lead group of 12, worked for teammate Pedro Silva.

With 20 kilometres to go, Pericas, joined by more riders, continued to lose time, up to two minutes behind the lead group. Not long afterwards, it was Anicolor time as Nych and Guérin pushed the pace. The pair took José Neves with them with 4km to go as Silva, Antunes, and Duarte dropped away.

Neves, hoping to gain the 58 seconds he needed to pass Silva for that virtual third, pulled the Anicolor duo to the line, where Guérin had the pace left in his legs to jump past, sealing his second stage win and overall victory.

Results

Stage 9 results
Pos	Rider	Time
1	Alexis Guerin (Fra) Anicolor/Campicarn	3:44:55
2	José Carlos Prates Neves Fernandes (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	00:00:03
3	Artem Nych (Rus) Anicolor/Campicarn	00:00:09
4	Tiago Antunes (Por) Efapel Cycling	00:00:46
5	Emanuel Duarte (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	00:00:46
6	Pedro Silva (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	00:00:59
7	Jokin Murguialday (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00:01:08
8	Jesus Del Pino Corrochano (Spa) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	00:01:22
9	Keegam Swirbul (USA) Efapel Cycling	00:01:32
10	Rui Carvalho (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	00:02:27
11	Diogo Barbosa (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	00:02:49
12	Adria Pericas Capdevila (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:03:31
13	Abner González Rivera (PuR) Feirense - Beeceler	00:03:33
14	André Ribeiro (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	00:04:05
15	Oscar Rota Rus (Spa) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	00:04:25
16	Fábio Costa (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	00:04:34
17	David Dominguez Vilchez (Spa) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	00:05:20
18	Carlos Garcia Pierna (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH	00:06:01
19	Diogo Gonçalves (Por) Efapel Cycling	00:06:36
20	Rafael Barbas (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	00:07:36
21	Adrian Camilo Bustamante Ruda (Col) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	00:07:36
22	Xabier Isasa Larrañaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00:08:14
23	Pedro Figueiredo Leme (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	00:08:22
24	Harrison Wood (GBr) Feirense - Beeceler	00:08:41
25	Eduardo Perez-Landaluce Gonzalez (Spa) Obidos Cycling Team	00:08:41
26	Angel Lorenzo Sanchez Rebollido (Spa) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	00:08:52
27	André Carvalho (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	00:09:09
28	Viacheslav Ivanov (Rus) Feirense - Beeceler	00:09:21
29	Jorge Galvez Lopez (Spa) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	00:09:53
30	Guilherme Mestre (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	00:10:01
31	Gaspar Gonçalves (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	00:10:01
32	Henrique da Silva Avancini (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	00:10:01
33	Francisco Campos (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	00:10:24
34	Lorenzo Quartucci (Ita) Burgos Burpellet BH	00:11:35
35	Jesus David Peña Jimenez (Col) Efapel Cycling	00:14:03
36	Joaquim Silva (Por) Efapel Cycling	00:14:03
37	Afonso Silva (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	00:14:03
38	Jeremy Smith (Aus) Obidos Cycling Team	00:14:03
39	Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00:14:03
40	Alexandre Montez (Por) Feirense - Beeceler	00:14:37
41	Ailetz Lasa Lizarraga (Spa) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	00:14:43
42	Maksym Bilyi (Ukr) Burgos Burpellet BH	00:14:43
43	Adam Lewis (GBr) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery	00:14:43
44	Daniel Viegas (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	00:14:43
45	Diogo Narciso (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	00:14:43
46	Louis Ferreira (Fra) Anicolor/Campicarn	00:15:18
47	Lucas Lopes (Por) Efapel Cycling	00:15:26
48	Gonçalo Carvalho (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	00:15:26
49	Daniel Cavia Sanz (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH	00:18:04
50	Pedro Pinto (Por) Efapel Cycling	00:18:29
51	Abdulla Jasim Al-Ali (UAE) Uae Team Emirates Gen-Z	00:18:42
52	Danny van der Tuuk (Pol) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00:21:27
53	Enzo Leijnse (Ned) Anicolor/Campicarn	00:21:27
54	João Matias (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	00:22:49
55	Rui Filipe Alves Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:22:49
56	Conn Mc Dunphy (Irl) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery	00:23:50
57	Andrew Lydic (USA) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery	00:23:50
58	Jade Rohde (USA) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz	00:23:50
59	Iker Bonillo Martin (Spa) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	00:23:50
60	Ronan O Connor (Irl) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery	00:23:50
61	Jordi Lopez Caravaca (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00:23:50
62	João Oliveira (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	00:23:50
63	Bruno Martins Lemes (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	00:23:50
64	Hugo Nunes (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	00:23:50
65	Axel van der Tuuk (Ned) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00:23:56
66	Fábio Oliveira (Por) Feirense - Beeceler	00:24:50
67	João Martins (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	00:24:50
68	João Medeiros (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	00:24:50
69	Rafael Reis (Por) Anicolor/Campicarn	00:24:54
70	Gabriel Sousa Silva (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	00:24:54
71	Jaime Torres Arias (Spa) Uae Team Emirates Gen-Z	00:24:54
72	Edson Gilmar de Rezende Junior (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	00:24:54
73	Alvaro Navas Marchal (Spa) Obidos Cycling Team	00:24:54
74	Bruno Maceiras (Por) Obidos Cycling Team	00:24:54
75	Rúben Rodrigues (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	00:24:54
76	Rafael Sousa (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	00:24:54
77	Txomin Juaristi Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00:24:54
78	Jaume Espuis Rel (Spa) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz	00:24:54
79	Bernardo Gaston Cambareri (Arg) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz	00:25:13
80	Filipe Francisco (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	00:25:17
81	Cláudio Leal (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	00:25:17
82	José Moreira (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	00:25:17
83	Ferran Miravalles Badimon (Spa) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz	00:25:19
84	Diogo Pinto (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	00:25:19
85	Tomas Contte (Arg) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	00:25:33
86	Francisco Morais (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	00:25:33
87	Leangel Meneses (Ven) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	00:25:34
88	Francisco Pereira (Por) Feirense - Beeceler	00:25:34
89	César Martingil (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	00:25:34
DNS	Alvaro Garcia Gimenez (Spa) Nsn Development Team
DNS	Zachary Marriage (Aus) Nsn Development Team
DNS	Ben Morin (Can) Nsn Development Team
DNS	Emil Nielsen (Den) Nsn Development Team
DNS	Finlay Tarling (GBr) Nsn Development Team
DNS	Alexander Hewes (Aus) Nsn Development Team
DNS	Carlos Salgueiro (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola

General classification after stage 9
Pos	Rider	Time
1	Alexis Guerin (Fra) Anicolor/Campicarn	27:14:30
2	Artem Nych (Rus) Anicolor/Campicarn	00:01:02
3	Pedro Silva (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	00:04:30
4	José Carlos Prates Neves Fernandes (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	00:04:36
5	Adria Pericas Capdevila (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:05:38
6	Tiago Antunes (Por) Efapel Cycling	00:05:53
7	Jokin Murguialday (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00:06:36
8	Emanuel Duarte (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	00:06:54
9	Rui Carvalho (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	00:10:31
10	Diogo Barbosa (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	00:11:55
11	Abner González Rivera (PuR) Feirense - Beeceler	00:12:46
12	Jesus Del Pino Corrochano (Spa) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	00:13:17
13	Fábio Costa (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	00:14:33
14	Adrian Camilo Bustamante Ruda (Col) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	00:17:30
15	David Dominguez Vilchez (Spa) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	00:18:30
16	Carlos Garcia Pierna (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH	00:18:42
17	Rafael Barbas (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	00:20:52
18	Harrison Wood (GBr) Feirense - Beeceler	00:22:20
19	Louis Ferreira (Fra) Anicolor/Campicarn	00:23:31
20	André Ribeiro (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	00:27:42
21	Angel Lorenzo Sanchez Rebollido (Spa) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	00:28:11
22	Pedro Figueiredo Leme (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	00:31:28
23	Eduardo Perez-Landaluce Gonzalez (Spa) Obidos Cycling Team	00:33:11
24	Afonso Silva (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	00:37:56
25	Ailetz Lasa Lizarraga (Spa) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	00:38:15
26	Lorenzo Quartucci (Ita) Burgos Burpellet BH	00:38:41
27	Henrique da Silva Avancini (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	00:38:45
28	Xabier Isasa Larrañaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00:39:50
29	Keegam Swirbul (USA) Efapel Cycling	00:40:29
30	Jesus David Peña Jimenez (Col) Efapel Cycling	00:42:17
31	Oscar Rota Rus (Spa) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	00:42:36
32	Daniel Viegas (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	00:48:09
33	Jordi Lopez Caravaca (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00:50:16
34	Txomin Juaristi Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00:51:39
35	Lucas Lopes (Por) Efapel Cycling	00:52:08
36	Gaspar Gonçalves (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	00:53:40
37	Viacheslav Ivanov (Rus) Feirense - Beeceler	00:55:50
38	Francisco Campos (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	00:57:00
39	Joaquim Silva (Por) Efapel Cycling	00:58:15
40	Diogo Gonçalves (Por) Efapel Cycling	00:58:20
41	Jeremy Smith (Aus) Obidos Cycling Team	01:05:12
42	André Carvalho (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	01:07:47
43	Rui Filipe Alves Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	01:08:52
44	Tomas Contte (Arg) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	01:10:41
45	Maksym Bilyi (Ukr) Burgos Burpellet BH	01:10:47
46	Jorge Galvez Lopez (Spa) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	01:10:55
47	Rafael Reis (Por) Anicolor/Campicarn	01:11:07
48	João Medeiros (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	01:11:50
49	Gonçalo Carvalho (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	01:11:52
50	Daniel Cavia Sanz (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH	01:13:41
51	Guilherme Mestre (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	01:13:45
52	Adam Lewis (GBr) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery	01:15:08
53	Diogo Narciso (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	01:15:28
54	Hugo Nunes (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	01:17:53
55	Abdulla Jasim Al-Ali (UAE) Uae Team Emirates Gen-Z	01:19:17
56	Pedro Pinto (Por) Efapel Cycling	01:19:28
57	Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	01:25:47
58	Bruno Martins Lemes (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	01:26:22
59	Cláudio Leal (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	01:27:53
60	Iker Bonillo Martin (Spa) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	01:28:39
61	Axel van der Tuuk (Ned) Euskaltel-Euskadi	01:31:31
62	Danny van der Tuuk (Pol) Euskaltel-Euskadi	01:34:56
63	João Matias (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	01:35:12
64	Andrew Lydic (USA) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery	01:35:42
65	Filipe Francisco (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	01:35:44
66	Rúben Rodrigues (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	01:36:18
67	Jaume Espuis Rel (Spa) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz	01:38:29
68	Alexandre Montez (Por) Feirense - Beeceler	01:38:30
69	Jaime Torres Arias (Spa) Uae Team Emirates Gen-Z	01:42:14
70	Edson Gilmar de Rezende Junior (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	01:42:24
71	João Martins (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	01:42:50
72	Conn Mc Dunphy (Irl) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery	01:42:56
73	Enzo Leijnse (Ned) Anicolor/Campicarn	01:43:19
74	Gabriel Sousa Silva (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	01:50:13
75	Fábio Oliveira (Por) Feirense - Beeceler	01:53:26
76	Diogo Pinto (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	01:53:30
77	Alvaro Navas Marchal (Spa) Obidos Cycling Team	01:54:20
78	Ronan O Connor (Irl) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery	01:56:18
79	João Oliveira (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	01:56:26
80	Ferran Miravalles Badimon (Spa) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz	01:57:30
81	Leangel Meneses (Ven) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	01:58:02
82	Rafael Sousa (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	01:59:40
83	Bernardo Gaston Cambareri (Arg) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz	02:00:58
84	Francisco Pereira (Por) Feirense - Beeceler	02:02:00
85	José Moreira (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	02:03:41
86	Jade Rohde (USA) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz	02:05:05
87	César Martingil (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	02:06:29
88	Francisco Morais (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	02:10:16
89	Bruno Maceiras (Por) Obidos Cycling Team	02:13:41

Arctic Race of Norway: Thomas Silva holds off Lennert van Eetvelt on steep uphill sprint to win stage 3 and takes race lead

Lyne Lamoureux — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 16:29:36 +0000

Thomas Silva (XDS-Astana) countered an attack by Lennert van Eetvelt (Lotto-Intermarché) in the final kilometre of the final climb up “Norwegian mini-Mont Ventoux”, Storheia, to win stage 3 of the Arctic Race of Norway.

Crossing the line nine seconds later, Alessando Pinarello (NSN Cycling Team) took third.

A dwindling peloton caught the final breakaway rider with five kilometres to go. From there, Picnic-PostNL took over the pacemaking on the steep narrow road, while more riders were shelled.

Van Eetvelt, who had stayed in fourth wheel on the lower slopes, made his move with one kilometre to go, on the brutal 15% steep pitch. Silva and Pinarello covered the move, and then Silva came around to push the pace, getting a small gap. The Belgium chased but was not able to close the metres separating the two before the finish line.

"Now I stay really happy. It's a really hard final," Silva said.

“We knew today's finish wasn't ideally suited to my characteristics because the final climb was long and very steep. But the team believed in me, I was feeling quite good myself, so we decided to go for the stage win, and the team gave me full support," Silva said.

"The pace on the final climb was very high, but I chose to ride at my own rhythm until the last kilometre. Marco Schrettl stayed with me the whole time, supporting me, which helped me remain in the leading group until the finale. Then I simply gave everything I had in the final acceleration, and it was enough to win."

The first summit finish delivered the expected shakeup on the general classification with Silva having 10 seconds on Van Eetvelt, and 21 seconds on Pinarello.

The world’s northernmost road cycling race concludes with hilly stage 10, 190.5 kilometres from Sortland to Narvik.

After two days for the sprinters, it was time for the puncheurs to shine on stage 3, a hilly 146.5 kilometres from Stokmarknes to the race’s hardest climb, Storheia. Called Norwegian mini-Mont Ventoux, the finish ascent is 3.5 kilometres averaging 11.8%. But before that, the riders had to face two climbs and the important intermediate sprint and its associated time bonus sprint on the figure-eight-shaped course of the Queen Stage.

The peloton, with the NSN Cycling team lined up at the front, paused for a minute of applause to honour NSN’s Finlay Starling after his tragic death during stage 8 at the Volta a Portugal before the racing got underway.

Immediately after the flag drop, on a chilly day, as the rain started to fall with temperatures of 13 °C, five riders pulled away from the front and had a 1:22 gap after 10 kilometres. The all-Scandinavian break included Erik Vang Aas (Drali-Repsol), Thomas Eriksen (Lillehammer CK), Aksel Laforce (Ringerike) and Lucky Sport’s duo of Morthen Wang Baksaas and Finnish road champion Axel Källberg.

The battle for mountain points raged in the break with Aas able to close his deficit to 1 point to KOM leader Baksaas in the two KOM climbs. Aas and Baksaas then dropped out of the break, leaving the other three to continue on.

Meanwhile, Modern Adventures mostly, Pinarello-Q36.5 and XDS-Astana and Modern Adventures, but not race leader Giovanni Lonardi’s team Polti VisitMalta, took turns at the front to keep the gap manageable, under the 2-minute mark.

With 44 kilometres to go, the trio off the front had 1:23 gap as the skies cleared up, and riders took their rain gear off.

The peloton, with Modern Adventure on the right-side and Pinarello-Q36.5 on the left, brought the gap to 45 seconds with 15 kilometres to go.

NSN took over the front with seven kilometres to go, as Källberg took a last ditch flyer, with a gap of 17 seconds, but he was caught two kilometres later.

Teams jostled for position at the front, as the steep narrow road shelled riders off the back with four kilometres to go. TotalEnergies and then Picnic-PostNL set the pace at the front heading towards the 15% ramp to start the final kilometre.

Results

Stage 3 results
Pos	Rider	Time
1	Guillermo Thomas Silva Coussan (Uru) XDS Astana	3:29:11
2	Lennert van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00
3	Alessandro Pinarello (Ita) NSN Cycling Team	09
4	Robbe Dhondt (Bel) Picnic PostNL	09
5	Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	15
6	Sebastian Berwick (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	16
7	Thomas Bonnet (Fra) Totalenergies	19
8	Wouter Poels (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	20
9	Joris Delbove (Fra) Totalenergies	24
10	Fabio Christen (Swi) Pinarello-Q36.5	26
11	Johannes Kulset (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	35
12	Cedrik Bakke Christophersen (Nor) Unibet Rose Rockets	35
13	Marco Schrettl (Aut) XDS Astana	45
14	Bert Bolle (Bel) Volkerwessels	50
15	Kevin Andre Sandli Messel (Nor) Team Ringerike	53
16	Mark Donovan (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	53
1:00	Ludovico Crescioli (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta
1:00	Byron Munton (RSA) Modern Adventure
1:05	Jon Agirre Egaña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
1:11	Martin Tjøtta (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
1:11	Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
1:22	Alexy Faure Prost (Fra) Picnic PostNL
1:22	Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Unibet Rose Rockets
1:22	Joseba Lopez Cuesta (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
1:22	Vincent van Hemelen (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise
1:22	Damien Howson (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5
1:22	Xabier Berasategi Garmendia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
1:31	Anders Foldager (Den) Jayco-AlUla
1:31	Louis Sutton (GBr) Euskaltel-Euskadi
1:36	Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
1:38	Georg Rydningen Martinsen (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team
1:42	Magnus Kulset (Nor) Team Ringerike
1:47	Vilmer Ekman (Swe) Lucky Sport Cycling Team
1:50	Joel Nicolau Beltran (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
1:50	Alessandro Covi (Ita) Jayco-AlUla
1:53	Dario Giuliano (Fra) Polti-VisitMalta
1:55	Thomas Gachignard (Fra) Totalenergies
1:55	Nicolas Alustiza Goenaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
1:58	Elias Maris (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise
2:08	Teodor de Luca (Swe) Lucky Sport Cycling Team
2:08	Alex Diaz Alvarez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
2:08	Toralf Rydningen Martinsen (Nor) Team Drali - Repsol
2:13	Felix Ørn-Kristoff (Nor) Lotto-Intermarché
2:16	Michiel Lambrecht (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise
2:18	Darren van Bekkum (Ned) XDS Astana
2:18	Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg (Nor) Lucky Sport Cycling Team
2:29	Owen Geleijn (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets
2:34	Mathieu Kockelmann (Lux) Lotto-Intermarché
2:34	Henrik Teslo Fjellheim (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team
2:39	Andréa Mifsud (Mlt) Polti-VisitMalta
2:44	Artëm Fofonov (Fra) Xds Astana Development Team
2:46	Christopher Jensen (Den) Jayco-AlUla
2:46	Samuel Leroux (Fra) Totalenergies
2:46	Cole Kessler (USA) Modern Adventure
2:52	Sander Granberg (Nor) Team Drali - Repsol
3:10	Oliver Bleddyn (Aus) Team Brennan
3:13	Halvor Dolven (Nor) Lotto - Groupe Wanty
3:18	Karl Emil Kjeldsand (Nor) Team Drali - Repsol
3:26	Hugo Lennartsson (Swe) Lucky Sport Cycling Team
3:47	Mirco Maestri (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta
3:47	Ward Vanhoof (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise
3:51	Karsten Larsen Feldmann (Nor) Unibet Rose Rockets
3:51	Ludvik Aspelund Holstad (Nor) Team Ringerike
3:59	Herman Emil Eriksen (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team
4:01	Even Thorvaldsen (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team
4:14	Victor Vercouillie (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise
4:42	Sébastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché
5:02	Ronan Auge (Fra) Unibet Rose Rockets
5:11	Hamish Mckenzie (Aus) Jayco-AlUla
5:26	Henrik Pedersen (Den) Uno-X Mobility
5:30	Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché
5:30	Ådne Holter (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
6:04	Andreas Flaatten (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team
6:16	Christian Alexander Klund (Nor) Team Ringerike
6:23	Axel Källberg (Fin) Lucky Sport Cycling Team
6:27	Iker Villar Galdeano (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
6:36	Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) Totalenergies
6:36	Jason Tesson (Fra) Totalenergies
6:41	Thomas Eriksen (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team
6:41	Ethan Vernon (GBr) NSN Cycling Team
6:41	Dion Allan Smith (NZl) NSN Cycling Team
6:41	Rotem Tene (Isr) NSN Cycling Team
7:26	Eirik Vang Aas (Nor) Team Drali - Repsol
7:26	Dillon Corkery (Irl) Picnic PostNL
7:58	Kiaan Watts (NZl) Nsn Development Team
7:58	Casper Cornelis van Uden (Ned) Picnic PostNL
7:59	Emils Liepins (Lat) Pinarello-Q36.5
8:01	Artuur Torney (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise
8:40	Tobias Risan Nakken (Nor) Team Drali - Repsol
9:03	Oscar Amey (GBr) Nsn Development Team
9:03	Ezra Caudell (USA) Modern Adventure
9:03	Mark Stewart (GBr) Modern Adventure
9:06	Peder Wettre Andreassen (Nor) Team Ringerike
9:09	Matteo Badilatti (Swi) Pinarello-Q36.5
9:13	Anton Kuzmin (Kaz) XDS Astana
10:02	Andrea Pietrobon (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta
10:02	Giovanni Lonardi (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta
10:02	Marc Rubirola Vila (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
10:19	Brody Mcdonald (USA) Modern Adventure
10:35	Paul Hennequin (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi
10:47	Riley Pickrell (Can) Modern Adventure
11:02	Erlend Blikra (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
11:06	Henrik E. Farstadvoll (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team
11:56	Nikiforos Arvanitou (Gre) Team United Shipping
11:56	Joe Pidcock (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5
12:53	Aksel Laforce (Nor) Team Ringerike
12:53	Morthen Wang Baksaas (Nor) Lucky Sport Cycling Team

Top 10 general classification after stage 3
Position	Rider (Country) Team	Time Gap
1	Guillermo Thomas Silva Coussan (Uru) XDS Astana Team	11:31:07
2	Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	0:00:10
3	Alessandro Pinarello (Ita) NSN Cycling Team	0:00:21
4	Robbe Dhondt (Bel) Team Picnic PostNL	0:00:25
5	Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Team Jayco-AlUla	0:00:31
6	Sebastian Berwick (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:00:32
7	Thomas Bonnet (Fra) Team TotalEnergies	0:00:35
8	Wout Poels (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:00:36
9	Joris Delbove (Fra) Team TotalEnergies	0:00:40
10	Fabio Christen (Swi) Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:00:42

Czech Tour: In total control AJ August launches early on final climb to win stage 3

Patrick Fletcher — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 14:50:30 +0000

AJ August (Netcompany-Ineos) made it back-to-back victories at the Czech Tour, taking out the hilltop finish on stage 3 to extend his overall lead.

Wearing the yellow jersey after his victory on Saturday’s stage 2 summit finish, the 20-year-old American decided that attack was the best form of defense and put himself in a strong position to clinch the overall title on Sunday.

With the stage finishing atop the category-1 climb at Dlouhé stráně, August outsprinted Alessandro Fancellu (MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort) – who was also the runner-up the previous day – to the line.

In a repeat of the stage 2 podium, Domenico Pozzovivo (Solution Tech Nippo Rali) was third, trailing home several seconds down.

The stage came down to the final climb, which was relatively shallow until the steeper pitches in the final couple of kilometers. Ineos rode strongly to keep attacks under wraps until the final 2km, whereupon August decided to take matters into his own hands.

His first acceleration thinned the group to several riders, and his secondary kick reduced it to just the top three from the previous day. Pozzovivo was dropped briefly before getting back on as the finish line neared, but when August opened up the sprint he was gone again.

Fancellu put up a strong fight once again but couldn’t match August’s power and trailed home one second down.

With bonus seconds taken into account, August extends his overall lead from six seconds to 11 seconds over Fancellu, with Pozzovivo third at 23 seconds.

The race is still far from settled, however, with another hill-top finish to conclude the Czech Tour on Sunday.

"It's great to hold onto the yellow jersey, but it's even better to win the stage. It was similar to yesterday. The climb was tough today, but on both days it came down to the final meters," said August, as he also continues to lead the young rider classification.

"The biggest threat to me remains Alessandro Fancellu, who was second both today and yesterday. There isn't a big gap between us; we're at about the same level. Tomorrow, I expect the same battle."

Results

Stage 3 results
Pos	Rider	Time
1	Andrew August (USA) Netcompany Ineos	04:03:39
2	Alessandro Fancellu (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:00:01
3	Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Solution Tech Nippo Rali	00:00:06
4	Václav Ježek (Cze) Kasper Crypto4Me	00:00:13
5	Nicolas Breuillard (Fra) Totalenergies	00:00:13
6	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng (Nor) Netcompany Ineos	00:00:13
7	Piotr Pękala (Pol) Att Investments	00:00:13
8	Alex Tolio (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:00:13
9	Filippo Turconi (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:00:13
10	Max Bock (Ger) Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe Rookies	00:00:13
11	Jorge Gutierrez Gonzalez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma	00:00:13
12	Stefan de Bod (RSA) Modern Adventure	00:00:21
13	Luca Covili (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:00:25
14	Jan Hirt (Cze) NSN Cycling Team	00:00:25
15	Kamiel Bonneu (Bel) Solution Tech Nippo Rali	00:00:32
16	Geoffrey Bouchard (Fra) Totalenergies	00:00:37
17	Senne Thonnon (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00:00:37
18	Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Soudal-QuickStep	00:00:37
19	Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:00:37
20	Fernando Tercero Lopez (Spa) Polti-VisitMalta	00:00:37
21	Anatol Friedl (Aut) Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe Rookies	00:00:46
22	Alberto Carlo Monti (Cze) Att Investments	00:00:54
23	Adam Pešek (Cze) Kasper Crypto4Me	00:01:01
24	Samuel Fernandez Garcia (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:01:01
25	Paul Conor (Fra) Vendee U Primeo Energie	00:01:13
26	Unai Iribar Jauregi (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma	00:01:13
27	Joan Bou Company (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:01:18
28	Filip Gruszczyński (Pol) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:01:23
29	Alessandro Verre (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:01:23
30	Edward Santiago Cruz Martinez (Col) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:01:23
31	Jack Haig (Aus) Netcompany Ineos	00:01:23
32	Mateusz Gajdulewicz (Pol) Att Investments	00:01:33
33	Siebe Deweirdt (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00:02:07
34	Mattia Stenico (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:02:07
35	Gauthier Servranckx (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step Devo Team	00:02:07
36	Thomas Pesenti (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	00:02:07
37	Francisco Muñoz Llana (Spa) Polti-VisitMalta	00:02:07
38	Martin Bárta (Cze) Att Investments	00:02:07
39	Mats Wenzel (Lux) Equipo Kern Pharma	00:02:15
40	Ibai Azanza Burusco (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma	00:02:25
41	Dylan Vandenstorme (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00:02:25
42	Kieran Haug (USA) Modern Adventure	00:02:29
43	Pablo Carrascosa Miller (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma	00:02:33
44	Jordan Jegat (Fra) Totalenergies	00:02:33
45	Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	00:03:14
46	Francisco Joel Peñuela Sandoval (Ven) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:03:28
47	Davide Bais (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	00:03:28
48	Florian Samuel Kajamini (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:03:30
49	Matteo Turconi (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:04:32
50	Tomasz Budziński (Pol) Att Investments	00:05:02
51	Cesare Chesini (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:05:51
52	Antonio Polga (Ita) Novo Nordisk	00:06:02
53	Sam Brand (GBr) Novo Nordisk	00:06:02
54	Unai Ramos Murillo (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma	00:06:02
55	Pablo Lospitao Gonzalez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:06:15
56	Jakub Otruba (Cze) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:06:15
57	Gijs Schoonvelde (Ned) Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe Rookies	00:06:15
58	Riley Sheehan (USA) NSN Cycling Team	00:06:15
59	Marco Frigo (Ita) NSN Cycling Team	00:06:15
60	Manuele Tarozzi (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:06:15
61	Franciszek Kocur (Pol) Tufo - Pardus Prostejov	00:06:48
62	Nicola Marcerou (Fra) Totalenergies	00:07:32
63	Evan Pavis (Fra) Vendee U Primeo Energie	00:07:32
63	Lucas Dauge (Fra) Novo Nordisk	00:07:32
65	Leander van Hautegem (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00:07:32
66	Michael Boroš (Cze) Kasper Crypto4Me	00:07:32
67	Michael Kukrle (Cze) Kasper Crypto4Me	00:07:32
68	Mattia Bais (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	00:07:32
69	Fabricio German Crozzolo (Arg) Polti-VisitMalta	00:07:32
70	David Lozano Riba (Spa) Novo Nordisk	00:08:37
71	Roei Edinger (Isr) Nsn Development Team	00:08:42
72	Ben Turner (GBr) Netcompany Ineos	00:09:17
73	Ondřej Pokorný (Cze) Tufo - Pardus Prostejov	00:09:17
74	Milan Kadlec (Cze) Kasper Crypto4Me	00:09:17
75	Yen Yi 何 Ho 彥誼 (Tpe) Equipo Kern Pharma	00:09:33
76	Ian Lopez de San Roman (USA) Modern Adventure	00:09:49
77	Martin Svrček (Svk) Soudal-QuickStep	00:09:49
78	Nolan Huysmans (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00:10:21
79	Tomáš Přidal (Cze) Team United Shipping	00:10:25
80	Zsombor Palumby (Hun) Team United Shipping	00:10:25
81	Nikolaos Michail Drakos (Gre) Team United Shipping	00:10:25
82	Máté Endrédi (Hun) Team United Shipping	00:10:25
83	Sergi Darder Gari (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:10:37
84	Jan Castellon Ribalta (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:10:37
85	Samuel Boardman (USA) Modern Adventure	00:10:39
86	Daniel Šilhavý (Cze) Tufo - Pardus Prostejov	00:10:39
87	Quinten de Graeve (Bel) Novo Nordisk	00:10:39
88	Bob Jungels (Lux) Netcompany Ineos	00:10:42
89	Theodor Clemmensen (Den) Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe Rookies	00:11:20
90	Sebastian Putz (Aut) Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe Rookies	00:11:20
91	Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Netcompany Ineos	00:11:20
92	Scott Mcgill (USA) Modern Adventure	00:11:20
93	Samuel Florez Garces (Col) Modern Adventure	00:12:01
94	Pepijn Reinderink (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep	00:13:10
95	Dominik Neuman (Cze) Att Investments	00:14:20
96	Filippo Ridolfo (Ita) Novo Nordisk	00:14:20
97	Diego Bracalente (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:14:20
98	Fabien Grellier (Fra) Totalenergies	00:14:54
99	Jules Hesters (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00:15:08
100	Henri Vandenabeele (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00:15:10
101	Lorenzo Nespoli (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:15:22
102	Vojtěch Soukup (Cze) Tufo - Pardus Prostejov	00:16:29
103	Jan Kašpar (Cze) Tufo - Pardus Prostejov	00:16:29
104	Warre Vangheluwe (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:17:09
105	Gil Gelders (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:17:31
106	Harry Lasker (USA) Modern Adventure	00:17:36
107	Martin Voltr (Cze) Att Investments	00:17:36
108	Alex Beldon (GBr) Nsn Development Team	00:17:36
109	Michal Schuran (Cze) Team United Shipping	00:17:41
110	Rastko Nikačević (Srb) Team United Shipping	00:17:41
111	Michele Gazzoli (Ita) Solution Tech Nippo Rali	00:18:00
112	Josef Černý (Cze) Kasper Crypto4Me	00:18:10
113	Romet Pajur (Est) Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe Rookies	00:18:10
114	Veljko Stojnić (Srb) Team United Shipping	00:18:10
115	Alessandro Iacchi (Ita) Solution Tech Nippo Rali	00:18:10
116	Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Solution Tech Nippo Rali	00:18:10
117	Matteo Fabbro (Ita) Solution Tech Nippo Rali	00:18:10
118	Hayden Stevens (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk Development	00:18:23
119	Adam Bittman (Cze) Kasper Crypto4Me	00:18:23
120	Matyáš Koblížek (Cze) Tufo - Pardus Prostejov	00:18:52
121	Ben Swift (GBr) Netcompany Ineos	00:19:20
DNF	Tomáš Vrána (Cze) Tufo - Pardus Prostejov

General classification after stage 3
Pos	Rider	Time
1	Andrew August (USA) Netcompany Ineos	11:26:02
2	Alessandro Fancellu (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:00:11
3	Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Solution Tech Nippo Rali	00:00:23
4	Filippo Turconi (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:00:40
5	Max Bock (Ger) Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe Rookies	00:00:48
6	Nicolas Breuillard (Fra) Totalenergies	00:00:52
7	Václav Ježek (Cze) Kasper Crypto4Me	00:00:52
8	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng (Nor) Netcompany Ineos	00:00:52
9	Jorge Gutierrez Gonzalez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma	00:00:52
10	Luca Covili (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:00:58
11	Stefan de Bod (RSA) Modern Adventure	00:01:00
12	Jan Hirt (Cze) NSN Cycling Team	00:01:04
13	Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:01:06
14	Geoffrey Bouchard (Fra) Totalenergies	00:01:31
15	Alex Tolio (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:01:33
16	Senne Thonnon (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00:01:34
17	Fernando Tercero Lopez (Spa) Polti-VisitMalta	00:01:34
18	Piotr Pękala (Pol) Att Investments	00:01:41
19	Alberto Carlo Monti (Cze) Att Investments	00:01:45
20	Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Soudal-QuickStep	00:01:54
21	Samuel Fernandez Garcia (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:01:58
22	Anatol Friedl (Aut) Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe Rookies	00:02:01
23	Joan Bou Company (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:02:09
24	Unai Iribar Jauregi (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma	00:02:10
25	Mateusz Gajdulewicz (Pol) Att Investments	00:02:43
26	Mats Wenzel (Lux) Equipo Kern Pharma	00:02:48
27	Adam Pešek (Cze) Kasper Crypto4Me	00:02:56
28	Francisco Muñoz Llana (Spa) Polti-VisitMalta	00:03:04
29	Siebe Deweirdt (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00:03:04
30	Alessandro Verre (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:03:12
31	Gauthier Servranckx (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step Devo Team	00:03:15
32	Thomas Pesenti (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	00:03:24
33	Kieran Haug (USA) Modern Adventure	00:03:26
34	Pablo Carrascosa Miller (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma	00:03:27
35	Dylan Vandenstorme (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00:03:37
36	Filip Gruszczyński (Pol) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:03:39
37	Edward Santiago Cruz Martinez (Col) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:03:42
38	Francisco Joel Peñuela Sandoval (Ven) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:04:33
39	Mattia Stenico (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:04:39
40	Paul Conor (Fra) Vendee U Primeo Energie	00:04:39
41	Davide Bais (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	00:04:40
42	Martin Bárta (Cze) Att Investments	00:05:22
43	Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	00:05:41
44	Matteo Turconi (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:06:32
45	Jack Haig (Aus) Netcompany Ineos	00:07:02
46	Manuele Tarozzi (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:07:12
47	Cesare Chesini (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:07:16
48	Unai Ramos Murillo (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma	00:07:36
49	Florian Samuel Kajamini (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:07:55
50	Marco Frigo (Ita) NSN Cycling Team	00:07:56
51	Riley Sheehan (USA) NSN Cycling Team	00:08:55
52	Kamiel Bonneu (Bel) Solution Tech Nippo Rali	00:08:55
53	Tomasz Budziński (Pol) Att Investments	00:09:39
54	Antonio Polga (Ita) Novo Nordisk	00:09:43
55	Gijs Schoonvelde (Ned) Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe Rookies	00:09:51
56	Pablo Lospitao Gonzalez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:10:21
57	Sam Brand (GBr) Novo Nordisk	00:10:39
58	Michael Boroš (Cze) Kasper Crypto4Me	00:11:46
59	Jan Castellon Ribalta (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:12:11
60	Nolan Huysmans (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00:12:19
61	Jakub Otruba (Cze) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:12:20
62	Ibai Azanza Burusco (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma	00:12:34
63	Franciszek Kocur (Pol) Tufo - Pardus Prostejov	00:12:49
64	Tomáš Přidal (Cze) Team United Shipping	00:13:13
65	Jordan Jegat (Fra) Totalenergies	00:13:13
66	Máté Endrédi (Hun) Team United Shipping	00:13:13
67	Ben Turner (GBr) Netcompany Ineos	00:13:34
68	Michael Kukrle (Cze) Kasper Crypto4Me	00:13:37
69	Samuel Florez Garces (Col) Modern Adventure	00:13:44
70	Fabricio German Crozzolo (Arg) Polti-VisitMalta	00:13:58
71	Leander van Hautegem (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00:14:06
72	Milan Kadlec (Cze) Kasper Crypto4Me	00:14:37
73	Sergi Darder Gari (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:15:52
74	Nikolaos Michail Drakos (Gre) Team United Shipping	00:16:08
75	Martin Svrček (Svk) Soudal-QuickStep	00:16:35
76	Diego Bracalente (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:16:52
77	Dominik Neuman (Cze) Att Investments	00:16:56
78	Nicola Marcerou (Fra) Totalenergies	00:18:12
79	Evan Pavis (Fra) Vendee U Primeo Energie	00:18:12
80	Sebastian Putz (Aut) Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe Rookies	00:18:18
81	David Lozano Riba (Spa) Novo Nordisk	00:18:24
82	Mattia Bais (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	00:18:38
83	Zsombor Palumby (Hun) Team United Shipping	00:18:48
84	Filippo Ridolfo (Ita) Novo Nordisk	00:20:03
85	Quinten de Graeve (Bel) Novo Nordisk	00:20:19
86	Pepijn Reinderink (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep	00:20:32
87	Scott Mcgill (USA) Modern Adventure	00:21:29
88	Bob Jungels (Lux) Netcompany Ineos	00:21:50
89	Ian Lopez de San Roman (USA) Modern Adventure	00:22:16
90	Lucas Dauge (Fra) Novo Nordisk	00:22:39
91	Gil Gelders (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:24:04
92	Henri Vandenabeele (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00:25:24
93	Jules Hesters (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00:26:16
94	Michele Gazzoli (Ita) Solution Tech Nippo Rali	00:26:23
95	Warre Vangheluwe (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:27:18
96	Yen Yi 何 Ho 彥誼 (Tpe) Equipo Kern Pharma	00:27:27
97	Matteo Fabbro (Ita) Solution Tech Nippo Rali	00:28:52
98	Fabien Grellier (Fra) Totalenergies	00:29:28
99	Vojtěch Soukup (Cze) Tufo - Pardus Prostejov	00:29:51
100	Ondřej Pokorný (Cze) Tufo - Pardus Prostejov	00:30:52
101	Jan Kašpar (Cze) Tufo - Pardus Prostejov	00:31:03
102	Michal Schuran (Cze) Team United Shipping	00:31:30
103	Roei Edinger (Isr) Nsn Development Team	00:31:43
104	Adam Bittman (Cze) Kasper Crypto4Me	00:32:26
105	Alex Beldon (GBr) Nsn Development Team	00:32:40
106	Theodor Clemmensen (Den) Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe Rookies	00:32:47
107	Samuel Boardman (USA) Modern Adventure	00:32:58
108	Lorenzo Nespoli (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:33:00
109	Alessandro Iacchi (Ita) Solution Tech Nippo Rali	00:33:05
110	Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Solution Tech Nippo Rali	00:33:05
111	Josef Černý (Cze) Kasper Crypto4Me	00:33:15
112	Romet Pajur (Est) Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe Rookies	00:35:53
113	Ben Swift (GBr) Netcompany Ineos	00:35:57
114	Martin Voltr (Cze) Att Investments	00:37:47
115	Harry Lasker (USA) Modern Adventure	00:37:50
116	Daniel Šilhavý (Cze) Tufo - Pardus Prostejov	00:38:45
117	Veljko Stojnić (Srb) Team United Shipping	00:39:43
118	Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Netcompany Ineos	00:41:05
119	Rastko Nikačević (Srb) Team United Shipping	00:44:38
120	Matyáš Koblížek (Cze) Tufo - Pardus Prostejov	00:50:56
121	Hayden Stevens (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk Development	00:55:37

Volta a Portugal: Neutralised stage 8 concludes in mourning following tragic death of Finlay Tarling

cyclingnews@futurenet.com (Dani Ostanek) — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:30:10 +0000

The Volta a Portugal was in mourning on Friday after the tragic death of NSN Development Team rider Finlay Tarling during the 166.8km stage 8 from Melfaço to Fafe.

The 19-year-old Briton was racing off the back of the peloton when he was involved in a collision with an oncoming driver, who had driven their vehicle onto the race course, according to reporting from Portuguese national broadcaster RTP. Further details of the incident have yet to be disclosed.

Race organisers were quick to confirm the neutralisation of the stage, later announced that no racing would take place for the remainder of the day and podium ceremonies were also cancelled.

At the time of neutralisation, breakaway riders Afonso Silva (Tavira-Crédito Agrícola), Hugo Nunes (Credibom-LA Alumínios-Marcos Car) had a 40-second advantage over the peloton, led by UAE Team Emirates-XRG and the Anicolor-Campicorn team of race leader Alexis Guérin.

Both the breakaway pair and the peloton soon slowed to a crawl behind race organisation cars as the news spread through the peloton and beyond, and the race convoy continued to the finish line.

Tarling's NSN teammates – Alvaro García, Zac Marriage, Ben Morin, Emil Nielsen, and Alex Hewes – rode together towards the rear of the peloton, before later moving to the front of the group and leading the race in the final kilometres of the stage and across the finish line.

Earlier in the day, the stage got off to a fast start as attackers tried time and again to go clear at the front. Fábio Costa (Feira dos Sofás-Boavista), in the break yesterday, was on the attack on several occasions, including over the first classified climb of the day, the third-category Espinheiro (5.1km at 4.6%), after 50km of racing.

He drew out several other riders until he was out front with a group of 10. Txomin Juaristi (Euskaltel-Euskadi), as was José Neves (GI Group Holding-Simoldes UDO) – like Costa also on the attack during stage 7 – who lay fifth overall in the GC standings.

Despite Neves – 4:29 off the race lead – being in the move, their advantage quickly hit two minutes as UAE took up the pacemaking, looking to protect the third place overall of stage 7 winner Adrià Pericas.

Anicolor-Campicarn eventually contributed to the pacemaking, too, with the hilltop finish in Fafe in their sights. The finish, used yearly at the Volta, has seen victories by modern race legends including Gustavo César Veloso, Rui Sousa, and Cândido Barbosa, and both Guérin and Nych will have been eyeing it.

Racing into the final 40km, the two teams had cut the gap to a minute, and so Afonso Silva and Hugo Nunes set off in search of glory at the front.

Behind them, the rest of the break was caught, while further back, tragedy was unfolding as Tarling lost his life. The neutralisation of the race followed, with the peloton rolling to Fafe under a dark cloud.

Volta organisers haven't yet announced what they have planned for the remainder of the race, which was set to head for its famous summit finish at Senhora da Graça on Saturday before drawing to a conclusion with a final sprint stage in Porto on Sunday.

Arctic Race of Norway: Erlend Blikra gets a home win on stage 2

laura@cyclingnews.com (Laura Weislo) — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:02:08 +0000

Erland Blikra (Uno-X Mobility) powered to the victory on stage 2 of the Arctic Race of Norway in Andenes, out-pacing Ethan Vernon (NSN) and race leader Giovanni Lonardi (Polti VisitMalta).

Lonardi's bonus seconds for third were enough to keep him in the race leader's jersey.

"It's my first time winning a pro race in Norway, so it feels amazing," Blikra said.

"The sprint was really long, and I was just waiting for somebody to pass me, because I was really tired in the last 100 meters or so."

The timely win comes on the last opportunity for the sprinters before the race heads into the hills for back-to-back summit finishes on the final two stages.

"I was really motivated for today. Yesterday I had some confidence with my fourth place, and I knew I was one of the fastest guys, but I really wanted to improve on that. I think racing on home soil just gives me extra motivation," Blikra said.

(Image credit: Getty Images)

It was a cool, drizzly day for stage 2 of the Arctic Race of Norway, a 180-kilometre relatively flat stage from Bø i Vesterålen to Andenes in the far North of the Vesterålen archipelago. There wasn't much resistance to the early breakaway of four including Joseba López (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Victor Vercouillie (Flanders-Baloise), Ludvik Holstad (Ringerike), Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg (Lillehammer CK).

The sprinters' teams kept the move from gaining much more than 90 seconds, and even with the arrival of a reinforcement in Evertsen-Hegreberg's teammate Herman Eriksen, the gap remained steady until the final 30 kilometres.

With 12km to go, the peloton had the quintet in their sights as the road twisted and turned around the rugged coastline and onto the two finishing circuits in Andenes. A few tight corners gave the breakaway some more time out front, but they were eventually swept up into the peloton with 7.5km to go.

Lotto-Intermarché, NSN and Uno-X Mobility battled for the lead of the peloton into the final kilometre, keeping stage 1 winner Lonardi at bay. Blikra proved to be the strongest in the drag race to the line.

Results

Position	Rider (Country) Team	Time Gap
1	Erlend Blikra (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	3:56:49
2	Ethan Vernon (GBr) NSN Cycling Team
3	Giovanni Lonardi (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta
4	Riley Pickrell (Can) Modern Adventure
5	Anders Foldager (Den) Jayco-AlUla
6	Jason Tesson (Fra) Totalenergies
7	Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) Totalenergies
8	Nikiforos Arvanitou (Gre) Team United Shipping
9	Ronan Auge (Fra) Unibet Rose Rockets
10	Brody Mcdonald (USA) Modern Adventure

GC

Position	Rider (Country) Team	Time Gap
1	Giovanni Lonardi (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	8:01:58
2	Erlend Blikra (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:00:04
3	Teodor De Luca (Swe) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	0:00:06
4	Ethan Vernon (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	0:00:08
5	Jason Tesson (Fra) Totalenergies
6	Guillermo Thomas Silva Coussan (Uru) XDS Astana
7	Riley Pickrell (Can) Modern Adventure	0:00:10
8	Vincent Van Hemelen (Bel) Team Flanders- Baloise
9	Victor Vercouillie (Bel) Team Flanders- Baloise
10	Ludvik Aspelund Holstad (Nor) Team Ringerike	0:00:12

Czech Tour: Netcompany Ineos dominate stage 2 to deliver AJ August to mountaintop victory and race lead

Matilda Price — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 14:38:08 +0000

AJ August capitalised on a strong Netcompany Ineos team effort to soar to victory and into the race lead on stage 2 of the Czech Tour, finishing atop a 15km climb to Ještěd.

Ineos had paced for almost all of the long final climb, with Ben Turner going particularly deep after his second place on stage 1, meaning August was perfectly positioned going into the final battle for the line.

Initially hitting the front quite early, the American then let Alessandro Fancellu (MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort) lead out the grinding uphill sprint before coming back around the Italian into the final 100 metres to grab the victory.

Domenico Pozzovivo (Solution Tech NIPPO Rali) finished third.

August now leads the GC by six seconds from Fancellu, taking over the leader's jersey from stage 1 winner Riley Sheehan (NSN) who put in a valiant effort but just faded near the top of the final climb.

"We let them [the break] have the same gap for a while, and then when we really start to increase the pace the gap came down quite quick so it was all under control," August said at the finish.

"It was a long climb but the gradients weren't really steep until the last kilometre, we knew we had to ride a steady pace, but then go all out in the last kilometre."

This marks August's third victory of this season after stage wins at Itzulia Basque Country and the Volta Comunitat Valenciana, and he should be one of Ineos' leaders as they try to defend the race lead over the remaining two stages.

"Definitely one of them, but we still have Embret [Svestad-Bårdseng] close on GC so we have two cards to play for sure," he said.

Friday's stage 2 from Mladá Boleslav to Ještěd was mainly flat for the first 100km, but then kicked up in difficulty for the final 55km, with back-to-back categorised climbs to the finish at Ještěd, atop a 15km ascent.

A four-rider breakaway got away early in the day, made up of Gil Gelders (Soudal-QuickStep), Mattia Bais (Polti VisitMalta), Martin Voltr (ATT Investments) and Michal Schuran (Team United Shipping).

They built up a gap of nearly three minutes and were out front most of the stage, surviving over the penultimate Výpřež climb, but after that Gelders and Bais pushed on as a pair, dropping the two Czech riders to try to defend a shrinking advantage.

Hitting the base of the climb, Gelders and Bais still had a 30-second gap, but Netcompany Ineos were pacing hard behind to reel them back in, and they were caught early on the climb. A few riders tried to counter, but the high pace in the bunch meant it was still a compact group going into the final 5km, aside from a few riders who were caught in a crash.

Stage 1 runner-up Ben Turner paced all the way into the final 2km with a mammoth effort, almost coming to a standstill when he pulled off to hand over to Jack Haig and the remainder of the Ineos mountain train. Leader Sheehan survived almost to the top, but cracked when the favourites started to accelerate, saying goodbye to the race lead.

After the big effort from his team, August found himself on the front possibly too early, but let Fancellu come round to launch the sprint, sticking on his wheel before pulling round in the final 100m to power to the win with a two-second margin.

"It was really incredible [on the last climb] with all the fans, it made the pain in the legs a little less but it still hurt quite bad," he said.

Results

Stage 2 results
Position	Rider (Country) Team	Time Gap
1	AJ August (USA) Netcompany Ineos	3:37:28
2	Alessandro Fancellu (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	0:00:02
3	Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Solution Tech Nippo Rali	0:00:05
4	Filippo Turconi (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	0:00:07
5	Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	0:00:09
6	Luca Covili (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	0:00:13
7	Mats Wenzel (Lux) Equipo Kern Pharma	"
8	Max Bock (Ger) Red Bull- Bora- Hansgrohe Rookies	0:00:15
9	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng (Nor) Ineos Grenadiers	0:00:19
10	Stefan de Bod (RSA) Modern Adventure	"
11	Nicolas Breuillard (Fra) Totalenergies	"
12	Jorge Gutierrez Gonzalez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma	"
13	Václav Ježek (Cze) Kasper Crypto4Me	"
14	Jan Hirt (Cze) NSN Cycling Team	"
15	Alberto Carlo Monti (Cze) Att Investments	0:00:31
16	Joan Bou Company (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	"
17	Pablo Carrascosa Miller (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma	0:00:34
18	Geoffrey Bouchard (Fra) Totalenergies	"
19	Kieran Haug (USA) Modern Adventure	0:00:37
20	Fernando Tercero Lopez (Spa) Polti-VisitMalta	"
21	Unai Iribar Jauregi (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma	"
22	Francisco Muñoz Llana (Spa) Polti-VisitMalta	"
23	Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Soudal-QuickStep	"
24	Samuel Fernandez Garcia (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	"
25	Siebe Deweirdt (Bel) Team Flanders- Baloise	"
26	Senne Thonnon (Bel) Team Flanders- Baloise	"
27	Manuele Tarozzi (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	"
28	Francisco Joel Peñuela Sandoval (Ven) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:00:45
29	Gauthier Servranckx (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step Devo Team	0:00:48
30	Mateusz Gajdulewicz (Pol) Att Investments	0:00:50
31	Dylan Vandenstorme (Bel) Team Flanders- Baloise	0:00:52
32	Davide Bais (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	"
33	Anatol Friedl (Aut) Red Bull- Bora- Hansgrohe Rookies	0:00:55
34	Thomas Pesenti (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	0:00:57
35	Alex Tolio (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	0:01:00
36	Cesare Chesini (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	0:01:05
37	Piotr Pękala (Pol) Att Investments	0:01:08
38	Jan Castellon Ribalta (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:01:14
39	Unai Ramos Murillo (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma	"
40	Jack Haig (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers	0:01:19
41	Marco Frigo (Ita) NSN Cycling Team	0:01:21
42	Samuel Florez Garces (Col) Modern Adventure	0:01:23
43	Alessandro Verre (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	0:01:29
44	Adam Pešek (Cze) Kasper Crypto4Me	0:01:35
45	Nolan Huysmans (Bel) Team Flanders- Baloise	0:01:40
46	Matteo Turconi (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	"
47	Ian Lopez De San Roman (USA) Modern Adventure	"
48	Filip Gruszczyński (Pol) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	0:01:56
49	Edward Santiago Cruz Martinez (Col) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	0:01:59
50	Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	0:02:07
51	Diego Bracalente (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	0:02:12
52	Mattia Stenico (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	"
53	Dominik Neuman (Cze) Att Investments	0:02:17
54	Máté Endrédi (Hun) Team United Shipping	0:02:28
54	Tomáš Přidal (Cze) Team United Shipping	"
56	Riley Sheehan (USA) NSN Cycling Team	0:02:30
57	Martin Bárta (Cze) Att Investments	0:02:55
58	Sam Brand (GBr) Novo Nordisk	0:03:00
59	Paul Conor (Fra) Vendee U Primeo Energie	0:03:06
60	Gijs Schoonvelde (Ned) Red Bull- Bora- Hansgrohe Rookies	0:03:16
61	Antonio Polga (Ita) Novo Nordisk	0:03:21
62	Pablo Lospitao Gonzalez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:03:46
63	Michael Boroš (Cze) Kasper Crypto4Me	0:03:54
64	Ben Turner (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers	0:04:03
65	Florian Samuel Kajamini (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	0:04:05
66	Tomasz Budziński (Pol) Att Investments	0:04:17
67	Franciszek Kocur (Pol) Tufo- Pardus Prostejov	0:04:24
68	Lucas Dauge (Fra) Novo Nordisk	0:04:27
69	Fabricio German Crozzolo (Arg) Polti-VisitMalta	0:04:49
70	Sergi Darder Gari (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:04:55
71	Milan Kadlec (Cze) Kasper Crypto4Me	0:05:00
72	Nikolaos Michail Drakos (Gre) Team United Shipping	0:05:23
73	Filippo Ridolfo (Ita) Novo Nordisk	"
74	Michael Kukrle (Cze) Kasper Crypto4Me	0:05:45
75	Jakub Otruba (Cze) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	"
76	Leander Van Hautegem (Bel) Team Flanders- Baloise	0:06:14
77	Gil Gelders (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	"
78	Pepijn Reinderink (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep	0:06:26
79	Martin Svrček (Svk) Soudal-QuickStep	"
80	Sebastian Putz (Aut) Red Bull- Bora- Hansgrohe Rookies	0:06:38
81	Michele Gazzoli (Ita) Solution Tech Nippo Rali	0:08:03
82	Kamiel Bonneu (Bel) Solution Tech Nippo Rali	"
83	Zsombor Palumby (Hun) Team United Shipping	"
84	Quinten De Graeve (Bel) Novo Nordisk	"
85	Samuel Boardman (USA) Modern Adventure	0:08:05
86	Harry Lasker (USA) Modern Adventure	0:09:27
87	David Lozano Riba (Spa) Novo Nordisk	"
88	Ibai Azanza Burusco (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma	0:09:49
89	Josef Černý (Cze) Kasper Crypto4Me	"
90	Scott Mcgill (USA) Modern Adventure	"
91	Warre Vangheluwe (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	"
92	Theodor Clemmensen (Den) Red Bull- Bora- Hansgrohe Rookies	"
93	Henri Vandenabeele (Bel) Team Flanders- Baloise	0:09:54
94	Evan Pavis (Fra) Vendee U Primeo Energie	0:10:20
95	Nicola Marcerou (Fra) Totalenergies	"
96	Jordan Jegat (Fra) Totalenergies	"
97	Matteo Fabbro (Ita) Solution Tech Nippo Rali	0:10:22
98	Mattia Bais (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	0:10:48
99	Bob Jungels (Lux) Ineos Grenadiers	"
100	Jules Hesters (Bel) Team Flanders- Baloise	"
101	Vojtěch Soukup (Cze) Tufo- Pardus Prostejov	0:11:45
102	Michal Schuran (Cze) Team United Shipping	0:12:15
103	Fabien Grellier (Fra) Totalenergies	0:12:57
104	Jan Kašpar (Cze) Tufo- Pardus Prostejov	"
105	Alessandro Iacchi (Ita) Solution Tech Nippo Rali	0:13:18
106	Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Solution Tech Nippo Rali	"
107	Lorenzo Nespoli (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	"
108	Alex Beldon (GBr) Nsn Development Team	0:13:27
109	Adam Bittman (Cze) Kasper Crypto4Me	0:13:43
110	Martin Voltr (Cze) Att Investments	0:14:59
111	Veljko Stojnić (Srb) Team United Shipping	0:16:17
112	Rastko Nikačević (Srb) Team United Shipping	"
113	Ben Swift (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers	"
114	Yen Yi Ho (Tpe) Equipo Kern Pharma	"
115	Daniel Šilhavý (Cze) Tufo- Pardus Prostejov	0:17:26
116	Ondřej Pokorný (Cze) Tufo- Pardus Prostejov	"
117	Romet Pajur (Est) Red Bull- Bora- Hansgrohe Rookies	0:17:30
118	Roei Edinger (Isr) Nsn Development Team	0:21:24
119	Matyáš Koblížek (Cze) Tufo- Pardus Prostejov	"
120	Tomáš Vrána (Cze) Tufo- Pardus Prostejov	"
121	Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers	"
122	Hayden Stevens (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk Development	"
DNS	Paul Fietzke (Ger) Red Bull- Bora- Hansgrohe Rookies
DNF	Peter Joseph Blackmore (GBr) NSN Cycling Team

General classification after stage 2
Pos	Rider	Time
1	AJ August (USA) Netcompany Ineos	7:22:33
2	Alessandro Fancellu (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	0:00:06
3	Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Solution Tech Nippo Rali	0:00:11
4	Filippo Turconi (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	0:00:17
5	Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	0:00:19
6	Luca Covili (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	0:00:23
7	Mats Wenzel (Lux) Equipo Kern Pharma	0:00:23
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Volta a Portugal: Adrià Pericas scores first pro win on stage 7, outfoxing Guérin and Nych in three-up sprint finish

dani.ostanek@futurenet.com (Dani Ostanek) — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 16:46:27 +0000

Anicolor-Campicarn stamped their authority on the Volta a Portugal on the multi-mountain stage 7 in the far north of the country, even if they made something of a mess of a two-vs-one sprint for victory at the Termas do Gerês.

Instead, it was Adrià Pericas (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) who crossed the line first, outsprinting the Anicolor pair, 2024 and 2025 champion Artem Nych and race leader Alexis Guérin, after the trio had broken clear of their GC rivals 34km earlier.

Portuguese squad Anicolor had won four of the past five Voltas (two with Mauricio Moreira, two with Nych), and their dominance shows no sign of letting up this year. 34-year-old Guérin and 31-year-old Nych already held the race in a stranglehold following stage 4's Torre ascent and the following day's time trial, and they only extended their GC lead here.

The team put on a hard pace going into the day's second and final first-category climb, the part-cobbled Alto de Germil, taking Pericas and Pedro Silva (Feira dos Sofás-Boavista) with them. Silva couldn't hold on over the top, though, and so the leading trio raced towards the hilltop finish with 28 seconds ahead of him and with over two minutes in hand over anyone else.

Guerin remains in the race leader's yellow jersey with three stages – including Saturday's famed Senhora da Graça summit finish – left to run, while Nych stays in second overall, 47 seconds down. Pericas leapt up to third overall at 1:57, having made up well over three minutes on Tiago Antunes (Efapel), having been 35 seconds behind him this morning.

"Incredible, it was just a crazy stage, crazy hard. I felt super good; my teammates did a super good job, so I am proud to win this stage, and I am really happy. I will enjoy this a lot; it is super special for me – my first pro win," Pericas said after the stage.

"I worked a lot for this with my family and my friends. I just want to give thanks to all the people who carried me and took care of me. I am really happy.

"I saw the Anicolor riders were super strong. I was almost at my limit on the hard climb, and after that I felt super good on the downhill. I pushed all the way to the line, and I am now super, super happy."

Towards the start of the stage, a large breakaway of 13 riders went clear as the race explored the Peneda-Gerês National Park, with stage 6 winner Xabier Isasa (Euskaltel-Euskadi) among them. He was keen for another day out front, but the move didn't stay together for long, falling apart 50km into the race.

It was there, on the run to the day's opening first-category climb, the Mata da Albergaria (11.9km at 5.95%), where Fábio Costa (Feira dos Sofás-Boavista), runner-up at the recent Troféu Joaquim Agostinho, struck out alone.

He raced across the top and down the descent with a 40-second lead despite missing a corner on the way down. Nonetheless, as the race dipped in and out of Spain, he extended his advantage to 1:20 as Anicolor-Campicarn led the chase behind.

The men in yellow charged back into Portugal towards the next first-category climb of the Alto de Germil (11.9km at 5.9%), determined to track Costa down and make the climb a GC fight. They duly did so in the early kilometres of the climb, leaving just race leader Guérin, 2024 and 2025 winner Nych at the front along with fourth-placed Adrià Pericas and eighth-placed Pedro Silva (Feira dos Sofás-Boavista), while the other GC hopefuls, including third-placed Antunes, dropped away.

The leaders built their advantage on the way up the climb, which featured several cobbled sections, though Silva couldn't hold the pace and was dropped, trailing by several seconds at the summit. The next group consisting of Jokin Murguialday (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and José Neves (GI Group Holding-Simoldes-UDO) – a former Volta do Futuro winner racing his first Volta after a doping ban at W52-Porto – lay over a minute down.

Guérin had a scare on the descent, at one point unclipping to stay upright on a tight bend, but he, Nych, and Pericas held it together to race towards the final hilltop finish together with 20 seconds over Silva and two minutes up on Murguialday and Neves as Antunes lay a further minute back.

The closing climb to the Termas do Gerês (4.6km at 4%) saw Guérin, Nych and Pericas rotate on the front all the way to the final kilometre, each keen to maximise their GC gains. Guérin led Pericas and Nych up that final rise, and it was the young Spaniard who had the last laugh, outpacing both of them to score the win.

Results

Stage 7 result
Pos	Rider	Time
1	Adria Pericas Capdevila (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3:48:32
2	Artem Nych (Rus) Anicolor/Campicarn	3:48:32
3	Alexis Guerin (Fra) Anicolor/Campicarn	3:48:32
4	Pedro Silva (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	3:49:00
5	José Carlos Prates Neves Fernandes (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	3:50:53
6	Jokin Murguialday (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:50:53
7	David Dominguez Vilchez (Spa) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	3:51:51
8	Rafael Barbas (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	3:51:58
9	Louis Ferreira (Fra) Anicolor/Campicarn	3:51:58
10	Diogo Barbosa (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	3:51:58
11	Tiago Antunes (Por) Efapel Cycling	3:51:58
12	Rui Carvalho (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	3:51:58
13	Emanuel Duarte (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	3:51:58
14	Adrian Camilo Bustamante Ruda (Col) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	3:53:38
15	Abner González Rivera (PuR) Feirense - Beeceler	3:53:38
16	Afonso Silva (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	3:53:38
17	Angel Lorenzo Sanchez Rebollido (Spa) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	3:53:38
18	Carlos Garcia Pierna (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH	3:53:41
19	Lorenzo Quartucci (Ita) Burgos Burpellet BH	3:53:41
20	Emil Nielsen (Den) Nsn Development Team	3:55:23
21	Fábio Costa (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	3:55:23
22	Jesus Del Pino Corrochano (Spa) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	3:55:23
23	Harrison Wood (GBr) Feirense - Beeceler	3:55:23
24	Pedro Figueiredo Leme (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	3:55:34
25	Ailetz Lasa Lizarraga (Spa) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	3:58:17
26	Eduardo Perez-Landaluce Gonzalez (Spa) Obidos Cycling Team	4:00:20
27	André Ribeiro (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	4:00:22
28	Jordi Lopez Caravaca (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	4:03:45
29	Oscar Rota Rus (Spa) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	4:03:45
30	Henrique da Silva Avancini (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	4:03:45
31	Daniel Viegas (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	4:03:45
32	Guilherme Mestre (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	4:03:45
33	João Medeiros (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	4:03:45
34	Jeremy Smith (Aus) Obidos Cycling Team	4:03:45
35	Tomas Contte (Arg) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	4:05:20
36	Daniel Cavia Sanz (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH	4:12:23
37	Danny van der Tuuk (Pol) Euskaltel-Euskadi	4:12:23
38	Txomin Juaristi Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	4:12:23
39	Jaume Espuis Rel (Spa) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz	4:12:23
40	Jesus David Peña Jimenez (Col) Efapel Cycling	4:12:23
41	Xabier Isasa Larrañaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	4:12:23
42	Gaspar Gonçalves (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	4:17:05
43	Joaquim Silva (Por) Efapel Cycling	4:17:05
44	Diogo Gonçalves (Por) Efapel Cycling	4:17:05
45	Diogo Pinto (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	4:17:05
46	Rafael Reis (Por) Anicolor/Campicarn	4:17:05
47	Enzo Leijnse (Ned) Anicolor/Campicarn	4:17:05
48	Jaime Torres Arias (Spa) Uae Team Emirates Gen-Z	4:17:05
49	Cláudio Leal (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	4:17:05
50	Alexandre Montez (Por) Feirense - Beeceler	4:17:05
51	Rui Filipe Alves Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	4:17:05
52	André Carvalho (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	4:17:05
53	Pedro Pinto (Por) Efapel Cycling	4:17:05
54	Abdulla Jasim Al-Ali (UAE) Uae Team Emirates Gen-Z	4:17:05
55	Jorge Galvez Lopez (Spa) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	4:17:28
56	Francisco Campos (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	4:17:28
57	Edson Gilmar de Rezende Junior (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	4:18:11
58	Gabriel Sousa Silva (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	4:18:11
59	Finlay Tarling (GBr) Nsn Development Team	4:18:11
60	Alvaro Garcia Gimenez (Spa) Nsn Development Team	4:18:11
61	Bruno Martins Lemes (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	4:18:11
62	Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	4:18:11
63	Ronan O Connor (Irl) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery	4:20:13
64	Adam Lewis (GBr) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery	4:20:13
65	Conn Mc Dunphy (Irl) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery	4:20:13
66	Andrew Lydic (USA) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery	4:20:13
67	Maksym Bilyi (Ukr) Burgos Burpellet BH	4:20:13
68	Bernardo Gaston Cambareri (Arg) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz	4:20:13
69	Ferran Miravalles Badimon (Spa) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz	4:20:13
70	Iker Bonillo Martin (Spa) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	4:20:13
71	Jade Rohde (USA) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz	4:20:13
72	Rafael Sousa (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	4:20:13
73	Hugo Nunes (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	4:20:13
74	Diogo Narciso (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	4:20:13
75	Lucas Lopes (Por) Efapel Cycling	4:20:13
76	João Oliveira (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	4:20:13
77	João Martins (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	4:20:13
78	Bruno Maceiras (Por) Obidos Cycling Team	4:20:13
79	Alvaro Navas Marchal (Spa) Obidos Cycling Team	4:20:13
80	Alexander Hewes (Aus) Nsn Development Team	4:20:13
81	Carlos Salgueiro (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	4:20:13
82	Ben Morin (Can) Nsn Development Team	4:20:13
83	Rúben Rodrigues (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	4:20:13
84	Zachary Marriage (Aus) Nsn Development Team	4:20:13
85	Francisco Morais (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	4:20:13
86	José Moreira (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	4:20:13
87	Leangel Meneses (Ven) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	4:20:13
88	Axel van der Tuuk (Ned) Euskaltel-Euskadi	4:20:20
89	Fábio Oliveira (Por) Feirense - Beeceler	4:20:35
90	João Matias (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	4:20:41
91	Filipe Francisco (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	4:20:52
92	Gonçalo Carvalho (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	4:20:52
93	César Martingil (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	4:21:39
94	Francisco Pereira (Por) Feirense - Beeceler	4:21:39
95	Viacheslav Ivanov (Rus) Feirense - Beeceler	4:21:47
96	Keegam Swirbul (USA) Efapel Cycling	4:21:47
OTL	Andrey André (Bra) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo
OTL	Luca Giaimi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
OTL	Julius Johansen (Den) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
OTL	Marcos Freire Cobo (Spa) Uae Team Emirates Gen-Z
OTL	Santiago Mesa Pietralunga (Col) Anicolor/Campicarn
OTL	Pedro Andrade (Por) Feirense - Beeceler
DNF	Carson Miles (Can) Anicolor/Campicarn
DNF	Itamar Einhorn (Isr) NSN Cycling Team
DNF	Joao Pedro Rossi (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling
DNF	Jose Manuel Gutierrez Revuelta (Spa) Obidos Cycling Team
DNF	Joshua Lebo (USA) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz

General classification
Pos	Rider	Time
1	Alexis Guerin (Fra) Anicolor/Campicarn	23:29:45
2	Artem Nych (Rus) Anicolor/Campicarn	0:00:47
3	Adria Pericas Capdevila (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:01:57
4	Pedro Silva (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	0:03:21
5	José Carlos Prates Neves Fernandes (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	0:04:29
6	Tiago Antunes (Por) Efapel Cycling	0:04:57
7	Jokin Murguialday (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:05:18
8	Emanuel Duarte (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	0:05:58
9	Rui Carvalho (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	0:07:54
10	Louis Ferreira (Fra) Anicolor/Campicarn	0:08:03
11	Diogo Barbosa (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	0:08:56
12	Abner González Rivera (PuR) Feirense - Beeceler	0:09:03
13	Adrian Camilo Bustamante Ruda (Col) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	0:09:44
14	Fábio Costa (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	0:09:49
15	Jesus Del Pino Corrochano (Spa) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	0:11:45
16	Carlos Garcia Pierna (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH	0:12:31
17	David Dominguez Vilchez (Spa) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	0:13:01
18	Rafael Barbas (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	0:13:06
19	Emil Nielsen (Den) Nsn Development Team	0:13:22
20	Harrison Wood (GBr) Feirense - Beeceler	0:13:29
21	Angel Lorenzo Sanchez Rebollido (Spa) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	0:19:09
22	Pedro Figueiredo Leme (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	0:22:56
23	Ailetz Lasa Lizarraga (Spa) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	0:23:22
24	André Ribeiro (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	0:23:27
25	Afonso Silva (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	0:23:43
26	Eduardo Perez-Landaluce Gonzalez (Spa) Obidos Cycling Team	0:24:20
27	Jordi Lopez Caravaca (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:26:16
28	Txomin Juaristi Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:26:35
29	Lorenzo Quartucci (Ita) Burgos Burpellet BH	0:26:57
30	Jesus David Peña Jimenez (Col) Efapel Cycling	0:28:05
31	Henrique da Silva Avancini (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	0:28:34
32	Xabier Isasa Larrañaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:31:26
33	Daniel Viegas (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	0:33:16
34	Lucas Lopes (Por) Efapel Cycling	0:36:32
35	Oscar Rota Rus (Spa) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	0:38:01
36	Keegam Swirbul (USA) Efapel Cycling	0:38:47
37	Gaspar Gonçalves (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	0:43:29
38	Joaquim Silva (Por) Efapel Cycling	0:44:02
39	Tomas Contte (Arg) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	0:44:58
40	Rui Filipe Alves Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:45:59
41	Rafael Reis (Por) Anicolor/Campicarn	0:46:03
42	Viacheslav Ivanov (Rus) Feirense - Beeceler	0:46:19
43	Francisco Campos (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	0:46:28
44	João Medeiros (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	0:46:50
45	Alvaro Garcia Gimenez (Spa) Nsn Development Team	0:47:36
46	Zachary Marriage (Aus) Nsn Development Team	0:49:51
47	Jeremy Smith (Aus) Obidos Cycling Team	0:50:59
48	Diogo Gonçalves (Por) Efapel Cycling	0:51:34
49	Hugo Nunes (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	0:53:53
50	Daniel Cavia Sanz (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH	0:55:27
51	Maksym Bilyi (Ukr) Burgos Burpellet BH	0:55:56
52	Gonçalo Carvalho (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	0:56:16
53	André Carvalho (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	0:58:28
54	Adam Lewis (GBr) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery	1:00:15
55	Abdulla Jasim Al-Ali (UAE) Uae Team Emirates Gen-Z	1:00:25
56	Diogo Narciso (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	1:00:35
57	Pedro Pinto (Por) Efapel Cycling	1:00:49
58	Jorge Galvez Lopez (Spa) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	1:00:52
59	Bruno Martins Lemes (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	1:02:22
60	Cláudio Leal (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	1:02:26
61	Alexander Hewes (Aus) Nsn Development Team	1:03:35
62	Guilherme Mestre (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	1:03:36
63	Iker Bonillo Martin (Spa) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	1:04:39
64	Axel van der Tuuk (Ned) Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:07:28
65	Filipe Francisco (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	1:10:17
66	Rúben Rodrigues (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	1:11:14
67	Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:11:34
68	Andrew Lydic (USA) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery	1:11:42
69	João Matias (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	1:12:13
70	Danny van der Tuuk (Pol) Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:13:19
71	Jaume Espuis Rel (Spa) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz	1:13:25
72	Jaime Torres Arias (Spa) Uae Team Emirates Gen-Z	1:17:10
73	Edson Gilmar de Rezende Junior (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	1:17:20
74	Finlay Tarling (GBr) Nsn Development Team	1:17:30
75	João Martins (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	1:17:50
76	Conn Mc Dunphy (Irl) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery	1:18:56
77	Ben Morin (Can) Nsn Development Team	1:20:19
78	Enzo Leijnse (Ned) Anicolor/Campicarn	1:21:42
79	Alexandre Montez (Por) Feirense - Beeceler	1:23:43
80	Gabriel Sousa Silva (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	1:25:09
81	Diogo Pinto (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	1:28:01
82	Fábio Oliveira (Por) Feirense - Beeceler	1:28:26
83	Carlos Salgueiro (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	1:28:50
84	Alvaro Navas Marchal (Spa) Obidos Cycling Team	1:29:16
85	Ferran Miravalles Badimon (Spa) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz	1:32:01
86	Ronan O Connor (Irl) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery	1:32:18
87	Leangel Meneses (Ven) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	1:32:18
88	João Oliveira (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	1:32:26
89	Rafael Sousa (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	1:34:36
90	Bernardo Gaston Cambareri (Arg) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz	1:35:35
91	Francisco Pereira (Por) Feirense - Beeceler	1:36:16
92	José Moreira (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	1:38:14
93	César Martingil (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	1:40:45
94	Jade Rohde (USA) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz	1:41:05
95	Francisco Morais (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	1:44:33
96	Bruno Maceiras (Por) Obidos Cycling Team	1:48:37

Mountain classification
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Alexis Guerin (Fra) Anicolor/Campicarn	48
2	Artem Nych (Rus) Anicolor/Campicarn	43
3	Pedro Silva (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	41
4	Oscar Rota Rus (Spa) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	28
5	Adria Pericas Capdevila (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	27
6	Jokin Murguialday (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	22
7	José Carlos Prates Neves Fernandes (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	20
8	Fábio Costa (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	17
9	Rúben Rodrigues (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	15
10	Abner González Rivera (PuR) Feirense - Beeceler	14
11	Rui Filipe Alves Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	14
12	Adrian Camilo Bustamante Ruda (Col) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	13
13	Louis Ferreira (Fra) Anicolor/Campicarn	11
14	João Medeiros (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	10
15	Gonçalo Carvalho (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	10
16	Rafael Barbas (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	9
17	Rui Carvalho (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	8
18	Tomas Contte (Arg) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	8
19	Tiago Antunes (Por) Efapel Cycling	6
20	Emanuel Duarte (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	6
21	Iker Bonillo Martin (Spa) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	5
22	Ben Morin (Can) Nsn Development Team	5
23	Jesus David Peña Jimenez (Col) Efapel Cycling	4
24	Francisco Pereira (Por) Feirense - Beeceler	4
25	Diogo Barbosa (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	3
26	Txomin Juaristi Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	3
27	Adam Lewis (GBr) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery	3
28	Ronan O Connor (Irl) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery	3
29	Bernardo Gaston Cambareri (Arg) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz	2
30	José Moreira (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	2
31	Lucas Lopes (Por) Efapel Cycling	1
32	Rafael Reis (Por) Anicolor/Campicarn	1
33	Bruno Martins Lemes (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	1
34	Diogo Pinto (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	1

Points classification
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Rui Filipe Alves Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	74
2	Daniel Cavia Sanz (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH	58
3	Francisco Campos (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	56
4	Artem Nych (Rus) Anicolor/Campicarn	50
5	Tomas Contte (Arg) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	42
6	Alexis Guerin (Fra) Anicolor/Campicarn	41
7	Xabier Isasa Larrañaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	40
8	Pedro Silva (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	35
9	Adria Pericas Capdevila (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	29
10	Leangel Meneses (Ven) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	25
11	Iker Bonillo Martin (Spa) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	21
12	Jokin Murguialday (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	21
13	José Carlos Prates Neves Fernandes (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	20
14	João Matias (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	20
15	Carlos Salgueiro (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	20
16	Tiago Antunes (Por) Efapel Cycling	15
17	Fábio Costa (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	12
18	Axel van der Tuuk (Ned) Euskaltel-Euskadi	11
19	Rafael Barbas (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	10
20	Bernardo Gaston Cambareri (Arg) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz	9
21	Abner González Rivera (PuR) Feirense - Beeceler	8
22	Jesus Del Pino Corrochano (Spa) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	8
23	Louis Ferreira (Fra) Anicolor/Campicarn	6
24	Adrian Camilo Bustamante Ruda (Col) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	6
25	David Dominguez Vilchez (Spa) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	6
26	Jordi Lopez Caravaca (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	6
27	Adam Lewis (GBr) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery	5
28	André Carvalho (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	3
29	Gabriel Sousa Silva (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	3
30	José Moreira (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	3
31	Emanuel Duarte (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	2
32	Diogo Barbosa (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	2
33	Txomin Juaristi Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	2
34	Henrique da Silva Avancini (Bra) Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling	2
35	Oscar Rota Rus (Spa) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	2
36	Alvaro Navas Marchal (Spa) Obidos Cycling Team	2
37	Ronan O Connor (Irl) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery	2
38	Jesus David Peña Jimenez (Col) Efapel Cycling	1
39	João Medeiros (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	1
40	João Martins (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	1

Youth classification
Pos	Rider	Time
1	Adria Pericas Capdevila (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:00:00
2	Rafael Barbas (Por) Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua	0:11:09
3	Emil Nielsen (Den) Nsn Development Team	0:11:25
4	André Ribeiro (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	0:21:30
5	Alvaro Garcia Gimenez (Spa) Nsn Development Team	0:45:39
6	Jeremy Smith (Aus) Obidos Cycling Team	0:49:02
7	Cláudio Leal (Por) Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	1:00:29
8	Alexander Hewes (Aus) Nsn Development Team	1:01:38
9	Guilherme Mestre (Por) Team Tavira /Crédito Agricola	1:01:39
10	Rúben Rodrigues (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	1:09:17
11	Jaime Torres Arias (Spa) Uae Team Emirates Gen-Z	1:15:13
12	Finlay Tarling (GBr) Nsn Development Team	1:15:33
13	João Martins (Por) Credibom / La Alumínios / Marcos Car	1:15:53
14	Ben Morin (Can) Nsn Development Team	1:18:22
15	Alvaro Navas Marchal (Spa) Obidos Cycling Team	1:27:19
16	Rafael Sousa (Por) Feira Dos Sofás - Boavista	1:32:39
17	Bernardo Gaston Cambareri (Arg) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz	1:33:38
18	José Moreira (Por) Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - Udo	1:36:17
19	Jade Rohde (USA) Meridian Racing P/B De La Uz	1:39:08

Arctic Race of Norway: Giovanni Lonardi steals the show in stage 1 sprint

Owen Rogers — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 16:11:39 +0000

Giovanni Lonardi won the opening stage bunch sprint at the Arctic Tour of Norway on Thursday, the Polti-Visit Malta edging clear after a messy sprint.

After a scruffy closing kilometre, Lonardi found his way to the front of the race with just a handful of metres remaining, edging Jason Tesson (TotalEnergies) into second place, with Riley Pickrell (Modern Adventure) in third place.

The closing kilometres of the stage were a tense affair, the day’s breakaway made up of Continental Team level riders working brilliantly to stay away. They were only caught inside the final three kilometres, a number of team trying hard to position their sprinters for the final.

The win was Lonardi’s first since winning stage 2 of the Tour of Istanbul in September 2025, and will have come as a relief to the 29-year-old sprinter.

"I'm super happy, I search for it a lot this year and it comes today. I'm very, very happy and also the team did an amazing job today. I have no words, I searched for it a lot and I win today.

"I think that I'm in good shape. In the Tour of Denmark last week I tried to win, but I don't have the best feeling this year to try to do a sprint like this, but we did everything good today and I win.

"Today the plan was to win, tomorrow also is a good stage for me, I think, maybe another sprint and then the next two days we have two good riders to do the GC, so we will see day by day." (edited)

For its 13th edition, the opening stage took on an 181.9km route between Evenes and Myre on the coast, and featured three classified climbs, the last of which came 26km from the line before the race headed to the finish for a single 6.2km lap of the finish town.

(Image credit: Getty Images)

With the flag dropped, five riders were soon up the road, Victor Vercouille (Flanders-Baloise) escaping with four home riders, Eirik Van Aas (Drali-Repsol), Henrik Teslo Fjellheim (Lillehammer CK), Ludvik Holstad (Team Ringerike) and Morthem Wang Baksaas (Lucky Sport).

The group were allowed their heads, and by the time they reached the day's first climb, just over 90km from the line, they led by a touch under three minutes.

Behind them, and unsurprisingly, the UNO-X Mobility team took on chasing duties, the NSN squad coming to their aid and the gap dropping below two minutes as the race dipped inside the final 70km.

That gap remained static until the approach to the day's second climb when, with the Polti-Visit Malta team assisting with the chase, it dropped to around 1:20 by the time they crested the top.

With the gap coming down fast, two riders attacked the peloton, Axel Källberg and Teodor De Luca bridging across to join teammate Baksaas. By this time, however, the peloton was only 30 seconds behind, and their efforts seemed fruitless.

However, as the race approached the Myre for the first passage of the fish line, the leaders' advantage began to grow, and the peloton entered the final 15km with a deficit of 35 seconds.

Finally, other teams came to the front of the bunch, and with Baksaas and Fjellheim dropped from the leading group, the gap began to drop. Despite some attacks in the leading group, the breakaway managed to maintain their lead for the intermediate sprint, though the gap was under 10 seconds with 6.2km to go.

The breakaway was eventually caught with 2.9km remaining, NSN, TotalEnergies and Lotto-Intermarché finally closing them down and a bunch sprint was inevitable.

Results

Stage Classification
Pos	Rider	Time
1	Giovanni Lonardi (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	4:05:23
2	Jason Tesson (Fra) Totalenergies	00
3	Riley Pickrell (Can) Modern Adventure	00
4	Erlend Blikra (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00
5	Ethan Vernon (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	00
6	Nikiforos Arvanitou (Gre) Team United Shipping	00
7	Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00
8	Mathieu Kockelmann (Lux) Lotto-Intermarché	00
9	Vilmer Ekman (Swe) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	00
10	Emils Liepins (Lat) Pinarello-Q36.5	00
11	Brody Mcdonald (USA) Modern Adventure	00
12	Joseba Lopez Cuesta (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00
13	Henrik E. Farstadvoll (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	00
14	Artëm Fofonov (Fra) Xds Astana Development Team	00
15	Anders Foldager (Den) Jayco-AlUla	00
16	Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00
17	Rotem Tene (Isr) NSN Cycling Team	00
18	Kiaan Watts (NZl) Nsn Development Team	00
19	Iker Villar Galdeano (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00
20	Casper Cornelis van Uden (Ned) Picnic PostNL	00
21	Artuur Torney (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00
22	Ronan Auge (Fra) Unibet Rose Rockets	00
23	Xabier Berasategi Garmendia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00
24	Andreas Flaatten (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	00
25	Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) Totalenergies	00
26	Marc Rubirola Vila (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00
27	Darren van Bekkum (Ned) XDS Astana	00
28	Tobias Risan Nakken (Nor) Team Drali - Repsol	00
29	Robbe Dhondt (Bel) Picnic PostNL	00
30	Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg (Nor) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	00
31	Dillon Corkery (Irl) Picnic PostNL	00
32	Alex Diaz Alvarez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00
33	Henrik Pedersen (Den) Uno-X Mobility	00
34	Mirco Maestri (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	00
35	Hamish Mckenzie (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	00
36	Aksel Laforce (Nor) Team Ringerike	00
37	Michiel Lambrecht (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00
38	Sander Granberg (Nor) Team Drali - Repsol	00
39	Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	00
40	Fabio Christen (Swi) Pinarello-Q36.5	00
41	Guillermo Thomas Silva Coussan (Uru) XDS Astana	00
42	Alessandro Pinarello (Ita) NSN Cycling Team	00
43	Karl Emil Kjeldsand (Nor) Team Drali - Repsol	00
44	Joel Nicolau Beltran (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00
45	Wouter Poels (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	00
46	Jon Agirre Egaña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00
47	Ward Vanhoof (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00
48	Lennert van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00
49	Teodor de Luca (Swe) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	00
50	Victor Vercouillie (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00
51	Christian Alexander Klund (Nor) Team Ringerike	00
52	Herman Emil Eriksen (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	00
53	Johannes Kulset (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00
54	Marco Schrettl (Aut) XDS Astana	00
55	Dario Giuliano (Fra) Polti-VisitMalta	00
56	Ludovico Crescioli (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	00
57	Hugo Lennartsson (Swe) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	00
58	Louis Sutton (GBr) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00
59	Mark Donovan (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	00
60	Vincent van Hemelen (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00
61	Peder Wettre Andreassen (Nor) Team Ringerike	00
62	Alessandro Covi (Ita) Jayco-AlUla	00
63	Axel Källberg (Fin) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	00
64	Thomas Eriksen (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	00
65	Toralf Rydningen Martinsen (Nor) Team Drali - Repsol	00
66	Thomas Bonnet (Fra) Totalenergies	00
67	Joris Delbove (Fra) Totalenergies	00
68	Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Unibet Rose Rockets	00
69	Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00
70	Cole Kessler (USA) Modern Adventure	00
71	Felix Ørn-Kristoff (Nor) Lotto-Intermarché	00
72	Elias Maris (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00
73	Kevin Andre Sandli Messel (Nor) Team Ringerike	00
74	Martin Tjøtta (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00
75	Owen Geleijn (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	00
76	Samuel Leroux (Fra) Totalenergies	00
77	Cedrik Bakke Christophersen (Nor) Unibet Rose Rockets	00
78	Georg Rydningen Martinsen (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	00
79	Magnus Kulset (Nor) Team Ringerike	00
80	Nicolas Alustiza Goenaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00
81	Even Thorvaldsen (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	00
82	Damien Howson (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5	00
83	Thomas Gachignard (Fra) Totalenergies	00
84	Halvor Dolven (Nor) Lotto - Groupe Wanty	00
85	Matteo Badilatti (Swi) Pinarello-Q36.5	00
86	Sébastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00
87	Andréa Mifsud (Mlt) Polti-VisitMalta	00
88	Dion Allan Smith (NZl) NSN Cycling Team	00
89	Joe Pidcock (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	00
90	Oscar Amey (GBr) Nsn Development Team	00
91	Ådne Holter (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00
92	Anton Kuzmin (Kaz) XDS Astana	00
93	Sebastian Berwick (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00
94	Christopher Jensen (Den) Jayco-AlUla	00
95	Andrea Pietrobon (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	00
96	Morthen Wang Baksaas (Nor) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	00
97	Mark Stewart (GBr) Modern Adventure	00
98	Ludvik Aspelund Holstad (Nor) Team Ringerike	00
99	Henrik Teslo Fjellheim (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	00
100	Ezra Caudell (USA) Modern Adventure	47
101	Byron Munton (RSA) Modern Adventure	00
102	Karsten Larsen Feldmann (Nor) Unibet Rose Rockets	00
103	Eirik Vang Aas (Nor) Team Drali - Repsol	00
104	Bert Bolle (Bel) Volkerwessels	00
105	Paul Hennequin (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00
106	Alexy Faure Prost (Fra) Picnic PostNL	00
107	Oliver Bleddyn (Aus) Team Brennan
108	Bjoern Koerdt (GBr) Picnic PostNL	00

Stage Points Classification
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Giovanni Lonardi (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	25
2	Jason Tesson (Fra) Totalenergies	22
3	Riley Pickrell (Can) Modern Adventure	20
4	Erlend Blikra (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	18
5	Ethan Vernon (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	16
6	Nikiforos Arvanitou (Gre) Team United Shipping	14
7	Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	12
8	Mathieu Kockelmann (Lux) Lotto-Intermarché	10
9	Vilmer Ekman (Swe) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	8
10	Teodor de Luca (Swe) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	6
11	Emils Liepins (Lat) Pinarello-Q36.5	6
12	Victor Vercouillie (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	4
13	Ludvik Aspelund Holstad (Nor) Team Ringerike	2

Stage Mountain Classification
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Morthen Wang Baksaas (Nor) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	8
2	Eirik Vang Aas (Nor) Team Drali - Repsol	7
3	Ludvik Aspelund Holstad (Nor) Team Ringerike	2
4	Henrik Teslo Fjellheim (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	1

Stage Youth Classification
Pos	Rider	Time
1	Riley Pickrell (Can) Modern Adventure	4:05:23
2	Nikiforos Arvanitou (Gre) Team United Shipping	00
3	Mathieu Kockelmann (Lux) Lotto-Intermarché	00
4	Vilmer Ekman (Swe) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	00
5	Brody Mcdonald (USA) Modern Adventure	00
6	Henrik E. Farstadvoll (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	00
7	Artëm Fofonov (Fra) Xds Astana Development Team	00
8	Anders Foldager (Den) Jayco-AlUla	00
9	Rotem Tene (Isr) NSN Cycling Team	00
10	Kiaan Watts (NZl) Nsn Development Team	00
11	Iker Villar Galdeano (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00
12	Casper Cornelis van Uden (Ned) Picnic PostNL	00
13	Artuur Torney (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00
14	Ronan Auge (Fra) Unibet Rose Rockets	00
15	Andreas Flaatten (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	00
16	Marc Rubirola Vila (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00
17	Darren van Bekkum (Ned) XDS Astana	00
18	Tobias Risan Nakken (Nor) Team Drali - Repsol	00
19	Robbe Dhondt (Bel) Picnic PostNL	00
20	Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg (Nor) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	00
21	Alex Diaz Alvarez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00
22	Henrik Pedersen (Den) Uno-X Mobility	00
23	Hamish Mckenzie (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	00
24	Aksel Laforce (Nor) Team Ringerike	00
25	Michiel Lambrecht (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00
26	Sander Granberg (Nor) Team Drali - Repsol	00
27	Fabio Christen (Swi) Pinarello-Q36.5	00
28	Guillermo Thomas Silva Coussan (Uru) XDS Astana	00
29	Alessandro Pinarello (Ita) NSN Cycling Team	00
30	Karl Emil Kjeldsand (Nor) Team Drali - Repsol	00
31	Lennert van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00
32	Teodor de Luca (Swe) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	00
33	Victor Vercouillie (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00
34	Christian Alexander Klund (Nor) Team Ringerike	00
35	Herman Emil Eriksen (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	00
36	Johannes Kulset (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00
37	Marco Schrettl (Aut) XDS Astana	00
38	Dario Giuliano (Fra) Polti-VisitMalta	00
39	Ludovico Crescioli (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	00
40	Hugo Lennartsson (Swe) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	00
41	Louis Sutton (GBr) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00
42	Peder Wettre Andreassen (Nor) Team Ringerike	00
43	Axel Källberg (Fin) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	00
44	Thomas Eriksen (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	00
45	Toralf Rydningen Martinsen (Nor) Team Drali - Repsol	00
46	Cole Kessler (USA) Modern Adventure	00
47	Felix Ørn-Kristoff (Nor) Lotto-Intermarché	00
48	Kevin Andre Sandli Messel (Nor) Team Ringerike	00
49	Martin Tjøtta (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00
50	Owen Geleijn (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	00
51	Cedrik Bakke Christophersen (Nor) Unibet Rose Rockets	00
52	Georg Rydningen Martinsen (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	00
53	Nicolas Alustiza Goenaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00
54	Even Thorvaldsen (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	00
55	Halvor Dolven (Nor) Lotto - Groupe Wanty	00
56	Joe Pidcock (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	00
57	Oscar Amey (GBr) Nsn Development Team	00
58	Morthen Wang Baksaas (Nor) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	00
59	Henrik Teslo Fjellheim (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	00
60	Ezra Caudell (USA) Modern Adventure	47
61	Karsten Larsen Feldmann (Nor) Unibet Rose Rockets	00
62	Eirik Vang Aas (Nor) Team Drali - Repsol	00
63	Bert Bolle (Bel) Volkerwessels	00
64	Paul Hennequin (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00
65	Alexy Faure Prost (Fra) Picnic PostNL	00
2:59	Oliver Bleddyn (Aus) Team Brennan
67	Bjoern Koerdt (GBr) Picnic PostNL	00

GC

Stage General Classification
Pos	Rider	Time
1	Giovanni Lonardi (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	4:05:13
2	Jason Tesson (Fra) Totalenergies	04
3	Teodor de Luca (Swe) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	04
4	Riley Pickrell (Can) Modern Adventure	06
5	Victor Vercouillie (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	06
6	Ludvik Aspelund Holstad (Nor) Team Ringerike	08
7	Erlend Blikra (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	10
8	Ethan Vernon (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	10
9	Nikiforos Arvanitou (Gre) Team United Shipping	10
10	Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	10
11	Mathieu Kockelmann (Lux) Lotto-Intermarché	10
12	Vilmer Ekman (Swe) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	10
13	Emils Liepins (Lat) Pinarello-Q36.5	10
14	Brody Mcdonald (USA) Modern Adventure	10
15	Joseba Lopez Cuesta (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	10
16	Henrik E. Farstadvoll (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	10
17	Artëm Fofonov (Fra) Xds Astana Development Team	10
18	Anders Foldager (Den) Jayco-AlUla	10
19	Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	10
20	Rotem Tene (Isr) NSN Cycling Team	10
21	Kiaan Watts (NZl) Nsn Development Team	10
22	Iker Villar Galdeano (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	10
23	Casper Cornelis van Uden (Ned) Picnic PostNL	10
24	Artuur Torney (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	10
25	Ronan Auge (Fra) Unibet Rose Rockets	10
26	Xabier Berasategi Garmendia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	10
27	Andreas Flaatten (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	10
28	Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) Totalenergies	10
29	Marc Rubirola Vila (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	10
30	Darren van Bekkum (Ned) XDS Astana	10
31	Tobias Risan Nakken (Nor) Team Drali - Repsol	10
32	Robbe Dhondt (Bel) Picnic PostNL	10
33	Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg (Nor) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	10
34	Dillon Corkery (Irl) Picnic PostNL	10
35	Alex Diaz Alvarez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	10
36	Henrik Pedersen (Den) Uno-X Mobility	10
37	Mirco Maestri (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	10
38	Hamish Mckenzie (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	10
39	Aksel Laforce (Nor) Team Ringerike	10
40	Michiel Lambrecht (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	10
41	Sander Granberg (Nor) Team Drali - Repsol	10
42	Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	10
43	Fabio Christen (Swi) Pinarello-Q36.5	10
44	Guillermo Thomas Silva Coussan (Uru) XDS Astana	10
45	Alessandro Pinarello (Ita) NSN Cycling Team	10
46	Karl Emil Kjeldsand (Nor) Team Drali - Repsol	10
47	Joel Nicolau Beltran (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	10
48	Wouter Poels (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	10
49	Jon Agirre Egaña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	10
50	Ward Vanhoof (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	10
51	Lennert van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	10
52	Christian Alexander Klund (Nor) Team Ringerike	10
53	Herman Emil Eriksen (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	10
54	Johannes Kulset (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	10
55	Marco Schrettl (Aut) XDS Astana	10
56	Dario Giuliano (Fra) Polti-VisitMalta	10
57	Ludovico Crescioli (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	10
58	Hugo Lennartsson (Swe) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	10
59	Louis Sutton (GBr) Euskaltel-Euskadi	10
60	Mark Donovan (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	10
61	Vincent van Hemelen (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	10
62	Peder Wettre Andreassen (Nor) Team Ringerike	10
63	Alessandro Covi (Ita) Jayco-AlUla	10
64	Axel Källberg (Fin) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	10
65	Thomas Eriksen (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	10
66	Toralf Rydningen Martinsen (Nor) Team Drali - Repsol	10
67	Thomas Bonnet (Fra) Totalenergies	10
68	Joris Delbove (Fra) Totalenergies	10
69	Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Unibet Rose Rockets	10
70	Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	10
71	Cole Kessler (USA) Modern Adventure	10
72	Felix Ørn-Kristoff (Nor) Lotto-Intermarché	10
73	Elias Maris (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	10
74	Kevin Andre Sandli Messel (Nor) Team Ringerike	10
75	Martin Tjøtta (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	10
76	Owen Geleijn (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	10
77	Samuel Leroux (Fra) Totalenergies	10
78	Cedrik Bakke Christophersen (Nor) Unibet Rose Rockets	10
79	Georg Rydningen Martinsen (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	10
80	Magnus Kulset (Nor) Team Ringerike	10
81	Nicolas Alustiza Goenaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	10
82	Even Thorvaldsen (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	10
83	Damien Howson (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5	10
84	Thomas Gachignard (Fra) Totalenergies	10
85	Halvor Dolven (Nor) Lotto - Groupe Wanty	10
86	Matteo Badilatti (Swi) Pinarello-Q36.5	10
87	Sébastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	10
88	Andréa Mifsud (Mlt) Polti-VisitMalta	10
89	Dion Allan Smith (NZl) NSN Cycling Team	10
90	Joe Pidcock (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	10
91	Oscar Amey (GBr) Nsn Development Team	10
92	Ådne Holter (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	10
93	Anton Kuzmin (Kaz) XDS Astana	10
94	Sebastian Berwick (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	10
95	Christopher Jensen (Den) Jayco-AlUla	10
96	Andrea Pietrobon (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	10
97	Morthen Wang Baksaas (Nor) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	10
98	Mark Stewart (GBr) Modern Adventure	10
99	Henrik Teslo Fjellheim (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	10
100	Byron Munton (RSA) Modern Adventure	10
101	Karsten Larsen Feldmann (Nor) Unibet Rose Rockets	10
102	Eirik Vang Aas (Nor) Team Drali - Repsol	10
103	Bert Bolle (Bel) Volkerwessels	10
104	Paul Hennequin (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi	10
105	Alexy Faure Prost (Fra) Picnic PostNL	10
106	Bjoern Koerdt (GBr) Picnic PostNL	10
107	Ezra Caudell (USA) Modern Adventure	57
108	Oliver Bleddyn (Aus) Team Brennan	3:09

Overall Points Classification
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Giovanni Lonardi (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	25
2	Jason Tesson (Fra) Totalenergies	22
3	Riley Pickrell (Can) Modern Adventure	20
4	Erlend Blikra (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	18
5	Ethan Vernon (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	16
6	Nikiforos Arvanitou (Gre) Team United Shipping	14
7	Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	12
8	Mathieu Kockelmann (Lux) Lotto-Intermarché	10
9	Vilmer Ekman (Swe) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	8
10	Teodor de Luca (Swe) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	6
11	Emils Liepins (Lat) Pinarello-Q36.5	6
12	Victor Vercouillie (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	4
13	Ludvik Aspelund Holstad (Nor) Team Ringerike	2

Overall Mountain Classification
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Morthen Wang Baksaas (Nor) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	8
2	Eirik Vang Aas (Nor) Team Drali - Repsol	7
3	Ludvik Aspelund Holstad (Nor) Team Ringerike	2
4	Henrik Teslo Fjellheim (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	1

Overall Youth Classification
Pos	Rider	Time
1	Teodor de Luca (Swe) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	4:05:17
2	Riley Pickrell (Can) Modern Adventure	02
3	Victor Vercouillie (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	02
4	Nikiforos Arvanitou (Gre) Team United Shipping	06
5	Mathieu Kockelmann (Lux) Lotto-Intermarché	06
6	Vilmer Ekman (Swe) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	06
7	Brody Mcdonald (USA) Modern Adventure	06
8	Henrik E. Farstadvoll (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	06
9	Artëm Fofonov (Fra) Xds Astana Development Team	06
10	Anders Foldager (Den) Jayco-AlUla	06
11	Rotem Tene (Isr) NSN Cycling Team	06
12	Kiaan Watts (NZl) Nsn Development Team	06
13	Iker Villar Galdeano (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	06
14	Casper Cornelis van Uden (Ned) Picnic PostNL	06
15	Artuur Torney (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	06
16	Ronan Auge (Fra) Unibet Rose Rockets	06
17	Andreas Flaatten (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	06
18	Marc Rubirola Vila (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	06
19	Darren van Bekkum (Ned) XDS Astana	06
20	Tobias Risan Nakken (Nor) Team Drali - Repsol	06
21	Robbe Dhondt (Bel) Picnic PostNL	06
22	Simen Evertsen-Hegreberg (Nor) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	06
23	Alex Diaz Alvarez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	06
24	Henrik Pedersen (Den) Uno-X Mobility	06
25	Hamish Mckenzie (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	06
26	Aksel Laforce (Nor) Team Ringerike	06
27	Michiel Lambrecht (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	06
28	Sander Granberg (Nor) Team Drali - Repsol	06
29	Fabio Christen (Swi) Pinarello-Q36.5	06
30	Guillermo Thomas Silva Coussan (Uru) XDS Astana	06
31	Alessandro Pinarello (Ita) NSN Cycling Team	06
32	Karl Emil Kjeldsand (Nor) Team Drali - Repsol	06
33	Lennert van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	06
34	Christian Alexander Klund (Nor) Team Ringerike	06
35	Herman Emil Eriksen (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	06
36	Johannes Kulset (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	06
37	Marco Schrettl (Aut) XDS Astana	06
38	Dario Giuliano (Fra) Polti-VisitMalta	06
39	Ludovico Crescioli (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	06
40	Hugo Lennartsson (Swe) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	06
41	Louis Sutton (GBr) Euskaltel-Euskadi	06
42	Peder Wettre Andreassen (Nor) Team Ringerike	06
43	Axel Källberg (Fin) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	06
44	Thomas Eriksen (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	06
45	Toralf Rydningen Martinsen (Nor) Team Drali - Repsol	06
46	Cole Kessler (USA) Modern Adventure	06
47	Felix Ørn-Kristoff (Nor) Lotto-Intermarché	06
48	Kevin Andre Sandli Messel (Nor) Team Ringerike	06
49	Martin Tjøtta (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	06
50	Owen Geleijn (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	06
51	Cedrik Bakke Christophersen (Nor) Unibet Rose Rockets	06
52	Georg Rydningen Martinsen (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	06
53	Nicolas Alustiza Goenaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	06
54	Even Thorvaldsen (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	06
55	Halvor Dolven (Nor) Lotto - Groupe Wanty	06
56	Joe Pidcock (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	06
57	Oscar Amey (GBr) Nsn Development Team	06
58	Morthen Wang Baksaas (Nor) Lucky Sport Cycling Team	06
59	Henrik Teslo Fjellheim (Nor) Lillehammer Ck Continental Team	06
60	Karsten Larsen Feldmann (Nor) Unibet Rose Rockets	06
61	Eirik Vang Aas (Nor) Team Drali - Repsol	06
62	Bert Bolle (Bel) Volkerwessels	06
63	Paul Hennequin (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi	06
64	Alexy Faure Prost (Fra) Picnic PostNL	06
65	Bjoern Koerdt (GBr) Picnic PostNL	06
66	Ezra Caudell (USA) Modern Adventure	53
67	Oliver Bleddyn (Aus) Team Brennan	3:05

Czech Tour: Riley Sheehan squeezes past Ben Turner to win tight stage 1 sprint

Alasdair Fotheringham — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:22:51 +0000

A narrow gap between Ben Turner (Netcompany Ineos) and the barriers was all Riley Sheehan (NSN) needed to power through to a bunch sprint victory in the hilly stage 1 of the Czech Tour.

The rider from Boulder, Colorado went neck-and-neck with pre-race favourite Turner from about 200 metres from the line at Karlovy Vary, before diving through what littel space was available late on to claim his second win of the 2026 season.

Third on the opening stage of the four-day race was Romet Pajur (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe rookies) with Modern Adventure's Scott McGill in fourth.

Sheehan's victory sets him up as the first leader of the Czech Tour before the race moves into the high mountains on stage 2.

"I think I felt confident we'd catch the breakaway," Sheehan told race organisation broadcasters. "Ineos rode super-strong all day, and the chaos of the finish, we all watched it last year, we saw how the group split. [But] I had a phenomenal team to back me up.

"We played our cards right and they all came together at the final and positioned me perfect. It was a perfect day."

Sheehan finds the gap

The first attack of the day came thanks to Pepijn Reinderink (Soudal-QuickStep), Martin Voltr (ATT Investments) and Jose Černy (Kasper crypto4me), and this three-man breakaway then sparked a counter-move by United Shipping's Michal Schuran who joined.

Modern Adventure and Netcompany Ineos were not going to miss out on the one sprint opportunity of the race, though, and with 30 kilometres to go and just a minute's gap, the four began attacking each other, rather than collaborate, leading to the break's collapse..

Things briefly took an unexpected turn on a hilly segment on the run-in when Svesta-Bardseng Embret (Netcompany-Ineos) and Paul Fietzke (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) powered a brief dig away. Once sucked in on a long descent, though, Netcompany Ineos returned to working for Turner as they had done throughout the day, while Caja Rural-Seguros RGA briefly contributed to keeping things under control on the front.

On the twisting approach through a wooded gorge and into the spa town of Karlovy Vary, the pace stayed very high, Netcompany led things out on the sweeping series of left and right hand bends. Turner went for broke early, only to find Sheehan timing his counter-move perfectly to shadow the rider on the slight uphill to the line.

The Netcompany rider squeezed things down a little, but did not block his opponent at all and despite almost brushing elbows with the Briton, Sheehan found his way through to the third career win and, at 25, the first stage race lead of his career, too.

Friday's stage will begin the GC battle in earnest, with a 16km Cat.1 ascent of Ješted the first major summit finish of three.

"I'll try and hang on for dear life," Sheehan said "It was a good sprint for me today and maybe tomorrow is another opportunity. It's not the hardest climb, just hard at the final, and if I can hang for a short climb, it'd be good."

"But we've got [teammate] Jan Hirt, too, he's a strong guy and he's flying and he's in his home country, so we'll see what we can do for him."

Results

Place	Full Name (Team)	Diff
1	Riley Sheehan (NSN Cycling Team)	03:45:15
2	Ben Turner (Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team)	+0:00:00
3	Romet Pajur (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies)	+0:00:00
4	Scott McGill (Modern Adventure Pro Cycling)	+0:00:00
5	Nolan Huysmans (Team Flanders-Baloise)	+0:00:00
6	Dominik Neuman (ATT Investments)	+0:00:00
7	Filippo Turconi (Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber)	+0:00:00
8	Jules Hesters (Team Flanders-Baloise)	+0:00:00
9	Thomas Pesenti (Team Polti VisitMalta)	+0:00:00
10	Sergi Darder (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)	+0:00:00
11	Leander Van Hautegem (Team Flanders-Baloise)	+0:00:00
12	Adam Bittman (Kasper crypto4me)	+0:00:00
13	Francisco Peñuela (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)	+0:00:00
14	Nicola Marcerou (Team TotalEnergies)	+0:00:00
15	Filippo Ridolfo (Team Novo Nordisk)	+0:00:00
16	Marco Frigo (NSN Cycling Team)	+0:00:00
17	Cesare Chesini (MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort)	+0:00:00
18	Michele Gazzoli (Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali)	+0:00:00
19	Luca Covili (Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber)	+0:00:00
20	Tomasz Budzinski (ATT Investments)	+0:00:00
21	Mats Wenzel (Equipo Kern Pharma)	+0:00:00
22	Samuel Fernández Garcia (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)	+0:00:00
23	Alberto Monti (ATT Investments)	+0:00:00
24	Unai Iribar (Equipo Kern Pharma)	+0:00:00
25	Mattia Stenico (Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber)	+0:00:00
26	Piotr Pekala (ATT Investments)	+0:00:00
27	Gijs Schoonvelde (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies)	+0:00:00
28	Nikolaos Drakos (Team United Shipping)	+0:00:00
29	Nicolas Breuillard (Team TotalEnergies)	+0:00:00
30	Ben Swift (Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team)	+0:00:00
31	Paul Conor (Team TotalEnergies)	+0:00:00
32	Vaclav Jezek (Kasper crypto4me)	+0:00:00
33	Kieran Haug (Modern Adventure Pro Cycling)	+0:00:00
34	Mateusz Gajdulewicz (ATT Investments)	+0:00:00
35	Warre Vangheluwe (Soudal Quick-Step)	+0:00:00
36	Alessandro Fancellu (MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort)	+0:00:00
37	Dylan Vandenstorme (Team Flanders-Baloise)	+0:00:00
38	Stefan de Bod (Modern Adventure Pro Cycling)	+0:00:00
39	Evan Pavis (Team TotalEnergies)	+0:00:00
40	Filip Gruszczynski (MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort)	+0:00:00
41	Pablo Lospitao (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)	+0:00:00
42	Davide Bais (Team Polti VisitMalta)	+0:00:00
43	Milan Kadlec (Kasper crypto4me)	+0:00:00
44	David Lozano (Team Novo Nordisk)	+0:00:00
45	Tomas Pridal (Team United Shipping)	+0:00:00
46	Zsombor Palumby (Team United Shipping)	+0:00:00
47	Matteo Turconi (Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber)	+0:00:00
48	Ibai Azanza (Equipo Kern Pharma)	+0:00:00
49	Samuel Florez (Modern Adventure Pro Cycling)	+0:00:00
50	Martin Svrcek (Soudal Quick-Step)	+0:00:00
51	Joan Bou (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)	+0:00:00
52	Mattia Bais (Team Polti VisitMalta)	+0:00:00
53	Antonio Polga (Team Novo Nordisk)	+0:00:00
54	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng (Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team)	+0:00:00
55	Francisco Muñoz (Team Polti VisitMalta)	+0:00:00
56	Unai Ramos (Equipo Kern Pharma)	+0:00:00
57	Jan Hirt (NSN Cycling Team)	+0:00:00
58	Anatol Friedl (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies)	+0:00:00
59	Edward Cruz Martínez (Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber)	+0:00:00
60	Senne Thonnon (Team Flanders-Baloise)	+0:00:00
61	Jorge Gutiérrez (Equipo Kern Pharma)	+0:00:00
62	Mikel Landa (Soudal Quick-Step)	+0:00:00
63	Domenico Pozzovivo (Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali)	+0:00:00
64	Jordan Jegat (Team TotalEnergies)	+0:00:00
65	Pablo Carrascosa (Equipo Kern Pharma)	+0:00:00
66	Fernando Tercero (Team Polti VisitMalta)	+0:00:00
67	Matteo Fabbro (Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali)	+0:00:00
68	Alex Tolio (Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber)	+0:00:00
69	Alessandro Verre (MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort)	+0:00:00
70	Mate Endredi (Team United Shipping)	+0:00:00
71	Jan Castellon (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)	+0:00:00
72	Mauri Vansevenant (Soudal Quick-Step)	+0:00:00
73	Alessandro Tonelli (Team Polti VisitMalta)	+0:00:00
74	Max Bock (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies)	+0:00:00
75	Manuele Tarozzi (Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber)	+0:00:00
76	Diego Bracalente (MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort)	+0:00:00
77	AJ August (Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team)	+0:00:00
78	Geoffrey Bouchard (Team TotalEnergies)	+0:00:00
79	Bob Jungels (Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team)	+0:00:00
80	Florian Kajamini (MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort)	+0:00:00
81	Kamiel Bonneu (Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali)	+0:00:00
82	Adam Pesek (Kasper crypto4me)	+0:00:00
83	Siebe Deweirdt (Team Flanders-Baloise)	+0:00:00
84	Gil Gelders (Soudal Quick-Step)	+0:00:00
85	Henri Vandenabeele (Team Flanders-Baloise)	+0:00:00
86	Jakub Otruba (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)	+0:00:00
87	Gauthier Servranckx (Soudal Quick-Step)	+0:00:00
88	Martin Barta (ATT Investments)	+0:00:00
89	Michael Kukrle (Kasper crypto4me)	+0:00:00
90	Sebastian Putz (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies)	+0:00:00
91	Michael Boros (Kasper crypto4me)	+0:00:00
92	Pepijn Reinderink (Soudal Quick-Step)	+0:00:38
93	Michal Schuran (Team United Shipping)	+0:01:17
94	Vojtech Soukup (Tufo-Pardus Prostejov)	+0:01:17
95	Sam Brand (Team Novo Nordisk)	+0:01:17
96	Franciszek Kocur (Tufo-Pardus Prostejov)	+0:01:17
97	Jan Kaspar (Tufo-Pardus Prostejov)	+0:01:17
98	Alessandro Iacchi (Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali)	+0:01:17
99	Quinten De Graeve (Team Novo Nordisk)	+0:01:17
100	Fabrizio Crozzolo (Team Polti VisitMalta)	+0:01:17
101	Roei Edinger (NSN Cycling Team)	+0:01:17
102	Fabien Grellier (Team TotalEnergies)	+0:01:17
103	Yukiya Arashiro (Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali)	+0:01:17
104	Yen Yi Ho (Equipo Kern Pharma)	+0:01:17
105	Alex Beldon (NSN Cycling Team)	+0:01:17
106	Paul Fietzke (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies)	+0:01:17
107	Ondrej Pokorny (Tufo-Pardus Prostejov)	+0:03:49
108	Joe Blackmore (NSN Cycling Team)	+0:04:00
109	Jack Haig (Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team)	+0:04:00
110	Lorenzo Nespoli (MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort)	+0:04:00
111	Josef Cerný (Kasper crypto4me)	+0:04:56
112	Veljko Stojnic (Team United Shipping)	+0:04:56
113	Martin Voltr (ATT Investments)	+0:04:56
114	Óscar Rodríguez (Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team)	+0:08:01
115	Tomas Vrana (Tufo-Pardus Prostejov)	+0:10:20
116	Daniel Silhavy (Tufo-Pardus Prostejov)	+0:10:20
117	Lucas Dauge (Team Novo Nordisk)	+0:10:20
118	Matyas Koblizek (Tufo-Pardus Prostejov)	+0:10:20
119	Rastko Nikacevic (Team United Shipping)	+0:10:20
120	Harry Lasker (Modern Adventure Pro Cycling)	+0:10:27
121	Ian Lopez de San Roman (Modern Adventure Pro Cycling)	+0:10:27
122	Theodor Clemmensen (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies)	+0:11:18
123	Samuel Boardman (Modern Adventure Pro Cycling)	+0:13:54
124	Hayden Stevens (Team Novo Nordisk)	+0:15:30

General Classification after stage 1

Place	Full Name (Team)	Diff
1	Riley Sheehan (NSN Cycling Team)	03:45:05
2	Ben Turner (Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team)	+0:00:04
3	Romet Pajur (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies)	+0:00:06
4	Scott McGill (Modern Adventure Pro Cycling)	+0:00:10
5	Nolan Huysmans (Team Flanders-Baloise)	+0:00:10
6	Dominik Neuman (ATT Investments)	+0:00:10
7	Filippo Turconi (Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber)	+0:00:10
8	Jules Hesters (Team Flanders-Baloise)	+0:00:10
9	Thomas Pesenti (Team Polti VisitMalta)	+0:00:10
10	Sergi Darder (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)	+0:00:10
11	Leander Van Hautegem (Team Flanders-Baloise)	+0:00:10
12	Adam Bittman (Kasper crypto4me)	+0:00:10
13	Francisco Peñuela (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)	+0:00:10
14	Nicola Marcerou (Team TotalEnergies)	+0:00:10
15	Filippo Ridolfo (Team Novo Nordisk)	+0:00:10
16	Marco Frigo (NSN Cycling Team)	+0:00:10
17	Cesare Chesini (MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort)	+0:00:10
18	Michele Gazzoli (Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali)	+0:00:10
19	Luca Covili (Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber)	+0:00:10
20	Tomasz Budzinski (ATT Investments)	+0:00:10
21	Mats Wenzel (Equipo Kern Pharma)	+0:00:10
22	Samuel Fernández Garcia (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)	+0:00:10
23	Alberto Monti (ATT Investments)	+0:00:10
24	Unai Iribar (Equipo Kern Pharma)	+0:00:10
25	Mattia Stenico (Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber)	+0:00:10
26	Piotr Pekala (ATT Investments)	+0:00:10
27	Gijs Schoonvelde (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies)	+0:00:10
28	Nikolaos Drakos (Team United Shipping)	+0:00:10
29	Nicolas Breuillard (Team TotalEnergies)	+0:00:10
30	Ben Swift (Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team)	+0:00:10
31	Paul Conor (Team TotalEnergies)	+0:00:10
32	Vaclav Jezek (Kasper crypto4me)	+0:00:10
33	Kieran Haug (Modern Adventure Pro Cycling)	+0:00:10
34	Mateusz Gajdulewicz (ATT Investments)	+0:00:10
35	Warre Vangheluwe (Soudal Quick-Step)	+0:00:10
36	Alessandro Fancellu (MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort)	+0:00:10
37	Dylan Vandenstorme (Team Flanders-Baloise)	+0:00:10
38	Stefan de Bod (Modern Adventure Pro Cycling)	+0:00:10
39	Evan Pavis (Team TotalEnergies)	+0:00:10
40	Filip Gruszczynski (MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort)	+0:00:10
41	Pablo Lospitao (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)	+0:00:10
42	Davide Bais (Team Polti VisitMalta)	+0:00:10
43	Milan Kadlec (Kasper crypto4me)	+0:00:10
44	David Lozano (Team Novo Nordisk)	+0:00:10
45	Tomas Pridal (Team United Shipping)	+0:00:10
46	Zsombor Palumby (Team United Shipping)	+0:00:10
47	Matteo Turconi (Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber)	+0:00:10
48	Ibai Azanza (Equipo Kern Pharma)	+0:00:10
49	Samuel Florez (Modern Adventure Pro Cycling)	+0:00:10
50	Martin Svrcek (Soudal Quick-Step)	+0:00:10
51	Joan Bou (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)	+0:00:10
52	Mattia Bais (Team Polti VisitMalta)	+0:00:10
53	Antonio Polga (Team Novo Nordisk)	+0:00:10
54	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng (Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team)	+0:00:10
55	Francisco Muñoz (Team Polti VisitMalta)	+0:00:10
56	Unai Ramos (Equipo Kern Pharma)	+0:00:10
57	Jan Hirt (NSN Cycling Team)	+0:00:10
58	Anatol Friedl (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies)	+0:00:10
59	Edward Cruz Martínez (Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber)	+0:00:10
60	Senne Thonnon (Team Flanders-Baloise)	+0:00:10
61	Jorge Gutiérrez (Equipo Kern Pharma)	+0:00:10
62	Mikel Landa (Soudal Quick-Step)	+0:00:10
63	Domenico Pozzovivo (Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali)	+0:00:10
64	Jordan Jegat (Team TotalEnergies)	+0:00:10
65	Pablo Carrascosa (Equipo Kern Pharma)	+0:00:10
66	Fernando Tercero (Team Polti VisitMalta)	+0:00:10
67	Matteo Fabbro (Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali)	+0:00:10
68	Alex Tolio (Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber)	+0:00:10
69	Alessandro Verre (MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort)	+0:00:10
70	Mate Endredi (Team United Shipping)	+0:00:10
71	Jan Castellon (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)	+0:00:10
72	Mauri Vansevenant (Soudal Quick-Step)	+0:00:10
73	Alessandro Tonelli (Team Polti VisitMalta)	+0:00:10
74	Max Bock (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies)	+0:00:10
75	Manuele Tarozzi (Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber)	+0:00:10
76	Diego Bracalente (MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort)	+0:00:10
77	AJ August (Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team)	+0:00:10
78	Geoffrey Bouchard (Team TotalEnergies)	+0:00:10
79	Bob Jungels (Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team)	+0:00:10
80	Florian Kajamini (MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort)	+0:00:10
81	Kamiel Bonneu (Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali)	+0:00:10
82	Adam Pesek (Kasper crypto4me)	+0:00:10
83	Siebe Deweirdt (Team Flanders-Baloise)	+0:00:10
84	Gil Gelders (Soudal Quick-Step)	+0:00:10
85	Henri Vandenabeele (Team Flanders-Baloise)	+0:00:10
86	Jakub Otruba (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)	+0:00:10
87	Gauthier Servranckx (Soudal Quick-Step)	+0:00:10
88	Martin Barta (ATT Investments)	+0:00:10
89	Michael Kukrle (Kasper crypto4me)	+0:00:10
90	Sebastian Putz (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies)	+0:00:10
91	Michael Boros (Kasper crypto4me)	+0:00:10
92	Pepijn Reinderink (Soudal Quick-Step)	+0:00:46
93	Michal Schuran (Team United Shipping)	+0:01:24
94	Vojtech Soukup (Tufo-Pardus Prostejov)	+0:01:27
95	Sam Brand (Team Novo Nordisk)	+0:01:27
96	Franciszek Kocur (Tufo-Pardus Prostejov)	+0:01:27
97	Jan Kaspar (Tufo-Pardus Prostejov)	+0:01:27
98	Alessandro Iacchi (Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali)	+0:01:27
99	Quinten De Graeve (Team Novo Nordisk)	+0:01:27
100	Fabrizio Crozzolo (Team Polti VisitMalta)	+0:01:27
101	Roei Edinger (NSN Cycling Team)	+0:01:27
102	Fabien Grellier (Team TotalEnergies)	+0:01:27
103	Yukiya Arashiro (Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali)	+0:01:27
104	Yen Yi Ho (Equipo Kern Pharma)	+0:01:27
105	Alex Beldon (NSN Cycling Team)	+0:01:27
106	Paul Fietzke (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies)	+0:01:27
107	Ondrej Pokorny (Tufo-Pardus Prostejov)	+0:03:59
108	Joe Blackmore (NSN Cycling Team)	+0:04:10
109	Jack Haig (Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team)	+0:04:10
110	Lorenzo Nespoli (MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort)	+0:04:10
111	Martin Voltr (ATT Investments)	+0:05:05
112	Josef Cerný (Kasper crypto4me)	+0:05:06
113	Veljko Stojnic (Team United Shipping)	+0:05:06
114	Óscar Rodríguez (Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team)	+0:08:11
115	Tomas Vrana (Tufo-Pardus Prostejov)	+0:10:30
116	Daniel Silhavy (Tufo-Pardus Prostejov)	+0:10:30
117	Lucas Dauge (Team Novo Nordisk)	+0:10:30
118	Matyas Koblizek (Tufo-Pardus Prostejov)	+0:10:30
119	Rastko Nikacevic (Team United Shipping)	+0:10:30
120	Harry Lasker (Modern Adventure Pro Cycling)	+0:10:37
121	Ian Lopez de San Roman (Modern Adventure Pro Cycling)	+0:10:37
122	Theodor Clemmensen (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies)	+0:11:28
123	Samuel Boardman (Modern Adventure Pro Cycling)	+0:14:04
124	Hayden Stevens (Team Novo Nordisk)	+0:15:40

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Points classification
Place	Full Name (Team)	Points
1	Riley Sheehan (NSN Cycling Team)	25
2	Ben Turner (Netcompany INEOS)	20
3	Romet Pajur (Red Bull - BORA - Hansgrohe Rookies)	16
4	Scott McGill (Modern Adventure)	14
5	Nolan Huysmans (Team Flanders - Baloise)	12
6	Michal Schuran (Team United Shipping)	10
6	Dominik Neuman (ATT Investments)	10
8	Filippo Turconi (Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber)	9
9	Jules Hesters (Team Flanders - Baloise)	8
10	Thomas Pesenti (Polti-VisitMalta)	7
11	Pepijn Reinderink (Soudal-QuickStep)	6
11	Sergi Darder Gari (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)	6
13	Leander van Hautegem (Team Flanders - Baloise)	5
14	Martin Voltr (ATT Investments)	4
14	Adam Bittman (Kasper Crypto4Me)	4
16	Francisco Joel Peñuela Sandoval (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)	3
17	Nicola Marcerou (TotalEnergies)	2
18	Filippo Ridolfo (Novo Nordisk)	1

Mountains classification

Place	Full Name (Team)	Points
1	Pepijn Reinderink (Soudal-QuickStep)	16
2	Michal Schuran (Team United Shipping)	10
3	Martin Voltr (ATT Investments)	8
4	Josef Černý (Kasper Crypto4Me)	2

Youth Classification

Place	Full Name (Team)	Diff
1	Romet Pajur (Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe Rookies)	03:45:11
2	Nolan Huysmans (Team Flanders - Baloise)	+0:00:04
3	Filippo Turconi (Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber)	+0:00:04
4	Adam Bittman (Kasper Crypto4Me)	+0:00:04
5	Cesare Chesini (MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort)	+0:00:04
6	Alberto Carlo Monti (Att Investments)	+0:00:04
7	Mattia Stenico (Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber)	+0:00:04
8	Gijs Schoonvelde (Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe Rookies)	+0:00:04
9	Václav Ježek (Kasper Crypto4Me)	+0:00:04
10	Evan Pavis (Vendee U Primeo Energie)	+0:00:04
11	Filip Gruszczyński (MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort)	+0:00:04
12	Pablo Lospitao Gonzalez (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)	+0:00:04
13	Milan Kadlec (Kasper Crypto4Me)	+0:00:04
14	Tomáš Přidal (Team United Shipping)	+0:00:04
15	Matteo Turconi (Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber)	+0:00:04
16	Ibai Azanza Burusco (Equipo Kern Pharma)	+0:00:04
17	Samuel Florez Garces (Modern Adventure)	+0:00:04
18	Unai Ramos Murillo (Equipo Kern Pharma)	+0:00:04
19	Anatol Friedl (Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe Rookies)	+0:00:04
20	Edward Santiago Cruz Martinez (Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber)	+0:00:04
21	Máté Endrédi (Team United Shipping)	+0:00:04
22	Max Bock (Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe Rookies)	+0:00:04
23	Diego Bracalente (MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort)	+0:00:04
24	Andrew August (Netcompany Ineos)	+0:00:04
25	Adam Pešek (Kasper Crypto4Me)	+0:00:04
26	Gauthier Servranckx (Soudal Quick-Step Devo Team)	+0:00:04
27	Martin Bárta (Att Investments)	+0:00:04
28	Vojtěch Soukup (Tufo - Pardus Prostejov)	+0:01:21
29	Franciszek Kocur (Tufo - Pardus Prostejov)	+0:01:21
30	Fabricio German Crozzolo (Polti-VisitMalta)	+0:01:21
31	Roei Edinger (Nsn Development Team)	+0:01:21
32	Alex Beldon (Nsn Development Team)	+0:01:21
33	Paul Fietzke (Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe Rookies)	+0:01:21
34	Ondřej Pokorný (Tufo - Pardus Prostejov)	+0:03:53
35	Lorenzo Nespoli (MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort)	+0:04:04
36	Tomáš Vrána (Tufo - Pardus Prostejov)	+0:10:24
37	Daniel Šilhavý (Tufo - Pardus Prostejov)	+0:10:24
38	Matyáš Koblížek (Tufo - Pardus Prostejov)	+0:10:24
39	Rastko Nikačević (Team United Shipping)	+0:10:24
40	Harry Lasker (Modern Adventure)	+0:10:31
41	Theodor Clemmensen (Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe Rookies)	+0:11:22
42	Hayden Stevens (Team Novo Nordisk Development)	+0:15:34

Volta a Portugal: Xabier Isasa sprints ahead of Rui Oliveira to win stage 6

laura@cyclingnews.com (Laura Weislo) — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:04:30 +0000

Xabier Isasa (Euskaltel-Euskadi) out-paced Rui Oliveira (UAE Team Emirates XRG) to win stage 6 of the Volta a Portugal.

The pair were the last two riders from the breakaway left in the lead after the last climb of São Nicolau, and held off a chasing group led to the line by Francisco Campos (Tavira/Credito Agricola).

Race leader Alexis Guerin (Anicolor-Campicarn) finished in the bunch 23 seconds behind the stage winner to continue in the yellow jersey.

Isasa and Oliveira were part of a large group that escaped early in the lumpy 132.6km stage from Santa Maria da Feira to Peso da Régua.

The breakaway never gained much more than one minute on the peloton, and after shifting and changing on the aggressive stage, only Isasa and Oliveira were left at the summit of the São Nicolau.

The two leaders had 44 seconds on race leader Alexis Guerin, 28 seconds on a nine-rider chase group containing his teammate and second-placed Artem Nych (Anicolor-Campicarn).

The chasers closed in on Oliveira and Isasa over the final 15km and nearly caught them inside the final kilometre but Isasa was able to take the stage win.

Nych is now 49 seconds behind Guerin in second, with Tiago Antunes (Efapel) third at 1:28.

"It was a very hard day, always at full gas. The breakaway was very large, we were caught, but I managed to attack again. I had really good legs and was able to win the sprint," Isasa told organisers after the stage.

The Volta a Portugal heads to Vieira do Minho for the start of stage 7. It will feature new terrain on the 153km to Termas do Gerês.

Stage 6 Results

Place	Full Name (Team)	Diff
1	Xabier Isasa (Euskaltel-Euskadi)	03:01:23
2	Rui Oliveira (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)	+0:00:00
3	Francisco Campos (Team Tavira / Crédito Agrícola)	+0:00:00
4	Tiago Antunes (Efapel Cycling)	+0:00:00
5	Artem Nych (Anicolor / Campicarn Cycling Team)	+0:00:00
6	Jesus Del Pino (Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé)	+0:00:00
7	Adrián Bustamante (Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - UDO)	+0:00:00
8	Adria Pericas (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)	+0:00:00
9	Txomin Juaristi (Euskaltel-Euskadi)	+0:00:00
10	Diogo Barbosa (Team Tavira / Crédito Agrícola)	+0:00:00
11	Ailetz Lasa (Team Tavira / Crédito Agrícola)	+0:00:23
12	Jordi Lopez (Euskaltel-Euskadi)	+0:00:23
13	Tomas Contte (Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé)	+0:00:23
14	Abdulla Jasim Al-Ali (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)	+0:00:23
15	David Domínguez (Feira dos Sofás - Boavista)	+0:00:23
16	Lorenzo Quartucci (Burgos Burpellet BH)	+0:00:23
17	Jose Neves (Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - UDO)	+0:00:23
18	Carlos Garcia (Burgos Burpellet BH)	+0:00:23
19	Jesus David Peña (Efapel Cycling)	+0:00:23
20	Rui Carvalho (Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - UDO)	+0:00:23
21	Abner González (Feirense - Beeceler)	+0:00:23
22	Emil Nymand Nielsen (NSN Development Team)	+0:00:23
23	Emanuel Duarte (Credibom - LA Alumínios - Marcos Car)	+0:00:23
24	Pedro Silva (Feira dos Sofás - Boavista)	+0:00:23
25	Fabio Costa (Feira dos Sofás - Boavista)	+0:00:23
26	Alexis Guérin (Anicolor / Campicarn Cycling Team)	+0:00:23
27	Keegan Swirbul (Efapel Cycling)	+0:00:23
28	Gaspar Goncalves (Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - UDO)	+0:00:23
29	Jokin Murguialday (Euskaltel-Euskadi)	+0:00:23
30	Lucas Lopes (Efapel Cycling)	+0:00:23
31	Harrison Wood (Feirense - Beeceler)	+0:00:23
32	Louis Ferreira (Anicolor / Campicarn Cycling Team)	+0:00:23
33	Pedro Figueiredo Leme (Localiza Meoo/Swift Pro Cycling)	+0:01:02
34	Joaquim Silva (Efapel Cycling)	+0:01:16
35	André Carvalho (Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé)	+0:02:23
36	Alex Hewes (NSN Development Team)	+0:04:36
37	Maksym Bilyi (Burgos Burpellet BH)	+0:04:36
38	Henrique Avancini (Localiza Meoo/Swift Pro Cycling)	+0:04:36
39	Viacheslav Ivanov (Feirense - Beeceler)	+0:04:36
40	Rafael Barbas (Tavfer - Ovos Matinados - Mortágua)	+0:04:36
41	Adam Lewis (APS Pro Cycling)	+0:04:36
42	Iker Bonillo (Feira dos Sofás - Boavista)	+0:04:36
43	Daniel Viegas (Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé)	+0:04:36
44	Ángel Sánchez (Tavfer - Ovos Matinados - Mortágua)	+0:04:36
45	Eduardo Perez-Landaluce (Obidos Cycling Team)	+0:04:36
46	Claudio Leal (Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé)	+0:04:36
47	Diogo Narciso (Credibom - LA Alumínios - Marcos Car)	+0:04:36
48	Goncalo Carvalho (Tavfer - Ovos Matinados - Mortágua)	+0:04:36
49	André Ribeiro (Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - UDO)	+0:04:47
50	Rafael Reis (Anicolor / Campicarn Cycling Team)	+0:04:57
51	João Medeiros (Credibom - LA Alumínios - Marcos Car)	+0:04:57
52	Alvaro Garcia (NSN Development Team)	+0:04:57
53	Zac Marriage (NSN Development Team)	+0:05:11
54	João Matias (Tavfer - Ovos Matinados - Mortágua)	+0:05:35
55	Afonso Silva (Team Tavira / Crédito Agrícola)	+0:05:35
56	Pedro Pinto (Efapel Cycling)	+0:05:35
57	Axel van der Tuuk (Euskaltel-Euskadi)	+0:11:19
58	Luca Giaimi (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)	+0:11:19
59	Andrew Lydic (APS Pro Cycling)	+0:12:49
60	Joshua Lebo (Meridian Racing p/b de la Uz)	+0:12:49
61	Conn McDunphy (APS Pro Cycling)	+0:12:49
62	Edson Gilmar de Rezende Junior (Localiza Meoo/Swift Pro Cycling)	+0:12:49
63	João Martins (Credibom - LA Alumínios - Marcos Car)	+0:12:49
64	Hugo Nunes (Credibom - LA Alumínios - Marcos Car)	+0:12:49
65	Filipe Francisco (Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé)	+0:12:49
66	Rúben Rodrigues (Feira dos Sofás - Boavista)	+0:14:03
67	Rafael Sousa (Feira dos Sofás - Boavista)	+0:14:03
68	Oscar Rota Rus (Feira dos Sofás - Boavista)	+0:14:03
69	Miguel Salgueiro (Team Tavira / Crédito Agrícola)	+0:14:03
70	Finlay Tarling (NSN Development Team)	+0:14:03
71	Alvaro Navas (Obidos Cycling Team)	+0:14:03
72	Jeremy Smith (Obidos Cycling Team)	+0:14:03
73	Danny van der Tuuk (Euskaltel-Euskadi)	+0:14:03
74	Ben Morin (NSN Development Team)	+0:14:03
75	Jaume Espuis (Meridian Racing p/b de la Uz)	+0:14:03
76	Daniel Cavia (Burgos Burpellet BH)	+0:14:03
77	Julius Johansen (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)	+0:14:03
78	Mikel Bizkarra (Euskaltel-Euskadi)	+0:14:03
79	Diogo Gonçalves (Efapel Cycling)	+0:14:03
80	Andrey André (Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - UDO)	+0:14:03
81	Bruno Lemes (Localiza Meoo/Swift Pro Cycling)	+0:16:24
82	Gabriel Sousa Silva (Localiza Meoo/Swift Pro Cycling)	+0:16:24
83	Jaime Torres (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)	+0:17:42
84	Enzo Leijnse (Anicolor / Campicarn Cycling Team)	+0:19:46
85	Miguel Moreira (Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - UDO)	+0:19:46
86	Pedro Andrade (Feirense - Beeceler)	+0:19:46
87	Francisco Morais (Tavfer - Ovos Matinados - Mortágua)	+0:20:49
88	Cesar Martingil (Tavfer - Ovos Matinados - Mortágua)	+0:20:49
89	Diogo Pinto (Credibom - LA Alumínios - Marcos Car)	+0:20:49
90	Guilherme Mestre (Team Tavira / Crédito Agrícola)	+0:20:49
91	Bruno Maceiras (Obidos Cycling Team)	+0:20:49
92	Ronan O'Connor (APS Pro Cycling)	+0:20:49
93	Leangel Linarez (Tavfer - Ovos Matinados - Mortágua)	+0:20:49
94	João Nuno Oliveira (Credibom - LA Alumínios - Marcos Car)	+0:20:49
95	Jade Rohde (Meridian Racing p/b de la Uz)	+0:20:49
96	José Manuel Gutiérrez (Obidos Cycling Team)	+0:20:49
97	Marcos Freire (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)	+0:20:49
98	Jambaljamts Sainbayar (Burgos Burpellet BH)	+0:20:49
99	Joao Pedro Rossi (Localiza Meoo/Swift Pro Cycling)	+0:20:49
100	Alexandre Montez (Feirense - Beeceler)	+0:20:49
101	Fabio Oliveira (Feirense - Beeceler)	+0:20:49
102	Francisco Pereira (Feirense - Beeceler)	+0:20:49
103	Ferran Miravalles (Meridian Racing p/b de la Uz)	+0:20:49
104	Itamar Einhorn (NSN Development Team)	+0:20:49
105	Jorge Galvez Lopez (Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé)	+0:20:49
106	Santiago Mesa (Anicolor / Campicarn Cycling Team)	+0:20:49
107	Bernardo Cambareri (Meridian Racing p/b de la Uz)	+0:20:49
108	Carson Miles (Anicolor / Campicarn Cycling Team)	+0:20:49
DNF	Liam Flanagan (APS Pro Cycling)	DNF
DNF	Patrick Welch (APS Pro Cycling)	DNF
DNF	Hugo de la Calle (Burgos Burpellet BH)	DNF
DNF	Felipe Cristiano Marques (Localiza Meoo/Swift Pro Cycling)	DNF
DNF	Pere Barcelo Ferre (Meridian Racing p/b de la Uz)	DNF

General Classification after stage 6

Place	Full Name (Team)	Diff
1	Alexis Guérin (Anicolor / Campicarn Cycling Team)	19:41:17
2	Artem Nych (Anicolor / Campicarn Cycling Team)	+0:00:49
3	Tiago Antunes (Efapel Cycling)	+0:01:28
4	Adria Pericas (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)	+0:02:03
5	Jose Neves (Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - UDO)	+0:02:04
6	Emanuel Duarte (Credibom - LA Alumínios - Marcos Car)	+0:02:28
7	Txomin Juaristi (Euskaltel-Euskadi)	+0:02:40
8	Pedro Silva (Feira dos Sofás - Boavista)	+0:02:49
9	Jokin Murguialday (Euskaltel-Euskadi)	+0:02:53
10	Fabio Costa (Feira dos Sofás - Boavista)	+0:03:00
11	Abner González (Feirense - Beeceler)	+0:03:53
12	Jesus David Peña (Efapel Cycling)	+0:04:10
13	Rui Carvalho (Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - UDO)	+0:04:24
14	Louis Ferreira (Anicolor / Campicarn Cycling Team)	+0:04:33
15	Adrián Bustamante (Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - UDO)	+0:04:34
16	Lucas Lopes (Efapel Cycling)	+0:04:47
17	Jesus Del Pino (Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé)	+0:04:50
18	Diogo Barbosa (Team Tavira / Crédito Agrícola)	+0:05:26
19	Keegan Swirbul (Efapel Cycling)	+0:05:28
20	Emil Nymand Nielsen (NSN Development Team)	+0:06:27
21	Harrison Wood (Feirense - Beeceler)	+0:06:34
22	Carlos Garcia (Burgos Burpellet BH)	+0:07:18
23	Xabier Isasa (Euskaltel-Euskadi)	+0:07:31
24	Rafael Barbas (Tavfer - Ovos Matinados - Mortágua)	+0:09:36
25	David Domínguez (Feira dos Sofás - Boavista)	+0:09:38
26	Jordi Lopez (Euskaltel-Euskadi)	+0:10:59
27	André Ribeiro (Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - UDO)	+0:11:33
28	Eduardo Perez-Landaluce (Obidos Cycling Team)	+0:12:28
29	Viacheslav Ivanov (Feirense - Beeceler)	+0:13:00
30	Henrique Avancini (Localiza Meoo/Swift Pro Cycling)	+0:13:17
31	Ailetz Lasa (Team Tavira / Crédito Agrícola)	+0:13:33
32	Ángel Sánchez (Tavfer - Ovos Matinados - Mortágua)	+0:13:59
33	Gaspar Goncalves (Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - UDO)	+0:14:52
34	Joaquim Silva (Efapel Cycling)	+0:15:25
35	Pedro Figueiredo Leme (Localiza Meoo/Swift Pro Cycling)	+0:15:50
36	Rafael Reis (Anicolor / Campicarn Cycling Team)	+0:17:26
37	Rui Oliveira (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)	+0:17:29
38	Francisco Campos (Team Tavira / Crédito Agrícola)	+0:17:31
39	Alvaro Garcia (NSN Development Team)	+0:17:53
40	Daniel Viegas (Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé)	+0:17:59
41	Zac Marriage (NSN Development Team)	+0:18:06
42	Afonso Silva (Team Tavira / Crédito Agrícola)	+0:18:33
43	Lorenzo Quartucci (Burgos Burpellet BH)	+0:21:44
44	Hugo Nunes (Credibom - LA Alumínios - Marcos Car)	+0:22:08
45	Oscar Rota Rus (Feira dos Sofás - Boavista)	+0:22:44
46	Diogo Gonçalves (Efapel Cycling)	+0:22:57
47	Goncalo Carvalho (Tavfer - Ovos Matinados - Mortágua)	+0:23:52
48	Maksym Bilyi (Burgos Burpellet BH)	+0:24:11
49	Tomas Contte (Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé)	+0:28:06
50	Adam Lewis (APS Pro Cycling)	+0:28:30
51	Diogo Narciso (Credibom - LA Alumínios - Marcos Car)	+0:28:50
52	André Carvalho (Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé)	+0:29:51
53	Daniel Cavia (Burgos Burpellet BH)	+0:31:32
54	João Medeiros (Credibom - LA Alumínios - Marcos Car)	+0:31:33
55	Abdulla Jasim Al-Ali (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)	+0:31:48
56	Alex Hewes (NSN Development Team)	+0:31:50
57	Jorge Galvez Lopez (Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé)	+0:31:52
58	Pedro Pinto (Efapel Cycling)	+0:32:12
59	Bruno Lemes (Localiza Meoo/Swift Pro Cycling)	+0:32:39
60	Iker Bonillo (Feira dos Sofás - Boavista)	+0:32:54
61	Luca Giaimi (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)	+0:33:40
62	Claudio Leal (Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé)	+0:33:49
63	Axel van der Tuuk (Euskaltel-Euskadi)	+0:35:36
64	Jeremy Smith (Obidos Cycling Team)	+0:35:42
65	Pedro Andrade (Feirense - Beeceler)	+0:37:02
66	Filipe Francisco (Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé)	+0:37:53
67	Jambaljamts Sainbayar (Burgos Burpellet BH)	+0:38:23
68	Rúben Rodrigues (Feira dos Sofás - Boavista)	+0:39:29
69	Andrew Lydic (APS Pro Cycling)	+0:39:57
70	João Matias (Tavfer - Ovos Matinados - Mortágua)	+0:40:00
71	Julius Johansen (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)	+0:40:09
72	Joao Pedro Rossi (Localiza Meoo/Swift Pro Cycling)	+0:41:01
73	Mikel Bizkarra (Euskaltel-Euskadi)	+0:41:51
74	Joshua Lebo (Meridian Racing p/b de la Uz)	+0:45:14
75	João Martins (Credibom - LA Alumínios - Marcos Car)	+0:46:05
76	Conn McDunphy (APS Pro Cycling)	+0:47:11
77	Edson Gilmar de Rezende Junior (Localiza Meoo/Swift Pro Cycling)	+0:47:37
78	Finlay Tarling (NSN Development Team)	+0:47:47
79	Guilherme Mestre (Team Tavira / Crédito Agrícola)	+0:48:19
80	Jaime Torres (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)	+0:48:33
81	Ben Morin (NSN Development Team)	+0:48:34
82	Danny van der Tuuk (Euskaltel-Euskadi)	+0:49:24
83	Jaume Espuis (Meridian Racing p/b de la Uz)	+0:49:30
84	Andrey André (Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - UDO)	+0:49:33
85	Enzo Leijnse (Anicolor / Campicarn Cycling Team)	+0:53:05
86	Alexandre Montez (Feirense - Beeceler)	+0:55:06
87	Gabriel Sousa Silva (Localiza Meoo/Swift Pro Cycling)	+0:55:26
88	Santiago Mesa (Anicolor / Campicarn Cycling Team)	+0:55:36
89	Fabio Oliveira (Feirense - Beeceler)	+0:56:19
90	Miguel Salgueiro (Team Tavira / Crédito Agrícola)	+0:57:05
91	Itamar Einhorn (NSN Development Team)	+0:57:21
92	Alvaro Navas (Obidos Cycling Team)	+0:57:31
93	Diogo Pinto (Credibom - LA Alumínios - Marcos Car)	+0:59:24
94	Ferran Miravalles (Meridian Racing p/b de la Uz)	+1:00:16
95	Ronan O'Connor (APS Pro Cycling)	+1:00:33
96	Leangel Linarez (Tavfer - Ovos Matinados - Mortágua)	+1:00:33
97	João Nuno Oliveira (Credibom - LA Alumínios - Marcos Car)	+1:00:41
98	Carson Miles (Anicolor / Campicarn Cycling Team)	+1:02:41
99	Rafael Sousa (Feira dos Sofás - Boavista)	+1:02:51
100	Francisco Pereira (Feirense - Beeceler)	+1:03:05
101	Bernardo Cambareri (Meridian Racing p/b de la Uz)	+1:03:50
102	Miguel Moreira (Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - UDO)	+1:06:29
103	Cesar Martingil (Tavfer - Ovos Matinados - Mortágua)	+1:07:34
104	Marcos Freire (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)	+1:07:52
105	Jade Rohde (Meridian Racing p/b de la Uz)	+1:09:20
106	Francisco Morais (Tavfer - Ovos Matinados - Mortágua)	+1:12:48
107	José Manuel Gutiérrez (Obidos Cycling Team)	+1:15:18
108	Bruno Maceiras (Obidos Cycling Team)	+1:16:52

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Points Classification

Place	Full Name (Team)	Points
1	Rui Oliveira (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)	67 pts
2	Daniel Cavia (Burgos Burpellet BH)	58 pts
3	Francisco Campos (Team Tavira / Crédito Agrícola)	53 pts
4	Tomas Contte (Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé)	42 pts
5	Xabier Isasa (Euskaltel-Euskadi)	40 pts
6	Santiago Mesa (Anicolor / Campicarn Cycling Team)	31 pts
7	Artem Nych (Anicolor / Campicarn Cycling Team)	30 pts
8	Alexis Guérin (Anicolor / Campicarn Cycling Team)	25 pts
9	Leangel Linarez (Tavfer - Ovos Matinados - Mortágua)	25 pts
10	Pedro Silva (Feira dos Sofás - Boavista)	22 pts
11	Iker Bonillo (Feira dos Sofás - Boavista)	21 pts
12	João Matias (Tavfer - Ovos Matinados - Mortágua)	20 pts
13	Miguel Salgueiro (Team Tavira / Crédito Agrícola)	20 pts
14	Tiago Antunes (Efapel Cycling)	14 pts
15	Jokin Murguialday (Euskaltel-Euskadi)	13 pts
16	Axel van der Tuuk (Euskaltel-Euskadi)	11 pts
17	Jose Neves (Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - UDO)	10 pts
18	Bernardo Cambareri (Meridian Racing p/b de la Uz)	9 pts
19	Abner González (Feirense - Beeceler)	8 pts
20	Jesus Del Pino (Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé)	8 pts
21	Fabio Costa (Feira dos Sofás - Boavista)	6 pts
22	Adrián Bustamante (Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - UDO)	6 pts
23	Rafael Barbas (Tavfer - Ovos Matinados - Mortágua)	6 pts
24	Jordi Lopez (Euskaltel-Euskadi)	6 pts
25	Joshua Lebo (Meridian Racing p/b de la Uz)	5 pts
26	Adam Lewis (APS Pro Cycling)	5 pts
27	Adria Pericas (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)	4 pts
28	Louis Ferreira (Anicolor / Campicarn Cycling Team)	4 pts
29	Itamar Einhorn (NSN Development Team)	4 pts
30	André Carvalho (Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé)	3 pts
31	Gabriel Sousa Silva (Localiza Meoo/Swift Pro Cycling)	3 pts
32	Miguel Moreira (Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - UDO)	3 pts
33	Emanuel Duarte (Credibom - LA Alumínios - Marcos Car)	2 pts
34	Txomin Juaristi (Euskaltel-Euskadi)	2 pts
35	Henrique Avancini (Localiza Meoo/Swift Pro Cycling)	2 pts
36	Oscar Rota Rus (Feira dos Sofás - Boavista)	2 pts
37	Alvaro Navas (Obidos Cycling Team)	2 pts
38	Ronan O'Connor (APS Pro Cycling)	2 pts
39	José Manuel Gutiérrez (Obidos Cycling Team)	2 pts
40	Jesus David Peña (Efapel Cycling)	1 pt
41	Diogo Barbosa (Team Tavira / Crédito Agrícola)	1 pt
42	João Medeiros (Credibom - LA Alumínios - Marcos Car)	1 pt
43	João Martins (Credibom - LA Alumínios - Marcos Car)	1 pt

Mountains Classification

Place	Full Name (Team)	Points
1	Oscar Rota Rus (Feira dos Sofás - Boavista)	28 pts
2	Alexis Guérin (Anicolor / Campicarn Cycling Team)	26 pts
3	Artem Nych (Anicolor / Campicarn Cycling Team)	20 pts
4	Pedro Silva (Feira dos Sofás - Boavista)	20 pts
5	Rúben Rodrigues (Feira dos Sofás - Boavista)	15 pts
6	Jokin Murguialday (Euskaltel-Euskadi)	15 pts
7	Rui Oliveira (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)	14 pts
8	Jose Neves (Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - UDO)	13 pts
9	Abner González (Feirense - Beeceler)	11 pts
10	João Medeiros (Credibom - LA Alumínios - Marcos Car)	10 pts
11	Goncalo Carvalho (Tavfer - Ovos Matinados - Mortágua)	10 pts
12	Rafael Barbas (Tavfer - Ovos Matinados - Mortágua)	9 pts
13	Tomas Contte (Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé)	8 pts
14	Louis Ferreira (Anicolor / Campicarn Cycling Team)	7 pts
15	Rui Carvalho (Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - UDO)	6 pts
16	Iker Bonillo (Feira dos Sofás - Boavista)	5 pts
17	Joshua Lebo (Meridian Racing p/b de la Uz)	5 pts
18	Emanuel Duarte (Credibom - LA Alumínios - Marcos Car)	5 pts
19	Ben Morin (NSN Development Team)	5 pts
20	Andrey André (Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - UDO)	5 pts
21	Jesus David Peña (Efapel Cycling)	4 pts
22	Francisco Pereira (Feirense - Beeceler)	4 pts
23	Txomin Juaristi (Euskaltel-Euskadi)	3 pts
24	Adam Lewis (APS Pro Cycling)	3 pts
25	Ronan O'Connor (APS Pro Cycling)	3 pts
26	Adria Pericas (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)	2 pts
27	Fabio Costa (Feira dos Sofás - Boavista)	2 pts
28	Bernardo Cambareri (Meridian Racing p/b de la Uz)	2 pts
29	Miguel Moreira (Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - UDO)	2 pts
30	Tiago Antunes (Efapel Cycling)	1 pt
31	Lucas Lopes (Efapel Cycling)	1 pt
32	Rafael Reis (Anicolor / Campicarn Cycling Team)	1 pt
33	Bruno Lemes (Localiza Meoo/Swift Pro Cycling)	1 pt
34	Diogo Pinto (Credibom - LA Alumínios - Marcos Car)	1 pt
35	José Manuel Gutiérrez (Obidos Cycling Team)	1 pt

Youth Classification

Place	Full Name (Team)	Diff
1	Adria Pericas (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)	19:43:20
2	Emil Nymand Nielsen (NSN Development Team)	+0:04:24
3	Rafael Barbas (Tavfer - Ovos Matinados - Mortágua)	+0:07:33
4	André Ribeiro (Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - UDO)	+0:09:30
5	Alvaro Garcia (NSN Development Team)	+0:15:50
6	Alex Hewes (NSN Development Team)	+0:29:47
7	Luca Giaimi (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)	+0:31:37
8	Claudio Leal (Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé)	+0:31:46
9	Jeremy Smith (Obidos Cycling Team)	+0:33:39
10	Rúben Rodrigues (Feira dos Sofás - Boavista)	+0:37:26
11	João Martins (Credibom - LA Alumínios - Marcos Car)	+0:44:02
12	Finlay Tarling (NSN Development Team)	+0:45:44
13	Guilherme Mestre (Team Tavira / Crédito Agrícola)	+0:46:16
14	Jaime Torres (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)	+0:46:30
15	Ben Morin (NSN Development Team)	+0:46:31
16	Andrey André (Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - UDO)	+0:47:30
17	Alvaro Navas (Obidos Cycling Team)	+0:55:28
18	Rafael Sousa (Feira dos Sofás - Boavista)	+1:00:48
19	Bernardo Cambareri (Meridian Racing p/b de la Uz)	+1:01:47
20	Miguel Moreira (Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - UDO)	+1:04:26
21	Marcos Freire (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)	+1:05:49
22	Jade Rohde (Meridian Racing p/b de la Uz)	+1:07:17

Teams Classification

Place	Team	Diff
1	Anicolor / Campicarn Cycling Team	59:06:32
2	Efapel Cycling	+0:06:52
3	Gi Group Holding - Simoldes - UDO	+0:08:20
4	Euskaltel-Euskadi	+0:08:56
5	Feira dos Sofás - Boavista	+0:09:07
6	Feirense - Beeceler	+0:19:42
7	Aviludo - Louletano - Loulé	+0:21:13
8	Team Tavira / Crédito Agrícola	+0:23:18
9	NSN Development Team	+0:27:32
10	Burgos Burpellet BH	+0:32:40
11	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	+0:35:15
12	Credibom - LA Alumínios - Marcos Car	+0:35:39
13	Tavfer - Ovos Matinados - Mortágua	+0:42:12
14	Localiza Meoo/Swift Pro Cycling	+0:55:10
15	Obidos Cycling Team	+1:41:05
16	APS Pro Cycling	+1:42:20
17	Meridian Racing p/b de la Uz	+2:21:15