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Tour de France: Tim Merlier claims back-to-back victories on stage 8 with furious sprint into Bergerac

Matilda Price — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 15:29:23 +0000

It was back-to-back wins at the Tour de France for Tim Merlier (Soudal-QuickStep) as the Belgian sprinted to stage 8 victory after a tense finale that saw breakaway rider Liam Slock (Lotto Intermarché) caught at the very last, just 1.3km from the line.

Stage 7 winner Merlier had to come from behind and launch from seventh wheel, but once he went, his speed was completely untouchable, and he sped to the line to win for the second day in a row.

Biniam Girmay (NSN) took second half a bike length behind Merlier, and Olav Kooij (Decathlon CMA CGM) finished third. Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Premier Tech) again had to settle for outside of the top three placings.

Slock had been out front all day in a breakaway of three and then by himself for the final 40km, and looked at one point like he might make it all the way and cause an upset as he entered the final 5km with a 30-second gap. But once the peloton really ramped up, albeit late, Slock's dreams were over, and he was caught 1.3km from the finish line in Bergerac.

Once Slock was caught and the sprint opened up proper, it was XDS Astana who led things out for Max Kanter and led through the last corner into the final straight, with Alpecin's Mathieu van der Poel then opening up for Philipsen in what was a very good lead-out, and indeed the speed saw a gap open up to Merlier.

But despite a great lead-out, as soon as Philipsen was dropped off, he found himself boxed in by Kooij and a flying Merlier, who had to launch from several wheels down to get back to the front, but carried his speed all the way to the line for the win. Girmay followed Merlier's wheel and was coming up fast, but it was only good enough for second.

"It didn't feel like this!" Merlier said when Tour host Seb Piquet said he was 'the boss' winning his fifth Tour stage.

"I had to fight for position all the time and until the last metre. Just before the corner I was a bit boxed in, and then they almost crashed. I thought it was over, but I gave it a try to come back to the guys who did the lead-out, and I was coming with so much speed. I saw it was 250m and I said I'll give it a try until the finish and we'll see. But even in the last 50m, I couldn't push any more.

"Mostly when you win one, you can win a second," he said about going two for two. "I'm happy that from three [sprint] stages I can count two wins."

GC-wise, Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) continues to lead the race, holding the yellow jersey with a 2:42 and will more than likely take the lead into Monday's rest day, with Sunday offering up a breakaway-friendly stage 9 in the hills of the Massif Central.

A long day out for a strong breakaway

It was another flat, sprinter-friendly, and therefore doomed-for-the-breakaway 180km stage through the Dordogne, so there wasn't much enthusiasm to go in the break, and it didn't take long to form. After less than 10km, the three leaders of Liam Slock (Lotto Intermarché), Thibault Guernalec (TotalEnergies) and Jakub Otruba (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) were in the lead.

Perhaps surprisingly, given the day was a clear chance for a rest, the peloton kept the break relatively close, only growing out to two minutes after 50km as the sprint teams kept things fairly controlled, though it was definitely easy for most of the bunch.

Thibault Guernalec leads the breakaway (Image credit: Getty Images)

As a result, the stage was highly uneventful for most of the middle of the day, with the break working well together but not breaking free of the peloton's hold as everyone enjoyed a calm and warm day in southwest France.

Over the Côte de Domme, Slock won the singular KoM point available, which wouldn't trouble Pogačar's lead in that classification. The next point of interest was the intermediate sprint, where Otruba and Slock went toe-to-toe to try and win the points – and prize money – and the Caja Rural rider just narrowly beat Slock to the line as Guernalec swept up third place.

With points still available for the peloton, there was also a decent sprint behind, with Jasper Philipsen just beating Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) to the maximum 14 points still available, but all of the top 15 across the line added points to their tally.

Slock fights on as the chase ramps up

With 50km to go, the leaders were still holding a gap of two minutes as the peloton had to start to ramp things up. On the second climb, Ortruba and Slock dispatched with Guernalec to fight for the points, with Slock grabbing it and going ahead solo in the process.

Interesting, behind in the bunch, EF Education-EasyPost decided to use the climb to light things up, with Kasper Asgreen launching to drag clear a group of strong riders including Mathieu van der Poel, Ilan Van Wilder and Jonas Abrahamsen. However, with most riders there to follow for their sprinters rather than really attack, the split was undone relatively soon but had upped the pace in the bunch as they chased the now broken-apart break.

Slock went into the last 30km with a 1:30 gap and looked strong as the gap was coming down, though not rapidly, even as the sprint teams kicked into chase mode.

Despite the efforts of NSN, Alpecin and Soudal-QuickStep, Slock still held 1:20 going into the final 20km, as it started to look touch-and-go whether he might actually be caught. Some teams were hesitant to commit riders to the chase, preferring to keep more riders fresh for the sprint, but this tactic became risky as it became less and less certain that there would be a sprint to contest at all.

Liam Slock was caught with 1.3km to go (Image credit: Getty Images)

The gap was still a minute with 10km to go as the urgency clearly ramped up in the peloton, and Slock put his head down to ride his heart out and chase a mammoth upset. But as the line approached, the speed in the peloton just kept going up and up, and the gap started falling faster and faster. With 5km, the gap was 28 seconds and falling rapidly as Slock's dream of a miracle seemed to start fading away.

At 3km to go, the gap was still 10 seconds, but the bunch were closing in now and once Slock looked round and saw he was in their sights, he gave in and let himself be swallowed up with 1.3km to go.

With turns in the final kilometres, positioning was seemingly going to be key and it was XDS to got it right into the final corner with Merlier well out of position and a long way behind Philipsen and Kooij, but in the end nothing but speed mattered as he zipped to a second win in as many days in France.

With these two wins, Merlier has rocketed himself up to second in the green jersey standings, now only 15 points down on leader Mads Pedersen, though Pedersen may well add to his tally again on Sunday as the race heads back into the hills for a breakaway-friendly stage in the Massif Central.

The sprinters race for the line in Bergerac (Image credit: Getty Images)

Stage 8 Results

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	03:52:50
2	Biniam Girmay (Eri) NSN Cycling Team
3	Olav Kooij (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM
4	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
5	Pavel Bittner (Cze) Picnic PostNL
6	Rick Pluimers (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling
7	Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Jayco-AlUla
8	Clément Russo (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
9	Max Kanter (Ger) XDS Astana
10	Milan Fretin (Bel) Cofidis
11	Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
12	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek
13	Fernando Gaviria (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
14	Dorian Godon (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers
15	Anthony Turgis (Fra) Totalenergies
16	Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech
17	Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious
18	Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché
19	Fred Wright (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5
20	Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
21	Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Mobility
22	Mauro Schmid (Swi) Jayco-AlUla
23	Niklas Märkl (Ger) Picnic PostNL
24	Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM
25	Tom Pidcock (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5
26	Frank Van Den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL
27	Mike Teunissen (Ned) XDS Astana
28	Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
29	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
30	Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
31	Magnus Cort (Den) Uno-X Mobility
32	Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
33	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM
34	Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team
35	Harold Tejada (Col) XDS Astana
36	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) NSN Cycling Team
37	Tim Van Dijke (Ned) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
38	Guillaume Martin Guyonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
39	Robert Stannard (Aus) Bahrain Victorious
40	Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
41	Jose Felix Parra (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
42	Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
43	Florian Vermeersch (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
44	Nils Politt (Ger) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
45	Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
46	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
47	Juan Ayuso (Spa) Lidl-Trek
48	Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
49	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
50	Edoardo Affini (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike
51	Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike
52	Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep
53	Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
54	Toms Skujins (Lat) Lidl-Trek
55	Per Strand Hagenes (Nor) Visma-Lease a Bike
56	Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers
57	Egan Bernal (Col) Ineos Grenadiers
58	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek
59	Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost
60	Jordan Jegat (Fra) Totalenergies
61	Huub Artz (Ned) Lotto-Intermarché
62	Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious
63	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek
64	Yannis Voisard (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling
65	Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike
66	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team
67	Adam Yates (GBr) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
68	Davide Piganzoli (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike
69	Joris Delbove (Fra) Totalenergies
70	Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché
71	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers
72	Alexandre Delettre (Fra) Totalenergies
73	Cees Bol (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM
74	Chris Harper (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5
75	Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
76	Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep
77	Lorenzo Germani (Ita) Groupama-FDJ United
78	Lewis Askey (GBr) NSN Cycling Team
79	Derek Gee-West (Can) Lidl-Trek
80	Alex Kirsch (Lux) Cofidis
81	Michel Heßmann (Ger) Movistar Team
82	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious
83	Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep
84	Krists Neilands (Lat) NSN Cycling Team
85	Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike
86	Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike
87	Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
88	Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers
89	Mathis Le Berre (Fra) Totalenergies
90	Romain Gregoire (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:00:35
91	Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
92	Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
93	Matteo Trentin (Ita) Tudor Pro Cycling
94	Jai Hindley (Aus) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
95	Thymen Arensman (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers
96	Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Lotto-Intermarché
97	Clément Braz Afonso (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
98	Javier Romo (Spa) Movistar Team
99	Frits Biesterbos (Ned) Picnic PostNL
100	Quinten Hermans (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5
101	Nico Denz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
102	Carlos Verona (Spa) Lidl-Trek
103	Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis	00:00:48
104	Hugo Page (Fra) Cofidis
105	Lars Craps (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché
106	Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:00:56
107	Kasper Asgreen (Den) EF Education-EasyPost	00:01:03
108	Jake Stewart (GBr) NSN Cycling Team
109	Brent Van Moer (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5
110	Einer Rubio (Col) Movistar Team
111	Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:01:11
112	Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek
113	Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM
114	Liam Slock (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:01:20
115	Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Cofidis
116	Davide Ballerini (Ita) XDS Astana	00:01:29
117	John Degenkolb (Ger) Picnic PostNL
118	Abel Balderstone (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:01:33
119	Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	00:01:41
120	Kamil Gradek (Pol) Bahrain Victorious
121	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost	00:01:49
122	Michael Matthews (Aus) Jayco-AlUla
123	Luke Durbridge (Aus) Jayco-AlUla
124	Xabier Mikel Azparren (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5
125	Warren Barguil (Fra) Picnic PostNL
126	Bruno Armirail (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike
127	Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché
128	Aaron Gate (NZl) XDS Astana
129	Felix Großschartner (Aut) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
130	Tim Wellens (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
131	Damien Howson (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5
132	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team
133	Anders Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
134	Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Movistar Team
135	Matthew Riccitello (USA) Decathlon CMA CGM
136	Daan Hoole (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM
137	Robbe Dhondt (Bel) Picnic PostNL
138	Julius Van Den Berg (Ned) Picnic PostNL
139	Tobias Foss (Nor) Ineos Grenadiers
140	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
141	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost
142	Matteo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies
143	Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-EasyPost
144	Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost
145	Max Walker (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost
146	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost
147	Jan Tratnik (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
148	Ben O'Connor (Aus) Jayco-AlUla
149	Ewen Costiou (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
150	Ion Izaguirre (Spa) Cofidis
151	Sergio Higuita (Col) XDS Astana
152	Alex Aranburu (Spa) Cofidis
153	Marc Hirschi (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling
154	Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Cofidis
155	Sebastian Berwick (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
156	George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling Team
157	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
158	Tim Marsman (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech
159	Simone Velasco (Ita) XDS Astana
160	Jakub Otruba (Cze) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
161	Nicolas Breuillard (Fra) Totalenergies	00:02:20
162	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep	00:02:41
163	Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep
164	Marco Haller (Aut) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:03:01
165	Stefano Oldani (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
166	Nicolya Vinokurov (Kaz) XDS Astana	00:03:26
167	Silvan Dillier (Swi) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:03:56
168	Lucas Plapp (Aus) Jayco-AlUla
169	Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Totalenergies
170	Matis Louvel (Fra) NSN Cycling Team
171	Michael Storer (Aus) Tudor Pro Cycling
172	Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Tudor Pro Cycling
173	Marco Frigo (Ita) NSN Cycling Team
174	Joel Nicolau (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:04:45
175	Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep	00:05:44
176	Emiel Verstrynge (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:06:12

Sprint 1 - Saint-Cyprien km. 122.8
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Jakub Otruba (Cze) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	25
2	Liam Slock (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	20
3	Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Totalenergies	16
4	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	14
5	Max Kanter (Ger) XDS Astana	12
6	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek	10
7	Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	9
8	Biniam Girmay (Eri) NSN Cycling Team	8
9	Anthony Turgis (Fra) Totalenergies	7
10	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) NSN Cycling Team	6
11	Fernando Gaviria (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5
12	Davide Ballerini (Ita) XDS Astana	4
13	Aaron Gate (NZl) XDS Astana	3
14	Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek	2
15	Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	1

Sprint 2 - Vc Bergerac km. 180.4
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	70
2	Biniam Girmay (Eri) NSN Cycling Team	50
3	Olav Kooij (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	40
4	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	35
5	Pavel Bittner (Cze) Picnic PostNL	30
6	Rick Pluimers (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling	26
7	Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	24
8	Clément Russo (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	22
9	Max Kanter (Ger) XDS Astana	20
10	Milan Fretin (Bel) Cofidis	18
11	Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	16
12	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek	14
13	Fernando Gaviria (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	12
14	Dorian Godon (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	10
15	Anthony Turgis (Fra) Totalenergies	8
16	Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	6
17	Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious	4
18	Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	2

Mountain 1 - Côte De Domme km. 102.6
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Liam Slock (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	1

Mountain 2 - Côte Du Buisson-De-Cadouin km. 140.4
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Liam Slock (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	1

General classification after stage 8

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	28:49:07
2	Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:02:42
3	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:03:27
4	Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:03:30
5	Juan Ayuso (Spa) Lidl-Trek	00:03:34
6	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:03:55
7	Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:04:00
8	Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious	00:04:21
9	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek	00:04:57
10	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	00:07:10
11	Egan Bernal (Col) Ineos Grenadiers	00:09:12
12	Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost	00:09:35
13	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00:09:42
14	Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:09:45
15	Tom Pidcock (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:09:50
16	Davide Piganzoli (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:10:46
17	Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:10:51
18	Jordan Jegat (Fra) Totalenergies	00:10:56
19	Yannis Voisard (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:12:21
20	Harold Tejada (Col) XDS Astana	00:13:06
21	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:13:15
22	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team	00:13:24
23	Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:13:33
24	Adam Yates (GBr) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:14:31
25	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost	00:15:24
26	Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:18:26
27	Thymen Arensman (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers	00:19:54
28	Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:26:17
29	Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	00:27:03
30	Jai Hindley (Aus) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:27:11
31	Sergio Higuita (Col) XDS Astana	00:28:26
32	Jose Felix Parra (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:30:31
33	Guillaume Martin Guyonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:31:22
34	Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:32:28
35	Chris Harper (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:32:43
36	Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:34:50
37	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team	00:37:05
38	Carlos Verona (Spa) Lidl-Trek	00:38:08
39	Quinten Hermans (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:39:05
40	Ion Izaguirre (Spa) Cofidis	00:39:34
41	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	00:40:21
42	Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:41:57
43	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	00:43:43
44	Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek	00:43:44
45	Felix Großschartner (Aut) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:44:08
46	Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00:48:18
47	Derek Gee-West (Can) Lidl-Trek	00:53:21
48	Abel Balderstone (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
49	Ben O'Connor (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	00:55:53
50	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep	00:56:46
51	Romain Gregoire (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:57:03
52	Javier Romo (Spa) Movistar Team	00:57:33
53	George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling Team	00:57:38
54	Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:57:52
55	Joris Delbove (Fra) Totalenergies
56	Marc Hirschi (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:59:20
57	Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5	01:01:19
58	Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	01:01:27
59	Alexandre Delettre (Fra) Totalenergies	01:02:11
60	Toms Skujins (Lat) Lidl-Trek	01:03:03
61	Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	01:03:10
62	Matteo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies	01:04:08
63	Einer Rubio (Col) Movistar Team	01:04:42
64	Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Lotto-Intermarché	01:06:17
65	Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team	01:06:29
66	Tim Wellens (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	01:06:55
67	Tobias Foss (Nor) Ineos Grenadiers	01:07:31
68	Nicolas Breuillard (Fra) Totalenergies	01:07:33
69	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious	01:08:15
70	Clément Braz Afonso (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	01:08:34
71	Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike	01:08:54
72	Nils Politt (Ger) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	01:09:31
73	Mathis Le Berre (Fra) Totalenergies	01:09:39
74	Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-EasyPost	01:09:40
75	Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	01:10:02
76	Lorenzo Germani (Ita) Groupama-FDJ United	01:10:18
77	Kasper Asgreen (Den) EF Education-EasyPost	01:10:33
78	Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Movistar Team	01:11:21
79	Michael Storer (Aus) Tudor Pro Cycling	01:12:25
80	Clément Russo (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	01:13:15
81	Lars Craps (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	01:13:56
82	Sebastian Berwick (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	01:14:11
83	Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	01:14:16
84	Nico Denz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	01:14:43
85	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek	01:15:01
86	Frank Van Den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL	01:15:08
87	Matthew Riccitello (USA) Decathlon CMA CGM	01:15:20
88	Michael Matthews (Aus) Jayco-AlUla
89	Rick Pluimers (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling	01:18:20
90	Magnus Cort (Den) Uno-X Mobility
91	Mauro Schmid (Swi) Jayco-AlUla	01:18:38
92	Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	01:19:24
93	Marco Frigo (Ita) NSN Cycling Team	01:19:28
94	Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	01:19:33
95	Alex Aranburu (Spa) Cofidis	01:19:52
96	Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	01:20:20
97	Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	01:20:36
98	Brent Van Moer (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5	01:20:49
99	Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	01:21:00
100	Ewen Costiou (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
101	Robert Stannard (Aus) Bahrain Victorious	01:21:32
102	Anthony Turgis (Fra) Totalenergies	01:23:24
103	Damien Howson (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5	01:23:29
104	Anders Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	01:23:36
105	Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	01:23:37
106	Lucas Plapp (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	01:23:38
107	Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	01:23:43
108	Aaron Gate (NZl) XDS Astana	01:23:48
109	Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious	01:24:18
110	Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Mobility	01:24:27
111	Joel Nicolau (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	01:24:31
112	Alex Kirsch (Lux) Cofidis	01:24:32
113	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost	01:24:58
114	Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost	01:25:34
115	Simone Velasco (Ita) XDS Astana
116	Krists Neilands (Lat) NSN Cycling Team	01:26:13
117	Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep	01:26:18
118	Jan Tratnik (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	01:27:20
119	Warren Barguil (Fra) Picnic PostNL	01:27:45
120	Michel Heßmann (Ger) Movistar Team	01:28:08
121	Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Totalenergies	01:28:56
122	Luke Durbridge (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	01:29:02
123	Xabier Mikel Azparren (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5	01:29:13
124	Bruno Armirail (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike	01:29:16
125	Emiel Verstrynge (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	01:29:38
126	Daan Hoole (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	01:29:49
127	Max Walker (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost	01:29:51
128	Nicolya Vinokurov (Kaz) XDS Astana	01:29:56
129	Mike Teunissen (Ned) XDS Astana	01:30:08
130	Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Cofidis	01:30:47
131	Max Kanter (Ger) XDS Astana	01:32:34
132	Biniam Girmay (Eri) NSN Cycling Team	01:32:43
133	Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep	01:32:54
134	Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Tudor Pro Cycling	01:33:19
135	Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers	01:33:48
136	Jakub Otruba (Cze) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	01:34:10
137	Stefano Oldani (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	01:34:26
138	Florian Vermeersch (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	01:34:59
139	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) NSN Cycling Team	01:35:36
140	Frits Biesterbos (Ned) Picnic PostNL	01:36:42
141	Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	01:36:43
142	Silvan Dillier (Swi) Alpecin-Premier Tech	01:37:02
143	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	01:38:03
144	Tim Van Dijke (Ned) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	01:38:15
145	Robbe Dhondt (Bel) Picnic PostNL	01:38:27
146	Niklas Märkl (Ger) Picnic PostNL	01:39:03
147	Hugo Page (Fra) Cofidis	01:39:07
148	Per Strand Hagenes (Nor) Visma-Lease a Bike	01:40:08
149	Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Cofidis	01:40:16
150	Fred Wright (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	01:40:51
151	Edoardo Affini (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike	01:41:07
152	Tim Marsman (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	01:41:53
153	Matteo Trentin (Ita) Tudor Pro Cycling	01:42:55
154	Dorian Godon (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	01:43:30
155	Pavel Bittner (Cze) Picnic PostNL	01:44:25
156	Milan Fretin (Bel) Cofidis	01:46:05
157	Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché	01:46:21
158	Julius Van Den Berg (Ned) Picnic PostNL	01:46:51
159	Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	01:47:07
160	Jake Stewart (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	01:47:09
161	Huub Artz (Ned) Lotto-Intermarché	01:47:18
162	John Degenkolb (Ger) Picnic PostNL	01:48:04
163	Fernando Gaviria (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	01:48:41
164	Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	01:49:01
165	Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers	01:49:20
166	Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious	01:49:36
167	Lewis Askey (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	01:50:31
168	Davide Ballerini (Ita) XDS Astana	01:51:10
169	Olav Kooij (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	01:51:13
170	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers	01:51:44
171	Cees Bol (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	01:52:00
172	Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis	01:52:47
173	Liam Slock (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	01:54:07
174	Kamil Gradek (Pol) Bahrain Victorious	01:54:30
175	Matis Louvel (Fra) NSN Cycling Team	01:59:16
176	Marco Haller (Aut) Tudor Pro Cycling	02:01:33

Points Classification

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek	228
2	Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	213
3	Biniam Girmay (Eri) NSN Cycling Team	203
4	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	175
5	Max Kanter (Ger) XDS Astana	172
6	Olav Kooij (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	110
7	Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	89
8	Anthony Turgis (Fra) Totalenergies	79
9	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	75
10	Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike	61
11	Huub Artz (Ned) Lotto-Intermarché	59
12	Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek	55
13	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	54
14	Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché	53
15	Pavel Bittner (Cze) Picnic PostNL	52
16	Milan Fretin (Bel) Cofidis	52
17	Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	52
18	Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	46
19	Jakub Otruba (Cze) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	45
20	Clément Russo (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	40
21	Dorian Godon (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	40
22	Fernando Gaviria (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	40
23	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	39
24	Rick Pluimers (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling	38
25	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	32
26	Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious	32
27	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek	31
28	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) NSN Cycling Team	31
29	Michael Matthews (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	30
30	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost	25
31	Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	23
32	Jake Stewart (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	23
33	Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious	22
34	Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	22
35	Juan Ayuso (Spa) Lidl-Trek	21
36	Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	21
37	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team	20
38	Joris Delbove (Fra) Totalenergies	20
39	Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike	20
40	Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	20
41	Liam Slock (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	20
42	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team	18
43	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	18
44	Marco Frigo (Ita) NSN Cycling Team	18
45	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	16
46	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	16
47	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	16
48	Frank Van Den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL	16
49	Aaron Gate (NZl) XDS Astana	16
50	Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Totalenergies	16
51	Davide Ballerini (Ita) XDS Astana	15
52	Romain Gregoire (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	14
53	Michael Storer (Aus) Tudor Pro Cycling	14
54	Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	14
55	Harold Tejada (Col) XDS Astana	13
56	Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost	12
57	Matteo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies	12
58	Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	11
59	Mike Teunissen (Ned) XDS Astana	10
60	Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	9
61	Magnus Cort (Den) Uno-X Mobility	9
62	Lucas Plapp (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	9
63	Tom Pidcock (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	8
64	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious	8
65	Jordan Jegat (Fra) Totalenergies	7
66	Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team	7
67	Nico Denz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	7
68	Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike	6
69	Abel Balderstone (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6
70	Mauro Schmid (Swi) Jayco-AlUla	6
71	Alex Kirsch (Lux) Cofidis	6
72	Egan Bernal (Col) Ineos Grenadiers	5
73	Alexandre Delettre (Fra) Totalenergies	5
74	Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	5
75	Ewen Costiou (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	5
76	Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Tudor Pro Cycling	5
77	Tim Marsman (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	5
78	Joel Nicolau (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4
79	Tim Wellens (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3
80	Clément Braz Afonso (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	3
81	Jan Tratnik (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	3
82	Florian Vermeersch (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3
83	Sergio Higuita (Col) XDS Astana	2
84	Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	2
85	Mathis Le Berre (Fra) Totalenergies	2
86	George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling Team	1
87	Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep	1

Mountain classification

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	28
2	Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike	19
3	Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious	16
4	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	13
5	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	12
6	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep	10
7	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	10
8	Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	10
9	Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	9
10	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team	7
11	Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	6
12	Tim Wellens (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	6
13	Marco Frigo (Ita) NSN Cycling Team	5
14	Jan Tratnik (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	5
15	Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	5
16	Felix Großschartner (Aut) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	4
17	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious	4
18	Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché	3
19	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	3
20	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team	3
21	Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	3
22	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	2
23	Ben O'Connor (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	2
24	Liam Slock (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	2
25	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek	2
26	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	2
27	Matteo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies	2
28	Frank Van Den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL	2
29	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek	1
30	Adam Yates (GBr) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1
31	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost	1
32	Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike	1
33	Javier Romo (Spa) Movistar Team	1
34	George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling Team	1
35	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost	1
36	Xabier Mikel Azparren (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5	1
37	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers	1

Young Rider Classification

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	28:52:34
2	Juan Ayuso (Spa) Lidl-Trek	00:00:07
3	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:00:28
4	Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious	00:00:54
5	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	00:03:43
6	Davide Piganzoli (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:07:19
7	Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:07:24
8	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:09:48
9	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team	00:09:57
10	Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	00:23:36
11	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team	00:33:38
12	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	00:36:54
13	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	00:40:16
14	Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek	00:40:17
15	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep	00:53:19
16	Romain Gregoire (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:53:36
17	Matteo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies	01:00:41
18	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious	01:04:48
19	Mathis Le Berre (Fra) Totalenergies	01:06:12
20	Lorenzo Germani (Ita) Groupama-FDJ United	01:06:51
21	Lars Craps (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	01:10:29
22	Matthew Riccitello (USA) Decathlon CMA CGM	01:11:53
23	Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	01:16:06
24	Ewen Costiou (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	01:17:33
25	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost	01:21:31
26	Michel Heßmann (Ger) Movistar Team	01:24:41
27	Emiel Verstrynge (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	01:26:11
28	Max Walker (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost	01:26:24
29	Nicolya Vinokurov (Kaz) XDS Astana	01:26:29
30	Frits Biesterbos (Ned) Picnic PostNL	01:33:15
31	Robbe Dhondt (Bel) Picnic PostNL	01:35:00
32	Hugo Page (Fra) Cofidis	01:35:40
33	Per Strand Hagenes (Nor) Visma-Lease a Bike	01:36:41
34	Pavel Bittner (Cze) Picnic PostNL	01:40:58
35	Milan Fretin (Bel) Cofidis	01:42:38
36	Huub Artz (Ned) Lotto-Intermarché	01:43:51
37	Lewis Askey (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	01:47:04
38	Olav Kooij (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	01:47:46
39	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers	01:48:17

Team Classification

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Lidl-Trek	86:16:50
2	Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:27:01
3	UAE Team Emirates XRG	00:27:08
4	Visma-Lease a Bike	00:36:22
5	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	01:01:19
6	EF Education-Easypost	01:03:40
7	Netcompany Ineos	01:04:01
8	Movistar	01:19:19
9	Pinarello-Q36.5	01:19:40
10	Uno-X Mobility	01:25:51
11	Bahrain Victorious	01:28:07
12	TotalEnergies	01:45:03
13	XDS Astana	01:56:47
14	Soudal Quick-Step	02:03:32
15	Tudor	02:12:04
16	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	02:12:47
17	Groupama-FDJ United	02:20:55
18	Lotto Intermarché	02:35:10
19	Alpecin-Premier Tech	02:41:04
20	Cofidis	03:08:20
21	Jayco Alula	03:14:54
22	NSN	03:32:41
23	Picnic PostNL	04:13:25

Tour de France: Tim Merlier banishes bunch in Bordeaux for stage 7 sprint victory

Patrick Fletcher — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:16:25 +0000

Tim Merlier (Soudal-QuickStep) proved he could manage without his trusty lead-out man Bert Van Lerberghe, winning stage 7 of the Tour de France in a bunch sprint in Bordeaux.

Merlier started from too far back in the previous sprint stage on Wednesday, but, despite being a man down due to Van Lergberghe’s abandon, he floated beautifully in the hectic final kilometres before producing a devastating acceleration for the line.

Alpecin-Premier Tech dominated the lead-out, with an old-fashioned train of five riders peeling off in turn from 2.5km out, but Jasper Philipsen, launched by Mathieu van der Poel, couldn’t finish it off, fading to fifth in the headwind.

Second place went to Soren Waerenskjold (Uno-X Mobility), who jumped earlier but was passed decisively by Merlier on the left-hand side of the road. Third place went to Biniam Girmay (NSN Cycling), while stage 5 winner Olav Kooij (Decathlon CMA CGM) was out of position and out of the picture.

Alpecin-Premier Tech take position at the front of the race to set up final sprint for Jasper Philipsen (Image credit: Getty Images)

“Perfectly? I don’t know. It was a mess to get in position but I made it thanks to the team,” said Merlier, who was popped into the thick of it by Jasper Stuyven.

“For a long time I was following Jasper but I lost him, then I saw I was in the casino, then got a bit more space and some time to give the legs a bit of air, then in the last 600 metres it was boxing again. I thought to myself ‘are we going to fight to the finish?’ I’m happy I could take it."

The win marks Merlier’s fourth in the Tour de France in three appearances, following his double last year and his debut win back in 2021.

“In every participation I take a win, so I can be proud.”

There was no change to the top end of the general classification on a quiet day for the yellow jersey Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), with another potential sprint stage on the menu on Saturday.

Flat and fast

Tadej Pogačar, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, rides in peloton from start in Hagetmau (Image credit: Getty Images)

The second flat stage at the 2026 Tour de France unfolded in similar fashion to the first, two days ago. Alpecin-Premier Tech and Soudal-QuickStep controlled the peloton as Baptiste Veistroffer (Lotto-Intermarché) headed up the road. The only difference was that the Frenchman had company this time, albeit just one companion in the form of Jakub Otruba (Caja Rural).

Again, the breakaway went immediately from kilometer-zero, with absolutely no struggle to get up the road and precious little interest.

And once again the breakaway, though unthreatening, was kept on a very short leash, their advantage never growing out beyond the two-minute mark.

There were, however, some flurries of action.

Firstly, and surprisingly, after 60 or so kilometres Uno-X decided to attack, looking to launch Jonas Abrahamsen up the road. A few went with him, but Alpecin and QuickStep were quick to snuff it out and it soon came back together.

The flurry of action saw the breakaway’s lead halved to 45 seconds but it soon went back out again as the bunch relaxed.

Baptiste Veistroffer of Lotto-Intermarché (left) and Jakub Otruba of Caja Rural - Seguros RGA compete in the breakaway (Image credit: Getty Images)

The next simmering point would come at the intermediate sprint in Landiras with 120km ridden and 55km to go. After Veistroffer led Otruba over the line in the break, there was a battle for green jersey hopefuls from the peloton behind, with the wearer of that jersey, Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) coming out on top. Once again XDS Astana produced a big lead-out for Max Kanter, who was third, behind Grimay and ahead of Philipsen and Merlier.

Once again, the injection of pace brought the break’s lead down to 30 seconds before it went back out once more. Just over 10km down the road came the day’s only climb, the category 4 Côte de Beguey, where Veistroffer beat Otruba to the sole mountains classification point.

The next injection of pace came with 22km to go and once again from Uno-X, who again tried to fire Abrahamsen up the road. Despite being launched by Anders Skaarseth, the Norwegian was quickly brought to heel by Alpecin and QuickStep.

Soon after, it was game over for the breakaway duo. Veistroffer tried to attack his companion but there was no separation and, after offering a conciliatory fist bump, the two of them were swallowed back into the peloton with 18km to go.

Spectators cheer along the race route of stage 7 as the peloton closes down the breakaway (Image credit: Getty Images)

Despite one final Abrahamsen acceleration with just over 10km to go, the race wound itself up for the bunch sprint, with the sprint trains getting organized despite a few narrow roads.

Ineos bumped shoulders with Cofidis to take pole position through a series of bends at the 5km to mark, which stretched out the peloton. Those two teams held the front until around 2km to go, where Alpecin moved up with one clean line of five riders.

They peeled off one-by-one, laying out the carpet for Philipsen, but Van der Poel perhaps dropped him off too early, with 250 metres to go. As Philipsen brushed shoulders with Fernando Gaviria (Caja Rural), Merlier found space on the left and darted out with 200 metres to go, surging to the front and brushing off his shoulders as he crossed the line.

Tim Merlier reacts to victory on stage 7 (Image credit: Getty Images)

Stage Results

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	03:44:20
2	Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
3	Biniam Girmay (Eri) NSN Cycling Team
4	Max Kanter (Ger) XDS Astana
5	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
6	Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious
7	Huub Artz (Ned) Lotto-Intermarché
8	Dorian Godon (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers
9	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek
10	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) NSN Cycling Team
11	Pavel Bittner (Cze) Picnic PostNL
12	Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Jayco-AlUla
13	Milan Fretin (Bel) Cofidis
14	Fernando Gaviria (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
15	Anthony Turgis (Fra) Totalenergies
16	Clément Russo (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
17	Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché
18	Rick Pluimers (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling
19	Fred Wright (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5
20	Aaron Gate (NZl) XDS Astana
21	Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
22	Mike Teunissen (Ned) XDS Astana
23	Olav Kooij (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM
24	Robert Stannard (Aus) Bahrain Victorious
25	Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech
26	Tom Pidcock (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5
27	Harold Tejada (Col) XDS Astana
28	Nicolya Vinokurov (Kaz) XDS Astana
29	Brent Van Moer (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5
30	Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Mobility
31	Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Cofidis
32	Toms Skujins (Lat) Lidl-Trek
33	Julius Van Den Berg (Ned) Picnic PostNL
34	Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM
35	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek
36	Kasper Asgreen (Den) EF Education-EasyPost
37	Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM
38	Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team
39	Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
40	Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep
41	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM
42	Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
43	Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
44	Tim Van Dijke (Ned) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
45	Yannis Voisard (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling
46	Davide Ballerini (Ita) XDS Astana
47	Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
48	Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
49	Nils Politt (Ger) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
50	Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
51	Adam Yates (GBr) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
52	Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
53	Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Lotto-Intermarché
54	Lars Craps (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché
55	Joris Delbove (Fra) Totalenergies
56	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
57	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
58	Edoardo Affini (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike
59	Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike
60	Jordan Jegat (Fra) Totalenergies
61	Per Strand Hagenes (Nor) Visma-Lease a Bike
62	Juan Ayuso (Spa) Lidl-Trek
63	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek
64	Florian Vermeersch (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
65	Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5
66	Egan Bernal (Col) Ineos Grenadiers
67	Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep
68	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers
69	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team
70	Guillaume Martin Guyonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
71	Jai Hindley (Aus) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
72	Felix Großschartner (Aut) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
73	Tim Wellens (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
74	Jake Stewart (GBr) NSN Cycling Team
75	Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike
76	Davide Piganzoli (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike
77	Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike
78	Niklas Märkl (Ger) Picnic PostNL
79	Lorenzo Germani (Ita) Groupama-FDJ United
80	Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
81	Quinten Hermans (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5
82	Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike
83	Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché
84	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
85	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
86	Magnus Cort (Den) Uno-X Mobility
87	Derek Gee-West (Can) Lidl-Trek
88	Javier Romo (Spa) Movistar Team
89	Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
90	Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious
91	Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost
92	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team
93	Matteo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies
94	Jose Felix Parra (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
95	Nico Denz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
96	Cees Bol (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM
97	Mathis Le Berre (Fra) Totalenergies
98	Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
99	Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers
100	Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
101	Matteo Trentin (Ita) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:00:29
102	Damien Howson (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5
103	Stefano Oldani (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
104	Frits Biesterbos (Ned) Picnic PostNL	00:00:37
105	Clément Braz Afonso (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:00:46
106	Alexandre Delettre (Fra) Totalenergies
107	Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep
108	Carlos Verona (Spa) Lidl-Trek	00:01:03
109	Frank Van Den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL	00:01:06
110	Ewen Costiou (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:01:13
111	Alex Kirsch (Lux) Cofidis
112	Tim Marsman (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech
113	Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis
114	Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Tudor Pro Cycling
115	Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	00:01:23
116	Ben O'Connor (Aus) Jayco-AlUla
117	Warren Barguil (Fra) Picnic PostNL
118	Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Totalenergies
119	John Degenkolb (Ger) Picnic PostNL
120	Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
121	Liam Slock (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché
122	Tobias Foss (Nor) Ineos Grenadiers	00:01:37
123	Hugo Page (Fra) Cofidis	00:01:44
124	Bruno Armirail (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:01:58
125	Thymen Arensman (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers
126	Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché	00:02:05
127	Abel Balderstone (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
128	Romain Gregoire (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
129	Simone Velasco (Ita) XDS Astana
130	Anders Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
131	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost
132	Mauro Schmid (Swi) Jayco-AlUla
133	Einer Rubio (Col) Movistar Team
134	Matthew Riccitello (USA) Decathlon CMA CGM
135	Sergio Higuita (Col) XDS Astana
136	George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling Team
137	Daan Hoole (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM
138	Michael Matthews (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	00:02:18
139	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
140	Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek
141	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	00:02:39
142	Krists Neilands (Lat) NSN Cycling Team
143	Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-EasyPost
144	Marco Haller (Aut) Tudor Pro Cycling
145	Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep	00:02:43
146	Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep
147	Marc Hirschi (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling
148	Max Walker (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost
149	Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM
150	Silvan Dillier (Swi) Alpecin-Premier Tech
151	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious	00:02:49
152	Lucas Plapp (Aus) Jayco-AlUla
153	Luke Durbridge (Aus) Jayco-AlUla
154	Jan Tratnik (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
155	Sebastian Berwick (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
156	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost
157	Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Movistar Team
158	Nicolas Breuillard (Fra) Totalenergies
159	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep
160	Robbe Dhondt (Bel) Picnic PostNL
161	Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost	00:02:59
162	Michael Storer (Aus) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:03:09
163	Ion Izaguirre (Spa) Cofidis
164	Xabier Mikel Azparren (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5
165	Kamil Gradek (Pol) Bahrain Victorious
166	Michel Heßmann (Ger) Movistar Team	00:03:20
167	Emiel Verstrynge (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
168	Chris Harper (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5
169	Lewis Askey (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	00:03:30
170	Matis Louvel (Fra) NSN Cycling Team
171	Joel Nicolau (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:03:43
172	Alex Aranburu (Spa) Cofidis
173	Jakub Otruba (Cze) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
174	Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers
175	Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Cofidis	00:04:22
176	Marco Frigo (Ita) NSN Cycling Team	00:05:07

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Sprint 1 - Landiras
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché	25
2	Jakub Otruba (Cze) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	20
3	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek	16
4	Biniam Girmay (Eri) NSN Cycling Team	14
5	Max Kanter (Ger) XDS Astana	12
6	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	10
7	Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	9
8	Anthony Turgis (Fra) Totalenergies	8
9	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) NSN Cycling Team	7
10	Michael Matthews (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	6
11	Jake Stewart (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	5
12	Mike Teunissen (Ned) XDS Astana	4
13	Aaron Gate (NZl) XDS Astana	3
14	Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	2
15	Mauro Schmid (Swi) Jayco-AlUla	1

Sprint 2 - finish in Bordeaux
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	70
2	Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	50
3	Biniam Girmay (Eri) NSN Cycling Team	40
4	Max Kanter (Ger) XDS Astana	35
5	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	30
6	Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious	26
7	Huub Artz (Ned) Lotto-Intermarché	24
8	Dorian Godon (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	22
9	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek	20
10	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) NSN Cycling Team	18
11	Pavel Bittner (Cze) Picnic PostNL	16
12	Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	14
13	Milan Fretin (Bel) Cofidis	12
14	Fernando Gaviria (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	10
15	Anthony Turgis (Fra) Totalenergies	8
16	Clément Russo (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	6
17	Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	4
18	Rick Pluimers (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling	2

Mountain 1 (Côte De Béguey)
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché	1

General Classification after stage 7

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	24:56:17
2	Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:02:42
3	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:03:27
4	Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:03:30
5	Juan Ayuso (Spa) Lidl-Trek	00:03:34
6	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:03:55
7	Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:04:00
8	Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious	00:04:21
9	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek	00:04:57
10	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	00:07:10
11	Egan Bernal (Col) Ineos Grenadiers	00:09:12
12	Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost	00:09:35
13	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00:09:42
14	Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:09:45
15	Tom Pidcock (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:09:50
16	Davide Piganzoli (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:10:46
17	Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:10:51
18	Jordan Jegat (Fra) Totalenergies	00:10:56
19	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:11:26
20	Yannis Voisard (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:12:21
21	Harold Tejada (Col) XDS Astana	00:13:06
22	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team	00:13:24
23	Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:13:33
24	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost	00:13:35
25	Adam Yates (GBr) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:14:31
26	Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:18:26
27	Thymen Arensman (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers	00:19:19
28	Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:25:06
29	Jai Hindley (Aus) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:26:36
30	Sergio Higuita (Col) XDS Astana	00:26:37
31	Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	00:27:03
32	Jose Felix Parra (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:30:31
33	Guillaume Martin Guyonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:31:22
34	Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:32:28
35	Chris Harper (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:32:43
36	Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:33:39
37	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team	00:35:16
38	Carlos Verona (Spa) Lidl-Trek	00:37:33
39	Ion Izaguirre (Spa) Cofidis	00:37:45
40	Quinten Hermans (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:38:30
41	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	00:40:21
42	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	00:41:54
43	Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:41:57
44	Felix Großschartner (Aut) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:42:19
45	Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek	00:42:33
46	Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00:48:18
47	Abel Balderstone (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:51:48
48	Derek Gee-West (Can) Lidl-Trek	00:53:21
49	Ben O'Connor (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	00:54:04
50	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep	00:54:05
51	George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling Team	00:55:49
52	Romain Gregoire (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:56:28
53	Javier Romo (Spa) Movistar Team	00:56:58
54	Marc Hirschi (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:57:31
55	Joris Delbove (Fra) Totalenergies	00:57:52
56	Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
57	Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5	01:00:23
58	Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	01:01:27
59	Alexandre Delettre (Fra) Totalenergies	01:02:11
60	Matteo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies	01:02:19
61	Toms Skujins (Lat) Lidl-Trek	01:03:03
62	Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	01:03:10
63	Einer Rubio (Col) Movistar Team	01:03:39
64	Tim Wellens (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	01:05:06
65	Nicolas Breuillard (Fra) Totalenergies	01:05:13
66	Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Lotto-Intermarché	01:05:42
67	Tobias Foss (Nor) Ineos Grenadiers
68	Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team	01:06:29
69	Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-EasyPost	01:07:51
70	Clément Braz Afonso (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	01:07:59
71	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious	01:08:15
72	Michael Storer (Aus) Tudor Pro Cycling	01:08:29
73	Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike	01:08:54
74	Kasper Asgreen (Den) EF Education-EasyPost	01:09:30
75	Nils Politt (Ger) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	01:09:31
76	Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Movistar Team	01:09:32
77	Mathis Le Berre (Fra) Totalenergies	01:09:39
78	Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	01:10:02
79	Lorenzo Germani (Ita) Groupama-FDJ United	01:10:18
80	Sebastian Berwick (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	01:12:22
81	Lars Craps (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	01:13:08
82	Clément Russo (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	01:13:15
83	Matthew Riccitello (USA) Decathlon CMA CGM	01:13:31
84	Michael Matthews (Aus) Jayco-AlUla
85	Nico Denz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	01:14:08
86	Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	01:14:16
87	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek	01:15:01
88	Frank Van Den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL	01:15:08
89	Marco Frigo (Ita) NSN Cycling Team	01:15:32
90	Alex Aranburu (Spa) Cofidis	01:18:03
91	Rick Pluimers (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling	01:18:20
92	Magnus Cort (Den) Uno-X Mobility
93	Mauro Schmid (Swi) Jayco-AlUla	01:18:38
94	Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	01:18:49
95	Ewen Costiou (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	01:19:11
96	Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	01:19:33
97	Lucas Plapp (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	01:19:42
98	Brent Van Moer (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5	01:19:46
99	Joel Nicolau (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
100	Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	01:20:20
101	Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep	01:20:34
102	Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	01:20:36
103	Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	01:21:00
104	Robert Stannard (Aus) Bahrain Victorious	01:21:32
105	Damien Howson (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5	01:21:40
106	Anders Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	01:21:47
107	Aaron Gate (NZl) XDS Astana	01:21:59
108	Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	01:22:02
109	Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	01:23:02
110	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost	01:23:09
111	Anthony Turgis (Fra) Totalenergies	01:23:24
112	Emiel Verstrynge (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	01:23:26
113	Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost	01:23:45
114	Simone Velasco (Ita) XDS Astana
115	Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious	01:24:18
116	Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Mobility	01:24:27
117	Alex Kirsch (Lux) Cofidis	01:24:32
118	Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Totalenergies	01:25:00
119	Jan Tratnik (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	01:25:31
120	Warren Barguil (Fra) Picnic PostNL	01:25:56
121	Krists Neilands (Lat) NSN Cycling Team	01:26:13
122	Nicolya Vinokurov (Kaz) XDS Astana	01:26:30
123	Luke Durbridge (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	01:27:13
124	Xabier Mikel Azparren (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5	01:27:24
125	Bruno Armirail (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike	01:27:27
126	Daan Hoole (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	01:28:00
127	Max Walker (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost	01:28:02
128	Michel Heßmann (Ger) Movistar Team	01:28:08
129	Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Cofidis	01:28:58
130	Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Tudor Pro Cycling	01:29:23
131	Mike Teunissen (Ned) XDS Astana	01:30:08
132	Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep	01:30:13
133	Jakub Otruba (Cze) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	01:32:21
134	Max Kanter (Ger) XDS Astana	01:32:34
135	Biniam Girmay (Eri) NSN Cycling Team	01:32:49
136	Silvan Dillier (Swi) Alpecin-Premier Tech	01:33:06
137	Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers	01:33:48
138	Stefano Oldani (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	01:34:26
139	Florian Vermeersch (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	01:34:59
140	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) NSN Cycling Team	01:35:36
141	Frits Biesterbos (Ned) Picnic PostNL	01:36:07
142	Robbe Dhondt (Bel) Picnic PostNL	01:36:38
143	Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	01:36:43
144	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	01:38:03
145	Tim Van Dijke (Ned) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	01:38:15
146	Hugo Page (Fra) Cofidis	01:38:19
147	Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Cofidis	01:38:56
148	Niklas Märkl (Ger) Picnic PostNL	01:39:03
149	Tim Marsman (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	01:40:04
150	Per Strand Hagenes (Nor) Visma-Lease a Bike	01:40:08
151	Fred Wright (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	01:40:51
152	Edoardo Affini (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike	01:41:07
153	Matteo Trentin (Ita) Tudor Pro Cycling	01:42:20
154	Dorian Godon (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	01:43:30
155	Pavel Bittner (Cze) Picnic PostNL	01:44:25
156	Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché	01:44:32
157	Julius Van Den Berg (Ned) Picnic PostNL	01:45:02
158	Milan Fretin (Bel) Cofidis	01:46:05
159	Jake Stewart (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	01:46:06
160	John Degenkolb (Ger) Picnic PostNL	01:46:35
161	Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	01:47:07
162	Huub Artz (Ned) Lotto-Intermarché	01:47:18
163	Fernando Gaviria (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	01:48:41
164	Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	01:49:11
165	Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers	01:49:20
166	Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious	01:49:36
167	Davide Ballerini (Ita) XDS Astana	01:49:41
168	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers	01:49:55
169	Lewis Askey (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	01:50:31
170	Olav Kooij (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	01:51:17
171	Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis	01:51:59
172	Cees Bol (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	01:52:00
173	Liam Slock (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	01:52:47
174	Kamil Gradek (Pol) Bahrain Victorious	01:52:49
175	Matis Louvel (Fra) NSN Cycling Team	01:55:20
176	Marco Haller (Aut) Tudor Pro Cycling	01:58:32

Points Classification

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek	204
2	Biniam Girmay (Eri) NSN Cycling Team	145
3	Max Kanter (Ger) XDS Astana	140
4	Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	134
5	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	126
6	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	75
7	Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	73
8	Olav Kooij (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	70
9	Anthony Turgis (Fra) Totalenergies	64
10	Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike	61
11	Huub Artz (Ned) Lotto-Intermarché	59
12	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	54
13	Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché	53
14	Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek	53
15	Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	46
16	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	39
17	Milan Fretin (Bel) Cofidis	34
18	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	32
19	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek	31
20	Michael Matthews (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	30
21	Dorian Godon (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	30
22	Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	28
23	Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious	28
24	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost	25
25	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) NSN Cycling Team	25
26	Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	23
27	Jake Stewart (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	23
28	Fernando Gaviria (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	23
29	Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious	22
30	Pavel Bittner (Cze) Picnic PostNL	22
31	Juan Ayuso (Spa) Lidl-Trek	21
32	Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	21
33	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team	20
34	Joris Delbove (Fra) Totalenergies	20
35	Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike	20
36	Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	20
37	Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	20
38	Jakub Otruba (Cze) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	20
39	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team	18
40	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	18
41	Clément Russo (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	18
42	Marco Frigo (Ita) NSN Cycling Team	18
43	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	16
44	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	16
45	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	16
46	Frank Van Den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL	16
47	Romain Gregoire (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	14
48	Michael Storer (Aus) Tudor Pro Cycling	14
49	Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	14
50	Harold Tejada (Col) XDS Astana	13
51	Aaron Gate (NZl) XDS Astana	13
52	Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost	12
53	Matteo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies	12
54	Rick Pluimers (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling	12
55	Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	11
56	Davide Ballerini (Ita) XDS Astana	11
57	Mike Teunissen (Ned) XDS Astana	10
58	Magnus Cort (Den) Uno-X Mobility	9
59	Lucas Plapp (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	9
60	Tom Pidcock (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	8
61	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious	8
62	Jordan Jegat (Fra) Totalenergies	7
63	Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team	7
64	Nico Denz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	7
65	Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike	6
66	Abel Balderstone (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6
67	Mauro Schmid (Swi) Jayco-AlUla	6
68	Alex Kirsch (Lux) Cofidis	6
69	Egan Bernal (Col) Ineos Grenadiers	5
70	Alexandre Delettre (Fra) Totalenergies	5
71	Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	5
72	Ewen Costiou (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	5
73	Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Tudor Pro Cycling	5
74	Tim Marsman (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	5
75	Joel Nicolau (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4
76	Tim Wellens (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3
77	Clément Braz Afonso (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	3
78	Jan Tratnik (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	3
79	Florian Vermeersch (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3
80	Sergio Higuita (Col) XDS Astana	2
81	Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	2
82	Mathis Le Berre (Fra) Totalenergies	2
83	Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	2
84	George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling Team	1
85	Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep	1

Mountains Classification

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	28
2	Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike	19
3	Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious	16
4	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	13
5	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	12
6	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep	10
7	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	10
8	Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	10
9	Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	9
10	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team	7
11	Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	6
12	Tim Wellens (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	6
13	Marco Frigo (Ita) NSN Cycling Team	5
14	Jan Tratnik (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	5
15	Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	5
16	Felix Großschartner (Aut) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	4
17	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious	4
18	Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché	3
19	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	3
20	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team	3
21	Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	3
22	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	2
23	Ben O'Connor (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	2
24	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek	2
25	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	2
26	Matteo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies	2
27	Frank Van Den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL	2
28	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek	1
29	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost	1
30	Adam Yates (GBr) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1
31	Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike	1
32	George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling Team	1
33	Javier Romo (Spa) Movistar Team	1
34	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost	1
35	Xabier Mikel Azparren (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5	1
36	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers	1

Youth Classification

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	24:59:44
2	Juan Ayuso (Spa) Lidl-Trek	00:00:07
3	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:00:28
4	Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious	00:00:54
5	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	00:03:43
6	Davide Piganzoli (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:07:19
7	Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:07:24
8	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:07:59
9	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team	00:09:57
10	Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	00:23:36
11	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team	00:31:49
12	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	00:36:54
13	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	00:38:27
14	Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek	00:39:06
15	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep	00:50:38
16	Romain Gregoire (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:53:01
17	Matteo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies	00:58:52
18	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious	01:04:48
19	Mathis Le Berre (Fra) Totalenergies	01:06:12
20	Lorenzo Germani (Ita) Groupama-FDJ United	01:06:51
21	Lars Craps (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	01:09:41
22	Matthew Riccitello (USA) Decathlon CMA CGM	01:10:04
23	Ewen Costiou (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	01:15:44
24	Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	01:16:06
25	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost	01:19:42
26	Emiel Verstrynge (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	01:19:59
27	Nicolya Vinokurov (Kaz) XDS Astana	01:23:03
28	Max Walker (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost	01:24:35
29	Michel Heßmann (Ger) Movistar Team	01:24:41
30	Frits Biesterbos (Ned) Picnic PostNL	01:32:40
31	Robbe Dhondt (Bel) Picnic PostNL	01:33:11
32	Hugo Page (Fra) Cofidis	01:34:52
33	Per Strand Hagenes (Nor) Visma-Lease a Bike	01:36:41
34	Pavel Bittner (Cze) Picnic PostNL	01:40:58
35	Milan Fretin (Bel) Cofidis	01:42:38
36	Huub Artz (Ned) Lotto-Intermarché	01:43:51
37	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers	01:46:28
38	Lewis Askey (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	01:47:04
39	Olav Kooij (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	01:47:50

Teams Classification

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Lidl-Trek	74:38:20
2	Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:27:01
3	UAE Team Emirates XRG	00:27:08
4	Visma-Lease a Bike	00:36:22
5	EF Education-Easypost	01:00:48
6	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	01:01:19
7	Netcompany Ineos	01:04:01
8	Movistar	01:19:19
9	Pinarello-Q36.5	01:19:40
10	Uno-X Mobility	01:25:51
11	Bahrain Victorious	01:28:07
12	TotalEnergies	01:45:03
13	XDS Astana	01:56:47
14	Soudal Quick-Step	02:03:32
15	Tudor	02:11:29
16	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	02:12:47
17	Groupama-FDJ United	02:20:55
18	Lotto Intermarché	02:35:10
19	Alpecin-Premier Tech	02:40:29
20	Cofidis	03:07:32
21	Jayco Alula	03:13:13
22	NSN	03:32:41
23	Picnic PostNL	04:13:25

Tour de France: Tadej Pogačar asserts dominance with long-range attack on Col du Tourmalet for stage 6 victory and retakes yellow jersey

laura@cyclingnews.com (Laura Weislo) — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:25:54 +0000

With one powerful surge on the Col du Tourmalet, Tadej Pogačar dashed all hopes that the 2026 Tour de France would ever be a close battle with Jonas Vingegaard.

Isaac del Toro launched his UAE Team Emirates-XRG teammate Pogačar 5km from the summit of the Tourmalet, and Vingegaard couldn't match the pace. As the World Champion's stripes disappeared into the distance, the two-time Tour champion had to fight on alone as debutant Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM) also struggled to respond.

After 43 kilometres solo, Pogačar emerged victorious at the finish in Gavarnie-Gèdre, having gained 2:38 on his Danish rival and donned the race leader's yellow jersey for the 56th time in his career.

Pogačar leads the Tour de France after six stages by 2:42 over Vingegaard, with Del Toro third at 3:27.

"It's one of the sweetest for sure," Pogačar said when asked how his stage win ranked out of his 123 career victories.

The first major mountain stage had the whole UAE Team Emirates squad bristling with anticipation, and even Pogačar was feeling butterflies before the stage.

"Today I woke up like seven in the morning and already my mind was going crazy, so I was really, really excited for today.

"All the guys were really hyped, so I knew it will be good day, and we would just commit. We we were going like [we had] nothing to lose. If we explode, we explode. But in the end, we succeeded, and I'm super proud of everybody. Today was crazy teamwork."

It was another masterclass by the World Champion, not only on the climbs but on the technical descent from the Tourmalet, where Pogačar gained 40 seconds of his final advantage.

Tadej Pogačar at the finish of stage 6 before heading to awards ceremony to reclaim yellow jersey (Image credit: Getty Images)

A downcast Vingegaard barely held off a chasing group of eight riders led by Del Toro ahead of Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) and Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM), admitting he was not on his best day.

"It was a very tough day," Vingegaard said. "It was not the day I wanted, obviously, but that's how it is sometimes. They put in a big attack on the on the Tourmalet, and I couldn't follow, and I had to settle within my my own pace. Over the top I was not that far, but on a downhill like this, it's not really suited to me.

"It was not my best day, but that's how it is. Obviously I'm disappointed. I have to be, but yeah, sometimes that's life, and I cannot change it. I still believe in myself. I still believe my legs will get better throughout the race, so the fight is not over."

Jonas Vingegaard of Visma-Lease a Bike crosses the finish line in second place (Image credit: Getty Images)

The rider who had worn the maillot jaune since a successful breakaway on Tuesday's stage 4, Torstein Træen (Uno-X Mobility), was dropped and rode over eight minutes behind the World Champion before he crashed on the descent from the Tourmalet and ended up 20 minutes behind.

"I didn't think I would take the yellow jersey today because Torstein Træen - I heard now that he crashed really bad [on the descent] from Tourmalet," Pogačar said. "It's quite a shit downhill - really dangerous if you miss a corner, and I hope he's OK. I would maybe prefer if he could keep the jersey today. So I hope he recovers fast, and that he can continue racing."

Early mountains

Riders line up at start of stage 6 in Pau (L-R): Alex Baudin (EF Education-EasyPost) in the Polka dot Mountain Jersey, Torstein Traeen (Uno-X Mobility) in the Yellow Leader Jersey, Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) in the Green Sprint Jersey and Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek) in the White best Young Rider Jersey (Image credit: Getty Images)

Stage 6 of the Tour de France brought the peloton over two major mountains in the Pyrenees during the 186.2km stage from Pau to Gavarnie-Gèdre, but before the daunting ascents of the Col d'Aspin and Col du Tourmalet, the battle for the green points jersey took centre stage.

Victor Campenaerts (Visma-Lease a Bike) opened the hostilities with an attack from the drop of the flag at kilometre zero, and he was joined by Huub Artz (Lotto Intermarché) and green jersey holder Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), who was looking at the 25 points available at the intermediate sprint in Pouzac at kilometre 59.1.

The breakaway suffered a serious blow when officials pulled alongside Artz and admonished him about his position on the bike and sat up to go back to the peloton, as the escapees had just over one minute's lead.

Pedersen and Campenaerts lost some ground on the bunch but stayed away for the intermediate sprint, where Pedersen claimed the points and promptly sat up, and both were soon caught.

Ben O'Connor of Team Jayco AlUla on the attack (Image credit: Getty Images)

More attacks followed, with Ben O'Connor (Jayco-AlUla) jumping after Xabier Azparren (Pinarello Q36.5) on the Côte de Mauvezin. When the Spaniard lost contact, O'Connor kept on going but was caught on the Col d'Aspin.

A mechanical for Juan Ayuso caused some panic for Lidl-Trek but he made it back into the peloton before the top of the Aspin.

Valentin Paret-Peintre (Soudal-QuickStep) made a move for the mountain points but Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious), who had bridged across, attacked and snatched them instead before the pair began the descent toward the Col du Tourmalet with a lead of 12 seconds - a margin that quickly evaporated before the two were caught.

Col du Tourmalet

Nils Politt of UAE Team Emirates-XRG and teammate Tim Wellens work at the front of the peloton (Image credit: Getty Images)

UAE Team Emirates-XRG continued their ominous tempo on the Tourmalet, causing all sorts of suffering at the back, with yellow jersey Torstein Træen (Uno-X Mobility) becoming detached 10 kilometres from the summit.

Soon, Tom Pidcock (Pinarello-Q36.5) was climbing onto the struggle bus, which was getting quite full as the leading group was already down to just 17 riders.

Without an apparent surge in pace, just a constant turning of the screws by Pogačar's team, Paul Seixas' lieutenant Nicolas Prodhomme was distanced alongside EF Education-EasyPost's GC leader Richard Carapaz. Adam Yates lifted the tempo ever so slightly, further thinning the group before handing off the lead to Isaac del Toro.

Emerging from an avalanche tunnel with 5km to the summit, Del Toro put in such a brutal surge that only Pogačar could follow.

The less explosive Vingegaard was caught out, and very quickly was forced to chase alone as Seixas struggled to respond. Even worse off was Evenepoel, who was trailing his teammate Lipowitz.

As Vingegaard continued to bleed around five seconds per kilometre, Seixas settled in with Del Toro and Lipowitz over a minute down on the World Champion. Evenpoel was 20 seconds behind him with Ayuso, Martinez, Skelmose and Kuss.

Tadej Pogačar rides solo at the front of the race on the Col du Tourmalet (Image credit: Getty Images)

At the crest of the Tourmalet, where Pogačar sailed away with the €5,000 prize for the Souvenir Jacques Goddet, the gap to Vingegaard was 31 seconds, with Seixas, Lipowitz and Del Toro at 1:25 and Evenepoel's group at 1:48. The Belgian later managed to join his teammate thanks to a furious descent, and continued to push on the front.

Things went from bad to worse for outgoing yellow jersey Træen, who ran into his teammate's wheel in a bend and crashed as he was over eight minutes down on Pogačar. However, after a lengthy assessment by medics, he was back underway.

After a blistering descent, Pogačar started the final climb with 1:10 on Vingegaard and 1:48 on the Evenepoel-Seixas group. He only added to that en route to the line.

Tadej Pogačar celebrates on the podium with the overall leader's yellow jersey after stage 6 (Image credit: Getty Images)

Stage Results

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	04:32:07
2	Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:02:38
3	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:02:57
4	Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
5	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM
6	Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
7	Juan Ayuso (Spa) Lidl-Trek
8	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek
9	Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious	00:03:02
10	Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:03:06
11	Egan Bernal (Col) Ineos Grenadiers	00:04:47
12	Jordan Jegat (Fra) Totalenergies	00:08:18
13	Harold Tejada (Col) XDS Astana
14	Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep
15	Tom Pidcock (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5
16	Yannis Voisard (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:08:21
17	Adam Yates (GBr) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
18	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
19	Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché
20	Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
21	Davide Piganzoli (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike
22	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team	00:08:23
23	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost	00:08:51
24	Chris Harper (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:09:33
25	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	00:11:03
26	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
27	Carlos Verona (Spa) Lidl-Trek	00:15:46
28	Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:16:50
29	Thymen Arensman (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers
30	Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM
31	Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost
32	Jai Hindley (Aus) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:18:38
33	Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	00:19:36
34	Guillaume Martin Guyonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:20:57
35	Sergio Higuita (Col) XDS Astana	00:20:59
36	Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike
37	Ben O'Connor (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	00:22:01
38	Felix Großschartner (Aut) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
39	Quinten Hermans (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:26:00
40	Tobias Foss (Nor) Ineos Grenadiers
41	Marc Hirschi (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling
42	Matthew Riccitello (USA) Decathlon CMA CGM
43	Jose Felix Parra (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
44	Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-EasyPost
45	Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
46	Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	00:28:51
47	Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
48	Ion Izaguirre (Spa) Cofidis
49	Tim Wellens (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
50	Anders Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00:29:55
51	Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
52	Joris Delbove (Fra) Totalenergies	00:30:47
53	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep
54	Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Movistar Team
55	Abel Balderstone (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
56	Einer Rubio (Col) Movistar Team
57	Nils Politt (Ger) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:31:25
58	Sebastian Berwick (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
59	Derek Gee-West (Can) Lidl-Trek
60	Michael Storer (Aus) Tudor Pro Cycling
61	Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek
62	Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5
63	Javier Romo (Spa) Movistar Team
64	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers
65	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team
66	Toms Skujins (Lat) Lidl-Trek
67	Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
68	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost
69	Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:34:53
70	Lars Craps (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché
71	Clément Russo (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
72	Alexandre Delettre (Fra) Totalenergies
73	Mathis Le Berre (Fra) Totalenergies
74	Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	00:37:58
75	Damien Howson (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5
76	Kasper Asgreen (Den) EF Education-EasyPost	00:38:25
77	Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM
78	Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Tudor Pro Cycling
79	Alex Kirsch (Lux) Cofidis
80	Nicolya Vinokurov (Kaz) XDS Astana
81	Bruno Armirail (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike
82	Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team
83	Matteo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies
84	Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep
85	Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep
86	Brent Van Moer (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:42:08
87	Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep
88	Liam Slock (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché
89	Huub Artz (Ned) Lotto-Intermarché
90	Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Totalenergies
91	Warren Barguil (Fra) Picnic PostNL
92	Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché
93	Fred Wright (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5
94	Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
95	Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché
96	Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
97	Dorian Godon (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers
98	Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Mobility
99	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious
100	Robert Stannard (Aus) Bahrain Victorious
101	Matteo Trentin (Ita) Tudor Pro Cycling
102	Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
103	Nico Denz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
104	Lorenzo Germani (Ita) Groupama-FDJ United
105	Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech
106	Jan Tratnik (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
107	Rick Pluimers (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling
108	Tim Van Dijke (Ned) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
109	Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
110	Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
111	Per Strand Hagenes (Nor) Visma-Lease a Bike
112	Pavel Bittner (Cze) Picnic PostNL
113	Florian Vermeersch (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
114	Milan Fretin (Bel) Cofidis
115	Marco Frigo (Ita) NSN Cycling Team
116	Alex Aranburu (Spa) Cofidis
117	Frank Van Den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL
118	Mike Teunissen (Ned) XDS Astana
119	Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Cofidis
120	Simone Velasco (Ita) XDS Astana
121	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) NSN Cycling Team
122	Joel Nicolau (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
123	Stefano Oldani (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
124	Xabier Mikel Azparren (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5
125	Michael Matthews (Aus) Jayco-AlUla
126	George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling Team
127	Luke Durbridge (Aus) Jayco-AlUla
128	Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers
129	Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Jayco-AlUla
130	Krists Neilands (Lat) NSN Cycling Team
131	Marco Haller (Aut) Tudor Pro Cycling
132	John Degenkolb (Ger) Picnic PostNL
133	Frits Biesterbos (Ned) Picnic PostNL
134	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
135	Anthony Turgis (Fra) Totalenergies
136	Jake Stewart (GBr) NSN Cycling Team
137	Nicolas Breuillard (Fra) Totalenergies
138	Magnus Cort (Den) Uno-X Mobility
139	Julius Van Den Berg (Ned) Picnic PostNL
140	Emiel Verstrynge (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
141	Edoardo Affini (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike
142	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost
143	Max Walker (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost
144	Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost
145	Aaron Gate (NZl) XDS Astana
146	Max Kanter (Ger) XDS Astana
147	Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers
148	Mauro Schmid (Swi) Jayco-AlUla
149	Lucas Plapp (Aus) Jayco-AlUla
150	Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Lotto-Intermarché
151	Kamil Gradek (Pol) Bahrain Victorious
152	Robbe Dhondt (Bel) Picnic PostNL
153	Clément Braz Afonso (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
154	Michel Heßmann (Ger) Movistar Team
155	Matis Louvel (Fra) NSN Cycling Team
156	Hugo Page (Fra) Cofidis
157	Romain Gregoire (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
158	Ewen Costiou (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
159	Davide Ballerini (Ita) XDS Astana
160	Biniam Girmay (Eri) NSN Cycling Team
161	Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
162	Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Cofidis	00:43:01
163	Olav Kooij (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:43:28
164	Cees Bol (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM
165	Daan Hoole (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM
166	Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep	00:45:24
167	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek
168	Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious
169	Niklas Märkl (Ger) Picnic PostNL
170	Jakub Otruba (Cze) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
171	Fernando Gaviria (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
172	Silvan Dillier (Swi) Alpecin-Premier Tech
173	Tim Marsman (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech
174	Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis
175	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
176	Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep
177	Lewis Askey (GBr) NSN Cycling Team

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Sprint 1 - Pouzac
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek	25
2	Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike	20
3	Max Kanter (Ger) XDS Astana	16
4	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	14
5	Biniam Girmay (Eri) NSN Cycling Team	12
6	Jake Stewart (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	10
7	Anthony Turgis (Fra) Totalenergies	9
8	Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek	8
9	Davide Ballerini (Ita) XDS Astana	7
10	Aaron Gate (NZl) XDS Astana	6
11	Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Tudor Pro Cycling	5
12	Michael Matthews (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	4
13	Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché	3
14	Tim Wellens (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	2
15	Magnus Cort (Den) Uno-X Mobility	1

Sprint 2 - D128 Gavarnie-GãˆDre
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	20
2	Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike	17
3	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	15
4	Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	13
5	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	11
6	Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	10
7	Juan Ayuso (Spa) Lidl-Trek	9
8	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek	8
9	Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious	7
10	Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike	6
11	Egan Bernal (Col) Ineos Grenadiers	5
12	Jordan Jegat (Fra) Totalenergies	4
13	Harold Tejada (Col) XDS Astana	3
14	Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	2
15	Tom Pidcock (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	1

Mountain 1 (Côte De Loucrup)
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek	1

Mountain 2 (Côte De Mauvezin)
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Ben O'Connor (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	2
2	Xabier Mikel Azparren (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5	1

Mountain 3 (Col D'Aspin)
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious	10
2	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep	8
3	Tim Wellens (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	6
4	Felix Großschartner (Aut) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	4
5	Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	2
6	Adam Yates (GBr) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1

Mountain 4 (Col Du Tourmalet)
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	20
2	Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike	15
3	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	12
4	Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	10
5	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	8
6	Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious	6
7	Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	4
8	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek	2

Mountain 5 (Gavarnie-Gèdre)
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	5
2	Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike	3
3	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	2
4	Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	1

General Classification after stage 6

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	21:11:57
2	Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:02:42
3	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:03:27
4	Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:03:30
5	Juan Ayuso (Spa) Lidl-Trek	00:03:34
6	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:03:55
7	Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:04:00
8	Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious	00:04:21
9	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek	00:04:57
10	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	00:07:10
11	Egan Bernal (Col) Ineos Grenadiers	00:09:12
12	Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost	00:09:35
13	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00:09:42
14	Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:09:45
15	Tom Pidcock (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:09:50
16	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost	00:10:46
17	Davide Piganzoli (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike
18	Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:10:51
19	Jordan Jegat (Fra) Totalenergies	00:10:56
20	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:11:26
21	Yannis Voisard (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:12:21
22	Harold Tejada (Col) XDS Astana	00:13:06
23	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team	00:13:24
24	Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:13:33
25	Adam Yates (GBr) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:14:31
26	Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:18:26
27	Thymen Arensman (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers	00:19:19
28	Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00:22:12
29	Sergio Higuita (Col) XDS Astana	00:24:32
30	Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:25:06
31	Jai Hindley (Aus) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:26:36
32	Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	00:27:03
33	Chris Harper (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:29:23
34	Jose Felix Parra (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:30:31
35	Guillaume Martin Guyonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:31:22
36	Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:32:28
37	Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:33:39
38	Ion Izaguirre (Spa) Cofidis	00:34:36
39	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team	00:35:16
40	Carlos Verona (Spa) Lidl-Trek	00:36:30
41	Quinten Hermans (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:38:30
42	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	00:39:15
43	Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek	00:40:15
44	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	00:40:21
45	Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:41:57
46	Felix Großschartner (Aut) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:42:19
47	Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00:48:18
48	Abel Balderstone (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:49:43
49	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep	00:51:16
50	Ben O'Connor (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	00:52:41
51	Derek Gee-West (Can) Lidl-Trek	00:53:21
52	George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling Team	00:53:44
53	Romain Gregoire (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:54:23
54	Marc Hirschi (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:54:48
55	Javier Romo (Spa) Movistar Team	00:56:58
56	Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:57:52
57	Joris Delbove (Fra) Totalenergies
58	Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	01:00:04
59	Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5	01:00:23
60	Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	01:00:27
61	Alexandre Delettre (Fra) Totalenergies	01:01:25
62	Einer Rubio (Col) Movistar Team	01:01:34
63	Matteo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies	01:02:19
64	Nicolas Breuillard (Fra) Totalenergies	01:02:24
65	Toms Skujins (Lat) Lidl-Trek	01:03:03
66	Tobias Foss (Nor) Ineos Grenadiers	01:04:05
67	Tim Wellens (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	01:05:06
68	Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-EasyPost	01:05:12
69	Michael Storer (Aus) Tudor Pro Cycling	01:05:20
70	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious	01:05:26
71	Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Lotto-Intermarché	01:05:42
72	Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team	01:06:29
73	Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Movistar Team	01:06:43
74	Clément Braz Afonso (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	01:07:13
75	Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike	01:08:54
76	Kasper Asgreen (Den) EF Education-EasyPost	01:09:30
77	Nils Politt (Ger) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	01:09:31
78	Sebastian Berwick (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	01:09:33
79	Mathis Le Berre (Fra) Totalenergies	01:09:39
80	Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	01:10:02
81	Lorenzo Germani (Ita) Groupama-FDJ United	01:10:18
82	Marco Frigo (Ita) NSN Cycling Team	01:10:25
83	Michael Matthews (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	01:11:13
84	Matthew Riccitello (USA) Decathlon CMA CGM	01:11:26
85	Lars Craps (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	01:13:08
86	Clément Russo (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	01:13:15
87	Frank Van Den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL	01:14:02
88	Nico Denz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	01:14:08
89	Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	01:14:16
90	Alex Aranburu (Spa) Cofidis	01:14:20
91	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek	01:15:01
92	Joel Nicolau (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	01:16:03
93	Mauro Schmid (Swi) Jayco-AlUla	01:16:33
94	Lucas Plapp (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	01:16:53
95	Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep	01:17:51
96	Ewen Costiou (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	01:17:58
97	Rick Pluimers (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling	01:18:20
98	Magnus Cort (Den) Uno-X Mobility
99	Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	01:18:49
100	Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	01:19:33
101	Anders Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	01:19:42
102	Brent Van Moer (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5	01:19:46
103	Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	01:19:50
104	Emiel Verstrynge (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	01:20:06
105	Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	01:20:20
106	Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	01:20:39
107	Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost	01:20:46
108	Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	01:21:00
109	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost	01:21:04
110	Damien Howson (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5	01:21:11
111	Robert Stannard (Aus) Bahrain Victorious	01:21:32
112	Simone Velasco (Ita) XDS Astana	01:21:40
113	Aaron Gate (NZl) XDS Astana	01:21:59
114	Jan Tratnik (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	01:22:42
115	Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	01:23:02
116	Alex Kirsch (Lux) Cofidis	01:23:19
117	Anthony Turgis (Fra) Totalenergies	01:23:24
118	Krists Neilands (Lat) NSN Cycling Team	01:23:34
119	Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Totalenergies	01:23:37
120	Xabier Mikel Azparren (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5	01:24:15
121	Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious	01:24:18
122	Luke Durbridge (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	01:24:24
123	Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Mobility	01:24:27
124	Warren Barguil (Fra) Picnic PostNL	01:24:33
125	Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Cofidis	01:24:36
126	Michel Heßmann (Ger) Movistar Team	01:24:48
127	Max Walker (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost	01:25:19
128	Bruno Armirail (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike	01:25:29
129	Daan Hoole (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	01:25:55
130	Nicolya Vinokurov (Kaz) XDS Astana	01:26:30
131	Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep	01:27:30
132	Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Tudor Pro Cycling	01:28:10
133	Jakub Otruba (Cze) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	01:28:38
134	Mike Teunissen (Ned) XDS Astana	01:30:08
135	Silvan Dillier (Swi) Alpecin-Premier Tech	01:30:23
136	Max Kanter (Ger) XDS Astana	01:32:34
137	Biniam Girmay (Eri) NSN Cycling Team	01:32:53
138	Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers	01:33:48
139	Robbe Dhondt (Bel) Picnic PostNL	01:33:49
140	Stefano Oldani (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	01:33:57
141	Florian Vermeersch (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	01:34:59
142	Frits Biesterbos (Ned) Picnic PostNL	01:35:30
143	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) NSN Cycling Team	01:35:36
144	Hugo Page (Fra) Cofidis	01:36:35
145	Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	01:36:49
146	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	01:38:03
147	Tim Van Dijke (Ned) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	01:38:15
148	Tim Marsman (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	01:38:51
149	Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Cofidis	01:38:56
150	Niklas Märkl (Ger) Picnic PostNL	01:39:03
151	Per Strand Hagenes (Nor) Visma-Lease a Bike	01:40:08
152	Fred Wright (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	01:40:51
153	Edoardo Affini (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike	01:41:07
154	Matteo Trentin (Ita) Tudor Pro Cycling	01:41:51
155	Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché	01:42:27
156	Dorian Godon (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	01:43:30
157	Pavel Bittner (Cze) Picnic PostNL	01:44:25
158	Julius Van Den Berg (Ned) Picnic PostNL	01:45:02
159	John Degenkolb (Ger) Picnic PostNL	01:45:12
160	Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers	01:45:37
161	Milan Fretin (Bel) Cofidis	01:46:05
162	Jake Stewart (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	01:46:06
163	Lewis Askey (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	01:47:01
164	Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	01:47:07
165	Huub Artz (Ned) Lotto-Intermarché	01:47:18
166	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers	01:47:37
167	Fernando Gaviria (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	01:48:41
168	Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	01:49:21
169	Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious	01:49:36
170	Kamil Gradek (Pol) Bahrain Victorious	01:49:40
171	Davide Ballerini (Ita) XDS Astana	01:49:41
172	Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis	01:50:46
173	Olav Kooij (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	01:51:17
174	Liam Slock (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	01:51:24
175	Matis Louvel (Fra) NSN Cycling Team	01:51:50
176	Cees Bol (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	01:52:00
177	Marco Haller (Aut) Tudor Pro Cycling	01:55:53

Points Classification

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek	168
2	Max Kanter (Ger) XDS Astana	93
3	Biniam Girmay (Eri) NSN Cycling Team	91
4	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	86
5	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	75
6	Olav Kooij (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	70
7	Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike	61
8	Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	55
9	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	54
10	Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek	53
11	Anthony Turgis (Fra) Totalenergies	48
12	Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	46
13	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	39
14	Huub Artz (Ned) Lotto-Intermarché	35
15	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	32
16	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek	31
17	Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché	28
18	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost	25
19	Michael Matthews (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	24
20	Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	23
21	Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	23
22	Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious	22
23	Milan Fretin (Bel) Cofidis	22
24	Juan Ayuso (Spa) Lidl-Trek	21
25	Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	21
26	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team	20
27	Joris Delbove (Fra) Totalenergies	20
28	Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike	20
29	Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	20
30	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team	18
31	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	18
32	Marco Frigo (Ita) NSN Cycling Team	18
33	Jake Stewart (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	18
34	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	16
35	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	16
36	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	16
37	Frank Van Den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL	16
38	Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	16
39	Romain Gregoire (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	14
40	Michael Storer (Aus) Tudor Pro Cycling	14
41	Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	14
42	Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	14
43	Harold Tejada (Col) XDS Astana	13
44	Fernando Gaviria (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	13
45	Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost	12
46	Matteo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies	12
47	Clément Russo (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	12
48	Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	11
49	Davide Ballerini (Ita) XDS Astana	11
50	Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	10
51	Rick Pluimers (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling	10
52	Aaron Gate (NZl) XDS Astana	10
53	Lucas Plapp (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	9
54	Magnus Cort (Den) Uno-X Mobility	9
55	Tom Pidcock (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	8
56	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious	8
57	Dorian Godon (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	8
58	Jordan Jegat (Fra) Totalenergies	7
59	Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team	7
60	Nico Denz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	7
61	Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike	6
62	Abel Balderstone (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6
63	Alex Kirsch (Lux) Cofidis	6
64	Mike Teunissen (Ned) XDS Astana	6
65	Pavel Bittner (Cze) Picnic PostNL	6
66	Egan Bernal (Col) Ineos Grenadiers	5
67	Alexandre Delettre (Fra) Totalenergies	5
68	Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	5
69	Mauro Schmid (Swi) Jayco-AlUla	5
70	Ewen Costiou (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	5
71	Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Tudor Pro Cycling	5
72	Tim Marsman (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	5
73	Joel Nicolau (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4
74	Tim Wellens (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3
75	Clément Braz Afonso (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	3
76	Jan Tratnik (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	3
77	Florian Vermeersch (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3
78	Sergio Higuita (Col) XDS Astana	2
79	Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	2
80	Mathis Le Berre (Fra) Totalenergies	2
81	Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious	2
82	George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling Team	1
83	Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep	1

Mountains Classification

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	28
2	Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike	19
3	Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious	16
4	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	13
5	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	12
6	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep	10
7	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	10
8	Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	10
9	Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	9
10	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team	7
11	Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	6
12	Tim Wellens (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	6
13	Marco Frigo (Ita) NSN Cycling Team	5
14	Jan Tratnik (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	5
15	Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	5
16	Felix Großschartner (Aut) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	4
17	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious	4
18	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	3
19	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team	3
20	Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	3
21	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	2
22	Ben O'Connor (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	2
23	Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché	2
24	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek	2
25	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	2
26	Matteo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies	2
27	Frank Van Den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL	2
28	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek	1
29	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost	1
30	Adam Yates (GBr) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1
31	Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	1
32	Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike	1
33	George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling Team	1
34	Javier Romo (Spa) Movistar Team	1
35	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost	1
36	Xabier Mikel Azparren (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5	1
37	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers	1

Youth Classification

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	21:15:24
2	Juan Ayuso (Spa) Lidl-Trek	00:00:07
3	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:00:28
4	Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious	00:00:54
5	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	00:03:43
6	Davide Piganzoli (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:07:19
7	Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:07:24
8	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:07:59
9	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team	00:09:57
10	Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	00:23:36
11	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team	00:31:49
12	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	00:35:48
13	Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek	00:36:48
14	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	00:36:54
15	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep	00:47:49
16	Romain Gregoire (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:50:56
17	Matteo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies	00:58:52
18	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious	01:01:59
19	Mathis Le Berre (Fra) Totalenergies	01:06:12
20	Lorenzo Germani (Ita) Groupama-FDJ United	01:06:51
21	Matthew Riccitello (USA) Decathlon CMA CGM	01:07:59
22	Lars Craps (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	01:09:41
23	Ewen Costiou (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	01:14:31
24	Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	01:16:06
25	Emiel Verstrynge (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	01:16:39
26	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost	01:17:37
27	Michel Heßmann (Ger) Movistar Team	01:21:21
28	Max Walker (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost	01:21:52
29	Nicolya Vinokurov (Kaz) XDS Astana	01:23:03
30	Robbe Dhondt (Bel) Picnic PostNL	01:30:22
31	Frits Biesterbos (Ned) Picnic PostNL	01:32:03
32	Hugo Page (Fra) Cofidis	01:33:08
33	Per Strand Hagenes (Nor) Visma-Lease a Bike	01:36:41
34	Pavel Bittner (Cze) Picnic PostNL	01:40:58
35	Milan Fretin (Bel) Cofidis	01:42:38
36	Lewis Askey (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	01:43:34
37	Huub Artz (Ned) Lotto-Intermarché	01:43:51
38	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers	01:44:10
39	Olav Kooij (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	01:47:50

Teams Classification

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Lidl-Trek	63:25:20
2	Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:27:01
3	UAE Team Emirates XRG	00:27:08
4	Visma-Lease a Bike	00:36:22
5	EF Education-Easypost	00:58:43
6	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	01:01:19
7	Netcompany Ineos	01:04:01
8	Movistar	01:19:19
9	Pinarello-Q36.5	01:19:40
10	Uno-X Mobility	01:25:51
11	Bahrain Victorious	01:28:07
12	TotalEnergies	01:45:03
13	XDS Astana	01:56:47
14	Soudal Quick-Step	02:03:32
15	Tudor	02:11:00
16	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	02:12:18
17	Groupama-FDJ United	02:20:55
18	Lotto Intermarché	02:35:10
19	Alpecin-Premier Tech	02:40:29
20	Cofidis	03:06:19
21	Jayco Alula	03:10:27
22	NSN	03:32:41
23	Picnic PostNL	04:13:25

Tour de France: Olav Kooij shines in debut with victory on stage 5 in Pau

cyclingnews@futurenet.com (Dani Ostanek) — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:56:29 +0000

Olav Kooij (Decathlon CMA CGM) proved the fastest finisher on the 2026 Tour de France's first sprint stage in Pau, sprinting home from a much-reduced group of fastman to take a stage win on his debut.

The Dutchman outpaced Max Kanter to the line after the German's XDS-Astana team controlled the lead-out in the final kilometre, while Tim Merlier (Soudal-QuickStep) rounded out the podium in third place.

The trio were part of a group of 20 at the front when the sprint was launched, with much of the peloton dropping back to stay safe as the sprinters battled it out.

Soudal-QuickStep and Alpecin-Premier Tech controlled the race for much of the 158.3km stage, but their sprinters had no teammates for company in the final kilometre, with several QuickStep names having been caught in a crash at 5.5km to go.

Instead, it was XDS-Astana who led it out, with Aaron Gate and Mike Teunissen hoping to launch Kanter after they had done so successfully at the day's intermediate sprint.

Kooij had other ideas, though. The 24-year-old shared Kanter's wheel with Huub Artz (Lotto-Intermarché) before launching himself past and well into the lead on the closing straight. Nobody else could match his closing pace, and so he won with ease as Artz took fourth ahead of Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Premier Tech), Biniam Girmay (NSN), and green jersey Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek).

Olav Kooij of Decathlon CMA CGM Team celebrates at finish line (Image credit: Getty Images)

"After a couple hard days here already, we had to wait to this day to get this first chance to sprint in the Tour, and to immediately win is unbelievable," Kooij said after the stage.

"It means quite a lot. I think just in general, I had a pretty tough spring, and I think just to get back to this level and to keep believing and in yourself, and just a few people who believe in you as well, is all you need.

"I think to be here with support of the team today was all I could ask for, and they did a great job, but it was pretty hectic. It was quite an easy day until the final, so then you know it will be hectic. And this first sprint in the Tour, everyone is still really eager.

"I just managed to find my way a bit on my own in the end, but I found the right wheel, and I just wanted to have the chance to sprint today, and when I saw the line, I just went as hard as I could."

The Tour's first sprint stage saw no changes at the top of the GC standings, with race leader Torstein Træen (Uno-X Mobility) and the major contenders all finishing in the peloton 14 seconds down on the lead sprint group.

One-man show for 144km

Baptiste Veistroffer of Lotto-Intermarché on his solo ride at the front (Image credit: Getty Images)

The first proper sprint stage of the Tour de France took the riders on a flat 158.3km route from Lannemezan to Pau, with just one hill – the third-category Côte de Baleix (1km at 8.8%) – lying 25.6km from the finish line.

Following Mads Pedersen's breakaway triumph in Foix on Tuesday, this stage was always going to be one for the sprinter's teams with little action before the final kilometres.

The riders clearly thought that, too, as there was no fight whatsoever over the breakaway of the day. Instead, Baptiste Veistroffer (Lotto-Intermarché) jumped clear of the peloton on his own in the opening kilometre of the stage.

The 26-year-old Frenchman, a breakaway winner at the Tour of Oman earlier this year, had no chance at repeating the feat here.

Alpecin-Premier Tech take over for the chase of the lone breakaway rider (Image credit: Getty Images)

Back in the peloton, it was Uno-X Mobility who took up the job of pacemaking early in the day, before Alpecin-Premier Tech took over. Veistroffer's advantage was four minutes at his peak, but it settled at around the three-minute mark for much of the stage.

There was precious little to talk about before the day's only intermediate sprint at Vic-en-Bigorre, 45km from the line. Veistroffer, still 2:35 up the road, took the maximum 25 points there.

Behind him, XDS-Astana ran a lead-out for Kanter, who took 20 points for second place, while Pedersen took third on 16 points ahead of Girmay on 14 and Philipsen on 12.

Soudal-QuickStep, working for their sprinter Merlier, gave Alpecin-Premier Tech some respite after the sprint, the Belgian team leading the peloton towards the finish and taking Veisttroffer's advantage down to the minute mark with 30km to go.

The Frenchman continued to lead over the Côte de Baleix, while behind him Kasper Asgreen (EF Education-EasyPost), Fred Wright (Bahrain Victorious), and Valentin Paret-Peintre (Soudal-Quickstep) attacked from the peloton.

The trio's move livened up the stage for a short while, but they were brought back with 17.5km to go, while Veistroffer continued just 10 seconds up on the peloton, now led by Alpecin-Premier Tech and Soudal-QuickStep.

Cofidis were among the other teams to work on the front on the run-in to Pau as Uno-X Mobility also got involved. At 5.5km from the line, a crash in the peloton took out numerous riders,

No big sprint or GC names were caught up in the fall, though Michael Matthews (Jayco-AlUla) and several of Tim Merlier's lead-out men were involved.

Uno-X Mobility team's Torstein Traeen, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, crosses the finish line safely (Image credit: Getty Images)

It was Uno-X Mobility who led a reduced peloton into the closing kilometres, while a split in the peloton saw their man Torstein Træen and most of the race's non-sprinters drop back.

XDS-Astana and Cofidis hit the front for the final kilometre, with the Kazakhstani squad leading out the finishing sprint from a much-reduced group of only around 20 or so riders.

They wouldn't repeat that feat, however, with Kooij, who hadn't sprinted at the intermediate sprint, instead saving himself for the finish to great effect.

Stage results

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Olav Kooij (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	03:29:07
2	Max Kanter (Ger) XDS Astana
3	Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep
4	Huub Artz (Ned) Lotto-Intermarché
5	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
6	Biniam Girmay (Eri) NSN Cycling Team
7	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek
8	Milan Fretin (Bel) Cofidis
9	Anthony Turgis (Fra) Totalenergies
10	Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
11	Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché
12	Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Jayco-AlUla
13	Clément Russo (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
14	Rick Pluimers (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling
15	Dorian Godon (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers
16	Pavel Bittner (Cze) Picnic PostNL
17	Fernando Gaviria (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
18	Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious
19	Mike Teunissen (Ned) XDS Astana
20	Aaron Gate (NZl) XDS Astana	00:00:07
21	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:00:14
22	Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
23	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM
24	Tom Pidcock (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5
25	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost
26	Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep
27	Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
28	Thymen Arensman (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers
29	Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost
30	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) NSN Cycling Team
31	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek
32	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
33	Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike
34	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek
35	Juan Ayuso (Spa) Lidl-Trek
36	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
37	Jordan Jegat (Fra) Totalenergies
38	Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
39	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
40	Yannis Voisard (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling
41	Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
42	Sergio Higuita (Col) XDS Astana
43	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers
44	Egan Bernal (Col) Ineos Grenadiers
45	Harold Tejada (Col) XDS Astana
46	Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
47	Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
48	Guillaume Martin Guyonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
49	Toms Skujins (Lat) Lidl-Trek
50	Cees Bol (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM
51	Hugo Page (Fra) Cofidis
52	Davide Piganzoli (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike
53	Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike
54	Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
55	Joris Delbove (Fra) Totalenergies
56	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team
57	Davide Ballerini (Ita) XDS Astana
58	Julius Van Den Berg (Ned) Picnic PostNL
59	Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Movistar Team
60	Frits Biesterbos (Ned) Picnic PostNL
61	Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis
62	Felix Großschartner (Aut) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
63	Adam Yates (GBr) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
64	Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious
65	Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Lotto-Intermarché
66	Lewis Askey (GBr) NSN Cycling Team
67	Lorenzo Germani (Ita) Groupama-FDJ United
68	Ion Izaguirre (Spa) Cofidis
69	Bruno Armirail (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike
70	Einer Rubio (Col) Movistar Team
71	Jose Felix Parra (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
72	Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Movistar Team
73	Daan Hoole (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM
74	Tobias Foss (Nor) Ineos Grenadiers
75	Mathis Le Berre (Fra) Totalenergies
76	Nils Politt (Ger) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
77	Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
78	Ben O'Connor (Aus) Jayco-AlUla
79	Tim Marsman (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech
80	Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:00:40
81	Jake Stewart (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	00:00:47
82	Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
83	Xabier Mikel Azparren (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5
84	Krists Neilands (Lat) NSN Cycling Team
85	Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek
86	Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5
87	Nico Denz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
88	Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike
89	Derek Gee-West (Can) Lidl-Trek
90	Nicolya Vinokurov (Kaz) XDS Astana
91	Tim Wellens (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
92	Tim Van Dijke (Ned) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
93	Lars Craps (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché
94	Brent Van Moer (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5
95	Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché
96	Quinten Hermans (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5
97	Carlos Verona (Spa) Lidl-Trek
98	Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM
99	Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team
100	Magnus Cort (Den) Uno-X Mobility
101	John Degenkolb (Ger) Picnic PostNL
102	George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling Team
103	Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
104	Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Tudor Pro Cycling
105	Robert Stannard (Aus) Bahrain Victorious	00:01:04
106	Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers
107	Javier Romo (Spa) Movistar Team	00:01:11
108	Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious	00:01:19
109	Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers
110	Florian Vermeersch (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
111	Edoardo Affini (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike
112	Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché
113	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team	00:01:36
114	Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Jayco-AlUla
115	Alexandre Delettre (Fra) Totalenergies
116	Niklas Märkl (Ger) Picnic PostNL	00:01:45
117	Romain Gregoire (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
118	Clément Braz Afonso (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
119	Mauro Schmid (Swi) Jayco-AlUla	00:02:01
120	Jai Hindley (Aus) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
121	Per Strand Hagenes (Nor) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:02:05
122	Marco Haller (Aut) Tudor Pro Cycling
123	Matteo Trentin (Ita) Tudor Pro Cycling
124	Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Totalenergies	00:02:11
125	Liam Slock (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché
126	Warren Barguil (Fra) Picnic PostNL
127	Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
128	Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech
129	Abel Balderstone (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
130	Kasper Asgreen (Den) EF Education-EasyPost
131	Frank Van Den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL
132	Robbe Dhondt (Bel) Picnic PostNL
133	Alex Kirsch (Lux) Cofidis
134	Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost
135	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious	00:02:23
136	Matthew Riccitello (USA) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:02:35
137	Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM
138	Matteo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies
139	Anders Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
140	Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Mobility
141	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost
142	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep
143	Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Cofidis
144	Alex Aranburu (Spa) Cofidis
145	Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Cofidis	00:03:01
146	Silvan Dillier (Swi) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:03:20
147	Fred Wright (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5
148	Kamil Gradek (Pol) Bahrain Victorious
149	Ewen Costiou (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
150	Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep
151	Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-EasyPost
152	Luke Durbridge (Aus) Jayco-AlUla
153	Max Walker (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost
154	Damien Howson (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5
155	Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
156	Marco Frigo (Ita) NSN Cycling Team
157	Marc Hirschi (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling
158	Simone Velasco (Ita) XDS Astana
159	Jan Tratnik (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
160	Lucas Plapp (Aus) Jayco-AlUla
161	Chris Harper (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5
162	Michel Heßmann (Ger) Movistar Team
163	Michael Storer (Aus) Tudor Pro Cycling
164	Emiel Verstrynge (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
165	Nicolas Breuillard (Fra) Totalenergies
166	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost
167	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers	00:03:29
168	Sebastian Berwick (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:04:30
169	Joel Nicolau (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
170	Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:04:50
171	Stefano Oldani (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:04:57
172	Jakub Otruba (Cze) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
173	Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:05:30
174	Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep
175	Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep
176	Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep
177	Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:05:38
178	Matis Louvel (Fra) NSN Cycling Team	00:06:38
179	Michael Matthews (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	00:06:52
180	Alex Molenaar (Ned) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:07:00
181	Arvid De Kleijn (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:11:01

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Sprint 1 - D835 Vic-En-Bigorre
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché	25
2	Max Kanter (Ger) XDS Astana	20
3	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek	16
4	Biniam Girmay (Eri) NSN Cycling Team	14
5	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	12
6	Anthony Turgis (Fra) Totalenergies	10
7	Fernando Gaviria (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	9
8	Jake Stewart (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	8
9	Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	7
10	Mike Teunissen (Ned) XDS Astana	6
11	Tim Marsman (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	5
12	Aaron Gate (NZl) XDS Astana	4
13	Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek	3
14	Mathis Le Berre (Fra) Totalenergies	2
15	Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep	1

Sprint 2 - Finish in Pau
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Olav Kooij (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	70
2	Max Kanter (Ger) XDS Astana	50
3	Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	40
4	Huub Artz (Ned) Lotto-Intermarché	35
5	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	30
6	Biniam Girmay (Eri) NSN Cycling Team	26
7	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek	24
8	Milan Fretin (Bel) Cofidis	22
9	Anthony Turgis (Fra) Totalenergies	20
10	Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	18
11	Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	16
12	Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	14
13	Clément Russo (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	12
14	Rick Pluimers (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling	10
15	Dorian Godon (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	8
16	Pavel Bittner (Cze) Picnic PostNL	6
17	Fernando Gaviria (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4
18	Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious	2

Mountain 1 (Cã´Te De Baleix)
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché	2
2	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	1

General Classification after stage 5

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	16:32:07
2	Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost	00:00:28
3	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	00:03:50
4	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:07:53
5	Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike
6	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:08:06
7	Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:08:16
8	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:08:17
9	Juan Ayuso (Spa) Lidl-Trek	00:08:20
10	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:08:41
11	Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:08:46
12	Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious	00:09:02
13	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00:09:04
14	Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:09:10
15	Tom Pidcock (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:09:15
16	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost	00:09:38
17	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek	00:09:43
18	Davide Piganzoli (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:10:08
19	Thymen Arensman (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers	00:10:12
20	Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:10:13
21	Jordan Jegat (Fra) Totalenergies	00:10:21
22	Sergio Higuita (Col) XDS Astana	00:11:16
23	Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Movistar Team	00:11:17
24	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team	00:11:34
25	Yannis Voisard (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:11:43
26	Egan Bernal (Col) Ineos Grenadiers	00:12:08
27	Jose Felix Parra (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:12:14
28	Harold Tejada (Col) XDS Astana	00:12:31
29	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team	00:12:44
30	Ion Izaguirre (Spa) Cofidis	00:13:28
31	Adam Yates (GBr) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:13:53
32	Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	00:15:10
33	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	00:15:33
34	Jai Hindley (Aus) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:15:41
35	Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:15:59
36	Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek	00:16:33
37	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	00:16:39
38	Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:17:48
39	Guillaume Martin Guyonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:18:08
40	Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:18:10
41	Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:19:12
42	George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling Team	00:19:19
43	Romain Gregoire (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:19:58
44	Quinten Hermans (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:20:13
45	Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:23:40
46	Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:24:32
47	Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00:24:36
48	Abel Balderstone (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:26:39
49	Chris Harper (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:27:33
50	Nicolas Breuillard (Fra) Totalenergies	00:27:59
51	Felix Großschartner (Aut) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:28:01
52	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep	00:28:12
53	Carlos Verona (Spa) Lidl-Trek	00:28:27
54	Derek Gee-West (Can) Lidl-Trek	00:29:39
55	Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:29:45
56	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious	00:31:01
57	Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Lotto-Intermarché	00:31:17
58	Matteo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies	00:31:37
59	Clément Braz Afonso (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:32:48
60	Javier Romo (Spa) Movistar Team	00:33:16
61	Alexandre Delettre (Fra) Totalenergies	00:34:15
62	Joris Delbove (Fra) Totalenergies	00:34:48
63	Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:35:37
64	Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team	00:35:47
65	Lorenzo Germani (Ita) Groupama-FDJ United	00:35:53
66	Marco Frigo (Ita) NSN Cycling Team	00:36:00
67	Marc Hirschi (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:36:31
68	Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:36:41
69	Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:36:44
70	Michael Matthews (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	00:36:48
71	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek	00:37:20
72	Ben O'Connor (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	00:38:23
73	Einer Rubio (Col) Movistar Team	00:38:30
74	Kasper Asgreen (Den) EF Education-EasyPost	00:38:48
75	Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	00:38:56
76	Toms Skujins (Lat) Lidl-Trek	00:39:21
77	Frank Van Den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL	00:39:37
78	Nico Denz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:39:43
79	Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:39:51
80	Alex Aranburu (Spa) Cofidis	00:39:55
81	Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep	00:40:10
82	Joel Nicolau (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:41:38
83	Michael Storer (Aus) Tudor Pro Cycling
84	Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:41:44
85	Mauro Schmid (Swi) Jayco-AlUla	00:42:08
86	Lucas Plapp (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	00:42:28
87	Mathis Le Berre (Fra) Totalenergies	00:42:29
88	Ewen Costiou (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:43:33
89	Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Movistar Team	00:43:39
90	Rick Pluimers (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:43:55
91	Magnus Cort (Den) Uno-X Mobility
92	Tim Wellens (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:43:58
93	Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:44:24
94	Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:45:08
95	Brent Van Moer (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:45:21
96	Emiel Verstrynge (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:45:41
97	Tobias Foss (Nor) Ineos Grenadiers	00:45:48
98	Nils Politt (Ger) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:45:49
99	Sebastian Berwick (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:45:51
100	Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00:45:55
101	Lars Craps (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:45:58
102	Clément Russo (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:46:05
103	Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost	00:46:21
104	Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:46:35
105	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost	00:46:39
106	Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-EasyPost	00:46:55
107	Robert Stannard (Aus) Bahrain Victorious	00:47:07
108	Simone Velasco (Ita) XDS Astana	00:47:15
109	Aaron Gate (NZl) XDS Astana	00:47:34
110	Jan Tratnik (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:48:17
111	Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:48:37
112	Anthony Turgis (Fra) Totalenergies	00:48:59
113	Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:49:08
114	Krists Neilands (Lat) NSN Cycling Team	00:49:09
115	Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Totalenergies	00:49:12
116	Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Cofidis	00:49:18
117	Xabier Mikel Azparren (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:49:50
118	Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious	00:49:53
119	Luke Durbridge (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	00:49:59
120	Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Mobility	00:50:02
121	Warren Barguil (Fra) Picnic PostNL	00:50:08
122	Daan Hoole (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:50:10
123	Michel Heßmann (Ger) Movistar Team	00:50:23
124	Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	00:50:24
125	Max Walker (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost	00:50:54
126	Damien Howson (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:50:56
127	Jakub Otruba (Cze) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:50:57
128	Alex Kirsch (Lux) Cofidis	00:52:37
129	Silvan Dillier (Swi) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:52:42
130	Matthew Riccitello (USA) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:53:09
131	Bruno Armirail (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:54:47
132	Mike Teunissen (Ned) XDS Astana	00:55:43
133	Alex Molenaar (Ned) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:55:46
134	Nicolya Vinokurov (Kaz) XDS Astana	00:55:48
135	Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep	00:56:48
136	Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:57:28
137	Anders Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00:57:30
138	Max Kanter (Ger) XDS Astana	00:58:09
139	Biniam Girmay (Eri) NSN Cycling Team	00:58:28
140	Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers	00:59:23
141	Robbe Dhondt (Bel) Picnic PostNL	00:59:24
142	Stefano Oldani (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:59:32
143	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	01:00:22
144	Florian Vermeersch (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	01:00:34
145	Frits Biesterbos (Ned) Picnic PostNL	01:01:05
146	Tim Marsman (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	01:01:10
147	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) NSN Cycling Team	01:01:11
148	Niklas Märkl (Ger) Picnic PostNL	01:01:22
149	Hugo Page (Fra) Cofidis	01:02:10
150	Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	01:02:24
151	Tim Van Dijke (Ned) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	01:03:50
152	Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Cofidis	01:04:31
153	Per Strand Hagenes (Nor) Visma-Lease a Bike	01:05:43
154	Fred Wright (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	01:06:26
155	Edoardo Affini (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike	01:06:42
156	Matteo Trentin (Ita) Tudor Pro Cycling	01:07:26
157	Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché	01:08:02
158	Dorian Godon (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	01:09:05
159	Lewis Askey (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	01:09:20
160	Pavel Bittner (Cze) Picnic PostNL	01:10:00
161	Julius Van Den Berg (Ned) Picnic PostNL	01:10:37
162	John Degenkolb (Ger) Picnic PostNL	01:10:47
163	Fernando Gaviria (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	01:11:00
164	Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers	01:11:12
165	Milan Fretin (Bel) Cofidis	01:11:40
166	Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep
167	Jake Stewart (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	01:11:41
168	Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious	01:11:55
169	Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	01:12:42
170	Huub Artz (Ned) Lotto-Intermarché	01:12:53
171	Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis	01:13:05
172	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers	01:13:12
173	Kamil Gradek (Pol) Bahrain Victorious	01:15:15
174	Davide Ballerini (Ita) XDS Astana	01:15:16
175	Olav Kooij (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	01:15:32
176	Cees Bol (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	01:16:15
177	Liam Slock (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	01:16:59
178	Matis Louvel (Fra) NSN Cycling Team	01:17:25
179	Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	01:19:05
180	Marco Haller (Aut) Tudor Pro Cycling	01:21:28
181	Arvid De Kleijn (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling	01:29:55

Points Classification

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek	143
2	Biniam Girmay (Eri) NSN Cycling Team	79
3	Max Kanter (Ger) XDS Astana	77
4	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	72
5	Olav Kooij (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	70
6	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	55
7	Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	55
8	Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek	45
9	Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike	44
10	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	39
11	Anthony Turgis (Fra) Totalenergies	39
12	Huub Artz (Ned) Lotto-Intermarché	35
13	Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	33
14	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	32
15	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	28
16	Alex Molenaar (Ned) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	27
17	Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché	25
18	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost	25
19	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek	23
20	Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	23
21	Milan Fretin (Bel) Cofidis	22
22	Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	21
23	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team	20
24	Joris Delbove (Fra) Totalenergies	20
25	Michael Matthews (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	20
26	Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	20
27	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team	18
28	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	18
29	Marco Frigo (Ita) NSN Cycling Team	18
30	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	16
31	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	16
32	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	16
33	Frank Van Den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL	16
34	Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	16
35	Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious	15
36	Romain Gregoire (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	14
37	Michael Storer (Aus) Tudor Pro Cycling	14
38	Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	14
39	Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	14
40	Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	13
41	Fernando Gaviria (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	13
42	Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost	12
43	Juan Ayuso (Spa) Lidl-Trek	12
44	Matteo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies	12
45	Clément Russo (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	12
46	Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	10
47	Harold Tejada (Col) XDS Astana	10
48	Rick Pluimers (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling	10
49	Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	9
50	Lucas Plapp (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	9
51	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious	8
52	Magnus Cort (Den) Uno-X Mobility	8
53	Dorian Godon (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	8
54	Jake Stewart (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	8
55	Tom Pidcock (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	7
56	Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team	7
57	Nico Denz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	7
58	Abel Balderstone (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6
59	Alex Kirsch (Lux) Cofidis	6
60	Mike Teunissen (Ned) XDS Astana	6
61	Pavel Bittner (Cze) Picnic PostNL	6
62	Alexandre Delettre (Fra) Totalenergies	5
63	Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	5
64	Mauro Schmid (Swi) Jayco-AlUla	5
65	Ewen Costiou (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	5
66	Tim Marsman (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	5
67	Joel Nicolau (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4
68	Aaron Gate (NZl) XDS Astana	4
69	Davide Ballerini (Ita) XDS Astana	4
70	Jordan Jegat (Fra) Totalenergies	3
71	Clément Braz Afonso (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	3
72	Jan Tratnik (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	3
73	Florian Vermeersch (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3
74	Sergio Higuita (Col) XDS Astana	2
75	Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	2
76	Mathis Le Berre (Fra) Totalenergies	2
77	Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious	2
78	George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling Team	1
79	Tim Wellens (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1
80	Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep	1

Mountains Classification

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	13
2	Alex Molenaar (Ned) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	10
3	Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	9
4	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team	7
5	Marco Frigo (Ita) NSN Cycling Team	5
6	Jan Tratnik (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	5
7	Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	4
8	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious	4
9	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3
10	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	3
11	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team	3
12	Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	3
13	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	2
14	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep	2
15	Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché	2
16	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	2
17	Matteo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies	2
18	Frank Van Den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL	2
19	Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	1
20	Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike	1
21	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost	1
22	Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike	1
23	George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling Team	1
24	Javier Romo (Spa) Movistar Team	1
25	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost	1
26	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers	1

Youth Classification

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	16:35:57
2	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:04:16
3	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:04:27
4	Juan Ayuso (Spa) Lidl-Trek	00:04:30
5	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:04:51
6	Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious	00:05:12
7	Davide Piganzoli (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:06:18
8	Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:06:23
9	Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Movistar Team	00:07:27
10	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team	00:07:44
11	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team	00:08:54
12	Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	00:11:20
13	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	00:11:43
14	Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek	00:12:43
15	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	00:12:49
16	Romain Gregoire (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:16:08
17	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep	00:24:22
18	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious	00:27:11
19	Matteo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies	00:27:47
20	Lorenzo Germani (Ita) Groupama-FDJ United	00:32:03
21	Mathis Le Berre (Fra) Totalenergies	00:38:39
22	Ewen Costiou (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:39:43
23	Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:41:18
24	Emiel Verstrynge (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:41:51
25	Lars Craps (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:42:08
26	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost	00:42:49
27	Michel Heßmann (Ger) Movistar Team	00:46:33
28	Max Walker (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost	00:47:04
29	Matthew Riccitello (USA) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:49:19
30	Nicolya Vinokurov (Kaz) XDS Astana	00:51:58
31	Robbe Dhondt (Bel) Picnic PostNL	00:55:34
32	Frits Biesterbos (Ned) Picnic PostNL	00:57:15
33	Hugo Page (Fra) Cofidis	00:58:20
34	Per Strand Hagenes (Nor) Visma-Lease a Bike	01:01:53
35	Lewis Askey (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	01:05:30
36	Pavel Bittner (Cze) Picnic PostNL	01:06:10
37	Milan Fretin (Bel) Cofidis	01:07:50
38	Huub Artz (Ned) Lotto-Intermarché	01:09:03
39	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers	01:09:22
40	Olav Kooij (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	01:11:42

Teams Classification

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Lidl-Trek	49:32:02
2	Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:19:26
3	EF Education-Easypost	00:23:59
4	Movistar	00:26:19
5	UAE Team Emirates XRG	00:32:47
6	Netcompany Ineos	00:33:21
7	Uno-X Mobility	00:34:37
8	Visma-Lease a Bike	00:39:14
9	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	00:41:39
10	TotalEnergies	00:48:02
11	Pinarello-Q36.5	00:52:46
12	Bahrain Victorious	00:53:35
13	Groupama-FDJ United	00:59:54
14	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	01:01:03
15	Soudal Quick-Step	01:02:59
16	XDS Astana	01:06:02
17	Alpecin-Premier Tech	01:22:07
18	Tudor	01:22:11
19	Lotto Intermarché	01:26:45
20	Cofidis	01:33:52
21	NSN	01:43:14
22	Jayco Alula	01:45:17
23	Picnic PostNL	02:23:58

Tour de France: Mads Pedersen scorches stage 4 sprint with Quinn Simmons closing for Lidl-Trek one-two as yellow jersey changes hands

Matilda Price — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 15:49:35 +0000

Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) galloped to victory on stage 4 of the Tour de France, easily outpacing the very strong breakaway that survived to the line in Foix, which also delivered Torstein Træen (Uno-X Mobility) into the yellow jersey as the break took several minutes on the bunch.

Pedersen's sprint was untouchable after a long day and control from Lidl-Trek, who had three in the breakaway, and indeed they were rewarded with a 1-2 as Quinn Simmons secured second on the line. Raúl Garcia Pierna (Movistar) took third.

Unlike on stage 3 where UAE Team Emirates-XRG kept the break close in order to launch Tadej Pogačar to the stage win and the yellow jersey, they were happy to let the jersey go on Tuesday, allowing the gap to balloon out and Træen to grab the jersey from the Slovenian.

He gained more than 12 minutes on the peloton, so sits a good seven minutes ahead of most of the GC favourites, meaning he could well wear yellow for a few days now.

Torstein Træen of Uno-X Mobility leads breakaway of 10 (Image credit: Getty Images)

An original breakaway of 34 riders got away early in the stage, which after various attacks and splits eventually turned into 10 in the final 30km. With three riders in the final 10, it was Lidl-Trek who set the agenda in the final run-in to Foix, keeping a pace that was tough to attack and closing down anyone who tried.

Movistar, with two riders, tried again and again, but couldn't break the German team, and lead-out by Mathias Vacek, Pedersen sprinted to the stage win with relative ease.

"For sure, I would say this was a masterpiece in teamwork," Pedersen said. "Maybe not in climbing, I was suffering a lot on the last climb, but with Quinn and Vacek there it was an incredible day and they did incredible on the climb to pace it well for me and make sure that we didn't lose too much time over the top. Then they were just machines from there to the finish line. What a team effort and what a team win today."

As well as thanking his team, Pedersen had a special dedication to Luca Guercilena, the long-term Lidl-Trek manager and founder of the team who is leaving his post after this Tour.

Mads Pedersen of Lidl - Trek celebrates at podium as Green Sprint Jersey winner (Image credit: Getty Images)

"I had a talk with Luca, our team manager, before the race and he said 'Please win me a stage and please do it early in the race', and he said this would be a good one for me, so I would say this stage is for Luca and all the good years we had together. I'm really grateful for everything he has done for me."

Træen, who previously wore the red leader's jersey at the Vuelta a Espana, now leads the GC by 28 seconds over breakaway companion Sean Quinn (EF Education-EasyPost). Vacek is up to third, and into the white jersey, at 3:50.

The peloton eventually finished at 12:59, which meant Pogačar dropped down to fourth overall, now at 7:53 to Træen, with Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) in fifth on the same time.

A straightforward start to the day

The fourth stage rolled out of Carcassonne for another very hot and very breakaway-friendly day on Tuesday, similar to stage 3, but the peloton would be hoping that UAE Team Emirates-XRG actually let the break survive this time.

Unlike stage 3's drawn out fight for the breakaway, which ultimately lessened their chances of success, stage 4's escape went away much quicker, with a large group of 34 breaking off the front of the bunch and establishing a gap after only just over 10km.

The peloton begins from Carcassonne (Image credit: Getty Images)

In that group was: Nico Denz, Jan Tratnik (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), Mads Pedersen, Mathias Vacek, Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek), Sean Quinn, Michael Valgren, Georg Steinhauser (EF Education-EasyPost), Robert Stannard, Vlad Van Mechelen (Bahrain Victorious), Kévin Vauquelin (Netcompany Ineos), Pascal Eenkhorn, Jasper Stuyven (Soudal-QuickStep), Ramses Debruyne, Edward Planckaert, Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Premier Tech), Michael Matthews (Jayco AlUla), Torstein Træen (Uno-X Mobility), Biniam Girmay, Marco Frigo (NSN), Pablo Castrillo, Raúl García Pierna, Nelson Oliveira (Movistar), Georg Zimmerman (Lotto Intermarché), Ion Izagirre, Alex Kirsch (Cofidis), Quinten Hermans, Brent Van Moer (Pinarello Q36.5), Romain Grégoire, Ewan Costiou (Groupama-FDJ United), Alexandre Delettre (TotalEnergies), Frank van den Broek (Picnic PostNL), Alex Molenaar and Joel Nicolau (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA).

The peloton during a quiet moment on stage 4 (Image credit: Getty Images)

With several teams having multiple riders in the break, the peloton was happy to let this one go and they gradually built a lead of over three minutes.

Amongst the many riders and teams in the move, they were all there for different reasons. Some were chasing the stage win, but others, namely the sprinters like Pedersen, Philipsen and Girmay, were more there with an eye on the intermediate sprint than outright victory, which meant there were a lot of tactics and approaches at play, but mainly the group all worked together.

Behind, the peloton settled quite quickly, content to have an easier day in the still very high temperatures, and UAE Team Emirates-XRG put Nils Politt to work to set the pace, but let the break have a gap of nearly four minutes for all of the first 50km of racing.

Climbs start to shake up the break

Mads Pedersen (Lidl - Trek), Kevin Vauquelin (Netcompany Ineos), Alex Kirsch (Cofidis) and Pablo Castrillo (Movistar) at the front of the breakaway (Image credit: Getty Images)

On the first climb, the Col des Bedos, former polka dot jersey Molenaar claimed the one point available to move a little closer to classification leader Alex Baudin (EF Education-EasyPost) who was surprisingly not in the break, though three of his teammates were. Molenaar grabbed maximum points on the next climb, the Col du Paradis, though Steinhauser pushed him for it and swept up a few points in defense of Baudin's jersey.

Over the climb, the peloton briefly ate into the break's lead, perhaps just from some overzealous riding from Politt, but as the road went back down and onto the flat the break breathed a sigh of relief as the gap went back up over five minutes.

At the intermediate sprint, as expected it was Lidl-Trek and Pedersen who led it out, but it was Girmay who had the speed to win the dash to the line, ahead of Philipsen and Pedersen.

With their aims achieved, Philipsen and Girmay were the first riders to then drop out of the break as the attention turned back to the climbs. With 83km to go, on the 10.9km Col de Coudons, Tratnik and Vacek launched a move together, going away solo from the rest of the break. Vacek was only 8:56 down on GC and by now seven minutes ahead of the peloton, but two riders behind were even closer – Quinn at 5:34 and Træen at 5:06, so it became very interesting to see what UAE would do in regards to giving up or defending the yellow jersey.

Despite the combined strength of Vacek and Tratnik, they didn't have an enormous gap over the remainder of the break, and with still 75km to go there was plenty of interest in bridging across, which Alex Kirsch did to make it three in the lead with 66km to go. They were stronger as a three, and built a lead of a minute, but with so many motivated riders still in the chase, they were not alone in the lead for long.

Yellow advantage for the escapees

The breakaway (Image credit: Getty Images)

On the base of the Col de Montségur, Vacek and Tratnik distanced Kirsch, and then with 40km to go they were caught themselves by the chasers, who still numbered more than 30 at that point. As the climb ramped up, so did the attacks, pushed on largely by EF.

In the lead over the top of the climb were Træen, Frigo, Castrillo, Garcia Pierna and Debruyne, joined by five more riders on the descent, Pedersen, Vacek, Simmons, Quinn and Vauquelin. They had a lead of 10 minutes over the peloton with 30km to go – making it clear that a new rider would be in yellow at the end of the day.

Going into the finale, Træen could be pretty sure he would be going into yellow as long as he finished within 30 seconds of Quinn, and so the tactical battle became about who would take the day's other prize: the stage win. With strength in numbers, a lot of the work fell to Lidl-Trek, who kept a high pace to deter other attacks.

The pace was really rapid in the finale with a real fight on for the stage win, with everyone knowing that if they went with Pedersen to the line, they likely couldn't beat him in a sprint, but equally struggling to attack against the page set by his team.

The Movistar duo of García Pierna and Castrillo tried repeatedly in the final 9km, but kept being shut down by Vacek, Simmons and Frigo. Going into the final kilometres, it was clear that it was going to be a sprint to the line, and Vacek deftly led out Pedersen to deliver him to the victory, with Simmons' completing the 1-2 to put the cherry on top of the cake for Lidl-Trek.

The GC picture

Torsten Træen (Uno-X Mobility) is the new race leader after stage 4 (Image credit: Getty Images)

As well as Træen's vault up the standings, the other most notable beneficiary of the breakaway was Kévin Vauquelin (Netcompany Ineos), who started the day 21:45 down on Pogačar and Vingegaard but ended it just over eight minutes down on them, potentially breathing some life back into his GC hopes.

The other GC favourites all finished together, so there is no change in their standings relative to each other, though they have all dropped down the standings. As for what will happen with the yellow jersey in the coming days, Træen really only has one rival in Quinn, who could grab the lead with an attack, but otherwise the Norwegian could enjoy at least a couple of days in yellow with his healthy eight-minute lead over most of the serious GC contenders.

Results

Stage 4
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek	04:10:45
2	Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek
3	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team
4	Marco Frigo (Ita) NSN Cycling Team
5	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
6	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers
7	Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost
8	Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
9	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team
10	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek
11	Michael Matthews (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	00:02:27
12	Alexandre Delettre (Fra) Totalenergies
13	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious
14	Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep
15	Alex Molenaar (Ned) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
16	Frank Van Den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL
17	Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Lotto-Intermarché
18	Quinten Hermans (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5
19	Joel Nicolau (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
20	Ion Izaguirre (Spa) Cofidis
21	Nico Denz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
22	Romain Gregoire (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
23	Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep	00:07:54
24	Alex Kirsch (Lux) Cofidis
25	Brent Van Moer (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:07:58
26	Jan Tratnik (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
27	Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-EasyPost
28	Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
29	Ewen Costiou (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
30	Adam Yates (GBr) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:12:59
31	Felix Großschartner (Aut) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
32	Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
33	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
34	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
35	Toms Skujins (Lat) Lidl-Trek
36	Derek Gee-West (Can) Lidl-Trek
37	Carlos Verona (Spa) Lidl-Trek
38	Juan Ayuso (Spa) Lidl-Trek
39	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek
40	Per Strand Hagenes (Nor) Visma-Lease a Bike
41	Edoardo Affini (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike
42	Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike
43	Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike
44	Davide Piganzoli (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike
45	Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike
46	Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike
47	Bruno Armirail (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike
48	Tim Wellens (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
49	Daan Hoole (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM
50	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM
51	Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM
52	Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM
53	Matthew Riccitello (USA) Decathlon CMA CGM
54	Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM
55	Jai Hindley (Aus) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
56	Tim Van Dijke (Ned) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
57	Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
58	Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
59	Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
60	Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
61	Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost
62	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost
63	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost
64	Max Walker (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost
65	Kasper Asgreen (Den) EF Education-EasyPost
66	Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
67	Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
68	Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
69	Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious
70	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
71	Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
72	Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
73	Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Mobility
74	Magnus Cort (Den) Uno-X Mobility
75	Anders Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
76	Xabier Mikel Azparren (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5
77	Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5
78	Fred Wright (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5
79	Tom Pidcock (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5
80	Mathis Le Berre (Fra) Totalenergies
81	Chris Harper (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5
82	Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Tudor Pro Cycling
83	Yannis Voisard (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling
84	Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team
85	Rick Pluimers (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling
86	Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Movistar Team
87	Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Movistar Team
88	Thymen Arensman (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers
89	Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers
90	Egan Bernal (Col) Ineos Grenadiers
91	Jordan Jegat (Fra) Totalenergies
92	Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep
93	Tobias Foss (Nor) Ineos Grenadiers
94	Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep
95	Ben O'Connor (Aus) Jayco-AlUla
96	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep
97	Clément Russo (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
98	Aaron Gate (NZl) XDS Astana
99	Lorenzo Germani (Ita) Groupama-FDJ United
100	Guillaume Martin Guyonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
101	Sergio Higuita (Col) XDS Astana
102	Harold Tejada (Col) XDS Astana
103	Jakub Otruba (Cze) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
104	Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Cofidis
105	Hugo Page (Fra) Cofidis
106	Sebastian Berwick (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
107	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) NSN Cycling Team
108	Jose Felix Parra (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
109	Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché
110	Lars Craps (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché
111	Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché
112	Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Totalenergies
113	Niklas Märkl (Ger) Picnic PostNL
114	Frits Biesterbos (Ned) Picnic PostNL
115	Robert Stannard (Aus) Bahrain Victorious
116	Javier Romo (Spa) Movistar Team
117	Einer Rubio (Col) Movistar Team
118	Michel Heßmann (Ger) Movistar Team
119	Warren Barguil (Fra) Picnic PostNL
120	Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
121	Clément Braz Afonso (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
122	Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
123	Silvan Dillier (Swi) Alpecin-Premier Tech
124	Tim Marsman (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech
125	Robbe Dhondt (Bel) Picnic PostNL
126	Abel Balderstone (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
127	Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Jayco-AlUla
128	Emiel Verstrynge (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
129	Nils Politt (Ger) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
130	Marc Hirschi (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling
131	Mauro Schmid (Swi) Jayco-AlUla
132	Nicolas Breuillard (Fra) Totalenergies
133	Joris Delbove (Fra) Totalenergies
134	Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech
135	Krists Neilands (Lat) NSN Cycling Team
136	Anthony Turgis (Fra) Totalenergies
137	Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché
138	George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling Team
139	Luke Durbridge (Aus) Jayco-AlUla
140	Matteo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies
141	Lucas Plapp (Aus) Jayco-AlUla
142	Damien Howson (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5
143	Simone Velasco (Ita) XDS Astana
144	Michael Storer (Aus) Tudor Pro Cycling
145	Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Cofidis
146	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost	00:14:17
147	Alex Aranburu (Spa) Cofidis	00:14:24
148	Nicolya Vinokurov (Kaz) XDS Astana	00:14:50
149	Pavel Bittner (Cze) Picnic PostNL	00:22:08
150	Julius Van Den Berg (Ned) Picnic PostNL
151	John Degenkolb (Ger) Picnic PostNL
152	Dorian Godon (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers
153	Max Kanter (Ger) XDS Astana
154	Mike Teunissen (Ned) XDS Astana
155	Stefano Oldani (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
156	Milan Fretin (Bel) Cofidis
157	Florian Vermeersch (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
158	Lewis Askey (GBr) NSN Cycling Team
159	Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious
160	Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis
161	Cees Bol (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM
162	Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
163	Olav Kooij (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM
164	Kamil Gradek (Pol) Bahrain Victorious
165	Davide Ballerini (Ita) XDS Astana
166	Fernando Gaviria (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
167	Biniam Girmay (Eri) NSN Cycling Team
168	Matis Louvel (Fra) NSN Cycling Team
169	Jake Stewart (GBr) NSN Cycling Team
170	Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers
171	Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep
172	Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep	00:22:41
173	Huub Artz (Ned) Lotto-Intermarché
174	Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep
175	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
176	Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Jayco-AlUla
177	Liam Slock (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché
178	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers	00:23:29
179	Marco Haller (Aut) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:25:13
180	Matteo Trentin (Ita) Tudor Pro Cycling
181	Arvid De Kleijn (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling

Intermediate sprint 1 (Quillan km. 93.4)
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Biniam Girmay (Eri) NSN Cycling Team	25
2	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	20
3	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek	16
4	Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	14
5	Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek	12
6	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team	10
7	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	9
8	Michael Matthews (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	8
9	Nico Denz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	7
10	Alex Kirsch (Lux) Cofidis	6
11	Ewen Costiou (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	5
12	Joel Nicolau (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4
13	Jan Tratnik (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	3
14	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	2
15	Romain Gregoire (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	1

Intermediate sprint 2 (finish)
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek	50
2	Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek	30
3	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team	20
4	Marco Frigo (Ita) NSN Cycling Team	18
5	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	16
6	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	14
7	Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost	12
8	Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	10
9	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team	8
10	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	7
11	Michael Matthews (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	6
12	Alexandre Delettre (Fra) Totalenergies	5
13	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious	4
14	Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	3
15	Alex Molenaar (Ned) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2

Mountain 1 (Col De Bedos)
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Alex Molenaar (Ned) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1

Mountain 2 (Col Du Paradis)
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Alex Molenaar (Ned) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2
2	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost	1

Mountain 3 (Col De Coudons)
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Jan Tratnik (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	5
2	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	3
3	Alex Molenaar (Ned) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2
4	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team	1

Mountain 4 (Col De Montségur)
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Marco Frigo (Ita) NSN Cycling Team	5
2	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team	3
3	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	2
4	Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	1

General classification after stage 4

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	13:02:46
2	Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost	00:00:28
3	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	00:03:50
4	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:07:53
5	Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike
6	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:08:06
7	Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:08:16
8	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:08:17
9	Juan Ayuso (Spa) Lidl-Trek	00:08:20
10	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:08:41
11	Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:08:46
12	Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious	00:09:02
13	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00:09:04
14	Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:09:10
15	Tom Pidcock (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:09:15
16	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost	00:09:38
17	Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:09:40
18	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek	00:09:43
19	Davide Piganzoli (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:10:08
20	Thymen Arensman (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers	00:10:12
21	Jordan Jegat (Fra) Totalenergies	00:10:21
22	Sergio Higuita (Col) XDS Astana	00:11:16
23	Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Movistar Team	00:11:17
24	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team	00:11:22
25	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team	00:11:34
26	Yannis Voisard (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:11:43
27	Egan Bernal (Col) Ineos Grenadiers	00:12:08
28	Jose Felix Parra (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:12:14
29	Harold Tejada (Col) XDS Astana	00:12:31
30	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	00:13:12
31	Ion Izaguirre (Spa) Cofidis	00:13:28
32	Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:13:38
33	Adam Yates (GBr) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:13:53
34	Jai Hindley (Aus) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:13:54
35	Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	00:15:10
36	Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek	00:16:00
37	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	00:16:39
38	Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:17:37
39	Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:17:48
40	Guillaume Martin Guyonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:18:08
41	Romain Gregoire (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:18:27
42	George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling Team	00:18:46
43	Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:19:12
44	Quinten Hermans (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:19:40
45	Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:23:40
46	Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:23:59
47	Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00:24:03
48	Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:24:21
49	Chris Harper (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:24:27
50	Abel Balderstone (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:24:42
51	Nicolas Breuillard (Fra) Totalenergies	00:24:53
52	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep	00:25:51
53	Carlos Verona (Spa) Lidl-Trek	00:27:54
54	Felix Großschartner (Aut) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:28:01
55	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious	00:28:52
56	Derek Gee-West (Can) Lidl-Trek	00:29:06
57	Matteo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies	00:29:16
58	Michael Matthews (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	00:30:10
59	Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Lotto-Intermarché	00:31:17
60	Clément Braz Afonso (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
61	Javier Romo (Spa) Movistar Team	00:32:19
62	Alexandre Delettre (Fra) Totalenergies	00:32:53
63	Marco Frigo (Ita) NSN Cycling Team	00:32:54
64	Marc Hirschi (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:33:25
65	Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:33:40
66	Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:34:35
67	Joris Delbove (Fra) Totalenergies	00:34:48
68	Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team	00:35:14
69	Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	00:35:50
70	Lorenzo Germani (Ita) Groupama-FDJ United	00:35:53
71	Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:36:08
72	Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:36:44
73	Kasper Asgreen (Den) EF Education-EasyPost	00:36:51
74	Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep	00:37:04
75	Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:37:08
76	Joel Nicolau (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:37:22
77	Alex Aranburu (Spa) Cofidis	00:37:34
78	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek
79	Frank Van Den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL	00:37:40
80	Ben O'Connor (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	00:38:23
81	Einer Rubio (Col) Movistar Team	00:38:30
82	Michael Storer (Aus) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:38:32
83	Nico Denz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:39:10
84	Toms Skujins (Lat) Lidl-Trek	00:39:21
85	Lucas Plapp (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	00:39:22
86	Mauro Schmid (Swi) Jayco-AlUla	00:40:21
87	Ewen Costiou (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:40:27
88	Sebastian Berwick (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:41:35
89	Mathis Le Berre (Fra) Totalenergies	00:42:29
90	Emiel Verstrynge (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:42:35
91	Magnus Cort (Den) Uno-X Mobility	00:43:22
92	Tim Wellens (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:43:25
93	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost	00:43:33
94	Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Movistar Team	00:43:39
95	Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-EasyPost	00:43:49
96	Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:43:52
97	Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:43:58
98	Rick Pluimers (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:44:09
99	Simone Velasco (Ita) XDS Astana
100	Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost	00:44:24
101	Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:44:38
102	Brent Van Moer (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:44:48
103	Jan Tratnik (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:45:11
104	Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00:45:22
105	Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché
106	Lars Craps (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:45:25
107	Tobias Foss (Nor) Ineos Grenadiers	00:45:48
108	Nils Politt (Ger) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:45:49
109	Jakub Otruba (Cze) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:46:14
110	Robert Stannard (Aus) Bahrain Victorious	00:46:17
111	Clément Russo (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:46:19
112	Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Cofidis	00:46:31
113	Luke Durbridge (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	00:46:53
114	Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Totalenergies	00:47:15
115	Michel Heßmann (Ger) Movistar Team	00:47:17
116	Aaron Gate (NZl) XDS Astana	00:47:41
117	Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Mobility
118	Max Walker (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost	00:47:48
119	Damien Howson (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:47:50
120	Warren Barguil (Fra) Picnic PostNL	00:48:11
121	Krists Neilands (Lat) NSN Cycling Team	00:48:36
122	Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:48:37
123	Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious	00:48:48
124	Alex Molenaar (Ned) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:49:00
125	Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	00:49:02
126	Anthony Turgis (Fra) Totalenergies	00:49:13
127	Xabier Mikel Azparren (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:49:17
128	Silvan Dillier (Swi) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:49:36
129	Daan Hoole (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:50:10
130	Alex Kirsch (Lux) Cofidis	00:50:40
131	Matthew Riccitello (USA) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:50:48
132	Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep	00:51:32
133	Bruno Armirail (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:54:47
134	Stefano Oldani (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:54:49
135	Anders Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00:55:09
136	Nicolya Vinokurov (Kaz) XDS Astana	00:55:15
137	Mike Teunissen (Ned) XDS Astana	00:55:57
138	Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:56:55
139	Robbe Dhondt (Bel) Picnic PostNL	00:57:27
140	Max Kanter (Ger) XDS Astana	00:58:29
141	Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers	00:58:33
142	Biniam Girmay (Eri) NSN Cycling Team	00:58:42
143	Florian Vermeersch (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:59:29
144	Niklas Märkl (Ger) Picnic PostNL	00:59:51
145	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	01:00:36
146	Frits Biesterbos (Ned) Picnic PostNL	01:01:05
147	Tim Marsman (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	01:01:10
148	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) NSN Cycling Team	01:01:11
149	Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Cofidis	01:02:10
150	Hugo Page (Fra) Cofidis
151	Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	01:02:38
152	Tim Van Dijke (Ned) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	01:03:17
153	Fred Wright (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	01:03:20
154	Per Strand Hagenes (Nor) Visma-Lease a Bike	01:03:52
155	Matteo Trentin (Ita) Tudor Pro Cycling	01:05:35
156	Edoardo Affini (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike	01:05:37
157	Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché	01:06:57
158	Dorian Godon (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	01:09:19
159	Lewis Askey (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	01:09:20
160	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers	01:09:57
161	Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers	01:10:07
162	John Degenkolb (Ger) Picnic PostNL	01:10:14
163	Pavel Bittner (Cze) Picnic PostNL
164	Julius Van Den Berg (Ned) Picnic PostNL	01:10:37
165	Matis Louvel (Fra) NSN Cycling Team	01:11:01
166	Jake Stewart (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	01:11:08
167	Fernando Gaviria (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	01:11:14
168	Milan Fretin (Bel) Cofidis	01:11:54
169	Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	01:11:58
170	Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious	01:12:09
171	Kamil Gradek (Pol) Bahrain Victorious
172	Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	01:12:56
173	Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis	01:13:05
174	Huub Artz (Ned) Lotto-Intermarché	01:13:07
175	Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	01:13:49
176	Liam Slock (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	01:15:02
177	Davide Ballerini (Ita) XDS Astana	01:15:16
178	Olav Kooij (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	01:15:56
179	Cees Bol (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	01:16:15
180	Arvid De Kleijn (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling	01:19:08
181	Marco Haller (Aut) Tudor Pro Cycling	01:19:37

Points Classification

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek	103
2	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	55
3	Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike	44
4	Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek	42
5	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	39
6	Biniam Girmay (Eri) NSN Cycling Team	39
7	Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	33
8	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	32
9	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	30
10	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	28
11	Alex Molenaar (Ned) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	27
12	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost	25
13	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek	23
14	Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	21
15	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team	20
16	Michael Matthews (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	20
17	Joris Delbove (Fra) Totalenergies	20
18	Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	20
19	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team	18
20	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	18
21	Marco Frigo (Ita) NSN Cycling Team	18
22	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	16
23	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	16
24	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	16
25	Frank Van Den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL	16
26	Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious	15
27	Romain Gregoire (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	14
28	Michael Storer (Aus) Tudor Pro Cycling	14
29	Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	14
30	Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	13
31	Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost	12
32	Juan Ayuso (Spa) Lidl-Trek	12
33	Matteo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies	12
34	Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	10
35	Harold Tejada (Col) XDS Astana	10
36	Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	9
37	Lucas Plapp (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	9
38	Anthony Turgis (Fra) Totalenergies	9
39	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious	8
40	Magnus Cort (Den) Uno-X Mobility	8
41	Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	8
42	Tom Pidcock (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	7
43	Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team	7
44	Nico Denz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	7
45	Max Kanter (Ger) XDS Astana	7
46	Abel Balderstone (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6
47	Alex Kirsch (Lux) Cofidis	6
48	Alexandre Delettre (Fra) Totalenergies	5
49	Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	5
50	Mauro Schmid (Swi) Jayco-AlUla	5
51	Ewen Costiou (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	5
52	Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	5
53	Joel Nicolau (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4
54	Davide Ballerini (Ita) XDS Astana	4
55	Jordan Jegat (Fra) Totalenergies	3
56	Clément Braz Afonso (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	3
57	Jan Tratnik (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	3
58	Florian Vermeersch (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3
59	Sergio Higuita (Col) XDS Astana	2
60	Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	2
61	George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling Team	1
62	Tim Wellens (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1

Mountains classification

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	12
2	Alex Molenaar (Ned) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	10
3	Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	9
4	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team	7
5	Marco Frigo (Ita) NSN Cycling Team	5
6	Jan Tratnik (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	5
7	Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	4
8	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious	4
9	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3
10	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	3
11	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team	3
12	Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	3
13	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	2
14	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep	2
15	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	2
16	Matteo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies	2
17	Frank Van Den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL	2
18	Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	1
19	Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike	1
20	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost	1
21	George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling Team	1
22	Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike	1
23	Javier Romo (Spa) Movistar Team	1
24	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost	1
25	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers	1

Youth classification

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	13:06:36
2	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:04:16
3	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:04:27
4	Juan Ayuso (Spa) Lidl-Trek	00:04:30
5	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:04:51
6	Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious	00:05:12
7	Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:05:50
8	Davide Piganzoli (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:06:18
9	Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Movistar Team	00:07:27
10	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team	00:07:32
11	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team	00:07:44
12	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	00:09:22
13	Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	00:11:20
14	Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek	00:12:10
15	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	00:12:49
16	Romain Gregoire (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:14:37
17	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep	00:22:01
18	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious	00:25:02
19	Matteo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies	00:25:26
20	Lorenzo Germani (Ita) Groupama-FDJ United	00:32:03
21	Ewen Costiou (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:36:37
22	Mathis Le Berre (Fra) Totalenergies	00:38:39
23	Emiel Verstrynge (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:38:45
24	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost	00:39:43
25	Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:41:32
26	Lars Craps (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:41:35
27	Michel Heßmann (Ger) Movistar Team	00:43:27
28	Max Walker (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost	00:43:58
29	Matthew Riccitello (USA) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:46:58
30	Nicolya Vinokurov (Kaz) XDS Astana	00:51:25
31	Robbe Dhondt (Bel) Picnic PostNL	00:53:37
32	Frits Biesterbos (Ned) Picnic PostNL	00:57:15
33	Hugo Page (Fra) Cofidis	00:58:20
34	Per Strand Hagenes (Nor) Visma-Lease a Bike	01:00:02
35	Lewis Askey (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	01:05:30
36	Pavel Bittner (Cze) Picnic PostNL	01:06:24
37	Milan Fretin (Bel) Cofidis	01:08:04
38	Olav Kooij (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	01:12:06

Teams classification

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Lidl-Trek	39:04:13
2	Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:19:12
3	EF Education-Easypost	00:21:48
4	Movistar	00:26:05
5	UAE Team Emirates XRG	00:32:33
6	Netcompany Ineos	00:33:21
7	Uno-X Mobility	00:34:37
8	Visma-Lease a Bike	00:39:00
9	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	00:41:39
10	TotalEnergies	00:48:02
11	Pinarello-Q36.5	00:51:26
12	Bahrain Victorious	00:53:35
13	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:59:06
14	Groupama-FDJ United	00:59:54
15	Soudal Quick-Step	01:00:38
16	XDS Astana	01:06:23
17	Tudor	01:21:38
18	Alpecin-Premier Tech	01:22:07
19	Lotto Intermarché	01:26:59
20	Cofidis	01:33:52
21	NSN	01:43:14
22	Jayco Alula	01:43:55
23	Picnic PostNL	02:23:58

Tour de France: Tadej Pogačar blasts away from Jonas Vingegaard on final section of Les Angles ascent for stage 3 victory and yellow jersey

Alasdair Fotheringham — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:26:37 +0000

A devastatingly-long and sustained acceleration by Tadej Pogačar in the final metres of the 2026 Tour de France's first summit finish saw the World Champion capture both the yellow jersey and UAE Team Emirates' second stage win in as many days.

Pogačar crossed the line with a two-second advantage on Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike), just enough with the time bonus for the victory to move back into overall command of the race.

Third was Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost), with a peloton already reduced by the Tour's first incursion in the Pyrenees amidst severely hot weather then scrambling for the lesser places.

On a day featuring nearly 4,000 metres of climbing and the race's return to France, Slovenian 22nd stage win of his career was forged thanks to kilometres of relentless hard work by UAE Team Emirates-XRG.

The UAE train reeled in Alex Baudin (EF Education-EasyPost), the last survivor of a break of 18, shortly after the penultimate classified ascent of the Col de la Calvaire, with the Frenchman claiming the polka-dot jersey but unable to make it to the finish.

Then on the short, punchy ascent to Les Angles, UAE set things up with a devastatingly long acceleration by stage 2 winner Isaac del Toro until around 300 metres to go, and when Pogačar unleashed his ferocious drawnout sprint for the line on the back of that, nobody, not even Vingegaard, was in any position to respond.

Jonas Vinegaard crosses the finish line in second place (Image credit: Getty Images)

"It's because of Isaac [del Toro] today, I got some extra power in the final. He committed more than 100% in the final climb. All the team, actually, in the middle of the stage we decided that it was possible to go for the stage win. I'm really happy that we started the Tour like this, and it was an incredible finish today," Pogačar said when asked about his latest triumph and return to yellow.

"If we can win like we did today, and the team feels super good then we have to take the opportunity and we tried and we give it all today and we win.

"To take the yellow jersey is the dream for any cyclist of each age. So for me every time I can get it already is really special. I don't know how long it [holding the lead] will last, but we try to enjoy every moment."

Overall, Pogačar's time bonus and slight time gap leave him tied on time with Vingegaard. But with Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) now at 23 seconds on GC, Juan Ayuso (Lidl-Trek) the only other rival contender at less than 30 seconds, and Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMN CGA) now 48 seconds behind, after just three stages of racing, these are some potentially significant gaps.

UAE make the running

USPro road champion Quinn Simmons of Lidl-Trek rides at the front of the peloton on the early kilometres of stage 3 (Image credit: Getty Images)

Stage 3 kicked off with early attacks involving Liam Slock (Lotto-Intermarché) and 2026 Tour de Suisse King of the Mountains Louis Vervaeke (Soudal-QuickStep), but despite the obvious enthusiasm to go clear, none of them succeeded in staying away.

In contrast, on the opening category 3 Côte de Saint-Feliu de Codines, Arnaud De Lie (Lotto-Intermarché) was already struggling for a second straight day, finally abandoning, while a little later, another top Belgian, GC contender Cian Uijtdebroeks (Movistar) found himself in difficulties, too.

Forming the breakaway on a stage seemingly made for long-distance moves proved much more difficult than perhaps expected, with riders of the calibre of Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Premier Tech), Egan Bernal (Netcompany Ineos) and Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike) all failing to make the cut. Even if it could be expected that Jorgenson's attempts to go clear would receive a firm thumbs-down from arch-rivals UAE Team Emirates, after a full 50 kilometres when another American, Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek) also tested the water, he received an equally-negative reaction from even more teams.

Portuguese rider Nelson Oliveira (Movistar) leads a breakaway (Image credit: Getty Images)

Almost a third of the stage had passed (and all of the major climbing was yet to come) before Vervaeke, Magnus Cort (Uno-X Mobliity), Nelson Oliveira (Movistar) and Matteo Vercher (TotalEnergies) sparked a massive move that, crucially, received both Jumbo's and UAE's unspoken blessing.

This temporary truce enabled another 15 riders to make their way over in dribs and drabs, including Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), recent Tour de Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes leader Baudin, Nicolas Prodhomme (Decathon CMA CGM), Harold Tejada (XDS-Astana), Vlad Van Mechelen (Bahrain Victorious), Bernal, Luke Plapp and Mauro Schmid (both Jayco-AlUla), George Bennett (NSN), Raul García Pierna (Movistar), Alex Aranburu (Cofidis), Clément Braz Afonso (Groupama-FDJ United), Michael Storer (Tudor), Joris Delbove and Mattéo Vercher (TotalEnergies) and Abel Balderstone (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA).

French rider Alex Baudin (EF Education-EasyPost) at the front of the race for KOM points (Image credit: Getty Images)

While Bernal, suffering from a puncture, had to drop back to the peloton, Pedersen staked an early claim on the green jersey by winning the sprint at Campdevanol, roughly halfway through the stage. But while Baudin went on to claim the polka-dot jersey as well, ultimately grabbing points in these secondary classifications was going to be as good as it got for the breakaways.

The interminably-long Coll de Toses, the first Pyrenean climb of the Tour and its first Cat. 1 ascent, had not even officially begun before UAE Team Emirates-XRG began whittling back the gap of the 20 ahead.

Baudin was the best-placed rider on GC at 1:07 and logically remained one of the most active in the break, but as the advantage dipped under two minutes it became very unclear if the move would make it to the finish. Looked at from the outside, the UAE pace didn't seem like the harshest of tempos, but even so for potential GC outsiders like Ben O'Connor (Jayco-AlUia) and 2025 yellow jersey Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost), it proved too much and they were far from the last to ease back on a much harder day all round than expected.

Baudin did claim maximum points at the summit of the Toses, ahead of a break now reduced to the Frenchman, García Pierna, Prodhomme, Bennett, Van Mechelen and Vercher. But UAE were looking increasingly active on the front of the bunch, though, with Tim Wellens in particular making it even clearer as the race headed towards France that this move would have a hard time staying away.

French riders Alex Baudin (EF Education-EasyPost) and Nicolas Prodhomme (Decathlon CMA CGM) on the charge (Image credit: Getty Images)

By the time the race returned to France, the gap was down to just under 1:30 between reduced break and bunch. The lowest slopes of the long, grinding, sunbaked slopes of the Col de la Calvaire initially produced a small amount of skirmishing in the break, but Van Mechelen and Baudin were keenest to keep the momentum going, the Frenchman finally making a solo move with an impressively sustained drive at 44km to go.

Finally he was joined by Prodhomme and from the way the two worked together, it seemed that snaffling the few points left on offer for the mountains jersey would be an important goal. In the bunch, meanwhile, Politt and Wellens had long swung off by this point, but Pogačar's support train was still four riders strong. Led by Austrian powerhouse climber Felix Großschartner the UAE squad continued to make that numerical advantage count in the chase, too.

Baudin cleared the summit just ahead of Prodhomme, who did not dispute the points available, allowing Baudin to confirm his new hold on the polka-dot jersey. His shorts covered with salty sweat stains, Baudin continued to plug away alone despite his slowly ebbing advantage and just over the top of a long, unclassified ascent prior to Les Angles, the Frenchman flung in the towel.

Seemingly indifferent to his capture, UAE continued to drive hard down the long straightaway to the finishing category 3 climb, nominally two kilometres long, but in fact much more of a drag than that. After their runaway success in Barcelona, all eyes were on what strategy UAE might employ on the 2026 Tour's first stage back in France and it was only a question of time before they revealed it.

Felix Großschartner leads the UAE Team Emirates-XRG train (Image credit: Getty Images)

First the tireless Großschartner kept the pace high on the lower, steadier, slopes of the Angles, where there were still five UAE riders still on the front, led by - who else? - Pogačar.

Visma-Lease a Bike and Lidl-Trek tried to overcome the UAE hegemony, but Adam Yates' short but effective turn on a technical, snaking road through the village of Les Angles and then onto the exposed slopes above was the umpteenth reminder of which team was really in charge.

There were brief hints of unrest by riders as powerful as Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Red Bull's Jai Hindley with Jorgenson's compatriot and teammate Sepp Kuss keeping the pace high thereafter. However, when Del Toro came to the fore in the closing kilometre, the way the much reduced peloton instantly lined out and the way it all but fractured thanks to Del Toro spoke volumes about the Mexican's power levels.

Isaac Del Toro rides stage 3 in the Green Sprint Jersey (Image credit: Getty Images)

On and on Del Toro drove, with Pogačar in third place behind Vingegaard, Seixas just behind, but the rest of the field finding it very hard to resist. And if this was what UAE's top right-hand man for Pogačar could achieve, what about when the man himself attacked?

Finally, with 300 metres left, Pogačar's rivals found out. Blasting past Vingegaard, who seemed more interested in seeing who was following him than immediately giving chase, the Slovenian's final assault was unmatchable.

It was the briefest of shows of force, lasting perhaps 10 to15 seconds at most. But in that time, not only did he regain control of yellow, but he also amply confirmed that at this point of the Tour at least, the Slovenian remains very much in a class of his own, and the man to beat for the overall, too.

Tadej Pogačar claimed the yellow jersey after stage 3 (Image credit: Getty Images)

Stage results

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	04:45:11
2	Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:00:02
3	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost
4	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM
5	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00:00:04
6	Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché
7	Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
8	Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
9	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
10	Juan Ayuso (Spa) Lidl-Trek
11	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek	00:00:10
12	Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:00:12
13	Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious
14	Jordan Jegat (Fra) Totalenergies
15	Sergio Higuita (Col) XDS Astana	00:00:18
16	Tom Pidcock (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5
17	Egan Bernal (Col) Ineos Grenadiers
18	Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:00:27
19	Thymen Arensman (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers
20	Davide Piganzoli (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:00:33
21	Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	00:00:42
22	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:00:48
23	Adam Yates (GBr) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:00:50
24	Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike
25	Harold Tejada (Col) XDS Astana	00:00:57
26	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team	00:01:00
27	Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Movistar Team
28	Guillaume Martin Guyonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:01:06
29	Yannis Voisard (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:01:22
30	Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00:01:38
31	Jai Hindley (Aus) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
32	Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost	00:01:43
33	Jose Felix Parra (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:01:45
34	Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:02:14
35	Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:02:23
36	Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:02:33
37	Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM
38	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	00:02:38
39	Chris Harper (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:02:41
40	Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:02:42
41	Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek	00:02:49
42	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep	00:03:00
43	Nicolas Breuillard (Fra) Totalenergies	00:03:13
44	Carlos Verona (Spa) Lidl-Trek	00:03:27
45	Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
46	George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling Team	00:04:02
47	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	00:04:08
48	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team	00:04:16
49	Felix Großschartner (Aut) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:05:02
50	Matteo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies	00:07:36
51	Kasper Asgreen (Den) EF Education-EasyPost	00:13:35
52	Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team
53	Abel Balderstone (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
54	Einer Rubio (Col) Movistar Team
55	Ion Izaguirre (Spa) Cofidis
56	Marc Hirschi (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling
57	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers
58	Michael Storer (Aus) Tudor Pro Cycling
59	Lorenzo Germani (Ita) Groupama-FDJ United
60	Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
61	Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
62	Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike
63	Quinten Hermans (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5
64	Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5
65	Toms Skujins (Lat) Lidl-Trek
66	Clément Braz Afonso (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
67	Derek Gee-West (Can) Lidl-Trek
68	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious	00:13:54
69	Simone Velasco (Ita) XDS Astana	00:16:18
70	Magnus Cort (Den) Uno-X Mobility	00:17:38
71	Nils Politt (Ger) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:19:52
72	Michael Matthews (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	00:19:57
73	Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
74	Tim Wellens (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:20:18
75	Romain Gregoire (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
76	Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep
77	Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Movistar Team
78	Javier Romo (Spa) Movistar Team
79	Mathis Le Berre (Fra) Totalenergies
80	Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Lotto-Intermarché
81	Ben O'Connor (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	00:20:22
82	Stefano Oldani (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:20:32
83	Sebastian Berwick (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
84	Jakub Otruba (Cze) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
85	Alexandre Delettre (Fra) Totalenergies	00:20:41
86	Joris Delbove (Fra) Totalenergies
87	Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep
88	Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:20:51
89	Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost	00:21:00
90	Mauro Schmid (Swi) Jayco-AlUla	00:21:28
91	Silvan Dillier (Swi) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:22:59
92	Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Jayco-AlUla
93	Mike Teunissen (Ned) XDS Astana
94	Clément Russo (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
95	Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
96	Rick Pluimers (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling
97	Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché
98	Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Mobility
99	Damien Howson (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5
100	Robert Stannard (Aus) Bahrain Victorious
101	Aaron Gate (NZl) XDS Astana
102	Luke Durbridge (Aus) Jayco-AlUla
103	Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep
104	Emiel Verstrynge (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
105	Nico Denz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
106	Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
107	Ewen Costiou (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:23:10
108	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost	00:23:20
109	Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Totalenergies
110	Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:23:24
111	Alex Aranburu (Spa) Cofidis	00:23:29
112	Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-EasyPost
113	Marco Frigo (Ita) NSN Cycling Team	00:23:36
114	Warren Barguil (Fra) Picnic PostNL
115	Anthony Turgis (Fra) Totalenergies	00:23:40
116	Frank Van Den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL	00:23:46
117	Brent Van Moer (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:23:52
118	Lars Craps (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché
119	Max Walker (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost
120	Krists Neilands (Lat) NSN Cycling Team
121	Lucas Plapp (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	00:23:57
122	Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Cofidis	00:24:13
123	Jan Tratnik (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
124	Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:24:17
125	Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech
126	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
127	Xabier Mikel Azparren (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5
128	Daan Hoole (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:24:28
129	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek
130	Michel Heßmann (Ger) Movistar Team
131	Joel Nicolau (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
132	Biniam Girmay (Eri) NSN Cycling Team	00:24:30
133	Max Kanter (Ger) XDS Astana	00:24:40
134	Matteo Trentin (Ita) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:24:49
135	Florian Vermeersch (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:25:22
136	Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00:26:11
137	Nicolya Vinokurov (Kaz) XDS Astana	00:27:00
138	Alex Kirsch (Lux) Cofidis	00:31:14
139	Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché	00:36:27
140	Matis Louvel (Fra) NSN Cycling Team
141	Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Tudor Pro Cycling
142	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) NSN Cycling Team
143	Alex Molenaar (Ned) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
144	John Degenkolb (Ger) Picnic PostNL	00:36:30
145	Matthew Riccitello (USA) Decathlon CMA CGM
146	Milan Fretin (Bel) Cofidis
147	Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Cofidis
148	Pavel Bittner (Cze) Picnic PostNL
149	Niklas Märkl (Ger) Picnic PostNL
150	Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious
151	Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Jayco-AlUla
152	Tim Van Dijke (Ned) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
153	Kamil Gradek (Pol) Bahrain Victorious
154	Tim Marsman (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech
155	Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep
156	Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep
157	Julius Van Den Berg (Ned) Picnic PostNL
158	Jake Stewart (GBr) NSN Cycling Team
159	Olav Kooij (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM
160	Frits Biesterbos (Ned) Picnic PostNL
161	Fernando Gaviria (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
162	Cees Bol (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM
163	Edoardo Affini (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike
164	Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis
165	Per Strand Hagenes (Nor) Visma-Lease a Bike
166	Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers
167	Huub Artz (Ned) Lotto-Intermarché
168	Anders Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
169	Bruno Armirail (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike
170	Lewis Askey (GBr) NSN Cycling Team
171	Tobias Foss (Nor) Ineos Grenadiers
172	Dorian Godon (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers
173	Hugo Page (Fra) Cofidis
174	Liam Slock (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:36:42
175	Davide Ballerini (Ita) XDS Astana	00:37:40
176	Fred Wright (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:37:41
177	Robbe Dhondt (Bel) Picnic PostNL	00:38:07
178	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers	00:38:10
179	Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers
180	Marco Haller (Aut) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:38:12
181	Kelland O’Brien (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	00:38:31
182	Arvid De Kleijn (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:41:16

Intermediate sprint 1
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek	25
2	Joris Delbove (Fra) Totalenergies	20
3	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	16
4	Michael Storer (Aus) Tudor Pro Cycling	14
5	Matteo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies	12
6	Harold Tejada (Col) XDS Astana	10
7	Lucas Plapp (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	9
8	Magnus Cort (Den) Uno-X Mobility	8
9	Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team	7
10	Abel Balderstone (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6
11	Mauro Schmid (Swi) Jayco-AlUla	5
12	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious	4
13	Clément Braz Afonso (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	3
14	Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	2
15	George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling Team	1

Intermediate sprint 2
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	30
2	Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike	25
3	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost	22
4	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	19
5	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	17
6	Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	15
7	Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	13
8	Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	11
9	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	9
10	Juan Ayuso (Spa) Lidl-Trek	7
11	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek	6
12	Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	5
13	Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious	4
14	Jordan Jegat (Fra) Totalenergies	3
15	Sergio Higuita (Col) XDS Astana	2

Mountain 1 (Cã´Te De Saint Feliu De Codines)
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep	2
2	Javier Romo (Spa) Movistar Team	1

Mountain 2 (Col De Toses)
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	10
2	Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	8
3	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team	6
4	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious	4
5	Matteo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies	2
6	George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling Team	1

Mountain 3 (Col Du Calvaire)
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	2
2	Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	1

Mountain 4 (Les Angles)
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	2
2	Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike	1

General classification after stage 3

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	08:46:55
2	Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike
3	Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:00:23
4	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:00:24
5	Juan Ayuso (Spa) Lidl-Trek	00:00:27
6	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:00:48
7	Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:00:53
8	Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious	00:01:09
9	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00:01:11
10	Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:01:17
11	Tom Pidcock (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:01:22
12	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost	00:01:45
13	Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:01:47
14	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek	00:01:50
15	Davide Piganzoli (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:02:15
16	Thymen Arensman (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers	00:02:19
17	Jordan Jegat (Fra) Totalenergies	00:02:28
18	Sergio Higuita (Col) XDS Astana	00:03:23
19	Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Movistar Team	00:03:24
20	Yannis Voisard (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:03:50
21	Egan Bernal (Col) Ineos Grenadiers	00:04:15
22	Jose Felix Parra (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:04:21
23	Harold Tejada (Col) XDS Astana	00:04:38
24	Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00:05:06
25	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	00:05:19
26	Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost	00:05:34
27	Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:05:45
28	Adam Yates (GBr) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:06:00
29	Jai Hindley (Aus) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:06:01
30	Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	00:07:17
31	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	00:08:56
32	Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:09:44
33	Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:09:55
34	Guillaume Martin Guyonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:10:15
35	George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling Team	00:10:53
36	Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:11:19
37	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:13:12
38	Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:15:47
39	Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:16:06
40	Ion Izaguirre (Spa) Cofidis	00:16:07
41	Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00:16:10
42	Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:16:28
43	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team
44	Chris Harper (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:16:34
45	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team	00:16:44
46	Abel Balderstone (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:16:49
47	Nicolas Breuillard (Fra) Totalenergies	00:17:00
48	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep	00:17:58
49	Carlos Verona (Spa) Lidl-Trek	00:20:01
50	Felix Großschartner (Aut) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:20:08
51	Romain Gregoire (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:21:06
52	Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek	00:21:12
53	Derek Gee-West (Can) Lidl-Trek	00:21:13
54	Matteo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies	00:21:23
55	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	00:21:45
56	Quinten Hermans (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:22:19
57	Clément Braz Afonso (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:23:24
58	Javier Romo (Spa) Movistar Team	00:24:26
59	Marc Hirschi (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:25:32
60	Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:25:47
61	Joris Delbove (Fra) Totalenergies	00:26:55
62	Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team	00:27:21
63	Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	00:27:57
64	Lorenzo Germani (Ita) Groupama-FDJ United	00:28:00
65	Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:28:15
66	Alex Aranburu (Spa) Cofidis	00:28:16
67	Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:28:51
68	Kasper Asgreen (Den) EF Education-EasyPost	00:28:58
69	Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:29:15
70	Ben O'Connor (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	00:30:30
71	Einer Rubio (Col) Movistar Team	00:30:37
72	Michael Storer (Aus) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:30:39
73	Toms Skujins (Lat) Lidl-Trek	00:31:28
74	Lucas Plapp (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	00:31:29
75	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious	00:31:31
76	Mauro Schmid (Swi) Jayco-AlUla	00:32:28
77	Michael Matthews (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	00:32:49
78	Sebastian Berwick (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:33:42
79	Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Lotto-Intermarché	00:33:56
80	Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep	00:33:57
81	Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep	00:34:16
82	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost	00:34:22
83	Mathis Le Berre (Fra) Totalenergies	00:34:36
84	Emiel Verstrynge (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:34:42
85	Magnus Cort (Den) Uno-X Mobility	00:35:29
86	Alexandre Delettre (Fra) Totalenergies	00:35:32
87	Tim Wellens (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
88	Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Movistar Team	00:35:46
89	Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:35:59
90	Rick Pluimers (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:36:16
91	Simone Velasco (Ita) XDS Astana
92	Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost	00:36:31
93	Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:36:45
94	Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:37:14
95	Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00:37:29
96	Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché
97	Lars Craps (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:37:32
98	Ewen Costiou (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:37:35
99	Stefano Oldani (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:37:47
100	Tobias Foss (Nor) Ineos Grenadiers	00:37:55
101	Nils Politt (Ger) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:37:56
102	Marco Frigo (Ita) NSN Cycling Team	00:38:00
103	Jakub Otruba (Cze) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:38:21
104	Robert Stannard (Aus) Bahrain Victorious	00:38:24
105	Clément Russo (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:38:26
106	Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Cofidis	00:38:38
107	Mike Teunissen (Ned) XDS Astana	00:38:55
108	Luke Durbridge (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	00:39:00
109	Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Totalenergies	00:39:22
110	Michel Heßmann (Ger) Movistar Team	00:39:24
111	Aaron Gate (NZl) XDS Astana	00:39:48
112	Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Mobility
113	Max Walker (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost	00:39:55
114	Damien Howson (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:39:57
115	Joel Nicolau (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:40:01
116	Warren Barguil (Fra) Picnic PostNL	00:40:18
117	Frank Van Den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL	00:40:19
118	Krists Neilands (Lat) NSN Cycling Team	00:40:43
119	Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:40:44
120	Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious	00:40:55
121	Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-EasyPost	00:40:57
122	Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:41:06
123	Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	00:41:09
124	Anthony Turgis (Fra) Totalenergies	00:41:20
125	Xabier Mikel Azparren (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:41:24
126	Max Kanter (Ger) XDS Astana	00:41:27
127	Biniam Girmay (Eri) NSN Cycling Team	00:41:40
128	Silvan Dillier (Swi) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:41:43
129	Nico Denz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:41:49
130	Brent Van Moer (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:41:56
131	Daan Hoole (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:42:17
132	Jan Tratnik (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:42:19
133	Florian Vermeersch (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:42:27
134	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek	00:42:50
135	Matthew Riccitello (USA) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:42:55
136	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:43:01
137	Matteo Trentin (Ita) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:45:28
138	Nicolya Vinokurov (Kaz) XDS Astana	00:45:31
139	Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00:45:36
140	Bruno Armirail (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:46:54
141	Anders Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00:47:16
142	Alex Kirsch (Lux) Cofidis	00:47:52
143	Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:49:02
144	Robbe Dhondt (Bel) Picnic PostNL	00:49:34
145	Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers	00:50:40
146	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers	00:51:34
147	Alex Molenaar (Ned) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:51:39
148	Niklas Märkl (Ger) Picnic PostNL	00:51:58
149	Dorian Godon (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	00:52:17
150	Lewis Askey (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	00:52:18
151	Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers	00:53:05
152	John Degenkolb (Ger) Picnic PostNL	00:53:12
153	Pavel Bittner (Cze) Picnic PostNL
154	Frits Biesterbos (Ned) Picnic PostNL
155	Tim Marsman (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:53:17
156	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) NSN Cycling Team	00:53:18
157	Julius Van Den Berg (Ned) Picnic PostNL	00:53:35
158	Matis Louvel (Fra) NSN Cycling Team	00:53:59
159	Jake Stewart (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	00:54:06
160	Fernando Gaviria (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:54:12
161	Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Cofidis	00:54:17
162	Hugo Page (Fra) Cofidis
163	Milan Fretin (Bel) Cofidis	00:54:52
164	Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:54:56
165	Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious	00:55:07
166	Kamil Gradek (Pol) Bahrain Victorious
167	Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	00:55:21
168	Tim Van Dijke (Ned) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:55:24
169	Fred Wright (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:55:27
170	Huub Artz (Ned) Lotto-Intermarché	00:55:32
171	Per Strand Hagenes (Nor) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:55:59
172	Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis	00:56:03
173	Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:56:14
174	Liam Slock (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:57:27
175	Edoardo Affini (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:57:44
176	Davide Ballerini (Ita) XDS Astana	00:58:14
177	Olav Kooij (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:58:54
178	Arvid De Kleijn (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:59:01
179	Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché	00:59:04
180	Cees Bol (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:59:13
181	Marco Haller (Aut) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:59:30
182	Kelland O’Brien (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	01:00:57

Points classification

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	55
2	Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike	44
3	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	39
4	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek	37
5	Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	33
6	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	32
7	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	28
8	Alex Molenaar (Ned) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	25
9	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost	25
10	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek	23
11	Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	21
12	Joris Delbove (Fra) Totalenergies	20
13	Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	20
14	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	18
15	Frank Van Den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL	16
16	Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious	15
17	Michael Storer (Aus) Tudor Pro Cycling	14
18	Biniam Girmay (Eri) NSN Cycling Team	14
19	Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	13
20	Romain Gregoire (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	13
21	Juan Ayuso (Spa) Lidl-Trek	12
22	Matteo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies	12
23	Harold Tejada (Col) XDS Astana	10
24	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	10
25	Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	9
26	Lucas Plapp (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	9
27	Anthony Turgis (Fra) Totalenergies	9
28	Magnus Cort (Den) Uno-X Mobility	8
29	Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	8
30	Tom Pidcock (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	7
31	Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team	7
32	Max Kanter (Ger) XDS Astana	7
33	Abel Balderstone (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6
34	Michael Matthews (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	6
35	Mauro Schmid (Swi) Jayco-AlUla	5
36	Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	5
37	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious	4
38	Davide Ballerini (Ita) XDS Astana	4
39	Jordan Jegat (Fra) Totalenergies	3
40	Clément Braz Afonso (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	3
41	Florian Vermeersch (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3
42	Sergio Higuita (Col) XDS Astana	2
43	Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	2
44	Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	2
45	George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling Team	1
46	Tim Wellens (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1

Mountains classification

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	12
2	Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	9
3	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team	6
4	Alex Molenaar (Ned) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5
5	Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	4
6	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious	4
7	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3
8	Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	3
9	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	2
10	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep	2
11	Matteo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies	2
12	Frank Van Den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL	2
13	Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike	1
14	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost	1
15	George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling Team	1
16	Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike	1
17	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers	1
18	Javier Romo (Spa) Movistar Team	1

Youth classification

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	08:47:19
2	Juan Ayuso (Spa) Lidl-Trek	00:00:03
3	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:00:24
4	Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious	00:00:45
5	Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:01:23
6	Davide Piganzoli (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:01:51
7	Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Movistar Team	00:03:00
8	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	00:04:55
9	Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	00:06:53
10	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	00:08:32
11	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:12:48
12	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team	00:16:04
13	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team	00:16:20
14	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep	00:17:34
15	Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek	00:20:48
16	Matteo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies	00:20:59

Teams classification

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	UAE Team Emirates XRG	26:25:34
2	Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:02:12
3	Lidl-Trek	00:06:24
4	Visma-Lease a Bike	00:06:27
5	EF Education-Easypost	00:07:15
6	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	00:09:06
7	Netcompany Ineos	00:13:47
8	Uno-X Mobility	00:15:03
9	Movistar	00:19:30
10	TotalEnergies	00:26:01
11	Bahrain Victorious	00:31:34
12	XDS Astana	00:33:50
13	Pinarello-Q36.5	00:34:26
14	Groupama-FDJ United	00:42:54
15	Soudal Quick-Step	00:43:42
16	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:47:37
17	Tudor	00:49:05
18	Lotto Intermarché	01:04:58
19	Alpecin-Premier Tech	01:07:34
20	Cofidis	01:16:56
21	Jayco Alula	01:21:54
22	NSN	01:23:40

UCI Gravel World Series: Petr Vakoč and Nele Laing celebrate in Singen as they take victories at Hegau Gravel

simone.giuliani@futurenet.com (Simone Giuliani) — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 05:36:43 +0000

The 108km SchwörerHaus Hegau Gravel Race in Singen came down to a tight battle in both the elite men's and women's categories on Sunday, with Petr Vakoč (Factor Racing) and Nele Laing (Canyon DTSwiss ATR) claiming the wins at the German round of the Gravelking UCI Gravel World Series.

It came down to a sprint for Vakoč with the Czech rider, who has so often been on the podium this year, claiming his first UCI series top step of the season with a two-second gap in the elite men's race on Simon Pellaud (Li Ning Star). Jordy Bouts (The Grip) then claimed third in a group sprint, 1:55 after Vakoč had crossed the line with a time of 3:09:29.

"I knew I need to survive the hardest climb with 25km to go be in contention for the win. It was just me and Simon after the top," said Vakoč in an Instagram post.

"We worked well and kept building the gap. Some 5km to go, on the last steep climb I went all out and build a small gap but Simon stayed within few seconds and caught me inside last 2km," he said of the circumstances which set up the sprint finish.

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In the elite women's category it was a first UCI Gravel World Series win ever for Laing as the rider who has been one of the rising stars of the season crossed the line after 3:37:01 with a four-second gap to her Canyon DTSwiss ATR teammate Larissa Hartog. Eisen Malou (Volker Wessels Wielerteam), who was third on the road last month at the Lotto Thüringen women's cycling challenge, was also third on the gravel as she crossed the line 3:35 back.

The race that played out on the trails that were home to the 2017 MTB Marathon World Championships is the only German qualifier for the UCI Gravel World Championships, which this year will be held on October 10-11 in Nannup, Western Australia.

Elite women's top 5
Position	Rider	Time
1	Nele Laing	3:37:01
2	Larissa Hartog	+04
3	Eisen Malou	+3:35
4	Elena Hartmann	+4:41
5	Carolin Schiff	+5:25

Elite men's top 5
Position	Rider	Time
1	Petr Vakoc	3:09:29
2	Simon Pellaud	+02
3	Jordy Bouts	+1:55
4	Stan Dewulf	+1:56
5	Lars Sommer	+1:57

Tour de France: Isaac del Toro, Tadej Pogačar power to UAE Team Emirates 1-2 on stage 2

cyclingnews@futurenet.com (Dani Ostanek) — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 15:44:52 +0000

UAE Team Emirates-XRG showed their strength on the first road stage of the Tour de France as Isaac del Toro led home a one-two on the hilly stage 2 in Barcelona arm in arm with Tadej Pogačar.

The Mexican, riding his first road stage of the Tour de France, hit the front for the final rise to the line with 700 metres to go, seemingly poised to lead out his quadruple Tour-winning teammate, but Pogačar let him get a gap as he raced away from yellow jersey Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike).

Pogačar caught up with Del Toro at the line, reaching out to celebrate with his teammate, while just behind it was Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) who came through to grab third place in front of Vingegaard.

UAE had controlled much of the final of the 168.5km stage from Tarragona, which imitated the famous final stage of the Volta a Catalunya, featuring three ascents of the steep climb through Montjuïc Park overlooking Barcelona.

First Brandon McNulty, then Adam Yates, set the pace on the front over the stage's three ascents of the climb, before Del Toro hit the front inside the final kilometre for the final rise to the finish.

Nobody behind had any answer to the young Mexican's powerful burst, with Pogačar happy for his teammate to stay ahead and take the second Grand Tour stage victory of his career.

Following the opening day team time trial, which saw Pogačar give up 12 seconds to Vingegaard as UAE finished third, the race around Barcelona was a revenge ride for UAE, who showed that, once again, they look to be the strongest team in the race.

The result means that, while Vingegaard remains in the yellow jersey overnight, his lead over the now-second-placed Pogačar has been reduced to six seconds. Evenepoel is third overall, 15 seconds down, while Del Toro is fourth at 16 seconds.

"It means really everything. I said before I'm a very privileged guy. You cannot believe how much we work as team to be here. Plenty of confidence by the whole team – this is the work of everybody, my family, my friends where I grew up. I cannot believe I just did in this attempt, it's just insane," Del Toro said after the stage.

"Also, to appreciate, Tadej – being the same team as him, the best team in the world is just really like full emotions. You cannot believe how it feels now for me, especially for my country, and everything that's going on is just insane, really. This thanks to my teammates.

"We were going super fast in the final]. We predicted this can happen. At the top of the climb. I was not able to be in the top position, so then I was able to almost try to bring back Mathias Skjelmose. We make a plan for today, and I did it, but at the end the gap was bigger, so I just went with the flow to the finish line.

"This kind of opportunities don't come almost ever. I'm super proud to be able to have the level to manage these kind of situations."

How it unfolded

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The second stage of the Tour de France took the peloton down the Catalan coast from Tarragona back to Barcelona, with a 168.5km route which got hillier as the day went on.

The second-category Côte de Begues (6.1km at 6.5%), midway through the stage, stood as the first major climb of the Tour, while three ascents of the Côte du Château de Montjuïc (1.6km at 9.3%) – known for its role in the final stage of the Volta a Catalunya – were packed into the final 30km.

Riders were eager to get into the break during the first non-time trial kilometres of the Tour, and so several attacking groups jumped clear in the early kilometres of the stage, including Frank van den Broek (Picnic-PostNL), twice a stage runner-up in the past two years.

An early crash saw Dorian Godon (Netcompany Ineos), Biniam Girmay (NSN), and Maxim Van Gils (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) caught up, though all involved got going again.

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Shortly afterwards, with 160km to go, the day's breakaway went clear, as Van den Broek, Felix Engelhardt (Jayco-AlUla), and Alex Molenaar (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) struck out as a trio.

The pace remained high after they broke clear, and it wasn't until around the 145km to go mark that the peloton let up and the elastic snapped. Baptiste Veistroffer (Lotto-Intermarché) gave lone chase, aiming to make the break a quartet, but the Frenchman couldn't make any headway into the lead and gave up the ghost shortly afterwards.

Pinarello-Q36.5 took up the pacemaking job at the head of the peloton, the Swiss team limiting the breakaway's advantage to two minutes on the flat first half of the stage. Later, Soudal-QuickStep and Alpecin-Premier Tech joined in on the run to the day's intermediate sprint positioned just before the Côte de Begues.

The breakaway trio scooped up most of the points on offer, but behind it was Girmay, who beat Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) and Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Premier Tech) for fourth place as the trio grabbed 14, 12, and 10 points respectively. Further back, Soudal-QuickStep sprinter Tim Merlier took eight points.

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The break hit the subsequent climb with a minute's advantage over the peloton, now led by UAE Team Emirates-XRG. Van den Broek was brought back on the way up the hill as a struggling Arnaud De Lie (Lotto-Intermarché) dropped from the rear of the peloton.

Up front, Engelhardt and Molenaar battled on, holding a 30-second advantage heading into the final 70km. The peloton, not wanting to make a catch too early, let them hang out front on the road to Barcelona.

Engelhardt and Molenaar, their time almost up, shook hands with 40km to go, but that wasn't quite the end of their adventure out front. The pair weren't caught after all, and so they pushed back on again. They'd keep going for another 10km, at which point the peloton swallowed them up for good before charging on towards Montjuïc Park.

It was UAE who led the way up the first ascent of Montjuïc with Visma attendant just behind as the peloton slimmed down to a group of around 50 men. The situation was the same as they hit the climb for a second time, 16km out from the finish.

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Nobody launched there, though several more riders lost contact at the rear. Up front, the big names of Vingegaard, Pogačar, and Pidcock were all present and preparing to do battle later on. Only around 35 riders were left up front at the top of the climb, the strongest puncheurs of the race waiting for the last challenge of the day, which lay just 2.5km from the finish line.

Brandon McNulty remained in control on the front with Pogačar, Del Toro, and Yates also there, while Vingegaard had the company of his own North American lieutenant, Sepp Kuss, plus Davide Piganzoli. McNulty continued until the 5.5km mark, at which point Uno-X Mobility took over.

Tiesj Benoot was next on the front, leading up the early slopes of the climb in service of his Decathlon CMA CGM leader, Paul Seixas. UAE lurked behind the Belgian, taking over with Yates 800 metres from the top of the climb. The Briton, third at the Tour three summers ago, kept the pace high enough to deter any attacks until the very last metres of the steep upper section of the climb.

Tobias Halland Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility) was the man to make a move, drawing out Seixas, Pogačar, Vingegaard, Del Toro, Remco Evenepoel and the other top GC contenders, but there was no uphill road left on which to make a separation, and so the big names started the descent together.

They'd stick together on the descent, despite an attempt by Mathias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) to go clear. Del Toro chased him down and hit the front with 700 metres to go before launching himself towards the line.

He still had work to do, but that was the winning move, and with Pogačar racing up behind him to join him just before the finish, the finish line snapshot was of a dominant ride by UAE Team Emirates-XRG.

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Stage Results

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	03:40:01
2	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
3	Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
4	Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike
5	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek	00:00:03
6	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
7	Romain Gregoire (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
8	Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious
9	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM
10	Tom Pidcock (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5
11	Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché
12	Juan Ayuso (Spa) Lidl-Trek
13	Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep
14	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost	00:00:07
15	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	00:00:10
16	Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
17	Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Movistar Team	00:00:27
18	Adam Yates (GBr) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:00:39
19	Sergio Higuita (Col) XDS Astana	00:00:43
20	Tobias Foss (Nor) Ineos Grenadiers
21	Thymen Arensman (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers	00:00:47
22	Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech
23	Egan Bernal (Col) Ineos Grenadiers
24	Alex Aranburu (Spa) Cofidis	00:00:49
25	Harold Tejada (Col) XDS Astana	00:00:51
26	Jose Felix Parra (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:00:54
27	Yannis Voisard (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:01:10
28	Davide Piganzoli (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike
29	Jordan Jegat (Fra) Totalenergies
30	Ion Izaguirre (Spa) Cofidis	00:01:11
31	Javier Romo (Spa) Movistar Team	00:01:18
32	Abel Balderstone (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
33	Joris Delbove (Fra) Totalenergies	00:01:36
34	Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost	00:01:39
35	Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00:01:55
36	Jai Hindley (Aus) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
37	Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM
38	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	00:05:02
39	Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
40	Ben O'Connor (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	00:05:31
41	Matthew Riccitello (USA) Decathlon CMA CGM
42	Guillaume Martin Guyonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
43	George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling Team
44	Lucas Plapp (Aus) Jayco-AlUla
45	Derek Gee-West (Can) Lidl-Trek
46	Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	00:05:44
47	Quinten Hermans (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:05:57
48	Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:06:03
49	Mauro Schmid (Swi) Jayco-AlUla	00:06:21
50	Bruno Armirail (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:06:52
51	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers
52	Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike
53	Anders Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
54	Clément Braz Afonso (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:07:15
55	Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00:08:40
56	Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep	00:09:28
57	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost
58	Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Lotto-Intermarché
59	Rick Pluimers (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling
60	Robbe Dhondt (Bel) Picnic PostNL
61	Sebastian Berwick (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
62	Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM
63	Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep
64	Marc Hirschi (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling
65	Lars Craps (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché
66	Emiel Verstrynge (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
67	Chris Harper (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5
68	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:09:40
69	Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:10:24
70	Joel Nicolau (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:11:01
71	Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:11:06
72	Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5
73	Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
74	Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Totalenergies
75	Marco Frigo (Ita) NSN Cycling Team
76	Robert Stannard (Aus) Bahrain Victorious
77	Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team
78	Lorenzo Germani (Ita) Groupama-FDJ United
79	Ewen Costiou (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
80	Alexandre Delettre (Fra) Totalenergies
81	Matteo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies
82	Nicolas Breuillard (Fra) Totalenergies
83	Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
84	Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Cofidis
85	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
86	Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers
87	Mike Teunissen (Ned) XDS Astana
88	Luke Durbridge (Aus) Jayco-AlUla
89	Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep
90	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team
91	Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Tudor Pro Cycling
92	Michael Matthews (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	00:11:57
93	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep	00:12:08
94	Clément Russo (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
95	Niklas Märkl (Ger) Picnic PostNL
96	Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM
97	Aaron Gate (NZl) XDS Astana
98	Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike
99	Tim Wellens (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
100	Felix Großschartner (Aut) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
101	Mathis Le Berre (Fra) Totalenergies
102	Carlos Verona (Spa) Lidl-Trek
103	Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
104	Kasper Asgreen (Den) EF Education-EasyPost
105	Max Walker (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost	00:12:16
106	Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-EasyPost
107	Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost
108	Michel Heßmann (Ger) Movistar Team
109	Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché
110	Lewis Askey (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	00:12:30
111	Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:12:47
112	Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	00:13:33
113	Nils Politt (Ger) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
114	Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
115	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) NSN Cycling Team
116	Silvan Dillier (Swi) Alpecin-Premier Tech
117	Nicolya Vinokurov (Kaz) XDS Astana
118	Hugo Page (Fra) Cofidis
119	Einer Rubio (Col) Movistar Team
120	Nico Denz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
121	Dorian Godon (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers
122	Warren Barguil (Fra) Picnic PostNL
123	John Degenkolb (Ger) Picnic PostNL
124	Xabier Mikel Azparren (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5
125	Damien Howson (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5
126	Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Movistar Team
127	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team
128	Tim Marsman (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech
129	Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Mobility
130	Anthony Turgis (Fra) Totalenergies
131	Matis Louvel (Fra) NSN Cycling Team
132	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
133	Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep
134	Brent Van Moer (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5
135	Florian Vermeersch (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
136	Tim Van Dijke (Ned) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
137	Frits Biesterbos (Ned) Picnic PostNL
138	Michael Storer (Aus) Tudor Pro Cycling
139	Pavel Bittner (Cze) Picnic PostNL
140	Stefano Oldani (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
141	Fernando Gaviria (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
142	Max Kanter (Ger) XDS Astana
143	Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Cofidis
144	Jakub Otruba (Cze) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
145	Toms Skujins (Lat) Lidl-Trek
146	Krists Neilands (Lat) NSN Cycling Team
147	Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep
148	Daan Hoole (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM
149	Milan Fretin (Bel) Cofidis	00:13:46
150	Magnus Cort (Den) Uno-X Mobility	00:13:52
151	Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious	00:13:56
152	Jan Tratnik (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
153	Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek
154	Alex Kirsch (Lux) Cofidis
155	Jake Stewart (GBr) NSN Cycling Team
156	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek
157	Biniam Girmay (Eri) NSN Cycling Team
158	Arvid De Kleijn (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling
159	Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious
160	Julius Van Den Berg (Ned) Picnic PostNL
161	Frank Van Den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL
162	Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Jayco-AlUla
163	Kamil Gradek (Pol) Bahrain Victorious
164	Simone Velasco (Ita) XDS Astana
165	Alex Molenaar (Ned) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
166	Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis
167	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious	00:14:20
168	Fred Wright (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5
169	Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers	00:14:43
170	Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:14:51
171	Per Strand Hagenes (Nor) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:15:02
172	Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00:15:06
173	Matteo Trentin (Ita) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:15:29
174	Huub Artz (Ned) Lotto-Intermarché
175	Davide Ballerini (Ita) XDS Astana	00:15:44
176	Marco Haller (Aut) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:16:08
177	Liam Slock (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:16:33
178	Edoardo Affini (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:16:47
179	Kelland O’Brien (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	00:17:49
180	Olav Kooij (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:18:08
181	Cees Bol (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM
182	Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché	00:18:25
183	Arnaud De Lie (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché

Intermediate sprint
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Alex Molenaar (Ned) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	25
2	Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	20
3	Frank Van Den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL	16
4	Biniam Girmay (Eri) NSN Cycling Team	14
5	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek	12
6	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	10
7	Anthony Turgis (Fra) Totalenergies	9
8	Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	8
9	Max Kanter (Ger) XDS Astana	7
10	Michael Matthews (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	6
11	Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	5
12	Davide Ballerini (Ita) XDS Astana	4
13	Florian Vermeersch (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3
14	Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	2
15	Tim Wellens (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1

Points at finish
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	30
2	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	25
3	Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	22
4	Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike	19
5	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek	17
6	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	15
7	Romain Gregoire (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	13
8	Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious	11
9	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	9
10	Tom Pidcock (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	7
11	Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	6
12	Juan Ayuso (Spa) Lidl-Trek	5
13	Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	4
14	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost	3
15	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	2

Mountain 1 (Côte De Begues)
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Alex Molenaar (Ned) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5
2	Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	3
3	Frank Van Den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL	2
4	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers	1

Mountain 2 (Côte Du Château De Montjuïc)
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	2
2	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1

Mountain 3 (Côte Du Château De Montjuïc)
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	2
2	Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike	1

Mountain 4 (Côte Du Château De Montjuïc)
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	2
2	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost	1

General classification after stage 2

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike	04:01:48
2	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:00:06
3	Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:00:15
4	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:00:16
5	Juan Ayuso (Spa) Lidl-Trek	00:00:19
6	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:00:42
7	Romain Gregoire (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:00:44
8	Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:00:45
9	Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious	00:00:53
10	Tom Pidcock (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:01:00
11	Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:01:01
12	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00:01:03
13	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	00:01:07
14	Tobias Foss (Nor) Ineos Grenadiers	00:01:21
15	Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:01:26
16	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek	00:01:36
17	Davide Piganzoli (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:01:38
18	Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:01:39
19	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost	00:01:43
20	Thymen Arensman (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers	00:01:48
21	Jordan Jegat (Fra) Totalenergies	00:02:12
22	Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Movistar Team	00:02:20
23	Yannis Voisard (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:02:24
24	Ion Izaguirre (Spa) Cofidis	00:02:28
25	Jose Felix Parra (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:02:32
26	Sergio Higuita (Col) XDS Astana	00:03:01
27	Abel Balderstone (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:03:10
28	Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00:03:24
29	Harold Tejada (Col) XDS Astana	00:03:37
30	Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost	00:03:47
31	Egan Bernal (Col) Ineos Grenadiers	00:03:53
32	Javier Romo (Spa) Movistar Team	00:04:04
33	Jai Hindley (Aus) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:04:19
34	Alex Aranburu (Spa) Cofidis	00:04:43
35	Adam Yates (GBr) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:05:06
36	Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:05:14
37	Joris Delbove (Fra) Totalenergies	00:06:10
38	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	00:06:14
39	Matthew Riccitello (USA) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:06:21
40	Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	00:06:31
41	George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling Team	00:06:47
42	Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:07:28
43	Lucas Plapp (Aus) Jayco-AlUla
44	Derek Gee-West (Can) Lidl-Trek	00:07:34
45	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	00:08:06
46	Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:08:33
47	Quinten Hermans (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:08:40
48	Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:08:50
49	Guillaume Martin Guyonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:09:05
50	Clément Braz Afonso (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:09:45
51	Ben O'Connor (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	00:10:04
52	Bruno Armirail (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:10:20
53	Anders Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00:10:42
54	Mauro Schmid (Swi) Jayco-AlUla	00:10:56
55	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost	00:10:58
56	Robbe Dhondt (Bel) Picnic PostNL	00:11:23
57	Emiel Verstrynge (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:11:39
58	Marc Hirschi (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:11:53
59	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:12:20
60	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team	00:12:24
61	Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:12:31
62	Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00:12:39
63	Michael Matthews (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	00:12:48
64	Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:12:56
65	Sebastian Berwick (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:13:06
66	Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:13:10
67	Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep	00:13:12
68	Rick Pluimers (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:13:13
69	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers	00:13:20
70	Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:13:29
71	Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Lotto-Intermarché	00:13:34
72	Lars Craps (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:13:36
73	Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:13:42
74	Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team
75	Matteo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies	00:13:43
76	Nicolas Breuillard (Fra) Totalenergies
77	Chris Harper (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:13:49
78	Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep	00:13:54
79	Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers	00:14:06
80	Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:14:10
81	Mathis Le Berre (Fra) Totalenergies	00:14:14
82	Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	00:14:18
83	Marco Frigo (Ita) NSN Cycling Team	00:14:20
84	Lorenzo Germani (Ita) Groupama-FDJ United	00:14:21
85	Ewen Costiou (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
86	Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Cofidis
87	Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:14:26
88	Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:14:36
89	Alexandre Delettre (Fra) Totalenergies	00:14:47
90	Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers	00:14:51
91	Michel Heßmann (Ger) Movistar Team	00:14:52
92	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep	00:14:54
93	Felix Großschartner (Aut) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:15:02
94	Alex Molenaar (Ned) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:15:08
95	Tim Wellens (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:15:10
96	Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:15:12
97	Kasper Asgreen (Den) EF Education-EasyPost	00:15:19
98	Robert Stannard (Aus) Bahrain Victorious	00:15:21
99	Clément Russo (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:15:23
100	Niklas Märkl (Ger) Picnic PostNL	00:15:24
101	Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Movistar Team
102	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team
103	Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost	00:15:27
104	Joel Nicolau (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:15:29
105	Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:15:36
106	Dorian Godon (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	00:15:43
107	Lewis Askey (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	00:15:44
108	Mike Teunissen (Ned) XDS Astana	00:15:52
109	Luke Durbridge (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	00:15:57
110	Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Totalenergies	00:15:58
111	Max Walker (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost	00:15:59
112	Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:16:19
113	Frank Van Den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL	00:16:29
114	Carlos Verona (Spa) Lidl-Trek	00:16:30
115	Alex Kirsch (Lux) Cofidis	00:16:34
116	Warren Barguil (Fra) Picnic PostNL	00:16:38
117	John Degenkolb (Ger) Picnic PostNL
118	Frits Biesterbos (Ned) Picnic PostNL
119	Pavel Bittner (Cze) Picnic PostNL
120	Tim Marsman (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:16:43
121	Max Kanter (Ger) XDS Astana
122	Aaron Gate (NZl) XDS Astana	00:16:45
123	Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
124	Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Mobility
125	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) NSN Cycling Team	00:16:47
126	Krists Neilands (Lat) NSN Cycling Team
127	Damien Howson (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:16:54
128	Einer Rubio (Col) Movistar Team	00:16:58
129	Michael Storer (Aus) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:17:00
130	Florian Vermeersch (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:17:01
131	Julius Van Den Berg (Ned) Picnic PostNL
132	Xabier Mikel Azparren (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:17:03
133	Biniam Girmay (Eri) NSN Cycling Team	00:17:06
134	Stefano Oldani (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:17:11
135	Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:17:16
136	Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-EasyPost	00:17:24
137	Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00:17:28
138	Matis Louvel (Fra) NSN Cycling Team
139	Jake Stewart (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	00:17:32
140	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious	00:17:33
141	Anthony Turgis (Fra) Totalenergies	00:17:36
142	Fernando Gaviria (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:17:38
143	Arvid De Kleijn (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:17:41
144	Fred Wright (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:17:42
145	Hugo Page (Fra) Cofidis	00:17:43
146	Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Cofidis
147	Jakub Otruba (Cze) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:17:45
148	Daan Hoole (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM
149	Magnus Cort (Den) Uno-X Mobility	00:17:47
150	Toms Skujins (Lat) Lidl-Trek	00:17:49
151	Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious	00:17:52
152	Nils Politt (Ger) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:18:00
153	Brent Van Moer (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5
154	Jan Tratnik (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:18:02
155	Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	00:18:06
156	Milan Fretin (Bel) Cofidis	00:18:18
157	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek
158	Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek	00:18:19
159	Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:18:22
160	Nicolya Vinokurov (Kaz) XDS Astana	00:18:27
161	Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious	00:18:33
162	Kamil Gradek (Pol) Bahrain Victorious
163	Silvan Dillier (Swi) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:18:40
164	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
165	Nico Denz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:18:46
166	Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	00:18:47
167	Tim Van Dijke (Ned) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:18:50
168	Huub Artz (Ned) Lotto-Intermarché	00:18:58
169	Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	00:19:21
170	Per Strand Hagenes (Nor) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:19:25
171	Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis	00:19:29
172	Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:19:40
173	Simone Velasco (Ita) XDS Astana	00:19:54
174	Davide Ballerini (Ita) XDS Astana	00:20:30
175	Matteo Trentin (Ita) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:20:35
176	Liam Slock (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:20:41
177	Edoardo Affini (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:21:10
178	Marco Haller (Aut) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:21:14
179	Olav Kooij (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:22:20
180	Kelland O’Brien (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	00:22:22
181	Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché	00:22:33
182	Arnaud De Lie (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:22:34
183	Cees Bol (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:22:39

Points classification

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	30
2	Alex Molenaar (Ned) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	25
3	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	25
4	Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	22
5	Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	20
6	Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike	19
7	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek	17
8	Frank Van Den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL	16
9	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	15
10	Biniam Girmay (Eri) NSN Cycling Team	14
11	Romain Gregoire (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	13
12	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek	12
13	Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious	11
14	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	10
15	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	9
16	Anthony Turgis (Fra) Totalenergies	9
17	Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	8
18	Tom Pidcock (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	7
19	Max Kanter (Ger) XDS Astana	7
20	Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	6
21	Michael Matthews (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	6
22	Juan Ayuso (Spa) Lidl-Trek	5
23	Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	5
24	Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	4
25	Davide Ballerini (Ita) XDS Astana	4
26	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost	3
27	Florian Vermeersch (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3
28	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	2
29	Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	2
30	Tim Wellens (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1

Mountains classification

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Alex Molenaar (Ned) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5
2	Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	4
3	Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	3
4	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	2
5	Frank Van Den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL	2
6	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1
7	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost	1
8	Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike	1
9	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers	1

Youth classification

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	04:02:04
2	Juan Ayuso (Spa) Lidl-Trek	00:00:03
3	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:00:26
4	Romain Gregoire (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:00:28
5	Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious	00:00:37
6	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	00:00:51
7	Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:01:23

Teams classification

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	UAE Team Emirates XRG	12:09:07
2	Netcompany Ineos	00:00:21
3	Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:01:20
4	EF Education-Easypost	00:02:16
5	Visma-Lease a Bike	00:05:56
6	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	00:07:17
7	Lidl-Trek	00:09:54
8	Uno-X Mobility	00:10:48
9	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00:12:39
10	Movistar	00:14:08
11	Groupama-FDJ United	00:15:32
12	TotalEnergies	00:15:54
13	Cofidis	00:16:33
14	XDS Astana	00:17:11
15	Bahrain Victorious	00:17:59
16	Pinarello-Q36.5	00:18:46
17	Jayco Alula	00:21:01
18	Soudal Quick-Step	00:21:06
19	Tudor	00:21:27
20	Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:21:42
21	Lotto Intermarché	00:22:31
22	NSN	00:33:04
23	Picnic PostNL	00:38:59

Tour de France: Visma-Lease a Bike sweep to stage 1 team time trial victory in Barcelona

laura@cyclingnews.com (Laura Weislo) — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 17:22:38 +0000

The 2026 Tour de France was billed to be an edition for the ages, and it got off to a thrilling start in the stage 1 team time trial, with Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) claiming the first maillot jaune.

Netcompany Ineos, led to the line by Filippo Ganna, were second, while defending champion and overwhelming race favourite Tadej Pogačar couldn't make up for UAE Team Emirates-XRG's slower start and finished third.

Visma-Lease a Bike may have been underdogs for the opening team time trial of the Tour de France after losing Wout van Aert from their roster due to an infection, but Vingegaard stamped his authority on the race. With Matteo Jorgenson and Davide Piganzoli providing the final pulls, Vingegaard flew up the Côte de Montjuïc to unseat Netcompany Ineos from the hot seat by 7.33 seconds.

Vingegaard only had to wait for Pogačar's UAE Team Emirates XRG squad to complete the 19.6km route in Barcelona, but the defending champion's team were already down 13 seconds at the third check.

Together with Isaac del Toro, Pogačar turned on the afterburners with 600 metres to go, but finished 11.28 seconds down on Vingegaard and Visma-Lease a Bike.

Netcompany Ineos were forced to make a late change to their plan to launch Kévin Vauquelin when the Frenchman punctured with 7km to go, and instead sent Ganna in pursuit of the maillot jaune.

While Vingegaard was the one to take the yellow jersey, Ganna is second overall, 8 seconds down, with Pogačar third at 12 seconds.

Egan Bernal (Netcompany Ineos) led at the first time check to take the points classification jersey, while Pogačar was fastest up the final climb and will wear the polka dots on stage 2. The best young rider on the day was Juan Ayuso (Lidl-Trek).

"It's the perfect start," a visibly pleased Vingegaard said on Eurosport. "It's still a long Tour, obviously, but it's the perfect start. My teammates did an amazing job today. They were so strong, I didn't have to do much, to be honest. They just drove me all the way to the finish, and to take the stage win for us, and to take the yellow jersey, also for me personally, after a few years without it, a few odd years, it's nice for me to experience it again."

Vingegaard hasn't worn the maillot jaune since he won the race in 2023. Since then, he's had several setbacks with crashes in the 2024 Itzulia Basque Country and Paris-Nice in 2025 influencing his Tour performance. With none of that in 2026, he appears to be back on form to challenge his long-time rival, Pogačar.

"I'm here to do the best possible GC, and to try to win, but it's only stage 1," Vingegaard said. "There's a long way left - we have a small gap now, but of course, this is the perfect start for us.

"I've had a few tough years for obvious reasons, but, coming back to the Tour, just to be wearing the yellow jersey, is something special, something that I will enjoy."

How it unfolded

Remco Evenepoel leads Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe on the Barcelona course (Image credit: Getty Images)

The Tour de France started with a team time trial for the first time since 1971, but with a few twists to the usual format. Each team's stage time is no longer determined by the fourth rider, instead being measured by the first rider to cross the finish line. That meant teams worked to launch their overall leader up the final climb to the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona.

In addition, each rider had to fight for their own time as the general classification times were taken individually. The points jersey was up for grabs for the rider who completed the first time check the fastest, while the polka dot mountains jersey would go to whoever was quickest on the last segment from the foot of the climb to the finish.

While the TTT took place three hours later than a normal Tour de France stage, the temperatures were still high, and it showed on the intense 19.6-kilometre effort that started flat but ended with a pair of ascents of the Côte de Montjuïc.

The heat and brutal course caused the first teams to struggle. Caja Rural-Seguros RGA, the first team down the ramp, were down to two riders at the start of the final climb, with Alex Molenaar their first finisher in a time of 22:59.

They weren't as disorganised as Picnic-PostNL, who were the quickest of the early starters at the first check, but then lost Warren Barguil and had to slow down to ensure the Frenchman could reach the finish inside the time limit. They came through 43 seconds slower than Caja Rural.

The fastest of the first block of teams was Groupama-FDJ United, who, despite a possible crash from Guillaume Martin and Clément Berthet, saw Romain Grégoire dash to the finish with the fastest time, 20 seconds quicker than Caja Rural.

Movistar were on a good ride through the second and third time checks, coming through a few seconds faster than Groupama, but Cian Uijtdebroeks cramped and lost contact with his team on the Côte de Montjuïc, and they had to wait for their GC leader. While Raul Garcia soloed to complete Movistar's stage, Uijtdebroeks had to fight to the line with two teammates.

In another GC surprise, Ben O'Connor lost contact with Jayco-AlUla after the midpoint of the TTT, but the team went on to post the quickest time at check 3. Michael Matthews was their first finisher – nine seconds down on Groupama, but not bad for a guy who missed a large part of the season with two broken wrists.

Filippo Ganna led Netcompany Ineos home to take second (Image credit: Getty Images)

Mathieu van der Poel was led out perfectly to the final climb after Alpecin-Premier Tech came through the third check quickest, taking the hot seat by 2.6 seconds.

Meanwhile, Netcompany Ineos were living up to their status as stage favourites, keeping the whole team together and setting the fastest time at check 1 and 2. But with 7km to go, Kévin Vauquelin appeared to have a slow leak in his rear tyre and had to let go. Then, Egan Bernal was dropped. The team were still 20 seconds up on Alpecin at the last check, and Tobias Foss led Ganna to the final kilometre, and the Italian champion powered up the climb to take the fastest time, a massive 31 seconds quicker than Alpecin.

Paul Seixas lived up to the expectations of the French fans, soloing to the finish just behind Alpecin-Premier Tech, but Lidl-Trek were really setting the course on fire, taking the fastest times at checks 2 and 3 despite Mattias Skjelmose puncturing. But Ayuso fell eight seconds short of Ganna's time to take second.

Remco Evenepoel took massive pulls for Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, with Florian Lipowitz struggling to hold the pace in the final kilometre as the time trial world champion powered away alone to the third-best time, 11 seconds down on Netcompany Ineos.

Visma-Lease a Bike kept four riders together, with Sepp Kuss powering over the penultimate climb before Matteo Jorgenson took over. Davide Piganzoli, who seemed to be holding on for dear life, buried himself with one last push before Vingegaard flew away to the quickest time by seven seconds.

UAE Team Emirates-XRG during their third-placed ride (Image credit: Getty Images)

Stage Results

Pos	Team	Time (gap)
1	Visma-Lease a Bike	0:21:47
2	Netcompany Ineos	0:00:08
3	UAE Team Emirates XRG	0:00:12
4	Lidl-Trek	0:00:16
5	Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe	0:00:19
6	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:00:39
7	Alpecin-Premier Tech
8	Groupama-Fdj United	0:00:41
9	Bahrain Victorious	0:00:47
10	Team Jayco Alula	0:00:51
11	EF Education - Easypost	0:00:57
12	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
13	Soudal Quick-Step	0:00:58
14	Uno-X Mobility	0:01:00
15	Totalenergies	0:01:02
16	Caja Rural-Seguros Rga	0:01:12
17	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:01:14
18	NSN Cycling Team	0:01:16
19	Cofidis	0:01:17
20	Movistar Team	0:01:18
21	Lotto Intermarche	0:01:36
22	Team Picnic Postnl	0:01:55
23	XDS Astana Team	0:02:18

General classification after stage 1

General classification after stage 1
1	Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike	0:21:47
2	Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers	0:00:08
3	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:00:12
4	Juan Ayuso (Spa) Lidl-Trek	0:00:16
5	Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:00:19
6	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:00:26
7	Davide Piganzoli (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike	0:00:28
8	Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:00:35
9	Tobias Foss (Nor) Ineos Grenadiers	0:00:38
10	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:00:39
11	Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech
12	Romain Gregoire (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:00:41
13	Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	0:00:47
14	Matthew Riccitello (USA) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:00:50
15	Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious
16	Michael Matthews (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	0:00:51
17	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	0:00:57
18	Tom Pidcock (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5
19	Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	0:00:58
20	Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:01:00
21	Thymen Arensman (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers	0:01:01
22	Jordan Jegat (Fra) Totalenergies	0:01:02
23	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	0:01:12
24	Alex Molenaar (Ned) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
25	Yannis Voisard (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling	0:01:14
26	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers
27	George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling Team	0:01:16
28	Ion Izaguirre (Spa) Cofidis	0:01:17
29	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team	0:01:18
30	Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Tudor Pro Cycling	0:01:25
31	Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:01:29
32	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost	0:01:30
33	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek	0:01:33
34	Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	0:01:36
35	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost
36	Jose Felix Parra (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:01:38
37	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team	0:01:51
38	Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Movistar Team
39	Abel Balderstone (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:01:52
40	Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Movistar Team	0:01:53
41	Robbe Dhondt (Bel) Picnic PostNL	0:01:55
42	Lucas Plapp (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	0:01:57
43	Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike	0:01:58
44	Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:02:02
45	Derek Gee-West (Can) Lidl-Trek	0:02:03
46	Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:02:04
47	Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep	0:02:06
48	Mathis Le Berre (Fra) Totalenergies
49	Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost	0:02:08
50	Dorian Godon (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	0:02:10
51	Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché
52	Emiel Verstrynge (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:02:11
53	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers	0:02:14
54	Sergio Higuita (Col) XDS Astana	0:02:18
55	Jai Hindley (Aus) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:02:24
56	Marc Hirschi (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling	0:02:25
57	Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:02:26
58	Clément Braz Afonso (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:02:30
59	Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike
60	Frank Van Den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL	0:02:33
61	Michel Heßmann (Ger) Movistar Team	0:02:36
62	Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team
63	Matteo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies	0:02:37
64	Nicolas Breuillard (Fra) Totalenergies
65	Alex Kirsch (Lux) Cofidis	0:02:38
66	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:02:40
67	Quinten Hermans (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5	0:02:43
68	Harold Tejada (Col) XDS Astana	0:02:46
69	Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep
70	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep
71	Javier Romo (Spa) Movistar Team
72	Felix Großschartner (Aut) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:02:54
73	Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers	0:03:00
74	Tim Wellens (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:03:02
75	Frits Biesterbos (Ned) Picnic PostNL	0:03:05
76	Pavel Bittner (Cze) Picnic PostNL
77	Warren Barguil (Fra) Picnic PostNL
78	John Degenkolb (Ger) Picnic PostNL
79	Julius Van Den Berg (Ned) Picnic PostNL
80	Egan Bernal (Col) Ineos Grenadiers	0:03:06
81	Biniam Girmay (Eri) NSN Cycling Team	0:03:10
82	Tim Marsman (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech
83	Max Kanter (Ger) XDS Astana
84	Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost	0:03:11
85	Kasper Asgreen (Den) EF Education-EasyPost
86	Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	0:03:12
87	Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Mobility
88	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious	0:03:13
89	Marco Frigo (Ita) NSN Cycling Team	0:03:14
90	Krists Neilands (Lat) NSN Cycling Team
91	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) NSN Cycling Team
92	Lewis Askey (GBr) NSN Cycling Team
93	Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Cofidis	0:03:15
94	Clément Russo (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
95	Lorenzo Germani (Ita) Groupama-FDJ United
96	Ewen Costiou (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
97	Niklas Märkl (Ger) Picnic PostNL	0:03:16
98	Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:03:18
99	Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:03:19
100	Damien Howson (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5	0:03:21
101	Fred Wright (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	0:03:22
102	Einer Rubio (Col) Movistar Team	0:03:25
103	Michael Storer (Aus) Tudor Pro Cycling	0:03:27
104	Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	0:03:28
105	Florian Vermeersch (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
106	Bruno Armirail (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike
107	Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike
108	Huub Artz (Ned) Lotto-Intermarché	0:03:29
109	Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5	0:03:30
110	Xabier Mikel Azparren (Spa) Pinarello-Q36.5
111	Clément Berthet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0:03:34
112	Guillaume Martin Guyonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
113	Jake Stewart (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	0:03:36
114	Stefano Oldani (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:03:38
115	Sebastian Berwick (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
116	Alexandre Delettre (Fra) Totalenergies	0:03:41
117	Max Walker (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost	0:03:43
118	Rick Pluimers (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling	0:03:45
119	Arvid De Kleijn (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling
120	Anders Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:03:50
121	Alex Aranburu (Spa) Cofidis	0:03:54
122	Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:03:55
123	Magnus Cort (Den) Uno-X Mobility
124	Matis Louvel (Fra) NSN Cycling Team
125	Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious	0:03:56
126	Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:03:58
127	Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	0:03:59
128	Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:04:01
129	Anthony Turgis (Fra) Totalenergies	0:04:03
130	Fernando Gaviria (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:04:05
131	Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:04:06
132	Jan Tratnik (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
133	Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Lotto-Intermarché
134	Lars Craps (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	0:04:08
135	Liam Slock (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché
136	Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché
137	Arnaud De Lie (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	0:04:09
138	Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Cofidis	0:04:10
139	Hugo Page (Fra) Cofidis
140	Olav Kooij (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:04:12
141	Daan Hoole (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM
142	Jakub Otruba (Cze) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
143	Robert Stannard (Aus) Bahrain Victorious	0:04:15
144	Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
145	Toms Skujins (Lat) Lidl-Trek	0:04:16
146	Chris Harper (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5	0:04:21
147	Carlos Verona (Spa) Lidl-Trek	0:04:22
148	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek
149	Per Strand Hagenes (Nor) Visma-Lease a Bike	0:04:23
150	Edoardo Affini (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike
151	Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek
152	Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Soudal-QuickStep	0:04:26
153	Nils Politt (Ger) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:04:27
154	Adam Yates (GBr) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
155	Brent Van Moer (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5
156	Joel Nicolau (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:04:28
157	Cees Bol (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:04:31
158	Milan Fretin (Bel) Cofidis	0:04:32
159	Ben O'Connor (Aus) Jayco-AlUla	0:04:33
160	Kelland O’Brien (Aus) Jayco-AlUla
161	Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Jayco-AlUla
162	Joris Delbove (Fra) Totalenergies	0:04:34
163	Mauro Schmid (Swi) Jayco-AlUla	0:04:35
164	Kamil Gradek (Pol) Bahrain Victorious	0:04:37
165	Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious
166	Aaron Gate (NZl) XDS Astana
167	Mike Teunissen (Ned) XDS Astana	0:04:46
168	Davide Ballerini (Ita) XDS Astana
169	Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	0:04:49
170	Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep
171	Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	0:04:51
172	Luke Durbridge (Aus) Jayco-AlUla
173	Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Totalenergies	0:04:52
174	Nicolya Vinokurov (Kaz) XDS Astana	0:04:54
175	Matteo Trentin (Ita) Tudor Pro Cycling	0:05:06
176	Marco Haller (Aut) Tudor Pro Cycling
177	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:05:07
178	Silvan Dillier (Swi) Alpecin-Premier Tech
179	Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:05:08
180	Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-EasyPost
181	Nico Denz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:05:13
182	Tim Van Dijke (Ned) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:05:17
183	Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis	0:05:33
184	Simone Velasco (Ita) XDS Astana	0:05:58

Points classification

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Egan Bernal (Col) Ineos Grenadiers	0
2	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	0
3	Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers	0
4	Dorian Godon (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	0
5	Thymen Arensman (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers	0

Mountains classification

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0
2	Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike	0
3	Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0
4	Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers	0
5	Romain Gregoire (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	0

Youth Classification

Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Juan Ayuso (Spa) Lidl-Trek	00:22:03
2	Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:00:10
3	Davide Piganzoli (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:00:12
4	Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:00:23
5	Romain Gregoire (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	00:00:25
6	Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	00:00:31
7	Matthew Riccitello (USA) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:00:34
8	Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious
9	Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost	00:00:41
10	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	00:00:56
11	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers	00:00:58
12	Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team	00:01:02
13	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost	00:01:14
14	Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:01:20
15	Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team	00:01:35
16	Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Movistar Team	00:01:37
17	Robbe Dhondt (Bel) Picnic PostNL	00:01:39
18	Mathis Le Berre (Fra) Totalenergies	00:01:50
19	Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:01:54
20	Emiel Verstrynge (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:01:55
21	Joshua Tarling (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers	00:01:58
22	Michel Heßmann (Ger) Movistar Team	00:02:20
23	Matteo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies	00:02:21
24	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:02:24
25	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep	00:02:30
26	Frits Biesterbos (Ned) Picnic PostNL	00:02:49
27	Pavel Bittner (Cze) Picnic PostNL
28	Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious	00:02:57
29	Lewis Askey (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	00:02:58
30	Lorenzo Germani (Ita) Groupama-FDJ United	00:02:59
31	Ewen Costiou (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
32	Huub Artz (Ned) Lotto-Intermarché	00:03:13
33	Max Walker (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost	00:03:27
34	Lars Craps (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:03:52
35	Arnaud De Lie (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:03:53
36	Hugo Page (Fra) Cofidis	00:03:54
37	Olav Kooij (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:03:56
38	Per Strand Hagenes (Nor) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:04:07
39	Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek
40	Milan Fretin (Bel) Cofidis	00:04:16
41	Nicolya Vinokurov (Kaz) XDS Astana	00:04:38

Teams Classification

Rank	Team	Time
1	Netcompany Ineos	1:07:08
2	Visma-Lease a Bike	0:00:39
3	Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:01:11
4	Lidl-Trek	0:01:14
5	UAE Team Emirates XRG	0:01:17
6	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:01:44
7	EF Education-Easypost	0:02:16
8	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:02:55
9	Bahrain Victorious	0:03:02
10	Movistar	0:03:13
11	Tudor	0:03:17
12	Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:03:43
13	Uno-X Mobility	0:03:54
14	TotalEnergies	0:03:58
15	Soudal Quick-Step	0:04:03
16	Groupama-FDJ United	0:04:39
17	Pinarello-Q36.5	0:05:14
18	Cofidis	0:05:23
19	Lotto Intermarché	0:05:28
20	Jayco Alula	0:05:34
21	Picnic PostNL	0:05:46
22	NSN	0:05:53
23	XDS Astana	0:06:27

American Criterium Cup: New Zealand riders sweep elite races at Downer Classic in Wisconsin and hold off series leaders in tight sprints

jackie.tyson@futurenet.com (Jackie Tyson) — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:57:27 +0000

New Zealand riders Bryony Botha (Fearless Femme pb the Beasley Firm) and George Jackson (Whoosh–NZ Cycling Project) won tight sprints in the Downer Classic on Saturday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Elite riders scored points in Saturday's contest, officially called Café Hollander Otto Wenz Downer Classic p/b ISCorp, the second round of the American Criterium Cup national series and the 11-day Tour of America's Dairyland (ToAD).

Botha surprised current ACC women's leader Skylar Schneider (L39ION of Los Angeles) with a strong final surge to earn the race victory. Another Kiwi, Kyra Marett (1Kflips Racing), the country's national criterium champion, secured third. With her runner-up finish on home Wisconsin turf, Schneider continued as the women's individual leader in the ACC standings.

"I didn't realise it was one lap to go. I saw my teammate Kiera at the front; I told her to just drill it. She did a great job with that. It was a great, spectacular, surprise attack by the New Zealand criterium champ, which set me up well. I don’t think my dad’s gonna believe me when I tell him I won a sprint," Botha told race organisers.

All the attacks in the women's race were controlled by the HigherDOSE RenovaPoints, which went on the hunt for mid-race sprint points. They took all the spoils with Andrea Cyr retaining the women's ACC sprint competition.

Botha also won the women's title across the 11 days of ToAD one-day races in various cities in Wisconsin. She collected 271 points with Claudia Marcks (Pedla Race Division) and Aline Seitz (HigherDOSE-Renova) timed for second with 249 points.

Elite women's podium at second stop of American Criterium Cup (L to R): second-placed Skylar Schneider, winner Bryony Botha and third-placed Kyra Marett (Image credit: Tom Lynn Photography - Tour of America's Dairyland)

The men's field that started with a robust 145 riders was all together for the final circuit. Jackson came into the ACC matchup with four wins in the nine previous days of ToAD, and he wasn't close to being done. He carried momentum at the front of the field through the last corner and held off a late charge from former USPro crit winner Lucas Bourgouyne (Team Cadence Cyclery pb Waldo Racing) and current USPro crit champion Luke Elphingston (Project Echelon Racing), who went second and third, respectively.

“We thought it would probably come down to a field sprint; we knew there was so much cash on the line, so we knew it was going to be a hard one," Jackson said about the cash prizes at intermediate sprints causing chaos early on.

"The team has been coming here for 18-19 years, and we’re getting better and better each year. New Zealand is a small country, and we’re far away, so we don’t have races like this…We love coming here, the crowds were insane, everyone’s insane…it’s so much fun.”

With his runner-up finish, despite an early crash and cut to his knee from a collision into a chainring, Bourgoyne held his individual lead in the men's ACC standings. All of the significant sprint points were collected by Chaney Windows and Doors Big Shark p/b Pastaria riders, with Owen Gillot holding the ACC lead in that classification.

The five ToAD victories gave Jackson the overall title for the regional series with a total of 248 points, while his teammate James Wilson finished second with 271 points. Bourgoyne took third overall.

The next stop for the ACC will be July 11 in Boise, Idaho, for the Bailey & Glasser LLP Boise Twilight Criterium. That marks the midpoint of the series with three races to complete the schedule.

Results

Downer Classic women's top 10
Place	Full Name (Team)	Diff
1	Bryony Botha (Fearless Femme pb The Beasley Firm)	1:17:32
2	Skylar Schneider (L39ION of Los Angeles)	+0:00:00
3	Kyra Marett (1kFlips Racing)	+0:00:02
4	Claudia Marcks (Pedla Race_Division)	+0:00:02
5	Aline Seitz (HigherDOSE \| Renova)	+0:00:02
6	Maddi Douglas (Whoosh - NZ Cycling Project)	+0:00:03
7	Lyllie Sonnemann (CCB Kenetik p/b Levine Law Group)	+0:00:03
8	Valencia Tan (Singapore National Team)	+0:00:03
9	Veronica Church (606 Racing)	+0:00:03
10	Ava Wilson (Savannah College of Art and Design)	+0:00:03

Downer Classic men's top 10
Place	Full Name (Team)	Diff
1	George Jackson (Whoosh - NZ Cycling Project)	1:13:33
2	Lucas Bourgoyne (Team Cadence Cyclery pb Waldo Racing)	+0:00:00
3	Luke Elphingstone (Project Echelon Racing)	+0:00:00
4	Sebastian Brenes Mata (Good Guys Racing NYC)	+0:00:00
5	James Wilson (Whoosh - NZ Cycling Project)	+0:00:00
6	Luca Haines (Team Skyline)	+0:00:01
7	Ian Williams (Stellina Racing)	+0:00:01
8	Luke Pharis (Chaney Windows and Doors Big Shark pb Pastaria)	+0:00:01
9	Graeme Frislie (CCACHE x Bodywrap)	+0:00:01
10	Carlos Perez Calzada (Savannah College of Art and Design)	+0:00:01

Keegan Swenson wins a fourth SBT GRVL while Sofia Gomez Villafañe makes late catch and pass of Sarah Lange in thrilling elite women's race

jackie.tyson@futurenet.com (Jackie Tyson) — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 21:12:42 +0000

Sofia Gomez Villafañe and Keegan Swenson (both Specialized Off-road) returned to the top step at SBT GRVL on Sunday in Colorado, both launching solo attacks on the later segments of a refreshed 108-mile 'black' course. It was Swenson's fourth elite men's title while Villafañe won the elite women's race for a second time.

This year's Steamboat Springs long 'black' course featured one single-loop circuit through Routt County, with an out-and-back, washed-out gravel road, Cow Creek, featured as the first climb after the start from Yampa Street and again as a decisive technical descent in the final 12 miles.

Three elite men exited the Cow Creek climb at the front of the race - Nathan Spratt (Ventum + Voler), Adam Roberge (Felt UN1TD) and John Borstelmann (Ventum) - and set a marker of four minutes. Across the next 24 miles, two-thirds of that the longest ascent of the day with uneven pitches reaching 7%-9%, the leaders were caught by six riders - Swenson, Henry Nelson (Lunchbox Racing), Cobe Freeburn (Trek Driftless), Alexey Vermeulen (ENVE), Pete Stetina (Canyon) and John Keller.

Four elite men lead SBT GRVL - Keegan Swenson, Cobe Freeburn, Adam Roberge and Henry Nelson (Image credit: @sshelesky l SBT GRVL)

By the mid-point of the race, Swenson was part of the new lead group as Freeburn, Roberge and Nelson, with Spratt, Vermeulen, Stetina and Keller giving chase, and Borstelmann dropping off the pace.

A long paved descent led to the second longest climb on the route, approximately nine miles of gravel, passing to the south of Hayden and from the crest leaving 35.5 miles for a return to Steamboat Springs. On the descent from this climb, Swenson launched his attack on a paved section and by the time he hit the return ascent to Cow Creek had a two-and-a-half minute gap.

Swenson completed his ride in 4:36:20, with Vermeulen second and Freeburn third in a four-rider chase who were five minutes back. Nelson finished fourth and Roberge fifth. Stetina had worked with Keller for a second chase group, Keller going one second better than the Canyon veteran at the line, just 47 and 48 seconds behind Vermeulen

Swenson finished second last year, outsprinting Freeburn and Vermeulen. This year Vermeulen's runner-up spot was his third podium at SBT GRVL, having gone third to Swenson in 2024 and 2023.

"The king reigns on here at SBT GRVL," Vermeulen said about his rival Swenson. "Got dropped, but managed to finagle my way back into the sprint for second by the end thanks to a great chase group with John Keller and Peter Stetina."

Keegan Swenson won for a fourth time at SBT GRVL in 2026 (Image credit: @sshelesky l SBT GRVL)

The elite women started five minutes after the men, with the field staying mainly compact for the opening 15 miles. On the 17-mile dirt ascent known as Wahooligan Pass, Sarah Lange (Velocio-Kenda Bicycle) set the tempo with Cecily Decker (PAS Racing) and 2023 winner Villafañe.

The trio were joined on the descent by Danni Shrosbree (Rapha-Argon 18), Kylee Hanel (Cervélo-Maxxis), Paige Onweller (Trek Driftless), two-time winner Lauren De Crescenzo (The Feed-Argonaut-Castelli-Maxxis) and 2024 winner Lauren Stephens (Aegis x LOE), which created the decisive split of the race.

The riders traded attacks, but none took hold until Lange broke away on a gravel descent south of Hayden at mile 80. She carried her momentum into the technical section at Cow Creek, where Villafañe began to close the gap, and Stephens trailed 30 seconds behind with Onweller another 30 seconds back.

"I tried to attack a few times earlier in the race but nothing stuck and our group of 8 kept coming back together. So when I found myself off the front during a lull with 25-30 miles to go, I went for it," Lange said on Instagram.

"When I exited Cow Creek and had 7 miles of pavement back into town, I was told Sofia was solo 30 seconds back. I kept pushing but knew she was gaining on me. I heard someone yell her name and knew I was caught with about 2 miles to go."

Villafañe caught and passed Lange on the tarmac just outside Steamboat Springs and cranked out a six-second gap to ride across the line uncontested in 5:25:01. Stephens finished 42 seconds behind Lange for third, her fifth time on the podium spot at SBT GRVL.

"The last 45 minutes of the race was spicy as we worked hard to chase down Sarah Lange who was on a ripper of a day. I pushed HARD on cow creek, separated myself from the chasers and made contact in the last two miles of the race," the new two-time winner said on her Instagram account.

Women’s defending champ Melisa Rollins, who has been away from racing for several months due to arm and wrist injuries, finished 20th. 2025 men’s winner Brendan Wertz did not line up as he was still recovering from a crash at Lost & Found gravel in California two weeks ago.

Last year SBT GRVL had separate race days for elites and amateurs, with the elite fields starting and finishing in Hayden. All race routes returned to downtown Steamboat Springs this year, featuring safety enclosures for elite categories and a black course team support and nutrition aid station at mile 63 at the Hayden Gun Range, which also served as a spectator zone.

Top three women at the finish of SBT GRVL 2026 (L to R): third-placed Lauren Stephens, second-placed Sarah Lange and winner Sofia Gomez Villafañe (Image credit: @sshelesky l SBT GRVL)

Results

Elite Men's top 10
Pos.	Rider	Time
1	Keegan Swenson	4:36:20
2	Alexey Vermeulen	+5:06
3	Cobe Freeburn	+5:06
4	Henry Nelson	+5:06
5	Adam Roberge	+5:07
6	John Keller	+5:54
7	Peter Stetina	+5:55
8	Daxton Mock	+8:51
9	Griffin Easter	+8:51
10	Lance Haidet	+8:54

Elite Women top 10
Pos.	Rider	Time
1	Sofia Gomez Villafane	5:25:01
2	Sarah Lange	+0:06
3	Lauren Stephens	+0:48
4	Paige Onweller	+1:31
5	Cecily Decker	+2:43
6	Danni Shrosbree	+2:44
7	Lauren De Crescenzo	+2:44
8	Kylee Hanel	+2:47
9	Tiffany Cromwell	+10:52
10	Laurel Quinones	+14:20

Gravel World Series: Gabby Traxler and Carter Nieuwesteeg win in 'gnarliest conditions' at Ghost of the Gravel in Canada

jackie.tyson@futurenet.com (Jackie Tyson) — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:47:59 +0000

Gabby Traxler (GURU Energy-Basso Bikes) and Carter Nieuwesteeg (Giant Bicycle Canada) won elite titles at Ghost of the Gravel in Water Valley, Alberta, punching their tickets in the 26th qualifier event for the 2026 UCI Gravel World Championships.

Traxler launched a solo attack from a front group of five riders after the opening 48km to finish in 4:34:42. Hanna Johansson of Sweden was 2:46 back in second and Francesca Seal another 2-plus minutes back for third.

Canadian Sidney McGill, the 2024 Pan-American Cyclo-cross champion, had been part of the lead group but faded to seventh place, just over 36 minutes behind her compatriot.

"I pushed hard and went solo for the last 70km. After third and second the past two years, I was very happy to finally get the win," Traxler wrote on Instagram, the Alberta native scoring her first gravel win of the season on home soil.

The 118 kilometres at Ghost of the Gravel featured 90% dirt roads across the foothills near Calgary, with 2,073 metres of elevation gain found on a large clockwise circuit. Early rain made for a wet surface, and Nieuwesteeg called it "the gnarliest conditions I’ve seen to date" on a course used the past two years for the Canadian Gravel Championships.

Nieuwesteeg, who was third overall at BC Bike Race, held off Oskar Stack-Michasiw in a two-up sprint for the elite men's victory, both riders finishing in 3:49:00. Finn Borstmayer then won the sprint for third against Wyatt Gaulke, 11:21 later, for an all-Canadian men's podium.

The men's race saw 12 riders grouped at the front for the first 35 kilometres, which was mainly climbing. Then on a technical descent, splits formed and the podium quartet set off together. Nieuwesteeg and Stack-Michasiw set off together with 40km to go.

"A full day keeping it throttled with Oskar Stack-Michasiw. Pretty sweet to get the win at a UCI World Series event, definitely did not have that in the cards as mentally I’ve been fully in FGG [Fernie Gravel Grind] planning mode for the last couple weeks," Nieuwesteeg wrote on social media. "I guess Gravel World Champs in Australia is now calling."

Gravelking UCI Gravel World Series was the second stop for the series in Canada, taking place on back-to-back weekends with OG Classique in Quebec. The next round of the series will be July 5 in Germany for Hegau Gravel Festival.

Results

Elite women top 5
Pos.	Rider	Time
1	Anna Gabrielle Traxler	4:34:42
2	Hanna Johansson	+2:46
3	Francesca Seal	+5:32
4	Breanna Murphy	+8:40
5	Callie Stirling	+18:04

Elite men top 5
Pos.	Rider	Time
1	Carter Nieuwesteeg	3:49:00
2	Oskar Stack-Michasiw	st
3	Finn Borstmayer	+11:21
4	Wyatt Gaulke	st
5	Luca Veeman	+12:06

Irish National Championships: Seth Dunwoody edges Rory Townsend to win elite men’s title

Lyne Lamoureux — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 18:46:12 +0000

Seth Dunwoody outsprinted defending champion Rory Townsend (Unibet Rose Rockets) to win the elite men’s title at the Irish Road Championships in Cong, County Mayo, on Sunday.

The 20-year-old rider for the Bahrain Victorious Development team claimed the biggest victory of his career, after finishing a very close second at U23 Paris-Roubaix and U23 In Flanders Fields - In Ieper/Kattekoers earlier this year.

High winds and several tough climbs split the peloton in the early stages of the 171km race, with the initial group of 20 riders being slowly whittled down throughout the day.

The final selection of four riders, with Dunwoody, Townsend, Finn Crocket (VolkerWessels) and Conn McDunphy (APS) pulled away in the final 28km lap.

The four sped towards the line with Townsend launching his sprint early with 200m to go, but Dunwoody was able to come over the top and take the win. A disappointed Townsend was second while Crockett dropped McDunphy to round out the podium.

“I've had a lot of close run-ins this year in the big races, which has been tough, but to open the account at nationals is incredible,” Dunwoody told Cycling Ireland.

“I wasn't expecting Rory to go so early. I really, really had to dig deep, giving up wasn't an option, to be honest. It's been a tough year. I lost my granny over Christmas, which was super tough. I really, really wanted to win a big race for her. And then second in Roubaix and Ghent was really tough, but I knew I have big plans for the future."

Dunwoody remembered Shane O’Brien, a 17-year-old junior Irish cyclist who died in a training accident a few weeks ago.

“I think, on all Irish cyclists, and especially being good friends with [Shane’s brother] Liam. It was tough.”

“So, yeah, giving up wasn't an option, you know? I'm not just doing it for myself or riding the bike for myself, you know? I have my whole family down here, a lot of supporters, a lot of people backing me, and I mainly do it for them. I just enjoy riding the bike for fun, and to have so many people in my corner means a lot.”

Results

Results powered by FirstCycling

Position	Rider (Country) Team	Time Gap
1	Seth Dunwoody (Irl) Bahrain Victorious Development Team	03:34:43
2	Rory Townsend (Irl) Unibet Rose Rockets	00:00:01
3	Finn Crockett (Irl) Volkerwessels	00:00:04
4	Conn Mcdunphy (Irl) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery	00:00:10
5	Ryan Mullen (Irl) NSN Cycling Team	00:00:23
6	Daire Feeley (Irl)	00:01:10
7	Ronan O Connor (Irl) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery	00:01:12
8	Killian O Brien (Irl) Team Skyline	00:01:21
9	Adam Rafferty (Irl) Hagens Berman Jayco	00:01:21
10	Luke Smith (Irl)	00:01:39

British National Championships: Fred Wright outsprints Lewis Askey and Connor Swift to win elite men’s road title

Katy Madgwick — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 17:41:46 +0000

Fred Wright claimed his second elite men's road race title at the British Road Championships, outsprinting Lewis Askey (NSN) and Connor Swift (Netcompany Ineos) by a wheel in a tense three-rider finish. The Pinarello-Q36.5 rider's only two professional victories have both been national titles, the first one coming in 2023.

Swift bridged up to a four-rider break, which included Wright and Askey on the first of the five local laps in Aberystwyth. The quintet, which also included Mattie Dodd (Ineos Grenadiers Racing Academy), Elliot Rowe (Visma-Lease a Bike Devo Team) worked well together to build an unassailable lead of almost three minutes with 11 kilometres to go.

At that point cooperation stopped, with Askey putting in a dig on the climb to drop Dodd and Rowe, before making another attempt to escape on the descent. However, the trio was still together with Askey leading with two kilometres to go.

Wright took over the front with 200 metres to go, as the trio spread across the road, speeding to the line.

Speaking after the podium, Wright said: “It was a typical National Championships. I attacked from the start, and it was full gas racing until a select group formed. We take chunks out of each other for as long as we can, and I was happy to make that group. I just slowly whittled it down and played my cards well in the end.”

He added that he was "trying not to think about" claiming the striped jersey again,

“The year I had in the stripes was really special. As soon as you are not in the stripes, you really miss it. I was trying not to think about it too much in the last 10km. I had to just think normally and race without going too crazy. It’s such a special thing. I plan to take these to the Tour.”

Rowe beat Dodd to take fourth place and so secure the U23 title.

Men's road race elite podium at 2026 British Road Championships (l-r): second place Lewis Askey (NSN), winner Fred Wright (Pinarello-Q36.5) and third place Connor Swift (NetCompany-Ineos) (Image credit: SWPix.com)

How it unfolded

The 187.1km course around the Ceredigion region of Wales featured a challenging 2586m of altitude gain, and as is typical of British nationals, a large field of 140 riders went into battle from the off.

The race was lively from the get-go, but a nine-rider group was able to forge clear, though they were not given much rope by the main peloton, which held them at 45 seconds with 150km still to cover. A secondary wave of attacks launched after that as more riders sought to bridge to the front of the race, leaving the peloton to allow the leaders to eke out a slightly larger gap as the bunch settled briefly, one minute behind.

A lead group of six held the front of the race for around 40 kilometres, but with 116km to go, the peloton made contact, and former champion Wright was the first to catch the breakaway. He joined their ranks as the peloton dangled a handful of seconds behind. The race situation remained volatile after that, with riders attacking and dropping, and it was all change again as a large group of favourites moved clear and with 90km to go.

They had built a lead of almost a minute over the chasing bunch, but the race was all over the road, both at the front and in the peloton, with groups strung out into long lines. At the head of the race, the large group split and with 60 kilometres to go, a group of five strong riders had built a significant 1:25 gap over the main peloton. This group featured Wright, along with Lewis Askey (NSN Pro Cycling), Mattie Dodd (Ineos Grenadiers Racing Academy), Elliot Rowe (Visma-Lease a Bike Devo Team) and Jed Smithson (Team Jayco-AlUla).

The group arrived on the local lap in Aberystwyth for five laps of the circuit, but Smithson was struggling with the heat, needing a bottle but unable to get one and dropped from the group. Former national champion Connor Swift (NetCompany Ineos) bridged up to the lead group, and from there, the race entered a steadier state, with the five leading riders working well together and steadily building on their lead heading into the final 50kms.

A chase group of 7 were the only riders left in contention with the peloton drifting out to three minutes behind the head of the race. The chasers were not able to make an impression on the lead group’s advantage but would continue to work hard for placements and podium spots in the U23 category, which would still be at stake once the lead group had crossed the line.

With 21km to go, the first attack came from the lead group, Mattie Dodd attacking on a gradient to put space between himself and the rest of the group, with only Wright able to stay with him, and Lewis Askey forced to chase. They regrouped shortly afterwards, but the gloves were off, with Swift the next to launch, pursued by Wright and Askey. It was a straight punch-up after that, with Askey the next to strike, as the race headed back into the town centre ahead of the final lap.

The five riders worked well together, pushing the gap to 2:50 with 11 kilometres to go. Games in the front group started on a kilometre later, with Askey launching the first salvo. Attacks continued, Wright on the steep climb which dropped Dodd and Rowe, and then Askey on the descent as he flew past Swift.

But the trio was still together, with Askey pinned to the front with two kilometres to go. In the final kilometre, another Swift attack was shut down by Askey as Wright slotted in the front with 200 metres to go.

Results

Results powered by FirstCycling

Pos	Rider	Time
1	Alfred Brockwell Wright (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	4:15:47
2	Lewis Askey (GBr) NSN Cycling Team	00:00:00
3	Connor Swift (GBr) Netcompany Ineos	00:00:00
4	Elliot Rowe (GBr) Team Visma \| Lease A Bike Development	00:00:17
5	Mattie Dodd (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers Racing Academy	00:00:17
6	Oliver Wood (GBr)	00:03:05
7	Thomas Portsmouth (GBr)	00:03:05
8	Adam Mitchell (GBr) Vendee U Primeo Energie	00:03:05
9	Jed Smithson (GBr) Hagens Berman Jayco	00:03:05
10	Danylo Riwnyj (GBr)	00:03:12
11	Jacob Bush (GBr) Development Team Picnic Postnl	00:03:29
12	Joseph Brookes (GBr) Avc Aix Provence Dole	00:03:34
13	Benjamin Bright (GBr)	00:03:54
14	Matthew Brennan (GBr) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:03:56
15	Ben Turner (GBr) Netcompany Ineos	00:03:56
16	Oliver Stockwell (GBr) Bahrain Victorious	00:03:56
17	Lukas Nerurkar (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost	00:03:56
18	Ben Askey (GBr)	00:03:56
19	Mark Donovan (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:03:56
20	Max Krasinski (GBr)	00:03:56
21	Louis Sutton (GBr) Euskaltel-Euskadi	00:03:56
22	Sebastian Grindley (GBr) Lidl-Trek Future Racing	00:03:56
23	Edward Morgan (GBr)	00:03:56
24	Lewis Tinsley (GBr)	00:03:56
25	Ben Wiggins (GBr) Hagens Berman Jayco	00:03:56
26	Adam Lewis (GBr) Aps Pro Cycling By Team Cadence Cyclery	00:03:56
27	Adam Howell (GBr) Bourg En Bresse Ain Cyclisme	00:03:56
28	Thomas Gardner (GBr)	00:04:42
29	Harrison Dainty (GBr)	00:04:57
30	Zeb Kyffin (GBr) Terengganu Cycling Team	00:04:57
31	George Kimber (GBr)	00:05:02
32	Tomos Pattinson (GBr) Ef Education - Aevolo	00:05:04
33	Jack Rootkin-Gray (GBr)	00:05:04
34	Ethan Hayter (GBr) Soudal-QuickStep	00:05:06
35	Tom Williams (GBr)	00:05:55
36	Finlay Xavier Pickering (GBr) Jayco-AlUla	00:05:55
37	Oliver Dawson (GBr)	00:06:09
38	Tom Martin (GBr)	00:07:28
39	Theodor Obholzer (GBr)	00:07:28
DNF	Ethan Vernon (GBr) NSN Cycling Team
DNF	Noah Hobbs (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost
DNF	Alistair Gardner (GBr)
DNF	Henry Hobbs (GBr) Team Visma \| Lease A Bike Development
DNF	Joshua Giddings (GBr) Lotto-Intermarché
DNF	Maxwell Hereward (GBr)
DNF	Jack Brough (GBr) Avc Aix Provence Dole
DNF	Josh Housley (GBr)
DNF	Thomas Armstrong (GBr)
DNF	Jake Edwards (GBr)
DNF	Zachary Walker (GBr)
DNF	Luca Nicholson (GBr)
DNF	Owain Doull (GBr) Visma-Lease a Bike
DNF	Angus Stoneham (GBr) Sco Dijon Team Materiel-Velo.Com
DNF	William Salter (GBr) Alpecin-Premier Tech Development Team
DNF	Finn O'Brien (GBr) Development Team Picnic Postnl
DNF	Callum Thornley (GBr) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
DNF	Cameron Mason (GBr) Alpecin-Premier Tech Development Team
DNF	Matthew Peace (GBr) Development Team Picnic Postnl
DNF	Louis Herring (GBr)
DNF	Tom Scott (GBr)
DNF	Alexander Murphy (GBr)
DNF	Oliver Snodden (GBr)
DNF	Matthew Bostock (GBr)
DNF	Joe Holt (GBr)
DNF	Piers Mahn (GBr)
DNF	Jack Crook (GBr)
DNF	Olivier Mangham (GBr)
DNF	Sam Walsham (GBr)
DNF	Matthew Kent (GBr)
DNF	Noah Bleteau (GBr)
DNF	Max Bufton (GBr)
DNF	Dylan Sage (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers Racing Academy
DNF	Lucas Jowett (GBr)
DNF	James Sawyers (GBr)
DNF	Lucas Jackson (GBr) Movistar Team Academy
DNF	Joshua Ballinger (GBr)
DNF	Oscar Nisbett (GBr)
DNF	Luke Meyer-Eland (GBr) Maxsolar-Raymon
DNF	Cai Davies (GBr)
DNF	Cameron Mclaren (GBr)
DNF	Samuel Nisbet (GBr)
DNF	Nathan Smith (GBr)
DNF	Ben Chilton (GBr)
DNF	Henry Hunter (GBr)
DNF	Seth Jackson (GBr)
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DNF	Alex Beldon (GBr)
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DNF	Oliver Gill (GBr)
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DNF	Reuben Corlett (GBr)
DNF	Daniel Whitehouse (GBr) St George Continental Cycling Team
DNF	Magnus Denwood (GBr)
DNF	Jack Baldie (GBr)
DNF	Dylan Hicks (GBr) Un Cycling Team
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Dutch National Championships: Lieke Nooijen wins two-up sprint victory over Femke Markus

Alasdair Fotheringham — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 17:38:56 +0000

24-year-old Visma-Lease a Bike racer Lieke Nooijen claimed the biggest victory of her career to date as she outpowered Femke Markus (SD Worx-Protime) in an excitingly unpredictable Dutch Nationals elite women's road race.

Third was Loes Adegeest (Lidl-Trek), with Nooijen's Visma teammate Mischa Bredewold and Femke de Vries (SD Worx-Protime) just off the podium in fourth and fifth.

“I know I am in good form, and to bring that out today… That is really wonderful,” Nooijen told Wielerflits after the finish, before praising her team's collective work.

"Femke de Vries and I were in a good attack a few times, Marianne Vos joined in, and Maud Oudeman rode a super strong race,” she added.

“At one point, there were still five or six of us in the first group. That is really impressive, and in the end, I was the one who got away with Femke Markus . I am very happy that I was able to finish it off.”

How it unfolded

The ultra-difficult Dutch course featured, just like in the remainder of the races, the two main climbs of Van Randwijckweg (1.2 km at 6.5%) and Oude Holleweg (1 km at 7%). Although Demi Vollering (FDJ United-SUEZ) was not present, other top names like Lorena Wiebes and Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime), not to mention all-time great Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike), all but ensured a very exciting race.

Perhaps given there was so much firepower in the race, for much of the opening part of the course, none of the multiple attacks managed to stick, with the big favourites content to watch and wait for an opportunity. Coming into the final 50 kilometres of a 117-kilometre course, the high pace and blizzard of little digs failing to succeed ensured that the peloton was far smaller than when it set out from Nijmegen midway through Sunday afternoon.

The first important move to actually get enough of a margin to become a break came when De Vries, Adegeest and Nienke Vinke (SD Worx-Protime) opened up a small gap, with De Vries and Adegeest pushing on when Vinke began to struggle. Eventually, the leading duo were caught but that only sparked yet more efforts, notably by the very active de Vries.

The move that eventually gained real traction for Visma came courtesy of Nooijen, taking off with Markus to push open their advantage to around a minute. Nooijen attempted to shake off her closest rival on the Van Randwijckweg, to no avail, and the two non-sprinters were forced to fight it out for gold on the line.

As Wielerflits reported, the sprint began when Markus opened up hostilities a full 800 metres from the line, only to be caught by Nooijen, who in turn launched a very early acceleration. That long-distance move proved just enough to contain Markus and allow Nooijen to go two better than her already promising bronze medal in Wednesday's time trial - and clinch the win.

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Belgian National Championships: Rune Herregodts clinches biggest victory of career as outsiders spark huge upset in elite men's road race

Alasdair Fotheringham — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 16:41:48 +0000

A blisteringly fast and hugely unpredictable Belgian National elite men's road race saw UAE Team Emirates-XRG racer Rune Herregodts outsmart the top favourites for the biggest victory of his career.

Jonas Rickaert (Alpecin-Premier Tech) was second across the line at the end of an ultra-flat course where the sprinters like Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Premier Tech) were foiled by a mass break of some 60 riders in the first hour, with Fabio Van Den Bossche (Soudal-QuickStep) in third.

Despite an overall victory in the ZLM Tour two years ago being his biggest win to date before Sunday, Herregodts has long had a reputation for being able to read a race brilliantly. And the former medical student certainly proved the sharpest in the three-up break of non-favourites that fought it out for the win.

After testing the waters with 3.5 kilometres to go, the 27-year-old then positioned himself perfectly for a sprint where his hypothetically stronger rivals should have been able to beat him comfortably, and that proved just enough to clinch the day's victory.

"I still can't believe it," Herregodts told Belgian television afterwards about his completely unexpected but faultlessly forged success.

"I felt ambitious, but avoiding a sprint seemed impossible. When I missed the main group, I thought it was over."

"Then I pushed myself harder and it turned into a criterium race. It took some getting used to riding for myself, but I had incredible legs today."

2026 Belgian National Championships: the scale of his surprise road race victory starts to sink in for Rune Herregodts (Image credit: Getty Images)

How it unfolded

The absence of Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull–Bora-Hansgrohe) created a wide-open race on a flat course from Antwerp to Brasschaat, even if the sprinters were expected to dominate. Yet more missing men included Jasper Philipsen's right-hand man Gerbe Thijssen (Alpecin-Premier Tech), and stage racers like Maxim van Gils (Lotto-Intermarché), Cian Uijtdebroeks (Movistar), and Junior Lecerf (Soudal-QuickStep) were also absent from a course that did them no favours.

An ultra-fast first part of the course, with an average speed of over 50kmh for the first hour, made for both no breaks and a lot of sore legs, but perhaps with such a great opportunity for the sprinters, that iron control by teams like Alpecin was only to be expected. Abruptly, though, the scenario changed in an almost definitive way, as their control crumbled and no less than 28 riders suddenly went clear. Containing four riders apiece for Soudal-QuickStep and Lotto-Intermarché, not to mention three for Alpecin-Premier Tech and at least one rider from Lidl-Trek, Decathlon CMA CGM and Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, it was difficult to see who would want to pull such a major move back.

Things grew even tougher for the sprinters when another 33 riders joined the 28 ahead, including members of UAE Team Emirates-XRG like Herregodts, as well as Cofidis. By now, the remnants of the peloton were at 4:00 and after a second hour run off at over 53 kilometres, after an opening segment where it seemed the sprinter's teams had had the upper hand, suddenly the boot was very much on the mass breakaway's foot.

2026 Belgian National Championships Elite Men's Road Race: Alpecin-Premier Tech tried to keep a lid on the breaks in the first hour - and succeeded. (Image credit: Getty Images)

The breathless pace continued despite several attacks. There had been little to no mention of Jasper Philipsen or Tim Merlier (Soudal-QuickStep) on race radio and it seemed like the game was over before it had really begun for the sprinters. Then, when it emerged that they were in a bunch six minutes down, that theory was amply confirmed. The third hour of racing flashed by at an almost equally fast pace, too, averaging just over 50.6kmh.

As the penny dropped amongst the 60+ leaders that the race was in their hands, cohesion all but collapsed, and so it was that a third of their number managed to bludgeon their way clear. The media was quickly talking about the fact that Thibau Nys (Lidl-Trek) was present in the 20-strong group ahead, and yet again, collaboration proved to be at a minimum, allowing riders like Herregodts to test the water.

Eventually, Herregodts' repeated moves saw the talented time triallist and nine other riders go clear - Lionel Taminiaux (Lotto-Intermarché), Gil Gelders and Fabio van den Bossche (both Soudal-Quick Step), Jonas Rickaert (Alpecin-Premier Tech), Nys, Dries De Bondt (Jayco-AlUla), Quinten Hermans (Pinarello-Q36.5), Michiel Coppens (BEAT) and, despite crashing earlier, Gianni Vermeersch (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe).

Into the final lap, and Rickaert made his move, with only Van den Bossche and the irrepressible Herregodts the only ones able to make it across. Nys did his utmost to chase them down, but the trio succeeded in opening a gap of some 40 seconds. Van den Bossche was on paper the fastest, but at the end of such a long, fast race, anything could happen.

Herregodts ensured the pace was kept as high as possible, and despite using up so much energy, still had the strength to keep on top of the situation. As Sporza observed on their live updates of the race, for all three of the riders ahead, a National Champion's jersey would be a game-changer in their career, and yet with Nys and co. still less than a minute behind, there was no time for too much strategic planning.

Finally, though, Herregodts played it perfectly and kept the coolest of heads, challenging once to see who was the strongest of his rivals in the last five kilometres, then playing a blinder in the final sprint for the line. It had been one of the most unusual of National Championships, yet nobody could fault the way it was won.

2026 Belgian National Championships Elite Men's Road Race: Rune Herregodts on the attack in the last hour (Image credit: Getty Images)

Results

Pos	Rider	Time
1	Rune Herregodts (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	04:49:32
2	Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:00:00
3	Fabio van den Bossche (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:00:00
4	Quinten Hermans (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:00:40
5	Thibau Nys (Bel) Lidl-Trek	00:00:40
6	Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:00:40
7	Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:00:46
8	Gil Gelders (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:00:46
9	Dries de Bondt (Bel) Jayco-AlUla	00:00:51
10	Michiel Coppens (Bel) Beat Cc P/B Saxo	00:00:52
11	Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:01:03
12	Stan van Tricht (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step Devo Team	00:01:03
13	Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Cofidis	00:01:03
14	Jules Hesters (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00:01:03
15	Vlad van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious	00:01:03
16	Liam Slock (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:01:03
17	Luca van Boven (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:01:03
18	Dries van Gestel (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:01:03
19	Lennert Teugels (Bel) Tarteletto - Isorex	00:01:03
20	Cedric Beullens (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:01:03
21	Jonas Geens (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:01:03
22	Sébastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:01:03
23	Olivier Godfroid (Bel) Baloise Verzekeringen -Het Poetsbureau Lions	00:01:03
24	Brem Deman (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00:01:06
25	Milan Lanhove (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00:01:06
26	Leander van Hautegem (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00:01:06
27	Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:01:06
28	Abram Stockman (Bel) Unibet Rose Rockets	00:01:13
29	Bert van Lerberghe (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:01:13
30	Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Lidl-Trek	00:01:18
31	Artuur Torney (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00:03:06
32	Nolan Huysmans (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00:03:06
33	Mathis Avondts (Bel) Azerion / Villa Valkenburg	00:03:06
34	Ceriel Desal (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step Devo Team	00:03:06
35	Jelle Vermoote (Bel) Tarteletto - Isorex	00:03:06
36	Joppe Sterck (Bel) Tarteletto - Isorex	00:03:06
37	Jarno Bellens (Bel) Baloise Verzekeringen -Het Poetsbureau Lions	00:03:06
38	Johan Meens (Bel) Aarco	00:03:06
39	Lorenz van de Wynkele (Bel) Lotto - Groupe Wanty	00:03:06
40	Noah Brits (Bel) Benediction Banafrica Team	00:03:06
41	Ward Vanhoof (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00:03:06
42	Michiel Lambrecht (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00:03:06
43	Robin Orins (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:03:08
44	Oliver Naesen (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:03:08
45	Toon Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:03:10
46	Robbe Ghys (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:03:10
47	Milan Fretin (Bel) Cofidis	00:03:10
48	Yves Lampaert (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:03:12
49	Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:03:12
50	Niels Vandeputte (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech Development Team	00:03:12
51	Jonathan Vervenne (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:03:12
52	Steff Cras (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:03:12
53	Joran Wyseure (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech Development Team	00:03:12
54	Brent van Moer (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:03:12
55	Ilan van Wilder (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:03:12
56	Emiel Verstrynge (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:03:12
57	Toon Vandebosch (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech Development Team	00:03:15
58	Laurens Sweeck (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech Development Team	00:03:15
59	Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis	00:03:15
60	Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:03:20
61	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:03:20
62	Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:03:22
63	Alec Segaert (Bel) Bahrain Victorious	00:03:24
64	Sander de Pestel (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:03:24
65	Simon Dehairs (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:03:24
66	Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:03:25
67	Florian Vermeersch (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:03:25
68	Steffen de Schuyteneer (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:03:33
69	Aime de Gendt (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:03:35
70	Elias Vanheel (Bel) Tarteletto - Isorex	00:08:12
71	Tom van Asbroeck (Bel) NSN Cycling Team	00:08:19
72	Alex Vandenbulcke (Bel) Huansheng-Vonoa-Taishan Sport Team	00:08:19
73	Timothy Dupont (Bel) Tarteletto - Isorex	00:08:19
74	Julien Vermote (Bel)	00:08:19
75	Robbe Mellaerts (Bel) Baloise Verzekeringen -Het Poetsbureau Lions	00:08:19
76	Sander Inion (Bel) Madar Pro Cycling Team	00:08:19
77	Enrico Dhaeye (Bel) Atom 6 Bikes - Cycleur De Luxe - Auto Stroo Team	00:08:19
78	Joes Oosterlinck (Bel) Van Rysel Roubaix	00:08:19
79	Zeno Moonen (Bel) Tarteletto - Isorex	00:08:19
80	Floris van Tricht (Bel) NSN Cycling Team	00:08:19
81	Simon Goossens (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech Development Team	00:08:19
82	Senne Thonnon (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00:08:19
83	Elias Maris (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00:08:19
84	Victor Vercouillie (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00:08:19
85	Gianni Marchand (Bel) Tarteletto - Isorex	00:08:19
86	Milan Menten (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:08:19
87	Arnaud de Lie (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:08:19
88	Arne Marit (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:08:19
89	Jordi Meeus (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:08:19
90	Laurens Huys (Bel) Nice Metropole Cote D'Azur	00:08:19
91	Ferre Geeraerts (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00:08:19
92	Joppe Heremans (Bel) Van Rysel Roubaix	00:08:19
93	Arne Baers (Bel) Baloise Verzekeringen -Het Poetsbureau Lions	00:08:19
94	Robbe Claeys (Bel) Volkerwessels	00:08:19
95	Tim Rex (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:08:19
96	Lennert Belmans (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:08:19
97	Axandre van Petegem (Bel) Tarteletto - Isorex	00:08:19
98	Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:08:19
99	Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	00:08:19
100	Dylan Vandenstorme (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00:08:19
101	Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:08:19
102	Stan Dewulf (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM	00:08:19
103	Victor van de Putte (Bel) Lotto - Groupe Wanty	00:08:19
104	Tom Crabbe (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	00:08:19
105	Gerben Kuypers (Bel)	00:08:19
106	Jasper de Buyst (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:08:19
107	Lars Craps (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:08:19
108	Edward Theuns (Bel) Lidl-Trek	00:08:31
DNF	Jonathan Kerkhofs (Bel) Universe Cycling Team
DNF	Sam van de Mieroop (Bel) Universe Cycling Team
DNF	Vito Braet (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché
DNF	Théo Demarcin (Bel) Color Code-Alu Center
DNF	Lucas Jacques (Bel) Color Code-Alu Center
DNF	Julien Desmarets (Bel) Color Code-Alu Center
DNF	Kenny Molly (Bel) Van Rysel Roubaix
DNF	Ayco Bastiaens (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep
DNF	Michael Vanthourenhout (Bel)
DNF	Witse Meeussen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech Development Team
DNF	Tuur Dens (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise
DNF	Vincent van Hemelen (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise
DNF	Kamiel Bonneu (Bel) Solution Tech Nippo Rali
DNF	Michiel Hillen (Bel) Baloise Verzekeringen -Het Poetsbureau Lions
DNF	Aaron Dockx (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
DNF	Thibaut Bernard (Bel) Lotto - Groupe Wanty
DNF	Jente Michels (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech Development Team
DNF	Lindsay de Vylder (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
DNF	Daan Depuydt (Bel) Baloise Verzekeringen -Het Poetsbureau Lions
DNF	Milan van den Haute (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise
DNF	Ingmar Uytdewilligen (Bel) Baloise Verzekeringen -Het Poetsbureau Lions
DNF	Jelle Roelandt (Bel) Benediction Banafrica Team
DNF	Glen van Nuffelen (Bel) Benediction Banafrica Team
DNF	Brian Rigole (Bel) Atom 6 Bikes - Cycleur De Luxe - Auto Stroo Team
DNF	Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
DNS	Dylan Teuns (Bel) Cofidis
DNS	Jerome Raus (Bel) Avc Aix Provence Dole
DNS	Tim Wellens (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
DNS	Amaury Capiot (Bel) Jayco-AlUla

German National Championships: Felix Engelhardt chases back onto break in final kilometres to win first elite men’s road title

Lyne Lamoureux — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 15:51:55 +0000

Felix Engelhardt (Jayco-AlUla) chased back onto a five-rider breakaway inside of three kilometres to claim his first elite men’s road race title at the German Road Championships on Sunday.

Part of an elite five-rider lead group, which included Nico Denz (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe), Lennart Jasch (Tudor), Nils Politt (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), and defending champion Georg Zimmermann (Lotto-Intermarché), Engelhardt dangled a few times off the back before losing touch with 10 kilometres to go. But the 25-year-old kept on chasing, reconnecting with less than three kilometres to go as the quintet raced towards the finish line in Bad Liebenstein.

Politt launched his sprint first as the five riders spread across the road in the final sprint, but Engelhardt came over the top to take the win, going one better than his second place in 2025 to Zimmermann. Jasch sprinted to second, and Denz took third.

“It’s an incredible feeling. Everyone dreams of this. There’s nothing better than wearing the champion’s jersey, especially when heading to the most important race in the world: the Tour de France," Engelhardt said in a team release.

"It was an amazing race. On the last lap, I was on the verge of cramping and lost contact. I rode the descent as hard as I could and managed to get back on, then gave it absolutely everything I had left in the sprint!”

Engelhardt will line up in his debut Tour de France in the national champion’s jersey next weekend.

How it unfolded

In hot temperatures, hovering around 35°C, the elite men’s field faced seven laps of the 27.3km circuit around the Thuringian Forest, starting and ending in Bad Liebenstein. Throughout the 191.1km race, riders were grabbing as many water bottles as they could to pour over their heads to try and cool down.

Though a breakaway escaped early, attacks from pre-race favourites Nils Politt and former road champion Maximilian Schachmann flew at the front of the field in the third lap, causing a re-shuffle in the lead group.

With 110 kilometres to go, eight riders, including Politt, Schachmann, Marco Brenner (Tudor), Tim Torn Teutenberg (Lidl-Trek) and Jonas Rutsch (Lotto-Intermarché) came together in the break, while behind the Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe squad lined up the front of the peloton to close it down.

Down to four riders, Teutenberg, Schachman, Politt and Brenner, the break only had a 35-second lead on the dwindling peloton, 47 kilometres later.

With 37 kilometres to go, the much-reduced peloton reeled in the breakaway, and soon after, Lennard Kämna took a solo flyer. The Lidl-Trek rider still had 33 seconds as the bell rang for the final lap but he would soon be caught by a seven-rider chase group with 22 kilometres to go.

Under pressure from attacks, three riders fell off the pace, leaving Engelhart, Denz, Politt, Zimmermann and Jasch off the front with 11 kilometres to go.

After dangling a few times off the back, Engelhart lost touch one kilometre later, as Politt tried a few attacks but was not able to dislodge any of the other riders. Engelhart was able to catch back on, to deliver a surprise sprint victory ahead of Jasch and Denz. Politt was fourth, and Zimmermann took fifth.

Results

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Position	Rider (Country) Team	Time Gap
1	Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Jayco-AlUla	04:38:38
2	Lennart Jasch (Ger) Tudor Pro Cycling Team U23
3	Nico Denz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
4	Nils Politt (Ger) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
5	Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Lotto-Intermarché
6	Tim Torn Teutenberg (Ger) Lidl-Trek	00:00:52
7	Max Schachmann (Ger) Soudal-QuickStep	00:00:54
8	Lennard Kämna (Ger) Lidl-Trek	00:00:58
9	Jermaine Zemke (Ger) Rembe \| Rad-Net	00:04:10
10	Max Walscheid (Ger) Lidl-Trek	00:04:45

French National Championships: Romain Grégoire delivers emphatic victory in elite men's road race

Katy Madgwick — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 15:49:38 +0000

A typically spirited French national road race saw a calm and controlled team performance pay off for Groupama-FDJ United, as Romain Grégoire took the title for the first time in his career. Part of the final selection of six who fought it out in the latter stages of the race, Paul Lapeira captured silver for Decathlon CMA CGM, while Joris Delbove (TotalEnergies) rounded out the podium.

A slightly shortened race route in La Tour-du-Pins, in the Isère region of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, did not diminish the magnitude of the task at hand for the French elite men.

Though the red alert for extreme heat had passed in the area, temperatures remained extremely high in the region, heading into the upper 30s Celsius, and the weather took its toll as the attacking racing style that always characterises French nationals began the whittling down process almost immediately.

Eventually, a large lead group of 29 riders, including seven from Groupama-FDJ United and six from TotalEnergies’ massive 27-strong group, moved clear at the head of the race. The group contained a number of fast finishers including Soudal-QuickStep's Paul Magnier, but Groupama were merely following the moves, signalling early that they were confident in their leader.

With just under 70 kilometres to go, the group split on one of the circuit’s two climbs, and Decathlon-CMA CGM’s Jordan Labrosse moved clear at the head of the race. He led solo for ten kilometres, before a chasing group of three caught up with him. Behind, a large chasing group including the defending champion Dorian Godon (Netcompany-Ineos) tried to dig into the deficit, with the peloton another 40 seconds behind, being driven on by Groupama.

A group of four riders - Labrosse, Pavel Sivakov (UAE Team Emirates), Benjamin Thomas (Cofidis) and Quentin Pacher (Groupama-FDJ United) - became five as with 51km to go when Jordan Jegat attacked on the circuit's main climb for TotalEnergies to bridge to the lead group.

The chasing group blew up on the brutal gradient but were able to regroup on the descent and with four laps to go the peloton were biding their time at just over 40 seconds from the leading group of five. Alex Baudin (EF Education-EasyPost) tried to take matters into his own hands but the strong Groupama contingent remained fully in control and with 36.5 kilometres remaining they made contact with the lead group, and the race opened up once again.

The next rider to go clear was Decathlon’s Léo Bisiaux, and he was allowed to move away from the group, building his lead to 35 seconds at one point as a number of riders from Groupama continued to work on the front of the peloton, with plenty of strong riders still tucked away in the bunch.

Everything kicked off once again on the penultimate climb, and Groupama's hard work paid off as Grégoire was able to jump onto the attacking group which consisted of Baudin, Joris Delbove (TotalEnergies) and Paul Lapeira (Decathlon-CMA CGM), and Groupama sent support for Grégoire across to the group in the shape of Clément Berthet. Missing out were UAE Team Emirates, and Pavel Sivakov took over pace-setting on behalf of Benoît Cosnefroy.

Cosnefroy took matters into his own hands with 15km to go, and he worked into the gap, and five kilometres later a larger chasing group was able to bridge to the UAE rider, which included the likes of Godon and Magnier.

The group of six maintained a slender lead at the front of the race, but though at one point it came down as low as 12 seconds, they worked well together; by contrast, the chasing group suffered from a lack of cohesion, and with 8 kilometres to go, it looked to be all over for them.

At the front, the pair from Decathlon took turns to attack, but in the end it came down to the longest climb on the circuit, with Grégoire attacking around 500m from the top of the climb to move clear with 3 kilometres remaining in the race.

The 23-year-old was emphatic after that, charging for the finish line alone and unchallenged, and he even had time to celebrate as he approached the line, the emotions clear as he raised his arms in triumph, and brought the iconic bleu-blanc-rouge back to Groupama for the first time since Valentin Madouas won back in 2023.

"I don't know what to say," the newly crowned French champion told reporters.

"This is a dream that I've had for a long time and it's really a win for the team. We were at 2:30 and I doubted right then, but in the end the guys were just incredible and they did everything that they could possibly do, especially Clément Berthet, the job that he did do for me on that final climb.

"It was really nice to really celebrate that moment while I was alone, and I also thought about my teammates because they did an absolutely beautiful job and the win is for each and every one of them."

He also confirmed his place on the team's Tour de France roster, ahead of any official announcement, saying, "Yes, I am doing the Tour de France in this wonderful jersey. That is going to be my next goal."

Results

Pos	Rider	Time
1	Romain Gregoire (Fra)	05:12:47
2	Paul Lapeira (Fra)	00:00:13
3	Joris Delbove (Fra)	00:00:14
4	Alex Baudin (Fra)	00:00:22
5	Léo Bisiaux (Fra)	00:00:26
6	Clément Berthet (Fra)	00:00:49
7	Jordan Jegat (Fra)	00:01:24
8	Alexandre Delettre (Fra)	00:01:24
9	Axel Mariault (Fra)	00:01:24
10	Dorian Godon (Fra)	00:01:29
11	Axel Laurance (Fra)	00:01:29
12	Julien Bernard (Fra)	00:01:29
13	Nicolas Breuillard (Fra)	00:01:29
14	Valentin Madouas (Fra)	00:01:56
15	Aubin Sparfel (Fra)	00:01:56
16	Pavel Sivakov (Fra)	00:01:56
17	Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra)	00:01:56
18	Paul Magnier (Fra)	00:03:05
19	Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra)	00:03:05
20	Matteo Vercher (Fra)	00:03:12
21	Maxime Vezie (Fra)	00:05:43
22	Rudy Molard (Fra)	00:06:31
23	Quentin Pacher (Fra)	00:06:31
24	Ewen Costiou (Fra)	00:06:31
25	Clément Braz Afonso (Fra)	00:06:31
26	Clement Venturini (Fra)	00:07:20
27	Sandy Dujardin (Fra)	00:07:20
28	Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra)	00:08:05
29	Simon Guglielmi (Fra)	00:10:56
30	Jordan Labrosse (Fra)	00:10:56
31	Lenaic Langella (Fra)	00:11:32
32	Rémi Capron (Fra)	00:12:03
33	Axel Huens (Fra)	00:12:03
34	Paul Ourselin (Fra)	00:12:03
35	Benjamin Thomas (Fra)	00:12:03
36	Guillaume Martin Guyonnet (Fra)	00:12:03
37	Mathis le Berre (Fra)	00:12:57
38	Matys Grisel (Fra)	00:12:57
39	Louis Hardouin (Fra)	00:12:57
DNF	Brieuc Rolland (Fra)
DNF	Axel Bouquet (Fra)
DNF	Antoine L'Hote (Fra)
DNF	Thibaud Gruel (Fra)
DNF	Tom Donnenwirth (Fra)
DNF	Louis Barre (Fra)
DNF	Noa Isidore (Fra)
DNF	Emilien Jeanniere (Fra)
DNF	Geoffrey Bouchard (Fra)
DNF	Maxime Decomble (Fra)
DNF	Tom Mainguenaud (Fra)
DNF	Antoine Huby (Fra)
DNF	Samuel Leroux (Fra)
DNF	Hugo Hofstetter (Fra)
DNF	Thomas Champion (Fra)
DNF	Théo Delacroix (Fra)
DNF	Rémi Cavagna (Fra)
DNF	Alan Jousseaume (Fra)
DNF	Anthony Turgis (Fra)
DNF	Pierre Thierry (Fra)
DNF	Romain Cardis (Fra)
DNF	Joris Chaussinand (Fra)
DNF	Rémi Arsac (Fra)
DNF	Henri François Renard Haquin (Fra)
DNF	Yohann Simon (Fra)
DNF	Cyril Barthe (Fra)
DNF	Clément Russo (Fra)
DNF	Bastien Tronchon (Fra)
DNF	Olivier le Gac (Fra)
DNF	Clement Alleno (Fra)
DNF	Ronan Auge (Fra)
DNF	Alexys Brunel (Fra)
DNF	Nicola Marcerou (Fra)
DNF	Matis Louvel (Fra)
DNF	Florian Dauphin (Fra)
DNF	Nicolas Debeaumarche (Fra)
DNF	Killian Theot (Fra)
DNF	Esteban Foucher (Fra)
DNF	Yael Joalland (Fra)
DNF	Victor Guernalec (Fra)
DNF	David Gaudu (Fra)
DNF	Valentin Retailleau (Fra)
DNF	Louis Rouland (Fra)
DNF	Théophile Vassal (Fra)
DNF	Maël Guegan (Fra)
DNF	Bryan Coquard (Fra)
DNF	Valentin Ferron (Fra)
DNF	Fabien Doubey (Fra)
DNF	Eliott Boulet (Fra)
DNF	Antoine Berger (Fra)
DNF	Baptiste Gillet (Fra)
DNF	Adrien Maire (Fra)
DNF	Antoine Raugel (Fra)
DNF	Maxime Jarnet (Fra)
DNF	Léandre Huck (Fra)
DNF	Thibault Guernalec (Fra)
DNF	Léandre Lozouet (Fra)
DNF	Maximilian Cushway (Fra)
DNF	Mathias Sanlaville (Fra)
DNF	Kévin Avoine (Fra)
DNF	Baptiste Gregoire (Fra)
DNF	Rémi Daumas (Fra)
DNF	Camille Charret (Fra)
DNF	Jean Loup Fayolle (Fra)
DNF	Thomas Gachignard (Fra)
DNF	Baptiste Vadic (Fra)
DNF	Similien Hamon (Fra)
DNF	Soan Ruesche (Fra)
DNF	Titouan Fontaine (Fra)
DNF	Colin Savioz (Fra)
DNF	Ellande Larronde (Fra)
DNF	Lucas Terrier (Fra)
DNF	Yann Dubois (Fra)
DNF	Lucas Dauge (Fra)
DNF	Thomas Bonnet (Fra)
DNF	Alexy Faure Prost (Fra)
DNF	Fabien Grellier (Fra)
DNF	Rémy Rochas (Fra)
DNF	Paul Penhoet (Fra)
DNF	Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra)
DNF	Jason Tesson (Fra)
DNF	Theo Leveque (Fra)
DNF	Johan Blanc (Fra)
DNF	Victor Papon (Fra)
DNF	Jérémy Lecroq (Fra)
DNF	Karl Sagnier (Fra)
DNF	Louis Marie Posnic (Fra)
DNF	Jahkim Carty (Fra)

Italian National Championships: Elisa Longo Borghini continues to rule supreme with seventh road race title of career

Alasdair Fotheringham — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 14:55:11 +0000

For the seventh time in her career and fourth year in a row, Elisa Longo Borghini secured the Italian National Championships road race, breaking away solo to make a more than convincing defence of her title.

Second, 20 seconds back was Monica Trinca Colonel (Liv AlUla Jayco), with Lidl-Trek's Elisa Balsamo in third. But once again the battle for gold in the Italian Nationals was really only about one person.

Longo Borghini (UAE Team ADQ) seemingly had no difficulty on the hilly 120-kilometre course around Pordenone, comfortably handing the three ascents of the Castello de Caneve (1.2 km at 6.6%, 3.1 km at 4.5%) mid -race before powering away to the finish.

Given sterling support by her teammates, Longo Borghini used the third ascent to the Caneva castle to the finish line in the Bottechia Velodrome.

“It was a very demanding day; the heat certainly had an impact on the race. The final 25 kilometres, in particular, were really tough—I had to push hard, but I managed my effort well. We knew we had to make it a hard race to drop the fast finishers, since the Castello di Caneva climb isn't very selective," Longo Borghini said.

"I want to thank my teammates; they were fantastic, as always—I couldn't have won without them. I dedicate this victory to them: they believed in me and did a great job for me.”

The U23 title went to Eleonora Ciabocco (Picnic PostNL), present in the group of chasers led home by Balsamo, 1:50 back, and making her return to racing after a bad crash and injuries in La Vuelta Femenina when she was leading the BYR competition.

How it unfolded

After an hour's racing and a very fast start, no attacks managed to go clear on the rolling course, even if Noemi Lucrezia Eremita (Born to Win BTC City Ljubljana) and Marta Pavesi (Top Girls-Fassa Bortolo) did their best to put some distance between themselves and the rest of the field. UAE Team ADQ ensured that the move never really gained much of an advantage, as Longo Borghini's position as standout favourite meant her team needed to do all of the spadework, keeping the early breaks under control.

Things began to swing more decisively in the defending champion's favour when a group of some 50 riders, spearheaded by UAE, managed to prise themselves out of the peloton. This was whittled down on the second ascent of the Castello de Caneve, with Longo Borghini in person and her teammate Silvia Persico doing much of the hard work to reduce the group to just 20 units.

27 kilometres from the line, Longo Borghini launched what would prove to be the definitive attack of the race. Led out by Persico, the first attack by Longo Borghini drew a response from Trinca Colonel, then from Letizia Paternoster (Liv AlUla Jayco). But a second attack left Paternoster reeling, and by the summit of the climb, Trinca Colonel was already seven seconds behind.

The next 26 kilometres essentially boiled down to a lengthy time trial effort by Longo Borghini, with Trinca Colonel oscillating between 20 and 40 seconds behind and the group even further distant. As the race returned to Pordenone again for the closing kilometres, Longo Borghini sat up a little to ensure she did not put herself under too much pressure for the finale, but by then, it was clear she was going to be wearing red, white and green yet again for another year.

Results

Pos	Rider	Time
1	Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) UAE Team ADQ	2:49:08
2	Monica Trinca Colonel (Ita) Liv AlUla Jayco	00:00:18
3	Elisa Balsamo (Ita) Lidl-Trek	00:01:50
4	Vittoria Guazzini (Ita) FDJ United-SUEZ	00:01:50
5	Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini (Ita) UAE Team ADQ	00:01:50
6	Letizia Paternoster (Ita) Liv AlUla Jayco	00:01:50
7	Arianna Fidanza (Ita) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi	00:01:50
8	Nadia Quagliotto (Ita) Cofidis Women Team	00:01:50
9	Soraya Paladin (Ita) Canyon//Sram	00:01:50
10	Francesca Barale (Ita) Movistar Team	00:01:50
11	Debora Silvestri (Ita) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi	00:01:50
12	Matilde Vitillo (Ita) Liv AlUla Jayco	00:01:50
13	Eleonora Ciabocco (Ita) Picnic PostNL	00:01:50
14	Gaia Realini (Ita) Lidl-Trek	00:02:10
15	Giada Silo (Ita) Uae Development Team	00:03:38
16	Gaia Segato (Ita) Vini Fantini - Bepink	00:03:38
17	Carlotta Cipressi (Ita) Human Powered Health	00:03:38
18	Giulia Giuliani (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work	00:03:38
19	Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Uno-X Mobility	00:03:38
20	Carmen Moser (Ita)	00:03:38
21	Sofia Arici (Ita) Vini Fantini - Bepink	00:03:38
22	Sharon Spimi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	00:03:38
23	Erica Magnaldi (Ita) UAE Team ADQ	00:03:38
24	Rachele Barbieri (Ita) Picnic PostNL	00:03:38
25	Chiara Consonni (Ita) Canyon//Sram	00:03:38
26	Silvia Persico (Ita) UAE Team ADQ	00:03:38
27	Federica Venturelli (Ita) UAE Team ADQ	00:06:15
28	Elisa de Vallier (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	00:06:15
29	Andrea Casagranda (Ita) Vini Fantini - Bepink	00:06:15
30	Alessia Zambelli (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	00:06:15
31	Irene Laudi (Ita)	00:06:15
32	Elisa Valtulini (Ita) Vini Fantini - Bepink	00:06:15
33	Alessia Missiaggia (Ita)	00:06:15
34	Rebekka Pigolotti (Ita)	00:06:15
35	Concetta Giulia Bonelli (Ita)	00:06:15
36	Virginia Bortoli (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	00:06:15
37	Elena de Laurentiis (Ita) Vini Fantini - Bepink	00:06:15
38	Irene Affolati (Ita) Aromitalia Vaiano	00:06:15
39	Chiara Reghini (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	00:06:15
40	Greta Marturano (Ita) UAE Team ADQ	00:06:20
41	Sofia Bertizzolo (Ita) FDJ United-SUEZ	00:06:22
42	Elena Cecchini (Ita) SD Worx-Protime	00:06:22
43	Carlotta Borello (Ita)	00:06:22
44	Erja Giulia Bianchi (Ita) Canyon//Sram Generation	00:07:03
45	Valentina Basilico (Ita)	00:07:03
46	Katia Ragusa (Ita) Human Powered Health	00:07:03
47	Michela de Grandis (Ita)	00:07:03
48	Martina Alzini (Ita) Cofidis Women Team	00:07:03
49	Martina Fidanza (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:07:03
50	Sonia Rossetti (Ita) Vini Fantini - Bepink	00:07:03
51	Giulia Bisso (Ita) Isolmant - Premac - Vittoria	00:07:03
52	Marta Pavesi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	00:07:03
53	Giulia Zambelli (Ita)	00:07:03
54	Emma Gottoli (Ita)	00:07:03
55	Valeria Curnis (Ita) Isolmant - Premac - Vittoria	00:07:03
56	Laura Tomasi (Ita) Uno-X Mobility	00:07:03
57	Giorgia Vettorello (Ita)	00:07:03
58	Francesca Pellegrini (Ita) Uno-X Mobility	00:07:03
59	Giulia Luciani (Ita)	00:07:03
DNF	Beatrice Cesca (Ita)
DNF	Angelica Coluccini (Ita)
DNF	Elisa Lugli (Ita)
DNF	Lucia Brillante Romeo (Ita) Aromitalia Vaiano
DNF	Romina Costantini (Ita) Aromitalia Vaiano
DNF	Silvia Bordignon (Ita)
DNF	Giorgia Giangrande (Ita)
DNF	Giorgia Manzini (Ita)
DNF	Marta Zanga (Ita)
DNF	Tanya Donati (Ita)
DNF	Noemi Lucrezia Eremita (Ita)
DNF	Asia Rabbia (Ita)
DNF	Elisa Ferri (Ita)
DNF	Beatrice Rossi (Ita)
DNF	Ginevra Tinchella (Ita)
DNF	Aurora Casadei (Ita)
DNF	Anita Baima (Ita) Isolmant - Premac - Vittoria
DNF	Chantal Pegolo (Ita) Isolmant - Premac - Vittoria
DNF	Linda Sanarini (Ita) Tirol Women Cycling
DNF	Elena Pirrone (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work
DNF	Piera Barattin (Ita)
DNF	Livielle Ongarato (Ita)
DNF	Gaia Santin (Ita)
DNF	Giulia Vallotto (Ita)
DNF	Claudia Comacchio (Ita) Isolmant - Premac - Vittoria
DNF	Lara Crestanello (Ita) Isolmant - Premac - Vittoria
DNF	Elvira Radaelli (Ita)
DNF	Emanuela Zanetti (Ita) Isolmant - Premac - Vittoria
DNF	Valentina Zanzi (Ita) Isolmant - Premac - Vittoria
DNF	Sara Fiorin (Ita) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi
DNF	Vittoria Ruffilli (Ita) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi
DNF	Anna Amistadi (Ita)
DNF	Desiree Bani (Ita)
DNF	Camilla Bezzone (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work
DNF	Eleonora Deotto (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work
DNF	Ilaria Marinetto (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work
DNF	Sara Segala (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work
DNF	Giorgia Serena (Ita) Team Mendelspeck E-Work
DNF	Sara Luccon (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
DNF	Irma Siri (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
DNF	Vittoria Grassi (Ita) Vini Fantini - Bepink
DNF	Isotta Barbieri (Ita)
DNF	Maria Pia Chiatto (Ita)
DNF	Anna Colombo (Ita)
DNF	Sofia Farina (Ita)
DNF	Monia Garavaglia (Ita)
DNF	Ilaria Tambosco (Ita)
DNF	Sara Tola (Ita)
DNF	Isabella Vianello (Ita)

Belgian National Championships: Shari Bossuyt outpowers Lotte Kopecky for emotional bunch sprint victory

Alasdair Fotheringham — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 13:56:09 +0000

Shari Bossuyt (AG Insurance-Soudal) took a hardfought but clear triumph in the Belgian Nationals Road Race on Sunday, outpowering leading favourite Lotte Kopecky (SDWorx-Protime) in a small group sprint for her first ever senior title.

The recent winner of a stage of the Vuelta a España, and the GP de Wallonie back in 2025, Bossuyt's victory is the latest chapter of a dream comeback following a two-year suspension for banned substance Letrozole.

The 137-kilometre course starting in Antwerp and finishing in Brasschaat saw multiple options go clear, and it was only in the closing part of the course that it became certain a bunch sprint, of some 30-35 riders, would definitively materialise.

Given the rollercoaster recent past, Bossuyt's win ahead of Kopecky and Lotto-Intermarché's Sandrine Tas carried huge importance for the 25-year-old, who was in tears after the finish.

“There are so many emotions… that I am crying here,” she said, according to Nieuwsblad..

“This surpasses everything. I hope this is the start of something very beautiful. I was already super happy with that stage in the Vuelta and that this… I have no words for it.”

"I had actually already put that difficult period behind me, but on a day like today, it all comes back to the surface. I shouldn't cry… but still. Getting to wear that jersey in the Tour de France is going to be very beautiful."

2026 Belgian National Championships WE race: a split begins to form (Image credit: Getty Images)

How it unfolded

Early attacks allowed first Jan Dobbelaere and the veteran Loes Sels (Belco-Van Eyck) to get away, but only with a minimal advantage and they were caught three laps out. The first of the late attacks, made by Bossuyt's teammate Julie Van de Velde (AG Insurance - Soudal) also failed to work out.

However, Van de Velde's move sparked a much more dangerous mass move, containing defending champion Justine Ghekiere (AG Insurance-Soudal) and no less than three Fenix-Premier Tech racers: Lotte Claes, Julie De Wilder and Xaydee Van Sinaey in a group of nine. This break was powerful enough to stay away for nearly 20 kilometres, and even when it was, Ghekiere took advantage of a cobbled sector to try and stay away.

Ghekiere's move was then backed by Tas - later third - and young Belgian sprinter Fleur Moors (Lidl-Trek), and Moors went for it again in the final kilometres. AG Insurance-Soudal were working hard for a sprint by that stage, though, and a few minutes later, Bossuyt paid off all their hard work.

“When Justine Ghekiere was away with Tas and Moors, I told her not to ride along, because that was a dangerous situation," Bossuyt later told Nieuwsblad.

"When everything came back together, it worked out well for me. Moors had already done quite a bit of work at the front, so I just kept an eye on Lotte. With 250 meters to go, I launched my sprint. I felt I was in control.”

2026 Belgian National Championships: the final podium for the elite women's road race (Image credit: Getty Images)

Results

Pos	Rider	Time
1	Shari Bossuyt (Bel) AG Insurance-Soudal	03:22:10
2	Lotte Kopecky (Bel) SD Worx-Protime	00:00:00
3	Sandrine Tas (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:00:00
4	Anna Vanderaerden (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech Development Team	00:00:00
5	Kelly Druyts (Bel)	00:00:00
6	Olivia Vercruysse (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech Development Team	00:00:00
7	Femke van Goethem (Bel) Citymesh - Customm Pro Cycling Team	00:00:00
8	Margot Vanpachtenbeke (Bel) Lidl-Trek	00:00:00
9	Audrey de Keersmaeker (Bel) Picnic PostNL	00:00:00
10	Emma Siegers (Bel) Ag Insurance Soudal Devo Team	00:00:00
11	Febe Poppe (Bel)	00:00:00
12	Marith Vanhove (Bel) Ag Insurance Soudal Devo Team	00:00:00
13	Billy Goossens (Bel) Ag Insurance Soudal Devo Team	00:00:00
14	Jinse Peeters (Bel)	00:00:00
15	Lani Wittevrongel (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:00:00
16	Mieke Docx (Bel) Das-Hutchinson	00:00:00
17	Britt Huybrechts (Bel)	00:00:00
18	Febe Jooris (Bel) UAE Team ADQ	00:00:00
19	Justine Ghekiere (Bel) AG Insurance-Soudal	00:00:00
20	Cleo Kiekens (Bel) Citymesh - Customm Pro Cycling Team	00:00:00
21	Lotte Claes (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech	00:00:00
22	Emeline Detilleux (Bel)	00:00:00
23	Loes Sels (Bel)	00:00:00
24	Emma Duchateau (Bel)	00:00:00
25	Auke de Buysser (Bel) EF Education-Oatly	00:00:00
26	Britt Kooremans (Bel)	00:00:00
27	Sterre Vervloet (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:00:00
28	Anna Bruneel (Bel) Ag Insurance Soudal Devo Team	00:00:00
29	Julie de Wilde (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech	00:00:00
30	Fleur Moors (Bel) Lidl-Trek	00:00:00
31	Katrijn de Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:00:00
32	Annelies Frieda Bart Nijssen (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:00:00
33	Fauve Bastiaenssen (Bel) AG Insurance-Soudal	00:00:08
34	Hélène Hesters (Bel) Liv AlUla Jayco	00:00:10
35	Xenna de Bruyckere (Bel)	00:00:10
36	Hanne Polus (Bel)	00:00:10
37	Marthe Verhaeghe (Bel)	00:00:10
38	Eleanor Wiseman (Bel) Minimax Cycling Team	00:00:10
39	Ella Heremans (Bel) Picnic PostNL	00:00:10
40	Tess Moerman (Bel) AG Insurance-Soudal	00:00:10
41	Lotte Baele (Bel)	00:00:12
42	Emma Theys (Bel)	00:00:12
43	Julie Brouwers (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:00:12
44	Luca Vierstraete (Bel) Ag Insurance Soudal Devo Team	00:00:12
45	Antje Valkeneers (Bel)	00:00:12
46	Hanna Theys (Bel)	00:00:12
47	Marieke Meert (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:00:12
48	Marthe Truyen (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech	00:00:16
49	Nette Coppens (Bel)	00:00:16
50	Anaelle Ströker (Bel)	00:00:17
51	Julie Hendrickx (Bel)	00:00:17
52	Jade Linthoudt (Bel) Minimax Cycling Team	00:00:22
53	Julie Stockman (Bel) Citymesh - Customm Pro Cycling Team	00:00:22
54	Frauke Bruylandts (Bel)	00:00:22
55	Junne Vermeeren (Bel) Minimax Cycling Team	00:00:22
56	Sanne Laurijssen (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech Development Team	00:00:22
57	Dina Scavone (Bel)	00:00:22
58	Ilken Seynave (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:00:27
59	Joyca Geerts (Bel)	00:00:33
60	Lone Meertens (Bel)	00:00:33
61	Falke Kerkhof (Bel)	00:00:33
62	Marion Norbert Riberolle (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech Development Team	00:00:39
63	Julie van de Velde (Bel) AG Insurance-Soudal	00:00:56
64	Hanne de Zutter (Bel)	00:01:31
65	Xaydee van Sinaey (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech	00:01:31
66	Fien van Eynde (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech	00:01:31
67	Dina Boels (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:01:31
68	Jana Dobbelaere (Bel)	00:01:40
69	Britt Knaven (Bel) Citymesh - Customm Pro Cycling Team	00:02:06
70	Eefje Brandt (Bel)	00:02:37
71	Chloë van den Eede (Bel)	00:02:37
72	Shana van Glabeke (Bel)	00:03:55
73	Amber Lacompte (Bel)	00:03:55
74	Rosanne Breugelmans (Bel)	00:04:48
75	Nell Bogaert (Bel)	00:06:27
76	Esmée Gielkens (Bel)	00:06:27
77	Marie Vandecasteele (Bel)	00:06:27
78	Maaike de Mits (Bel)	00:06:27
79	Cato Speleers (Bel)	00:06:27
80	Malou van Hooste (Bel)	00:06:27
81	Josse Nonneman (Bel)	00:06:27
82	Fiona Mertens (Bel)	00:06:27
83	Evelien Debboudt (Bel)	00:09:17
84	Estée Goossens (Bel)	00:11:51
85	Shanaya Esther Schollaert (Bel)	00:11:51
DNF	Lotte Olbrechts (Bel)
DNF	Jeanne Dupont (Bel)
DNF	Carolien Haers (Bel)
DNF	Britt Vanhenden (Bel)
DNF	Ditte Lenseclaes (Bel)
DNF	Katrijn de Ceulaer (Bel)
DNF	Eléonore Hiller (Bel)
DNF	Shania de Prijck (Bel)
DNF	Amber Coninckx (Bel)
DNF	Hayley van Raemdonck (Bel)
DNF	Lisa van Oost (Bel)
DNF	Jana van der Veken (Bel)
DNF	Kim van den Steen (Bel)
DNF	Lien Schampaert (Bel)
DNF	Stephanie Kemps (Bel)
DNF	Leontine Farazijn (Bel)
DNF	Dorien Rietjens (Bel)
DNF	Naomi de Roeck (Bel)
DNF	Yolien van den Hende (Bel)
DNF	Yenthe van Lommel (Bel)
DNF	Fleur Vandecaveye (Bel)
DNF	Hannah Mahieu (Bel)
DNF	Sterre Hendrickx (Bel)
DNF	Julie Vlyminck (Bel)
DNF	Lisa de Blauwe (Bel)
DNF	Nore Pauwels (Bel)
DNF	Nele van Assche (Bel)
DNF	Jasmine de Schepper (Bel)
DNF	Axelle Feyen (Bel)
DNF	Kato van Hoecke (Bel) Citymesh - Customm Pro Cycling Team
DNF	Lotte van Ombergen (Bel) Citymesh - Customm Pro Cycling Team
DNF	Paquita Derie (Bel) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team
DNF	Renee Aelvoet (Bel)
DNF	Auke Anne (Bel)
DNF	Ilke Beddeleem (Bel)
DNF	Aurelie Decock (Bel)
DNF	Morgane de Halleux (Bel)
DNF	Joyce de Loof (Bel)
DNF	Roxanne Bailliu (Bel)
DNF	Lotte de Roover (Bel)
DNF	Carmen Bosmans (Bel)
DNF	Julie Inghelbrecht (Bel)
DNF	Yade Mestdagh (Bel)
DNF	Hanne Michiels (Bel)
DNF	Chelsey Saintobyn (Bel)
DNF	Hanne Segers (Bel)
DNF	Liesa Segers (Bel)
DNF	Aiko Uyttenhove (Bel)
DNF	Jana van Compernolle (Bel)
DNF	Lucca van Haesebroucke (Bel)
DNF	Lensy Debboudt (Bel)
DNF	Fleur Deprince (Bel)
DNF	Laure Huybrechts (Bel)
DNF	Emily de Cuyper (Bel)
DNF	Tatiana Triest (Bel)
DNF	Luana Zago (Bel)
DNF	Kato Aerts (Bel)
DNF	Gemke de Rocker (Bel)
DNF	Tessa Zwaenepoel (Bel)
DNF	Vicky Galle (Bel)
DNF	Jill Ramaekers (Bel)
DNF	Kiona Crabbé (Bel)
DNF	An-Sofie Marien (Bel)
DNF	Lova Dierick (Bel) Citymesh - Customm Pro Cycling Team
DNF	Marieke Goossenaerts (Bel)
DNF	Reine Slegers (Bel)
DNF	Tine Rombouts (Bel)
DNF	Shanyl de Schoesitter (Bel)
DNF	Nele de Vos (Bel)
DNF	Julie Ingels (Bel)
DNF	Goele Despiegelaere (Bel)
DNF	Marie Huvenne (Bel)
DNF	Julie van Volsem (Bel)
DNF	Heleen Vermeulen (Bel)
DNF	Fien de Wispelaere (Bel)
DNF	Meg de Bruyne (Bel)
DNF	Demmy Druyts (Bel)

Spanish National Championships: Marcel Camprubí seals stunning victory in elite men's road race

Katy Madgwick — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 13:21:06 +0000

Marcel Camprubí (Pinarello-Q36.5) upset the odds to take a stunning victory in the elite men's road race at the Spanish national championships on Sunday. After a gruelling day in the Huesca Valley, the 24-year-old was able to get the better of the small leading group - the survivors of the day's early break - to take his first pro victory, following an impressive showing at the Tour de Suisse last week.

The podium lacked any representation from the WorldTour teams, with Joel Nicolau (Caja Rural) finishing in second place and Urko Berrade (Equipo Kern Pharma) in third.

Taking place in the region of Aragón, the savage 211km course featured some difficult climbing in its early stages, and concluded with a repeated 26.5km circuit around Sabiñánigo with multiple punchy climbs. What resulted was a highly attritional race with multiple attacks, which saw the bunch average around 46km/h over the first three-quarters of the race's distance.

Despite Movistar controlling the bunch in the early stages, a lead group composed of 15 riders broke away from the main peloton after around 35 kilometres. It featured two riders from UAE Team Emirates-XRG among others, with Movistar noticeable by their absence.

With 47 kilometres to go, the lead group split on one of the circuit's numerous climbs, with the trio from Caja Rural spearheading the move that went clear, and the only WorldTour rider among the group UAE's Igor Arrieta.

A chasing group of riders following on behind couldn't make an impression, despite bringing the leaders to within 20 seconds at one point, but with teammates from the lead group among the number, the group struggled with cohesion, and the gap ballooned out to way beyond a minute.

Urko Berrade (Equipo Kern Pharma) launched from the front of the lead group with 26 kilometres remaining, but he couldn't make his attack stick, and with the race heading into the final 20 kilometres, six riders were left in contention - Berrade, Arrieta, Héctor Álvarez (Lidl-Trek Future Racing), Nicolau, Joan Bou (Caja Rural) and Camprubí.

Just before the 20km to go mark, Berrade attacked again, and only Nicolau and Camprubí could stay with his pace. The three riders were caught again a few kilometres later, however, as Arrieta was able to drag himself back, with Bou serving as an anchor on behalf of his teammate Nicolau, also being brought back into the mix.

With 10km to go, tempers flared in the group of five as they sped towards the finish, guaranteed that if they stayed upright, one of them would take an unprecedented first victory at their national road race. Surprisingly, the first to lose touch was the only WorldTour rider in the group, Arrieta, dropping after suffering a bout of cramp.

It all kicked off with five kilometres to go with Bou sacrificing himself for his teammate, and the trio of Berrade, Nicolau and Camprubí forged clear. The instigator of many of the attacks throughout the day, Berrade was irrepressible as they headed towards the finish, attacking 3 kilometres from the line, and again at 1.5 kilometres, but he was unable to drop either of his companions, as the race headed for a three-up sprint.

The three riders played cat and mouse as they headed into the punchy climb up to the finish line. Berrade launched first but he paid for his repeated aggression throughout the race, lacking the power to follow through on his effort. Camprubí and Nicolau fought head-to-head to the line, with Camprubí the eventual winner.

Results

(Image credit: Future)

Dutch National Championships: Wilco Kelderman ends eleven-year victory drought with solo road race triumph

Alasdair Fotheringham — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 12:22:50 +0000

Wilco Kelderman has ended an 11-year victory drought with a stunning solo triumph in the Dutch National Championships road race, going clear 25 kilometres from home for a long-overdue win.

The Visma-Lease a Bike veteran was a podium finisher in the Giro d'Italia 2020 and has amassed runner-up spots in Grand Tour stages over the years, but his previous win dated from the 2015 National Championships, when he won the elite men's time trial event.

11 years on, Kelderman triumphed once again in the Nationals, starting to forge his long-sought win when he attacked with Tim Marsman (Alpecin-Premier Tech) and Darren van Bekkum (XDS-Astana with six laps of 15 left to go on the hilly 160km course centred on the town of Nijmegen.

He then shed both his rivals in rapid succession for an impressive solo run to the finish, finally ending his record-breaking run of top ten placings without a victory with a full-scale triumph on home soil.

Second, a considerable 1:17 adrift was veteran Bauke Mollema (Lidl-Trek) in his last ever Nationals, whilst Jochem Kerckhaert of the small-scale Continental squad Beat CC p/b Saxo scored a notable success against the WorldTour sides by soloing home for the bronze.

Whilst adamant that he will not be taking part in the Tour de France - "The first time you'll see the national jersey will be in the Tour de Pologne" - Kelderman admitted that he was having trouble realising he'd finally got the win.

“This is a wonderful feeling. It has been a long time since I last won a road stage, I think since my U23 days," he told state broadcaster NOS.

"I have won a time trial before, but never in a way like this. It had to happen eventually. You know, of course, it doesn't always come this easily. This was the day.”

How it unfolded

No sooner had the 160km race got underway than a group of 14 riders including Kelderman, up-and-coming racer Tibor del Grosso (Alpecin-Premier Tech), Frank van den Broek (Picnic Post NL) and Mollema took to the fore.

With two tough climbs in quick succession mid-way through the circuit, the Van Van Randwijckweg (1.2 km at 6.5%) and the Oude Holleweg (1 km at 7%), each tackled a mere 15 times, the typical Nationals race of attrition evolved. But with 12 teams represented up front, six of them WorldTour, it was always going to be hard for the peloton to get back on terms.

Just as a few riders got across to the front group then with six laps of the 15 to go, rather than risk having too many rivals to control, Kelderman opted for an attack, taking Tim Marsman (Alpecin-Premier Tech) and Darren van Bekkum (XDS-Astana) with him. The presence of Visma teammate Huising behind, controlling his rivals, gave Kelderman an extra advantage, and the trio quickly opened a gap of 40 seconds. Van Bekkum, though, was reportedly struggling on the climbs.

Into the final 40 kilometres and Kelderman and Marsman managed to shed Van Bekkum on the umpteenth ascent of the Van Randwijckweg, with the chase group gradually swelling as well. With 25 kilometres left, as hard work by riders like former National RR Champ and Soudal teammates Dylan van Baarle and Pascal Eenkhoorn brought the breakaway to within 30 seconds, Kelderman realised it was a now-or-never opted to go clear.

Now enjoying an advantage of nearly a minute on Marsman, in turn caught by veteran Mike Teunissen (XDS-Astana) and then Mollema, Kelderman was clearly on a roll. His advantage swelled steadily all the way to the finish line, and the series of near-missses finally morphed into a hugely significant victory.

“It wasn’t necessarily my intention to go so early," Kelderman told NOS. "I noticed very quickly that the race was difficult to control and that it was better to sit at the front."

"So I decided to sneak into the attack right away. However, the cooperation wasn’t great, and so another group managed to catch up. I decided to attack again. Of course, you need to have the legs for that, but I had them today.”

Results

Pos	Rider	Time
1	Wilco Kelderman (Ned)	4:05:42
2	Bauke Mollema (Ned)	00:01:18
3	Jochem Kerckhaert (Ned)	00:01:18
4	Rick Pluimers (Ned)	00:01:44
5	Tibor Del Grosso (Ned)	00:01:44
6	Dylan van Baarle (Ned)	00:01:48
7	Jelle Johannink (Ned)	00:02:54
8	Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned)	00:02:54
9	Axel van der Tuuk (Ned)	00:02:54
10	Cees Bol (Ned)	00:02:54
11	Menno Huising (Ned)	00:02:56
12	Tim van Dijke (Ned)	00:03:01
13	Mike Teunissen (Ned)	00:07:02
14	Frank van den Broek (Ned)	00:07:02
15	Tim Marsman (Ned)	00:07:02
16	Darren van Bekkum (Ned)	00:07:02
17	Rick Ottema (Ned)	00:07:03
18	Nils Sinschek (Ned)	00:07:03
19	Sjoerd Bax (Ned)	00:07:06
20	Marijn van den Berg (Ned)	00:07:34
21	Daan Hoole (Ned)	00:10:00
22	Tijmen Graat (Ned)	00:10:00
23	Guus van den Eijnden (Ned)	00:10:00
24	Daan Dijkman (Ned)	00:10:00
25	Otto van Zanden (Ned)	00:10:00
26	Floris Haverdings (Ned)	00:10:00
27	Wouter Poels (Ned)	00:10:00
28	Owen Geleijn (Ned)	00:10:00
29	Danny van Poppel (Ned)	00:10:00
30	Niek Voogt (Ned)	00:10:00
31	Huub Artz (Ned)	00:10:00
DNF	David Haverdings (Ned)
DNF	Senna Remijn (Ned)
DNF	Oscar Riesebeek (Ned)
DNF	Jardi Christiaan van der Lee (Ned)
DNF	Wouter Toussaint (Ned)
DNF	Taco van der Hoorn (Ned)
DNF	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk (Ned)
DNF	Michiel Mouris (Ned)
DNF	Gijs Schoonvelde (Ned)
DNF	Mick van Dijke (Ned)
DNF	Joeri Schaper (Ned)
DNF	Timo de Jong (Ned)
DNF	Fabio Jakobsen (Ned)
DNF	Gijs Leemreize (Ned)
DNF	Ko Molenaar (Ned)
DNF	Nils Eekhoff (Ned)
DNF	Timo Roosen (Ned)
DNF	Christiaan van Rees (Ned)
DNF	Rick Versloot (Ned)
DNF	Mees Vlot (Ned)
DNF	Loe van Belle (Ned)
DNF	Milan Vader (Ned)
DNF	Maikel Zijlaard (Ned)
DNF	Joren Bloem (Ned)
DNF	Hartthijs de Vries (Ned)
DNF	Wessel Mouris (Ned)
DNF	Martijn Rasenberg (Ned)
DNF	Enzo Leijnse (Ned)
DNF	Elmer Brommersma (Ned)
DNF	Bram Danklof (Ned)
DNF	Nino de Jong (Ned)
DNF	Yanne Dorenbos (Ned)
DNF	Maxime Duba (Ned)
DNF	Philip Heijnen (Ned)
DNF	Vincent Hoppezak (Ned)
DNF	Stef Koning (Ned)
DNF	Steijn Oosterveld (Ned)
DNF	Tristan Tijsen (Ned)
DNF	Dean Tol (Ned)
DNF	Jan Willem van Schip (Ned)
DNF	Teun Veelers (Ned)
DNF	Luke Verburg (Ned)
DNF	Lukas Vries (Ned)
DNF	Meindert Weulink (Ned)
DNF	Stijn Appel (Ned)
DNF	David Dekker (Ned)
DNF	Bram Dissel (Ned)
DNF	Tijmen Eising (Ned)
DNF	Max Kroonen (Ned)
DNF	Marijn Maas (Ned)
DNF	Daan van Sintmaartensdijk (Ned)
DNF	Thijs Wemmers (Ned)
DNF	Anco Ballif (Ned)
DNF	Jelle Bouma (Ned)
DNF	Stef de Jong (Ned)
DNF	Yoeri Havik (Ned)
DNF	Mees Hendrikx (Ned)
DNF	Jasper Huitema (Ned)
DNF	Ryan Kamp (Ned)
DNF	Thomas Monkelbaan (Ned)
DNF	Hugo Paats (Ned)
DNF	Marvin Peters (Ned)
DNF	Lars Rouffaer (Ned)
DNF	Chiel Schulten (Ned)
DNF	Ed Uptegrove (Ned)
DNF	Pepijn Veenings (Ned)
DNF	Danijel Agricola (Ned)
DNF	Johan Dorussen (Ned)
DNF	Ryan Gal (Ned)
DNF	Samuel Gunnink (Ned)
DNF	Karst Hayma (Ned)
DNF	Roy Hoogendoorn (Ned)
DNF	Roan Konings (Ned)
DNF	Bart Kortleve (Ned)
DNF	Toinne Vriezen (Ned)
DNF	Ruud Junior Nagengast (Ned)
DNF	Jarne van de Ven (Ned)
DNF	Steyn van der Veen (Ned)
DNF	Julian Vergouw (Ned)
DNF	Collin Westbroek (Ned)
DNF	Alexander Konijn (Ned)
DNF	Wessel Lange (Ned)
DNF	Lars Quaedvlieg (Ned)
DNF	Jarri Stravers (Ned)
DNF	Niels van Beurden (Ned)
DNF	Jannes van Weele (Ned)
DNF	Stefan Verhoeff (Ned)
DNF	Mees Willemsen (Ned)
DNF	Jeroen Meijers (Ned)
DNF	Elmar Abma (Ned)
DNF	Joost Brinkman (Ned)
DNF	Sam Gademan (Ned)
DNF	Delano Swenne (Ned)
DNF	Bas van Heeswijk (Ned)
DNF	Thom van Herwaarden (Ned)
DNF	Jelle Weierink (Ned)
DNF	Mattanja Woets (Ned)
DNF	Tim Angenent (Ned)
DNF	Tim V.D. Poel (Ned)
DNF	Rens Grömmel (Ned)
DNF	Renzo Moretti (Ned)
DNF	Thomas Baart (Ned)
DNF	Sven van der Werf (Ned)
DNF	Emanuel Santi (Ned)
DNF	Jelle Schieven (Ned)
DNF	Luka Wissink (Ned)
DNF	Mika Vijfvinkel (Ned)
DNF	Thomas Huitema (Ned)
DNF	Ole Stoffels (Ned)
DNF	Vigo Veenis (Ned)
DNF	Jilles Romers (Ned)
DNF	Jip Schouren (Ned)
DNF	Viego Tijssen (Ned)
DNF	Thijs Vrij (Ned)
DNF	Sjoerd Bijlsma (Ned)
DNF	Martijn Braspenning (Ned)
DNF	Casper Noorloos (Ned)
DNF	Jorn van der Made (Ned)
DNF	Rowan van Oord (Ned)
DNF	Miguel van Tintelen (Ned)
DNF	Pim Fransen (Ned)
DNS	Arvid de Kleijn (Ned)
DNS	Mike Bronswijk (Ned)

British National Championships: Zoe Bäckstedt doubles up with elite women's road race win

Katy Madgwick — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 11:44:47 +0000

Zoe Bäckstedt (Canyon//SRAM) completed a stunning double in the elite women's road race at the British Road Championships in Aberystwyth on Sunday. After successfully defending her individual time trial title on Thursday, Bäckstedt added the road race to her palmares, her first elite title on the road won on home soil in Wales.

DAS-Hutchinson's Josie Knight finished second, a fantastic reward following a brave solo ride in the breakaway for the track specialist, and last year's champion Millie Couzens (Fenix-Premier Tech) won the sprint from a reduced bunch to round out the podium.

Knight attacked early in the race, ahead of the finishing circuit in Aberystwyth, and led the race alone for over 90 kilometres, enjoying a gap of around 8 minutes at one point.

A chase group of three riders - Bäckstedt, Matilda McKibben (O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes) and Jo Tindley (Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team) - attempted to make an impact on Knight's advantage and cut it down to four minutes with three laps of the local circuit remaining, when Bäckstedt launched an attack to leave the trio and set off in pursuit of Knight.

It was a breathtaking chase, with Bäckstedt taking off half of the deficit in the first lap of her solo pursuit. She continued to chip away steadily at the gap and with Knight visibly tiring, Bäckstedt's power and time trialling acumen saw her make the catch with 14km to go.

Behind the leaders, Picnic-PostNL spearheaded an attack from the peloton to try and split the bunch, and defending champion Couzens was among the group to make the split.

The chase group put pressure on the leaders, closing to within two minutes of Bäckstedt as she took the lead. However, they were no match for the endurance of the Welsh rider, and were unable to make any further impression on Bäckstedt's lead over the remainder of the race.

The 21-year-old proved her mettle, holding on to become the first British woman to complete the time-trial-road race double since Alice Wood in 2019. Speaking after the race, Backstedt said: “It was a really interesting race with the break getting almost seven minutes, I think. I didn't have the best feeling in my legs at the beginning of the day, and then going over the long climb, I felt okay, so I decided to try and follow some stuff, and yeah, 50k-55k solo, then to the finish, so was a really hard day."

On whether or not she enjoyed the race, Bäckstedt had this to say. “Enjoyed is an interesting word. I pushed myself to the limit. I just wanted to control a little bit of my power, so I knew what I could do for such a long period of time, and just needed to keep eating, keep drinking, and stay focused until the end, and keep pushing to try and catch back Josie. That happened, and then still had a lot to go, so one of the hardest laps was that last one. Just also mentally knowing that I was so close to the finish.

"It means a lot, really. I had a good week on the bike last week in Tour de Suisse, and I knew coming into this week that it was going to be a good course for me, and the climbs were super good for me as well. So yeah, I was really hoping for that."

Elite women's podium at 2026 British Road Championships (l-r): second place Josie Knight (DAS-Hutchinson), winner Zoe Bäckstedt (Canyon//SRAM) and third place Millie Couzens (Fenix-Premier Tech) (Image credit: SWpix.com)

Results

Pos	Rider	Time
1	Zoe Backstedt (GBr) Canyon//Sram	3:30:44
2	Josie Knight (GBr) Das-Hutchinson	00:01:42
3	Millie Couzens (GBr) Fenix-Premier Tech	00:02:02
4	Pfeiffer Zara Georgi (GBr) Picnic PostNL	00:02:02
5	Anna Morris (GBr)	00:02:02
6	Imogen Wolff (GBr) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:02:02
7	Erin Boothman (GBr) Liv AlUla Jayco	00:02:02
8	Josie Nelson (GBr) Picnic PostNL	00:02:03
9	Anna Henderson (GBr) Lidl-Trek	00:02:03
10	Noemie Thomson (GBr) Das-Hutchinson	00:02:03
11	Flora Perkins (GBr) Fenix-Premier Tech	00:02:07
12	Alice Towers (GBr) EF Education-Oatly	00:02:29
13	Abigail Miller (GBr) Uae Development Team	00:04:40
14	Robyn Clay (GBr) Picnic PostNL	00:04:40
15	Morven Yeoman (GBr) Das-Hutchinson	00:04:40
16	Claire Steels (GBr) Movistar Team	00:04:40
17	Becky Storrie (GBr) Picnic PostNL	00:04:40
18	Lucy Lee (GBr) Das-Hutchinson	00:05:01
19	Awen Roberts (GBr) Canyon//Sram Generation	00:06:20
20	Grace Ward (GBr) O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes	00:06:20
21	Ellie Parry (GBr) Das-Hutchinson	00:07:50
22	Mari Porton (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team	00:08:06
23	Jo Tindley (GBr) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team	00:08:07
24	Matilda Mckibben (GBr) O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes	00:08:07
25	Amalie Cooper (GBr) Tirol Women Cycling	00:08:07
26	Katie Scott (GBr) Das-Hutchinson	00:08:07
DNF	April Tacey (GBr) Hitec Products-Fluid Control
DNF	Isabel Sharp (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team
DNF	Millie Thomson (GBr)
DNF	Amy Henchoz (GBr)
DNF	Jennifer Powell (GBr)
DNF	Ruby Oakes (GBr)
DNF	Daisy Taylor (GBr)
DNF	Anna Flynn (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team
DNF	Madeline Cooper (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team
DNF	Beth Morrow (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team
DNF	Becky Gardiner (GBr)
DNF	Arabella Blackburn (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team
DNF	Georgia Huddleston (GBr)
DNF	Xan Crees (GBr)
DNF	Kim Baptista (GBr)
DNF	Phoebe Roche (GBr)
DNF	Niamh Murphy (GBr)
DNF	Amelia Cebak (GBr) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team
DNF	Jenny Holl (GBr)
DNF	Arianne Holland (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team
DNF	Eilidh Shaw (GBr) Uae Development Team
DNF	Ruby Blanc (GBr)
DNF	Nicola Quaye (GBr)
DNF	Jessica Roberts (GBr)
DNF	Carys Lloyd (GBr) Movistar Team
DNF	Isabel Mayes (GBr) O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes
DNF	Madelaine Leech (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team
DNF	Annabel Ramsay (GBr) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team
DNF	Lydia Louw (GBr)
DNF	Jihanna Bonilla-Allard (GBr)
DNF	Kirstie Drakeford (GBr)
DNF	Sian Botteley (GBr)
DNF	Francesca Ryde (GBr)
DNF	Lowri Richards (GBr)
DNF	Holly Ramsey (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team
DNF	Libby Bell (GBr)
DNF	Jessica Morrish (GBr)
DNF	Erin Avill (GBr)
DNF	Ailsa Mclagan (GBr)
DNF	Kayla Dinnin (GBr)
DNF	Georgia Lancaster (GBr)
DNF	Alice Colling (GBr) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team
DNF	Kate Richardson (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team
DNF	Lily Martin (GBr)
DNF	Dannielle Watkinson (GBr)
DNF	Sophie Holmes (GBr)
DNF	Lucy Neatham (GBr)
DNF	Sophie Lewis (GBr) Das-Hutchinson
DNF	Maddie Heywood (GBr)
DNF	Hannah Bayes (GBr)
DNF	Lucy Bulkeley (GBr)
DNF	Carys Blowers (GBr)
DNF	Grace Lister (GBr) Handsling Alba Development Road Team
DNF	Rebecca Woodvine (GBr)
DNF	Megan Lloyd (GBr)
DNF	Lucy Glover (GBr) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team
DNF	Amy Scott (GBr)
DNS	Lauren Dickson (GBr) FDJ United-SUEZ
DNS	Anna Boniface (GBr)
DNS	Rachel Galler (GBr)
DNS	Miriam Jessett (GBr)
DNS	Connie Hayes (GBr) O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes
DNS	Lili-Keau Juntakereket (GBr)
DNS	Megan Barker (GBr)
DNS	Abi Smith (GBr)
DNS	Sophie Wright (GBr)
DNS	Elynor Backstedt (GBr) UAE Team ADQ
DNS	Ella Maclean-Howell (GBr)
DNS	Catrin Ferguson (GBr) Movistar Team
DNS	Elena Day (GBr) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team

Canadian National Championships: Maggie Coles-Lyster wins elite women's road race

Katy Madgwick — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 09:11:20 +0000

Maggie Coles-Lyster won from a bunch sprint in Saint Georges, Quebec, to score her second national title on Saturday, and seal a special victory for Human Powered Health.

Coles-Lyster's fast finish saw her storm to her first road race win in four years ahead of EF Education-Oatly's Alexandra Volstad and Movistar's Olivia Baril, who rounded out the podium. Volstad took the U23 title in the process.

The victory follows Coles-Lyster's first pro win at the Tour Down Under one-day race at the end of January, in what has been a stand-out season for the 27-year old from Maple Ridge in British Columbia following a comeback from iliac artery surgery.

Defending champion Alison Jackson (St Michel - Preference Home - Auber93) just missed out on a podium spot, finishing in fourth.

Speaking after the race to Cycling Canada, Coles-Lyster said: “It’s amazing. It’s been four years since I last won this. After the last year, with my iliac artery surgery, it’s been a really fun comeback. I’m really happy with where I am and to be able to wear the maple leaf this year.”

Results

Pos	Rider	Time
1	Maggie Coles-Lyster (Can) Human Powered Health	02:59:57
2	Alexandra Volstad (Can) EF Education-Oatly	00:00:00
3	Olivia Baril (Can) Movistar Team	00:00:00
4	Alison Jackson (Can) St Michel - Preference Home - Auber93	00:00:00
5	Laury Milette (Can) Team Abadie Magnan	00:00:00
6	Clemence Cousineau (Can)	00:00:00
7	Dylan Baker (Can)	00:00:00
8	Katja Verkerk (Can) Minimax Cycling Team	00:00:00
9	Kelsey Duffield (Can)	00:00:00
10	Nadia Gontova (Can) Liv AlUla Jayco	00:00:00
11	Jazmine Lavergne (Can) Team Abadie Magnan	00:00:00
12	Claire Abrey (Can)	00:00:00
13	Cynthia Pham (Can)	00:00:00
14	Emilie Fortin (Can) Minimax Cycling Team	00:00:00
15	Mathilde Huot (Can) Team Abadie Magnan	00:00:00
16	Elisa Luo (Can)	00:00:00
17	Julie Lacourciere (Can)	00:00:00
18	Eloise Camire (Can) Minimax Cycling Team	00:01:09
19	Raphaelle Houde (Can)	00:01:09
20	Amaia Ervin-Arambarri (Can)	00:01:09
21	Nadiya Linde-Elmhirst (Can)	00:01:09
22	Coralie Houde (Can)	00:01:09
23	Katelyn Walcroft (Can)	00:01:09
24	Annie Scott (Can)	00:01:09
25	Lily Rose Marois (Can)	00:01:12
26	Emily Driedger (Can)	00:01:15
27	Kaitlyn Rauwerda (Can)	00:01:25
28	Shannon Kennedy (Can)	00:06:05
29	Mairen Lawson (Can)	00:06:08
30	Charlotte Mitchell (Can)	00:06:45
31	Eleanor Winchell (Can)	00:06:49
32	Ashton Thomson (Can)	00:06:49
33	Sarina Daigle (Can)	00:06:49
34	Florence Fillion (Can)	00:06:49
35	Dorothee Perron (Can)	00:06:49
36	Mia de Martin (Can)	00:06:49
37	Cadie Geertsema (Can)	00:06:49
38	Eva Gabelier (Can)	00:06:49
39	Aislin Hallahan (Can)	00:06:52
40	Taylor Tompkins (Can)	00:08:24
41	Addison Frank (Can)	00:10:13
42	Raylan Stroud (Can)	00:15:39
43	Léa Gauthier (Can)	00:15:39
44	Daphnée Beauchamp (Can)	00:15:39
45	Evelyne Gagnon (Can)	00:15:39
46	Audrey Rieckenberg (Can)	00:15:39
47	Allyson Webb Charland (Can)	00:15:42
48	Marie-Maud Côté-Rouleau (Can)	00:15:42
49	Abigael Fortier (Can)	00:15:44
50	Amélie Gauthier (Can)	00:15:46
51	Elizabeth Smith (Can)	00:15:46
52	Skyler Goudswaard (Can)	00:15:51
53	Justine Mercier (Can)	00:21:21
54	Marianne Beaumier (Can)	00:21:21
55	Kristen Taylor (Can)	00:26:06
56	Corinne Pouliot (Can)	00:29:22
DNF	Vanessa Montrichard (Can)
DNF	Julianne Richard (Can)
DNF	Naomie Julien (Can)
DNF	Evaelle Fortier (Can)
DNF	Skye Pellerin (Can)
DNF	Florence Normand (Can)
DNF	Marianne Loiseau-Dubé (Can)
DNF	Frédérique St-Pierre (Can)
DNF	Laurence Bélanger (Can)
DNF	Justine Rouleau (Can)
DNS	Camille Desrochers Laflamme (Can)
DNS	Laetitia Bilodeau (Can)
DNS	Sara Everson (Can)

Irish National Championships: Lara Gillespie wins third national road title from breakaway in miserable conditions

Lyne Lamoureux — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 18:09:54 +0000

Lara Gillespie (UAE Team ADQ) claimed her second national road title in three days, sprinting to victory in the road race on Saturday after taking the win in the time trial on Friday at the Irish Road Championships in Cong, County Mayo.

In rainy conditions, the track World Champion was the fastest from the breakaway in an uphill sprint to take her third road title, following wins in 2020 and 2023. Emma Jeffers (Liv AlUla Jayco) was second, and defending champion Mia Griffin (Mayenne Monbana) rounded out the podium.

The 2026 edition of the race saw one of the strongest fields ever to take on the women’s title race, including Marine Lenehan (Lidl-Trek), Fiona Mangan (Picnic PostNL), Griffin and Gillespie.

“It feels good [to win twice in three days]. It means a lot to bring the national jersey into the European Peloton. So, I'm excited to wear that for the next year, and I missed it the last two years. It was really good race, and I felt really good again today. So, I knew it was going to be a fun one,” Gillespie told Cycling Ireland.

“It was absolutely bleak weather, but actually kind of like you wouldn't go out in that on training day, but it was quite fun to race in drastically different conditions today compared to Thursday.”

Gillespie was able to use the miserable conditions to whittle the field down.

“The wind was quite good for me, because I attacked over the top of the climb, which kind of split the group up quite well, and then I attacked another time in like a crosswind section, and that also I think tired people out. I think maybe, I don't know, I used it to my advantage.”

The 32-rider field tackled the challenging Loch na Fooey Loop once before transitioning to the 28.7km Cloughbrack loop, twice, for a total of 111.6 kilometres.

The peloton fractured on the first big climb with an elite lead group of nine riders building up a gap of 2 minutes before the final shorter lap. In addition to Gillespie, Jeffers and Griffin, the lead group included Fiona Mangan (Mayenne-Monbana-Mypie), Aliyah Rafferty (DAS-Hutchinson), Marine Lenehan (Lidl-Trek), Greta Lawless (Simpson Nouvelles), Linda Kelly and Lucy Benezet-Minns (Team Féminin Chambéry).

Lenehan was the first to make a move inside of two kilometres before being reeled in by Gillespie with the group in tow, leading to the final sprint.

“Marine actually tacked with like one one and a half to go, and everyone just let her go, so then I attacked over the top, and then I was like ‘I'm not gonna lose it, like now with one K to go’, and then I wanted to kind of try and use her as a lead out in a way, but I kind of caught her too soon. So then everyone else also caught up, and then we like braked, and then we were all side by side, basically a standing start with 250 to go,” Gillespie said.

“I know how fast Mia is. I mean, on the track we're racing and training together a lot, and then I know how fast Emma is from the road, so yeah, I just had to hope for the best.”

Results

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German National Championships: Franziska Koch wins from break to add third consecutive road race title to time trial glory

Lyne Lamoureux — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:06:46 +0000

Franziska Koch (FDJ United-Suez) made it three in a row in the road race at the German Road Championships, after scoring her first women's time trial title yesterday in Bad Liebenstein.

In a similar scenario to her two previous victories, Koch came out on top from a five-rider breakaway, which included Liane Lippert (Movistar), Nele Laing and the Canyon-SRAM duo of Antonia Niedermaier and Justina Czapla.

Three-time champion Lippert (2018, 2022, 2023) launched the sprint first, but Koch powered past her to claim the win, with Lippert settling for second as she did in 2024. Newly crowned German U23 road champion, Czapla, after going on a solo break of almost 65 kilometres before being caught in the final lap, took third.

Runner-up last year, Niedermaier finished fifth. Crossing the line 1:41 later, Linda Riedmann (Lotto-Intermarché Ladies) led the peloton in for sixth place.

“It was a mega hard day. Canyon played his cards well. The race was also very fast, despite the heat. I drank at least two bottles every round," Koch told the German Cycling Federation.

How it unfolded

In hot temperatures, close to 37 °C, the women faced a shortened course, from 136.5km to 109km, after their start was delayed by one hour due to a fall in the men’s junior race held earlier in the day. The women raced the 27.3km circuit with around 550 metres of elevation gain per lap four times.

Justyna Czapla (Canyon SRAM) was the first rider to escape, taking a solo flyer on the second lap. Using her time trialing skills, as demonstrated by winning the U23 TT a few days earlier, she built her lead to almost two minutes by the end of that lap.

A select group, consisting of defending champion Franziska Koch (FDJ United-Suez), three-time champion Liane Lippert (Movistar), the Giro runner-up Antonia Niedermaier (Canyon SRAM) and Nele Laing came together to give chase, reducing the lead to one minute by the end of the third lap.

Laing fell off the pace, leaving the trio to ultimately reel in Czapla with 15 kilometres to go. The four riders stayed together until the sprint to the finish line where Koch won her second title within 24 hours.

In the end, only 34 riders reached the finish line.

Results

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Elite women top 10
Position	Rider (Country) Team	Time Gap
01	Franziska Koch (Ger) FDJ United-SUEZ	03:07:43
02	Liane Lippert (Ger) Movistar Team
03	Justyna Czapla (Ger) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto
04	Nele Laing (Ger)	00:00:02
05	Antonia Niedermaier (Ger) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto	00:00:02
06	Linda Riedmann (Ger) Lotto-Intermarché	00:01:41
07	Clara Jäger (Ger) Lkt-Team	00:01:41
08	Maria Rosa Klöser (Ger) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto	00:01:41
09	Karoline Goldschmidt (Ger) Rembe \| Rad-Net Women	00:01:43
10	Laura Süßemilch (Ger) Rembe \| Rad-Net Women	00:04:26

Italian National Championships: Jonathan Milan sprints to first road race title after Lidl-Trek keep rivals under firm control

Lyne Lamoureux — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 14:44:15 +0000

Living up to his pre-race favourite billing, Jonathan Milan sprinted to his first Italian national road title on Saturday, coming off the wheel of Alessandro Romele (XDS_Astana) in the final 250 metres in Cuneo.

Milan’s team, Lidl-Trek, took control of the peloton for the majority of the 225-km race, keeping the early breakaway on a tight leash and forcing a regrouping with 64 kilometres to go to deliver a bunch sprint. Burning through his five teammates, Milan was left isolated in the final four kilometres.

The 25-year-old was second wheel as they sped under the kite, until he unleashed his sprint, a speed that no one could match.

Surging in the final metres, Tommaso Dati (Team UKYO) took second, while Romele held on for third.

"I still can't believe it, it was a dream since I was a child. I dedicate the jersey to my teammates, who believed it more than I did. It was a very hard day, with the first climbs that put me in serious difficulty. Then this heat, and the end with several attack attempts. It will be an honour to wear the tricolore for a year. I think I worked so hard to get here. Crossing the finish line gave me a special emotion, I still have to realise," Milan told the Italian Cycling Federation.

How it unfolded

On another hot day of racing in Italy, over 130 riders lined up for the elite men’s road race, from Asti to Cuneo. The 225-kilometre course was really divided into two sections, starting with a hilly first half with two climbs, the Monforte d’Alba and Murazzano, the highest point of the race at 696 metres. Then, the route transitioned into a fast finishing circuit, tailor-made for the fast men.

A flurry of attacks led to shuffling and re-shuffling in the early break, with 18 riders managing to escape but only gaining around 1:15 on the Lidl-Trek-controlled peloton before being reeled back in with 64 kilometres to go.

From that point on, the speed was kept high by Lidl-Trek, making sure that no riders could escape, and the majority of the field seemed content to wait for the inevitable. As the kilometres ticked down, Soudal-QuickStep rider, and later on, Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe’s Lorenzo Finn, recently the winner of the Giro Next Gen, added their power in the rotation with the latter putting in some accelerations.

Inside of six kilometres to go, the peloton was reduced to half its size, as many riders dropped from the heat and speed, leaving Milan with no teammates two kilometres later.

As they sped under the red kite, Filippi Baroncini (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) launched a short-lived attack, closed down by Milan with Matteo Trentin (Tudor) on his wheel. Then Vincenzo Albanese (EF Education-EasyPost) took the front, with Milan slotting in behind him, still followed by Trentin.

With 250 metres to go, Romele launched his sprint but Milan was able to use his splistream to come around and speed to the line.

Results

Pos	Rider	Time
1	Jonathan Milan (Ita) Lidl-Trek	04:52:40
2	Tommaso Dati (Ita) Team Ukyo	00:00:00
3	Alessandro Romele (Ita) XDS Astana	00:00:00
4	Luca Colnaghi (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:00:00
5	Marco Manenti (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:00:00
6	Matteo Trentin (Ita) Tudor Pro Cycling	00:00:00
7	Alberto Dainese (Ita) Soudal-QuickStep	00:00:00
8	Gabriele Bessega (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	00:00:00
9	Giacomo Ballabio (Ita) Team Vorarlberg	00:00:00
10	Dario Igor Belletta (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	00:00:00
11	Mirco Maestri (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	00:00:00
12	Lorenzo Conforti (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:00:00
13	Sergio Meris (Ita) Unibet Rose Rockets	00:00:00
14	Davide de Pretto (Ita) Jayco-AlUla	00:00:00
15	Simone Velasco (Ita) XDS Astana	00:00:00
16	Gianmarco Garofoli (Ita) Soudal-QuickStep	00:00:00
17	Andrea Piras (Ita) Solution Tech Nippo Rali	00:00:00
18	Cesare Chesini (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:00:00
19	Nicolo' Pettiti (Ita) Swatt Club	00:00:00
20	Lorenzo Masciarelli (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:00:00
21	Andrea Alfio Bruno (Ita)	00:00:00
22	Lorenzo Milesi (Ita) Movistar Team	00:00:00
23	Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Lotto-Intermarché	00:00:00
24	Edoardo Zamperini (Ita) Cofidis	00:00:00
25	Thomas Pesenti (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	00:00:00
26	Matteo Scofet (Ita) S.C. Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	00:00:00
27	Filippo Baroncini (Ita) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	00:00:00
28	Luca Paletti (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:00:00
29	Pietro Mattio (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike	00:00:00
30	Luca Cretti (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:00:00
31	Valerio Conti (Ita) Solution Tech Nippo Rali	00:00:00
32	Lorenzo Quartucci (Ita) Burgos Burpellet BH	00:00:00
33	Mattia Stenico (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:00:00
34	Davide Bais (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	00:00:00
35	Enrico Zanoncello (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:00:00
36	Walter Calzoni (Ita) Pinarello-Q36.5	00:00:00
37	Federico Iacomoni (Ita) Team Ukyo	00:00:00
38	Diego Bracalente (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:00:00
39	Giacomo Garavaglia (Ita) Swatt Club	00:00:06
40	Marco Frigo (Ita) NSN Cycling Team	00:00:06
41	Alessio Martinelli (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:00:06
42	Nicolò Garibbo (Ita) Team Ukyo	00:00:06
43	Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	00:00:06
44	Ludovico Crescioli (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	00:00:06
45	Fausto Masnada (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:00:06
46	Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Lidl-Trek	00:00:06
47	Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	00:00:06
48	Lorenzo Galimberti (Ita) Swatt Club	00:00:06
49	Gabriel Fede (Ita)	00:00:08
50	Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) EF Education-EasyPost	00:00:11
51	Luca Bagnara (Ita) Vega - Vitalcare - Dynatek	00:00:19
52	Manuel Oioli (Ita) Swatt Club	00:00:28
53	Andrea Raccagni Noviero (Ita) Soudal-QuickStep	00:00:32
54	Manuel Dovesi (Ita)	00:00:44
55	Lorenzo Mark Finn (Ita) Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe Rookies	00:00:46
56	Luca Vergallito (Ita) Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:00:52
57	Christian Bagatin (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:00:52
58	Emanuele Ansaloni (Ita) Team Technipes #Inemiliaromagna Caffè Borbone	00:00:52
59	Matteo Ambrosini (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:00:52
60	Nicola Conci (Ita) XDS Astana	00:00:52
61	Francesco Parravano (Ita) Mg.K Vis Costruzioni E Ambiente	00:00:52
62	Jacopo Pignatti (Ita) S.C. Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	00:00:52
63	Alessandro Verre (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	00:01:00
64	Filippo Turconi (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:01:12
65	Mattia Bais (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta	00:01:23
66	Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Lidl-Trek	00:01:34
67	Filippo Magli (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:01:36
68	Matteo Turconi (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	00:01:40
69	Simone Raccani (Ita) Team Ukyo	00:01:46
70	Filippo Zana (Ita) Soudal-QuickStep	00:02:05
71	Filippo D'Aiuto (Ita) General Store - Essegibi - F.Lli Curia	00:02:23
DNF	Tommaso Bessega (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta
DNF	Giovanni Lonardi (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta
DNF	Andrea Pietrobon (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta
DNF	Gabriele Raccagni (Ita) Polti-VisitMalta
DNF	Alessandro Borgo (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
DNF	Alberto Bruttomesso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
DNF	Filippo Cettolin (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber
DNF	Santiago Ferraro (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber
DNF	Martin Marcellusi (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber
DNF	Andrea Montagner (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber
DNF	Manuele Tarozzi (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber
DNF	Michael Belleri (Ita) Beltrami Tsa Tre Colli
DNF	Andrea Biancalani (Ita) Beltrami Tsa Tre Colli
DNF	Simone Leonardo Buongiorno (Ita) Beltrami Tsa Tre Colli
DNF	Andrea Guerra (Ita) Beltrami Tsa Tre Colli
DNF	Riccardo Perani (Ita) Beltrami Tsa Tre Colli
DNF	Simone Consonni (Ita) Lidl-Trek
DNF	Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Lidl-Trek
DNF	Matteo Sobrero (Ita) Lidl-Trek
DNF	Davide Ballerini (Ita) XDS Astana
DNF	Alessandro Iacchi (Ita) Solution Tech Nippo Rali
DNF	Tommaso Nencini (Ita) Solution Tech Nippo Rali
DNF	Matteo Regnanti (Ita) Solution Tech Nippo Rali
DNF	Attilio Viviani (Ita) Solution Tech Nippo Rali
DNF	Alessio Magagnotti (Ita) Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe Rookies
DNF	Marco Palomba (Ita) S.C. Padovani Polo Cherry Bank
DNF	Lorenzo Ursella (Ita) S.C. Padovani Polo Cherry Bank
DNF	Francesco Carollo (Ita) Swatt Club
DNF	Lorenzo Ginestra (Ita) Swatt Club
DNF	Thomas Capra (Ita) Bahrain Victorious Development Team
DNF	Filippo Agostinacchio (Ita) Biesse - Carrera - Premac
DNF	Andrea Donati (Ita) Biesse - Carrera - Premac
DNF	Alessandro Milesi (Ita) Biesse - Carrera - Premac
DNF	Giacomo Villa (Ita) Biesse - Carrera - Premac
DNF	Davide de Cassan (Ita) General Store - Essegibi - F.Lli Curia
DNF	Kevin Pezzo Rosola (Ita) General Store - Essegibi - F.Lli Curia
DNF	Thomas Rossetti (Ita) General Store - Essegibi - F.Lli Curia
DNF	Andrea de Totto (Ita) Gragnano Sporting Club
DNF	Edoardo Cipollini (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort
DNF	Alessandro Fancellu (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort
DNF	Lorenzo Nespoli (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort
DNF	Davide Persico (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort
DNF	Samuele Zoccarato (Ita) MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort
DNF	Davide Formolo (Ita) Movistar Team
DNF	Manlio Moro (Ita) Movistar Team
DNF	Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Pinarello-Q36.5
DNF	Nicolo' Parisini (Ita) Pinarello-Q36.5
DNF	Andrea D'Amato (Ita) Team Ukyo
DNF	Simone Lucca (Ita) Gragnano Sporting Club
DNF	Samuel Quaranta (Ita) Gragnano Sporting Club
DNF	Ivan Troia (Ita) Gragnano Sporting Club
DNF	Filippo Dignani (Ita) Vega - Vitalcare - Dynatek
DNF	Marco Fermanelli (Ita) Vega - Vitalcare - Dynatek
DNF	Luca Giaimi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
DNF	Ignazio Cireddu (Ita) Team Vorarlberg
DNF	Alessio Menghini (Ita) Team Technipes #Inemiliaromagna Caffè Borbone
DNF	Simone Buda (Ita) Solme Olmo Arvedi
DNF	Tommaso Tessiore (Ita)
DNF	Lorenzo Magli (Ita)
DNF	Daniele Forlin (Ita) Movistar Team Academy
DNF	Alessio Gasparini (Ita) P.A.S. Ioanninnon - P&I
DNF	Matteo Lapo Bozicevich (Ita)
DNF	Riccardo Lucca (Ita) Quick Pro Team
DNF	Jacopo Colladon (Ita) Novo Nordisk
DNF	Mattia Gaffuri (Ita) Picnic PostNL
DNF	Alexander Konychev (Ita) China Anta - Mentech Cycling Team
DNF	Matteo Spreafico (Ita) Mg.K Vis Costruzioni E Ambiente
DNF	Andrea Cantoni (Ita) Mg.K Vis Costruzioni E Ambiente

French National Championships: new super talent Célia Gery conquers first road race title with devastating solo attack

Alasdair Fotheringham — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 14:24:44 +0000

Faultless teamwork by FDJ United-SUEZ and a devastating late attack on the final has seen ultra-talented young racer Célia Gery conquer her first senior French Nationals road title.

Second was Cedrine Kerbaol (EF Education-Oatly), five seconds back, with Emilie Morier (St-Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93) claiming the bronze.

For the bulk of the very hilly course at La-Tour-du-Pin, FDJ United had four riders in a front group of around a dozen, and they made their domination count throughout.

Coming onto the final ascent of the ultra-steep Bejui climb, Gery's teammate Juliette Berthet led the 20-year-old racer out, and then an all-out acceleration close to the top was all it took for Gery to go clear. Following a fast, technical solo to the finish, the gold medal was in the bag.

"It was a great race by all seven of us, we only had two riders ahead at the start so we had to get across, and I jumped across to the front group on the hill," Gery recounted later.

"Marie [Le Net, teammate] brought me across after I'd used up a lot of energy and we tried to manage things as best we could."

"I used the final climb, which is really my strong point, I wasn't at all calm, I think I looked back a lot but it's really mission accomplished. I'm not the best of sprinters particularly after a technical finale and descent like this one, so I knew I had to get away before that, and that's what I did."

How it unfolded

The very punchy 16.3 kilometre circuit round La-Tour-du-Pin featured two classified climbs, the gentler Montée de San Roch (1.7 km at 4.4%) then the much more difficult Montée de Bejui (1km at 8.4%, with a maximum of 13%) and the brace of ascents proved more than enough in the early laps to split an already small field of just 37 starters.

With 80 kilometres left, a 12-rider group was already in command, with no less than four FDJ United-SUEZ racers: Marie Le Net, Juliette Berthet, Léa Curinier, and Célia Gery - the latter two both arriving late to an initial move, and ensuring the lead group had FDJ very much in command. Along with the FDJ quartet at that point were Clémence Latimier (Ma Petite Entreprise), Victoire Berteau (Cofidis), Solène Muller and Emilie Morier (St-Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93), Gladys Verhulst Wild and Amandine Fouquenet (AG Insurance-Soudal Team), as well as Cédrine Kerbaol (EF Education-Oatly).

By the time the front group reached the third ascent of the Montée de San Roch, the leaders had a 1:30 advantage on the remainder of the field. There were some lineup changes - 2025 Tour de France double stage winner Maeva Squiban (UAE Team ADQ) made a notably impressive and successful solo effort to get across - but the four FDJ riders remained very much in control.

A typically attritional Championships scenario continued into the final 30 kilometres, although the numbers of around a dozen in the front group stayed roughly the same and FDJ continued to dominate on the baking hot day. A second group was circulating at 40 seconds but by this point, it was increasingly likely that the winner would come from the front break.

Trying to break free of the FDJ United hegemony was always going to be trickier the closer the race got to the finish, so Latimier and Morier both had a try in the second last lap, to no avail. Le Net, the defending champion, had the bulk of the duties keeping the remainder of the rivals under control, and she eventually sat up, leaving her three FDJ teammates to go for their own crack at glory.

On the second-to-last ascent of the Bejui, just six riders remained ahead: Berthet and Gery for FDJ, along with Latimier, Morier, Kerbaol and Squiban. FDJ retained their numerical advantage, then, even in the reduced lead group, and on top of that, Curinier was still shadowing the head of the race as the bell rang to mark the start of the last lap.

Yet again, more attacks tested FDJ's strength, though, with Latimier going for it on the shallower San Roch ascent, only for Berthet, the 2024 National Champion, to bring her back. A brief discussion with Gery then followed, and it was clear from the way Berthet moved to the front to keep the pace high that Gery - already a winner on very similar tough courses like Brabantse Pijl - was going to be the favoured FDJ rider on the day. However, a massive, successful effort by Verhulst Wild to bridge across was a reminder, too, that the gaps were still too small to overthink any plan.

With 11 kilometres to go, Berthet chased down a quick dig by Verhulst Wild, and as she buried herself for Gery and kept the six others lined out on her back wheel, the group settled in to wait for the last, decisive, ascent of the Bejui.

Berthet continued to power up the lower slopes, but Gery was waiting in the wings, finally smashing her way clear with 3.3 kilometres to go. She initially distanced all but Morier, and then by the top, another concerted surge meant Gery had nearly 100 metres' advantage on her closest rival.

That last effort was ultimately all it took to seal the victory, and as she claimed her first senior National title aged just 20, Gery proved yet again that she will likely be a force to reckon with for many years to come.

Results

Pos	Rider	Time
1	Célia Gery (Fra)	03:00:27
2	Cedrine Kerbaol (Fra)	00:00:05
3	Emilie Morier (Fra)	00:00:07
4	Maeva Squiban (Fra)	00:00:13
5	Juliette Berthet (Fra)	00:00:25
6	Clémence Latimier (Fra)	00:00:26
7	Gladys Verhulst Wild (Fra)	00:01:27
8	Solène Muller (Fra)	00:01:43
9	Léa Curinier (Fra)	00:01:43
10	Victoire Berteau (Fra)	00:02:06
11	Laura Asencio (Fra)	00:03:48
12	Marie le Net (Fra)	00:03:53
13	Marion Bunel (Fra)	00:04:50
14	Constance Valentin (Fra)	00:06:04
15	Celia le Mouel (Fra)	00:06:29
16	Evita Muzic (Fra)	00:06:31
17	Titia Ryo (Fra)	00:06:42
18	Amandine Fouquenet (Fra)	00:06:47
19	India Grangier (Fra)	00:07:03
20	Alice Coutinho (Fra)	00:07:29
21	Noemie Abgrall (Fra)	00:10:37
22	Valentine Fortin (Fra)	00:10:40
23	Ema Comte (Fra)	00:14:59
24	Justine Gegu (Fra)	00:14:59
25	Lea Rondel (Fra)	00:23:33
DNF	Marion Borras (Fra)
DNF	Ilona Rouat (Fra)
DNF	Julie Bego (Fra)
DNF	Océane Mahe (Fra)
DNF	Margot Marasco (Fra)
DNF	Victorie Guilman (Fra)
DNF	Jade Wiel (Fra)
DNF	Eglantine Rayer Girault (Fra)
DNF	Alison Avoine (Fra)
DNF	Clémence Chereau (Fra)
DNF	Elyne Roussel (Fra)
DNS	Marine Allione (Fra)

Spanish National Championships: Mireia Benito fends off Movistar duo to add road race gold to time trial title

Alasdair Fotheringham — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 11:47:35 +0000

Mireia Benito (AG Insurance-Soudal) has followed up her mid-week Nationals time trial win with victory in the road race on Saturday, blasting away from a six-strong lead group to clinch another triumph.

Four times a time trial champion, the 29-year-old Catalan took off early on the final uphill climb in Sabiñanigo to take her first-ever road race gold ahead of Sara Martín and Paula Ostiz (both Movistar).

The race was dominated by a long-range attack by Maite Urteaga (Eulen-Amenabar), finally caught with just four kilometres to go by a chase group of four containing Benito, the two Movistar riders and five-times Spanish National Champion Mavi García (UAE Team ADQ).

Despite making much of the running late on, García could not stop Benito from going clear in the final 400 metres, and the Movistar duo proved equally powerless to keep the national time trial champion from adding a second title in just three days to her palmares.

"I can't believe it, it's been a really chaotic race," Benito said about her first-ever mass start road race win. "I thought it was all decided because there was no collaboration. It was very hard to understand the race dynamics."

"So I decided simply to go for it and I didn't want to leave anything behind. I just wanted to go home with the feeling that I had fought hard. It's a dream come true."

"When I attacked before, I really didn't feel that it was going anywhere, it was a really odd race. But I wanted to try, and then when I was caught, I thought that I was done for. But then I realised everybody was really suffering by that point so I tried again."

How it unfolded

The 129.7-kilometre race was largely defined by the pursuit of long-distance breakaway Urteaga, who defied the WorldTour teams with a move that began on the first of the five lap circuit and which only definitively ended close to the finish in Sabiñanigo, NE Spain.

On a deceptively difficult course, featuring a never-ending series of undulating climbs across the foothills of the Pyrenees, Urteaga's move effectively saw the chasing peloton shred itself into bits as they tried to chase her down on a blisteringly hot day. And with 40 kilometres left, her advantage of two minutes over a chase group of less than ten riders was still proving tricky to reduce.

With her teammate and top favourite Paula Blasi a DNS because of injury, yet more accelerations by García on a grinding ascent whittled down the chase group to just the UAE Team ADQ rider, defending champion Martín and Ostiz (Movistar) as well as Benito. A fifth rider, Sandra Alonso (Eneicat-Be Call) was sporadically in contact, but visibly struggling to maintain herself in the group and despite the presence of two Movistars, much of the running was made by García, arguably the strongest rider in the race, and Benito.

Benito and García even managed to clip away from the Movistar duo, closing in remorselessly on a by-now flagging Urteaga. But instead Ostiz and Martín managed to reel them in, after which García provided more impetus to catch Urteaga four kilometres from the line.

A holding pattern briefly emerged, and coming into Sabiñanigo, the five leaders even slowed so much Alonso could rejoin them, making a courageous, if futile, attempt to go clear immediately afterwards.

The final uphill 800 metre drag to the line was looming up fast, and when Benito went from distance, it seemed like an overly ambitious move. Instead, neither Blasi nor Martín had enough individual power to bring her back, and García had finally run out of energy as well. That meant Benito had ample margin to celebrate a triumph that owed as much to reading the race correctly and realising her rivals had nothing left to offer as it did to pure strength, raising her arms several bike-lengths ahead of Martín and Blasi, silver and bronze despite their team's advantage in numbers in the winning break.

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Jérôme Gauthier powers through rain and reduced breakaway to victory at the Canadian Road Championships

kirsten.frattini@futurenet.com (Kirsten Frattini) — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 21:18:52 +0000

Jérôme Gauthier (Project Echelon Racing) was the surprise winner of the elite and under-23 men's titles at the Canadian Road Championships held in Saint-Georges, Quebec, on Friday.

The 21-year-old was dropped from a lead group of eight riders that had split off the front of an initial breakaway of 14 over the top of the final climb, but he reconnected with the group and then out-sprinted his rivals to take the prestigious victory.

Luke Valenti (Club Ciclista Padronés-Cortizo) finished second, and Léo Roy (Team Vittel N'side) finished third on the day. Further back, Joel Plamondon (Charvieu Chavagneux Isère Cyclisme) finished fourth, Hugo Houle (Alpecin-Premier Tech) fifth, and Pier-André Côté (NSN Cycling) sixth.

The pair of Michael Woods (Ventum Racing) and Derek Gee-West (Lidl-Trek) were also in the front group, and while they set off on a series of attacks on the run-in back to Saint-Georges, they ended up finishing seventh and eighth, respectively.

Last year Gauthier earned the U23 title with a fifth-place finish in the combined road race. He came into nationals in solid form, winning the youth classification at Tour de Beauce and going second at the UCI one-day race Gran Premio New York City.

Late breakaway and surprise winner

Riders headed north from Saint-Georges for an opening 19.3km that led to a punchy 9.4km circuit, each lap ascending the St-Odilion climb, which features in Tour de Beauce. The elite men completed eight circuits and then returned via Route Langevine to the city. The full course of 185km included 1,986 metres of elevation gain.

Unlike the unseasonably hot weather in Europe, the elite men's race began under cloudy skies and in cooler conditions at 18°C.

Once on the first circuit, Houle went off the front with the first successful attack of the day. Woods, now a gravel privateer, and Gee-West set to work at the front of the peloton and kept Houle within 20 seconds. However, the acceleration at the front quickly formed gaps throughout the field. Once over the St-Odilion climb the first time, the breakaway was over.

By the third lap, rain began to fall, and the peloton was divided into distinct groups, with eight in the lead comprised of Houle, Côté, Laurent Gervais (Project Echelon Racing), Plamondon, Robin Plamondon (Velo Cartel Racing), Dérénik Beauregard (ASPTT Nancy), Roy and Francis Izquierdo Bernier (Cannondale Echelon p/b 4iiii).

Gee-West made the initiative to shake things up by the mid-way point of the race, and he created a new composition in the breakaway. Côté, Houle, Joel Plamondon, Robin Plamondon, Izquierdo Bernier, Roy, Beauregard were all there from the earlier move, and they were joined by Gee-West, Woods, Riley Pickrell (Modern Adventure Pro Cycling), Gauthier, Valenti and Carl Truffer (Vittel N'Side).

With just two-and-a-half laps to go, the 14 riders led a group of chasers by 30 seconds. Not seen in any moved behind was 2023 road race winner Nickolas Zukowsky (Pinarello Q36.5), who was reported by Canadian Cyclist magazine to have pulled out of the race on the fifth lap.

Woods attacked on the last time up the climb on the last lap, which caused the front group to split apart, taking with him Gee-West, Houle, Joel Plamondon, Roy, Côte, and Valenti on back into Saint-Georges.

With a massive push on the pedals, Gauthier reconnected with the front group, but a series of attacks from Woods and Gee-West threatened to split the group apart again.

It was all back together within the final few kilometres of the race with Gauthier taking the reduced sprint and both the under-23 and elite men's national titles.

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Alec Segaert earns tri-colour jersey as new Belgian elite men's time trial national champion

jackie.tyson@futurenet.com (Jackie Tyson) — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 16:15:11 +0000

Alec Segaert (Bahrain-Victorious) earned his first Belgian elite men's time trial national title on Friday, as race favourite Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) fell six seconds short for second place.

The 23-year-old Segaert gained steam on the second half of the 20.7km course and stopped the clock at 24:56, unseating his Bahrain teammate Vlad Van Mechelen by 14 seconds.

As the last rider on the course, Wellens had Segaert's time as his carrot, but could not break the 25-minute mark or Segaert's time to grab a second career TT win.

Bahrain-Victorious scored two riders on the podium as Van Mechelen held on to third from an early finish among the 26 elite men's starters. Rune Herregodts (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) threatened but fell one second back for fourth.

Segaert added his first elite tri-colour time trial national jersey to a collection that included one U23 national title and a trio of U23 European TT wins. He was third last year and second as an elite in 2023. It was his third victory of the season, which included a strong impression with a stage 12 win at the Giro d'Italia.

The heat is on

Ice bags were a common sight at the start area of Etikhove, with riders trying to keep their core temperatures moderated in the sweltering heat. Because the mid-afternoon temperature reached 36°C in the Maarkedal area, the Belgian Cycling Federation shortened the men's time trial championship to one lap of the 20.7km course to help athletes, spectators and officials. The original course had been planned for two full laps.

The time trial course still provided a challenge across the Flemish hills with two short climbs - a 900-metre rise at 6.4% to open the contest immediately from the start ramp and then 12km later a 500-metre slope at 5.6%. From that ascent, riders could regain a steady rhythm for the final 8km.

Michiel Lambrecht (Team Flanders-Baloise) was the first rider on the course and set the standard at 27:16.

As the procession of riders completed the ride, the time kept dropping, and Vlad Van Mechelen (Bahrain-Victorious) took a turn in the hot seat with 25:10.

Van Mechelen's fastest time at the first intermediate checkpoint, 9:24, held until the final three riders passed, his Bahrain teammate Segaert posting a better time by four seconds and then Wellens two more seconds faster.

Through the second checkpoint, Segaert turned up the heat and went one second faster than Wellens, as the two set sights on unseating Van Mechelen at the finish.

Just behind Wellens was Ilan Van Wilder (Soudal-QuickStep), who won a bronze medal in the TT at Worlds last year, and he finished 1:01 back in eighth place.

Absent from this year's time trial were defending national champion and five-time world champion Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep), who will focus on the Tour de France, and former national ITT winner Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike), recovering from an elbow injury in a training ride that led to an infection.

Wellens will next defend his road race title on Sunday, 236.7km from Antwerp to Brasschaat.

Results

Pos	Rider	Time
1	Alec Segaert (Bel) Bahrain Victorious	0:24:56,004
2	Tim Wellens (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:00:06,020
3	Vlad van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious	0:00:14,195
4	Rune Herregodts (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:00:15,945
5	Sander de Pestel (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM	0:00:16,535
6	Florian Vermeersch (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:00:24,910
7	Aime de Gendt (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5	0:00:54,172
8	Ilan van Wilder (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	0:01:01,492
9	Milan Lanhove (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	0:01:02,266
10	Victor Vercouillie (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	0:01:06,422
11	Quinten Hermans (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5	0:01:08,805
12	Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	0:01:09,848
13	Robin Orins (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	0:01:10,082
14	Yves Lampaert (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep	0:01:11,156
15	Brent van Moer (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5	0:01:19,090
16	Senne Thonnon (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	0:01:20,988
17	Ferre Geeraerts (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	0:01:30,438
18	Ward Vanhoof (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	0:01:39,203
19	Toon Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	0:01:50,508
20	Dries de Bondt (Bel) Jayco-AlUla	0:01:55,559
21	Brem Deman (Bel) Team Flanders - Baloise	0:02:06,355
22	Simon Goossens (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech Development Team	0:02:10,309
23	Thibaut Bernard (Bel) Lotto - Groupe Wanty	0:02:16,965
24	Lennert Belmans (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:02:20,695
25	Michiel Hillen (Bel) Baloise Verzekeringen -Het Poetsbureau Lions	0:02:34,121
26	Julien Desmarets (Bel) Color Code-Alu Center	0:03:16,055

Lotte Claes unseats Lotte Kopecky as the new elite women's time trial title at the Belgian Road National Championships

kirsten.frattini@futurenet.com (Kirsten Frattini) — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 15:36:12 +0000

Lotte Claes (Fenix-Premier Tech) claimed the elite women's individual time trial at the Belgian Road Championships on Friday. It was a strong performance and a surprise unseating Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) from an eighth consecutive victory in the discipline.

Claes covered the 20.7km course with the winning time of 29:05, beating Sandrine Tas (Lotto Intermarché Ladies) by 12 seconds and Margot Vanpachtenbeke (Lidl-Trek) by 28 seconds. Kopecky finished fourth at 31 seconds back.

The Belgian Road Championships kicked off on Friday with the time trials, where the elite women raced across an undulating 20.7km course with about 200 metres of elevation gain in Etikhove, a small section of Maarkedal.

The only two inclines on the course were a 900-metre hill with an average gradient of 6.4% that peaked at the 1km mark, and a 500-metre hill with an average gradient of 5.6% located at the 13.5km mark.

The organisers of the event, in consultation with the riders' union and the teams, made the decision to shorten the elite men's time trial due to the current heatwave in Europe, and temperatures reaching 34°C in the area.

With a few technical sections, riders were asked to exercise caution on their time-trial bikes.

Audrey De Keersmaeker (Picnic-Post NL) was the first rider off the starting ramp at 3:24:30 local time, and Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) was the last rider to start her time trial at 3:50:00, in her attempt to win a remarkable eighth consecutive elite women's time trial title.

Shari Bossuyt (AG Insurance-Soudal Team) set the first benchmark with a fast intermediate time check, but that was short-lived as Tess Moerman (AG-Insurance Soudal) crossed the line six seconds faster. Claes stormed across the intermediate checkpoints and the finish line with the benchmark time of 29:05. Tas and Vanpachtenbeke were the next fastest on course.

By the time Kopecky started and hit the first time check with the fourth fastest time, it was apparent that she would struggle to gain time back in the last sections of the course, ultimately finishing in fourth place.

Results

Pos	Rider	Time
1	Lotte Claes (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech	0:29:05,586
2	Sandrine Tas (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	01:31:46
3	Margot Vanpachtenbeke (Bel) Lidl-Trek	05:57:43
4	Lotte Kopecky (Bel) SD Worx-Protime	06:38:48
5	Tess Moerman (Bel) AG Insurance-Soudal	08:19:04
6	Marthe Goossens (Bel) AG Insurance-Soudal	08:30:00
7	Shari Bossuyt (Bel) AG Insurance-Soudal	08:52:39
8	Febe Jooris (Bel) UAE Team ADQ	11:18:14
9	Annelies Frieda Bart Nijssen (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	00:51:11
10	Audrey de Keersmaeker (Bel) Picnic PostNL	02:32:09
11	Britt Knaven (Bel) Citymesh - Customm Pro Cycling Team	04:12:48
12	Julie de Wilde (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech	07:04:48
13	Marion Norbert Riberolle (Bel) Fenix-Premier Tech Development Team	07:58:07
14	Ella Heremans (Bel) Picnic PostNL	08:00:33
15	Sterre Vervloet (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	11:20:53
16	Ilken Seynave (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché	01:50:34
17	Eleanor Wiseman (Bel) Minimax Cycling Team	03:56:42
18	Paquita Derie (Bel) Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team	10:10:39

Franziska Koch scores first German time trial title after double road race victories

Matilda Price — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 11:56:59 +0000

Franziska Koch (FDJ United-Suez) scored her first elite women's time trial title at the German Road Championships on Friday, adding TT gold to her two road race victories from 2025 and 2024.

Koch, who won Paris-Roubaix Femmes earlier this year, powered round the 26.2km course in Streufdorf 26 seconds faster than second-placed Antonia Niedermaier (Canyon-SRAM) to take the victory.

Lisa Klein (REMBE rad-net) finished in third, 1:12 adrift of Koch's fairly dominant ride.

It remains to be seen whether Koch can take home the road race jersey for a third year in a row over the weekend, but she will at least be taking one set of German stripes home from the National Championships in what has already been a highly successful year.

Earlier in the day, Justyna Czapla (Canyon-SRAM) won the under-23 women's TT title with a time that would have put her in the top six of the elite race, whilst Nils Politt (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) won a close-fought men's TT.

Results

Pos	Rider	Time
1	Franziska Koch (Ger)	2.3587962962962963E-2
2	Antonia Niedermaier (Ger)	2.388888888888889E-2
3	Lisa Klein (Ger)	2.4421296296296295E-2
4	Corinna Lechner (Ger)	2.4571759259259258E-2
5	Katharina Palm (Ger)	2.4594907407407409E-2
6	Stephanie Meder (Ger)	2.462962962962963E-2
7	Mieke Kröger (Ger)	2.4699074074074075E-2
8	Helena Bieber (Ger)	2.4826388888888887E-2
9	Karoline Goldschmidt (Ger)	2.5115740740740741E-2
10	Franziska Brauße (Ger)	2.5266203703703704E-2
11	Inka Tulowitzki (Ger)	2.5416666666666667E-2
12	Aileen Schweikart (Ger)	2.5578703703703704E-2
13	Isabella Bertold (Ger)	2.5868055555555554E-2
14	Anna Erlmeier (Ger)	2.5902777777777778E-2
15	Fabienne Jährig (Ger)	2.6099537037037036E-2
16	Selma Lantzsch (Ger)	2.6400462962962962E-2
17	Katharina Julia Hinz (Ger)	2.644675925925926E-2
18	Fenja Gerpott (Ger)	2.644675925925926E-2
19	Mara Becker (Ger)	2.6481481481481481E-2
20	Linda Riedmann (Ger)	2.6643518518518518E-2
21	Birgit Stegmeier (Ger)	2.6655092592592591E-2
22	Lena Charlotte Reißner (Ger)	2.6851851851851852E-2
23	Paula Thieme (Ger)	2.6851851851851852E-2
24	Amélie Hild (Fra)	2.7071759259259261E-2
25	Ilsa Beig (Ger)	2.7118055555555555E-2
26	Lisa Strothmann (Ger)	2.7199074074074073E-2
27	Marie Lagershausen (Ger)	2.7222222222222221E-2
28	Sarah Hahn (Ger)	2.7233796296296298E-2
29	Melina Fritz (Ger)	2.7453703703703702E-2
30	Amy Addlesee (GBr)	2.7453703703703702E-2
31	Clara Wüsten (Ger)	2.7627314814814816E-2
32	Marla Sigmund (Ger)	2.7662037037037037E-2
33	Marie Bendszus (Ger)	2.7766203703703703E-2
34	Heidi Harting (Ger)	2.7939814814814813E-2
35	Victoria Stelling (Ger)	2.8113425925925927E-2
36	Mira Winkelhag (Ger)	2.8148148148148148E-2
37	Luisa Krüger (Ger)	2.8530092592592593E-2
38	Lena Marie Krohn (Ger)	2.8541666666666667E-2
39	Julia Klein (Ger)	2.9027777777777777E-2
40	Stefanie Lipsky (Ger)	2.9097222222222222E-2
41	Maya Miller (Ger)	2.9467592592592594E-2
42	Vanessa Helen Nieminen (Ger)	2.9652777777777778E-2
43	Meike Kohlenberger (Ger)	2.9664351851851851E-2
44	Yasmin Anstruther (Ger)	3.0046296296296297E-2
45	Claudia Marek (Ger)	3.3611111111111112E-2
DNS	Hannah Charlotte Frickenhelm (Ger)

Nils Politt reclaims German time trial title as narrow margins separate stacked podium

Matilda Price — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 09:46:01 +0000

UAE Team Emirates-XRG's Nils Politt reclaimed the elite men's time trial title at the German Road Championships on Friday morning in a tight race that saw the podium separated by only two seconds.

Politt won by only a second on the 41km course in Streufdorf, only narrowly beating Max Walscheid (Lidl-Trek). Third-placed Jasha Sütterlin (Jayco AlUla) was also incredibly close, only two seconds down.

Defending champion Max Schachmann (Soudal-QuickStep) missed out on the podium this time, finishing fourth at 14 seconds.

The German TT title is often one of the most hotly-contested titles during National Championships week, and for Politt this marks a return to the German stripes, having last won in 2024 and 2023.

The UAE rider will take his freshly-minted jersey to the Tour de France, where he will wear it as he plays a key role in the opening team time trial in Barcelona.

Earlier in the day in Streufdorf, Bruno Kessler (Tudor Pro Cycling U23) won the men's U23 title.

Results

Pos	Rider	Time
1	Nils Politt (Ger)	3.3622685185185186E-2
2	Maximilian Richard Walscheid (Ger)	3.3645833333333333E-2
3	Jasha Sütterlin (Ger)	3.3645833333333333E-2
4	Maximilian Schachmann (Ger)	3.3773148148148149E-2
5	Julian Borresch (Ger)	3.3993055555555554E-2
6	Tim Torn Teutenberg (Ger)	3.4027777777777775E-2
7	Lennard Kämna (Ger)	3.4236111111111113E-2
8	Sebastian Niehues (Ger)	3.4305555555555554E-2
9	Miguel Heidemann (Ger)	3.4363425925925929E-2
10	Emil Herzog (Ger)	3.4479166666666665E-2
11	Silas Koech (Ger)	3.4502314814814812E-2
12	Lennart Jasch (Ger)	3.4675925925925923E-2
13	Lukas Voskuhl (Ger)	3.5243055555555555E-2
14	Bastian Dietl (Ger)	3.528935185185185E-2
15	Lars Bartlau (Ger)	3.5497685185185188E-2
16	Moritz Czasa (Ger)	3.560185185185185E-2
17	Felix Groß (Ger)	3.5879629629629629E-2
18	Jan Kattanek (Ger)	3.6076388888888887E-2
19	Tobias Buck-Gramcko (Ger)	3.6122685185185188E-2
20	Justin Wolf (Ger)	3.619212962962963E-2
21	Oliver Mattheis (Ger)	3.6238425925925924E-2
22	Marian Pohlenz (Ger)	3.636574074074074E-2
23	Jan Seidl (Ger)	3.6377314814814814E-2
24	Philip Schenk (Ger)	3.6516203703703703E-2
25	Leo Kreuzer (Ger)	3.6550925925925924E-2
26	Wilhelm Buchmüller (Ger)	3.6574074074074071E-2
27	Lennart Lein (Ger)	3.6782407407407409E-2
28	Axel Lippmann (Ger)	3.7048611111111109E-2
29	Tobias Willmes (Ger)	3.7118055555555557E-2
30	Robin Ruhe (Ger)	3.7210648148148145E-2
31	Anton Theo Lennemann (Ger)	3.7291666666666667E-2
32	Sebastian Schäfer (Ger)	3.7326388888888888E-2
33	Robin Fischer (Ger)	3.7592592592592594E-2
34	Peter Steden (Ger)	3.7766203703703705E-2
35	Patrick Reißig (Ger)	3.7789351851851852E-2
36	Stephan Degenhardt (Ger)	3.7800925925925925E-2
37	Calvin Dik (Ger)	3.7881944444444447E-2
38	Simon Vogel (Ger)	3.8252314814814815E-2
39	Marcel Schöne (Ger)	3.829861111111111E-2
40	Alexander Steffens (Ger)	3.833333333333333E-2
41	Pascal Götz (Ger)	3.8344907407407404E-2
42	Max Steller (Ger)	3.8645833333333331E-2
43	Laurin Reichart (Ger)	3.8726851851851853E-2
44	Morris Rommel (Ger)	3.9039351851851853E-2
45	Julian Huber (Ger)	3.9398148148148147E-2
46	Oliver Zwick (Ger)	4.0081018518518516E-2
47	Hendrik Scheidt (Ger)	4.0092592592592589E-2
48	Mathias Hesse (Ger)	4.0173611111111111E-2
49	Felix Stephan (Ger)	4.0324074074074075E-2
50	Josef Schafbauer (Ger)	4.071759259259259E-2
51	Walther Schneider (Ger)	4.1527777777777775E-2
52	Lennart Stark (Ger)	4.4826388888888888E-2
DNF	Jakob Klinge (Ger)

Ryan Mullen defends Irish elite men's title in time trial ahead of Peden and Rafferty

jackie.tyson@futurenet.com (Jackie Tyson) — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 20:32:16 +0000

Ryan Mullen (NSN Cycling) won the elite men's time trial national title Thursday in Swinford at the Irish Road Championships. An 11-year veteran on the WorldTour, Mullen stopped the clock after 30.7km in 35:08 for his second consecutive ITT title.

The podium was a duplicate of last year, with George Peden (Team PB Performance) repeating in second and Darren Rafferty (EF Education-EasyPost) going third.

This year's course was 5km longer than the prior year in Kilbeggan, which turned into a close six-second decision between Mullen and Peden. For 2026, the course went out-and-back through Carracastle, with just one 2% uphill across 6.4km at the mid-point and then more rolling terrain in the final 7.7km back toward Swinford.

The NSN rider left no doubts about his title defense this time by winning with a 47-second margin. Rafferty repeated in third, 1:15 back, and held Conn McDunphy (APS Pro Cycling by Team Cadence Cyclery), a former winner, to fourth position by one second.

Both Mullen and Rafferty came into the event off the back of 21 days at the Giro d’Italia, while Peden has had success in one-day races with his domestic team.

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Derek Gee-West secures third elite men's time trial title at Canadian Road Championships

kirsten.frattini@futurenet.com (Kirsten Frattini) — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 19:50:53 +0000

Derek Gee-West (Lidl-Trek) secured his career-third elite men's individual time trial title at the Canadian Road Championships held in Saint-Georges, Quebec, on Thursday.

The all-rounder covered the 34.1km course with the fastest time of 40:23, beating runner-up Nickolas Zukowsky (Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling) by 54 seconds and third-placed Pier-André Côté (NSN Cycling Team) by 1:11.

Gee-West won his previous national time trial titles in 2022 and 2023.

After joining his new team, Lidl-Trek, Gee-West went on to recently place fifth overall at the Giro d'Italia.

He will line up at the elite men's road race as the defending champion in Saint-Georges on Friday.

More to follow...

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Lara Gillespie strikes for gold in elite women's time trial debut at Irish National Time Trial Championship

jackie.tyson@futurenet.com (Jackie Tyson) — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 19:49:10 +0000

Track world champion Lara Gillespie (UAE Team ADQ) rocketed through all three time splits and landed a decisive victory in the elite women's time trial at the Irish Road Championships on Thursday evening.

The 25-year-old averaged 47.6 kph in her victory on the 30.7km course across County Mayo, finishing in 38:38. Linda Kelly, another track star who has world titles and a Paralympic gold as a tandem pilot, repeated with the silver medal, 1 minute and 31 seconds back.

The battle for the final medal played out just six seconds behind Kelly, with Marine Lenehan (Lidl-Trek) one second faster than Mia Griffin (Picnic-PostNL), last year's road race champion. Dublin native Lenehan earned her second career bronze at the Irish championships, having gone third in the road race last year.

A total of 14 elite women lined up Thursday evening at 19:15 local time for the 30km ITT in County Mayo. The out-and-back affair included a climb on Charlestown Bypass that took riders to the south of Carracastle, rising 2% across 6.4km, then a loop through the centre of Carracastle to take on more rolling terrain in the final 7.7km back toward Swinford.

Gillespie came into the Irish Road Nationals in solid form, having won Samyn Ladies in March and taking a pair of runner-up finishes in stage races, the UAE Tour Women and the Giro d'Italia Women. She had never competed in the time trial at nationals before, having won Irish titles in the road race three times, once as a junior and twice as an elite.

Her world title came in the Elimination race in 2025, and she became the first Irish woman to become a world champion on the track.

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Nadia Gontova claims career-first elite women's time trial title at Canadian Road Championships

kirsten.frattini@futurenet.com (Kirsten Frattini) — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 17:54:09 +0000

Nadia Gontova (Liv AlUla Jayco) secured a career-first elite women's individual time trial title at the Canadian Road Championships held in Saint Georges, Québec, on Thursday.

Gontova covered the 27.8km course with a winning time of 38:08, beating runner-up and former three-time champion Paula Findlay by 1:08 and third-placed Emily Driedger (The Cyclery Racing) by 1:38.

Gontova has experienced a rapid rise to the top step of the podium in only her first year racing on the World Tour with Liv AlUla Jayco. She previously raced with local team Red Truck Racing, which led to opportunities with Roxo Racing, DNA Pro Cycling and Winspace.

During that time, she won the longstanding Redlands Bicycle Classic, finished runner-up at the Tour of the Gila, and placed second at the Tour Féminin International des Pyrénées.

She performed well in mountainous terrain in the early-season Spanish races in 2025, but it was her success at the Tour de France Femmes, where she finished 10th on the final stage to Chatel and 23rd overall, that led to multiple contract offers from top-tier programmes, which led to her contract with Liv AlUla Jayco.

She was sidelined last fall and through the off-season to recover from iliac artery surgery, but has proven her top form with the victory at the national championships.

“It feels really special to win my first national championship. I wasn’t sure how I’d go after a big block of racing, but I had a good day out and I’m happy with my ride," she said in a team statement after her win. "Today definitely gives me good confidence going into the road race on Saturday.”

She will compete in the national road race in two days before heading back overseas, and then aiming to return to home soil for the UCI Road World Championships in Montreal.

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Pablo Castrillo captures unexpected elite men's time trial at Spanish Road Nationals

jackie.tyson@futurenet.com (Jackie Tyson) — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 16:55:09 +0000

Pablo Castrillo (Movistar) earned his first time trial championship as an elite rider at Spanish Road Nationals on Thursday. He positioned himself in the hot seat among the final 10 riders after posting a time of 37:40 on the 30.8km course and celebrated after nine others could not break his mark.

Xabier Mikel Azparrren (Pinarello Q36.5) was 4 seconds back for the silver medal, while Pablo Torres (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) was another three seconds back for bronze.

Defending ITT champion Abel Balderstone (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) finished eighth, 1:25 off the pace.

A total of 37 riders took on the 30.8km race against the clock under brilliant sunshine, with 370 metres of elevation gain in the foothills of the Aragonese Pyrenees into Sabiñánigo. The opening 10km featured an uphill profile, with a rolling middle section. Then, once through a short climb through Larrés, the final 5km descended back into Sabiñánigo.

One notable absentee from the event was last year's road race winner Iván Romeo (Movistar), who finished fourth in the ITT, as he sits out the championships to recover from an illness.

The 25-year-old Castrillo last captured a Spanish time trial title as an under-23 rider four years ago. He has finished in the top 10 of the ITT as an elite rider twice since, and has not won a bike race since winning a pair of stages at the 2024 Vuelta a España.

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Ethan Hayter flies to fourth career British elite men's time trial title with dominant ride

cyclingnews@futurenet.com (Dani Ostanek) — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 16:30:37 +0000

Ethan Hayter (Soudal-QuickStep) swept to a dominant victory in the elite men's time trial at the British National Championships on Thursday, scoring his fourth career title in Lampeter.

The 27-year-old scored his eighth career time trial victory and sixth of the past year as he beat Connor Swift (Netcompany Ineos) by 1:30 on the flat 38.4km course.

Hayter averaged 52.149kph during his ride, 1.7kph quicker than second place. Josh Charlton (Netcompany Ineos Racing Academy) rounded out the podium, 1:40 down.

The victory is Hayter's first of the 2026 season, his best result to date coming back on his second race day as he finished fourth in the UAE Tour time trial at Al Hudayriyat Island.

Hayter recently completed the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, but won't take part in the Tour de France next month. Instead, his main late-season goal looks set to be the Vuelta a España.

“It’s my second consecutive title and my first victory of the season, so obviously, I’m happy to be on the podium and know that I will keep the jersey for one more year," Hayter told his Soudal-QuickStep team after the race.

"I liked this course a lot, and as soon as I left the start house, I found my rhythm and kept it the entire time, which shows that I came here with strong legs. We’ll see what I can do on Sunday, when I’m ready to give everything again."

Earlier in the day, Ben Wiggins (Hagens Berman-Jayco) won the under-23 men's title, while Erin Boothman (Liv-AlUla-Jayco) triumphed in the under-23 women's time trial by almost two minutes. Zoe Bäckstedt (Canyon-SRAM) defended her elite women's title to win the race for a second time

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Rémi Cavagna speeds to elite men's TT title for first time in three years at French National Championships

Matilda Price — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:40:50 +0000

Rémi Cavagna (Groupama-FDJ United) came out on top in the time trial at the French National Championships for the first time in three years on Thursday, beating Bruno Armirail (Visma-Lease a Bike) to the title.

Cavagna and Armirail have been trading blows in the French TT for the last several years, winning the six previous editions between them – three for Armirail, and now three for Cavagna.

Armirail started the day as favourite given he's the defending champion from 2025 and 2024, but he couldn't hold off Cavagna this time as the Groupama rider put a 49-second gap into his rival. He completed the 29.7km course in 36:55 for an average speed of 48.3 kph.

Third went to Ewen Costiou (Groupama-FDJ United) who finished 1:03 down on his teammate, and in fact Groupama riders finished in fourth and seventh too, such is their numerical advantage at the French Championships.

Championship racing continues in southeastern France on the weekend with the elite road races.

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Filippo Ganna dominates Italian time trial championships for seventh elite men's victory

jackie.tyson@futurenet.com (Jackie Tyson) — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:56:54 +0000

Filippo Ganna (Netcompany Ineos) won his seventh elite men's time trial national title at Italian Road Championships on Thursday, completing the challenging 40.3km rolling course into Barolo in 47:39.

Luca Giaimi (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), a former junior ITT champion, took the silver as the best of five other riders who finished more than two minutes back on Ganna. Mattia Cattaneo (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) edged Filippo Baroncini (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) for the bronze.

A surprise was Lorenzo Finn (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) finishing sixth. In the battle of former junior ITT champions, 21-year-old Giaimi was the better of the two with a podium finish.

Ganna won his first Italian time trial title as a junior in 2014. He has won the elite title five consecutive years, missing the podium in 2021 when Matteo Sobrero took the victory. This year the Lidl-Trek rider finished fifth, 2:57 off the pace.

The route started in Santuario di Vicoforte and finished in Barolo, with three climbs and a slightly downhill finish. The Italian champion averaged 50.36 kph to dominate the competition.

The elite men were the only division to compete in the time trial, as the Italian Cycling Federation announced on June 9 that the junior men and women, U23 categories and elite women would compete at a later time this year, the dates and venue not confirmed.

Saturday will determine the Italian road race champion for elite men, while the elite women will compete in the road race on Sunday.

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Célia Le Mouël shocks the favourites to triumph in women's elite time trial at French National Championships

Matilda Price — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:24:59 +0000

ProTeam rider Célia Le Mouël (Ma Petite Entreprise) shocked all the big favourites and WorldTour riders to power to victory in the elite women's time trial at the French Road Championships, winning by 11 seconds.

The 25-year-old smashed the 29.7km course in southeast France in 43:57, beating Maëva Squiban (UAE Team ADQ) by 11 seconds.

Defending champion Cédrine Kerbaol (EF Education-Oatly) was denied a third TT title, finishing 25 seconds down in third.

Riding for the second-tier Ma Petite Entreprise squad, few would have had their eyes on Le Mouël as a potential winner amongst the likes of Squiban, Kerbaol and Juliette Berthet (FDJ United-Suez), but expectations didn't matter as she sped to her first elite national title atop her Factor TT machine.

Taking home an elite title will certainly be a huge boost for Ma Petite Entreprise, who were only founded this year but are set to ride the Tour de France Femmes, where Le Mouël will surely get to show off her tricolour skinsuit in the stage 4 time trial.

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Zoe Bäckstedt defends her British elite women's time trial title ahead of Anna Morris

cyclingnews@futurenet.com (Dani Ostanek) — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:35:23 +0000

Zoe Bäckstedt (Canyon-SRAM) successfully defended her British elite women's time trial title in Lampeter, Wales, on Thursday.

The 21-year-old won her second elite title on the 25.6km course, beating four-time track world champion Anna Morris by 21 seconds. Bäckstedt's sister, Elynor (UAE Team ADQ), rounded out the podium in third place, finishing 1:05 down.

Last year, Bäckstedt put in a similar ride to win in Aberaeron, triumphing by 20 seconds ahead of Anna Henderson. The Lidl-Trek rider was present again this time around, though she finished her effort in eighth place, 1:54 down on the reigning champion.

"It was super hard, the heat made it 10 times harder than I think I expected to be," Bäckstedt said after the race, according to CyclingWeekly. "It was a super nice course, really fast, with country roads basically. Classic Welsh roads, but it was really fun in a way, even though I think everyone suffered through it. Happy that it's done and over with, and I'm just glad to come home with the jersey."

The win goes down as the 10th of Bäckstedt's road career to date, and her third of the 2026 season, following a triumph at the Vuelta Extremadura Feminas time trial and on stage 3 of the recent Tour de Suisse.

The elite women's race was run shortly after the under-23 men's time trial, which was won by Bradley Wiggins' son, Ben (Hagen Bermans-Jayco). The under-23 women's time trial and elite men's time trial will follow later in the day.

Imogen Wolff (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Carys Lloyd (Movistar) will take part in the under-23 women's race, while Matthew Brennan (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Ethan Hayter (Soudal-QuickStep) are among the elite men's competitors.

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Mireia Benito takes fourth consecutive elite women's Spanish time trial title

Matilda Price — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:32:33 +0000

Mireia Benito (AG Insurance-Soudal) defended her title for a fourth time in the elite women's time trial at the Spanish Road Championships on Thursday, riding the 18.6km course 21 seconds faster than her closest rivals.

Benito completed the TT in Sabiñánigo in 25:59 for an average speed of nearly 43kph, earning herself the right to wear the Spanish champion's skinsuit for another year. She is now a four-time consecutive winner in the elite TT, winning every year since 2023.

The rider she beat into second this year was Movistar's Sara Martín, who finished 21 seconds down on the winning time. Sandra Alonso (Eneicat-Be Call) took third at 27 seconds.

After crashing during her recon and needing stitches, podium hopeful Paula Blasi (UAE Team ADQ) missed out on the top three, coming in fourth, 40 seconds down on Benito.

Earlier in the day, Alejandra Neira (Baqué Movistar) took the junior women's TT title, whilst Paula Ostiz (Movistar) won the women's U23 TT, finishing fifth in the elite race.

Racing continues at the Spanish Championships on Thursday afternoon with the elite and U23 men's TTs, before the road races on the weekend, where Benito will be among the favourites again.

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Huub Artz powers to victory ahead of Dylan van Baarle at Dutch men's national time trial championships

kirsten.frattini@futurenet.com (Kirsten Frattini) — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:44:09 +0000

Huub Artz (Lotto Intermarché) secured his first elite national title in the individual time trial at the Dutch Road Championships on Wednesday.

Under scorching temperatures, Artz crossed the finish line with the fastest time of the day, 40:29.26, beating runner-up Dylan van Baarle (Soudal-QuickStep) by 31 seconds and third-placed Sjoerd Bax (Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling) by 58 seconds in Laren.

The race was shifted to a later afternoon to avoid the alarmingly warm mid-afternoon temperatures, which reached 35°C in Laren, in the Achterhoek region of eastern Netherlands.

Many federations across Europe took safety precautions by adding shaded areas, air-conditioned trucks for changing, and even sprinkler systems.

The elite men's 31 starters were divided into two waves during the time trial as they tackled two large loops totalling 35.8km.

Posting the fastest times at all five checkpoints, Thijs Woggers (WV de Kannibaal) set the opening benchmark with a time of 42:58.56.

Maarten van de Berg (Awv de Zqaluwen) was the first rider to knock him out of the hotseat, finishing five seconds faster, with a time of 42:53.50.

From there, the times kept coming in faster and faster until Artz crossed the line with the fastest time of the day at 40:29.26 to secure the national title.

Results

Top 10 - provisional
Pos.	Rider (Team)	Time
1	Huub Artz (Lotto Intermarché)	0:40:29
2	Dylan van Baarle (Soudal Quick-Step)	+0:00:31.86
3	Sjoerd Bax (Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team)	+0:00:58.89
4	Axel van der Tuuk (Euskaltel - Euskadi)	+0:01:45.76
5	Enzo Leijnse (Anicolor / Campicarn)	+0:02:02.95
6	Yanne Dorenbos (Azerion / Villa Valkenburg)	+0:02:08.33
7	Maarten Van Den Berg	+0:02:24.24
8	Joris Reinderink	+0:02:29.34
9	Thijs Wiggers (CT GIANT Store Assen - NWVG)	+0:02:50.76
10	Rik van der Wal (EEW-VDK Cyclingteam)	+0:02:53.42

Daniek Hengeveld scorches final lap for her first elite women's Dutch time trial national title

jackie.tyson@futurenet.com (Jackie Tyson) — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 18:17:17 +0000

Daniek Hengeveld scored her first road national title Wednesday with an aggressive second-half ride and won the elite women's Dutch Time Trial Championship.

It was a podium sweep for trade team Visma-Lease a Bike, with Femke De Vries earning the silver medal, 2 seconds off the best time of 45:12, and Lieke Nooijen taking the bronze, 15 seconds back.

Nooijen edged Loes Adegeest (Lidl-Trek) by just two-10ths of a second for the final medal.

The last road victory for the 23-year-old Hengeveld came 17 months ago when she won the opening stage of the 2025 Tour Down Under. She was part of the Dutch team that raced to bronze in the Women's Team Pursuit at the UCI Track World Cup in Malaysia last year.

"Winning the title came as a surprise, although I’d secretly hoped to finish on the podium," Hengeveld said.

"I tried to prepare for this time trial as well as I possibly could. I scouted the course several times, spent the whole of last week on my time trial bike and rode as hard as I could today. I couldn’t have done any more. I was confident I could do it, so I’m delighted that I was able to prove it today."

How it unfolded

The start for 42 elite women, divided into two waves, was moved from 15:00 local time to 17:15 to avoid the peak mid-afternoon temperatures, which reached 35°C. The sunny skies made the temperature feel much warmer.

The afternoon U23 men's time trial was moved from an afternoon start to late morning, and that course shortened from 36km to 27km. The elite women's course was unchanged, riders taking on two large laps for 36km in the Achterhoek region of eastern Netherlands.

A flat route took riders through Harfsen for the first time check at km 5.1, then a second time check at km 13.4 on Old Street before passing the finish line on Holterweg in Laren for the first time 4.6km later. The circuit was completed a second time in that order.

In the first wave of starters, Femke Markus (SD Worx-Protime) set the best time at the halfway point of the race against the clock, posting a time of 23:06, 33 seconds faster than her closest competitor, Fee Knaven (UIAE Development).

Once the second wave of competitors had taken the course and punched the clock of the first circuit, eight riders had posted times better than Femke Markus. Seven of them went under the 23-minute mark, with Daniel Hengeveld (Visma-Lease a Bike) the best of the bunch in a time of 22:25.

With under 5km to go and a final time check, Hengeveld's teammate Femke De Vries posted the best time, heading to the finish with one-10th of a second advantage over Hengeveld, and Loes Adegeest (Lidl-Trek) holding to the third position.

Hengeveld would stop the clock at 45:12, taking the hot seat with eight riders left on the course. De Vries crossed the line four riders later, but her effort was 2 seconds short of overtaking her teammate.

On the final kilometres back into Laren, Lieke Nooijen (Vsima-Lease a Bike) made up a 13-second deficit to third-placed Adegeest, and stopped the clock in 45:27.

There was not enough distance remaining for the favourites and the final two riders on course to make up time. Defending champion Mischa Bredewold (SD Worx-Protime) would finish eighth, 51 seconds off the mark. Two-time winner Riejanne Markus (Lidl-Trek), who set the best time at the first time check on the day, rode across the line in sixth place, 45 seconds down.

Results

Top 10
Pos.	Rider (Team)	Time
1	Daniek Hengeveld (Team Visma \| Lease a Bike)	0:45:12
2	Femke de Vries (Team Visma \| Lease a Bike)	+0:00:02
3	Lieke Nooijen (Team Visma \| Lease a Bike)	+0:00:15
4	Loes Adegeest (Lidl-Trek)	+0:00:15
5	Nienke Vinke (Team SD Worx-Protime)	+0:00:42
6	Riejanne Markus (Lidl-Trek)	+0:00:45
7	Anouska Koster (Uno-X Mobility)	+0:00:48
8	Mischa Bredewold (Team SD Worx-Protime)	+0:00:51
9	Anneke Dijkstra (VolkerWessels Cycling Team)	+0:01:05
10	Femke Markus (Team SD Worx-Protime)	+0:01:24

Gravel Earth Series: Kenyan riders sweep men's podium while Swedish national champion Nathalie Eklund earns women's title at Migration Gravel Race

jackie.tyson@futurenet.com (Jackie Tyson) — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 15:43:11 +0000

Led by 20-year-old Kenyan Ivan Kipruto, the Black Mambas Development Squad swept the men's podium at this year's Migration Gravel Race, while Swedish gravel national champion Nathalie Eklund won the women's division.

The four-day stage race, June 16-19, was the seventh stop of the Gravel Earth Series. Migration Gravel Race covered 650 kilometres of rugged, red clay roads and paths in the Maasai Mara wilderness of Kenya, with more than 8,000 metres of elevation gain.

Kipruto rocketed into the GC hunt on the queen stage, then secured a surprising overall victory on the fourth and final day, jumping past fellow Kenyan teammates Stanley Ngugi and Peterson Kamau, who finished second and third, respectively.

It was a coming-out party for riders on the Team Amani development team, and first major gravel race victory for Kipruto, who earned a podium at the recent Safari Gravel Race.

"Stage 4 brought one final battle across the Maasai Mara, capping off an unforgettable week of racing on home roads. Throughout the race, the Black Mamba Development Squad animated the action," the Black Mambas team wrote on social media.

"The Black Mamba Development Squad completed a remarkable sweep of the men's overall podium—a testament to the talent, hard work, and belief that continues to drive the program forward. This race has always been about more than results. It's about creating opportunities, inspiring the next generation, and showing that East African riders can compete with anyone in the world."

Eklund, who started the year with the overall win at Sahara Desert in February, battled against Team Amani rider Claudette Nyirarukundo all four days on the rugged terrain. Just three days before the stage race, the 23-year-old Rwandan earned a career-defining victory at Safari Gravel Race, earning a berth at the UCI Gravel World Championships.

Theresa Rindler-Bachl of Austria completed the podium for the pro women. On the men's side, Francisco Moreira of Portugal was the first non-African rider in the men’s ranking, finishing seventh.

Axelle Dubau-Prevot (EF Education-Oatly) continues to command the women's GES leaderboard with five top 10s from the first half of the season. Morgan Aguirre (PAS Racing) is second and Sophie Wright (Ribble Outliers) is third.

With a four-race sweep of wins, Mads Würtz Schmidt (Specialized Off-road) holds the men's overall GES lead. Hugo Drechou (Gravel Nation) is second and Petr Vokoč (Factor Racing) sits third.

Results

Pro men top 5
Pos.	Rider (Team)	Time
1	Ivan Kipruto (Black Mambas Development)	19:19:27
2	Stanley Ngugi (Black Mambas Development)	+0:27:36
3	Peterson Kamau (Black Mambas Development)	+0:31:24
4	Paul Miiro (Black Mambas Development)	+0:49:55
5	Shafiq Mugalu (Black Mambas Development)	+1:02:59

Pro women top 5
Pos.	Rider (Team)	Time
1	Nathalie Eklund (56 & FAM)	21:18:26
2	Claudette Nyirarukundo (Team Amani)	+2:14:47
3	Theresa Rindler (Megamo Racing)	+3:00:46
4	Sarrah Diekmeyer (Megamo Racing)	+4:29:07
5	Munu Martinie (Black Mambas Development)	+6:43:55

Belgian Waffle Ride: Hayden Christian secures Quad-Tripel Crown of Gravel with victory in Montana while Cécile Lejeune wraps up women's overall title with runner-up finish

jackie.tyson@futurenet.com (Jackie Tyson) — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:58:58 +0000

Hayden Christian (Trek-MAAP Pro.Fwd) carved his way around the two decisive singletrack turns to win Belgian Waffle Ride Montana, proving the fastest among a group of five elite men on the final half mile of the 115-mile (185km) course into Bozeman.

Stella Hobbs (MAAP-ENVE-Tailwind) won her second consecutive elite women's victory at BWR Montana, this year going solo in the elite women's division with a time of 5:07:39.

Cécile Lejeune (Trek Driftless) finished seven minutes behind Hobbs for second, which confirmed her position as overall winner in the Quad-Tripel Crown of Gravel. Lejeune opened her BWR account with a third place in Arizona and then sealed the overall with back-to-back wins at BWR California and BWR Utah. Hannah Shell finished second overall, just 8 points ahead of Holly Breck.

Hobbs got away from Lejeuen with 30 miles to go, and both finished with an average speed of more than 21 mph.

"It's how riding goes here - nothing's that long and nothing's that steep. So if you can capitalise on every little bit that there is, you can really move through this course fast. We were hauling," Hobbs said at the finish to organisers.

The men's Quad-Tripel Crown was decided at Saturday's sprint, Christian earning the title by just eight points over Lance Haidet (Colnago-SRAM-Velocio), who finished third in the final race. Christian progressed up the leaderboard at all four stops of the series, starting with 11th place at Arizona, then fifth at California and third at Utah, which put him two points behind Haidet going into the final race.

Christian and Haidet rode in the decisive lead group with Elliot Thornblade (Forward Endurance Coaching), Matthew Saldana (Cyclesport.com) and Ryker Brand (ALLIED-Formula 369). Thornblade made a late pass of Christian with a shoulder bump on the final dirt section, but Christian swooped inside Thornblade with another body barge 100 yards later to take the lead for the final 50 metres to the line, winning in 4:45:32. Haidet grabbed the final podium ahead of Saldana while Brand was distanced in fifth.

It was the second edition of BWR Montana, which moved to a new start/finish at Glen Lake Park in Bozeman. The long route skirted the Blacktail mountain range in south-west Montana but still amassed 7,500 feet of climbing across 70% of 'unroad' on a new course.

Hayden Christian sealed the 2026 Quad-Tripel title with the elite men's victory at BWR Montana (Image credit: Belgium Waffle Ride Montana)

Results

Elite women top 10
Pos.	Rider (Team)	Time
1	Stella Hobbs (MAAP, ENVE, Tailwind)	5:07:39
2	Cécile Lejeune (Trek Driftless)	+0:07:30
3	Hannah Shell (GoodLife Brands / Pirelli)	+0:27:36
4	Courtney Sullivan (Mamis p/b Incycle)	+0:36:01
5	Laurel Quinones	+0:46:35
6	Merrilee Thomas (MT alpha)	+0:49:05
7	Chelsee Pummel (Bangtail Bike & Ski)	+1:03:46
8	Siena Hermon (Mondraker Bikes)	+1:09:11
9	Brianna Samuhel (MBO Simmonds Racing)	+1:28:21
10	Ivy Audrain (Ventum/Eliel Racing)	+1:48:46

Elite men top 10
Pos.	Rider (Team)	Time
1	Hayden Christian (TREK-MAAP PRO.FWD)	4:45:32
2	Elliot Thornblade (Forward Endurance Coaching)	+0:00:01
3	Lance Haidet (Colnago/SRAM/ZIPP/Velocio)	+0:00:01
4	Matthew Saldana (Cyclesport.com)	+0:00:04
5	Ryker Brand (ALLIED-Formula 369)	+0:00:18
6	Caleb Swartz (Mondraker/ Easton Overland)	+0:09:53
7	Joseph Kerr (Montana State Cycling)	+0:11:20
8	Jack Elder	+0:15:36
9	Nathan Barton	+0:21:40
10	Kai Applequist (Team RF Foundations)	+0:21:50

Series standings

Women's overall
Place	Name	AZ	CA	UT	MT	Total points
1st	Cécile Lejeune	50	90	60	54	204
2nd	Hannah Shell	40	75	50	0	165
3rd	Holly Breck	38	69	50	0	157

Men's overall
Place	Name	AZ	CA	UT	MT	Total points
1st	Hayden Christian	30	63	50	30	173
2nd	Lance Haidet	34	81	50	0	165
3rd	Matthew Saldana	39	38	46	0	123

UCI Gravel World Series: Adam Roberge and Haley Smith best in sprints for victories at Canada's OG Classique

simone.giuliani@futurenet.com (Simone Giuliani) — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 15:13:15 +0000

Adam Roberge (Felt-ENVE) and Haley Smith (Factor Racing) claimed victory at the OG Classique on Sunday, a new round of the UCI Gravel World Series in Wakefield, Quebec.

Michael Woods (Ventum) took second in the men's elite race, which ended with a tight four-way sprint. Fiset Guillaume was third while Griffin Easter (OpiCure Foundation Gravel Team) came fourth.

In the elite women's race it was another charged battle to the line, with Dylan Baker coming second to Smith while it was third for Laetitia Bilodeau.

The race came a week after both victors had ridden the cancelled Canadian Gravel Championships. OG Classique was the first of two Canadian qualifiers in the GWS, the next being the Ghost of the Gravel in Alberta next week.

The weekend's 122km Quebec event delivered 1,676m of elevation gain through the rolling terrain of the Outaouais region on a route in the Gatineau Hills that was more than 70% gravel. The start/finish area was located at Centre Vorlage ski and mountain bike resort.

It was one of four qualifiers across three continents held on the weekend, with Italy hosting the Grand Tour 3 Cime Lavaredo and Australia the Devils Cardigan on Saturday while on Sunday there was also Eislek Gravel Luxembourg. The top 25% of competitors in each category qualify for the Gravel World Championships, this year being held in Nannup, Western Australian in October.

Elite men top 5
Position	Rider (Country)	Time
1	Adam Roberge (Can)	3:09:46
2	Michael Woods (Can)	st
3	Guillaume Fiset (Can)	st
4	Griffin Easter (USA)	st
5	Zachary Mccann (USA)	0:00:16

Elite women top 5
Position	Rider (Country)	Time
1	Haley Smith (Can)	3:45:45
2	Dylan Baker (Can)	st
3	Laetitia Bilodeau (Can)	0:00:01
4	Holly Henry (Can)	0:00:07
5	Lucy Hempstead (Can)	0:09:27