Step 1: Achères/Carrières-sous-Poissy
From the height of his 24 years, Kévin Vauquelin Already present on his CV as a cyclist champion, the stage victory on the Tour de France in Bologna (2024) in his second place in the final classification of the Tour de Suisse (2025), including two podiums on the Flèche Wallonne (2024-25).
During his Arkéa years, the Norman rider also broke the screen on Paris-Nice, during his unique participation in 2023, especially on the stage of La Loge des Gardes, finished in 5th place among the best riders in the world.
This year, the Frenchman returns to the Race au Soleil with a new jersey, that of the Ineos-Grenadiers training he joined last fall. Its season 2026 began with an encouraging 5th place on the Tour d’Algarve, which may have even higher performances perched in the coming months. And why not next week?