Step 6: Barbentane/Apt

Back to 2025 - THE PARKER:
8 steps. 8 days of race.
Total mileage: 1 157.1 km.
The longest stage: Saint-Julien-en-Saint-Alban Berre l’Étang - 209.8 km.
The shortest step: Circuit Nevers Magny-Cours Nevers 28,4 km (C.l.m. per team).
Departure: The Perray-en-Yvelines.
Arrival: Nice. Promenade des Anglais.
THE PELOTON : 154 riders representing 22 teams. 114 people.
THE COURSE :
European champion Tim Merlier shows himself an arch-dominator in the sprint on the first two stages, but can’t do anything to save his leader’s jersey against the collective power of the Visma on the team time. So Jonas Vingegaard takes care of it, but only wears it two days, a bad fall in the stage
de la Côte-Saint-André obliges him to renounce it before the departure of the next day. Matteo Jorgenson is therefore obliged to take the lead at the top of the general classification and behaves in real patron at the dreadful stage of Berre l’Étang, marked by edges and victoriously concluded by the future Mads Pedersen green jersey. The American then manages its advantage over Florian Lipowitz (2nd) and Thymen Arensman (3rd) during the final weekend, profitable to Michael Storer who is standing under the snow in Auron, and Magnus Sheffield who grabs the last bouquet in Nice.
EXPLOIT:
Lenny Martinez wins his first prestigious victory after a competition between punchers in the Côte-Saint-André final. Its acceleration in the last 100 meters allows it to prevail in front of his compatriot Clément Champoussin, but also to distance serious customers like Joao Almeida or Brandon McNulty. The 21-year-old man rises temporarily to the 5th rank of the hierarchy, but loses contact with the leaders of the general classification on the road to Berre l’Étang.
ANECDOTE:
The Promenade des Anglais passes under the American flag during the last stage. While Matteo Jorgenson takes his second title by controlling the initiatives of Lipowitz and Arensman, he is one of his fellow countrymen, Magnus Sheffield, who uses the reliefs of the final, including the coast of the Four Paths, to pick up his first victory at World Tour.