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Tour de La Provence 2026 - Stage 2

Forcalquier > Montagne de Lure, 174.8km

13.02-15.02

Matthew Riccitello won stage 2 of the Tour de la Provence, outsprinting Carlos Rodríguez on the snowy summit of Montagne de Lure. The American followed Rodríguez’s late attack before launching his own sprint inside the final 200 metres. He now leads the general classification by four seconds with one stage remaining.

Race report

Results

Stage

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Matthew Riccitello Decathlon CMA CGM 4:28:29
2 Carlos Rodriguez Netcompany INEOS + 00.00
3 Brandon Rivera Netcompany INEOS + 00.14
4 Aurélien Paret-Peintre Decathlon CMA CGM + 00.14
5 Clément Champoussin XDS Astana Development Team + 00.28
6 AJ August Netcompany INEOS + 00.44
7 Rémi Daumas Groupama-FDJ United + 00.44
8 Matteo Scalco XDS Astana Development Team + 00.47
9 Nicolas Breuillard Team TotalEnergies + 00.47
10 Julien Bernard Lidl-Trek + 01.02
11 Axel Mariault CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 01.05
12 Cedrik Bakke Christophersen Unibet Rose Rockets + 01.11
13 Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet Groupama-FDJ United + 01.11
14 Ludovico Crescioli Team Polti VisitMalta + 01.55
15 Wout Poels Unibet Rose Rockets + 01.59
16 Jamie Meehan Cofidis + 02.03
17 Sam Oomen Lidl-Trek + 02.12
18 Alessandro Verre MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort + 02.23
19 Michael Leonard EF Education-EasyPost + 02.37
20 Victor Papon Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 03.14
21 Luca Cretti MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort + 03.14
22 Victor Loulergue Groupama-FDJ United + 03.45
23 Rémi Capron Van Rysel-Roubaix + 03.54
24 Lucas Bénéteau St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 04.16
25 Maxime Jarnet Van Rysel-Roubaix + 04.55
26 Francisco Muñoz Team Polti VisitMalta + 05.18
27 Jannis Peter Unibet Rose Rockets + 05.28
28 Kenny Molly Van Rysel-Roubaix + 06.23
29 Mathis Le Berre Team TotalEnergies + 06.23
30 Mathias Vacek Lidl-Trek + 06.51
31 Antoine Berger St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 07.21
32 Laurens Huys Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 08.36
33 Stan Dewulf Decathlon CMA CGM + 08.50
34 Oliver Naesen Decathlon CMA CGM + 08.50
35 Clément Davy Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 08.50
36 Baptiste Gillet Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 08.50
37 Jaakko Hänninen Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 08.50
38 Mattia Bais Team Polti VisitMalta + 08.50
39 Thomas Pesenti Team Polti VisitMalta + 08.50
40 Colin Savioz Unibet Rose Rockets + 08.50
41 Fernando Tercero Team Polti VisitMalta + 08.50
42 Axel Laurance Netcompany INEOS + 08.50
43 Nicola Marcerou Team TotalEnergies + 10.00
44 Edoardo Zamperini Cofidis + 10.00
45 Dorian Godon Netcompany INEOS + 11.05
46 Lorenzo Germani Groupama-FDJ United + 11.05
47 Arnaud Tendon Van Rysel-Roubaix + 11.05
48 Pierre-Henry Basset XDS Astana Development Team + 11.05
49 Tom Mainguenaud Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 11.05
50 Tao Geoghegan Hart Lidl-Trek + 11.05
51 Esteban Foucher Groupama-FDJ United + 11.05
52 Joris Chaussinand CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 11.16
53 Tomos Pattinson EF Education-EasyPost + 13.09
54 Victor Langellotti Netcompany INEOS + 13.21
55 Laurens De Plus Netcompany INEOS + 13.21
56 Márk Valent MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort + 13.21
57 Simon Carr Cofidis + 14.52
58 Daniel Årnes Van Rysel-Roubaix + 15.20
59 Jelle Johannink Unibet Rose Rockets + 15.20
60 Luke Lamperti EF Education-EasyPost + 15.43
61 Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen Decathlon CMA CGM + 15.43
62 Neilson Powless EF Education-EasyPost + 15.43
63 Filippo Ridolfo Team Novo Nordisk + 15.43
64 Gavin Hlady EF Education-EasyPost + 15.43
65 Eivind Broholt Fougner Unibet Rose Rockets + 15.43
66 Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard Lidl-Trek + 15.43
67 Anthony Turgis Team TotalEnergies + 15.43
68 Titouan Fontaine Groupama-FDJ United + 15.47
69 Barnabas Peak MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort + 15.52
70 Diego Sevilla Team Polti VisitMalta + 15.55
71 Simon Guglielmi St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 16.15
72 Thomas Champion St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 16.15
73 Alexis Renard Cofidis + 16.30
74 Blake Agnoletto Groupama-FDJ United + 16.56
75 Kévin Avoine Van Rysel-Roubaix + 18.14
76 Alexander Konijn Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 18.17
77 Hugo Page Cofidis + 18.55
78 Liam Van Bylen Decathlon CMA CGM + 18.58
79 Artem Fofonov XDS Astana Development Team + 19.40
80 Maël Guégan CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 20.56
81 Andrea Peron Team Novo Nordisk + 20.56
82 Gustav Wang XDS Astana Development Team + 20.56
83 Alessio Delle Vedove XDS Astana Development Team + 20.56
84 Quinten De Graeve Team Novo Nordisk + 20.56
85 Marius Innhaug Dahl Decathlon CMA CGM + 20.56
86 Mathias Sanlaville CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 20.56
87 Tobias Müller Unibet Rose Rockets + 21.34
88 Jonas Walton CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 21.34
89 Jason Tesson Team TotalEnergies + 21.38
90 Morne Van Niekerk St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 21.38
91 Lorrenzo Manzin Team TotalEnergies + 25.14
92 Romain Cardis St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 27.10
93 Jérémy Lecroq St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 27.10
94 Bailey McDonald Team Novo Nordisk + 27.46
95 Joes Oosterlinck Van Rysel-Roubaix + 27.48
96 Tommaso Bessega Team Polti VisitMalta + 28.50
- Célestin Wattelle Team Novo Nordisk DNF
- David Zanutta XDS Astana Development Team DNF
- Declan Irvine Team Novo Nordisk DNF
- Umberto Poli Team Novo Nordisk DNF

GC

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Matthew Riccitello Decathlon CMA CGM 8:30:14
2 Carlos Rodriguez Netcompany INEOS + 00.04
3 Brandon Rivera Netcompany INEOS + 00.20
4 Aurélien Paret-Peintre Decathlon CMA CGM + 00.24
5 Clément Champoussin XDS Astana Development Team + 00.38
6 AJ August Netcompany INEOS + 00.54
7 Rémi Daumas Groupama-FDJ United + 00.54
8 Nicolas Breuillard Team TotalEnergies + 00.57
9 Matteo Scalco XDS Astana Development Team + 00.57
10 Julien Bernard Lidl-Trek + 01.12
11 Axel Mariault CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 01.15
12 Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet Groupama-FDJ United + 01.21
13 Cedrik Bakke Christophersen Unibet Rose Rockets + 01.21
14 Ludovico Crescioli Team Polti VisitMalta + 02.05
15 Wout Poels Unibet Rose Rockets + 02.09
16 Jamie Meehan Cofidis + 02.13
17 Sam Oomen Lidl-Trek + 02.22
18 Alessandro Verre MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort + 02.33
19 Michael Leonard EF Education-EasyPost + 02.47
20 Victor Papon Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 03.24
21 Victor Loulergue Groupama-FDJ United + 03.55
22 Lucas Bénéteau St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 04.26
23 Maxime Jarnet Van Rysel-Roubaix + 05.05
24 Francisco Muñoz Team Polti VisitMalta + 05.28
25 Jannis Peter Unibet Rose Rockets + 05.38
26 Mathis Le Berre Team TotalEnergies + 06.29
27 Kenny Molly Van Rysel-Roubaix + 06.33
28 Mathias Vacek Lidl-Trek + 07.01
29 Antoine Berger St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 07.31
30 Rémi Capron Van Rysel-Roubaix + 08.33
31 Laurens Huys Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 08.46
32 Mattia Bais Team Polti VisitMalta + 08.50
33 Baptiste Gillet Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 08.58
34 Axel Laurance Netcompany INEOS + 09.00
35 Clément Davy Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 09.00
36 Thomas Pesenti Team Polti VisitMalta + 09.00
37 Fernando Tercero Team Polti VisitMalta + 09.00
38 Stan Dewulf Decathlon CMA CGM + 09.00
39 Jaakko Hänninen Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 09.00
40 Oliver Naesen Decathlon CMA CGM + 09.00
41 Edoardo Zamperini Cofidis + 10.10
42 Arnaud Tendon Van Rysel-Roubaix + 11.00
43 Esteban Foucher Groupama-FDJ United + 11.14
44 Lorenzo Germani Groupama-FDJ United + 11.15
45 Dorian Godon Netcompany INEOS + 11.15
46 Tom Mainguenaud Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 11.15
47 Pierre-Henry Basset XDS Astana Development Team + 11.15
48 Tao Geoghegan Hart Lidl-Trek + 11.15
49 Nicola Marcerou Team TotalEnergies + 11.22
50 Joris Chaussinand CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 12.56
51 Tomos Pattinson EF Education-EasyPost + 13.19
52 Luca Cretti MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort + 13.27
53 Laurens De Plus Netcompany INEOS + 13.31
54 Márk Valent MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort + 13.31
55 Simon Carr Cofidis + 15.26
56 Daniel Årnes Van Rysel-Roubaix + 15.30
57 Jelle Johannink Unibet Rose Rockets + 15.30
58 Luke Lamperti EF Education-EasyPost + 15.49
59 Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen Decathlon CMA CGM + 15.53
60 Anthony Turgis Team TotalEnergies + 15.53
61 Filippo Ridolfo Team Novo Nordisk + 15.53
62 Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard Lidl-Trek + 15.53
63 Colin Savioz Unibet Rose Rockets + 15.53
64 Titouan Fontaine Groupama-FDJ United + 15.57
65 Diego Sevilla Team Polti VisitMalta + 16.03
66 Thomas Champion St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 16.25
67 Alexis Renard Cofidis + 16.40
68 Neilson Powless EF Education-EasyPost + 17.05
69 Eivind Broholt Fougner Unibet Rose Rockets + 17.05
70 Blake Agnoletto Groupama-FDJ United + 17.06
71 Victor Langellotti Netcompany INEOS + 18.00
72 Kévin Avoine Van Rysel-Roubaix + 18.24
73 Alexander Konijn Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 18.27
74 Hugo Page Cofidis + 19.05
75 Simon Guglielmi St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 19.12
76 Artem Fofonov XDS Astana Development Team + 19.50
77 Gavin Hlady EF Education-EasyPost + 20.22
78 Gustav Wang XDS Astana Development Team + 21.03
79 Mathias Sanlaville CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 21.06
80 Maël Guégan CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 21.06
81 Marius Innhaug Dahl Decathlon CMA CGM + 21.06
82 Quinten De Graeve Team Novo Nordisk + 21.30
83 Tobias Müller Unibet Rose Rockets + 21.44
84 Morne Van Niekerk St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 21.48
85 Jonas Walton CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 22.34
86 Barnabas Peak MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort + 22.55
87 Liam Van Bylen Decathlon CMA CGM + 23.37
88 Lorrenzo Manzin Team TotalEnergies + 25.24
89 Joes Oosterlinck Van Rysel-Roubaix + 27.58
90 Alessio Delle Vedove XDS Astana Development Team + 27.59
91 Jérémy Lecroq St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 28.32
92 Tommaso Bessega Team Polti VisitMalta + 29.00
93 Andrea Peron Team Novo Nordisk + 32.24
94 Jason Tesson Team TotalEnergies + 33.06
95 Romain Cardis St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 38.38
96 Bailey McDonald Team Novo Nordisk + 39.14
- Célestin Wattelle Team Novo Nordisk DNF
- David Zanutta XDS Astana Development Team DNF
- Declan Irvine Team Novo Nordisk DNF
- Umberto Poli Team Novo Nordisk DNF

Youth

PosRiderTeam Time
1 AJ August Netcompany INEOS 8:31:08
2 Rémi Daumas Groupama-FDJ United + 00.00
3 Matteo Scalco XDS Astana Development Team + 00.03
4 Ludovico Crescioli Team Polti VisitMalta + 01.11
5 Jamie Meehan Cofidis + 01.19
6 Michael Leonard EF Education-EasyPost + 01.53
7 Victor Loulergue Groupama-FDJ United + 03.01
8 Baptiste Gillet Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 08.04
9 Edoardo Zamperini Cofidis + 09.16
10 Esteban Foucher Groupama-FDJ United + 10.20
11 Pierre-Henry Basset XDS Astana Development Team + 10.21
12 Tomos Pattinson EF Education-EasyPost + 12.25
13 Márk Valent MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort + 12.37
14 Colin Savioz Unibet Rose Rockets + 14.59
15 Titouan Fontaine Groupama-FDJ United + 15.03
16 Eivind Broholt Fougner Unibet Rose Rockets + 16.11
17 Artem Fofonov XDS Astana Development Team + 18.56
18 Gavin Hlady EF Education-EasyPost + 19.28
19 Gustav Wang XDS Astana Development Team + 20.09
20 Mathias Sanlaville CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 20.12
21 Marius Innhaug Dahl Decathlon CMA CGM + 20.12
22 Tobias Müller Unibet Rose Rockets + 20.50
23 Jonas Walton CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 21.40
24 Liam Van Bylen Decathlon CMA CGM + 22.43
25 Joes Oosterlinck Van Rysel-Roubaix + 27.04
26 Alessio Delle Vedove XDS Astana Development Team + 27.05
27 Tommaso Bessega Team Polti VisitMalta + 28.06
28 Bailey McDonald Team Novo Nordisk + 38.20

Points

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Arnaud Tendon Van Rysel-Roubaix 20
2 Matthew Riccitello Decathlon CMA CGM 15
3 Mattia Bais Team Polti VisitMalta 14
4 Carlos Rodriguez Netcompany INEOS 12
5 Brandon Rivera Netcompany INEOS 10
6 Luke Lamperti EF Education-EasyPost 10
7 Aurélien Paret-Peintre Decathlon CMA CGM 9
8 Anthony Turgis Team TotalEnergies 9
9 Clément Champoussin XDS Astana Development Team 8
10 Hugo Page Cofidis 8
11 AJ August Netcompany INEOS 7
12 Lorenzo Germani Groupama-FDJ United 7
13 Mathis Le Berre Team TotalEnergies 6
14 Rémi Daumas Groupama-FDJ United 6
15 Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen Decathlon CMA CGM 6
16 Jonas Walton CIC Pro Cycling Academy 6
17 Gustav Wang XDS Astana Development Team 5
18 Matteo Scalco XDS Astana Development Team 5
19 Blake Agnoletto Groupama-FDJ United 5
20 Nicolas Breuillard Team TotalEnergies 4
21 Victor Loulergue Groupama-FDJ United 4
22 Julien Bernard Lidl-Trek 3
23 Baptiste Gillet Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 3
24 Diego Sevilla Team Polti VisitMalta 3
25 Alexander Konijn Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 3
26 Axel Mariault CIC Pro Cycling Academy 2
27 Mathias Vacek Lidl-Trek 2
28 Cedrik Bakke Christophersen Unibet Rose Rockets 1
29 Esteban Foucher Groupama-FDJ United 1
30 Joes Oosterlinck Van Rysel-Roubaix 1
31 Luca Cretti MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort -3

Mountain

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Matthew Riccitello Decathlon CMA CGM 8
2 Mattia Bais Team Polti VisitMalta 8
3 Gustav Wang XDS Astana Development Team 6
4 Carlos Rodriguez Netcompany INEOS 5
5 Diego Sevilla Team Polti VisitMalta 4
6 Jonas Walton CIC Pro Cycling Academy 4
7 Brandon Rivera Netcompany INEOS 3
8 Aurélien Paret-Peintre Decathlon CMA CGM 2
9 Baptiste Gillet Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 2
10 Arnaud Tendon Van Rysel-Roubaix 2
11 Clément Champoussin XDS Astana Development Team 1

Team

PosTeamTime
1 INEOS Grenadiers 25:32:10
2 Groupama-FDJ United + 04.42
3 Unibet Rose Rockets + 07.40
4 Decathlon CMA CGM Team + 08.06
5 Lidl-Trek + 09.07
6 XDS Astana Development Team + 11.22
7 Van Rysel-Roubaix + 14.12
8 Team Polti VisitMalta + 15.03
9 Team TotalEnergies + 16.12
10 Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 19.42
11 MBH Bank Ballan Telecom Fort + 24.53
12 Cofidis + 25.57
13 St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 26.54
14 EF Education-EasyPost + 30.31
15 CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 32.19
16 Team Novo Nordisk + 01:08.19

Race profile

Race
Tour de La Provence
Start date
13.02.2026
End date
15.02.2026
Total distance
174.8 km
Gen
Men
Cat
2.1
Country
France
Discipline
Road
First edition
2016

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