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If the Course au Soleit usually gives pride of place to sprinting, opportunities for specialists in the final straight will be rare in this 2026 edition. Only the second stage linking Epône to Montargis, on Monday, seems to have been promised to them. For the rest, the route should delight punchers and climbers. The victory for the general classification should certainly take shape between the team time trial (Tuesday, 23.5 kilometers) and the Saturday stage which will end in the Auron station.
The steps
- 8/3 – Step 1 : Achères > Carrières-sous-Poissy (171.2 km)
- 9/3 – Step 2 : Épône > Montargis (187 km)
- 10/3 – Stage 3 (CLM by team) : Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire > Pouilly-sur-Loire (23.5 km)
- 11/3 – Step 4 : Bourges > Uchon (195 km)
- 12/3 – Step 5 : Cormoranche-sur-Saône > Colombier-le-Vieux (205.4 km)
- 13/3 – Step 6 : Barbentane > Apt (179,3 km)
- 14/3 – Step 7 : Nice > Auron (138,7 km)
- 15/3 – Step 8 : Nice > Nice (145 km)
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The main participants
- Team Visma | Lease a Bike : Vingegaard, Campenaerts, Kelderman.
- Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe : D. Martinez, Vlasov, Pithie.
- Ineos Grenadiers : Onley, Vauquelin, C. Rodriguez, Tarling
- UAE Team Emirates XRG : McNulty, Herregodts, Sivakov, Soler.
- Lidl-Trek : Ayuso, Vacek.
- Bahrain Victorious : L. Martinez, Caruso, Bauhaus.
- Groupama-FDJ : Gaudu, Molard, Cavagna.
- Movistar : Romeo, Strawberry.
- Soudal Quick-Step : Paret-Painter, Cras, Stuyven.
- NSN : Girmay.
- Decathlon CMA CGM : Prodhomme, Bol.
- Jayco Alula : Ackerman.
- Astana : Tejada, Higuita.
- You trust : Fry.
- Tudor : Rondel, Trentino.
- Picnic PostNL : G. Martinez
- EF Education Easypost : Lamperti, Asgreen.
- One-X : Leknessund.
- Pinarello-Q36.5 : Dunbar.
- TotalEnergies : Turgis, Jeannière.
- Alpecin-Premier Tech : Dockx
- Intermarché lot : Menten, Rota, Grignard
The last winners
- 2016: Geraint Thomas (G-B)
- 2017: Sergio Henao (Col)
- 2018: Marc Soler (Esp)
- 2019: Egan Bernal (Col)
- 2020: Maximilian Schachmann (All)
- 2021: Maximilian Schachmann (All)
- 2022: Primoz Roglic (Sln)
- 2023: Tadej Pogacar (Sln)
- 2024: Matteo Jorgenson (USA)
- 2025: Matteo Jorgenson (USA)
Victory records
- Runners: 7 Sean Kelly (Irl/from 1982 to 1988).
- Pays : 21 France 14 Belgium 8 Ireland
History
Created in 1933, the Race to the Sun has been contested 83 times.
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