2026 Paris-Tours Results & Recap
2026 Paris-Tours is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Per Strand Hagenes (TVL) took the biggest victory of his career and gave Norway its first-ever win in Paris-Tours when he finished solo after making an attack from an 11-man group a kilometre from the finish. Jasper Stuyven (SOQ) chased in vain after Hagenes in the final straight and came in second, while the Norwegian's teammate Christophe Laporte (TVL) won the sprint for third.
A lead group of around 30 riders split on the last of nine climbs, where Paul Lapeira (DCT) attacked and took five riders clear with him, including Laporte and Hagenes. Five more riders bridged up, among them Toms Skujiņš (LTK), who attacked with 1.7km remaining. Hagenes responded quickly and strong to Skujiņš's attack. Soon across to him, he attacked immediately and forged a race-winning gap.
Little more than a handful of kilometres passed before the break of the day formed. A dozen riders were in it including Jakob Söderqvist (LTK), Stefan Bissegger (DCT), Yves Lampaert (SOQ), Jonas Rutsch (LOI), Matis Louvel (NSN), Storm Ingebrigtsen (UXM) and Julius van den Berg (TPP).
The bunch kept them on a tight leash initially, before allowing their lead to grow to a little more than three minutes. On the approach to the 9 climbs and 10 gravel sectors packed into the final 70km, that gap fell rapidly.
The first key moment came in the 10km between gravel sectors 2 and 3. There was a big crash in the peloton that sent several riders into a field at the roadside. Only 20 or so riders were ahead of the carnage, which sidelined favourites such as Dorian Godon (NCI) and Tim Merlier (SOQ).
The break split on the gravel sector that followed, where Bissegger, Lampaert, Louvel, Ingebrigtsen and Van den Berg went clear, their lead little more than a minute on what remained of the peloton.
On the 11% ramp of the Côte de la Rochère wioth 26km left, Jenno Berckmoes (LOI) produced a devastating burst that split the peloton and cut the break's lead to 15 seconds. Approaching the penulimate gravel sector, Pierre Gautherat (DCT) attacked from the bunch and went swiftly across to and then past the break.
It was Hagenes who closed down Gautherat's move, although he had the Frenchman's teammate Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen (DCT) on his wheel. This trio were reeled in by the peloton nearing the final climb, where around 30 riders were still in contention.
Paul Lapeira (DCT) cut those numbers down with a fierce attack on the final climb, where Laporte, Hagenes, Lewis Askey (NSN), Jonas Abrahamsen (UXM) and Thibaud Gruel (GFC) followed the Frenchman. Five more riders bridged up 6km from home, including Stuyven and Skujiņš.
Although the cooperation wasn't great between the 11 leaders, they stayed clear into Tours, where Skujiņš made his bid for glory, only to be closed down by Hagenes, who seized his opportunity, winning the elite race four years on from victory in the under-23 edition.
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