Paris - Tours 2026: Hagenes wins with late attack

fotobureau Cor VosPer Strand Hagenes counters an attack by Toms Skujins inside the final 1.5 kilometres. Jasper Stuyven gives chase but has to concede defeat to the 23-year-old Norwegian. Hagenes takes the win, while his team-mate Christophe Laporte sprints to third place. (Slideshow route/profile)

Results 2026 Paris-Tours

1. Per Strand Hagenes (nor) 4:31:46
2. Jasper Stuyven (bel) + 0:02
3. Christophe Laporte (fra) s.t.
4. Matys Grisel (fra) s.t.
5. Jonas Abrahamsen (nor) s.t.
6. Paul Lapeira (fra) s.t.
7. Thibaud Gruel (fra) s.t.
8. Lewis Askey (gbr) s.t.
9. Florian Sénéchal (fra) s.t.
10. Toms Skujins (lat) + 0:09

Race report
Stefan Bissegger, Yves Lampaert, Storm Ingebrigtsen, Jonas Rutsch, Matis Louvel, Julius van den Berg, Estanislao Calabuig, Paul Ourselin, Martijn Rasenberg, Romain Cardis, Simon Gugliemi and Jakob Söderqvist establish the breakaway after 10 kilometres of action. They build up a maximum lead of around three minutes.

On the penultimate gravel sector, Bissegger, Lampaert, Louvel and Van den Berg are the last breakaway riders to be caught, before Pierre Gautherat launches an attack. Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen and Per Strand Hagenes join the Frenchman, but they are caught on the last sector.

Back on the tarmac, Christophe Laporte, Paul Lapeira, Per Strand Hagenes, Jonas Abrahamsen, Lewis Askey and Thibaud Gruel slip away before Matys Grisel, Toms Skujins, Jasper Stuyven, Florian Sénéchal and Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen make it eleven riders at the front.

Skujins accelerates with just over 2 kilometres to go, with Hagenes, Sénechal and Stuyven following his move. As the trio look set to be caught, Skujins attacks again, but this time Hagenes comes straight past him. Stuyven throws everything at trying to get on his wheel, but just falls short, and the 23-year-old Norwegian goes on to win the 120th edition of Paris–Tours.

Other interesting reads: route and start list 2026 Paris-Tours.