Jason Tesson scored TotalEnergies’ first victory of the 2026 season at the Classic Var, the Frenchman outsprinting Tord Gudmestad (Decathlon-CMA CGM) and Rick Pluimers (Tudor) to the line in the third edition of the 1.1 race.<\/p>\n
28-year-old Tesson picked up the 10th win of his career in the one-day race, which ran for 176.6km between La Garde and Brignoles. He and his main rivals managed to avoid a crash at the start of the closing sprint, but were challenged by Cofidis, who led it out for Stanis\u0142aw Anio\u0142kowski.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n Gudmestad stole a march on the Pole, however, sprinting up the left. Tesson came through on the other side, in the end boasting a faster finish which carried him to a narrow victory.<\/p>\n You may like<\/p>\n Earlier in the race, a group of four broke away over the hilly first part of the course. Lucas B\u00e9n\u00e9teau (St Michel-Preference Home-Auber93) was joined by his teammate Antoine Berger, Jonas Walton (CIC Pro Cycling Academy), and Noah B\u00f6gli (Elite Foundations Cycling Team).<\/p>\n The quartet managed to hold off the peloton until just 5km from the finish line, a valiant effort. Then it was up to the sprinters to finish off the day.<\/p>\n