The Région Pays de la Loire Tour continues positively for Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber, who played a leading role in the second stage thanks to a strong performance by Martin Marcellusi. The Roman rider joined the day’s breakaway, managing to collect time bonuses at intermediate sprints and gaining a total of 8 seconds in the general classification.

Thanks to this result, Marcellusi moves up to third place overall, now 12 seconds behind race leader Ethan Vernon, winner of today’s stage.

In the finale, marked by a bunch sprint, there was also a strong performance from Enrico Zanoncello, who, well positioned, finished fifth, making him the first Italian across the line.

RESULTS:
1 Ethan Vernon (NSN Cycling Team) 3:23:49
2 Erlend Blikra (Uno-X Mobility)
3 Sam Bennett (Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team)
4 Jason Tesson (TotalEnergies)
5 Enrico Zanoncello (Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber)
6 Gianluca Pollefliet (Decathlon CMA CGM Team)
7 Manuel Peñalver (Team Polti VisitMalta)
8 Corbin Strong (NSN Cycling Team)
9 Joes Oosterlinck (Van Rysel Roubaix)
10 Mathias Sanlaville (CIC Pro Cycling Academy)

GENERAL CLASSIFICATION:
1 Ethan Vernon (NSN Cycling Team) 7:20:09
2 Erlend Blikra (Uno-X Mobility) 8”
3 Martin Marcellusi (Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber) 12”
4 Simon Guglielmi (St Michel – Preference Home – Auber93) 13”
5 Lander Loockx (Unibet Rose Rockets) 14”
6 Axel Van Der Tuuk (Euskaltel – Euskadi) ”
7 Noah Hobbs (EF Education – EasyPost) 16”
8 Sam Bennett (Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team) ”
9 Gabriele Bessega (Team Polti VisitMalta) 19”
10 Santiago Ferraro (Bardiani CSF 7 Saber) ”