Charmig Rules Le Puy-en-Velay

Monday, June 8th, 2nd stage:

Saint-Martin-Le-Vinoux > Le Puy-En-Velay – After Alex Baudin (EF Education-EasyPost) in Saint-Ismier, day 2 of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 2026 also favoured a solo attacker. This time, Anthon Charmig (Uno-X Mobility) proved to be the strongest rider from the breakaway after a long and demanding stage from Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux (234.3 km, 3,685 m of elevation). Part of a 10-man group, the Danish puncheur distanced Clément Braz Afonso (Groupama-FDJ United) and Raul Garcia Pierna (Movistar) just before the final summit of the day and covered the last 12 kilometres on his own to take his second professional victory. Around three minutes behind, Baudin finished with the reduced bunch to retain the yellow and blue leader’s jersey on the eve of the team time trial in Le Perreux.

Stage 2

1. Anthon Charmig (Uno-X Mobility) 5h40’29”
2. Henri François Renard Haquin (Team Picnic PostNL) +0’41”
3. Van Mechelen (Bahrain Victorious) +0’41”

GC

1. Alex Baudin (EF Education – Easypost) 9h27’40”
2. Ramses Debruyne (Alpecin-Premier Tech) +0’32”
3. Kevin Vermaerke (UAE Team Emirates XRG) +0’32”