XDS Astana Team have been piling on UCI points and this afternoon they have done it again! The Kazakh team has taken it's first win of the 2025 season, as Christian Scaroni beat quality competition to win the hilly Classic Var.
Early in the day five riders took the helm and formed the breakaway: Jaakko Hänninen, Baptiste Veistroffer, Célestin Guillon, Maël Guégan and Damien Girard. A small group that didn't look to create much of a threat but the peloton potentially misunderestimated them, as the Arkéa and EF-led peloton wouldn't catch them until the very last kilometers.
The race was mostly flat but with a very steep 1-kilometer ascent to the line at the Mur de Fayence. The last survivors of the front group lasted all the way into the base of the final climb. Victor Lafay was the first rider to accelerate in the very steep final 500 meters, followed by Christian Scaroni and French champion Paul Lapeira who then took the front as well.
But against two strong rivals, Scaroni was fearless and took to the front, into the final corner the Italian still had the explosivity in his legs and sprinted to an impressive win - Astana's first of the season. Lapeira was second and Lafay third, whilst Kévin Vauquelin and Santiago Buitrago completed the Top5.
1 | Scaroni Cristian | XDS Astana Team | 03:53:32 |
2 | Lapeira Paul | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 00 |
3 | Lafay Victor | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 00 |
4 | Vauquelin Kévin | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 00 |
5 | Buitrago Santiago | Bahrain Victorious | + 00 |
6 | Barré Louis | Intermarché-Wanty | + 07 |
7 | Martinez Lenny | Bahrain Victorious | + 08 |
8 | Pacher Quentin | Groupama-FDJ | + 08 |
9 | Burgaudeau Mathieu | Team TotalEnergies | + 10 |
10 | Martin-Guyonnet Guillaume | Groupama-FDJ | + 10 |
11 | Izquierdo Clement | Cofidis | + 13 |
12 | Geniets Kevin | Groupama-FDJ | + 13 |
13 | Bonneu Kamiel | Intermarché-Wanty | + 13 |
14 | Blackmore Joe | Israel-Premier Tech | + 13 |
15 | Haig Jack | Bahrain Victorious | + 13 |
16 | Godon Dorian | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 18 |
17 | Bénéteau Lucas | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | + 18 |
18 | Maisonobe Sam | Cofidis | + 18 |
19 | Verschuren Killian | Unibet Tietema Rockets | + 18 |
20 | Fortunato Lorenzo | XDS Astana Team | + 18 |
21 | Conci Nicola | XDS Astana Team | + 18 |
22 | Capron Rémi | Van Rysel-Roubaix | + 18 |
23 | Jegat Jordan | Team TotalEnergies | + 18 |
24 | Carapaz Richard | EF Education-EasyPost | + 18 |
25 | Maire Adrien | Unibet Tietema Rockets | + 23 |
26 | Segaert Alec | Lotto | + 23 |
27 | Chaussinand Joris | CIC U Nantes | + 25 |
28 | Costiou Ewen | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 25 |
29 | Gualdi Simone | Intermarché-Wanty | + 28 |
30 | Joalland Yaël | CIC U Nantes | + 30 |
31 | Eiking Odd Christian | Unibet Tietema Rockets | + 31 |
32 | Cepeda Alexander | EF Education-EasyPost | + 33 |
33 | van Bekkum Darren | XDS Astana Team | + 33 |
34 | Widar Jarno | Lotto | + 40 |
35 | Simon Yohann | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | + 40 |
36 | Molard Rudy | Groupama-FDJ | + 40 |
37 | Vandenabeele Henri | Lotto | + 41 |
38 | Vercher Mattéo | Team TotalEnergies | + 43 |
39 | Mifsud Andrea | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | + 48 |
40 | Girard Damien | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | + 53 |
41 | Baudin Alex | EF Education-EasyPost | + 05:41 |
42 | Mahoudo Nolann | Cofidis | + 53 |
43 | Jarnet Maxime | Van Rysel-Roubaix | + 56 |
44 | Place Maxence | Intermarché-Wanty | + 01:01 |
45 | Driesen Niels | Lotto | + 01:02 |
46 | Neilands Krists | Israel-Premier Tech | + 01:08 |
47 | Perez Anthony | Cofidis | + 01:08 |
48 | Delaplace Anthony | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 01:10 |
49 | Zambanini Edoardo | Bahrain Victorious | + 01:14 |
50 | Barthe Cyril | Groupama-FDJ | + 01:21 |
51 | Guillon Célestin | Van Rysel-Roubaix | + 01:23 |
52 | Morin Emmanuel | Van Rysel-Roubaix | + 01:23 |
53 | Van Asbroeck Tom | Israel-Premier Tech | + 01:23 |
54 | Hofstetter Hugo | Israel-Premier Tech | + 01:23 |
55 | Augé Ronan | CIC U Nantes | + 01:29 |
56 | Sheehan Riley | Israel-Premier Tech | + 01:32 |
57 | Basset Pierre-Henry | XDS Astana Team | + 01:43 |