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The route of the 35th professional edition 4 April 2023

The Tour de l’Ain – Solimut Mutuelle de France will be held on 31 July, 1 and 2 August 2023 and remains true to its tradition with short, dynamic and demanding stages, spread over 3 days and almost all the regions of the Department. A field of play conducive to running movements that will be crowned an offensive and talented rider.

1st stage – Monday 31 July 2023 – Loyettes > La Plaine Tonique (154 km – 1250m D+) In partnership with the Communauté de Communes de la Plaine de l’Ain et Grand Bourg Agglomération.

For the 35th edition, the town of Loyettes will host the start of the traditional inaugural stage.

Going up from the Plaine de l’Ain, in the South of the Department, to the Plaine Tonique of Grand Bourg Agglomeration, in the North, the peloton will visit the entire western side of the Department. Thus, the Coastal then the country of Dombes and its ponds will be on the program of the beginning of stage. The peloton will then head towards Bresse where attackers could use the difficulties of the final to thwart the plans of the sprinters.

As usual on the Tour de l’Ain, the first stage should be very contested and motivate the adventurers before two more rugged stages.

2nd stage – Tuesday 1st August 2023- Saint-Vulbas > Lagnieu (124 km – 2031mD+) In partnership with the Commune de Communes de la Plaine de l’Ain.

On the occasion of this second 100% stage in the Plaine de l’Ain, the foothills of Bas-Bugey will be in the spotlight. Starting in Saint-Vulbas and finishing in Lagnieu, it is a route favourable to strong men on winding and demanding roads that is proposed. The riders will remain constantly in battle and the battle could rage between the breakaways and the peloton.

A short but intense stage where the leaders will have to be vigilant to stay in the game of the general classification.  

3rd stage – Wednesday 2 August 2023 – Oyonnax > Lélex Monts-Jura (137 km – 2905mD+) In partnership with Haut-Bugey Agglomération & l’Agglomération du Pays de Gex

This last stage of the Aindinois tryptique will start from Oyonnax in the Haut Bugey towards Lélex Monts-Jura following a course that will see the riders chain the difficulties from the start for a total of more than 2905m positive altitude difference. A real mountain stage with the unmissable climb of the Col de Menthières before the final finish in the resort of Pays de Gex.

In total, 415 kilometers for 6185m of positive altitude are waiting for the professional riders.

17 teams of 6 riders will make up the 2023 edition of the Tour de l’Ain. A selection of the world’s best teams (World Tour, professional continental, continental, national selections).

Last year, Frenchman Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) won the race ahead of Denmark’s Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (Trek-Segafredo) and his compatriot Rudy Molard (Groupama-FDJ).

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Profiles & Route Tour de l'Ain 2023

Profiles . From the 31st of July to the 2nd of August the French peloton see one more of it's stage-races. This time the riders take on a race within the Jura mountains in the Southeast of France, a race with opportunities for several kinds of riders.

The race features three stages, providing an opportunity for the fast men on the opening, and then two days which will both suit the climbers and some puncheurs, providing for an interesting battle for the overall classification.

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Stage 1 of the race will see the riders travel from Loyettes to La Plaine Tonique. It's a short day on the bike with only 154 fast kilometers, and it should end in a bunch sprint which will attract some fast men.

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Stage 2 of the Tour de l'Ain is a tricky stage. It features four categorized climbs, the last of which is the Col de Portes which sees around 800 meters of climbing. The downhill finish into Lagnieu concludes a very short 124-kilometer stage where the overall classification will open.

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The queen stage, which is the Tour de l'Ain classic. A short, explosive and mountainous stage where the decisive attack can come in many different places. The Col de Menthières is 9.2 kilometers long at 6.3% and is the toughest ascent of the day, which will then lead the riders into Lélex Monts-Jura for the race finale.

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• Date: 01 August 2023
• Start time: 12:45
• Avg. speed winner: 41.755 km/h
• Race category: ME - Men Elite
• Distance: 124 km
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Guillaume Martin takes race lead with stage 2 victory at Tour de l'Ain

Skjelmose second and Molard third, as Alaphilippe loses ground

Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) won stage 2 of the Tour de l’Ain with a perfectly-timed late solo attack after the long descent to the finish in Lagnieu.

The French rider was part of a seven-rider group that formed over the top of the Col des Portes and then he surged away alone with 1.6km to go. Martin had time to sit and celebrate as Mattias Skjelmose (Trek-Segafredo) won the sprint for second place behind him. Rudy Molard (Groupama-FDJ) was third.

World Champion Julian Alaphilippe (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl) was part of the selection on the Col des Portes but was then distanced on a short climb during the descent and lost 1:11 as he continued his return to racing after his Liege-Bastogne-Liege crash and COVID-19.

Stage 1 winner Jake Stewart (Groupama-FDJ) finished 3:15 down and so Martin took the race leader’s yellow jersey. Skjelmose is four seconds down, with Molard third at eight seconds.

"Today I was able to count on a very solid team. We had a plan to make the race hard on the last climb,” Martin explained.

“After that it was a very tactical finale. I tried several times to surprise the others and get away and that finally happened with the last attack, so I’m very happy."

Martin was 14th at the Giro d’Italia but was forced to leave the Tour de France before stage 9 after testing positive for COVID-19. Now he is hoping to use his summer form to win even more and score UCI points to help Cofidis avoid relegation from the WorldTour.

“The objective is overall victory but I’m already very pleased to have won a stage. It’s not often that I raise my arms, so I want to savour it,” he said of the Tour de l’Ain.

“My season has been quite strange because I was in good form at the Tour but I had to leave because I had COVID-19, even though I had no symptoms, I was quite frustrated by all that.

“For the end of the season I don’t have precise objectives beyond being consistent and trying to raise my arms in victory. I’ve done that today and now I want to continue like this.”

As expected, the hilly 142.5km stage was shaped by the combined climb of the 5.9km Cote de Seillonnaz and then a second assault of the 8.2km Col des Portes in the final 40km of the stage.

The early attack of Louis Richard (U Nantes Atlantique), Tony Hurel (St Michel-Auber 93), Jacob Eriksson (Riwal) and Jannis Peter (German National Team) opened a lead of four minutes but Groupama-FDJ and then Cofidis lead the chase and brought the gap down to 2:00 with 70km and the final two climbs to go.

The break survived over the Col des Fosses but was caught on the Col des Portes. Soon after stage 1 winner Stewart was distanced.

A group of 20 riders emerged as Cofidis and Trek-Segafredo set a high pace. Alaphilippe was at the back in the final kilometres, desperate to get a bidon from the roadside. He was distanced over the top when Skjelmose attacked, fought back on the descent, but was dropped again on a short climb during the long descent to the finish.

Skjelmose was caught on the short Col de Fay with 12km to go after a surge by Martin. That selected the strongest from the group and deemed who had a chance of victory in Lagnieu after the long descent.

Martin appeared strongest, despite being outnumbered by Groupama-FDJ and got away from the others to savour his first win of 2022.

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