Cycling May 1st the winners

This May 1, it was Labor Day; But also that of cycling. The runners have not indeed unemployed on this holiday. Tour de Romandie, Tour de Türkiye, end of the Tour de Bretagne and also the German classic Eschborn-Francfort was on the program for an exceptional cycling day. The Australian Michaël Matthews, the Italian Sandro Fortunato and the British Noah Hobbs are the winners of May 1, 2025. Without forgetting the Norwegian Félix Orn-Kristoof and the French Alex Baudin.

In reality, this loaded program was lightened by the force of things. Because of execrable weather conditions, The 5th stage of the Tour of Türkiye was indeed canceled by the organizers, at the request of the runners. This fifth stage which was to link Marmaris to Aydin was thwarted due to the heavy rains that hit the region. First delayed, then reduced, it was finally purely and completely canceled. Winner of the fourth stage on Wednesday, Wout Poels There is therefore a leader in the general classification.

On the other fronts on the other hand, the runners experienced almost summer conditions, which gave rise to animated races. This was the case for The German classic Eschborn-Francfort. The former “world sprinters” championship “saw his journey turned up in 2023. Now the former Grand Prix of Frankfurt The Ardennes classics are more similar. But this May 1st of cycling, we still attended an arrival at the sprint with a peloton reduced by the ascents of Feldberg one you Mammolshainer Stich.

Matthews the man of Frankfurt

After finishing third in 2011 in his first professional season, then second in 2018, Michael Matthews (Team Jayco alula) thus completes its collection by winning 62^e edition ofEschborn-Francfort. The Australian won the sprint against a large group, ahead of Magnus Cort (Uno-X Mobility) et Jon Barrenetxea (Movistar Team) on the line. The best French is Warren Barguil (Team Picnic Postnl), 10th. The former champion of France was therefore well recovered from his registered fall in Liège. We will also note the 7th place of The Italien Stefano Oldaniwhich reports precious points to Cofidis.

The other World Tour of the Day race took place in Switzerland. Italien Lorenzo Fortunato (XDS Astana Team) won the second stage of the Romandie Tourdisputed around the Grande Béroche (Neuchâtel) over a distance of 157 kilometers. Italian is ahead of French Alex Baudin (EF Education-Easypost) and Belgian Junior Lecerf (Sudal Quick-Step). Leaving in a breakaway five to 50 km from the finish, they finish with 55 seconds ahead of the group of favorites set by Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quick Step).

Surprised by the start of Fortunato, Alex Baudin thus becomes the new leader of the event. But he was still disappointed on arrival. “The leader’s jersey, for the moment, I don’t care a little bit, without lacking respect for the racesaid the Savoyard at the microphone of the team. There, I really wanted to win. I modeled my sprint on (Lennert) There is an eetvet. We looked at each other and the winner (Lorenzo FortunatoEditor’s note) played well. I had my strategy in mind, I kept it, but it didn’t work. I am really disappointed to miss my first victory in WorldTour.«

The other Kristoff King of Armorica

The Brittany Tour (ancien Breton granite ribbon) ended in this May 1st of cycling with the 7th stage. The British Noah Hobbs (EF Education – Aevolo) wins the 7th and last stage of the Tour de Bretagne. He thus offered himself his 3rd stage victory, in the sprint, on this Tour de Bretagne.

Leader since the 4th stage, The Norwegian Felix Orn-Kristoff (Wanty – Nippo – Reuz), however, defended his green jersey on the difficult Plancoët final circuit. 19th of the stage in the time of the winner, he thus offered the final classification. Félix is ​​none other than the young half-brother of Alexander Kristoff. He precedes general Leufgeisisian Alexandre Hesset French Aubin Sparfel. Northern Antoine LHTE (Decathlon) ranks 14th at 1’15 of Scandinavian.

To be complete on this exceptional May 1st of cycling, let us also quote, very close to us, the Omloop on the Waastland. Jensen Plowright (Alpecin-Deceuninck) wins this 1.2 race disputed between Lokeren and Kemzeke, over a distance of 175.1 kilometers. Australian is ahead of his compatriot Blake Agnoletto (Atom 6 Bikes-Decca-Cycleur), et Belgian Timothy Dupont (Tarteletto-Isorex). The Roubaisian Killian Théot finished 6th and first French.
Jensen Plowright So succeeds the Boulonnais Samuel Lerouxwinner last year.

Eschborn-Francfort 2025 classification

1 – MATTHEWS Michael (Team Jayco AlUla) en 4:38:33
2 – CORT Magnus (Uno-X Mobility) m.t
3 – Barrenetxea Jon (Movistar Team) m.t
4 – POWLESS Neilson (EF Education – EasyPost) m.t
5 – Wandahl Frederik (Red Bull – Bora – Hansgrohe) MT
6 – Withen Philipsen Albert (Lidl – Trek) MT
7 – Stefano (Cofidis) MT
8 – HIRSCHI Marc (Tudor Pro Cycling Team) m.t
9 – DENZ Nico (Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe) m.t
10 – BARGUIL Warren (Team Picnic PostNL) m.t.

Ranking of the 2nd stage of the Romandie Tour

1 – Fortunato Lorenzo (Xds astana team) and 3:54:40
2 – Baudin Alex (EF Education – EasyPost) + 0:02
3 – Junior lecerf (Soudal Quick-Step) m.t
4 – Van Eetvelt Lennert (Lotto) MT
5 – López Juan Pedro (Lidl – Trek) Mt
General classification

1 – Baudin Alex (EF Education – EasyPost) en 8:41:53
2 – Junior lecerf (Soudal Quick-Step) + 0:05
3 – Van Eetvelt Lennert (Lotto) + 0:06
4 – Fortunato Lorenzo (XDS Astana Team) + 0:17
5 – López Juan Pedro (Lidl – Trek) Mt

Tour de Bretagne rankings

7th step

1 Noah HOBBS EF EDUCATION 3h35’25 »
2 Matteo Milan LIDL-TREK FUTURE 0″
3 Alessandro Borgo BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS DEVELOPMENT 0″
4 Michiel Lambrecht Wagner Bazin WB 0 ″
5 Ronan Augé Cic U Nantes 0 ″.

Final general classification

1 Felix ORN-KRISTOFF WANTY-NIPPO-REUZ 28h00’50 »
2 Alexandre KESS Team Lotto Kern-Haus 13 ″
3 Aubin Sparfel DECATHLON AG2R LA MINDIALE DT 14 ″
4 Federico SAVINO SOUDAL QUICK-STEP DEVO TEAM 17″
5 Jackson MEDWAY TUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM U23 27″.