{"id":229751,"date":"2026-02-21T17:09:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T17:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/21\/classic-var-jason-tesson-sprints-to-totalenergies-first-victory-of-the-2026-season\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T17:09:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T17:09:03","slug":"classic-var-jason-tesson-sprints-to-totalenergies-first-victory-of-the-2026-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/21\/classic-var-jason-tesson-sprints-to-totalenergies-first-victory-of-the-2026-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Var: Jason Tesson sprints to TotalEnergies&#8217; first victory of the 2026 season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"84f17842-88c0-4615-9cb5-ea5a069803c9\">Jason Tesson scored TotalEnergies&#8217; first victory of the 2026 season at the Classic Var, the Frenchman outsprinting Tord Gudmestad (Decathlon-CMA CGM) and Rick Pluimers (Tudor) to the line in the third edition of the 1.1 race.<\/p>\n<p>28-year-old Tesson picked up the 10th win of his career in the one-day race, which ran for 176.6km between La Garde and Brignoles. He and his main rivals managed to avoid a crash at the start of the closing sprint, but were challenged by Cofidis, who led it out for Stanis\u0142aw Anio\u0142kowski.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<aside id=\"seasonal_0\" class=\"hawk-root\" data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\"\/>\n<p id=\"84f17842-88c0-4615-9cb5-ea5a069803c9-2\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Gudmestad stole a march on the Pole, however, sprinting up the left. Tesson came through on the other side, in the end boasting a faster finish which carried him to a narrow victory.<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pt-3 pb-4 mb-4 border-solid border-y border-neutral-300\">\n<span class=\"font-article-heading block pb-3 !text-base font-bold uppercase sm:text-sm text-[#333]\"><br \/>\nYou may like<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Earlier in the race, a group of four broke away over the hilly first part of the course. Lucas B\u00e9n\u00e9teau (St Michel-Preference Home-Auber93) was joined by his teammate Antoine Berger, Jonas Walton (CIC Pro Cycling Academy), and Noah B\u00f6gli (Elite Foundations Cycling Team).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">The quartet managed to hold off the peloton until just 5km from the finish line, a valiant effort. 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