Charmig takes his first WorldTour win on stage 2 of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Anthon Charmig (Uno-X Mobility) soloed out of the breakaway to take the biggest win of his career on Monday's stage 2 of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

The 28-year-old Dane was in a group of seven escapees that hit the day's final climb, the Côte de Saint-Vidal, with a substantial advantage to the bunch. Attacks whittled the group down and then he launched clear near the top, going over the summit alone, and then building his gap on the mostly downhill run to the finish.

Charmig took his first WorldTour win with a hefty gap of 40 seconds over Henri-François Renard-Haquin (Picnic-PostNL) and Vlad Van Mechelen (Bahrain Victorious). Stage 1 winner Alex Baudin (EF Education-EasyPost) finished safely in the peloton to retain his overall race lead.

[race_result id=15 stage_id=90120 count=5 gc=0 year=2026]

[race_result id=15 stage_id=90120 count=5 gc=5 year=2026]