Finally Scaroni! The Brescian signs a beautiful victory at the Classic Var, which was held today in France, from Le Luc to Fayence over 164 kilometers. The XDS Astana Team athlete made the difference on the final climb to Fayence where he clearly outpaced the French riders Paul Lapeira, Victor Lafay and Kevin Vauquelin, and the Colombian Santiago Buitrago, with whom he had set the race on fire in the final stages.

Christian Scaroni thus crowns a sparkling start to the season that had previously given him two second places (Clasica Valenciana and Trofeo Calvia), third place in the Vuelta Region de Murcia and fifth place at the Gran Premio Castellon. Born in 1997, he hadn't won since the Adriatica Race (two stages) in 2022.

The race was characterized by the very long breakaway of Baptiste Veistroffer (Lotto), Célestin Guillon (Van Rysel-Roubaix), Maël Guegan (CIC U Nantes) and Jaakko Hanninen and Damien Girard (Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur), who were caught by the peloton just 1200 meters from the finish.

FINAL STANDINGS

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 5 + 13

14 BLACKMORE Joe Israel-Premier Tech 5 + 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