Bib #553 · M2

Gwenaël COMBES

6:50:05

Finish time

401 / 12,733

Overall

Where you finished

Pool	Place	Of
Overall	401	12,733
Men	396	12,071
M2	81	1,853

What it took

Pool	Winner	Median
Overall	5:20:20+1:29:45	9:55:19−3:05:14
Men	5:20:20+1:29:45	9:53:09−3:03:04
M2	5:24:31+1:25:34	9:38:50−2:48:45

Winner and median are over classified finishers only. The gap is what you add to their time to get yours: + means you were that much slower, − that much faster.

The fun ranking

The 1st fastest Gwenael of 4 (all spellings of Gwenael, including Gwenaël). The quickest one did 6:50:05, the median Gwenael 9:08:32.

See the whole Gwenael ranking →

Among classified finishers only, ties sharing a place. Not an official classification — no timekeeper has ever scored this.

Also rode L'Étape du Tour Femmes 2026name match

3:55:05 · 154th overall

One of the 1,586 riders who entered both Étapes this year — see the doublé analysis.

⚠️ This rider’s chip was only read at 10 of the 12 timing mats — segment times that need a missing mat can’t be computed, and this rider is absent from the corresponding leaderboards.

Strong across the board: you beat the M2 median on every climb and descent — closest margin on Descente Sarenne → Alpe d’Huez.

Your AI ride analysis

This was another strong ride at the front of the M2 field: the Col de la Croix de Fer and the valley descent through the Maurienne were both worth close to 27 to 29 minutes against the category median, and the pattern held on the Col du Télégraphe and Col de Sarenne too. Your descending held up well across the board, finishing over 23 minutes clear on the combined descenders' time. The smallest of your margins came on the final drop into Alpe d'Huez, and even that stayed comfortably ahead of the median. A 401st-place finish out of 12,733 fits a day with essentially no weak segment — the climbing and descending both point in the same direction, so there's nothing specific here to fix.

Generated once from the numbers on this page — not reviewed by a human, may be imperfect.

Race position along the course

Climbs & segments

Segment	Time	Rank	Top %	vs median
Start → Pied de la Croix de FerFlat / valley	21:26	275	2%	−7:10
Col de la Croix de FerClimb	1:22:11	477	3%	−33:22
Descente + vallée de la MaurienneFlat / valley	58:10	127	1%	−29:45
Col du TélégrapheClimb	47:52	593	4%	−20:55
Télégraphe → Pied du Galibier (Valloire)Flat / valley	mat missed at Pied de Col du Galibier	—	—	—
Col du GalibierClimb	mat missed at Pied de Col du Galibier	—	—	—
Descente du GalibierDescent	38:47	157	1%	−18:20
Col de SarenneClimb	1:02:32	754	6%	−22:08
Descente Sarenne → Alpe d’HuezDescent	16:43	920	7%	−4:58
Classement grimpeur (Croix de Fer + Télégraphe + Galibier)Combined	incomplete mat data	—	—	—
Classement descendeur (2 descentes cumulées)Combined	55:30	178	1%	−24:02

“Top %” = segment rank as a share of riders timed on that segment. “vs median” = time ahead of (green) or behind (red) the median rider.

How you compare, climb by climb

Segment	You	Stage winner	M2 leader	GC avg / median	M2 avg / median
Start → Pied de la Croix de Fer	21:26	Hugo VALADIER 20:51	Simon BELLABOUVIER 20:53	28:36 / 28:36	28:20 / 28:12
Col de la Croix de Fer	1:22:11	Simon COMBES 1:05:13	Thibaut CLÉMENT 1:05:16	1:55:29 / 1:55:33	1:51:43 / 1:51:22
Descente + vallée de la Maurienne	58:10	Antoine BERGER 52:00	Thibaut CLÉMENT 53:24	1:28:54 / 1:27:55	1:27:02 / 1:25:03
Col du Télégraphe	47:52	Luca CAVALLO 33:04	Thibaut CLÉMENT 33:06	1:10:11 / 1:08:47	1:07:29 / 1:06:00
Descente du Galibier	38:47	Thibaut CLÉMENT 34:38	Thibaut CLÉMENT 34:38	58:21 / 57:07	58:18 / 56:50
Col de Sarenne	1:02:32	Luca CAVALLO 39:52	Thibaut CLÉMENT 43:39	1:26:19 / 1:24:40	1:23:13 / 1:20:51
Descente Sarenne → Alpe d’Huez	16:43	Gustave BRUYER 3:39	Thibaut CLÉMENT 12:37	22:12 / 21:41	21:52 / 21:02
Classement descendeur (2 descentes cumulées)	55:30	Thibaut CLÉMENT 47:15	Thibaut CLÉMENT 47:15	1:20:41 / 1:19:32	1:20:23 / 1:18:36

“Stage winner” = fastest rider on that segment, field-wide. “GC” = the whole classified field. Rows with no result for this rider (missed timing mat) are omitted here — see the table above for why.

Checkpoint splits

Checkpoint	Km	Time	Rank	vs median
START	0	0:00	—
Pied de Col de la Croix de Fer	14.8	21:26	275	−7:10
Col de la Croix de Fer	38.5	1:43:37	415	−40:38
Pied de Col du Télégraphe	80.1	2:41:47	297	−1:11:01
Col du Télégraphe	92	3:29:39	357	−1:32:19
Tunnel du Galibier	114.6	4:46:14	359	−2:18:52
Col du Galibier	115.6	4:52:03	361	−2:16:47
Pied de Col de Sarenne	140.2	5:30:50	325	−2:37:14
Col de Sarenne	161	6:33:22	244	−3:01:45
FINISH	170	6:50:05	401	−3:05:15

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