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Étoile de Bessèges 2023 - Stage 5

Alès > Alès, 10.6km

01.02-05.02

The Étoile de Bessèges is a UCI 2.1 stage race held in early February in the south of France, centred around the town of Bessèges in the Gard region. Part of the international calendar since 1971, the race is one of the first multi-day events of the European season and traditionally attracts a mix of WorldTour teams and ambitious ProTeams.

Results

Stage

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Mads Pedersen Lidl-Trek 0:15:25
2 Joshua Tarling INEOS Grenadiers + 00.08
3 Ben Tulett INEOS Grenadiers + 00.10
4 Kévin Vauquelin Team Arkéa-Samsic + 00.11
5 Pierre Latour TotalEnergies + 00.15
6 Magnus Cort EF Education-EasyPost + 00.20
7 Ben Turner INEOS Grenadiers + 00.20
8 Neilson Powless EF Education-EasyPost + 00.21
9 Mattias Skjelmose Lidl-Trek + 00.26
10 Bruno Armirail Groupama-FDJ + 00.26
11 Joel Suter Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 00.28
12 Stefan Bissegger EF Education-EasyPost + 00.39
13 Thibaut Pinot Groupama-FDJ + 00.46
14 Anthony Perez Cofidis + 00.48
15 Simon Carr EF Education-EasyPost + 00.49
16 Thibault Guernalec Team Arkéa-Samsic + 00.51
17 Pavel Sivakov INEOS Grenadiers + 00.52
18 Rasmus Tiller Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 00.53
19 Benjamin Thomas Cofidis + 00.53
20 Pierre-Luc Périchon Cofidis + 00.55
21 Julien Bernard Lidl-Trek + 01.01
22 Mathieu Burgaudeau TotalEnergies + 01.01
23 Hugo Houle Israel-Premier Tech + 01.02
24 Markus Hoelgaard Lidl-Trek + 01.02
25 Dylan Teuns Israel-Premier Tech + 01.03
26 Michael Leonard INEOS Grenadiers + 01.04
27 Krists Neilands Israel-Premier Tech + 01.06
28 Andrea Piccolo EF Education-EasyPost + 01.07
29 Julian Lino Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 01.07
30 Sam Watson Groupama-FDJ + 01.07
31 Arnaud De Lie Lotto Dstny + 01.10
32 Valentin Ferron TotalEnergies + 01.10
33 Fredrik Dversnes Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 01.11
34 Raúl García Equipo Kern Pharma + 01.11
35 Jenno Berckmoes Team Flanders-Baloise + 01.11
36 Franck Bonnamour AG2R Citroën Team + 01.11
37 Alexandre Delettre Cofidis + 01.11
38 Julien Simon TotalEnergies + 01.11
39 Brent Van Moer Lotto Dstny + 01.12
40 Axel Laurance Alpecin-Deceuninck + 01.12
41 Alexander Kamp Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 01.12
42 Toms Skujins Lidl-Trek + 01.13
43 Pau Miquel Delgado Equipo Kern Pharma + 01.15
44 Milan Fretin Team Flanders-Baloise + 01.23
45 Danny van der Tuuk Equipo Kern Pharma + 01.25
46 Alan Riou Team Arkéa-Samsic + 01.26
47 Thomas Champion Cofidis + 01.27
48 Erik Resell Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 01.28
49 Jacopo Mosca Lidl-Trek + 01.28
50 Tom Bohli Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 01.28
51 Laurent Pichon Team Arkéa-Samsic + 01.33
52 Nicolas Debeaumarché Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 01.33
53 Thomas Bonnet TotalEnergies + 01.34
54 Lawrence Warbasse AG2R Citroën Team + 01.34
55 Sep Vanmarcke Israel-Premier Tech + 01.34
56 Samuel Leroux Van Rysel-Roubaix Lille Métropole + 01.34
57 Fabio Van den Bossche Alpecin-Deceuninck + 01.35
58 Vito Braet Team Flanders-Baloise + 01.36
59 Luke Rowe INEOS Grenadiers + 01.37
60 Andrea Mifsud Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 01.40
61 Louis Barré Team Arkéa-Samsic + 01.40
62 Liam Slock Lotto Dstny + 01.41
63 Lucas Eriksson Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 01.41
64 Benoît Cosnefroy AG2R Citroën Team + 01.41
65 Mark Padun EF Education-EasyPost + 01.43
66 Oliver Naesen AG2R Citroën Team + 01.45
67 Petr Kelemen Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 01.45
68 Oded Kogut Israel-Premier Tech + 01.45
69 Greg Van Avermaet AG2R Citroën Team + 01.46
70 Théo Delacroix Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 01.46
71 Kristoffer Halvorsen Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 01.46
72 Simon Pellaud Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 01.49
73 Valentin Paret-Peintre AG2R Citroën Team + 01.49
74 Elias Maris Team Flanders-Baloise + 01.52
75 Anthony Turgis TotalEnergies + 01.53
76 Dries De Bondt Alpecin-Deceuninck + 01.53
77 Gilles De Wilde Team Flanders-Baloise + 01.55
78 Nadav Raisberg Israel-Premier Tech + 01.56
79 Remy Mertz Bingoal WB + 01.56
80 Hugo Toumire Cofidis + 01.57
81 Dries van Gestel TotalEnergies + 01.59
82 Michal Kwiatkowski INEOS Grenadiers + 02.00
83 Alex Jaime Equipo Kern Pharma + 02.02
84 Luca Mozzato Team Arkéa-Samsic + 02.04
85 Lionel Taminiaux Alpecin-Deceuninck + 02.04
86 Luca Van Boven Bingoal WB + 02.08
87 Johan Meens Bingoal WB + 02.10
88 Martin Urianstad Bugge Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 02.11
89 Robbe Ghys Alpecin-Deceuninck + 02.11
90 Romain Cardis Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 02.12
91 Aaron Van Poucke Team Flanders-Baloise + 02.14
92 William Blume Levy Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 02.15
93 Edward Planckaert Alpecin-Deceuninck + 02.17
94 Ayco Bastiaens Alpecin-Deceuninck + 02.17
95 Jordan Jegat CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 02.18
96 Enzo Paleni Groupama-FDJ + 02.20
97 Valentin Retailleau AG2R Citroën Team + 02.21
98 Ludovic Robeet Bingoal WB + 02.23
99 Jelle Wallays Cofidis + 02.23
100 Larry Valvasori Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 02.24
101 Jean-Louis Le Ny Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 02.27
102 Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 02.28
103 Jérémy Leveau Van Rysel-Roubaix Lille Métropole + 02.29
104 Jasper De Buyst Lotto Dstny + 02.31
105 Maël Guégan CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 02.32
106 Norman Vahtra Van Rysel-Roubaix Lille Métropole + 02.35
107 Fabian Lienhard Groupama-FDJ + 02.38
108 Flavien Maurelet Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 02.42
109 Emmanuel Morin CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 02.51
110 Anthony Maldonado Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 02.56
111 Léo Danès CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 02.58
112 Daniel McLay Team Arkéa-Samsic + 03.01
- Rudy Barbier Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 OOT
- Rait Ärm Van Rysel-Roubaix Lille Métropole OOT
- Pierre Barbier CIC U Nantes Atlantique OOT
- Jonathan Couanon Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur OOT
- Floris De Tier Bingoal WB OOT
- Johannes Adamietz Lotto Dstny OOT
- Guillaume Boivin Israel-Premier Tech DNS

GC

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Neilson Powless EF Education-EasyPost 11:12:30
2 Mattias Skjelmose Lidl-Trek + 00.01
3 Pierre Latour TotalEnergies + 00.12
4 Kévin Vauquelin Team Arkéa-Samsic + 01.12
5 Pavel Sivakov INEOS Grenadiers + 01.27
6 Thibaut Pinot Groupama-FDJ + 01.58
7 Arnaud De Lie Lotto Dstny + 02.04
8 Hugo Houle Israel-Premier Tech + 02.27
9 Anthony Perez Cofidis + 02.36
10 Joel Suter Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 02.53
11 Benjamin Thomas Cofidis + 02.53
12 Krists Neilands Israel-Premier Tech + 02.54
13 Julien Bernard Lidl-Trek + 02.57
14 Pau Miquel Delgado Equipo Kern Pharma + 03.08
15 Dylan Teuns Israel-Premier Tech + 03.18
16 Franck Bonnamour AG2R Citroën Team + 03.19
17 Mathieu Burgaudeau TotalEnergies + 03.43
18 Axel Laurance Alpecin-Deceuninck + 03.59
19 Raúl García Equipo Kern Pharma + 04.10
20 Greg Van Avermaet AG2R Citroën Team + 04.45
21 Valentin Ferron TotalEnergies + 04.51
22 Fredrik Dversnes Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 05.10
23 Jenno Berckmoes Team Flanders-Baloise + 05.33
24 Lucas Eriksson Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 05.47
25 Brent Van Moer Lotto Dstny + 06.41
26 Thomas Bonnet TotalEnergies + 06.50
27 Alexandre Delettre Cofidis + 07.22
28 Théo Delacroix Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 07.50
29 Oliver Naesen AG2R Citroën Team + 08.00
30 Simon Pellaud Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 08.18
31 Louis Barré Team Arkéa-Samsic + 08.32
32 Julien Simon TotalEnergies + 09.21
33 Petr Kelemen Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 10.14
34 Sep Vanmarcke Israel-Premier Tech + 10.22
35 Martin Urianstad Bugge Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 10.57
36 Anthony Turgis TotalEnergies + 11.07
37 Thibault Guernalec Team Arkéa-Samsic + 11.30
38 Ben Turner INEOS Grenadiers + 11.43
39 Benoît Cosnefroy AG2R Citroën Team + 11.52
40 Jordan Jegat CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 12.20
41 Luca Van Boven Bingoal WB + 12.23
42 Remy Mertz Bingoal WB + 12.54
43 Fabio Van den Bossche Alpecin-Deceuninck + 14.21
44 Dries van Gestel TotalEnergies + 14.27
45 Rasmus Tiller Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 14.28
46 Jasper De Buyst Lotto Dstny + 14.48
47 Maël Guégan CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 15.00
48 Erik Resell Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 15.01
49 Ben Tulett INEOS Grenadiers + 15.40
50 Luca Mozzato Team Arkéa-Samsic + 15.51
51 Markus Hoelgaard Lidl-Trek + 15.53
52 Bruno Armirail Groupama-FDJ + 15.54
53 Lawrence Warbasse AG2R Citroën Team + 16.09
54 Michal Kwiatkowski INEOS Grenadiers + 16.23
55 Sam Watson Groupama-FDJ + 16.33
56 Joshua Tarling INEOS Grenadiers + 16.41
57 Andrea Piccolo EF Education-EasyPost + 17.14
58 Magnus Cort EF Education-EasyPost + 17.35
59 Gilles De Wilde Team Flanders-Baloise + 17.58
60 Luke Rowe INEOS Grenadiers + 18.10
61 Nadav Raisberg Israel-Premier Tech + 18.58
62 Andrea Mifsud Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 19.43
63 Nicolas Debeaumarché Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 20.21
64 Hugo Toumire Cofidis + 20.34
65 Romain Cardis Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 20.36
66 Valentin Retailleau AG2R Citroën Team + 20.51
67 Kristoffer Halvorsen Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 21.34
68 Toms Skujins Lidl-Trek + 21.41
69 Mads Pedersen Lidl-Trek + 22.08
70 Danny van der Tuuk Equipo Kern Pharma + 22.23
71 Tom Bohli Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 22.32
72 Stefan Bissegger EF Education-EasyPost + 22.43
73 Elias Maris Team Flanders-Baloise + 22.47
74 Pierre-Luc Périchon Cofidis + 22.50
75 Dries De Bondt Alpecin-Deceuninck + 23.01
76 Edward Planckaert Alpecin-Deceuninck + 23.12
77 Liam Slock Lotto Dstny + 23.55
78 Johan Meens Bingoal WB + 24.04
79 Lionel Taminiaux Alpecin-Deceuninck + 24.16
80 Norman Vahtra Van Rysel-Roubaix Lille Métropole + 24.34
81 Jacopo Mosca Lidl-Trek + 25.47
82 Samuel Leroux Van Rysel-Roubaix Lille Métropole + 26.56
83 Jean-Louis Le Ny Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 27.07
84 Anthony Maldonado Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 27.30
85 Laurent Pichon Team Arkéa-Samsic + 28.04
86 Michael Leonard INEOS Grenadiers + 28.13
87 Ayco Bastiaens Alpecin-Deceuninck + 29.27
88 Léo Danès CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 29.58
89 Alex Jaime Equipo Kern Pharma + 31.36
90 Flavien Maurelet Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 31.46
91 Jelle Wallays Cofidis + 31.57
92 Alan Riou Team Arkéa-Samsic + 32.15
93 Aaron Van Poucke Team Flanders-Baloise + 32.25
94 Julian Lino Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 32.27
95 Milan Fretin Team Flanders-Baloise + 33.26
96 Valentin Paret-Peintre AG2R Citroën Team + 33.37
97 Alexander Kamp Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 33.40
98 Fabian Lienhard Groupama-FDJ + 33.41
99 Emmanuel Morin CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 35.27
100 Mark Padun EF Education-EasyPost + 35.58
101 Ludovic Robeet Bingoal WB + 36.00
102 Larry Valvasori Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 36.01
103 Jérémy Leveau Van Rysel-Roubaix Lille Métropole + 36.34
104 Daniel McLay Team Arkéa-Samsic + 37.38
105 Thomas Champion Cofidis + 37.39
106 Vito Braet Team Flanders-Baloise + 38.22
107 William Blume Levy Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 39.44
108 Robbe Ghys Alpecin-Deceuninck + 41.26
109 Enzo Paleni Groupama-FDJ + 43.36
110 Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 44.06
111 Simon Carr EF Education-EasyPost + 45.44
112 Oded Kogut Israel-Premier Tech + 46.40
- Rudy Barbier Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 OOT
- Rait Ärm Van Rysel-Roubaix Lille Métropole OOT
- Pierre Barbier CIC U Nantes Atlantique OOT
- Jonathan Couanon Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur OOT
- Floris De Tier Bingoal WB OOT
- Johannes Adamietz Lotto Dstny OOT
- Guillaume Boivin Israel-Premier Tech DNS

Youth

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Mattias Skjelmose Lidl-Trek 11:12:31
2 Kévin Vauquelin Team Arkéa-Samsic + 01.11
3 Arnaud De Lie Lotto Dstny + 02.03
4 Pau Miquel Delgado Equipo Kern Pharma + 03.07
5 Axel Laurance Alpecin-Deceuninck + 03.58
6 Raúl García Equipo Kern Pharma + 04.09
7 Jenno Berckmoes Team Flanders-Baloise + 05.32
8 Louis Barré Team Arkéa-Samsic + 08.31
9 Petr Kelemen Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 10.13
10 Luca Van Boven Bingoal WB + 12.22
11 Fabio Van den Bossche Alpecin-Deceuninck + 14.20
12 Ben Tulett INEOS Grenadiers + 15.39
13 Sam Watson Groupama-FDJ + 16.32
14 Joshua Tarling INEOS Grenadiers + 16.40
15 Andrea Piccolo EF Education-EasyPost + 17.13
16 Nadav Raisberg Israel-Premier Tech + 18.57
17 Hugo Toumire Cofidis + 20.33
18 Valentin Retailleau AG2R Citroën Team + 20.50
19 Liam Slock Lotto Dstny + 23.54
20 Michael Leonard INEOS Grenadiers + 28.12
21 Milan Fretin Team Flanders-Baloise + 33.25
22 Valentin Paret-Peintre AG2R Citroën Team + 33.36
23 Vito Braet Team Flanders-Baloise + 38.21
24 William Blume Levy Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 39.43
25 Enzo Paleni Groupama-FDJ + 43.35
26 Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 44.05
27 Oded Kogut Israel-Premier Tech + 46.39

Points

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Arnaud De Lie Lotto Dstny 58
2 Mattias Skjelmose Lidl-Trek 46
3 Mads Pedersen Lidl-Trek 45
4 Neilson Powless EF Education-EasyPost 38
5 Pierre Latour TotalEnergies 38
6 Kévin Vauquelin Team Arkéa-Samsic 31
7 Sam Watson Groupama-FDJ 21
8 Valentin Ferron TotalEnergies 20
9 Ben Tulett INEOS Grenadiers 20
10 Joshua Tarling INEOS Grenadiers 20
11 Benoît Cosnefroy AG2R Citroën Team 16
12 Joel Suter Tudor Pro Cycling Team 15
13 Pavel Sivakov INEOS Grenadiers 14
14 Dylan Teuns Israel-Premier Tech 14
15 Louis Barré Team Arkéa-Samsic 14
16 Thibaut Pinot Groupama-FDJ 13
17 Sep Vanmarcke Israel-Premier Tech 12
18 Andrea Piccolo EF Education-EasyPost 12
19 Magnus Cort EF Education-EasyPost 10
20 Hugo Houle Israel-Premier Tech 9
21 Ben Turner INEOS Grenadiers 9
22 Remy Mertz Bingoal WB 9
23 Franck Bonnamour AG2R Citroën Team 8
24 Aaron Van Poucke Team Flanders-Baloise 8
25 Anthony Perez Cofidis 7
26 Julien Bernard Lidl-Trek 7
27 Pau Miquel Delgado Equipo Kern Pharma 7
28 Greg Van Avermaet AG2R Citroën Team 7
29 Axel Laurance Alpecin-Deceuninck 6
30 Jordan Jegat CIC U Nantes Atlantique 6
31 Bruno Armirail Groupama-FDJ 6
32 Stefan Bissegger EF Education-EasyPost 4
33 Raúl García Equipo Kern Pharma 3
34 Thomas Bonnet TotalEnergies 3
35 Alexandre Delettre Cofidis 3
36 Krists Neilands Israel-Premier Tech 1
37 Jenno Berckmoes Team Flanders-Baloise 1
38 Simon Carr EF Education-EasyPost 1

Mountain

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Vito Braet Team Flanders-Baloise 34
2 Neilson Powless EF Education-EasyPost 26
3 Mattias Skjelmose Lidl-Trek 23
4 Dries De Bondt Alpecin-Deceuninck 18
5 Kévin Vauquelin Team Arkéa-Samsic 16
6 Thomas Champion Cofidis 14
7 Ben Turner INEOS Grenadiers 14
8 Mads Pedersen Lidl-Trek 13
9 Andrea Mifsud Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 12
10 Ben Tulett INEOS Grenadiers 10
11 Pierre Latour TotalEnergies 8
12 Maël Guégan CIC U Nantes Atlantique 8
13 Enzo Paleni Groupama-FDJ 8
14 Ayco Bastiaens Alpecin-Deceuninck 6
15 Dylan Teuns Israel-Premier Tech 6
16 Jacopo Mosca Lidl-Trek 6
17 Pavel Sivakov INEOS Grenadiers 4
18 Thibaut Pinot Groupama-FDJ 4
19 Simon Pellaud Tudor Pro Cycling Team 4
20 Sam Watson Groupama-FDJ 4
21 Ludovic Robeet Bingoal WB 4
22 Arnaud De Lie Lotto Dstny 2
23 Brent Van Moer Lotto Dstny 2
24 Jean-Louis Le Ny Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 2

Team

PosTeamTime
1 TotalEnergies 33:44:32
2 Israel-Premier Tech + 01.37
3 Cofidis + 05.33
4 AG2R Citroën Team + 07.07
5 Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 07.43
6 Lotto Dstny + 08.18
7 Lidl-Trek + 08.50
8 Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 11.07
9 Team Arkéa-Samsic + 13.58
10 INEOS Grenadiers + 15.25
11 Equipo Kern Pharma + 20.46
12 EF Education-EasyPost + 23.00
13 Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 23.57
14 Team Flanders-Baloise + 26.45
15 Groupama-FDJ + 27.00
16 Alpecin-Deceuninck + 27.08
17 Bingoal WB + 28.17
18 CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 36.36
19 Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 48.40
20 Van Rysel-Roubaix Lille Métropole + 01:11.06

Race profile

Race
Étoile de Bessèges
Start date
01.02.2023
End date
05.02.2023
Total distance
10.6 km
Gen
Men
Cat
2.1
Country
France
Discipline
Road
First edition
1971

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