Étoile de Bessèges 2023 - Startlist

5 stages, Bellegarde > Alès, 654.9km

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.

Startlist

Cofidis

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1 Benjamin Thomas France
2 Thomas Champion France
3 Alexandre Delettre France
4 Anthony Perez France
5 Pierre-Luc Périchon France
6 Hugo Toumire France
7 Jelle Wallays Belgium

INEOS Grenadiers

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11 Michal Kwiatkowski Poland
12 Michael Leonard Canada
13 Luke Rowe United Kingdom
14 Pavel Sivakov France
15 Joshua Tarling United Kingdom
16 Ben Tulett United Kingdom
17 Ben Turner United Kingdom

AG2R Citroën Team

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21 Benoît Cosnefroy France
22 Franck Bonnamour France
23 Greg Van Avermaet Belgium
24 Oliver Naesen Belgium
25 Valentin Paret-Peintre France
26 Valentin Retailleau France
27 Lawrence Warbasse United States

Lidl-Trek

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31 Mads Pedersen Denmark
32 Julien Bernard France
33 Markus Hoelgaard Norway
34 Jacopo Mosca Italy
35 Mattias Skjelmose Denmark
36 Toms Skujins Latvia
37 Otto Vergaerde Belgium

Groupama-FDJ

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41 Thibaut Pinot France
42 Bruno Armirail France
43 Enzo Paleni France
44 Fabian Lienhard Switzerland
45 Jake Stewart United Kingdom
46 Lars van den Berg Netherlands
47 Sam Watson United Kingdom

Alpecin-Deceuninck

#RiderCountry
51 Dries De Bondt Belgium
52 Robbe Ghys Belgium
53 Axel Laurance France
54 Edward Planckaert Belgium
55 Lionel Taminiaux Belgium
56 Fabio Van den Bossche Belgium
57 Ayco Bastiaens Belgium

EF Education-EasyPost

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61 Magnus Cort Denmark
62 Stefan Bissegger Switzerland
63 Simon Carr United Kingdom
64 Ben Healy Ireland
65 Mark Padun Ukraine
66 Andrea Piccolo Italy
67 Neilson Powless United States

Team Arkéa-Samsic

#RiderCountry
71 Kévin Vauquelin France
72 Alan Riou France
73 Thibault Guernalec France
74 Daniel McLay United Kingdom
75 Luca Mozzato Italy
76 Louis Barré France
77 Laurent Pichon France

Israel-Premier Tech

#RiderCountry
81 Guillaume Boivin Canada
82 Hugo Houle Canada
83 Krists Neilands Latvia
84 Dylan Teuns Belgium
85 Sep Vanmarcke Belgium
86 Oded Kogut Israel
87 Nadav Raisberg Israel

Lotto Dstny

#RiderCountry
91 Arnaud De Lie Belgium
92 Cédric Beullens Belgium
93 Jasper De Buyst Belgium
94 Johannes Adamietz Germany
95 Sébastien Grignard Belgium
96 Liam Slock Belgium
97 Brent Van Moer Belgium

TotalEnergies

#RiderCountry
101 Pierre Latour France
102 Mathieu Burgaudeau France
103 Anthony Turgis France
104 Thomas Bonnet France
105 Valentin Ferron France
106 Julien Simon France
107 Dries van Gestel Belgium

Team Flanders-Baloise

#RiderCountry
111 Jenno Berckmoes Belgium
112 Vito Braet Belgium
113 Gilles De Wilde Belgium
114 Milan Fretin Belgium
115 Elias Maris Belgium
116 Aaron Van Poucke Belgium
117 Aaron Verwilst Belgium

Uno-X Pro Cycling Team

#RiderCountry
121 Kristoffer Halvorsen Norway
122 Anders Halland Johannessen Norway
123 Erik Resell Norway
124 William Blume Levy Denmark
125 Martin Urianstad Bugge Norway
126 Rasmus Tiller Norway
127 Fredrik Dversnes Norway

Equipo Kern Pharma

#RiderCountry
131 Francisco Galván Spain
132 Martí Márquez Spain
133 Danny van der Tuuk Netherlands
134 Raúl García Spain
135 Alex Jaime Spain
136 Eugenio Sanchez Spain
137 Pau Miquel Delgado Spain

Bingoal WB

#RiderCountry
141 Floris De Tier Belgium
142 Johan Meens Belgium
143 Julian Mertens Belgium
144 Remy Mertz Belgium
145 Ludovic Robeet Belgium
146 Luca Van Boven Belgium
147 Nathan Vandepitte France

Tudor Pro Cycling Team

#RiderCountry
151 Tom Bohli Switzerland
152 Jacob Eriksson Sweden
153 Lucas Eriksson Sweden
154 Alexander Kamp Denmark
155 Simon Pellaud Switzerland
156 Petr Kelemen Czech Republic
157 Joel Suter Switzerland

Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93

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161 Rudy Barbier France
162 Romain Cardis France
163 Nicolas Debeaumarché France
164 Théo Delacroix France
165 Flavien Maurelet France
166 Anthony Maldonado France
167 Morne Van Niekerk South Africa

Van Rysel-Roubaix Lille Métropole

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171 Rait Ärm Estonia
172 Thomas Boudat France
173 Kenny Molly Belgium
174 Samuel Leroux France
175 Jérémy Leveau France
176 Valentin Tabellion France
177 Norman Vahtra Estonia

CIC U Nantes Atlantique

#RiderCountry
181 Pierre Barbier France
182 Jordan Jegat France
183 Léo Danès France
184 Maël Guégan France
185 Nolann Mahoudo France
186 Emmanuel Morin France
187 Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen Denmark

Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur

#RiderCountry
191 Jonathan Couanon France
192 Paul Hennequin France
193 Damien Girard France
194 Julian Lino France
195 Jean-Louis Le Ny France
196 Andrea Mifsud France
197 Larry Valvasori Luxembourg

Race profile

Race
Étoile de Bessèges
Start date
01.02.2023
End date
05.02.2023
Total distance
654.9 km
Number of stages
5
Gen
Men
Cat
2.1
Country
France
Discipline
Road
First edition
1971

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