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Étoile de Bessèges 2024 - Stage 2

Marguerittes > Rousson, 163.6km

31.01-04.02

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 Axel Laurance Alpecin-Deceuninck 3:57:10
2 Mads Pedersen Lidl-Trek + 00.00
3 Kévin Vauquelin ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 00.00
4 Kevin Geniets Groupama-FDJ + 00.00
5 Rémy Rochas Groupama-FDJ + 00.04
6 Brent Van Moer Lotto Dstny + 00.04
7 Benoît Cosnefroy Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 00.07
8 Alex Baudin Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 00.07
9 Aurélien Paret-Peintre Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 00.07
10 Jenno Berckmoes Lotto Dstny + 00.11
11 Mathieu Burgaudeau TotalEnergies + 00.12
12 Alberto Bettiol EF Education-EasyPost + 00.12
13 Markus Hoelgaard Uno-X Mobility + 00.13
14 Alexandre Delettre St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 00.15
15 Quentin Pacher Groupama-FDJ + 00.15
16 Ben Healy EF Education-EasyPost + 00.15
17 Anthony Perez Cofidis + 00.15
18 Toms Skujins Lidl-Trek + 00.18
19 Valerio Conti Team corratec - Vini Fantini + 00.21
20 Valentin Retailleau Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 00.23
21 Urko Berrade Equipo Kern Pharma + 00.23
22 Thomas Champion Cofidis + 00.23
23 Francisco Galván Equipo Kern Pharma + 00.26
24 Andrii Ponomar Team corratec - Vini Fantini + 00.26
25 Marco Murgano Team corratec - Vini Fantini + 00.28
26 Clément Braz Afonso CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 00.28
27 Alec Segaert Lotto Dstny + 00.28
28 Nils Brun Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 00.30
29 Alexis Vuillermoz TotalEnergies + 00.34
30 Magnus Cort Uno-X Mobility + 00.37
31 Andrea Mifsud Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.37
32 Kenneth Van Rooy Bingoal WB + 00.39
33 Milan Menten Lotto Dstny + 00.39
34 Lionel Taminiaux Lotto Dstny + 00.42
35 Maxime Jarnet Van Rysel-Roubaix + 00.47
36 Damien Touzé Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 00.49
37 Jérémy Cabot St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 00.49
38 Thibaud Gruel Groupama-FDJ + 00.49
39 Pau Miquel Delgado Equipo Kern Pharma + 00.49
40 Rémi Capron Van Rysel-Roubaix + 00.52
41 Benjamin Thomas Cofidis + 00.52
42 Joris Delbove St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 00.52
43 Andreas Leknessund Uno-X Mobility + 00.52
44 Léo Danès CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 00.52
45 Luca Vergallito Alpecin-Deceuninck + 00.56
46 Jonathan Couanon Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.56
47 Alessandro Monaco Team corratec - Vini Fantini + 00.56
48 Giacomo Villa Bingoal WB + 00.56
49 Valentin Darbellay Team corratec - Vini Fantini + 00.56
50 Alex Colman Team Flanders-Baloise + 00.56
51 Samuel Leroux Van Rysel-Roubaix + 01.00
52 Melvin Crommelinck Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 01.01
53 Florian Stork Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 01.01
54 Jonas Iversby Hvideberg Uno-X Mobility + 01.09
55 Jan Stöckli Team corratec - Vini Fantini + 01.09
56 Ward Vanhoof Team Flanders-Baloise + 01.10
57 Arthur Kluckers Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 01.12
58 Emmanuel Morin Van Rysel-Roubaix + 01.12
59 Pierre-Henry Basset CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 01.16
60 Luca Van Boven Bingoal WB + 01.16
61 Louka Matthys Bingoal WB + 01.16
62 Enzo Boulet CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 01.22
63 Luca De Meester Bingoal WB + 01.24
64 Daan Hoole Lidl-Trek + 01.26
65 Kamiel Bonneu Team Flanders-Baloise + 01.26
66 Sander De Pestel Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 01.26
67 Cériel Desal Bingoal WB + 01.30
68 Alexis Gougeard Cofidis + 01.34
69 Valentin Tabellion Van Rysel-Roubaix + 01.36
70 Alex Kirsch Lidl-Trek + 01.47
71 Eddy Le Huitouze Groupama-FDJ + 01.51
72 Cyril Barthe Groupama-FDJ + 01.51
73 Thibault Guernalec ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 01.51
74 Christophe Noppe Cofidis + 01.51
75 Sandy Dujardin TotalEnergies + 01.51
76 Vincent Van Hemelen Team Flanders-Baloise + 01.54
77 Darren Rafferty EF Education-EasyPost + 01.54
78 Mathis Le Berre ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 01.58
79 Simon Guglielmi ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 01.58
80 Sean Quinn EF Education-EasyPost + 01.58
81 Kenny Molly Van Rysel-Roubaix + 02.10
82 Thomas Bonnet TotalEnergies + 02.21
83 Valentin Ferron TotalEnergies + 02.21
84 Sébastien Grignard Lotto Dstny + 02.21
85 Thomas Gachignard TotalEnergies + 02.21
86 Dries De Bondt Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 02.21
87 Dillon Corkery St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 02.25
88 Jon Rye-Johnsen CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 02.25
89 Alexander Kristoff Uno-X Mobility + 02.25
90 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 02.28
91 Marc Sarreau Groupama-FDJ + 02.32
92 Jérémy Lecroq St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 02.41
93 Luca Mozzato ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 02.44
94 Marco Brenner Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 02.56
95 Simon Carr EF Education-EasyPost + 03.02
96 Jonas Abrahamsen Uno-X Mobility + 03.02
97 Rasmus Tiller Uno-X Mobility + 03.02
98 Tim Declercq Lidl-Trek + 03.19
99 Arno Claeys Team Flanders-Baloise + 03.19
100 Jelle Vermoote Bingoal WB + 03.21
101 Julien Bernard Lidl-Trek + 03.31
102 Pierre Thierry ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 03.33
103 Alexander Konijn Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 03.35
104 Jean-Louis Le Ny Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 03.41
105 Edward Planckaert Alpecin-Deceuninck + 03.51
106 Jarrad Drizners Lotto Dstny + 03.51
107 Timo Kielich Alpecin-Deceuninck + 03.51
108 Ramses Debruyne Alpecin-Deceuninck + 03.51
109 Simon Dehairs Alpecin-Deceuninck + 03.51
110 Alan Riou ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 03.51
111 Mikel Retegi Equipo Kern Pharma + 03.55
112 Harrison Wood Cofidis + 03.55
113 Romain Cardis St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 03.55
114 Martí Márquez Equipo Kern Pharma + 03.55
115 Mika Heming Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 03.55
116 Lukas Nerurkar EF Education-EasyPost + 03.55
117 Matisse Julien CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 04.20
118 Maximilien Juillard Van Rysel-Roubaix + 04.20
119 Jules Hesters Team Flanders-Baloise + 04.50
120 Otto Vergaerde Lidl-Trek + 04.50
121 Etienne van Empel Team corratec - Vini Fantini + 05.41
122 Robbe Ghys Alpecin-Deceuninck + 05.48
123 Stefan Bissegger EF Education-EasyPost + 05.58
124 Danny van der Tuuk Equipo Kern Pharma + 05.58
125 Damien Girard Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 06.05
126 Fabien Grellier TotalEnergies + 06.18
127 Jacob Eriksson Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 06.24
128 Lucas Eriksson Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 06.24
129 Gilles De Wilde Team Flanders-Baloise + 06.44
130 Paul Hennequin Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 07.07
131 Maël Guégan CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 07.15
- Hugo Aznar Equipo Kern Pharma OOT

GC

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Axel Laurance Alpecin-Deceuninck 3:57:00
2 Mads Pedersen Lidl-Trek + 00.04
3 Kévin Vauquelin ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 00.06
4 Kevin Geniets Groupama-FDJ + 00.10
5 Rémy Rochas Groupama-FDJ + 00.14
6 Brent Van Moer Lotto Dstny + 00.14
7 Benoît Cosnefroy Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 00.17
8 Alex Baudin Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 00.17
9 Aurélien Paret-Peintre Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 00.17
10 Jenno Berckmoes Lotto Dstny + 00.21
11 Mathieu Burgaudeau TotalEnergies + 00.22
12 Alberto Bettiol EF Education-EasyPost + 00.22
13 Markus Hoelgaard Uno-X Mobility + 00.23
14 Alexandre Delettre St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 00.25
15 Quentin Pacher Groupama-FDJ + 00.25
16 Ben Healy EF Education-EasyPost + 00.25
17 Anthony Perez Cofidis + 00.25
18 Toms Skujins Lidl-Trek + 00.28
19 Valerio Conti Team corratec - Vini Fantini + 00.31
20 Valentin Retailleau Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 00.33
21 Urko Berrade Equipo Kern Pharma + 00.33
22 Thomas Champion Cofidis + 00.33
23 Francisco Galván Equipo Kern Pharma + 00.36
24 Andrii Ponomar Team corratec - Vini Fantini + 00.36
25 Marco Murgano Team corratec - Vini Fantini + 00.38
26 Clément Braz Afonso CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 00.38
27 Alec Segaert Lotto Dstny + 00.38
28 Nils Brun Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 00.40
29 Alexis Vuillermoz TotalEnergies + 00.44
30 Magnus Cort Uno-X Mobility + 00.47
31 Andrea Mifsud Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.47
32 Kenneth Van Rooy Bingoal WB + 00.49
33 Milan Menten Lotto Dstny + 00.49
34 Lionel Taminiaux Lotto Dstny + 00.52
35 Maxime Jarnet Van Rysel-Roubaix + 00.57
36 Damien Touzé Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 00.59
37 Jérémy Cabot St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 00.59
38 Thibaud Gruel Groupama-FDJ + 00.59
39 Pau Miquel Delgado Equipo Kern Pharma + 00.59
40 Rémi Capron Van Rysel-Roubaix + 01.02
41 Benjamin Thomas Cofidis + 01.02
42 Joris Delbove St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 01.02
43 Andreas Leknessund Uno-X Mobility + 01.02
44 Léo Danès CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 01.02
45 Luca Vergallito Alpecin-Deceuninck + 01.06
46 Jonathan Couanon Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 01.06
47 Alessandro Monaco Team corratec - Vini Fantini + 01.06
48 Giacomo Villa Bingoal WB + 01.06
49 Valentin Darbellay Team corratec - Vini Fantini + 01.06
50 Alex Colman Team Flanders-Baloise + 01.06
51 Samuel Leroux Van Rysel-Roubaix + 01.10
52 Melvin Crommelinck Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 01.11
53 Florian Stork Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 01.11
54 Jonas Iversby Hvideberg Uno-X Mobility + 01.19
55 Jan Stöckli Team corratec - Vini Fantini + 01.19
56 Ward Vanhoof Team Flanders-Baloise + 01.20
57 Arthur Kluckers Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 01.22
58 Emmanuel Morin Van Rysel-Roubaix + 01.22
59 Pierre-Henry Basset CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 01.26
60 Luca Van Boven Bingoal WB + 01.26
61 Louka Matthys Bingoal WB + 01.26
62 Enzo Boulet CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 01.32
63 Luca De Meester Bingoal WB + 01.34
64 Daan Hoole Lidl-Trek + 01.36
65 Kamiel Bonneu Team Flanders-Baloise + 01.36
66 Sander De Pestel Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 01.36
67 Cériel Desal Bingoal WB + 01.40
68 Alexis Gougeard Cofidis + 01.44
69 Valentin Tabellion Van Rysel-Roubaix + 01.46
70 Alex Kirsch Lidl-Trek + 01.57
71 Eddy Le Huitouze Groupama-FDJ + 02.01
72 Cyril Barthe Groupama-FDJ + 02.01
73 Thibault Guernalec ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 02.01
74 Christophe Noppe Cofidis + 02.01
75 Sandy Dujardin TotalEnergies + 02.01
76 Vincent Van Hemelen Team Flanders-Baloise + 02.04
77 Darren Rafferty EF Education-EasyPost + 02.04
78 Mathis Le Berre ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 02.08
79 Simon Guglielmi ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 02.08
80 Sean Quinn EF Education-EasyPost + 02.08
81 Kenny Molly Van Rysel-Roubaix + 02.20
82 Thomas Bonnet TotalEnergies + 02.31
83 Valentin Ferron TotalEnergies + 02.31
84 Sébastien Grignard Lotto Dstny + 02.31
85 Thomas Gachignard TotalEnergies + 02.31
86 Dries De Bondt Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 02.31
87 Dillon Corkery St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 02.35
88 Jon Rye-Johnsen CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 02.35
89 Alexander Kristoff Uno-X Mobility + 02.35
90 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 02.38
91 Marc Sarreau Groupama-FDJ + 02.42
92 Jérémy Lecroq St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 02.51
93 Luca Mozzato ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 02.54
94 Marco Brenner Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 03.06
95 Simon Carr EF Education-EasyPost + 03.12
96 Jonas Abrahamsen Uno-X Mobility + 03.12
97 Rasmus Tiller Uno-X Mobility + 03.12
98 Tim Declercq Lidl-Trek + 03.29
99 Arno Claeys Team Flanders-Baloise + 03.29
100 Jelle Vermoote Bingoal WB + 03.31
101 Julien Bernard Lidl-Trek + 03.41
102 Pierre Thierry ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 03.43
103 Alexander Konijn Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 03.45
104 Jean-Louis Le Ny Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 03.51
105 Edward Planckaert Alpecin-Deceuninck + 04.01
106 Jarrad Drizners Lotto Dstny + 04.01
107 Timo Kielich Alpecin-Deceuninck + 04.01
108 Ramses Debruyne Alpecin-Deceuninck + 04.01
109 Simon Dehairs Alpecin-Deceuninck + 04.01
110 Alan Riou ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 04.01
111 Mikel Retegi Equipo Kern Pharma + 04.05
112 Harrison Wood Cofidis + 04.05
113 Romain Cardis St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 04.05
114 Martí Márquez Equipo Kern Pharma + 04.05
115 Mika Heming Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 04.05
116 Lukas Nerurkar EF Education-EasyPost + 04.05
117 Matisse Julien CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 04.30
118 Maximilien Juillard Van Rysel-Roubaix + 04.30
119 Jules Hesters Team Flanders-Baloise + 05.00
120 Otto Vergaerde Lidl-Trek + 05.00
121 Etienne van Empel Team corratec - Vini Fantini + 05.51
122 Robbe Ghys Alpecin-Deceuninck + 05.58
123 Stefan Bissegger EF Education-EasyPost + 06.08
124 Danny van der Tuuk Equipo Kern Pharma + 06.08
125 Damien Girard Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 06.15
126 Fabien Grellier TotalEnergies + 06.28
127 Jacob Eriksson Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 06.34
128 Lucas Eriksson Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 06.34
129 Gilles De Wilde Team Flanders-Baloise + 06.54
130 Paul Hennequin Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 07.17
131 Maël Guégan CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 07.25
- Hugo Aznar Equipo Kern Pharma OOT

Youth

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Axel Laurance Alpecin-Deceuninck 3:57:00
2 Kévin Vauquelin ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 00.06
3 Alex Baudin Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 00.17
4 Jenno Berckmoes Lotto Dstny + 00.21
5 Andrii Ponomar Team corratec - Vini Fantini + 00.36
6 Alec Segaert Lotto Dstny + 00.38
7 Thibaud Gruel Groupama-FDJ + 00.59
8 Giacomo Villa Bingoal WB + 01.06
9 Melvin Crommelinck Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 01.11
10 Pierre-Henry Basset CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 01.26
11 Enzo Boulet CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 01.32
12 Eddy Le Huitouze Groupama-FDJ + 02.01
13 Darren Rafferty EF Education-EasyPost + 02.04
14 Mathis Le Berre ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 02.08
15 Jon Rye-Johnsen CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 02.35
16 Marco Brenner Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 03.06
17 Jelle Vermoote Bingoal WB + 03.31
18 Pierre Thierry ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 03.43
19 Ramses Debruyne Alpecin-Deceuninck + 04.01
20 Simon Dehairs Alpecin-Deceuninck + 04.01
21 Mikel Retegi Equipo Kern Pharma + 04.05
22 Lukas Nerurkar EF Education-EasyPost + 04.05
23 Matisse Julien CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 04.30
24 Maximilien Juillard Van Rysel-Roubaix + 04.30
25 Damien Girard Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 06.15
26 Paul Hennequin Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 07.17

Points

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Axel Laurance Alpecin-Deceuninck 25
2 Mads Pedersen Lidl-Trek 20
3 Kévin Vauquelin ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 16
4 Kevin Geniets Groupama-FDJ 14
5 Rémy Rochas Groupama-FDJ 12
6 Brent Van Moer Lotto Dstny 10
7 Benoît Cosnefroy Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 9
8 Alex Baudin Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 8
9 Aurélien Paret-Peintre Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 7
10 Jenno Berckmoes Lotto Dstny 6
11 Mathieu Burgaudeau TotalEnergies 5
12 Alberto Bettiol EF Education-EasyPost 4
13 Markus Hoelgaard Uno-X Mobility 3
14 Alexandre Delettre St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 2
15 Quentin Pacher Groupama-FDJ 1

Mountain

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Jean-Louis Le Ny Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 16
2 Maximilien Juillard Van Rysel-Roubaix 12
3 Matisse Julien CIC U Nantes Atlantique 8
4 Axel Laurance Alpecin-Deceuninck 6
5 Mads Pedersen Lidl-Trek 6
6 Julien Bernard Lidl-Trek 4
7 Kévin Vauquelin ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 2

Team

PosTeamTime
1 Groupama-FDJ 11:51:49
2 Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 00.02
3 Lotto Dstny + 00.24
4 Team corratec - Vini Fantini + 00.56
5 Cofidis + 01.11
6 Equipo Kern Pharma + 01.19
7 Uno-X Mobility + 01.23
8 Lidl-Trek + 01.25
9 St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 01.37
10 EF Education-EasyPost + 02.02
11 Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 02.15
12 CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 02.17
13 TotalEnergies + 02.18
14 Van Rysel-Roubaix + 02.20
15 Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 02.24
16 Bingoal WB + 02.32
17 Team Flanders-Baloise + 03.13
18 ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 03.30
19 Alpecin-Deceuninck + 04.28

Race profile

Race
Étoile de Bessèges
Start date
31.01.2024
End date
04.02.2024
Total distance
163.6 km
Gen
Men
Cat
2.1
Country
France
Discipline
Road
First edition
1971

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