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Étoile de Bessèges 2024 - Stage 3

Besseges > Besseges, 161.1km

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 Mads Pedersen Lidl-Trek 3:43:54
2 Milan Menten Lotto Dstny + 00.00
3 Rasmus Tiller Uno-X Mobility + 00.00
4 Sandy Dujardin TotalEnergies + 00.00
5 Benoît Cosnefroy Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 00.00
6 Samuel Leroux Van Rysel-Roubaix + 00.00
7 Axel Laurance Alpecin-Deceuninck + 00.00
8 Kenneth Van Rooy Bingoal WB + 00.00
9 Maxime Jarnet Van Rysel-Roubaix + 00.00
10 Alexandre Delettre St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 00.00
11 Mika Heming Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 00.00
12 Pierre-Henry Basset CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 00.00
13 Valentin Retailleau Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 00.00
14 Jelle Vermoote Bingoal WB + 00.00
15 Brent Van Moer Lotto Dstny + 00.00
16 Dries De Bondt Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 00.00
17 Vincent Van Hemelen Team Flanders-Baloise + 00.00
18 Cyril Barthe Groupama-FDJ + 00.00
19 Alec Segaert Lotto Dstny + 00.00
20 Jenno Berckmoes Lotto Dstny + 00.00
21 Lukas Nerurkar EF Education-EasyPost + 00.00
22 Dillon Corkery St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 00.00
23 Pau Miquel Delgado Equipo Kern Pharma + 00.00
24 Sean Quinn EF Education-EasyPost + 00.00
25 Andrii Ponomar Team corratec - Vini Fantini + 00.00
26 Alberto Bettiol EF Education-EasyPost + 00.00
27 Giacomo Villa Bingoal WB + 00.00
28 Emmanuel Morin Van Rysel-Roubaix + 00.00
29 Mathieu Burgaudeau TotalEnergies + 00.00
30 Quentin Pacher Groupama-FDJ + 00.00
31 Nils Brun Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 00.00
32 Francisco Galván Equipo Kern Pharma + 00.00
33 Luca Van Boven Bingoal WB + 00.00
34 Mathis Le Berre ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 00.00
35 Rémy Rochas Groupama-FDJ + 00.00
36 Aurélien Paret-Peintre Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 00.00
37 Jonathan Couanon Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.00
38 Cériel Desal Bingoal WB + 00.00
39 Florian Stork Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 00.00
40 Louka Matthys Bingoal WB + 00.00
41 Anthony Perez Cofidis + 00.00
42 Jérémy Cabot St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 00.00
43 Rémi Capron Van Rysel-Roubaix + 00.00
44 Timo Kielich Alpecin-Deceuninck + 00.00
45 Kévin Vauquelin ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 00.00
46 Clément Braz Afonso CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 00.00
47 Benjamin Thomas Cofidis + 00.00
48 Valentin Ferron TotalEnergies + 00.00
49 Alexis Vuillermoz TotalEnergies + 00.00
50 Andrea Mifsud Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.00
51 Darren Rafferty EF Education-EasyPost + 00.00
52 Alex Kirsch Lidl-Trek + 00.00
53 Kevin Geniets Groupama-FDJ + 00.00
54 Markus Hoelgaard Uno-X Mobility + 00.00
55 Alex Baudin Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 00.00
56 Ben Healy EF Education-EasyPost + 00.00
57 Thomas Champion Cofidis + 00.00
58 Luca Vergallito Alpecin-Deceuninck + 00.00
59 Andreas Leknessund Uno-X Mobility + 00.00
60 Joris Delbove St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 00.00
61 Alexis Gougeard Cofidis + 00.00
62 Urko Berrade Equipo Kern Pharma + 00.00
63 Damien Touzé Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 00.00
64 Magnus Cort Uno-X Mobility + 00.00
65 Romain Cardis St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 00.00
66 Stefan Bissegger EF Education-EasyPost + 00.00
67 Toms Skujins Lidl-Trek + 00.00
68 Lucas Eriksson Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 00.00
69 Arthur Kluckers Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 00.00
70 Maximilien Juillard Van Rysel-Roubaix + 00.00
71 Sander De Pestel Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 00.00
72 Sébastien Grignard Lotto Dstny + 00.00
73 Thomas Gachignard TotalEnergies + 00.00
74 Marco Brenner Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 00.49
75 Ward Vanhoof Team Flanders-Baloise + 01.06
76 Jonas Abrahamsen Uno-X Mobility + 01.38
77 Jan Stöckli Team corratec - Vini Fantini + 01.41
78 Thibault Guernalec ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 01.46
79 Julien Bernard Lidl-Trek + 02.05
80 Kenny Molly Van Rysel-Roubaix + 02.17
81 Alex Colman Team Flanders-Baloise + 02.28
82 Edward Planckaert Alpecin-Deceuninck + 03.19
83 Maël Guégan CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 03.19
84 Valentin Tabellion Van Rysel-Roubaix + 03.19
85 Simon Carr EF Education-EasyPost + 04.24
86 Jarrad Drizners Lotto Dstny + 06.17
87 Lionel Taminiaux Lotto Dstny + 06.17
88 Fabien Grellier TotalEnergies + 06.17
89 Thomas Bonnet TotalEnergies + 06.17
90 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 06.17
91 Harrison Wood Cofidis + 06.17
92 Pierre Thierry ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 06.17
93 Simon Guglielmi ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 06.17
94 Valerio Conti Team corratec - Vini Fantini + 06.17
95 Marco Murgano Team corratec - Vini Fantini + 06.17
96 Ramses Debruyne Alpecin-Deceuninck + 07.13
97 Tim Declercq Lidl-Trek + 07.13
98 Matisse Julien CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 07.13
99 Otto Vergaerde Lidl-Trek + 07.13
100 Jonas Iversby Hvideberg Uno-X Mobility + 09.00
101 Jacob Eriksson Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 09.00
102 Kamiel Bonneu Team Flanders-Baloise + 09.53
103 Luca De Meester Bingoal WB + 11.54
104 Eddy Le Huitouze Groupama-FDJ + 11.54
105 Damien Girard Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 11.54
106 Léo Danès CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 11.54
107 Robbe Ghys Alpecin-Deceuninck + 12.14
108 Enzo Boulet CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 12.27
109 Gilles De Wilde Team Flanders-Baloise + 12.27
110 Melvin Crommelinck Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 12.27
111 Simon Dehairs Alpecin-Deceuninck + 12.27
112 Etienne van Empel Team corratec - Vini Fantini + 12.27
113 Jérémy Lecroq St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 12.27
114 Jon Rye-Johnsen CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 12.27
115 Marc Sarreau Groupama-FDJ + 12.27
116 Thibaud Gruel Groupama-FDJ + 12.27
117 Valentin Darbellay Team corratec - Vini Fantini + 12.27
118 Arno Claeys Team Flanders-Baloise + 12.27
119 Alexander Konijn Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 12.27
120 Danny van der Tuuk Equipo Kern Pharma + 12.27
121 Christophe Noppe Cofidis + 12.27
122 Jules Hesters Team Flanders-Baloise + 12.27
123 Martí Márquez Equipo Kern Pharma + 12.27
124 Jean-Louis Le Ny Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 12.27
125 Luca Mozzato ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 12.27
126 Mikel Retegi Equipo Kern Pharma + 12.27
127 Alexander Kristoff Uno-X Mobility + 12.27
128 Alan Riou ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 12.27
129 Paul Hennequin Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 12.59
- Daan Hoole Lidl-Trek DNF
- Alessandro Monaco Team corratec - Vini Fantini DNF

GC

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Mads Pedersen Lidl-Trek 7:40:48
2 Axel Laurance Alpecin-Deceuninck + 00.06
3 Kévin Vauquelin ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 00.12
4 Kevin Geniets Groupama-FDJ + 00.16
5 Brent Van Moer Lotto Dstny + 00.20
6 Rémy Rochas Groupama-FDJ + 00.20
7 Benoît Cosnefroy Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 00.23
8 Aurélien Paret-Peintre Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 00.23
9 Alex Baudin Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 00.23
10 Jenno Berckmoes Lotto Dstny + 00.27
11 Alberto Bettiol EF Education-EasyPost + 00.28
12 Mathieu Burgaudeau TotalEnergies + 00.28
13 Markus Hoelgaard Uno-X Mobility + 00.29
14 Alexandre Delettre St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 00.31
15 Quentin Pacher Groupama-FDJ + 00.31
16 Anthony Perez Cofidis + 00.31
17 Ben Healy EF Education-EasyPost + 00.31
18 Toms Skujins Lidl-Trek + 00.34
19 Valentin Retailleau Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 00.39
20 Thomas Champion Cofidis + 00.39
21 Urko Berrade Equipo Kern Pharma + 00.39
22 Andrii Ponomar Team corratec - Vini Fantini + 00.42
23 Francisco Galván Equipo Kern Pharma + 00.42
24 Alec Segaert Lotto Dstny + 00.44
25 Clément Braz Afonso CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 00.44
26 Nils Brun Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 00.46
27 Milan Menten Lotto Dstny + 00.49
28 Alexis Vuillermoz TotalEnergies + 00.50
29 Andrea Mifsud Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.53
30 Magnus Cort Uno-X Mobility + 00.53
31 Kenneth Van Rooy Bingoal WB + 00.55
32 Maxime Jarnet Van Rysel-Roubaix + 01.03
33 Pau Miquel Delgado Equipo Kern Pharma + 01.05
34 Jérémy Cabot St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 01.05
35 Damien Touzé Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 01.05
36 Rémi Capron Van Rysel-Roubaix + 01.08
37 Benjamin Thomas Cofidis + 01.08
38 Andreas Leknessund Uno-X Mobility + 01.08
39 Joris Delbove St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 01.08
40 Giacomo Villa Bingoal WB + 01.12
41 Jonathan Couanon Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 01.12
42 Luca Vergallito Alpecin-Deceuninck + 01.12
43 Samuel Leroux Van Rysel-Roubaix + 01.16
44 Florian Stork Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 01.17
45 Emmanuel Morin Van Rysel-Roubaix + 01.28
46 Arthur Kluckers Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 01.28
47 Pierre-Henry Basset CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 01.32
48 Luca Van Boven Bingoal WB + 01.32
49 Louka Matthys Bingoal WB + 01.32
50 Sander De Pestel Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 01.42
51 Cériel Desal Bingoal WB + 01.46
52 Alexis Gougeard Cofidis + 01.50
53 Alex Kirsch Lidl-Trek + 02.03
54 Sandy Dujardin TotalEnergies + 02.07
55 Cyril Barthe Groupama-FDJ + 02.07
56 Vincent Van Hemelen Team Flanders-Baloise + 02.10
57 Darren Rafferty EF Education-EasyPost + 02.10
58 Sean Quinn EF Education-EasyPost + 02.14
59 Mathis Le Berre ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 02.14
60 Ward Vanhoof Team Flanders-Baloise + 02.32
61 Dries De Bondt Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 02.37
62 Valentin Ferron TotalEnergies + 02.37
63 Sébastien Grignard Lotto Dstny + 02.37
64 Thomas Gachignard TotalEnergies + 02.37
65 Dillon Corkery St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 02.41
66 Jan Stöckli Team corratec - Vini Fantini + 03.06
67 Rasmus Tiller Uno-X Mobility + 03.14
68 Jelle Vermoote Bingoal WB + 03.37
69 Alex Colman Team Flanders-Baloise + 03.40
70 Thibault Guernalec ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 03.53
71 Marco Brenner Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 04.01
72 Timo Kielich Alpecin-Deceuninck + 04.07
73 Mika Heming Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 04.11
74 Lukas Nerurkar EF Education-EasyPost + 04.11
75 Romain Cardis St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 04.11
76 Maximilien Juillard Van Rysel-Roubaix + 04.36
77 Kenny Molly Van Rysel-Roubaix + 04.43
78 Jonas Abrahamsen Uno-X Mobility + 04.56
79 Valentin Tabellion Van Rysel-Roubaix + 05.11
80 Julien Bernard Lidl-Trek + 05.52
81 Stefan Bissegger EF Education-EasyPost + 06.14
82 Lucas Eriksson Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 06.40
83 Valerio Conti Team corratec - Vini Fantini + 06.54
84 Marco Murgano Team corratec - Vini Fantini + 07.01
85 Lionel Taminiaux Lotto Dstny + 07.15
86 Edward Planckaert Alpecin-Deceuninck + 07.26
87 Simon Carr EF Education-EasyPost + 07.42
88 Simon Guglielmi ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 08.31
89 Thomas Bonnet TotalEnergies + 08.54
90 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 09.01
91 Pierre Thierry ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 10.06
92 Jarrad Drizners Lotto Dstny + 10.24
93 Jonas Iversby Hvideberg Uno-X Mobility + 10.25
94 Harrison Wood Cofidis + 10.28
95 Tim Declercq Lidl-Trek + 10.48
96 Maël Guégan CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 10.50
97 Ramses Debruyne Alpecin-Deceuninck + 11.20
98 Kamiel Bonneu Team Flanders-Baloise + 11.35
99 Matisse Julien CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 11.49
100 Otto Vergaerde Lidl-Trek + 12.19
101 Fabien Grellier TotalEnergies + 12.51
102 Léo Danès CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 13.02
103 Thibaud Gruel Groupama-FDJ + 13.32
104 Luca De Meester Bingoal WB + 13.34
105 Valentin Darbellay Team corratec - Vini Fantini + 13.39
106 Melvin Crommelinck Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 13.44
107 Eddy Le Huitouze Groupama-FDJ + 14.01
108 Enzo Boulet CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 14.05
109 Christophe Noppe Cofidis + 14.34
110 Jon Rye-Johnsen CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 15.08
111 Alexander Kristoff Uno-X Mobility + 15.08
112 Marc Sarreau Groupama-FDJ + 15.15
113 Jérémy Lecroq St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 15.24
114 Luca Mozzato ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 15.27
115 Jacob Eriksson Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 15.40
116 Arno Claeys Team Flanders-Baloise + 16.02
117 Alexander Konijn Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 16.18
118 Jean-Louis Le Ny Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 16.24
119 Simon Dehairs Alpecin-Deceuninck + 16.34
120 Alan Riou ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 16.34
121 Martí Márquez Equipo Kern Pharma + 16.38
122 Mikel Retegi Equipo Kern Pharma + 16.38
123 Jules Hesters Team Flanders-Baloise + 17.33
124 Damien Girard Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 18.15
125 Robbe Ghys Alpecin-Deceuninck + 18.18
126 Etienne van Empel Team corratec - Vini Fantini + 18.24
127 Danny van der Tuuk Equipo Kern Pharma + 18.41
128 Gilles De Wilde Team Flanders-Baloise + 19.27
129 Paul Hennequin Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 20.22
- Daan Hoole Lidl-Trek DNF
- Alessandro Monaco Team corratec - Vini Fantini DNF

Youth

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Axel Laurance Alpecin-Deceuninck 7:40:54
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 Giacomo Villa Bingoal WB + 01.06
8 Pierre-Henry Basset CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 01.26
9 Darren Rafferty EF Education-EasyPost + 02.04
10 Mathis Le Berre ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 02.08
11 Jelle Vermoote Bingoal WB + 03.31
12 Marco Brenner Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 03.55
13 Lukas Nerurkar EF Education-EasyPost + 04.05
14 Maximilien Juillard Van Rysel-Roubaix + 04.30
15 Pierre Thierry ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 10.00
16 Ramses Debruyne Alpecin-Deceuninck + 11.14
17 Matisse Julien CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 11.43
18 Thibaud Gruel Groupama-FDJ + 13.26
19 Melvin Crommelinck Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 13.38
20 Eddy Le Huitouze Groupama-FDJ + 13.55
21 Enzo Boulet CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 13.59
22 Jon Rye-Johnsen CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 15.02
23 Simon Dehairs Alpecin-Deceuninck + 16.28
24 Mikel Retegi Equipo Kern Pharma + 16.32
25 Damien Girard Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 18.09
26 Paul Hennequin Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 20.16

Points

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Mads Pedersen Lidl-Trek 45
2 Axel Laurance Alpecin-Deceuninck 34
3 Benoît Cosnefroy Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 21
4 Milan Menten Lotto Dstny 20
5 Kévin Vauquelin ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 16
6 Rasmus Tiller Uno-X Mobility 16
7 Kevin Geniets Groupama-FDJ 14
8 Sandy Dujardin TotalEnergies 14
9 Rémy Rochas Groupama-FDJ 12
10 Brent Van Moer Lotto Dstny 11
11 Samuel Leroux Van Rysel-Roubaix 10
12 Alex Baudin Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 8
13 Alexandre Delettre St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 8
14 Kenneth Van Rooy Bingoal WB 8
15 Aurélien Paret-Peintre Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 7
16 Maxime Jarnet Van Rysel-Roubaix 7
17 Jenno Berckmoes Lotto Dstny 6
18 Mathieu Burgaudeau TotalEnergies 5
19 Mika Heming Tudor Pro Cycling Team 5
20 Alberto Bettiol EF Education-EasyPost 4
21 Pierre-Henry Basset CIC U Nantes Atlantique 4
22 Markus Hoelgaard Uno-X Mobility 3
23 Valentin Retailleau Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 3
24 Jelle Vermoote Bingoal WB 2
25 Quentin Pacher Groupama-FDJ 1

Mountain

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Jonas Abrahamsen Uno-X Mobility 42
2 Jean-Louis Le Ny Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 16
3 Alexis Gougeard Cofidis 14
4 Simon Carr EF Education-EasyPost 14
5 Mads Pedersen Lidl-Trek 12
6 Maximilien Juillard Van Rysel-Roubaix 12
7 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 12
8 Thomas Gachignard TotalEnergies 10
9 Toms Skujins Lidl-Trek 8
10 Matisse Julien CIC U Nantes Atlantique 8
11 Axel Laurance Alpecin-Deceuninck 6
12 Kevin Geniets Groupama-FDJ 4
13 Julien Bernard Lidl-Trek 4
14 Kévin Vauquelin ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 2
15 Rémy Rochas Groupama-FDJ 2
16 Thibault Guernalec ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 2

Team

PosTeamTime
1 Groupama-FDJ 23:03:31
2 Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 00.02
3 Lotto Dstny + 00.24
4 Cofidis + 01.11
5 Equipo Kern Pharma + 01.19
6 Uno-X Mobility + 01.23
7 Lidl-Trek + 01.25
8 St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 01.37
9 EF Education-EasyPost + 02.02
10 TotalEnergies + 02.18
11 Van Rysel-Roubaix + 02.20
12 Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 02.24
13 Bingoal WB + 02.32
14 Alpecin-Deceuninck + 04.28
15 ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 05.16
16 CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 05.36
17 Team Flanders-Baloise + 06.47
18 Team corratec - Vini Fantini + 08.54
19 Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 14.09

Race profile

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

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