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Étoile de Bessèges 2024 - Standings

5 stages, Bellegarde > Ales, 654.4km

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.

Standings

GC

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Mads Pedersen Lidl-Trek 11:24:34
2 Kévin Vauquelin ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 11:24.36
3 Alberto Bettiol EF Education-EasyPost + 11:25.06
4 Ben Healy EF Education-EasyPost + 11:25.17
5 Rémy Rochas Groupama-FDJ + 11:25.25
6 Aurélien Paret-Peintre Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 11:25.25
7 Alex Baudin Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 11:25.28
8 Jenno Berckmoes Lotto Dstny + 11:25.30
9 Brent Van Moer Lotto Dstny + 11:25.32
10 Kevin Geniets Groupama-FDJ + 11:25.33
11 Toms Skujins Lidl-Trek + 11:25.35
12 Axel Laurance Alpecin-Deceuninck + 11:25.37
13 Benoît Cosnefroy Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 11:25.37
14 Mathieu Burgaudeau TotalEnergies + 11:25.40
15 Markus Hoelgaard Uno-X Mobility + 11:25.44
16 Anthony Perez Cofidis + 11:25.44
17 Quentin Pacher Groupama-FDJ + 11:25.52
18 Magnus Cort Uno-X Mobility + 11:26.00
19 Alec Segaert Lotto Dstny + 11:26.05
20 Urko Berrade Equipo Kern Pharma + 11:26.18
21 Alexandre Delettre St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 11:26.22
22 Thomas Champion Cofidis + 11:26.22
23 Clément Braz Afonso CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 11:26.26
24 Jérémy Cabot St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 11:26.33
25 Damien Touzé Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 11:26.33
26 Samuel Leroux Van Rysel-Roubaix + 11:26.37
27 Benjamin Thomas Cofidis + 11:26.38
28 Andrea Mifsud Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 11:26.38
29 Florian Stork Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 11:26.39
30 Francisco Galván Equipo Kern Pharma + 11:26.39
31 Andreas Leknessund Uno-X Mobility + 11:26.51
32 Andrii Ponomar Team corratec - Vini Fantini + 11:26.57
33 Pau Miquel Delgado Equipo Kern Pharma + 11:26.58
34 Nils Brun Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 11:27.00
35 Arthur Kluckers Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 11:27.09
36 Kenneth Van Rooy Bingoal WB + 11:27.10
37 Joris Delbove St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 11:27.12
38 Milan Menten Lotto Dstny + 11:27.24
39 Sander De Pestel Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 11:27.39
40 Maxime Jarnet Van Rysel-Roubaix + 11:27.49
41 Luca Vergallito Alpecin-Deceuninck + 11:27.54
42 Sandy Dujardin TotalEnergies + 11:28.01
43 Vincent Van Hemelen Team Flanders-Baloise + 11:28.01
44 Valentin Ferron TotalEnergies + 11:28.11
45 Valentin Retailleau Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 11:28.23
46 Louka Matthys Bingoal WB + 11:28.26
47 Rémi Capron Van Rysel-Roubaix + 11:28.27
48 Giacomo Villa Bingoal WB + 11:28.30
49 Dries De Bondt Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 11:28.36
50 Luca Van Boven Bingoal WB + 11:28.45
51 Rasmus Tiller Uno-X Mobility + 11:28.45
52 Jonathan Couanon Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 11:28.57
53 Cyril Barthe Groupama-FDJ + 11:29.03
54 Alexis Vuillermoz TotalEnergies + 11:29.03
55 Pierre-Henry Basset CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 11:29.05
56 Marco Brenner Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 11:29.14
57 Sébastien Grignard Lotto Dstny + 11:29.20
58 Ward Vanhoof Team Flanders-Baloise + 11:29.28
59 Lukas Nerurkar EF Education-EasyPost + 11:29.44
60 Alexis Gougeard Cofidis + 11:29.46
61 Timo Kielich Alpecin-Deceuninck + 11:29.51
62 Alex Kirsch Lidl-Trek + 11:29.58
63 Thomas Gachignard TotalEnergies + 11:30.02
64 Mika Heming Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 11:30.38
65 Darren Rafferty EF Education-EasyPost + 11:30.49
66 Emmanuel Morin Van Rysel-Roubaix + 11:30.54
67 Stefan Bissegger EF Education-EasyPost + 11:31.06
68 Sean Quinn EF Education-EasyPost + 11:31.18
69 Maximilien Juillard Van Rysel-Roubaix + 11:31.31
70 Alex Colman Team Flanders-Baloise + 11:31.49
71 Thibault Guernalec ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 11:31.53
72 Jan Stöckli Team corratec - Vini Fantini + 11:31.55
73 Cériel Desal Bingoal WB + 11:32.13
74 Valerio Conti Team corratec - Vini Fantini + 11:32.45
75 Kenny Molly Van Rysel-Roubaix + 11:33.02
76 Jelle Vermoote Bingoal WB + 11:33.04
77 Valentin Tabellion Van Rysel-Roubaix + 11:33.07
78 Marco Murgano Team corratec - Vini Fantini + 11:33.27
79 Julien Bernard Lidl-Trek + 11:34.10
80 Lucas Eriksson Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 11:34.25
81 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 11:34.39
82 Dillon Corkery St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 11:35.06
83 Simon Carr EF Education-EasyPost + 11:35.51
84 Thomas Bonnet TotalEnergies + 11:36.40
85 Harrison Wood Cofidis + 11:36.41
86 Jonas Iversby Hvideberg Uno-X Mobility + 11:36.57
87 Jonas Abrahamsen Uno-X Mobility + 11:36.57
88 Romain Cardis St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 11:37.19
89 Simon Guglielmi ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 11:37.42
90 Kamiel Bonneu Team Flanders-Baloise + 11:37.54
91 Pierre Thierry ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 11:38.36
92 Matisse Julien CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 11:38.39
93 Lionel Taminiaux Lotto Dstny + 11:39.28
94 Léo Danès CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 11:40.12
95 Edward Planckaert Alpecin-Deceuninck + 11:40.20
96 Melvin Crommelinck Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 11:40.50
97 Maël Guégan CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 11:41.00
98 Valentin Darbellay Team corratec - Vini Fantini + 11:41.10
99 Alexander Kristoff Uno-X Mobility + 11:41.26
100 Ramses Debruyne Alpecin-Deceuninck + 11:41.41
101 Christophe Noppe Cofidis + 11:42.06
102 Marc Sarreau Groupama-FDJ + 11:42.16
103 Jarrad Drizners Lotto Dstny + 11:43.00
104 Fabien Grellier TotalEnergies + 11:43.01
105 Tim Declercq Lidl-Trek + 11:43.27
106 Mikel Retegi Equipo Kern Pharma + 11:43.47
107 Otto Vergaerde Lidl-Trek + 11:44.32
108 Enzo Boulet CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 11:44.37
109 Alexander Konijn Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 11:44.47
110 Eddy Le Huitouze Groupama-FDJ + 11:45.07
111 Jean-Louis Le Ny Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 11:45.22
112 Thibaud Gruel Groupama-FDJ + 11:45.26
113 Jacob Eriksson Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 11:45.29
114 Luca Mozzato ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 11:45.38
115 Etienne van Empel Team corratec - Vini Fantini + 11:46.00
116 Martí Márquez Equipo Kern Pharma + 11:46.01
117 Alan Riou ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 11:46.16
118 Danny van der Tuuk Equipo Kern Pharma + 11:46.43
119 Jérémy Lecroq St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 11:46.50
120 Arno Claeys Team Flanders-Baloise + 11:48.59
121 Simon Dehairs Alpecin-Deceuninck + 11:50.04
122 Jules Hesters Team Flanders-Baloise + 11:50.38
123 Robbe Ghys Alpecin-Deceuninck + 11:51.53
124 Paul Hennequin Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 11:53.16
- Damien Girard Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur OOT
- Hugo Aznar Equipo Kern Pharma OOT
- Gilles De Wilde Team Flanders-Baloise OOT
- Luca De Meester Bingoal WB OOT
- Mathis Le Berre ARKEA-B&B HOTELS DNS
- Jon Rye-Johnsen CIC U Nantes Atlantique DNS
- Daan Hoole Lidl-Trek DNF
- Alessandro Monaco Team corratec - Vini Fantini DNF

Youth

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Kévin Vauquelin ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 11:24:36
2 Alex Baudin Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 11:25.28
3 Jenno Berckmoes Lotto Dstny + 11:25.30
4 Axel Laurance Alpecin-Deceuninck + 11:25.37
5 Alec Segaert Lotto Dstny + 11:26.05
6 Andrii Ponomar Team corratec - Vini Fantini + 11:26.57
7 Giacomo Villa Bingoal WB + 11:28.30
8 Pierre-Henry Basset CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 11:29.05
9 Marco Brenner Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 11:29.14
10 Lukas Nerurkar EF Education-EasyPost + 11:29.44
11 Darren Rafferty EF Education-EasyPost + 11:30.49
12 Maximilien Juillard Van Rysel-Roubaix + 11:31.31
13 Jelle Vermoote Bingoal WB + 11:33.04
14 Pierre Thierry ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 11:38.36
15 Matisse Julien CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 11:38.39
16 Melvin Crommelinck Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 11:40.50
17 Ramses Debruyne Alpecin-Deceuninck + 11:41.41
18 Mikel Retegi Equipo Kern Pharma + 11:43.47
19 Enzo Boulet CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 11:44.37
20 Eddy Le Huitouze Groupama-FDJ + 11:45.07
21 Thibaud Gruel Groupama-FDJ + 11:45.26
22 Simon Dehairs Alpecin-Deceuninck + 11:50.04
23 Paul Hennequin Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 11:53.16

Points

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Mads Pedersen Lidl-Trek 72
2 Kévin Vauquelin ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 42
3 Axel Laurance Alpecin-Deceuninck 37
4 Samuel Leroux Van Rysel-Roubaix 35
5 Alberto Bettiol EF Education-EasyPost 30
6 Stefan Bissegger EF Education-EasyPost 29
7 Rasmus Tiller Uno-X Mobility 24
8 Jenno Berckmoes Lotto Dstny 21
9 Benoît Cosnefroy Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 21
10 Milan Menten Lotto Dstny 20
11 Rémy Rochas Groupama-FDJ 17
12 Sandy Dujardin TotalEnergies 16
13 Dries De Bondt Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 16
14 Ben Healy EF Education-EasyPost 14
15 Aurélien Paret-Peintre Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 14
16 Kevin Geniets Groupama-FDJ 14
17 Magnus Cort Uno-X Mobility 14
18 Jonas Iversby Hvideberg Uno-X Mobility 14
19 Alex Baudin Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 12
20 Sean Quinn EF Education-EasyPost 12
21 Brent Van Moer Lotto Dstny 11
22 Simon Carr EF Education-EasyPost 10
23 Toms Skujins Lidl-Trek 8
24 Alexandre Delettre St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 8
25 Kenneth Van Rooy Bingoal WB 8
26 Maxime Jarnet Van Rysel-Roubaix 7
27 Timo Kielich Alpecin-Deceuninck 6
28 Mathieu Burgaudeau TotalEnergies 5
29 Florian Stork Tudor Pro Cycling Team 5
30 Mika Heming Tudor Pro Cycling Team 5
31 Andrea Mifsud Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 4
32 Pierre-Henry Basset CIC U Nantes Atlantique 4
33 Markus Hoelgaard Uno-X Mobility 3
34 Benjamin Thomas Cofidis 3
35 Valentin Retailleau Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 3
36 Jelle Vermoote Bingoal WB 2
37 Quentin Pacher Groupama-FDJ 1
38 Sander De Pestel Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 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 Dries De Bondt Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 12
6 Mads Pedersen Lidl-Trek 12
7 Maximilien Juillard Van Rysel-Roubaix 12
8 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 12
9 Thomas Gachignard TotalEnergies 10
10 Samuel Leroux Van Rysel-Roubaix 8
11 Toms Skujins Lidl-Trek 8
12 Jonas Iversby Hvideberg Uno-X Mobility 8
13 Matisse Julien CIC U Nantes Atlantique 8
14 Axel Laurance Alpecin-Deceuninck 6
15 Léo Danès CIC U Nantes Atlantique 6
16 Kevin Geniets Groupama-FDJ 4
17 Julien Bernard Lidl-Trek 4
18 Aurélien Paret-Peintre Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 3
19 Kévin Vauquelin ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 2
20 Rémy Rochas Groupama-FDJ 2
21 Brent Van Moer Lotto Dstny 2
22 Stefan Bissegger EF Education-EasyPost 2
23 Thibault Guernalec ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 2
24 Otto Vergaerde Lidl-Trek 1

Team

PosTeamTime
1 Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 34:16:26
2 Groupama-FDJ + 00.24
3 Lotto Dstny + 00.41
4 EF Education-EasyPost + 00.53
5 Cofidis + 01.55
6 Uno-X Mobility + 01.57
7 TotalEnergies + 03.12
8 St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 + 03.15
9 Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 03.21
10 Equipo Kern Pharma + 03.29
11 Lidl-Trek + 03.36
12 Van Rysel-Roubaix + 05.16
13 Bingoal WB + 06.02
14 Alpecin-Deceuninck + 07.00
15 ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 08.45
16 CIC U Nantes Atlantique + 09.29
17 Team Flanders-Baloise + 10.34
18 Team corratec - Vini Fantini + 12.07
19 Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 18.47

Race profile

Race
Étoile de Bessèges
Start date
31.01.2024
End date
04.02.2024
Total distance
654.4 km
Number of stages
5
Gen
Men
Cat
2.1
Country
France
Discipline
Road
First edition
1971

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