Étoile de Bessèges 2025 - Stage 1

Bellegarde > Bellegarde, 158.6km

05.02-09.02

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 Paul Magnier Soudal Quick-Step 3:33:29
2 Jordi Meeus Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 00.00
3 Marijn van den Berg EF Education-EasyPost + 00.00
4 Maxim Van Gils Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 00.00
5 Timo Kielich Alpecin-Deceuninck + 00.00
6 Sandy Dujardin Team TotalEnergies + 00.00
7 Arnaud De Lie Lotto + 00.02
8 Jan Tratnik Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 00.02
9 Axel Laurance INEOS Grenadiers + 00.02
10 Lukas Kubis Unibet Tietema Rockets + 00.02
11 Kevin Geniets Groupama-FDJ + 00.02
12 Kévin Vauquelin ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 00.02
13 Pierre Latour Team TotalEnergies + 00.02
14 Paul Penhoët Groupama-FDJ + 00.02
15 Valentin Tabellion Van Rysel-Roubaix + 00.02
16 Vincent Van Hemelen Team Flanders-Baloise + 00.05
17 Rasmus Tiller Uno-X Mobility + 00.06
18 Magnus Cort Uno-X Mobility + 00.06
19 Dylan Vandenstorme Team Flanders-Baloise + 00.06
20 Dylan Teuns Cofidis + 00.06
21 Nicolas Breuillard St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.06
22 Julien Bernard Lidl-Trek + 00.06
23 Jocelyn Baguelin Wagner Bazin WB + 00.06
24 Alex Colman Team Flanders-Baloise + 00.06
25 Adrien Maire Unibet Tietema Rockets + 00.06
26 Elias Maris Team Flanders-Baloise + 00.06
27 Alex Kirsch Lidl-Trek + 00.10
28 Benjamin Thomas Cofidis + 00.10
29 Lionel Taminiaux Lotto + 00.10
30 Mattia Cattaneo Soudal Quick-Step + 00.10
31 Filippo Ganna INEOS Grenadiers + 00.10
32 Clement Izquierdo Cofidis + 00.10
33 Urko Berrade Equipo Kern Pharma + 00.10
34 Maxime Jarnet Van Rysel-Roubaix + 00.10
35 Damien Touzé Cofidis + 00.10
36 Damien Girard Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.10
37 Alexandre Delettre Team TotalEnergies + 00.10
38 Killian Théot Van Rysel-Roubaix + 00.10
39 Marco Tizza Wagner Bazin WB + 00.10
40 Joris Chaussinand CIC U Nantes + 00.10
41 Alexys Brunel Team TotalEnergies + 00.15
42 Joshua Tarling INEOS Grenadiers + 00.15
43 Pau Miquel Delgado Equipo Kern Pharma + 00.15
44 Sam Maisonobe Cofidis + 00.15
45 Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.15
46 Remi Cavagna Groupama-FDJ + 00.15
47 Killian Verschuren Unibet Tietema Rockets + 00.15
48 Ben Turner INEOS Grenadiers + 00.15
49 Thomas Champion St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.15
50 Stan Van Tricht Alpecin-Deceuninck + 00.15
51 Ronan Augé CIC U Nantes + 00.15
52 Baptiste Gillet ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 00.15
53 Anthony Perez Cofidis + 00.15
54 Emil Herzog Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 00.15
55 Nicolas Prodhomme Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 00.15
56 Richard Carapaz EF Education-EasyPost + 00.15
57 Oliver Knight Cofidis + 00.15
58 Alexander Hajek Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 00.15
59 Valentin Retailleau Team TotalEnergies + 00.15
60 Fabien Doubey Team TotalEnergies + 00.15
61 Thibault Guernalec ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 00.15
62 Jaakko Hänninen Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.24
63 Andrea Mifsud Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.25
64 Rémi Capron Van Rysel-Roubaix + 00.27
65 Victor Papon Wagner Bazin WB + 00.28
66 Yohann Simon St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.28
67 Juri Hollmann Alpecin-Deceuninck + 00.28
68 Justin Ducret CIC U Nantes + 00.28
69 Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 00.28
70 Sam Bennett Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 00.34
71 Giacomo Villa Wagner Bazin WB + 00.37
72 Alan Riou St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.39
73 Francisco Galván Equipo Kern Pharma + 00.42
74 Ryan Gibbons Lidl-Trek + 00.43
75 Patrick Frydkjær Lidl-Trek + 00.43
76 Alexander Konijn Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.43
77 Dylan Massa Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.43
78 Pierre Thierry ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 00.43
79 Romain Cardis St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.43
80 Jérémy Lecroq St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.43
81 Gianluca Pollefliet Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 00.43
82 Anthony Delaplace ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 00.43
83 Arnaud Démare ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 00.43
84 Corentin Devroute CIC U Nantes + 00.43
85 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.48
86 Kévin Avoine Van Rysel-Roubaix + 01.00
87 Tord Gudmestad Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 01.00
88 Victor Vercouillie Team Flanders-Baloise + 01.04
89 Célestin Guillon Van Rysel-Roubaix + 01.08
90 Baptiste Planckaert Van Rysel-Roubaix + 01.08
91 Antoine Hue CIC U Nantes + 01.09
92 Maxime Decomble Groupama-FDJ + 01.09
93 Hartthijs de Vries Unibet Tietema Rockets + 01.09
94 Axandre Van Petegem Wagner Bazin WB + 01.09
95 Cyril Barthe Groupama-FDJ + 01.09
96 Axel Huens Unibet Tietema Rockets + 01.09
97 Lennert Belmans Alpecin-Deceuninck + 01.09
98 Hugo Aznar Equipo Kern Pharma + 01.09
99 Omar Fraile INEOS Grenadiers + 01.09
100 Maël Guégan CIC U Nantes + 01.09
101 Tomas Kopecky Unibet Tietema Rockets + 01.13
102 Harry Sweeny EF Education-EasyPost + 01.13
103 Unai Aznar Equipo Kern Pharma + 01.13
104 Dries van Gestel Soudal Quick-Step + 01.13
105 Yves Lampaert Soudal Quick-Step + 01.13
106 Madis Mihkels EF Education-EasyPost + 01.13
107 Marc Brustenga Equipo Kern Pharma + 01.13
108 Ward Vanhoof Team Flanders-Baloise + 01.13
109 Hugh Carthy EF Education-EasyPost + 01.13
110 Martin Svrcek Soudal Quick-Step + 01.13
111 Lorenz Van de Wynkele Lotto + 01.13
112 Jonas Gregaard Lotto + 01.13
113 Jimmy Janssens Alpecin-Deceuninck + 01.13
114 Louis Kitzki Alpecin-Deceuninck + 01.13
115 Martin Pedersen Lidl-Trek + 01.18
116 Otto Vergaerde Lidl-Trek + 01.18
117 Baptiste Veistroffer Lotto + 01.18
118 Axel Mariault CIC U Nantes + 01.21
119 Amund Grøndahl Jansen Uno-X Mobility + 01.22
120 Anders Skaarseth Uno-X Mobility + 01.22
121 Erik Resell Uno-X Mobility + 01.22
122 Gil Gelders Soudal Quick-Step + 01.27
123 Thomas Bonnet Team TotalEnergies + 01.35
124 Simon Dehairs Alpecin-Deceuninck + 01.40
125 Clément Russo Groupama-FDJ + 01.41
126 Jonas Koch Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 01.41
127 Salvatore Puccio INEOS Grenadiers + 01.43
128 Samuele Battistella EF Education-EasyPost + 01.43
129 Mads Pedersen Lidl-Trek + 01.43
130 Jarrad Drizners Lotto + 01.43
131 Oscar Chamberlain Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 01.43
132 Florian Sénéchal ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 01.43
133 Noah Knecht Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 01.43
134 Søren Wærenskjold Uno-X Mobility + 01.58
135 Jonas Hem Hvideberg Uno-X Mobility + 01.58
136 Mikel Retegi Equipo Kern Pharma + 02.01
137 Jelle Vermoote Wagner Bazin WB + 02.08
138 Olivier Le Gac Groupama-FDJ + 02.12
139 Oier Lazkano Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 02.25
140 Josef Cerný Soudal Quick-Step + 02.25
141 Sébastien Grignard Lotto + 02.26
142 Andreas Stokbro Nielsen Unibet Tietema Rockets + 02.26
143 Dries De Bondt Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 02.26
144 Artem Shmidt INEOS Grenadiers + 02.50
145 Jonas Geens Team Flanders-Baloise + 03.05
146 Sasha Weemaes Wagner Bazin WB + 03.52

GC

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Paul Magnier Soudal Quick-Step 3:33:19
2 Jordi Meeus Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 00.04
3 Marijn van den Berg EF Education-EasyPost + 00.06
4 Maxim Van Gils Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 00.10
5 Timo Kielich Alpecin-Deceuninck + 00.10
6 Sandy Dujardin Team TotalEnergies + 00.10
7 Arnaud De Lie Lotto + 00.12
8 Jan Tratnik Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 00.12
9 Axel Laurance INEOS Grenadiers + 00.12
10 Lukas Kubis Unibet Tietema Rockets + 00.12
11 Kevin Geniets Groupama-FDJ + 00.12
12 Kévin Vauquelin ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 00.12
13 Pierre Latour Team TotalEnergies + 00.12
14 Paul Penhoët Groupama-FDJ + 00.12
15 Valentin Tabellion Van Rysel-Roubaix + 00.12
16 Vincent Van Hemelen Team Flanders-Baloise + 00.15
17 Rasmus Tiller Uno-X Mobility + 00.16
18 Magnus Cort Uno-X Mobility + 00.16
19 Dylan Vandenstorme Team Flanders-Baloise + 00.16
20 Dylan Teuns Cofidis + 00.16
21 Nicolas Breuillard St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.16
22 Julien Bernard Lidl-Trek + 00.16
23 Jocelyn Baguelin Wagner Bazin WB + 00.16
24 Alex Colman Team Flanders-Baloise + 00.16
25 Adrien Maire Unibet Tietema Rockets + 00.16
26 Elias Maris Team Flanders-Baloise + 00.16
27 Alex Kirsch Lidl-Trek + 00.20
28 Benjamin Thomas Cofidis + 00.20
29 Lionel Taminiaux Lotto + 00.20
30 Mattia Cattaneo Soudal Quick-Step + 00.20
31 Filippo Ganna INEOS Grenadiers + 00.20
32 Clement Izquierdo Cofidis + 00.20
33 Urko Berrade Equipo Kern Pharma + 00.20
34 Maxime Jarnet Van Rysel-Roubaix + 00.20
35 Damien Touzé Cofidis + 00.20
36 Damien Girard Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.20
37 Alexandre Delettre Team TotalEnergies + 00.20
38 Killian Théot Van Rysel-Roubaix + 00.20
39 Marco Tizza Wagner Bazin WB + 00.20
40 Joris Chaussinand CIC U Nantes + 00.20
41 Alexys Brunel Team TotalEnergies + 00.25
42 Joshua Tarling INEOS Grenadiers + 00.25
43 Pau Miquel Delgado Equipo Kern Pharma + 00.25
44 Sam Maisonobe Cofidis + 00.25
45 Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.25
46 Remi Cavagna Groupama-FDJ + 00.25
47 Killian Verschuren Unibet Tietema Rockets + 00.25
48 Ben Turner INEOS Grenadiers + 00.25
49 Thomas Champion St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.25
50 Stan Van Tricht Alpecin-Deceuninck + 00.25
51 Ronan Augé CIC U Nantes + 00.25
52 Baptiste Gillet ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 00.25
53 Anthony Perez Cofidis + 00.25
54 Emil Herzog Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 00.25
55 Nicolas Prodhomme Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 00.25
56 Richard Carapaz EF Education-EasyPost + 00.25
57 Oliver Knight Cofidis + 00.25
58 Alexander Hajek Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 00.25
59 Valentin Retailleau Team TotalEnergies + 00.25
60 Fabien Doubey Team TotalEnergies + 00.25
61 Thibault Guernalec ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 00.25
62 Jaakko Hänninen Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.34
63 Andrea Mifsud Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.35
64 Rémi Capron Van Rysel-Roubaix + 00.37
65 Victor Papon Wagner Bazin WB + 00.38
66 Yohann Simon St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.38
67 Juri Hollmann Alpecin-Deceuninck + 00.38
68 Justin Ducret CIC U Nantes + 00.38
69 Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 00.38
70 Sam Bennett Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 00.44
71 Giacomo Villa Wagner Bazin WB + 00.47
72 Alan Riou St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.49
73 Francisco Galván Equipo Kern Pharma + 00.52
74 Ryan Gibbons Lidl-Trek + 00.53
75 Patrick Frydkjær Lidl-Trek + 00.53
76 Alexander Konijn Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.53
77 Dylan Massa Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.53
78 Pierre Thierry ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 00.53
79 Romain Cardis St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.53
80 Jérémy Lecroq St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.53
81 Gianluca Pollefliet Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 00.53
82 Anthony Delaplace ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 00.53
83 Arnaud Démare ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 00.53
84 Corentin Devroute CIC U Nantes + 00.53
85 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.58
86 Kévin Avoine Van Rysel-Roubaix + 01.10
87 Tord Gudmestad Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 01.10
88 Victor Vercouillie Team Flanders-Baloise + 01.14
89 Célestin Guillon Van Rysel-Roubaix + 01.18
90 Baptiste Planckaert Van Rysel-Roubaix + 01.18
91 Antoine Hue CIC U Nantes + 01.19
92 Maxime Decomble Groupama-FDJ + 01.19
93 Hartthijs de Vries Unibet Tietema Rockets + 01.19
94 Axandre Van Petegem Wagner Bazin WB + 01.19
95 Cyril Barthe Groupama-FDJ + 01.19
96 Axel Huens Unibet Tietema Rockets + 01.19
97 Lennert Belmans Alpecin-Deceuninck + 01.19
98 Hugo Aznar Equipo Kern Pharma + 01.19
99 Omar Fraile INEOS Grenadiers + 01.19
100 Maël Guégan CIC U Nantes + 01.19
101 Tomas Kopecky Unibet Tietema Rockets + 01.23
102 Harry Sweeny EF Education-EasyPost + 01.23
103 Unai Aznar Equipo Kern Pharma + 01.23
104 Dries van Gestel Soudal Quick-Step + 01.23
105 Yves Lampaert Soudal Quick-Step + 01.23
106 Madis Mihkels EF Education-EasyPost + 01.23
107 Marc Brustenga Equipo Kern Pharma + 01.23
108 Ward Vanhoof Team Flanders-Baloise + 01.23
109 Hugh Carthy EF Education-EasyPost + 01.23
110 Martin Svrcek Soudal Quick-Step + 01.23
111 Lorenz Van de Wynkele Lotto + 01.23
112 Jonas Gregaard Lotto + 01.23
113 Jimmy Janssens Alpecin-Deceuninck + 01.23
114 Louis Kitzki Alpecin-Deceuninck + 01.23
115 Martin Pedersen Lidl-Trek + 01.28
116 Otto Vergaerde Lidl-Trek + 01.28
117 Baptiste Veistroffer Lotto + 01.28
118 Axel Mariault CIC U Nantes + 01.31
119 Amund Grøndahl Jansen Uno-X Mobility + 01.32
120 Anders Skaarseth Uno-X Mobility + 01.32
121 Erik Resell Uno-X Mobility + 01.32
122 Gil Gelders Soudal Quick-Step + 01.37
123 Thomas Bonnet Team TotalEnergies + 01.45
124 Simon Dehairs Alpecin-Deceuninck + 01.50
125 Clément Russo Groupama-FDJ + 01.51
126 Jonas Koch Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 01.51
127 Salvatore Puccio INEOS Grenadiers + 01.53
128 Samuele Battistella EF Education-EasyPost + 01.53
129 Mads Pedersen Lidl-Trek + 01.53
130 Jarrad Drizners Lotto + 01.53
131 Oscar Chamberlain Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 01.53
132 Florian Sénéchal ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 01.53
133 Noah Knecht Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 01.53
134 Søren Wærenskjold Uno-X Mobility + 02.08
135 Jonas Hem Hvideberg Uno-X Mobility + 02.08
136 Mikel Retegi Equipo Kern Pharma + 02.11
137 Jelle Vermoote Wagner Bazin WB + 02.18
138 Olivier Le Gac Groupama-FDJ + 02.22
139 Oier Lazkano Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 02.35
140 Josef Cerný Soudal Quick-Step + 02.35
141 Sébastien Grignard Lotto + 02.36
142 Andreas Stokbro Nielsen Unibet Tietema Rockets + 02.36
143 Dries De Bondt Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 02.36
144 Artem Shmidt INEOS Grenadiers + 03.00
145 Jonas Geens Team Flanders-Baloise + 03.15
146 Sasha Weemaes Wagner Bazin WB + 04.02

Youth

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Paul Magnier Soudal Quick-Step 3:33:19
2 Arnaud De Lie Lotto + 00.12
3 Dylan Vandenstorme Team Flanders-Baloise + 00.16
4 Clement Izquierdo Cofidis + 00.20
5 Joris Chaussinand CIC U Nantes + 00.20
6 Joshua Tarling INEOS Grenadiers + 00.25
7 Sam Maisonobe Cofidis + 00.25
8 Killian Verschuren Unibet Tietema Rockets + 00.25
9 Ronan Augé CIC U Nantes + 00.25
10 Baptiste Gillet ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 00.25
11 Emil Herzog Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 00.25
12 Alexander Hajek Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 00.25
13 Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 00.38
14 Giacomo Villa Wagner Bazin WB + 00.47
15 Patrick Frydkjær Lidl-Trek + 00.53
16 Dylan Massa Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.53
17 Pierre Thierry ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 00.53
18 Gianluca Pollefliet Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 00.53
19 Corentin Devroute CIC U Nantes + 00.53
20 Victor Vercouillie Team Flanders-Baloise + 01.14
21 Antoine Hue CIC U Nantes + 01.19
22 Maxime Decomble Groupama-FDJ + 01.19
23 Axandre Van Petegem Wagner Bazin WB + 01.19
24 Lennert Belmans Alpecin-Deceuninck + 01.19
25 Hugo Aznar Equipo Kern Pharma + 01.19
26 Unai Aznar Equipo Kern Pharma + 01.23
27 Madis Mihkels EF Education-EasyPost + 01.23
28 Martin Svrcek Soudal Quick-Step + 01.23
29 Louis Kitzki Alpecin-Deceuninck + 01.23
30 Gil Gelders Soudal Quick-Step + 01.37
31 Oscar Chamberlain Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 01.53
32 Artem Shmidt INEOS Grenadiers + 03.00

Points

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Paul Magnier Soudal Quick-Step 25
2 Jordi Meeus Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe 20
3 Marijn van den Berg EF Education-EasyPost 16
4 Maxim Van Gils Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe 14
5 Timo Kielich Alpecin-Deceuninck 12
6 Sandy Dujardin Team TotalEnergies 10
7 Arnaud De Lie Lotto 9
8 Jan Tratnik Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe 8
9 Axel Laurance INEOS Grenadiers 7
10 Lukas Kubis Unibet Tietema Rockets 6
11 Kevin Geniets Groupama-FDJ 5
12 Kévin Vauquelin ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 4
13 Pierre Latour Team TotalEnergies 3
14 Paul Penhoët Groupama-FDJ 2
15 Valentin Tabellion Van Rysel-Roubaix 1

Mountain

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Axandre Van Petegem Wagner Bazin WB 6
2 Victor Vercouillie Team Flanders-Baloise 4
3 Célestin Guillon Van Rysel-Roubaix 2

Team

PosTeamTime
1 Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe 10:40:29
2 Team TotalEnergies + 00.10
3 Team Flanders-Baloise + 00.15
4 Groupama-FDJ + 00.17
5 Van Rysel-Roubaix + 00.20
6 Unibet Tietema Rockets + 00.21
7 Cofidis + 00.24
8 INEOS Grenadiers + 00.25
9 ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 00.30
10 Alpecin-Deceuninck + 00.41
11 Wagner Bazin WB + 00.42
12 St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.47
13 Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.47
14 CIC U Nantes + 00.51
15 Lidl-Trek + 00.57
16 Equipo Kern Pharma + 01.05
17 Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 01.15
18 Soudal Quick-Step + 01.21
19 Lotto + 01.23
20 EF Education-EasyPost + 01.26
21 Uno-X Mobility + 01.32

Race profile

Race
Étoile de Bessèges
Start date
05.02.2025
End date
09.02.2025
Total distance
158.6 km
Gen
Men
Cat
2.1
Country
France
Discipline
Road
First edition
1971

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