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Étoile de Bessèges 2025 - Stage 4

Vauvert > Le Mont Bouquet, 119.0km

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 Kévin Vauquelin ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 3:06:33
2 Thomas Champion St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.26
3 Nicolas Breuillard St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.41
4 Kevin Geniets Groupama-FDJ + 00.47
5 Dylan Teuns Cofidis + 00.47
6 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.56
7 Damien Touzé Cofidis + 01.01
8 Andrea Mifsud Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 01.01
9 Pierre Latour Team TotalEnergies + 01.01
10 Thibault Guernalec ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 01.08
11 Remi Cavagna Groupama-FDJ + 01.13
12 Fabien Doubey Team TotalEnergies + 01.32
13 Vincent Van Hemelen Team Flanders-Baloise + 01.38
14 Clement Izquierdo Cofidis + 01.45
15 Célestin Guillon Van Rysel-Roubaix + 01.45
16 Maxime Decomble Groupama-FDJ + 01.56
17 Baptiste Planckaert Van Rysel-Roubaix + 01.59
18 Benjamin Thomas Cofidis + 02.14
19 Damien Girard Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 02.18
20 Alexandre Delettre Team TotalEnergies + 02.18
21 Sam Maisonobe Cofidis + 02.18
22 Marco Tizza Wagner Bazin WB + 02.26
23 Olivier Le Gac Groupama-FDJ + 02.47
24 Sandy Dujardin Team TotalEnergies + 02.49
25 Arnaud De Lie Lotto + 02.49
26 Corentin Devroute CIC U Nantes + 02.53
27 Yohann Simon St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 03.08
28 Giacomo Villa Wagner Bazin WB + 03.11
29 Anthony Perez Cofidis + 03.15
30 Kévin Avoine Van Rysel-Roubaix + 03.28
31 Maxime Jarnet Van Rysel-Roubaix + 03.29
32 Cyril Barthe Groupama-FDJ + 03.29
33 Elias Maris Team Flanders-Baloise + 03.52
34 Valentin Retailleau Team TotalEnergies + 03.53
35 Paul Penhoët Groupama-FDJ + 04.14
36 Jaakko Hänninen Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 04.15
37 Baptiste Gillet ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 04.17
38 Clément Russo Groupama-FDJ + 04.20
39 Dylan Vandenstorme Team Flanders-Baloise + 04.23
40 Pierre Thierry ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 04.33
41 Florian Sénéchal ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 04.44
42 Baptiste Veistroffer Lotto + 04.44
43 Jérémy Lecroq St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 04.44
44 Maël Guégan CIC U Nantes + 04.55
45 Valentin Tabellion Van Rysel-Roubaix + 05.15
46 Juri Hollmann Alpecin-Deceuninck + 05.35
47 Jelle Vermoote Wagner Bazin WB + 06.00
48 Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 06.19
49 Ward Vanhoof Team Flanders-Baloise + 06.21
50 Killian Théot Van Rysel-Roubaix + 06.23
51 Alan Riou St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 06.46
52 Alexander Konijn Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 06.46
53 Justin Ducret CIC U Nantes + 07.21
54 Romain Cardis St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 07.45
55 Alexys Brunel Team TotalEnergies + 07.52
56 Thomas Bonnet Team TotalEnergies + 08.03
57 Oliver Knight Cofidis + 08.04
58 Ronan Augé CIC U Nantes + 09.34
59 Dylan Massa Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 09.36
60 Anthony Delaplace ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 09.48
61 Alex Colman Team Flanders-Baloise + 09.59
62 Simon Dehairs Alpecin-Deceuninck + 10.44
63 Arnaud Démare ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 10.59
64 Victor Vercouillie Team Flanders-Baloise + 11.35
- Urko Berrade Equipo Kern Pharma DNS
- Hugo Aznar Equipo Kern Pharma DNS
- Unai Aznar Equipo Kern Pharma DNS
- Mikel Retegi Equipo Kern Pharma DNS
- Pau Miquel Delgado Equipo Kern Pharma DNS
- Axandre Van Petegem Wagner Bazin WB DNS
- Francisco Galván Equipo Kern Pharma DNS
- Louis Kitzki Alpecin-Deceuninck DNF
- Antoine Hue CIC U Nantes DNF
- Victor Papon Wagner Bazin WB DNF
- Sasha Weemaes Wagner Bazin WB DNF
- Joris Chaussinand CIC U Nantes DNF
- Rémi Capron Van Rysel-Roubaix DNF
- Jocelyn Baguelin Wagner Bazin WB DNF

GC

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Kévin Vauquelin ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 13:05:33
2 Nicolas Breuillard St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.51
3 Kevin Geniets Groupama-FDJ + 00.57
4 Dylan Teuns Cofidis + 01.01
5 Thomas Champion St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 01.10
6 Pierre Latour Team TotalEnergies + 01.11
7 Damien Touzé Cofidis + 01.19
8 Thibault Guernalec ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 01.31
9 Vincent Van Hemelen Team Flanders-Baloise + 01.51
10 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 01.52
11 Fabien Doubey Team TotalEnergies + 01.55
12 Clement Izquierdo Cofidis + 02.03
13 Benjamin Thomas Cofidis + 02.32
14 Damien Girard Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 02.36
15 Alexandre Delettre Team TotalEnergies + 02.36
16 Marco Tizza Wagner Bazin WB + 02.44
17 Arnaud De Lie Lotto + 02.49
18 Remi Cavagna Groupama-FDJ + 02.50
19 Sandy Dujardin Team TotalEnergies + 02.57
20 Maxime Jarnet Van Rysel-Roubaix + 03.47
21 Sam Maisonobe Cofidis + 03.55
22 Giacomo Villa Wagner Bazin WB + 03.56
23 Baptiste Planckaert Van Rysel-Roubaix + 03.56
24 Anthony Perez Cofidis + 04.05
25 Elias Maris Team Flanders-Baloise + 04.06
26 Maxime Decomble Groupama-FDJ + 04.09
27 Paul Penhoët Groupama-FDJ + 04.20
28 Dylan Vandenstorme Team Flanders-Baloise + 04.37
29 Kévin Avoine Van Rysel-Roubaix + 04.44
30 Cyril Barthe Groupama-FDJ + 04.46
31 Yohann Simon St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 04.50
32 Valentin Tabellion Van Rysel-Roubaix + 05.25
33 Andrea Mifsud Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 05.37
34 Valentin Retailleau Team TotalEnergies + 06.02
35 Clément Russo Groupama-FDJ + 06.09
36 Juri Hollmann Alpecin-Deceuninck + 06.11
37 Olivier Le Gac Groupama-FDJ + 06.53
38 Pierre Thierry ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 07.10
39 Célestin Guillon Van Rysel-Roubaix + 07.30
40 Ward Vanhoof Team Flanders-Baloise + 07.42
41 Florian Sénéchal ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 08.09
42 Killian Théot Van Rysel-Roubaix + 08.17
43 Baptiste Veistroffer Lotto + 08.19
44 Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 09.12
45 Ronan Augé CIC U Nantes + 09.57
46 Jaakko Hänninen Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 10.08
47 Alex Colman Team Flanders-Baloise + 10.13
48 Alexys Brunel Team TotalEnergies + 11.15
49 Romain Cardis St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 11.28
50 Arnaud Démare ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 11.38
51 Alan Riou St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 12.15
52 Baptiste Gillet ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 12.24
53 Corentin Devroute CIC U Nantes + 13.08
54 Jérémy Lecroq St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 13.19
55 Maël Guégan CIC U Nantes + 14.31
56 Victor Vercouillie Team Flanders-Baloise + 15.03
57 Jelle Vermoote Wagner Bazin WB + 15.29
58 Oliver Knight Cofidis + 15.40
59 Simon Dehairs Alpecin-Deceuninck + 16.18
60 Anthony Delaplace ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 17.52
61 Justin Ducret CIC U Nantes + 17.52
62 Alexander Konijn Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 20.53
63 Thomas Bonnet Team TotalEnergies + 20.54
64 Dylan Massa Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 24.14
- Urko Berrade Equipo Kern Pharma DNS
- Hugo Aznar Equipo Kern Pharma DNS
- Unai Aznar Equipo Kern Pharma DNS
- Mikel Retegi Equipo Kern Pharma DNS
- Pau Miquel Delgado Equipo Kern Pharma DNS
- Axandre Van Petegem Wagner Bazin WB DNS
- Francisco Galván Equipo Kern Pharma DNS
- Louis Kitzki Alpecin-Deceuninck DNF
- Antoine Hue CIC U Nantes DNF
- Victor Papon Wagner Bazin WB DNF
- Sasha Weemaes Wagner Bazin WB DNF
- Joris Chaussinand CIC U Nantes DNF
- Rémi Capron Van Rysel-Roubaix DNF
- Jocelyn Baguelin Wagner Bazin WB DNF

Youth

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Clement Izquierdo Cofidis 13:07:36
2 Arnaud De Lie Lotto + 00.46
3 Sam Maisonobe Cofidis + 01.52
4 Giacomo Villa Wagner Bazin WB + 01.53
5 Maxime Decomble Groupama-FDJ + 02.06
6 Dylan Vandenstorme Team Flanders-Baloise + 02.34
7 Pierre Thierry ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 05.07
8 Ronan Augé CIC U Nantes + 07.54
9 Baptiste Gillet ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 10.21
10 Corentin Devroute CIC U Nantes + 11.05
11 Victor Vercouillie Team Flanders-Baloise + 13.00
12 Dylan Massa Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 22.11

Points

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Arnaud Démare ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 40
2 Arnaud De Lie Lotto 34
3 Kévin Vauquelin ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 29
4 Paul Penhoët Groupama-FDJ 28
5 Thomas Champion St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 20
6 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 20
7 Kevin Geniets Groupama-FDJ 19
8 Sandy Dujardin Team TotalEnergies 19
9 Damien Touzé Cofidis 17
10 Ronan Augé CIC U Nantes 17
11 Nicolas Breuillard St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 16
12 Dylan Teuns Cofidis 12
13 Valentin Tabellion Van Rysel-Roubaix 12
14 Alan Riou St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 12
15 Pierre Latour Team TotalEnergies 10
16 Giacomo Villa Wagner Bazin WB 9
17 Andrea Mifsud Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 8
18 Elias Maris Team Flanders-Baloise 7
19 Thibault Guernalec ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 6
20 Clement Izquierdo Cofidis 6
21 Remi Cavagna Groupama-FDJ 5
22 Dylan Vandenstorme Team Flanders-Baloise 5
23 Fabien Doubey Team TotalEnergies 4
24 Vincent Van Hemelen Team Flanders-Baloise 3
25 Alex Colman Team Flanders-Baloise 3
26 Damien Girard Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 2
27 Jérémy Lecroq St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 2
28 Célestin Guillon Van Rysel-Roubaix 1

Mountain

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Victor Vercouillie Team Flanders-Baloise 36
2 Kévin Vauquelin ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 10
3 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 10
4 Thomas Champion St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 8
5 Maël Guégan CIC U Nantes 8
6 Valentin Retailleau Team TotalEnergies 6
7 Nicolas Breuillard St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 6
8 Oliver Knight Cofidis 6
9 Kevin Geniets Groupama-FDJ 4
10 Damien Touzé Cofidis 4
11 Yohann Simon St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 4
12 Killian Théot Van Rysel-Roubaix 4
13 Dylan Teuns Cofidis 2
14 Célestin Guillon Van Rysel-Roubaix 2
15 Alexys Brunel Team TotalEnergies 2

Team

PosTeamTime
1 St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 39:19:55
2 Cofidis + 01.07
3 Groupama-FDJ + 01.23
4 Team TotalEnergies + 02.11
5 ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 03.05
6 Van Rysel-Roubaix + 04.50
7 Team Flanders-Baloise + 07.18
8 Wagner Bazin WB + 11.15
9 Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 12.04
10 CIC U Nantes + 13.10

Race profile

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

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