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Étoile de Bessèges 2025 - Stage 5

Ales > Ales, 10.6km

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 Kévin Vauquelin ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 0:15:07
2 Remi Cavagna Groupama-FDJ + 00.19
3 Dylan Teuns Cofidis + 00.21
4 Thibault Guernalec ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 00.24
5 Maxime Decomble Groupama-FDJ + 00.25
6 Vincent Van Hemelen Team Flanders-Baloise + 00.29
7 Pierre Latour Team TotalEnergies + 00.35
8 Kevin Geniets Groupama-FDJ + 00.38
9 Damien Touzé Cofidis + 00.43
10 Oliver Knight Cofidis + 00.45
11 Clement Izquierdo Cofidis + 00.46
12 Fabien Doubey Team TotalEnergies + 00.46
13 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.50
14 Anthony Perez Cofidis + 00.52
15 Alexandre Delettre Team TotalEnergies + 01.03
16 Baptiste Veistroffer Lotto + 01.04
17 Nicolas Breuillard St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 01.05
18 Juri Hollmann Alpecin-Deceuninck + 01.08
19 Baptiste Gillet ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 01.10
20 Thomas Champion St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 01.13
21 Victor Vercouillie Team Flanders-Baloise + 01.13
22 Sam Maisonobe Cofidis + 01.15
23 Pierre Thierry ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 01.18
24 Célestin Guillon Van Rysel-Roubaix + 01.20
25 Anthony Delaplace ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 01.20
26 Alexys Brunel Team TotalEnergies + 01.22
27 Cyril Barthe Groupama-FDJ + 01.23
28 Clément Russo Groupama-FDJ + 01.23
29 Florian Sénéchal ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 01.28
30 Valentin Retailleau Team TotalEnergies + 01.38
31 Killian Théot Van Rysel-Roubaix + 01.45
32 Jelle Vermoote Wagner Bazin WB + 01.45
33 Dylan Vandenstorme Team Flanders-Baloise + 01.46
34 Arnaud Démare ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 01.48
35 Olivier Le Gac Groupama-FDJ + 01.56
36 Paul Penhoët Groupama-FDJ + 01.58
37 Alex Colman Team Flanders-Baloise + 01.59
38 Sandy Dujardin Team TotalEnergies + 02.00
39 Marco Tizza Wagner Bazin WB + 02.00
40 Elias Maris Team Flanders-Baloise + 02.05
41 Jérémy Lecroq St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 02.09
42 Arnaud De Lie Lotto + 02.10
43 Maxime Jarnet Van Rysel-Roubaix + 02.12
44 Damien Girard Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 02.14
45 Baptiste Planckaert Van Rysel-Roubaix + 02.18
46 Thomas Bonnet Team TotalEnergies + 02.21
47 Romain Cardis St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 02.28
48 Alexander Konijn Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 02.30
49 Corentin Devroute CIC U Nantes + 02.40
50 Ronan Augé CIC U Nantes + 02.41
51 Jaakko Hänninen Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 02.44
52 Justin Ducret CIC U Nantes + 03.01
- Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur OOT
- Giacomo Villa Wagner Bazin WB OOT
- Dylan Massa Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur OOT
- Simon Dehairs Alpecin-Deceuninck OOT
- Yohann Simon St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 DNS
- Kévin Avoine Van Rysel-Roubaix DNS
- Benjamin Thomas Cofidis DNS
- Alan Riou St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 DNS
- Valentin Tabellion Van Rysel-Roubaix DNS
- Maël Guégan CIC U Nantes DNS
- Andrea Mifsud Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur DNS
- Ward Vanhoof Team Flanders-Baloise DNF

GC

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Kévin Vauquelin ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 13:20:40
2 Dylan Teuns Cofidis + 01.22
3 Kevin Geniets Groupama-FDJ + 01.35
4 Pierre Latour Team TotalEnergies + 01.46
5 Thibault Guernalec ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 01.55
6 Nicolas Breuillard St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 01.56
7 Damien Touzé Cofidis + 02.02
8 Vincent Van Hemelen Team Flanders-Baloise + 02.20
9 Thomas Champion St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 02.23
10 Fabien Doubey Team TotalEnergies + 02.41
11 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 02.42
12 Clement Izquierdo Cofidis + 02.49
13 Remi Cavagna Groupama-FDJ + 03.09
14 Alexandre Delettre Team TotalEnergies + 03.39
15 Maxime Decomble Groupama-FDJ + 04.34
16 Marco Tizza Wagner Bazin WB + 04.44
17 Damien Girard Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 04.50
18 Sandy Dujardin Team TotalEnergies + 04.57
19 Anthony Perez Cofidis + 04.57
20 Arnaud De Lie Lotto + 04.59
21 Sam Maisonobe Cofidis + 05.10
22 Maxime Jarnet Van Rysel-Roubaix + 05.59
23 Cyril Barthe Groupama-FDJ + 06.09
24 Elias Maris Team Flanders-Baloise + 06.11
25 Baptiste Planckaert Van Rysel-Roubaix + 06.14
26 Paul Penhoët Groupama-FDJ + 06.18
27 Dylan Vandenstorme Team Flanders-Baloise + 06.23
28 Juri Hollmann Alpecin-Deceuninck + 07.19
29 Clément Russo Groupama-FDJ + 07.32
30 Valentin Retailleau Team TotalEnergies + 07.40
31 Pierre Thierry ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 08.28
32 Olivier Le Gac Groupama-FDJ + 08.49
33 Célestin Guillon Van Rysel-Roubaix + 08.50
34 Baptiste Veistroffer Lotto + 09.23
35 Florian Sénéchal ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 09.37
36 Killian Théot Van Rysel-Roubaix + 10.02
37 Alex Colman Team Flanders-Baloise + 12.12
38 Alexys Brunel Team TotalEnergies + 12.37
39 Ronan Augé CIC U Nantes + 12.38
40 Jaakko Hänninen Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 12.52
41 Arnaud Démare ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 13.26
42 Baptiste Gillet ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 13.34
43 Romain Cardis St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 13.56
44 Jérémy Lecroq St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 15.28
45 Corentin Devroute CIC U Nantes + 15.48
46 Victor Vercouillie Team Flanders-Baloise + 16.16
47 Oliver Knight Cofidis + 16.25
48 Jelle Vermoote Wagner Bazin WB + 17.14
49 Anthony Delaplace ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 19.12
50 Justin Ducret CIC U Nantes + 20.53
51 Thomas Bonnet Team TotalEnergies + 23.15
52 Alexander Konijn Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 23.23
- Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur OOT
- Giacomo Villa Wagner Bazin WB OOT
- Dylan Massa Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur OOT
- Simon Dehairs Alpecin-Deceuninck OOT
- Yohann Simon St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 DNS
- Kévin Avoine Van Rysel-Roubaix DNS
- Benjamin Thomas Cofidis DNS
- Alan Riou St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 DNS
- Valentin Tabellion Van Rysel-Roubaix DNS
- Maël Guégan CIC U Nantes DNS
- Andrea Mifsud Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur DNS
- Ward Vanhoof Team Flanders-Baloise DNF

Youth

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Clement Izquierdo Cofidis 13:23:29
2 Maxime Decomble Groupama-FDJ + 01.45
3 Arnaud De Lie Lotto + 02.10
4 Sam Maisonobe Cofidis + 02.21
5 Dylan Vandenstorme Team Flanders-Baloise + 03.34
6 Pierre Thierry ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 05.39
7 Ronan Augé CIC U Nantes + 09.49
8 Baptiste Gillet ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 10.45
9 Corentin Devroute CIC U Nantes + 12.59
10 Victor Vercouillie Team Flanders-Baloise + 13.27

Points

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Kévin Vauquelin ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 54
2 Arnaud Démare ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 40
3 Arnaud De Lie Lotto 34
4 Dylan Teuns Cofidis 28
5 Paul Penhoët Groupama-FDJ 28
6 Kevin Geniets Groupama-FDJ 27
7 Remi Cavagna Groupama-FDJ 25
8 Damien Touzé Cofidis 24
9 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 23
10 Thibault Guernalec ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 20
11 Thomas Champion St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 20
12 Pierre Latour Team TotalEnergies 19
13 Sandy Dujardin Team TotalEnergies 19
14 Ronan Augé CIC U Nantes 17
15 Nicolas Breuillard St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 16
16 Vincent Van Hemelen Team Flanders-Baloise 13
17 Maxime Decomble Groupama-FDJ 12
18 Clement Izquierdo Cofidis 11
19 Fabien Doubey Team TotalEnergies 8
20 Elias Maris Team Flanders-Baloise 7
21 Oliver Knight Cofidis 6
22 Dylan Vandenstorme Team Flanders-Baloise 5
23 Alex Colman Team Flanders-Baloise 3
24 Damien Girard Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 2
25 Anthony Perez Cofidis 2
26 Jérémy Lecroq St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 2
27 Alexandre Delettre Team TotalEnergies 1
28 Célestin Guillon Van Rysel-Roubaix 1

Mountain

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Victor Vercouillie Team Flanders-Baloise 36
2 Kévin Vauquelin ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 20
3 Oliver Knight Cofidis 12
4 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 10
5 Dylan Teuns Cofidis 10
6 Thomas Champion St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 8
7 Valentin Retailleau Team TotalEnergies 6
8 Nicolas Breuillard St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 6
9 Kevin Geniets Groupama-FDJ 4
10 Pierre Latour Team TotalEnergies 4
11 Damien Touzé Cofidis 4
12 Killian Théot Van Rysel-Roubaix 4
13 Maxime Decomble Groupama-FDJ 2
14 Célestin Guillon Van Rysel-Roubaix 2
15 Alexys Brunel Team TotalEnergies 2

Team

PosTeamTime
1 Groupama-FDJ 40:08:01
2 Cofidis + 00.11
3 St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.23
4 Team TotalEnergies + 01.50
5 ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 01.54
6 Van Rysel-Roubaix + 07.22
7 Team Flanders-Baloise + 08.01
8 Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 16.47
9 CIC U Nantes + 18.47

Race profile

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

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