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Étoile de Bessèges 2026 - Stage 2

St.Gilles > Domessargues, 162.8km

04.02-08.02

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 Mathieu Kockelmann Lotto-Intermarché 3:32:48
2 Dylan Groenewegen Unibet Rose Rockets + 00.00
3 Matteo Moschetti Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.00
4 Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen Decathlon CMA CGM + 00.00
5 Henri Uhlig Alpecin-Premier Tech + 00.00
6 Elmar Reinders Unibet Rose Rockets + 00.00
7 Alexis Renard Cofidis + 00.00
8 Killian Théot Van Rysel-Roubaix + 00.00
9 Lukas Kubis Unibet Rose Rockets + 00.00
10 Cyril Barthe Groupama-FDJ United + 00.00
11 Clement Izquierdo Cofidis + 00.00
12 Matys Grisel Lotto-Intermarché + 00.00
13 Arnaud Tendon Van Rysel-Roubaix + 00.00
14 Francisco Muñoz Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.00
15 Tom Crabbe Team Flanders-Baloise + 00.00
16 Alfie George Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 00.00
17 Baptiste Gillet Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.00
18 Andrea Mifsud Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.00
19 Alexander Konijn Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.00
20 Sandy Dujardin Team TotalEnergies + 00.00
21 Louis Hardouin Van Rysel-Roubaix + 00.00
22 Tom Mainguenaud Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.00
23 Manuel Peñalver Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.00
24 Victor Loulergue Groupama-FDJ United + 00.00
25 Jenthe Biermans Cofidis + 00.00
26 Alexandre Delettre Team TotalEnergies + 00.00
27 Tobias Bayer Alpecin-Premier Tech + 00.00
28 Dusan Rajovic Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 00.00
29 Ben Granger Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 00.00
30 Nicola Marcerou Team TotalEnergies + 00.00
31 Tomas Kopecky Unibet Rose Rockets + 00.00
32 Vincent Van Hemelen Team Flanders-Baloise + 00.00
33 Léandre Lozouet CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 00.00
34 Liam Slock Lotto-Intermarché + 00.00
35 Xabier Azparren Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.00
36 Paul Lapeira Decathlon CMA CGM + 00.00
37 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.00
38 Jordan Labrosse Decathlon CMA CGM + 00.00
39 Jan Sommer Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 00.00
40 Joppe Heremans Van Rysel-Roubaix + 00.00
41 Valentin Darbellay Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 00.00
42 Ewen Costiou Groupama-FDJ United + 00.00
43 Andrea Piras Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 00.00
44 Dylan Teuns Cofidis + 00.00
45 Dario Giuliano Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.00
46 Sander De Pestel Decathlon CMA CGM + 00.00
47 Lorenzo Rota Lotto-Intermarché + 00.00
48 Maxime Vezie CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 00.00
49 Gabriele Raccagni Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.00
50 Ramses Debruyne Alpecin-Premier Tech + 00.00
51 Kasper Haugland Decathlon CMA CGM + 00.00
52 Walter Calzoni Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.00
53 Mathias Sanlaville CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 00.00
54 Maxime Decomble Groupama-FDJ United + 00.00
55 Niklas Larsen Unibet Rose Rockets + 00.00
56 Davide Bais Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.00
57 Nicolò Parisini Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.00
58 Lorenzo Germani Groupama-FDJ United + 00.00
59 Victor Guernalec CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 00.00
60 Noa Isidore Decathlon CMA CGM + 00.00
61 Thomas Champion St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.00
62 Valentin Retailleau Team TotalEnergies + 00.00
63 Victor Jean Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 00.00
64 Lenaic Langella CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 00.00
65 Wessel Mouris Unibet Rose Rockets + 00.00
66 Brem Deman Team Flanders-Baloise + 00.00
67 Ward Vanhoof Team Flanders-Baloise + 00.00
68 Alexandre Balmer Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 00.00
69 Lorenz Van de Wynkele Lotto-Intermarché + 00.00
70 Tommaso Bessega Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.00
71 Sébastien Grignard Lotto-Intermarché + 00.00
72 Siebe Deweirdt Team Flanders-Baloise + 00.00
73 Clément Davy Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.00
74 Victor Vercouillie Team Flanders-Baloise + 00.00
75 Jaakko Hänninen Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.00
76 Luca Verrando Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 00.00
77 Morne Van Niekerk St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.00
78 Blake Agnoletto Groupama-FDJ United + 00.00
79 Maël Guégan CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 00.00
80 Samuel Leroux Team TotalEnergies + 00.00
81 Baptiste Vadic Team TotalEnergies + 00.00
82 Romain Cardis St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.00
83 Aimé De Gendt Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.00
84 Paul Ourselin Cofidis + 00.00
85 Nickolas Zukowsky Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.00
86 Lennert Belmans Alpecin-Premier Tech + 00.00
87 Attilio Viviani Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 00.00
88 Jan Maas Cofidis + 00.00
89 Victor Papon Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.00
90 Shunsuke Imamura Lotto-Intermarché + 00.00
91 Laurens Huys Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.00
92 Nils Aebersold Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 00.00
93 Guillaume Bagou Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 00.00
94 Nate Pringle Decathlon CMA CGM + 00.00
95 Antoine Raugel Van Rysel-Roubaix + 00.00
96 Léandre Huck Van Rysel-Roubaix + 00.00
97 Simon Guglielmi St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.00
98 Similien Hamon CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 03.13
99 Ronan Augé Unibet Rose Rockets + 03.13
100 Kamil Malecki Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 03.13
101 Felix Meo Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 03.13
102 Dylan Vandenstorme Team Flanders-Baloise + 03.13
103 Axel Huens Groupama-FDJ United + 00.00
104 Kévin Avoine Van Rysel-Roubaix + 00.00
105 Jérémy Lecroq St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.00
106 Alexys Brunel Team TotalEnergies + 06.47
107 Axel Bouquet St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 11.51
- Arnaud Tissières Elite Fondations Cycling Team DNF

GC

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Tom Crabbe Team Flanders-Baloise 6:48:42
2 Lukas Kubis Unibet Rose Rockets + 00.04
3 Clement Izquierdo Cofidis + 00.08
4 Mathieu Kockelmann Lotto-Intermarché + 00.10
5 Matys Grisel Lotto-Intermarché + 00.12
6 Francisco Muñoz Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.12
7 Sandy Dujardin Team TotalEnergies + 00.12
8 Louis Hardouin Van Rysel-Roubaix + 00.12
9 Léandre Lozouet CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 00.12
10 Paul Lapeira Decathlon CMA CGM + 00.12
11 Joppe Heremans Van Rysel-Roubaix + 00.12
12 Ewen Costiou Groupama-FDJ United + 00.12
13 Maxime Decomble Groupama-FDJ United + 00.12
14 Henri Uhlig Alpecin-Premier Tech + 00.15
15 Andrea Mifsud Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.15
16 Dylan Teuns Cofidis + 00.15
17 Niklas Larsen Unibet Rose Rockets + 00.15
18 Alfie George Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 00.20
19 Alexandre Delettre Team TotalEnergies + 00.20
20 Tobias Bayer Alpecin-Premier Tech + 00.20
21 Tomas Kopecky Unibet Rose Rockets + 00.20
22 Vincent Van Hemelen Team Flanders-Baloise + 00.20
23 Ben Granger Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 00.20
24 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.20
25 Jan Sommer Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 00.20
26 Xabier Azparren Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.20
27 Jordan Labrosse Decathlon CMA CGM + 00.20
28 Lorenzo Rota Lotto-Intermarché + 00.20
29 Ramses Debruyne Alpecin-Premier Tech + 00.20
30 Victor Guernalec CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 00.20
31 Walter Calzoni Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.20
32 Davide Bais Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.20
33 Lenaic Langella CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 00.20
34 Siebe Deweirdt Team Flanders-Baloise + 00.20
35 Baptiste Gillet Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.27
36 Liam Slock Lotto-Intermarché + 00.27
37 Valentin Darbellay Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 00.27
38 Dario Giuliano Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.27
39 Maxime Vezie CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 00.27
40 Sander De Pestel Decathlon CMA CGM + 00.27
41 Lorenzo Germani Groupama-FDJ United + 00.27
42 Valentin Retailleau Team TotalEnergies + 00.27
43 Victor Jean Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 00.27
44 Thomas Champion St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.27
45 Alexandre Balmer Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 00.27
46 Victor Papon Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.27
47 Gabriele Raccagni Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.36
48 Lorenz Van de Wynkele Lotto-Intermarché + 00.36
49 Tom Mainguenaud Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.38
50 Brem Deman Team Flanders-Baloise + 00.38
51 Tommaso Bessega Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.38
52 Victor Vercouillie Team Flanders-Baloise + 00.38
53 Elmar Reinders Unibet Rose Rockets + 00.42
54 Léandre Huck Van Rysel-Roubaix + 00.42
55 Kévin Avoine Van Rysel-Roubaix + 00.42
56 Andrea Piras Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 00.46
57 Paul Ourselin Cofidis + 00.46
58 Simon Guglielmi St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.48
59 Nickolas Zukowsky Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.51
60 Antoine Raugel Van Rysel-Roubaix + 00.51
61 Sébastien Grignard Lotto-Intermarché + 00.54
62 Cyril Barthe Groupama-FDJ United + 00.57
63 Nicola Marcerou Team TotalEnergies + 00.59
64 Wessel Mouris Unibet Rose Rockets + 00.59
65 Jérémy Lecroq St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.59
66 Nicolò Parisini Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 01.02
67 Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen Decathlon CMA CGM + 01.09
68 Jenthe Biermans Cofidis + 01.09
69 Jan Maas Cofidis + 01.09
70 Clément Davy Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 01.15
71 Alexis Renard Cofidis + 01.17
72 Arnaud Tendon Van Rysel-Roubaix + 01.17
73 Ward Vanhoof Team Flanders-Baloise + 01.17
74 Romain Cardis St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 01.17
75 Alexander Konijn Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 01.26
76 Shunsuke Imamura Lotto-Intermarché + 01.26
77 Killian Théot Van Rysel-Roubaix + 01.28
78 Mathias Sanlaville CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 01.33
79 Attilio Viviani Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 01.40
80 Baptiste Vadic Team TotalEnergies + 01.45
81 Lennert Belmans Alpecin-Premier Tech + 01.45
82 Victor Loulergue Groupama-FDJ United + 01.52
83 Blake Agnoletto Groupama-FDJ United + 01.52
84 Axel Huens Groupama-FDJ United + 01.52
85 Aimé De Gendt Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 01.54
86 Dylan Groenewegen Unibet Rose Rockets + 02.05
87 Matteo Moschetti Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 02.07
88 Dusan Rajovic Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 02.10
89 Jaakko Hänninen Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 02.11
90 Maël Guégan CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 02.11
91 Laurens Huys Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 02.11
92 Nils Aebersold Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 02.16
93 Kasper Haugland Decathlon CMA CGM + 02.29
94 Noa Isidore Decathlon CMA CGM + 02.29
95 Guillaume Bagou Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 02.29
96 Morne Van Niekerk St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 02.31
97 Samuel Leroux Team TotalEnergies + 03.02
98 Manuel Peñalver Team Polti VisitMalta + 03.17
99 Dylan Vandenstorme Team Flanders-Baloise + 03.51
100 Kamil Malecki Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 03.55
101 Luca Verrando Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 04.33
102 Felix Meo Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 04.39
103 Nate Pringle Decathlon CMA CGM + 04.40
104 Ronan Augé Unibet Rose Rockets + 05.24
105 Similien Hamon CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 08.13
106 Alexys Brunel Team TotalEnergies + 08.47
107 Axel Bouquet St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 13.14
- Arnaud Tissières Elite Fondations Cycling Team DNF

Youth

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Tom Crabbe Team Flanders-Baloise 6:48:42
2 Mathieu Kockelmann Lotto-Intermarché + 00.10
3 Matys Grisel Lotto-Intermarché + 00.12
4 Léandre Lozouet CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 00.12
5 Joppe Heremans Van Rysel-Roubaix + 00.12
6 Maxime Decomble Groupama-FDJ United + 00.12
7 Lenaic Langella CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 00.20
8 Baptiste Gillet Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.27
9 Dario Giuliano Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.27
10 Maxime Vezie CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 00.27
11 Victor Jean Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 00.27
12 Gabriele Raccagni Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.36
13 Tommaso Bessega Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.38
14 Mathias Sanlaville CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 01.33
15 Victor Loulergue Groupama-FDJ United + 01.52
16 Nils Aebersold Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 02.16
17 Kasper Haugland Decathlon CMA CGM + 02.29
18 Noa Isidore Decathlon CMA CGM + 02.29
19 Guillaume Bagou Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 02.29
20 Luca Verrando Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 04.33
21 Nate Pringle Decathlon CMA CGM + 04.40
22 Ronan Augé Unibet Rose Rockets + 05.24
23 Similien Hamon CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 08.13
24 Axel Bouquet St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 13.14

Points

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Lukas Kubis Unibet Rose Rockets 27
2 Tom Crabbe Team Flanders-Baloise 26
3 Mathieu Kockelmann Lotto-Intermarché 25
4 Clement Izquierdo Cofidis 21
5 Dylan Groenewegen Unibet Rose Rockets 20
6 Matteo Moschetti Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 16
7 Henri Uhlig Alpecin-Premier Tech 15
8 Maxime Decomble Groupama-FDJ United 14
9 Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen Decathlon CMA CGM 14
10 Paul Lapeira Decathlon CMA CGM 12
11 Matys Grisel Lotto-Intermarché 11
12 Sandy Dujardin Team TotalEnergies 10
13 Elmar Reinders Unibet Rose Rockets 10
14 Léandre Lozouet CIC Pro Cycling Academy 9
15 Alexis Renard Cofidis 9
16 Louis Hardouin Van Rysel-Roubaix 8
17 Killian Théot Van Rysel-Roubaix 8
18 Francisco Muñoz Team Polti VisitMalta 6
19 Joppe Heremans Van Rysel-Roubaix 6
20 Cyril Barthe Groupama-FDJ United 6
21 Ewen Costiou Groupama-FDJ United 5
22 Arnaud Tendon Van Rysel-Roubaix 3
23 Niklas Larsen Unibet Rose Rockets 2
24 Andrea Mifsud Team Polti VisitMalta 1

Mountain

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Maël Guégan CIC Pro Cycling Academy 12
2 Arnaud Tendon Van Rysel-Roubaix 7
3 Victor Vercouillie Team Flanders-Baloise 6
4 Samuel Leroux Team TotalEnergies 5
5 Jaakko Hänninen Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 4
6 Nils Aebersold Elite Fondations Cycling Team 2

Team

PosTeamTime
1 Unibet Rose Rockets 20:26:51
2 Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.02
3 Team Flanders-Baloise + 00.05
4 Groupama-FDJ United + 00.06
5 Lotto-Intermarché + 00.07
6 CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 00.07
7 Alpecin-Premier Tech + 00.10
8 Team TotalEnergies + 00.14
9 Decathlon CMA CGM Team + 00.14
10 Van Rysel-Roubaix + 00.21
11 Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 00.22
12 Cofidis + 00.28
13 Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.37
14 Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.47
15 Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 00.48
16 St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.50

Race profile

Race
Étoile de Bessèges
Start date
04.02.2026
End date
08.02.2026
Total distance
162.8 km
Gen
Men
Cat
2.1
Country
France
Discipline
Road
First edition
1971

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