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Étoile de Bessèges 2026 - Stage 3

Besseges > Besseges, 161.8km

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 Henri Uhlig Alpecin-Premier Tech 3:36:50
2 Lukas Kubis Unibet Rose Rockets + 00.00
3 Louis Hardouin Van Rysel-Roubaix + 00.00
4 Victor Loulergue Groupama-FDJ United + 00.00
5 Jenthe Biermans Cofidis + 00.00
6 Léandre Lozouet CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 00.00
7 Andrea Mifsud Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.00
8 Andrea Piras Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 00.00
9 Noa Isidore Decathlon CMA CGM + 00.00
10 Matys Grisel Lotto-Intermarché + 00.00
11 Sandy Dujardin Team TotalEnergies + 00.00
12 Sander De Pestel Decathlon CMA CGM + 00.00
13 Ward Vanhoof Team Flanders-Baloise + 00.00
14 Siebe Deweirdt Team Flanders-Baloise + 00.00
15 Axel Bouquet St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.00
16 Mathieu Kockelmann Lotto-Intermarché + 00.00
17 Lorenzo Germani Groupama-FDJ United + 00.00
18 Valentin Darbellay Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 00.00
19 Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen Decathlon CMA CGM + 00.00
20 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.00
21 Baptiste Gillet Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.00
22 Ewen Costiou Groupama-FDJ United + 00.00
23 Davide Bais Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.00
24 Xabier Azparren Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.00
25 Ramses Debruyne Alpecin-Premier Tech + 00.00
26 Alexandre Balmer Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 00.00
27 Maxime Vezie CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 00.00
28 Ben Granger Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 00.00
29 Tomas Kopecky Unibet Rose Rockets + 00.00
30 Vincent Van Hemelen Team Flanders-Baloise + 00.00
31 Jan Sommer Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 00.00
32 Thomas Champion St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.00
33 Niklas Larsen Unibet Rose Rockets + 00.00
34 Nils Aebersold Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 00.00
35 Clement Izquierdo Cofidis + 00.00
36 Paul Lapeira Decathlon CMA CGM + 00.00
37 Alexandre Delettre Team TotalEnergies + 00.00
38 Maxime Decomble Groupama-FDJ United + 00.00
39 Brem Deman Team Flanders-Baloise + 00.00
40 Valentin Retailleau Team TotalEnergies + 00.00
41 Dylan Teuns Cofidis + 00.00
42 Baptiste Vadic Team TotalEnergies + 00.00
43 Lorenzo Rota Lotto-Intermarché + 00.00
44 Walter Calzoni Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.00
45 Jaakko Hänninen Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.00
46 Francisco Muñoz Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.00
47 Wessel Mouris Unibet Rose Rockets + 00.17
48 Liam Slock Lotto-Intermarché + 00.57
49 Dylan Vandenstorme Team Flanders-Baloise + 00.00
50 Victor Papon Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.00
51 Sébastien Grignard Lotto-Intermarché + 02.20
52 Tobias Bayer Alpecin-Premier Tech + 02.45
53 Alexys Brunel Team TotalEnergies + 06.38
54 Jordan Labrosse Decathlon CMA CGM + 06.38
55 Nicola Marcerou Team TotalEnergies + 06.38
56 Laurens Huys Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 06.38
57 Romain Cardis St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 06.38
58 Simon Guglielmi St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 06.38
59 Alexis Renard Cofidis + 06.38
60 Paul Ourselin Cofidis + 06.38
61 Dylan Groenewegen Unibet Rose Rockets + 06.38
62 Elmar Reinders Unibet Rose Rockets + 06.38
63 Antoine Raugel Van Rysel-Roubaix + 06.38
64 Nicolò Parisini Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 06.38
65 Alfie George Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 06.38
66 Alexander Konijn Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 06.38
67 Dario Giuliano Team Polti VisitMalta + 06.38
68 Joppe Heremans Van Rysel-Roubaix + 06.38
69 Aimé De Gendt Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 06.38
70 Axel Huens Groupama-FDJ United + 08.01
71 Lennert Belmans Alpecin-Premier Tech + 08.01
72 Samuel Leroux Team TotalEnergies + 09.51
73 Maël Guégan CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 09.51
74 Lenaic Langella CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 09.51
75 Victor Guernalec CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 09.51
76 Victor Vercouillie Team Flanders-Baloise + 09.51
77 Luca Verrando Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 09.51
78 Clément Davy Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 09.51
79 Tom Mainguenaud Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 09.51
80 Tom Crabbe Team Flanders-Baloise + 09.51
81 Mathias Sanlaville CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 09.51
82 Attilio Viviani Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 09.51
83 Arnaud Tendon Van Rysel-Roubaix + 09.51
84 Jan Maas Cofidis + 09.51
85 Kamil Malecki Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 09.51
86 Ronan Augé Unibet Rose Rockets + 09.51
87 Dusan Rajovic Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 09.51
88 Cyril Barthe Groupama-FDJ United + 09.51
89 Jérémy Lecroq St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 09.51
90 Nate Pringle Decathlon CMA CGM + 09.51
91 Blake Agnoletto Groupama-FDJ United + 09.51
92 Killian Théot Van Rysel-Roubaix + 09.51
93 Morne Van Niekerk St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 09.51
94 Léandre Huck Van Rysel-Roubaix + 09.51
95 Kasper Haugland Decathlon CMA CGM + 09.51
96 Nickolas Zukowsky Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 12.54
97 Tommaso Bessega Team Polti VisitMalta + 12.54
98 Lorenz Van de Wynkele Lotto-Intermarché + 12.54
99 Shunsuke Imamura Lotto-Intermarché + 12.54
100 Matteo Moschetti Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 12.54
101 Manuel Peñalver Team Polti VisitMalta + 14.19
102 Gabriele Raccagni Team Polti VisitMalta + 14.19
103 Felix Meo Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 14.19
104 Similien Hamon CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 20.37
- Kévin Avoine Van Rysel-Roubaix DNS
- Victor Jean Elite Fondations Cycling Team DNF
- Guillaume Bagou Elite Fondations Cycling Team DNF

GC

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Lukas Kubis Unibet Rose Rockets 10:25:30
2 Henri Uhlig Alpecin-Premier Tech + 00.07
3 Louis Hardouin Van Rysel-Roubaix + 00.10
4 Clement Izquierdo Cofidis + 00.10
5 Mathieu Kockelmann Lotto-Intermarché + 00.12
6 Matys Grisel Lotto-Intermarché + 00.14
7 Sandy Dujardin Team TotalEnergies + 00.14
8 Léandre Lozouet CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 00.14
9 Francisco Muñoz Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.14
10 Ewen Costiou Groupama-FDJ United + 00.14
11 Paul Lapeira Decathlon CMA CGM + 00.14
12 Maxime Decomble Groupama-FDJ United + 00.14
13 Andrea Mifsud Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.17
14 Dylan Teuns Cofidis + 00.17
15 Niklas Larsen Unibet Rose Rockets + 00.17
16 Tomas Kopecky Unibet Rose Rockets + 00.22
17 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.22
18 Alexandre Delettre Team TotalEnergies + 00.22
19 Vincent Van Hemelen Team Flanders-Baloise + 00.22
20 Ben Granger Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 00.22
21 Xabier Azparren Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.22
22 Jan Sommer Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 00.22
23 Siebe Deweirdt Team Flanders-Baloise + 00.22
24 Davide Bais Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.22
25 Ramses Debruyne Alpecin-Premier Tech + 00.22
26 Lorenzo Rota Lotto-Intermarché + 00.22
27 Walter Calzoni Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.22
28 Baptiste Gillet Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.29
29 Sander De Pestel Decathlon CMA CGM + 00.29
30 Valentin Darbellay Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 00.29
31 Lorenzo Germani Groupama-FDJ United + 00.29
32 Maxime Vezie CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 00.29
33 Thomas Champion St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.29
34 Valentin Retailleau Team TotalEnergies + 00.29
35 Alexandre Balmer Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 00.29
36 Victor Papon Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.29
37 Brem Deman Team Flanders-Baloise + 00.40
38 Andrea Piras Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 00.48
39 Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen Decathlon CMA CGM + 01.11
40 Jenthe Biermans Cofidis + 01.11
41 Wessel Mouris Unibet Rose Rockets + 01.18
42 Ward Vanhoof Team Flanders-Baloise + 01.19
43 Liam Slock Lotto-Intermarché + 01.26
44 Baptiste Vadic Team TotalEnergies + 01.47
45 Victor Loulergue Groupama-FDJ United + 01.54
46 Jaakko Hänninen Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 02.13
47 Nils Aebersold Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 02.18
48 Noa Isidore Decathlon CMA CGM + 02.31
49 Tobias Bayer Alpecin-Premier Tech + 03.07
50 Sébastien Grignard Lotto-Intermarché + 03.16
51 Dylan Vandenstorme Team Flanders-Baloise + 03.53
52 Joppe Heremans Van Rysel-Roubaix + 06.52
53 Alfie George Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 07.00
54 Jordan Labrosse Decathlon CMA CGM + 07.00
55 Dario Giuliano Team Polti VisitMalta + 07.07
56 Elmar Reinders Unibet Rose Rockets + 07.22
57 Paul Ourselin Cofidis + 07.26
58 Simon Guglielmi St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 07.28
59 Antoine Raugel Van Rysel-Roubaix + 07.31
60 Nicola Marcerou Team TotalEnergies + 07.39
61 Nicolò Parisini Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 07.42
62 Alexis Renard Cofidis + 07.57
63 Romain Cardis St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 07.57
64 Alexander Konijn Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 08.06
65 Aimé De Gendt Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 08.34
66 Dylan Groenewegen Unibet Rose Rockets + 08.45
67 Laurens Huys Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 08.51
68 Lennert Belmans Alpecin-Premier Tech + 09.48
69 Tom Crabbe Team Flanders-Baloise + 09.53
70 Axel Huens Groupama-FDJ United + 09.55
71 Victor Guernalec CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 10.13
72 Lenaic Langella CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 10.13
73 Tom Mainguenaud Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 10.31
74 Victor Vercouillie Team Flanders-Baloise + 10.31
75 Léandre Huck Van Rysel-Roubaix + 10.35
76 Cyril Barthe Groupama-FDJ United + 10.50
77 Jérémy Lecroq St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 10.52
78 Jan Maas Cofidis + 11.02
79 Clément Davy Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 11.08
80 Arnaud Tendon Van Rysel-Roubaix + 11.10
81 Killian Théot Van Rysel-Roubaix + 11.21
82 Mathias Sanlaville CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 11.26
83 Attilio Viviani Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 11.33
84 Blake Agnoletto Groupama-FDJ United + 11.45
85 Dusan Rajovic Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 12.03
86 Maël Guégan CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 12.04
87 Kasper Haugland Decathlon CMA CGM + 12.22
88 Morne Van Niekerk St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 12.24
89 Samuel Leroux Team TotalEnergies + 12.55
90 Axel Bouquet St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 13.16
91 Lorenz Van de Wynkele Lotto-Intermarché + 13.32
92 Tommaso Bessega Team Polti VisitMalta + 13.34
93 Nickolas Zukowsky Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 13.47
94 Kamil Malecki Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 13.48
95 Shunsuke Imamura Lotto-Intermarché + 14.22
96 Luca Verrando Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 14.26
97 Nate Pringle Decathlon CMA CGM + 14.33
98 Gabriele Raccagni Team Polti VisitMalta + 14.57
99 Matteo Moschetti Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 15.03
100 Ronan Augé Unibet Rose Rockets + 15.17
101 Alexys Brunel Team TotalEnergies + 15.27
102 Manuel Peñalver Team Polti VisitMalta + 17.38
103 Felix Meo Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 19.00
104 Similien Hamon CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 28.52
- Kévin Avoine Van Rysel-Roubaix DNS
- Victor Jean Elite Fondations Cycling Team DNF
- Guillaume Bagou Elite Fondations Cycling Team DNF

Youth

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Mathieu Kockelmann Lotto-Intermarché 10:25:42
2 Matys Grisel Lotto-Intermarché + 00.02
3 Léandre Lozouet CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 00.02
4 Maxime Decomble Groupama-FDJ United + 00.02
5 Baptiste Gillet Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.17
6 Maxime Vezie CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 00.17
7 Victor Loulergue Groupama-FDJ United + 01.42
8 Nils Aebersold Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 02.06
9 Noa Isidore Decathlon CMA CGM + 02.19
10 Joppe Heremans Van Rysel-Roubaix + 06.40
11 Dario Giuliano Team Polti VisitMalta + 06.55
12 Tom Crabbe Team Flanders-Baloise + 09.41
13 Lenaic Langella CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 10.01
14 Mathias Sanlaville CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 11.14
15 Kasper Haugland Decathlon CMA CGM + 12.10
16 Axel Bouquet St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 13.04
17 Tommaso Bessega Team Polti VisitMalta + 13.22
18 Luca Verrando Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 14.14
19 Nate Pringle Decathlon CMA CGM + 14.21
20 Gabriele Raccagni Team Polti VisitMalta + 14.45
21 Ronan Augé Unibet Rose Rockets + 15.05
22 Similien Hamon CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 28.40

Points

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Lukas Kubis Unibet Rose Rockets 47
2 Henri Uhlig Alpecin-Premier Tech 40
3 Tom Crabbe Team Flanders-Baloise 26
4 Mathieu Kockelmann Lotto-Intermarché 25
5 Louis Hardouin Van Rysel-Roubaix 24
6 Clement Izquierdo Cofidis 21
7 Dylan Groenewegen Unibet Rose Rockets 20
8 Léandre Lozouet CIC Pro Cycling Academy 19
9 Matys Grisel Lotto-Intermarché 17
10 Matteo Moschetti Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 16
11 Sandy Dujardin Team TotalEnergies 15
12 Maxime Decomble Groupama-FDJ United 14
13 Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen Decathlon CMA CGM 14
14 Victor Loulergue Groupama-FDJ United 14
15 Paul Lapeira Decathlon CMA CGM 12
16 Jenthe Biermans Cofidis 12
17 Andrea Mifsud Team Polti VisitMalta 10
18 Elmar Reinders Unibet Rose Rockets 10
19 Alexis Renard Cofidis 9
20 Andrea Piras Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali 8
21 Killian Théot Van Rysel-Roubaix 8
22 Noa Isidore Decathlon CMA CGM 7
23 Francisco Muñoz Team Polti VisitMalta 6
24 Joppe Heremans Van Rysel-Roubaix 6
25 Cyril Barthe Groupama-FDJ United 6
26 Ewen Costiou Groupama-FDJ United 5
27 Sander De Pestel Decathlon CMA CGM 4
28 Ward Vanhoof Team Flanders-Baloise 3
29 Arnaud Tendon Van Rysel-Roubaix 3
30 Niklas Larsen Unibet Rose Rockets 2
31 Siebe Deweirdt Team Flanders-Baloise 2
32 Axel Bouquet St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 1

Mountain

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Victor Papon Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 28
2 Ewen Costiou Groupama-FDJ United 12
3 Maël Guégan CIC Pro Cycling Academy 12
4 Paul Lapeira Decathlon CMA CGM 12
5 Kasper Haugland Decathlon CMA CGM 12
6 Alexys Brunel Team TotalEnergies 12
7 Ramses Debruyne Alpecin-Premier Tech 10
8 Arnaud Tendon Van Rysel-Roubaix 7
9 Victor Vercouillie Team Flanders-Baloise 6
10 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 6
11 Alexandre Balmer Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali 6
12 Samuel Leroux Team TotalEnergies 5
13 Tomas Kopecky Unibet Rose Rockets 4
14 Jaakko Hänninen Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 4
15 Léandre Lozouet CIC Pro Cycling Academy 2
16 Dylan Teuns Cofidis 2
17 Nils Aebersold Elite Fondations Cycling Team 2
18 Sébastien Grignard Lotto-Intermarché 2

Team

PosTeamTime
1 Unibet Rose Rockets 31:17:21
2 Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.02
3 Team Flanders-Baloise + 00.05
4 Groupama-FDJ United + 00.06
5 Lotto-Intermarché + 00.07
6 Decathlon CMA CGM Team + 00.14
7 Team TotalEnergies + 00.14
8 Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 00.22
9 Cofidis + 00.28
10 Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.47
11 Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 00.48
12 St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.50
13 Alpecin-Premier Tech + 02.55
14 Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 07.15
15 CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 09.58
16 Van Rysel-Roubaix + 13.37

Race profile

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

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