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Étoile de Bessèges 2026 - Stage 4

Saint-Christol-Lèz-Alès > Vauvert, 154.8km

04.02-08.02

Joppe Heremans (Van Rysel Roubaix) sprinted to his first professional victory at the Etoile de Bessèges on stage 4 in an uphill finish in Vauvert. Lukáš Kubiš (Unibet Rose Rockets) finished in second, while Paul Lapeira (Decathlon CMA CGM) ended third.

Results

Stage

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Joppe Heremans Van Rysel-Roubaix 3:18:41
2 Lukas Kubis Unibet Rose Rockets + 00.00
3 Paul Lapeira Decathlon CMA CGM + 00.00
4 Matteo Moschetti Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.00
5 Louis Hardouin Van Rysel-Roubaix + 00.00
6 Axel Huens Groupama-FDJ United + 00.00
7 Mathieu Kockelmann Lotto-Intermarché + 00.00
8 Léandre Lozouet CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 00.00
9 Sandy Dujardin Team TotalEnergies + 00.00
10 Henri Uhlig Alpecin-Premier Tech + 00.00
11 Andrea Mifsud Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.00
12 Attilio Viviani Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 00.00
13 Clement Izquierdo Cofidis + 00.00
14 Jan Sommer Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 00.00
15 Alfie George Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 00.00
16 Alexandre Delettre Team TotalEnergies + 00.00
17 Alexander Konijn Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.00
18 Matys Grisel Lotto-Intermarché + 00.00
19 Francisco Muñoz Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.00
20 Niklas Larsen Unibet Rose Rockets + 00.00
21 Maxime Vezie CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 00.00
22 Ramses Debruyne Alpecin-Premier Tech + 00.00
23 Jérémy Lecroq St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.00
24 Gabriele Raccagni Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.00
25 Ewen Costiou Groupama-FDJ United + 00.00
26 Ben Granger Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 00.00
27 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.00
28 Liam Slock Lotto-Intermarché + 00.07
29 Axel Bouquet St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.07
30 Dario Giuliano Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.07
31 Dylan Teuns Cofidis + 00.07
32 Xabier Azparren Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.07
33 Lorenzo Rota Lotto-Intermarché + 00.07
34 Maxime Decomble Groupama-FDJ United + 00.07
35 Davide Bais Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.07
36 Alexandre Balmer Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 00.07
37 Ward Vanhoof Team Flanders-Baloise + 00.07
38 Valentin Darbellay Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 00.07
39 Walter Calzoni Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.07
40 Siebe Deweirdt Team Flanders-Baloise + 00.07
41 Sander De Pestel Decathlon CMA CGM + 00.07
42 Baptiste Gillet Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.07
43 Victor Papon Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.07
44 Dylan Vandenstorme Team Flanders-Baloise + 00.07
45 Tom Mainguenaud Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.07
46 Thomas Champion St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.07
47 Lorenzo Germani Groupama-FDJ United + 00.15
48 Tomas Kopecky Unibet Rose Rockets + 00.15
49 Antoine Raugel Van Rysel-Roubaix + 00.15
50 Brem Deman Team Flanders-Baloise + 00.15
51 Cyril Barthe Groupama-FDJ United + 00.15
52 Andrea Piras Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 00.15
53 Wessel Mouris Unibet Rose Rockets + 00.15
54 Alexis Renard Cofidis + 00.20
55 Jaakko Hänninen Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.20
56 Luca Verrando Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 00.20
57 Baptiste Vadic Team TotalEnergies + 00.20
58 Nicola Marcerou Team TotalEnergies + 00.20
59 Dylan Groenewegen Unibet Rose Rockets + 00.20
60 Simon Guglielmi St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.20
61 Lenaic Langella CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 00.20
62 Victor Loulergue Groupama-FDJ United + 00.20
63 Valentin Retailleau Team TotalEnergies + 00.20
64 Paul Ourselin Cofidis + 00.20
65 Jan Maas Cofidis + 00.20
66 Lorenz Van de Wynkele Lotto-Intermarché + 00.27
67 Noa Isidore Decathlon CMA CGM + 00.27
68 Tobias Bayer Alpecin-Premier Tech + 00.30
69 Elmar Reinders Unibet Rose Rockets + 00.30
70 Aimé De Gendt Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.33
71 Mathias Sanlaville CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 00.35
72 Dusan Rajovic Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 00.40
73 Felix Meo Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 00.40
74 Shunsuke Imamura Lotto-Intermarché + 00.47
75 Arnaud Tendon Van Rysel-Roubaix + 00.50
76 Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen Decathlon CMA CGM + 00.50
77 Léandre Huck Van Rysel-Roubaix + 00.59
78 Clément Davy Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 01.12
79 Blake Agnoletto Groupama-FDJ United + 01.12
80 Samuel Leroux Team TotalEnergies + 01.16
81 Romain Cardis St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 01.16
82 Manuel Peñalver Team Polti VisitMalta + 01.37
83 Sébastien Grignard Lotto-Intermarché + 00.00
84 Morne Van Niekerk St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 01.53
85 Kamil Malecki Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 01.59
86 Jordan Labrosse Decathlon CMA CGM + 02.05
87 Laurens Huys Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 03.26
88 Alexys Brunel Team TotalEnergies + 03.26
89 Nickolas Zukowsky Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 03.30
90 Nils Aebersold Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 03.30
91 Tommaso Bessega Team Polti VisitMalta + 04.31
92 Lennert Belmans Alpecin-Premier Tech + 04.42
93 Victor Guernalec CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 04.47
94 Ronan Augé Unibet Rose Rockets + 04.47
95 Maël Guégan CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 04.47
96 Jenthe Biermans Cofidis + 05.11
97 Similien Hamon CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 07.45
98 Kasper Haugland Decathlon CMA CGM + 08.00
- Victor Vercouillie Team Flanders-Baloise DNS
- Killian Théot Van Rysel-Roubaix DNS
- Vincent Van Hemelen Team Flanders-Baloise DNS
- Nicolò Parisini Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team DNS
- Tom Crabbe Team Flanders-Baloise DNS
- Nate Pringle Decathlon CMA CGM DNF

GC

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Lukas Kubis Unibet Rose Rockets 13:44:05
2 Henri Uhlig Alpecin-Premier Tech + 00.13
3 Louis Hardouin Van Rysel-Roubaix + 00.16
4 Clement Izquierdo Cofidis + 00.16
5 Paul Lapeira Decathlon CMA CGM + 00.16
6 Mathieu Kockelmann Lotto-Intermarché + 00.18
7 Sandy Dujardin Team TotalEnergies + 00.20
8 Matys Grisel Lotto-Intermarché + 00.20
9 Léandre Lozouet CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 00.20
10 Francisco Muñoz Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.20
11 Ewen Costiou Groupama-FDJ United + 00.20
12 Andrea Mifsud Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.23
13 Niklas Larsen Unibet Rose Rockets + 00.23
14 Maxime Decomble Groupama-FDJ United + 00.27
15 Alexandre Delettre Team TotalEnergies + 00.28
16 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.28
17 Jan Sommer Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 00.28
18 Ben Granger Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 00.28
19 Ramses Debruyne Alpecin-Premier Tech + 00.28
20 Dylan Teuns Cofidis + 00.30
21 Xabier Azparren Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.35
22 Maxime Vezie CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 00.35
23 Davide Bais Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.35
24 Siebe Deweirdt Team Flanders-Baloise + 00.35
25 Lorenzo Rota Lotto-Intermarché + 00.35
26 Walter Calzoni Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.35
27 Baptiste Gillet Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.42
28 Valentin Darbellay Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 00.42
29 Sander De Pestel Decathlon CMA CGM + 00.42
30 Alexandre Balmer Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 00.42
31 Thomas Champion St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.42
32 Victor Papon Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.42
33 Tomas Kopecky Unibet Rose Rockets + 00.43
34 Lorenzo Germani Groupama-FDJ United + 00.50
35 Valentin Retailleau Team TotalEnergies + 00.55
36 Brem Deman Team Flanders-Baloise + 01.01
37 Andrea Piras Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 01.09
38 Ward Vanhoof Team Flanders-Baloise + 01.32
39 Liam Slock Lotto-Intermarché + 01.39
40 Wessel Mouris Unibet Rose Rockets + 01.39
41 Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen Decathlon CMA CGM + 02.07
42 Baptiste Vadic Team TotalEnergies + 02.13
43 Victor Loulergue Groupama-FDJ United + 02.20
44 Jaakko Hänninen Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 02.39
45 Noa Isidore Decathlon CMA CGM + 03.04
46 Sébastien Grignard Lotto-Intermarché + 03.22
47 Tobias Bayer Alpecin-Premier Tech + 03.43
48 Dylan Vandenstorme Team Flanders-Baloise + 04.06
49 Nils Aebersold Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 05.54
50 Jenthe Biermans Cofidis + 06.28
51 Joppe Heremans Van Rysel-Roubaix + 06.48
52 Alfie George Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 07.06
53 Dario Giuliano Team Polti VisitMalta + 07.20
54 Paul Ourselin Cofidis + 07.52
55 Antoine Raugel Van Rysel-Roubaix + 07.52
56 Simon Guglielmi St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 07.54
57 Elmar Reinders Unibet Rose Rockets + 07.58
58 Nicola Marcerou Team TotalEnergies + 08.05
59 Alexander Konijn Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 08.12
60 Alexis Renard Cofidis + 08.23
61 Jordan Labrosse Decathlon CMA CGM + 09.11
62 Dylan Groenewegen Unibet Rose Rockets + 09.11
63 Aimé De Gendt Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 09.13
64 Romain Cardis St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 09.19
65 Axel Huens Groupama-FDJ United + 10.01
66 Lenaic Langella CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 10.39
67 Tom Mainguenaud Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 10.44
68 Jérémy Lecroq St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 10.58
69 Cyril Barthe Groupama-FDJ United + 11.11
70 Jan Maas Cofidis + 11.28
71 Attilio Viviani Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 11.39
72 Léandre Huck Van Rysel-Roubaix + 11.40
73 Arnaud Tendon Van Rysel-Roubaix + 12.06
74 Mathias Sanlaville CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 12.07
75 Laurens Huys Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 12.23
76 Clément Davy Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 12.26
77 Dusan Rajovic Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 12.49
78 Blake Agnoletto Groupama-FDJ United + 13.03
79 Axel Bouquet St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 13.29
80 Lorenz Van de Wynkele Lotto-Intermarché + 14.05
81 Samuel Leroux Team TotalEnergies + 14.17
82 Morne Van Niekerk St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 14.23
83 Lennert Belmans Alpecin-Premier Tech + 14.36
84 Luca Verrando Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 14.52
85 Gabriele Raccagni Team Polti VisitMalta + 15.03
86 Victor Guernalec CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 15.06
87 Matteo Moschetti Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 15.09
88 Shunsuke Imamura Lotto-Intermarché + 15.15
89 Kamil Malecki Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 15.53
90 Maël Guégan CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 16.57
91 Nickolas Zukowsky Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 17.23
92 Tommaso Bessega Team Polti VisitMalta + 18.11
93 Alexys Brunel Team TotalEnergies + 18.59
94 Manuel Peñalver Team Polti VisitMalta + 19.21
95 Felix Meo Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 19.46
96 Ronan Augé Unibet Rose Rockets + 20.10
97 Kasper Haugland Decathlon CMA CGM + 20.28
98 Similien Hamon CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 36.43
- Victor Vercouillie Team Flanders-Baloise DNS
- Killian Théot Van Rysel-Roubaix DNS
- Vincent Van Hemelen Team Flanders-Baloise DNS
- Nicolò Parisini Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team DNS
- Tom Crabbe Team Flanders-Baloise DNS
- Nate Pringle Decathlon CMA CGM DNF

Youth

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Mathieu Kockelmann Lotto-Intermarché 13:44:23
2 Matys Grisel Lotto-Intermarché + 00.02
3 Léandre Lozouet CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 00.02
4 Maxime Decomble Groupama-FDJ United + 00.09
5 Maxime Vezie CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 00.17
6 Baptiste Gillet Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.24
7 Victor Loulergue Groupama-FDJ United + 02.02
8 Noa Isidore Decathlon CMA CGM + 02.46
9 Nils Aebersold Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 05.36
10 Joppe Heremans Van Rysel-Roubaix + 06.30
11 Dario Giuliano Team Polti VisitMalta + 07.02
12 Lenaic Langella CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 10.21
13 Mathias Sanlaville CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 11.49
14 Axel Bouquet St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 13.11
15 Luca Verrando Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 14.34
16 Gabriele Raccagni Team Polti VisitMalta + 14.45
17 Tommaso Bessega Team Polti VisitMalta + 17.53
18 Ronan Augé Unibet Rose Rockets + 19.52
19 Kasper Haugland Decathlon CMA CGM + 20.10
20 Similien Hamon CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 36.25

Points

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Lukas Kubis Unibet Rose Rockets 67
2 Henri Uhlig Alpecin-Premier Tech 46
3 Louis Hardouin Van Rysel-Roubaix 36
4 Mathieu Kockelmann Lotto-Intermarché 35
5 Joppe Heremans Van Rysel-Roubaix 31
6 Matteo Moschetti Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 30
7 Paul Lapeira Decathlon CMA CGM 28
8 Léandre Lozouet CIC Pro Cycling Academy 27
9 Clement Izquierdo Cofidis 24
10 Sandy Dujardin Team TotalEnergies 22
11 Dylan Groenewegen Unibet Rose Rockets 20
12 Matys Grisel Lotto-Intermarché 17
13 Andrea Mifsud Team Polti VisitMalta 15
14 Maxime Decomble Groupama-FDJ United 14
15 Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen Decathlon CMA CGM 14
16 Victor Loulergue Groupama-FDJ United 14
17 Jenthe Biermans Cofidis 12
18 Elmar Reinders Unibet Rose Rockets 10
19 Alexis Renard Cofidis 9
20 Axel Huens Groupama-FDJ United 9
21 Andrea Piras Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali 8
22 Noa Isidore Decathlon CMA CGM 7
23 Francisco Muñoz Team Polti VisitMalta 6
24 Cyril Barthe Groupama-FDJ United 6
25 Ewen Costiou Groupama-FDJ United 5
26 Sander De Pestel Decathlon CMA CGM 4
27 Attilio Viviani Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali 4
28 Ward Vanhoof Team Flanders-Baloise 3
29 Arnaud Tendon Van Rysel-Roubaix 3
30 Niklas Larsen Unibet Rose Rockets 2
31 Jan Sommer Elite Fondations Cycling Team 2
32 Siebe Deweirdt Team Flanders-Baloise 2
33 Alfie George Elite Fondations Cycling Team 1
34 Axel Bouquet St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 1

Mountain

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Victor Papon Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 28
2 Maël Guégan CIC Pro Cycling Academy 12
3 Ewen Costiou Groupama-FDJ United 12
4 Paul Lapeira Decathlon CMA CGM 12
5 Alexys Brunel Team TotalEnergies 12
6 Kasper Haugland Decathlon CMA CGM 12
7 Ramses Debruyne Alpecin-Premier Tech 10
8 Arnaud Tendon Van Rysel-Roubaix 7
9 Tommaso Bessega Team Polti VisitMalta 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 Valentin Retailleau Team TotalEnergies 3
16 Clément Davy Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 3
17 Léandre Lozouet CIC Pro Cycling Academy 2
18 Dylan Teuns Cofidis 2
19 Sébastien Grignard Lotto-Intermarché 2
20 Nils Aebersold Elite Fondations Cycling Team 2

Team

PosTeamTime
1 Team Polti VisitMalta 41:13:26
2 Groupama-FDJ United + 00.11
3 Lotto-Intermarché + 00.12
4 Unibet Rose Rockets + 00.13
5 Team Flanders-Baloise + 00.24
6 Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 00.27
7 Team TotalEnergies + 00.32
8 Decathlon CMA CGM Team + 00.46
9 Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 00.53
10 Cofidis + 00.53
11 St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.55
12 Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.59
13 Alpecin-Premier Tech + 03.23
14 Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 07.27
15 CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 10.16
16 Van Rysel-Roubaix + 13.50

Race profile

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

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