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Étoile de Bessèges 2026 - Stage 5

Ales > Ales, 10.3km

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 Ewen Costiou Groupama-FDJ United 0:14:57
2 Maxime Decomble Groupama-FDJ United + 00.05
3 Paul Lapeira Decathlon CMA CGM + 00.06
4 Niklas Larsen Unibet Rose Rockets + 00.14
5 Jordan Labrosse Decathlon CMA CGM + 00.19
6 Sander De Pestel Decathlon CMA CGM + 00.21
7 Wessel Mouris Unibet Rose Rockets + 00.21
8 Dylan Teuns Cofidis + 00.22
9 Victor Loulergue Groupama-FDJ United + 00.23
10 Xabier Azparren Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.23
11 Tomas Kopecky Unibet Rose Rockets + 00.26
12 Aimé De Gendt Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.30
13 Brem Deman Team Flanders-Baloise + 00.31
14 Mathieu Kockelmann Lotto-Intermarché + 00.34
15 Lukas Kubis Unibet Rose Rockets + 00.35
16 Lorenzo Germani Groupama-FDJ United + 00.37
17 Andrea Mifsud Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.38
18 Ramses Debruyne Alpecin-Premier Tech + 00.38
19 Léandre Lozouet CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 00.39
20 Samuel Leroux Team TotalEnergies + 00.39
21 Clement Izquierdo Cofidis + 00.40
22 Francisco Muñoz Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.40
23 Walter Calzoni Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.43
24 Alexis Renard Cofidis + 00.46
25 Victor Papon Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.46
26 Davide Bais Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.47
27 Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen Decathlon CMA CGM + 00.48
28 Alexandre Delettre Team TotalEnergies + 00.49
29 Clément Davy Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 00.54
30 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.55
31 Henri Uhlig Alpecin-Premier Tech + 00.56
32 Elmar Reinders Unibet Rose Rockets + 00.58
33 Axel Huens Groupama-FDJ United + 00.58
34 Blake Agnoletto Groupama-FDJ United + 01.00
35 Noa Isidore Decathlon CMA CGM + 01.02
36 Kasper Haugland Decathlon CMA CGM + 01.02
37 Valentin Darbellay Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 01.05
38 Alexys Brunel Team TotalEnergies + 01.06
39 Baptiste Vadic Team TotalEnergies + 01.08
40 Axel Bouquet St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 01.10
41 Liam Slock Lotto-Intermarché + 01.10
42 Lorenzo Rota Lotto-Intermarché + 01.11
43 Jan Maas Cofidis + 01.12
44 Matys Grisel Lotto-Intermarché + 01.13
45 Joppe Heremans Van Rysel-Roubaix + 01.15
46 Jan Sommer Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 01.17
47 Arnaud Tendon Van Rysel-Roubaix + 01.18
48 Ward Vanhoof Team Flanders-Baloise + 01.18
49 Dylan Vandenstorme Team Flanders-Baloise + 01.19
50 Jérémy Lecroq St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 01.21
51 Léandre Huck Van Rysel-Roubaix + 01.22
52 Paul Ourselin Cofidis + 01.24
53 Sébastien Grignard Lotto-Intermarché + 01.26
54 Dario Giuliano Team Polti VisitMalta + 01.26
55 Louis Hardouin Van Rysel-Roubaix + 01.27
56 Nils Aebersold Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 01.29
57 Antoine Raugel Van Rysel-Roubaix + 01.29
58 Thomas Champion St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 01.30
59 Alexandre Balmer Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 01.34
60 Tommaso Bessega Team Polti VisitMalta + 01.34
61 Valentin Retailleau Team TotalEnergies + 01.36
62 Baptiste Gillet Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 01.36
63 Shunsuke Imamura Lotto-Intermarché + 01.37
64 Tobias Bayer Alpecin-Premier Tech + 01.38
65 Sandy Dujardin Team TotalEnergies + 01.39
66 Nicola Marcerou Team TotalEnergies + 01.43
67 Gabriele Raccagni Team Polti VisitMalta + 01.44
68 Cyril Barthe Groupama-FDJ United + 01.46
69 Ben Granger Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 01.47
70 Tom Mainguenaud Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 01.48
71 Andrea Piras Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 01.48
72 Morne Van Niekerk St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 01.50
73 Maël Guégan CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 01.50
74 Lorenz Van de Wynkele Lotto-Intermarché + 01.50
75 Jaakko Hänninen Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 01.55
76 Matteo Moschetti Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 01.58
77 Romain Cardis St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 02.02
78 Luca Verrando Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 02.03
79 Simon Guglielmi St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 02.04
80 Alexander Konijn Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 02.06
81 Alfie George Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 02.11
82 Laurens Huys Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 02.11
83 Ronan Augé Unibet Rose Rockets + 02.13
84 Felix Meo Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 02.18
85 Lennert Belmans Alpecin-Premier Tech + 02.23
86 Manuel Peñalver Team Polti VisitMalta + 02.41
- Attilio Viviani Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali DNS
- Nickolas Zukowsky Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team DNS
- Jenthe Biermans Cofidis DNS
- Lenaic Langella CIC Pro Cycling Academy DNS
- Similien Hamon CIC Pro Cycling Academy DNS
- Dusan Rajovic Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali DNS
- Victor Guernalec CIC Pro Cycling Academy DNS
- Siebe Deweirdt Team Flanders-Baloise DNS
- Kamil Malecki Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team DNS
- Maxime Vezie CIC Pro Cycling Academy DNS
- Dylan Groenewegen Unibet Rose Rockets DNS
- Mathias Sanlaville CIC Pro Cycling Academy DNS

GC

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Ewen Costiou Groupama-FDJ United 13:59:22
2 Paul Lapeira Decathlon CMA CGM + 00.02
3 Maxime Decomble Groupama-FDJ United + 00.12
4 Lukas Kubis Unibet Rose Rockets + 00.15
5 Niklas Larsen Unibet Rose Rockets + 00.17
6 Dylan Teuns Cofidis + 00.32
7 Mathieu Kockelmann Lotto-Intermarché + 00.32
8 Clement Izquierdo Cofidis + 00.36
9 Xabier Azparren Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.38
10 Léandre Lozouet CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 00.39
11 Francisco Muñoz Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.40
12 Andrea Mifsud Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.41
13 Sander De Pestel Decathlon CMA CGM + 00.43
14 Ramses Debruyne Alpecin-Premier Tech + 00.46
15 Tomas Kopecky Unibet Rose Rockets + 00.49
16 Henri Uhlig Alpecin-Premier Tech + 00.49
17 Alexandre Delettre Team TotalEnergies + 00.57
18 Walter Calzoni Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.58
19 Davide Bais Team Polti VisitMalta + 01.02
20 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 01.03
21 Lorenzo Germani Groupama-FDJ United + 01.07
22 Victor Papon Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 01.08
23 Brem Deman Team Flanders-Baloise + 01.12
24 Matys Grisel Lotto-Intermarché + 01.13
25 Louis Hardouin Van Rysel-Roubaix + 01.23
26 Jan Sommer Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 01.25
27 Lorenzo Rota Lotto-Intermarché + 01.26
28 Valentin Darbellay Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 01.27
29 Sandy Dujardin Team TotalEnergies + 01.39
30 Wessel Mouris Unibet Rose Rockets + 01.40
31 Thomas Champion St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 01.52
32 Ben Granger Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 01.55
33 Alexandre Balmer Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 01.56
34 Baptiste Gillet Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 01.58
35 Valentin Retailleau Team TotalEnergies + 02.11
36 Victor Loulergue Groupama-FDJ United + 02.23
37 Liam Slock Lotto-Intermarché + 02.29
38 Ward Vanhoof Team Flanders-Baloise + 02.30
39 Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen Decathlon CMA CGM + 02.35
40 Andrea Piras Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 02.37
41 Baptiste Vadic Team TotalEnergies + 03.01
42 Noa Isidore Decathlon CMA CGM + 03.46
43 Jaakko Hänninen Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 04.14
44 Sébastien Grignard Lotto-Intermarché + 04.28
45 Tobias Bayer Alpecin-Premier Tech + 05.01
46 Dylan Vandenstorme Team Flanders-Baloise + 05.05
47 Nils Aebersold Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 07.03
48 Joppe Heremans Van Rysel-Roubaix + 07.43
49 Dario Giuliano Team Polti VisitMalta + 08.26
50 Elmar Reinders Unibet Rose Rockets + 08.36
51 Alexis Renard Cofidis + 08.49
52 Paul Ourselin Cofidis + 08.56
53 Alfie George Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 08.57
54 Antoine Raugel Van Rysel-Roubaix + 09.01
55 Jordan Labrosse Decathlon CMA CGM + 09.10
56 Aimé De Gendt Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 09.23
57 Nicola Marcerou Team TotalEnergies + 09.28
58 Simon Guglielmi St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 09.38
59 Alexander Konijn Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 09.58
60 Axel Huens Groupama-FDJ United + 10.39
61 Romain Cardis St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 11.01
62 Jérémy Lecroq St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 11.59
63 Tom Mainguenaud Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 12.12
64 Jan Maas Cofidis + 12.20
65 Cyril Barthe Groupama-FDJ United + 12.37
66 Léandre Huck Van Rysel-Roubaix + 12.42
67 Clément Davy Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 13.00
68 Arnaud Tendon Van Rysel-Roubaix + 13.04
69 Blake Agnoletto Groupama-FDJ United + 13.43
70 Laurens Huys Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 14.14
71 Axel Bouquet St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 14.19
72 Samuel Leroux Team TotalEnergies + 14.36
73 Lorenz Van de Wynkele Lotto-Intermarché + 15.35
74 Morne Van Niekerk St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 15.53
75 Gabriele Raccagni Team Polti VisitMalta + 16.27
76 Shunsuke Imamura Lotto-Intermarché + 16.32
77 Luca Verrando Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 16.35
78 Lennert Belmans Alpecin-Premier Tech + 16.39
79 Matteo Moschetti Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 16.47
80 Maël Guégan CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 18.27
81 Tommaso Bessega Team Polti VisitMalta + 19.25
82 Alexys Brunel Team TotalEnergies + 19.45
83 Kasper Haugland Decathlon CMA CGM + 21.10
84 Manuel Peñalver Team Polti VisitMalta + 21.42
85 Felix Meo Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 21.44
86 Ronan Augé Unibet Rose Rockets + 22.03
- Attilio Viviani Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali DNS
- Nickolas Zukowsky Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team DNS
- Jenthe Biermans Cofidis DNS
- Lenaic Langella CIC Pro Cycling Academy DNS
- Similien Hamon CIC Pro Cycling Academy DNS
- Dusan Rajovic Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali DNS
- Victor Guernalec CIC Pro Cycling Academy DNS
- Siebe Deweirdt Team Flanders-Baloise DNS
- Kamil Malecki Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team DNS
- Maxime Vezie CIC Pro Cycling Academy DNS
- Dylan Groenewegen Unibet Rose Rockets DNS
- Mathias Sanlaville CIC Pro Cycling Academy DNS

Youth

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Maxime Decomble Groupama-FDJ United 13:59:34
2 Mathieu Kockelmann Lotto-Intermarché + 00.20
3 Léandre Lozouet CIC Pro Cycling Academy + 00.27
4 Matys Grisel Lotto-Intermarché + 01.01
5 Baptiste Gillet Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 01.46
6 Victor Loulergue Groupama-FDJ United + 02.11
7 Noa Isidore Decathlon CMA CGM + 03.34
8 Nils Aebersold Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 06.51
9 Joppe Heremans Van Rysel-Roubaix + 07.31
10 Dario Giuliano Team Polti VisitMalta + 08.14
11 Axel Bouquet St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 14.07
12 Gabriele Raccagni Team Polti VisitMalta + 16.15
13 Luca Verrando Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 16.23
14 Tommaso Bessega Team Polti VisitMalta + 19.13
15 Kasper Haugland Decathlon CMA CGM + 20.58
16 Ronan Augé Unibet Rose Rockets + 21.51

Points

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Lukas Kubis Unibet Rose Rockets 68
2 Henri Uhlig Alpecin-Premier Tech 46
3 Paul Lapeira Decathlon CMA CGM 44
4 Mathieu Kockelmann Lotto-Intermarché 37
5 Louis Hardouin Van Rysel-Roubaix 36
6 Maxime Decomble Groupama-FDJ United 34
7 Joppe Heremans Van Rysel-Roubaix 31
8 Ewen Costiou Groupama-FDJ United 30
9 Matteo Moschetti Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 30
10 Léandre Lozouet CIC Pro Cycling Academy 27
11 Clement Izquierdo Cofidis 24
12 Sandy Dujardin Team TotalEnergies 22
13 Victor Loulergue Groupama-FDJ United 21
14 Matys Grisel Lotto-Intermarché 17
15 Niklas Larsen Unibet Rose Rockets 16
16 Andrea Mifsud Team Polti VisitMalta 15
17 Sander De Pestel Decathlon CMA CGM 14
18 Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen Decathlon CMA CGM 14
19 Jordan Labrosse Decathlon CMA CGM 12
20 Elmar Reinders Unibet Rose Rockets 10
21 Wessel Mouris Unibet Rose Rockets 9
22 Alexis Renard Cofidis 9
23 Axel Huens Groupama-FDJ United 9
24 Dylan Teuns Cofidis 8
25 Andrea Piras Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali 8
26 Noa Isidore Decathlon CMA CGM 7
27 Xabier Azparren Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 6
28 Francisco Muñoz Team Polti VisitMalta 6
29 Cyril Barthe Groupama-FDJ United 6
30 Tomas Kopecky Unibet Rose Rockets 5
31 Aimé De Gendt Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 4
32 Brem Deman Team Flanders-Baloise 3
33 Ward Vanhoof Team Flanders-Baloise 3
34 Arnaud Tendon Van Rysel-Roubaix 3
35 Jan Sommer Elite Fondations Cycling Team 2
36 Alfie George Elite Fondations Cycling Team 1
37 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 22
3 Paul Lapeira Decathlon CMA CGM 18
4 Maël Guégan CIC Pro Cycling Academy 12
5 Alexys Brunel Team TotalEnergies 12
6 Kasper Haugland Decathlon CMA CGM 12
7 Ramses Debruyne Alpecin-Premier Tech 10
8 Maxime Decomble Groupama-FDJ United 8
9 Arnaud Tendon Van Rysel-Roubaix 7
10 Tommaso Bessega Team Polti VisitMalta 6
11 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 6
12 Alexandre Balmer Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali 6
13 Samuel Leroux Team TotalEnergies 5
14 Tomas Kopecky Unibet Rose Rockets 4
15 Victor Loulergue Groupama-FDJ United 4
16 Jaakko Hänninen Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 4
17 Valentin Retailleau Team TotalEnergies 3
18 Clément Davy Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 3
19 Dylan Teuns Cofidis 2
20 Léandre Lozouet CIC Pro Cycling Academy 2
21 Wessel Mouris Unibet Rose Rockets 2
22 Sébastien Grignard Lotto-Intermarché 2
23 Nils Aebersold Elite Fondations Cycling Team 2

Team

PosTeamTime
1 Groupama-FDJ United 41:58:56
2 Unibet Rose Rockets + 00.35
3 Decathlon CMA CGM Team + 00.53
4 Team Polti VisitMalta + 01.26
5 Cofidis + 02.02
6 Team TotalEnergies + 02.27
7 Lotto-Intermarché + 02.28
8 Team Flanders-Baloise + 02.53
9 Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur + 03.36
10 Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 03.39
11 St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 03.42
12 Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 05.23
13 Alpecin-Premier Tech + 05.56
14 Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 08.24
15 Van Rysel-Roubaix + 17.06

Race profile

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

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