Étoile de Bessèges 2026 - Standings
04.02-08.02
The 2026 Étoile de Bessèges took place from 4 to 8 February and featured five stages totalling 640.3 km, starting in Bellegarde and finishing in Alès. Held in the Gard region in the south of France, the race was won by Ewen Costiou (Groupama-FDJ United) ahead of Paul Lapeira (Decathlon CMA CGM) and Maxime Decomble (Groupama-FDJ United).
Standings
GC
| Pos | Rider | Team | 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 | DNF |
| - | Nickolas Zukowsky | Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | DNF |
| - | Arnaud Tissières | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | DNF |
| - | Victor Vercouillie | Team Flanders-Baloise | DNF |
| - | Nate Pringle | Decathlon CMA CGM | DNF |
| - | Noah Ramsay | Alpecin-Premier Tech | DNF |
| - | Jenthe Biermans | Cofidis | DNF |
| - | Lenaic Langella | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | DNF |
| - | Killian Théot | Van Rysel-Roubaix | DNF |
| - | Hugo Houle | Alpecin-Premier Tech | DNF |
| - | Similien Hamon | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | DNF |
| - | Dusan Rajovic | Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali | DNF |
| - | Vincent Van Hemelen | Team Flanders-Baloise | DNF |
| - | Victor Guernalec | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | DNF |
| - | Siebe Roesems | Alpecin-Premier Tech | DNF |
| - | Kévin Avoine | Van Rysel-Roubaix | DNF |
| - | Victor Jean | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | DNF |
| - | Siebe Deweirdt | Team Flanders-Baloise | DNF |
| - | Nicolò Parisini | Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | DNF |
| - | Guillaume Bagou | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | DNF |
| - | Kamil Malecki | Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | DNF |
| - | Maxime Vezie | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | DNF |
| - | Tom Crabbe | Team Flanders-Baloise | DNF |
| - | Dylan Groenewegen | Unibet Rose Rockets | DNF |
| - | Mathias Sanlaville | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | DNF |
Youth
| Pos | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maxime Decomble | Groupama-FDJ United | 0:00:12 |
| 2 | Mathieu Kockelmann | Lotto-Intermarché | + 00.32 |
| 3 | Léandre Lozouet | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | + 00.39 |
| 4 | Matys Grisel | Lotto-Intermarché | + 01.13 |
| 5 | Baptiste Gillet | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | + 01.58 |
| 6 | Victor Loulergue | Groupama-FDJ United | + 02.23 |
| 7 | Noa Isidore | Decathlon CMA CGM | + 03.46 |
| 8 | Nils Aebersold | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | + 07.03 |
| 9 | Joppe Heremans | Van Rysel-Roubaix | + 07.43 |
| 10 | Dario Giuliano | Team Polti VisitMalta | + 08.26 |
| 11 | Axel Bouquet | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | + 14.19 |
| 12 | Gabriele Raccagni | Team Polti VisitMalta | + 16.27 |
| 13 | Luca Verrando | Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali | + 16.35 |
| 14 | Tommaso Bessega | Team Polti VisitMalta | + 19.25 |
| 15 | Kasper Haugland | Decathlon CMA CGM | + 21.10 |
| 16 | Ronan Augé | Unibet Rose Rockets | + 22.03 |
| 17 | Nate Pringle | Decathlon CMA CGM | + 00.00 |
| 18 | Lenaic Langella | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | + 00.00 |
| 19 | Similien Hamon | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | + 00.00 |
| 20 | Victor Jean | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | + 00.00 |
| 21 | Guillaume Bagou | Elite Fondations Cycling Team | + 00.00 |
| 22 | Maxime Vezie | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | + 00.00 |
| 23 | Tom Crabbe | Team Flanders-Baloise | + 00.00 |
| 24 | Mathias Sanlaville | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | + 00.00 |
Points
Mountain
| Pos | Rider | Team | 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
| Pos | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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