Étoile de Bessèges 2026 - Startlist

5 stages, Bellegarde > Ales, 637.5km

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).

Startlist

Van Rysel-Roubaix

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121 Joppe Heremans Belgium
122 Arnaud Tendon Switzerland
123 Antoine Raugel France
124 Louis Hardouin France
125 Killian Théot France
126 Léandre Huck France
127 Kévin Avoine France

St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93

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131 Romain Cardis France
132 Axel Bouquet France
133 Théo Delacroix France
134 Simon Guglielmi France
135 Jérémy Lecroq France
136 Thomas Champion France
137 Morne Van Niekerk South Africa

Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur

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141 Jaakko Hänninen Finland
142 Alexander Konijn Netherlands
143 Tom Mainguenaud France
144 Laurens Huys Belgium
145 Baptiste Gillet France
146 Victor Papon France
147 Clément Davy France

CIC Pro Cycling Academy

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151 Maxime Vezie France
152 Victor Guernalec France
153 Maël Guégan France
154 Mathias Sanlaville France
155 Léandre Lozouet France
156 Lenaic Langella France
157 Similien Hamon France

Elite Fondations Cycling Team

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161 Alfie George United Kingdom
162 Arnaud Tissières Switzerland
163 Guillaume Bagou France
164 Nils Aebersold Switzerland
165 Jan Sommer Switzerland
166 Victor Jean France
167 Valentin Darbellay Switzerland

Race profile

Race
Étoile de Bessèges
Start date
04.02.2026
End date
08.02.2026
Total distance
637.5 km
Number of stages
5
Gen
Men
Cat
2.1
Country
France
Discipline
Road
First edition
1971

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