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Etoile de Bessèges (2.1), France

Winners, podium, distance, average speed

The Etoile de Bessèges, held in early February, is the first stage race of the European season. The first 3 editions of the race, from 1971 to 1973, were 1-day races. In 1974 it expanded to 5 stages, but was judged on points rather than time. The General Classification was determined by points through 1978. The 3-stage 1979 edition as well as subsequent years used elapsed time.

Year

1st Place

2nd Place

3rd Place

Distance

Average Speed
km/hr
1971 Jean-Luc Molineris René Grelin
@ s.t.		 Barry Hoban
@ 15sec		 150 km  
1972 Jean-Luc Molineris Guy Maingon
@ 17sec		 Daniel Van Rijckegem
@ 47sec		 150 km  
1973 Robert Mintkiewicz
3hr 4min		 Serge Lapébie
@ s.t.		 Bernard Masson
@ s.t.		 119 km 38.804
1974 Jacques Escalssan
24 points		 Gerrie Knetemann,
Charly Rouxel
tied at 34 points		   621 km  
1975 Patrick Beon
34 points		 Charly Rouxel
45 pointd		 Patrick Perret
67 points		 729 km  
1976 Maurice Le Guilloux
67 points		 Bernard Labourdette
80 points		 Guy Dolhats
85 points		 782 km  
1977 Willy Planckaert
27 points		 Serge Van Daele
46 points		 Sean Kelly
49 points		 655 km  
1978 Dietrich Thurau
6 points		 Leo Van Vliet
35 points		 Guido Van Sweevelt
38 pooints		 689 km  
1979 Jacques Michaud
10hr 29min 10sec		 Ferdi Van Den Haute
@ 2min 38sec		 Christian Levavasseur
@ s.t.		 423 km 40.339
1980 Franky De Gendt
9hr 58min 37sec		 Jean-Louis Gauthier
@ 55sec		 Wladimiro Panizza
@ s.t.		 408 km 40.894
1981 Jan Raas
10hr 59min 9sec		 Régis Clere
@ 11sec		 Frank Hoste
@ 50sec		 410.2 km 37.339
1982 Cees Priem
10hr 23min 49sec		 Leo Van Vliet
@ 2min 7sec		 Patrick Bonnet
@ 2min 11sec		 412 km 39.627
1983 Bert Oosterbosch
10hr 5min 11sec		 Gilbert Glaus
@ 9sec		 Gerrie Knetemann
@ 34sec		 378.8 km 37.556
1984 Eddy Planckaert
11hr 5sec		 Jos Lammertinck
@ 3sec		 Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke
@ 8sec		 430.45 km 39.131
1985 Guy Nulens
10hr 46min 26sec		 Jean-Claude Leclercq
@ 3sec		 Steven Rooks
@ 20sec		 406.5 km 37.730
1986 Niki Ruttiman
11hr 11min 13sec		 Marc Sergeant
@ .2sec		 Kim Andersen
@ 2sec		 415.8 km 37.168
1987 Ronan Pensec
9hr 38min 9sec		 Laurent Fignon
@ 3sec		 Guido Winterberg
@ 4sec		 395 km 40.993
1988 Adri Van Der Poel
10hr 45min 1sec		 Régis Simon
@ s.t.		 Soren Lilholt
@ 9sec		 407.5 km 37.906
1989 Etienne De Wilde
13hr 33min 33sec		 Teun Van Vliet
@ 1sec		 Frans Maasen
@ s.t.		 557 km 41.079
1990 Frans Maasen
16hr 51min 22sec		 Michel Vermote
@ 7sec		 Henri Manders
@ 14sec		 672.3 km 39.885
1991 Ad Wijnands
11hr 37min 11sec		 Stephan Joho
@ s.t.		 Frans Maasen
@ s.t.		 474 km 40.792
1992 Beat Zberg
15hr 14min 25sec		 Danny Nelissen
@ 34sec		 Ronan Pensec
@ 39sec		 577.7 km 37.906
1993 Armand De Las Cuevas
16hr 53min 6sec		 Jean-Pierre Heynderickx
@ 11sec		 Charly Mottet
@ s.t.		 656 km 38.851
1994 Jean-Paul Van Poppel
16hr 50min 37sec		 Christophe Leroscouet
@ s.t.		 Christian Chaubet
@ s.t.		 689 km 40.906
1995 Serguei Outschakov
14hr 31min 35sec		 Andrei Tchmil
@ 1min 10sec		 François Simon
@ 1min 20sec		 572.7 km 39.425
1996 Jan Svorada
17hr 39min 32sec		 Wilfried Nelissen
@ 20sec		 Fabio Baldato
@ 31sec		 735.4 km 41.645
1997 Patrice Halgand
16hr 26min 42sec		 Zbigniew Spruch
@ 5sec		 Bruno Boscardin
@ 6sec		 708.7 km 43.095
1998 Jo Planckaert
16ht 36min 49sec		 Alberto Elli
@ 5sec		 Philippe Gaumont
@ 8sec		 683.9 km 41.165
1999 David Lefevre
16hr 5min 26sec		 Jens Voigt
@ 4sec		 Andrei Tchmil
@ 9sec		 681.4 km 42.348
2000 Jo Planckaert
15hr 29min 18sec		 Jaan Kirispuu
@ 14sec		 Chris Peers
@ 22sec		 672 km 43.387
2001 Niko Eeckhout
16hr 48min 48sec		 Damien Nazon
@ 21sec		 Jan Svorada
@ 34sec		 708.2 km 42.121
2002 Robbie McEwen
16hr 48min 40sec		 Andrea Ferrigato
@ 8sec		 Lorenzo Bernucci
@ 20sec		 723.2 km 43.109
2003 Fabio Baldato
19hr 1min 30sec		 Mickael Skelde
@ 5sec		 Franck Bouyer
@ 6sec		 766 km 41.263
2004 Laurent Brochard
18hr 10min 37sec		 Sylvain Calzati
@ 8sec		 Joseba Zubeldia
@ 10sec		 746.6 km 41.074
2005 Freddy Bichot
18hr 3min 19sec		 Maxime Monfort
@ 8sec		 Arnaud Labbé
@ 1min 39sec		 719.5 km 39.850
2006 Frederik Willems
17hr 46min 12sec		 Preben Van Hecke
@ 26sec		 Thomas Voeckler
@ s.t.		 714.9 km 40.231
2007 Nick Nuyens
17hr 30min 53sec		 Vasil Kiryienka
@ 8sec		 Preben Van Hecke
@ 10sec		 717.9 km 40.988
2008 Yury Trofimov
17hr 46min 33sec		 Gianni Meersman
@ 52sec		 Pierrick Fedrigo
@ 57sec		 738 km 41.517
2009 Thomas Voeckler
14hr 32min 55sec		 Jure Kocjan
@ 1min 7sec		 Yury Trofimov
@ 1min 8sec		 626.5 km 43.062
2010 Samuel Dumoulin
17hr 10min 27sec		 Matthieu Ladagnous
@ 3sec		 Pieter Ghyllebert
@ 4sec		 718.3 km 41.818