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2023 Etoile de Bessèges (2.1), France

53rd edition: February 1 - 5, 2023

Etoile de Bessèges podium history | 2022 edition | 2024 edition | Start list
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5


Sunday, February 5: 5th & Final Stage, Alès 10.66 km individual time trial

Neilson Powless on his way to winning the 2023 Etoile de Bessèges by a single second.

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Weather at the race city of Alès at 1:40 PM, local time: 14C (57F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the north at 35 km/hr (22 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from GC winner Neilson Powless' Team EF Education-EasyPost.

The five-day stage race came down to a single second after over 11 hours of racing across the south of France. Neilson rode a stellar time trial on the final day, leaving every ounce of strength he had left on the road to the top of the race’s last climb. In the end, Neilson had just enough power to put five seconds into his main rival Mattias Skjelmose and take the winner’s shirt.

“I knew I would have to ride the TT just off of feel,” the American says. “At the end of a stage race, it’s all just about what you feel and how much you have left in the tank. I’m just so happy I could repay all the hard work that my teammates gave and get some redemption for myself. This feels amazing.

Neilson and his EF Education-EasyPost teammates made all the right moves during the first four stages to stay within striking distance of the winner’s jersey. Going into Sunday’s 10.6-km TT, Neilson was just four seconds back from the lead. He had gone on the offensive Saturday when the race hit the crosswinds and finished second at the summit of Mont Bouquet. On Sunday, he was determined to get the victory to reward his teammates.

“I was really torn up that I slipped up on my tactics at the very end yesterday,” Neilson says. “I knew I had to be first into that final corner, but Skjelmose knew the same thing. He just went earlier than I was anticipating so he got the better of me at the very end but I felt like I still had a lot left to give so I really wanted to make up for that today. It’s not possible to win a race like this with all these cross winds and punchy finishes and stages where every day you have to have perfect position almost the whole day without an impeccable team, a good race plan, a good strategy, a good director.

"Across the board, the staff, my teammates, the director, everybody was just 100% committed to winning this race overall. We couldn’t lose focus for one second, because every day the wind was blowing. The crosswinds were tearing the race apart every day. To not put a foot wrong over five days of that is just such a testament to how strong our team is and how committed we were and how good of teammates I have here. I couldn’t have picked a better team if I had my pick of the whole WorldTour to support me this week. It just makes me so proud to be a part of this team.”

For Neilson personally, this victory, and his win earlier this season at the Grand Prix La Marseillaise, affirm his ambitions for 2023.

“It feels amazing to have two wins now already,” Neilson says. “It gives me a lot of confidence and it makes me feel very proud of how far I’ve been able to come and develop as a bike rider and show my standard as a bike racer, not just as a climber or a time trialist or a puncheur. Here, I was able to show my ability to really be a part of the race across any terrain. I think that’s my strength: my ability to be a part of the race no matter what. I’ve grown a lot in terms of my ability to follow my teammates well and use them well. I think it’s really created a nice atmosphere in the team and now I have that confidence to start to lead the team better.”

We could not have had a better leader in Bessegès. Congratulations Neilson. Congratulations to his teammates at the race: Magnus Cort, Stefan Bissegger, Simon Carr, Andrea Piccolo, Mark Padun, and Ben Healy. Onwards!

Comple Results:

10.66 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.488 km/hr

1 Mads Pedersen Trek-Segafredo 15min 25sec
2 Joshua Tarling INEOS Grenadiers @ 8sec
3 Ben Tulett INEOS Grenadiers 0:10
4 Kévin Vauquelin Arkéa-Samsic 0:11
5 Pierre Latour TotalEnergies 0:15
6 Magnus Cort EF Education-EasyPost 0:20
7 Ben Turner INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
8 Neilson Powless EF Education-EasyPost 0:21
9 Mattias Skjelmose Trek-Segafredo 0:26
10 Bruno Armirail Groupama-FDJ 0:s.t.
11 Joel Suter Tudor Pro Cycling 0:28
12 Stefan Bissegger EF Education-EasyPost 0:39
13 Thibaut Pinot Groupama-FDJ 0:46
14 Anthony Perez Cofidis 0:48
15 Simon Carr EF Education-EasyPost 0:49
16 Thibault Guernalec Arkéa-Samsic 0:51
17 Pavel Sivakov INEOS Grenadiers 0:52
18 Rasmus Tiller Uno-X 0:53
19 Benjamin Thomas Cofidis s.t.
20 Pierre-Luc Périchon Cofidis 0:55
21 Julien Bernard Trek-Segafredo 1:01
22 Mathieu Burgaudeau TotalEnergies s.t.
23 Hugo Houle Israel-Premier Tech 1:02
24 Markus Hoelgaard Trek-Segafredo s.t.
25 Dylan Teuns Israel-Premier Tech 1:03
26 Michael Leonard INEOS Grenadiers 1:04
27 Krists Neilands Israel-Premier Tech 1:06
28 Andrea Piccolo EF Education-EasyPost 1:07
29 Julian Lino Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur s.t.
30 Sam Watson Groupama-FDJ s.t.
31 Arnaud De Lie Lotto Dstny 1:10
32 Valentin Ferron TotalEnergies s.t.
33 Fredrik Dversnes Uno-X 1:11
34 Raúl García Equipo Kern Pharma s.t.
35 Jenno Berckmoes Team Flanders-Baloise s.t.
36 Franck Bonnamour Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
37 Alexandre Delettre Cofidis s.t.
38 Julien Simon TotalEnergies s.t.
39 Brent Van Moer Lotto Dstny 1:12
40 Axel Laurance Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
41 Alexander Kamp Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
42 Toms Skujins Trek-Segafredo 1:13
43 Pau Miquel Delgado Equipo Kern Pharma 1:15
44 Milan Fretin Team Flanders-Baloise 1:23
45 Danny Van Der Tuuk Equipo Kern Pharma s.t.
46 Alan Riou Arkéa-Samsic 1:26
47 Thomas Champion Cofidis 1:27
48 Erik Resell Uno-X 1:28
49 Jacopo Mosca Trek-Segafredo s.t.
50 Tom Bohli Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
51 Laurent Pichon Arkéa-Samsic 1:33
52 Nicolas Debeaumarché St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 s.t.
53 Thomas Bonnet TotalEnergies 1:34
54 Lawrence Warbasse Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
55 Sep Vanmarcke Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
56 Samuel Leroux GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t.
57 Fabio Van Den Bossche Alpecin-Deceuninck 1:35
58 Vito Braet Team Flanders-Baloise 1:36
59 Luke Rowe INEOS Grenadiers 1:37
60 Andrea Mifsud Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 1:40
61 Louis Barré Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
62 Liam Slock Lotto Dstny 1:41
63 Lucas Eriksson Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
64 Benoît Cosnefroy Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
65 Mark Padun EF Education-EasyPost 1:43
66 Oliver Naesen Ag2r-Citroën 1:45
67 Petr Kelemen Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
68 Oded Kogut Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
69 Greg Van Avermaet Ag2r-Citroën 1:46
70 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 s.t.
71 Kristoffer Halvorsen Uno-X s.t.
72 Simon Pellaud Tudor Pro Cycling 1:49
73 Valentin Paret-Peintre Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
74 Elias Maris Team Flanders-Baloise 1:52
75 Anthony Turgis TotalEnergies 1:53
76 Dries De Bondt Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
77 Gilles De Wilde Team Flanders-Baloise 1:55
78 Nadav Raisberg Israel-Premier Tech 1:56
79 Remy Mertz Bingoal WB s.t.
80 Hugo Toumire Cofidis 1:57
81 Dries Van Gestel TotalEnergies 1:59
82 Michal Kwiatkowski INEOS Grenadiers 2:00
83 Alex Jaime Equipo Kern Pharma 2:02
84 Luca Mozzato Arkéa-Samsic 2:04
85 Lionel Taminiaux Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
86 Luca Van Boven Bingoal WB 2:08
87 Johan Meens Bingoal WB 2:10
88 Martin Urianstad Bugge Uno-X 2:11
89 Robbe Ghys Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
90 Romain Cardis St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 2:12
91 Aaron Van Poucke Team Flanders-Baloise 2:14
92 William Blume Levy Uno-X 2:15
93 Edward Planckaert Alpecin-Deceuninck 2:17
94 Ayco Bastiaens Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
95 Jordan Jegat CIC U Nantes-Atlantique 2:18
96 Enzo Paleni Groupama-FDJ 2:20
97 Valentin Retailleau Ag2r-Citroën 2:21
98 Ludovic Robeet Bingoal WB 2:23
99 Jelle Wallays Cofidis s.t.
100 Larry Valvasori Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 2:24
101 Jean-Louis Le Ny Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 2:27
102 Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen CIC U Nantes-Atlantique 2:28
103 Jérémy Leveau GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole 2:29
104 Jasper De Buyst Lotto Dstny 2:31
105 Maël Guégan CIC U Nantes-Atlantique 2:32
106 Norman Vahtra GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole 2:35
107 Fabian Lienhard Groupama-FDJ 2:38
108 Flavien Maurelet St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 2:42
109 Emmanuel Morin CIC U Nantes-Atlantique 2:51
110 Anthony Maldonado St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 2:56
111 Léo Danès CIC U Nantes-Atlantique 2:58
112 Daniel Mclay Arkéa-Samsic 3:01

 

Final GC after stage 5:

  • GC winner: Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost)
  • Points classification winner: Arnaud De Lie (Lotto Dstny)
  • Mountains classification winner: Vito Braet (Team Flanders-Baloise)
  • Best young rider: Mattias Skjelmose (Trek-Segafredo)
  • Teams classification winner: TotalEnergies

490.05 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.723 km/hr

1 Neilson Powless EF Education-EasyPost 11hr 12min 30sec
2 Mattias Skjelmose Trek-Segafredo @ 1sec
3 Pierre Latour TotalEnergies 0:12
4 Kévin Vauquelin Arkéa-Samsic 1:12
5 Pavel Sivakov INEOS Grenadiers 1:27
6 Thibaut Pinot Groupama-FDJ 1:58
7 Arnaud De Lie Lotto Dstny 2:04
8 Hugo Houle Israel-Premier Tech 2:27
9 Anthony Perez Cofidis 2:36
10 Joel Suter Tudor Pro Cycling 2:53
11 Benjamin Thomas Cofidis s.t.
12 Krists Neilands Israel-Premier Tech 2:54
13 Julien Bernard Trek-Segafredo 2:57
14 Pau Miquel Delgado Equipo Kern Pharma 3:08
15 Dylan Teuns Israel-Premier Tech 3:18
16 Franck Bonnamour Ag2r-Citroën 3:19
17 Mathieu Burgaudeau TotalEnergies 3:43
18 Axel Laurance Alpecin-Deceuninck 3:59
19 Raúl García Equipo Kern Pharma 4:10
20 Greg Van Avermaet Ag2r-Citroën 4:45
21 Valentin Ferron TotalEnergies 4:51
22 Fredrik Dversnes Uno-X 5:10
23 Jenno Berckmoes Team Flanders-Baloise 5:33
24 Lucas Eriksson Tudor Pro Cycling 5:47
25 Brent Van Moer Lotto Dstny 6:41
26 Thomas Bonnet TotalEnergies 6:50
27 Alexandre Delettre Cofidis 7:22
28 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 7:50
29 Oliver Naesen Ag2r-Citroën 8:00
30 Simon Pellaud Tudor Pro Cycling 8:18
31 Louis Barré Arkéa-Samsic 8:32
32 Julien Simon TotalEnergies 9:21
33 Petr Kelemen Tudor Pro Cycling 10:14
34 Sep Vanmarcke Israel-Premier Tech 10:22
35 Martin Urianstad Bugge Uno-X 10:57
36 Anthony Turgis TotalEnergies 11:07
37 Thibault Guernalec Arkéa-Samsic 11:30
38 Ben Turner INEOS Grenadiers 11:43
39 Benoît Cosnefroy Ag2r-Citroën 11:52
40 Jordan Jegat CIC U Nantes-Atlantique 12:20
41 Luca Van Boven Bingoal WB 12:23
42 Remy Mertz Bingoal WB 12:54
43 Fabio Van Den Bossche Alpecin-Deceuninck 14:21
44 Dries Van Gestel TotalEnergies 14:27
45 Rasmus Tiller Uno-X 14:28
46 Jasper De Buyst Lotto Dstny 14:48
47 Maël Guégan CIC U Nantes-Atlantique 15:00
48 Erik Resell Uno-X 15:01
49 Ben Tulett INEOS Grenadiers 15:40
50 Luca Mozzato Arkéa-Samsic 15:51
51 Markus Hoelgaard Trek-Segafredo 15:53
52 Bruno Armirail Groupama-FDJ 15:54
53 Lawrence Warbasse Ag2r-Citroën 16:09
54 Michal Kwiatkowski INEOS Grenadiers 16:23
55 Sam Watson Groupama-FDJ 16:33
56 Joshua Tarling INEOS Grenadiers 16:41
57 Andrea Piccolo EF Education-EasyPost 17:14
58 Magnus Cort EF Education-EasyPost 17:35
59 Gilles De Wilde Team Flanders-Baloise 17:58
60 Luke Rowe INEOS Grenadiers 18:10
61 Nadav Raisberg Israel-Premier Tech 18:58
62 Andrea Mifsud Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 19:43
63 Nicolas Debeaumarché St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 20:21
64 Hugo Toumire Cofidis 20:34
65 Romain Cardis St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 20:36
66 Valentin Retailleau Ag2r-Citroën 20:51
67 Kristoffer Halvorsen Uno-X 21:34
68 Toms Skujins Trek-Segafredo 21:41
69 Mads Pedersen Trek-Segafredo 22:08
70 Danny Van Der Tuuk Equipo Kern Pharma 22:23
71 Tom Bohli Tudor Pro Cycling 22:32
72 Stefan Bissegger EF Education-EasyPost 22:43
73 Elias Maris Team Flanders-Baloise 22:47
74 Pierre-Luc Périchon Cofidis 22:50
75 Dries De Bondt Alpecin-Deceuninck 23:01
76 Edward Planckaert Alpecin-Deceuninck 23:12
77 Liam Slock Lotto Dstny 23:55
78 Johan Meens Bingoal WB 24:04
79 Lionel Taminiaux Alpecin-Deceuninck 24:16
80 Norman Vahtra GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole 24:34
81 Jacopo Mosca Trek-Segafredo 25:47
82 Samuel Leroux GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole 26:56
83 Jean-Louis Le Ny Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 27:07
84 Anthony Maldonado St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 27:30
85 Laurent Pichon Arkéa-Samsic 28:04
86 Michael Leonard INEOS Grenadiers 28:13
87 Ayco Bastiaens Alpecin-Deceuninck 29:27
88 Léo Danès CIC U Nantes-Atlantique 29:58
89 Alex Jaime Equipo Kern Pharma 31:36
90 Flavien Maurelet St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 31:46
91 Jelle Wallays Cofidis 31:57
92 Alan Riou Arkéa-Samsic 32:15
93 Aaron Van Poucke Team Flanders-Baloise 32:25
94 Julian Lino Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 32:27
95 Milan Fretin Team Flanders-Baloise 33:26
96 Valentin Paret-Peintre Ag2r-Citroën 33:37
97 Alexander Kamp Tudor Pro Cycling 33:40
98 Fabian Lienhard Groupama-FDJ 33:41
99 Emmanuel Morin CIC U Nantes-Atlantique 35:27
100 Mark Padun EF Education-EasyPost 35:58
101 Ludovic Robeet Bingoal WB 36:00
102 Larry Valvasori Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 36:01
103 Jérémy Leveau GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole 36:34
104 Daniel Mclay Arkéa-Samsic 37:36
105 Thomas Champion Cofidis 37:39
106 Vito Braet Team Flanders-Baloise 38:22
107 William Blume Levy Uno-X 39:44
108 Robbe Ghys Alpecin-Deceuninck 41:26
109 Enzo Paleni Groupama-FDJ 43:36
110 Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen CIC U Nantes-Atlantique 44:06
111 Simon Carr EF Education-EasyPost 45:44
112 Oded Kogut Israel-Premier Tech 46:40

Saturday, February 4: Stage 4, St. Christol les Alès - Mont Bouquet, 145.5 km

Mont Bouquet is a 1st-category ascent.

Mattias Skjelmose beats Neilson Powless to the line. Sirotti photo

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Weather at Brouzet-les Alès, on the route, 4.6 km from the finish at 1:25 PM, local time: 15C (59F), sunny, with the wind from the north at 45 km/hr (28 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner and new GC leader Mattias Skjelmose's Team Trek-Segafredo.

The wind was fierce once again for the fourth stage of Etoile de Bessèges and the ever-wary Trek-Segafredo team was primed for action. After just 32km the race split to pieces in the early crosswinds, but Trek-Segafredo were in a great position with Mads Pedersen, Mattias Skjelmose, Toms Skujins and Jacopo Mosca in the front group, giving them a significant numerical advantage. The objective was simple – put Skjelmose in the best position possible for the summit finish at Mont Bouquet. With little to separate the GC so far, it was clear that the Queen Stage would play a significant role in deciding the race General Classification, as well as the final stage time trial.

Pedersen, Mosca and Skujins put on a textbook teamwork performance, going as deep as they could to drag their small group along, ahead of an unrelenting peloton. When they reached Mont Bouquet (4.6km, 9% avg.) it was all down to Skjelmose to finish off their sacrifice. Neilson Powless made the first move, leaving a game of poker between our young Dane and the two other chasers. Skjelmose bid his time before jumping across to the American. When he did, he made sure that the other chasers couldn’t follow him. After a moment to catch his breath, Mattias made use of his fast finish to speed past Powless for the win.

In the winner’s words:
“It was a pretty special day, full stretch from the first part and then Mads just told me straight away “take it easy, stay with me.” Even though we were pretty far back he just took it out to the left and easily put me in the first group without me having to stress. Then Mads, Jacopo and Toms worked like motherfuckers all day. I didn’t need to do anything, only had to pay attention to eat and drink and keep myself out of the wind. Then I just had to finish off their work. When the Team works like they did today there’s no such thing as bad legs, you only can have good legs and I’m so happy I could finish it off.

"We had a plan and we didn’t think that it would kick off like that, just that it would be more stressful like the first days but then suddenly it happened and we were there so we kept it going. We kept the effort all the way to the finish which I think is amazing because there were a lot more guys working in the peloton than in our group.

"I actually hoped the other guys would follow Powless. When they didn’t, the gap was too big so I had to wait a little bit for the steep part so I didn’t drag the other guys across. At the steep part I did my own rhythm over to Powless. I felt pretty good in the end so I’m happy with how it went.

"I think it’s the best situation for me to be in. I’m really motivated after today and I just want to finish it off so I can pay back the guys for all their work.”

Complete results:

145.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.136 km/hr

1 Mattias Skjelmose Trek-Segafredo 3hr 22min 23sec
2 Neilson Powless EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
3 Pierre Latour TotalEnergies @ 13sec
4 Pavel Sivakov INEOS Grenadiers 0:19
5 Kévin Vauquelin Arkéa-Samsic 1:06
6 Thibaut Pinot Groupama-FDJ 1:17
7 Hugo Houle Israel-Premier Tech 1:30
8 Arnaud De Lie Lotto Dstny 1:34
9 Julien Bernard Trek-Segafredo 1:40
10 Axel Laurance Alpecin-Deceuninck 1:53
11 Anthony Perez Cofidis s.t.
12 Jordan Jegat CIC U Nantes-Atlantique 1:58
13 Raúl García Equipo Kern Pharma s.t.
14 Franck Bonnamour Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
15 Krists Neilands Israel-Premier Tech 2:00
16 Pau Miquel Delgado Equipo Kern Pharma 2:05
17 Brent Van Moer Lotto Dstny s.t.
18 Thomas Bonnet TotalEnergies s.t.
19 Benjamin Thomas Cofidis s.t.
20 Joel Suter Tudor Pro Cycling 2:09
21 Andrea Mifsud Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 2:11
22 Erik Resell Uno-X 2:12
23 Dylan Teuns Israel-Premier Tech 2:32
24 Fredrik Dversnes Uno-X 2:43
25 Mathieu Burgaudeau TotalEnergies 2:47
26 Simon Pellaud Tudor Pro Cycling 2:50
27 Remy Mertz Bingoal WB 2:54
28 Johannes Adamietz Lotto Dstny 3:01
29 Greg Van Avermaet Ag2r-Citroën 3:04
30 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 3:12
31 Lucas Eriksson Tudor Pro Cycling 3:24
32 Jenno Berckmoes Team Flanders-Baloise 3:28
33 Julien Simon TotalEnergies 3:41
34 Valentin Ferron TotalEnergies s.t.
35 Martin Urianstad Bugge Uno-X 4:21
36 Oliver Naesen Ag2r-Citroën 4:56
37 Gilles De Wilde Team Flanders-Baloise s.t.
38 Petr Kelemen Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
39 Alexandre Delettre Cofidis 5:29
40 Louis Barré Arkéa-Samsic 6:57
41 Romain Cardis St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 s.t.
42 Hugo Toumire Cofidis 7:10
43 Luca Van Boven Bingoal WB 7:12
44 Nicolas Debeaumarché St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 7:21
45 Maël Guégan CIC U Nantes-Atlantique 8:23
46 Dries Van Gestel TotalEnergies 8:32
47 Sep Vanmarcke Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
48 Nadav Raisberg Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
49 Anthony Turgis TotalEnergies s.t.
50 Rasmus Tiller Uno-X s.t.
51 Kristoffer Halvorsen Uno-X s.t.
52 Ben Turner INEOS Grenadiers 9:14
53 Edward Planckaert Alpecin-Deceuninck 9:28
54 Dries De Bondt Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
55 Liam Slock Lotto Dstny s.t.
56 Fabio Van Den Bossche Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
57 Elias Maris Team Flanders-Baloise s.t.
58 Lionel Taminiaux Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
59 Jean-Louis Le Ny Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur s.t.
60 Thibault Guernalec Arkéa-Samsic 10:35
61 Tom Bohli Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
62 Stefan Bissegger EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
63 Norman Vahtra GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t.
64 Lawrence Warbasse Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
65 Benoît Cosnefroy Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
66 Jasper De Buyst Lotto Dstny 10:44
67 Michal Kwiatkowski INEOS Grenadiers 11:08
68 Luke Rowe INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
69 Joshua Tarling INEOS Grenadiers 11:08
70 Guillaume Boivin Israel-Premier Tech 11:51
71 Magnus Cort EF Education-EasyPost 11:58
72 Mark Padun EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
73 Toms Skujins Trek-Segafredo s.t.
74 Jacopo Mosca Trek-Segafredo 12:00
75 Mads Pedersen Trek-Segafredo s.t.
76 Markus Hoelgaard Trek-Segafredo s.t.
77 Luca Mozzato Arkéa-Samsic 12:04
78 Andrea Piccolo EF Education-EasyPost 13:01
79 Johan Meens Bingoal WB 14:51
80 Valentin Retailleau Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
81 Ayco Bastiaens Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
82 Laurent Pichon Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
83 Bruno Armirail Groupama-FDJ s.t.
84 Ludovic Robeet Bingoal WB 14:59
85 William Blume Levy Uno-X 15:12
86 Sam Watson Groupama-FDJ 15:42
87 Michael Leonard INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
88 Ben Tulett INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
89 Danny Van Der Tuuk Equipo Kern Pharma 16:45
90 Thomas Champion Cofidis 17:34
91 Pierre-Luc Périchon Cofidis 17:50
92 Rudy Barbier St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 17:55
93 Pierre Barbier CIC U Nantes-Atlantique s.t.
94 Milan Fretin Team Flanders-Baloise s.t.
95 Jelle Wallays Cofidis 18:07
96 Alex Jaime Equipo Kern Pharma s.t.
97 Fabian Lienhard Groupama-FDJ 18:27
98 Alan Riou Arkéa-Samsic 19:14
99 Daniel Mclay Arkéa-Samsic 19:46
100 Julian Lino Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 19:53
101 Emmanuel Morin CIC U Nantes-Atlantique 21:35
102 Léo Danès CIC U Nantes-Atlantique s.t.
103 Samuel Leroux GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t.
104 Rait Ärm GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t.
105 Alexander Kamp Tudor Pro Cycling 21:53
106 Larry Valvasori Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 22:10
107 Floris De Tier Bingoal WB 22:38
108 Anthony Maldonado St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 s.t.
109 Jonathan Couanon Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur s.t.
110 Oded Kogut Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
111 Flavien Maurelet St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 s.t.
112 Valentin Paret-Peintre Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
113 Jérémy Leveau GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t.
114 Aaron Van Poucke Team Flanders-Baloise s.t.
115 Simon Carr EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
116 Enzo Paleni Groupama-FDJ s.t.
117 Vito Braet Team Flanders-Baloise s.t.
118 Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen CIC U Nantes-Atlantique 23:00
119 Robbe Ghys Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.

 

GC after stage 4:

479.3 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.794 km/hr

1 Mattias Skjelmose Trek-Segafredo 10hr 56min 40sec
2 Neilson Powless EF Education-EasyPost @ 4sec
3 Pierre Latour TotalEnergies 0:22
4 Pavel Sivakov INEOS Grenadiers 1:00
5 Arnaud De Lie Lotto Dstny 1:19
6 Kévin Vauquelin Arkéa-Samsic 1:26
7 Thibaut Pinot Groupama-FDJ 1:37
8 Hugo Houle Israel-Premier Tech 1:50
9 Krists Neilands Israel-Premier Tech 2:13
10 Anthony Perez Cofidis s.t.
11 Pau Miquel Delgado Equipo Kern Pharma 2:18
12 Julien Bernard Trek-Segafredo 2:21
13 Benjamin Thomas Cofidis 2:25
14 Franck Bonnamour Ag2r-Citroën 2:33
15 Dylan Teuns Israel-Premier Tech 2:40
16 Joel Suter Tudor Pro Cycling 2:50
17 Mathieu Burgaudeau TotalEnergies 3:07
18 Axel Laurance Alpecin-Deceuninck 3:12
19 Greg Van Avermaet Ag2r-Citroën 3:24
20 Raúl García Equipo Kern Pharma s.t.
21 Valentin Ferron TotalEnergies 4:06
22 Fredrik Dversnes Uno-X 4:24
23 Lucas Eriksson Tudor Pro Cycling 4:31
24 Jenno Berckmoes Team Flanders-Baloise 4:47
25 Thomas Bonnet TotalEnergies 5:41
26 Brent Van Moer Lotto Dstny 5:54
27 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 6:29
28 Alexandre Delettre Cofidis 6:36
29 Oliver Naesen Ag2r-Citroën 6:40
30 Simon Pellaud Tudor Pro Cycling 6:54
31 Louis Barré Arkéa-Samsic 7:17
32 Julien Simon TotalEnergies 8:35
33 Petr Kelemen Tudor Pro Cycling 8:54
34 Martin Urianstad Bugge Uno-X 9:11
35 Sep Vanmarcke Israel-Premier Tech 9:13
36 Anthony Turgis TotalEnergies 9:39
37 Jordan Jegat CIC U Nantes-Atlantique 10:27
38 Benoît Cosnefroy Ag2r-Citroën 10:36
39 Luca Van Boven Bingoal WB 10:40
40 Thibault Guernalec Arkéa-Samsic 11:04
41 Remy Mertz Bingoal WB 11:23
42 Ben Turner INEOS Grenadiers 11:48
43 Jasper De Buyst Lotto Dstny 12:42
44 Maël Guégan CIC U Nantes-Atlantique 12:53
45 Dries Van Gestel TotalEnergies s.t.
46 Fabio Van Den Bossche Alpecin-Deceuninck 13:11
47 Erik Resell Uno-X 13:58
48 Rasmus Tiller Uno-X 14:00
49 Luca Mozzato Arkéa-Samsic 14:12
50 Michal Kwiatkowski INEOS Grenadiers 14:48
51 Lawrence Warbasse Ag2r-Citroën 15:00
52 Markus Hoelgaard Trek-Segafredo 15:16
53 Sam Watson Groupama-FDJ 15:51
54 Bruno Armirail Groupama-FDJ 15:53
55 Ben Tulett INEOS Grenadiers 15:55
56 Gilles De Wilde Team Flanders-Baloise 16:28
57 Andrea Piccolo EF Education-EasyPost 16:32
58 Guillaume Boivin Israel-Premier Tech 16:45
59 Luke Rowe INEOS Grenadiers 16:58
60 Joshua Tarling INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
61 Nadav Raisberg Israel-Premier Tech 17:27
62 Magnus Cort EF Education-EasyPost 17:40
63 Andrea Mifsud Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 18:28
64 Romain Cardis St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 18:49
65 Valentin Retailleau Ag2r-Citroën 18:55
66 Hugo Toumire Cofidis 19:02
67 Nicolas Debeaumarché St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 19:13
68 Johannes Adamietz Lotto Dstny 19:18
69 Kristoffer Halvorsen Uno-X 20:13
70 Toms Skujins Trek-Segafredo 20:53
71 Elias Maris Team Flanders-Baloise 21:20
72 Edward Planckaert Alpecin-Deceuninck 21:20
73 Danny Van Der Tuuk Equipo Kern Pharma 21:23
74 Tom Bohli Tudor Pro Cycling 21:29
75 Dries De Bondt Alpecin-Deceuninck 21:33
76 Johan Meens Bingoal WB 22:19
77 Pierre-Luc Périchon Cofidis 22:20
78 Norman Vahtra GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole 22:24
79 Stefan Bissegger EF Education-EasyPost 22:29
80 Mads Pedersen Trek-Segafredo 22:33
81 Lionel Taminiaux Alpecin-Deceuninck 22:37
82 Liam Slock Lotto Dstny 22:39
83 Floris De Tier Bingoal WB 24:13
84 Jacopo Mosca Trek-Segafredo 24:44
85 Anthony Maldonado St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 24:59
86 Jean-Louis Le Ny Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 25:05
87 Samuel Leroux GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole 25:47
88 Jonathan Couanon Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 26:35
89 Laurent Pichon Arkéa-Samsic 26:56
90 Léo Danès CIC U Nantes-Atlantique 27:25
91 Michael Leonard INEOS Grenadiers 27:34
92 Ayco Bastiaens Alpecin-Deceuninck 27:35
93 Flavien Maurelet St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 29:29
94 Jelle Wallays Cofidis 29:59
95 Alex Jaime Equipo Kern Pharma s.t.
96 Pierre Barbier CIC U Nantes-Atlantique 30:26
97 Rudy Barbier St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 s.t.
98 Aaron Van Poucke Team Flanders-Baloise 30:36
99 Alan Riou Arkéa-Samsic 31:14
100 Fabian Lienhard Groupama-FDJ 31:28
101 Julian Lino Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 31:45
102 Valentin Paret-Peintre Ag2r-Citroën 32:13
103 Milan Fretin Team Flanders-Baloise 32:28
104 Rait Ärm GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole 32:40
105 Alexander Kamp Tudor Pro Cycling 32:53
106 Emmanuel Morin CIC U Nantes-Atlantique 33:01
107 Larry Valvasori Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 34:02
108 Ludovic Robeet Bingoal WB s.t.
109 Jérémy Leveau GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole 34:30
110 Mark Padun EF Education-EasyPost 34:40
111 Daniel Mclay Arkéa-Samsic 35:00
112 Thomas Champion Cofidis 36:37
113 Vito Braet Team Flanders-Baloise 37:11
114 William Blume Levy Uno-X 37:54
115 Robbe Ghys Alpecin-Deceuninck 39:40
116 Enzo Paleni Groupama-FDJ 41:41
117 Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen CIC U Nantes-Atlantique 42:03
118 Oded Kogut Israel-Premier Tech 45:20
119 Simon Carr EF Education-EasyPost s.t.

 


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Friday, February 3: Stage 3, Bessèges - Bessèges, 169.7 km

Arnaud De Lie takes another stage. Photo: Getty Sport Images

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Weather at the start/finish city of Bessèges at 1:30 PM, local time: 16C (60F), sunny, with the wind from the north at 23 km/hr (14 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner and GC leader Arnaud De Lie's Team Lotto Dstny.

Arnaud De Lie has also won the third stage of the Etoile de Bessèges. The Lotto Dstny rider again impressed on the way to Bessèges and showed to be the fastest of a heavily reduced bunch at the end. For De Lie, it’s a second consecutive victory at the Etoile de Bessèges, after yesterday’s stage was neutralised. The 20-year-old Belgian also extended his lead in the general classification, on the eve of the queen stage towards Mont Bouquet.

The third stage exploded on a local circuit including two climbs. A strong-looking Arnaud De Lie could once again count on the support of this teammates and could just hold on to the leading group during the final ascent. After the final time up Col des Brousses, the lead group split to pieces on a technical descent. De Lie got caught by a chasing group, which still closed the gap towards the front of the race. In the penultimate kilometre, it was De Lie himself who tried to escape the bunch but eventually the 20-year-old would finish it off in a reduced bunch sprint, where he clinched his second Etoile de Bessèges stage win in impressive manner.

Arnaud De Lie: “Maybe this victory looked easy but I can tell you that this was not the case. We expected the race to open really early but in the end, it was only on the local circuit that things exploded. I wasn’t immediately up there on the penultimate ascent, but luckily my teammates brought me back in contention. On the final climb, I did everything to try to follow, but honestly I was a bit cooked and started the descent in last position, where it eventually split.”

In the chase, De Lie hoped that it would all come back together for a sprint, which it eventually did in the last kilometres.

“I was lucky that the cooperation wasn’t great in the front group. Eventually it all came together in the last kilometres and I still answered an attack by a Uno-X rider because attack is the best defence, right? We got caught however but I could still recover. I had to do a long sprint but that’s just how I like it. It feels fantastic to again reward great teamwork because without Sébastien Grignard and Cedric Beullens at the start, it wasn’t easy today.”

“Tomorrow’s summit finish? Of course you should defend a leader’s jersey to the best of your abilities, but it really is a tough climb. I don’t expect to make it but we will give our all, that’s for sure”, concludes a motivated Arnaud De Lie.

Sébastien Grignard and Cedric Beullens did not start stage three. Both riders were involved in the big crash yesterday. Grignard incurred multiple abrasions and bruises but further examinations revealed no fractures. For Beullens, it was his third crash in a short time and needs to heal a wound he incurred at his knee.

Complete results:

169.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.767 km/hr

1 Arnaud De Lie Lotto Dstny 4hr 3min 47sec
2 Valentin Ferron TotalEnergies s.t.
3 Sam Watson Groupama-FDJ s.t.
4 Louis Barré Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
5 Sep Vanmarcke Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
6 Joel Suter Tudor Pro Cycling Team s.t.
7 Remy Mertz Bingoal WB s.t.
8 Pierre Latour TotalEnergies s.t.
9 Greg Van Avermaet Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
10 Franck Bonnamour Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
11 Kévin Vauquelin Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
12 Mattias Skjelmose Jensen Trek-Segafredo s.t.
13 Alexandre Delettre Cofidis s.t.
14 Jordan Jegat CIC U Nantes-Atlantique s.t.
15 Neilson Powless EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
16 Benoît Cosnefroy Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
17 Thibault Guernalec Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
18 Pavel Sivakov INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
19 Ben Tulett INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
20 Mathieu Burgaudeau TotalEnergies s.t.
21 Hugo Houle Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
22 Thibaut Pinot Groupama-FDJ s.t.
23 Bruno Armirail Groupama-FDJ s.t.
24 Krists Neilands Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
25 Julien Bernard Trek-Segafredo s.t.
26 Anthony Perez Cofidis s.t.
27 Anthony Turgis TotalEnergies s.t.
28 Lucas Eriksson Tudor Pro Cycling Team s.t.
29 Oliver Naesen Ag2r-Citroën @ 1min 6sec
30 Jenno Berckmoes Team Flanders-Baloise s.t.
31 Floris De Tier Bingoal WB s.t.
32 Anthony Maldonado St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 s.t.
33 Axel Laurance Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
34 Jasper De Buyst Lotto Dstny s.t.
35 Markus Hoelgaard Trek-Segafredo s.t.
36 Raúl García Equipo Kern Pharma s.t.
37 Fredrik Dversnes Uno-X Pro Cycling s.t.
38 Valentin Paret-Peintre Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
39 Luca Mozzato Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
40 Ben Turner INEOS Grenadiers 1:12
41 Pau Miquel Delgado Equipo Kern Pharma @ 0sec
42 Benjamin Thomas Cofidis @ 0sec
43 Dylan Teuns Israel-Premier Tech @ 0sec
44 Francisco Galván Equipo Kern Pharma 2:14
45 Emmanuel Morin CIC U Nantes-Atlantique 2:57
46 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 s.t.
47 Luca Van Boven Bingoal WB s.t.
48 Julian Lino Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 3:23
49 Nicolas Debeaumarché St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 s.t.
50 Romain Cardis St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 s.t.
51 Thomas Bonnet TotalEnergies s.t.
52 Julian Mertens Bingoal WB s.t.
53 Nolann Mahoudo CIC U Nantes-Atlantique s.t.
54 Maël Guégan CIC U Nantes-Atlantique s.t.
55 Petr Kelemen Tudor Pro Cycling Team s.t.
56 Samuel Leroux GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Métropole s.t.
57 Jonathan Couanon Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur s.t.
58 Brent Van Moer Lotto Dstny s.t.
59 Julien Simon TotalEnergies s.t.
60 Elias Maris Team Flanders-Baloise s.t.
61 Jérémy Leveau GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Métropole s.t.
62 Larry Valvasori Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur s.t.
63 Simon Pellaud Tudor Pro Cycling Team s.t.
64 Dries Van Gestel TotalEnergies s.t.
65 Fabio Van Den Bossche Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
66 Danny Van Der Tuuk Equipo Kern Pharma s.t.
67 Jake Stewart Groupama-FDJ s.t.
68 Luke Rowe INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
69 Lawrence Warbasse Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
70 Michal Kwiatkowski INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
71 Joshua Tarling INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
72 Valentin Retailleau Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
73 Michael Leonard INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
74 Hugo Toumire Cofidis s.t.
75 Andrea Piccolo EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
76 Pierre-Luc Périchon Cofidis s.t.
77 Jelle Wallays Cofidis s.t.
78 Magnus Cort EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
79 Edward Planckaert Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
80 Guillaume Boivin Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
81 Anders Halland Johannessen Uno-X Pro Cycling @ 0sec
82 Rasmus Tiller Uno-X Pro Cycling 3:35
83 Martin Urianstad Bugge Uno-X Pro Cycling s.t.
84 Alex Jaime Equipo Kern Pharma 3:23
85 Léo Danès CIC U Nantes-Atlantique 5:05
86 Flavien Maurelet St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 6:31
87 Johan Meens Bingoal WB 7:08
88 Jean-Louis Le Ny Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur s.t.
89 Andrea Mifsud Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 7:48
90 Nadav Raisberg Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
91 Johannes Adamietz Lotto Dstny s.t.
92 Eugenio Sanchez Equipo Kern Pharma s.t.
93 Aaron Van Poucke Team Flanders-Baloise s.t.
94 Toms Skujins Trek-Segafredo s.t.
95 Erik Resell Uno-X Pro Cycling 10:34
96 Kristoffer Halvorsen Uno-X Pro Cycling s.t.
97 Thomas Champion Cofidis s.t.
98 Dries De Bondt Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
99 Norman Vahtra GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Métropole s.t.
100 Rait Ärm GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Métropole s.t.
101 Enzo Paleni Groupama-FDJ s.t.
102 Stefan Bissegger EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
103 Fabian Lienhard Groupama-FDJ s.t.
104 Mads Pedersen Trek-Segafredo s.t.
105 Jacopo Mosca Trek-Segafredo s.t.
106 Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen CIC U Nantes-Atlantique s.t.
107 Alan Riou Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
108 Tom Bohli Tudor Pro Cycling Team s.t.
109 Gilles De Wilde Team Flanders-Baloise s.t.
110 Alexander Kamp Tudor Pro Cycling Team s.t.
111 Liam Slock Lotto Dstny s.t.
112 Ayco Bastiaens Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
113 Kenny Molly GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Métropole s.t.
114 Lionel Taminiaux Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
115 Ludovic Robeet Bingoal WB s.t.
116 Laurent Pichon Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
117 Daniel Mclay Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
118 Rudy Barbier St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 11:24
119 Pierre Barbier CIC U Nantes-Atlantique s.t.
120 Damien Girard Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 11:33
121 Mark Padun EF Education-EasyPost 14:13
122 Oded Kogut Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
123 William Blume Levy Uno-X Pro Cycling s.t.
124 Simon Carr EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
125 Paul Hennequin Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur s.t.
126 Vito Braet Team Flanders-Baloise s.t.
127 Milan Fretin Team Flanders-Baloise s.t.
128 Robbe Ghys Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.

 

GC after stage 3:

331.8 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.847 km/hr.

1 Arnaud De Lie Lotto Dstny 7hr 34min 2sec
2 Benoît Cosnefroy Ag2r-Citroën @ 16sec
3 Dylan Teuns Israel-Premier Tech 0:23
4 Sam Watson Groupama-FDJ 0:24
5 Mattias Skjelmose Jensen Trek-Segafredo 0:25
6 Neilson Powless EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
7 Pierre Latour TotalEnergies 0:28
8 Ben Tulett INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
9 Krists Neilands Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
10 Pau Miquel Delgado Equipo Kern Pharma s.t.
11 Anders Halland Johannessen Uno-X Pro Cycling s.t.
12 Louis Barré Arkéa-Samsic 0:35
13 Greg Van Avermaet Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
14 Mathieu Burgaudeau TotalEnergies s.t.
15 Kévin Vauquelin Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
16 Anthony Perez Cofidis s.t.
17 Hugo Houle Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
18 Thibaut Pinot Groupama-FDJ s.t.
19 Benjamin Thomas Cofidis s.t.
20 Valentin Ferron TotalEnergies 0:40
21 Thibault Guernalec Arkéa-Samsic 0:44
22 Franck Bonnamour Ag2r-Citroën 0:50
23 Joel Suter Tudor Pro Cycling Team 0:56
24 Sep Vanmarcke Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
25 Pavel Sivakov INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
26 Julien Bernard Trek-Segafredo s.t.
27 Bruno Armirail Groupama-FDJ 1:17
28 Alexandre Delettre Cofidis 1:22
29 Anthony Turgis TotalEnergies s.t.
30 Lucas Eriksson Tudor Pro Cycling Team s.t.
31 Jenno Berckmoes Team Flanders-Baloise 1:34
32 Axel Laurance Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
33 Raúl García Equipo Kern Pharma 1:41
34 Floris De Tier Bingoal WB 1:50
35 Fredrik Dversnes Uno-X Pro Cycling 1:56
36 Oliver Naesen Ag2r-Citroën 1:59
37 Jasper De Buyst Lotto Dstny 2:13
38 Luca Mozzato Arkéa-Samsic 2:23
39 Anthony Maldonado St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 2:36
40 Ben Turner INEOS Grenadiers 2:49
41 Francisco Galván Equipo Kern Pharma 3:00
42 Markus Hoelgaard Trek-Segafredo 3:31
43 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 3:32
44 Luca Van Boven Bingoal WB 3:43
45 Andrea Piccolo EF Education-EasyPost 3:46
46 Thomas Bonnet TotalEnergies 3:51
47 Michal Kwiatkowski INEOS Grenadiers 3:55
48 Fabio Van Den Bossche Alpecin-Deceuninck 3:58
49 Brent Van Moer Lotto Dstny 4:04
50 Jonathan Couanon Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 4:12
51 Petr Kelemen Tudor Pro Cycling Team 4:13
52 Simon Pellaud Tudor Pro Cycling Team 4:19
53 Valentin Retailleau Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
54 Samuel Leroux GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Métropole 4:27
55 Dries Van Gestel TotalEnergies 4:36
56 Lawrence Warbasse Ag2r-Citroën 4:40
57 Maël Guégan CIC U Nantes-Atlantique 4:45
58 Nolann Mahoudo CIC U Nantes-Atlantique s.t.
59 Pierre-Luc Périchon Cofidis 4:45
60 Danny Van Der Tuuk Equipo Kern Pharma 4:53
61 Jake Stewart Groupama-FDJ 4:58
62 Martin Urianstad Bugge Uno-X Pro Cycling 5:05
63 Julien Simon TotalEnergies 5:09
64 Guillaume Boivin Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
65 Rasmus Tiller Uno-X Pro Cycling 5:43
66 Magnus Cort EF Education-EasyPost 5:57
67 Léo Danès CIC U Nantes-Atlantique 6:05
68 Luke Rowe INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
69 Joshua Tarling INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
70 Julian Mertens Bingoal WB 6:41
71 Flavien Maurelet St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 7:06
72 Johan Meens Bingoal WB 7:43
73 Aaron Van Poucke Team Flanders-Baloise 8:13
74 Remy Mertz Bingoal WB 8:44
75 Jordan Jegat CIC U Nantes-Atlantique 8:44
76 Nadav Raisberg Israel-Premier Tech 9:10
77 Toms Skujins Trek-Segafredo s.t.
78 Valentin Paret-Peintre Ag2r-Citroën 9:50
79 Mads Pedersen Trek-Segafredo 10:48
80 Tom Bohli Tudor Pro Cycling Team 11:09
81 Alexander Kamp Tudor Pro Cycling Team 11:15
82 Rait Ärm GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Métropole 11:20
83 Emmanuel Morin CIC U Nantes-Atlantique 11:41
84 Gilles De Wilde Team Flanders-Baloise 11:47
85 Kristoffer Halvorsen Uno-X Pro Cycling 11:56
86 Erik Resell Uno-X Pro Cycling 12:01
87 Norman Vahtra GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Métropole 12:04
88 Julian Lino Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 12:07
89 Jérémy Leveau GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Métropole s.t.
90 Nicolas Debeaumarché St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 s.t.
91 Elias Maris Team Flanders-Baloise s.t.
92 Romain Cardis St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 s.t.
93 Larry Valvasori Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur s.t.
94 Jelle Wallays Cofidis s.t.
95 Hugo Toumire Cofidis s.t.
96 Michael Leonard INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
97 Alex Jaime Equipo Kern Pharma s.t.
98 Edward Planckaert Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
99 Stefan Bissegger EF Education-EasyPost 12:09
100 Alan Riou Arkéa-Samsic 12:15
101 Dries De Bondt Alpecin-Deceuninck 12:20
102 Laurent Pichon Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
103 Pierre Barbier CIC U Nantes-Atlantique 12:46
104 Rudy Barbier St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 12:46
105 Damien Girard Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 12:50
106 Jacopo Mosca Trek-Segafredo 12:59
107 Ayco Bastiaens Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
108 Fabian Lienhard Groupama-FDJ 13:16
109 Lionel Taminiaux Alpecin-Deceuninck 13:24
110 Liam Slock Lotto Dstny 13:26
111 Vito Braet Team Flanders-Baloise 14:48
112 Milan Fretin Team Flanders-Baloise s.t.
113 Daniel Mclay Arkéa-Samsic 15:29
114 Jean-Louis Le Ny Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 15:52
115 Johannes Adamietz Lotto Dstny 16:32
116 Eugenio Sanchez Equipo Kern Pharma s.t.
117 Andrea Mifsud Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur s.t.
118 Robbe Ghys Alpecin-Deceuninck 16:55
119 Thomas Champion Cofidis 19:18
120 Enzo Paleni Groupama-FDJ s.t.
121 Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen CIC U Nantes-Atlantique s.t.
122 Ludovic Robeet Bingoal WB s.t.
123 Kenny Molly GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Métropole s.t.
124 William Blume Levy Uno-X Pro Cycling 22:57
125 Simon Carr EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
126 Mark Padun EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
127 Oded Kogut Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
128 Paul Hennequin Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur s.t.

 


Thursday, February 2: Stage 2, Bagard - Aubais, 164.21 km

Stage 2 photos

Here's a Eurosport TV screenshot of the bridge crash with one rider hanging over the edge of the bridge.

Weather at the finish city of Aubais at 1:25 PM, local time: 14C (57f), sunny, with the wind from the north at 34 km/hr (21 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: After a giant crash with just 22 kilometers to go, the stage was neutralized. There is no winner to stage two and the GC remains unchanged.

Complete results: None.

GC after stage 2:

162.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.186 km/hr

1 Arnaud De Lie Lotto Dstny 3hr 30min 25sec
2 Mads Pedersen Trek-Segafredo @ 4sec
3 Benoît Cosnefroy Ag2r-Citroën 0:06
4 Dylan Teuns Israel-Premier Tech 0:13
5 Andrea Piccolo EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
6 Mattias Skjelmose Jensen Trek-Segafredo 0:15
7 Neilson Powless EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
8 Aaron Van Poucke Team Flanders-Baloise s.t.
9 Pau Miquel Delgado Equipo Kern Pharma 0:18
10 Anders Halland Johannessen Uno-X Pro Cycling Team s.t.
11 Sam Watson Groupama-FDJ s.t.
12 Ben Tulett INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
13 Thomas Bonnet TotalEnergies s.t.
14 Pierre Latour TotalEnergies s.t.
15 Jenno Berckmoes Team Flanders-Baloise s.t.
16 Axel Laurance Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
17 Krists Neilands Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
18 Michal Kwiatkowski INEOS Grenadiers 0:22
19 Johan Meens Bingoal-WB 0:25
20 Vito Braet Team Flanders-Baloise s.t.
21 Benjamin Thomas Cofidis s.t.
22 Anthony Perez Cofidis s.t.
23 Ben Healy EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
24 Fabio Van Den Bossche Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
25 Mathieu Burgaudeau TotalEnergies s.t.
26 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 s.t.
27 Jacob Eriksson Tudor Pro Cycling Team s.t.
28 Hugo Houle Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
29 Tom Bohli Tudor Pro Cycling Team s.t.
30 Thibaut Pinot Groupama-FDJ s.t.
31 Milan Fretin Team Flanders-Baloise s.t.
32 Flavien Maurelet St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 s.t.
33 Raúl García Equipo Kern Pharma s.t.
34 Greg Van Avermaet Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
35 Thomas Boudat GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t.
36 Louis Barré Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
37 Kévin Vauquelin Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
38 Alexander Kamp Tudor Pro Cycling Team 0:31
39 Brent Van Moer Lotto Dstny s.t.
40 Thibault Guernalec Arkéa-Samsic 0:34
41 Floris De Tier Bingoal-WB s.t.
42 Rait Ärm GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole 0:36
43 Luca Van Boven Bingoal-WB s.t.
44 Francisco Galván Equipo Kern Pharma s.t.
45 Valentin Ferron TotalEnergies s.t.
46 Jonathan Couanon Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 0:39
47 Lars Van Den Berg Groupama-FDJ 0:40
48 Petr Kelemen Tudor Pro Cycling Team s.t.
49 Franck Bonnamour Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
50 Fredrik Dversnes Uno-X Pro Cycling Team s.t.
51 Oliver Naesen Ag2r-Citroën 0:43
52 Pavel Sivakov INEOS Grenadiers 0:46
53 Joel Suter Tudor Pro Cycling Team s.t.
54 Valentin Retailleau Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
55 Julien Bernard Trek-Segafredo s.t.
56 Simon Pellaud Tudor Pro Cycling Team s.t.
57 Sep Vanmarcke Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
58 Nathan Vandepitte Bingoal-WB s.t.
59 Léo Danès CIC U Nantes-Atlantique 0:50
60 Samuel Leroux GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole 0:54
61 Jasper De Buyst Lotto Dstny 0:57
62 Dries Van Gestel TotalEnergies 1:03
63 Gilles De Wilde Team Flanders-Baloise s.t.
64 Luca Mozzato Arkéa-Samsic 1:07
65 Lawrence Warbasse Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
66 Bruno Armirail Groupama-FDJ s.t.
67 Damien Girard Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur s.t.
68 Maël Guégan CIC U Nantes-Atlantique 1:12
69 Morne Van Niekerk St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 s.t.
70 Toms Skujins Trek-Segafredo s.t.
71 Nadav Raisberg Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
72 Nolann Mahoudo CIC U Nantes-Atlantique s.t.
73 Pierre Barbier CIC U Nantes-Atlantique s.t.
74 Kristoffer Halvorsen Uno-X Pro Cycling Team s.t.
75 Anthony Turgis TotalEnergies s.t.
76 Rudy Barbier St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 s.t.
77 Lucas Eriksson Tudor Pro Cycling Team s.t.
78 Pierre-Luc Périchon Cofidis s.t.
79 Alexandre Delettre Cofidis s.t.
80 Erik Resell Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 1:17
81 Martin Urianstad Bugge Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 1:20
82 Danny Van Der Tuuk Equipo Kern Pharma s.t.
83 Anthony Maldonado St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 s.t.
84 Norman Vahtra GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t.
85 Stefan Bissegger EF Education-EasyPost 1:25
86 Jake Stewart Groupama-FDJ s.t.
87 Ben Turner INEOS Grenadiers 1:27
88 Alan Riou Arkéa-Samsic 1:31
89 Martí Márquez Equipo Kern Pharma s.t.
90 Julien Simon TotalEnergies 1:36
91 Laurent Pichon Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
92 Dries De Bondt Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
93 Guillaume Boivin Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
94 Sébastien Grignard Lotto Dstny 1:41
95 Rasmus Tiller Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 1:58
96 Ayco Bastiaens Alpecin-Deceuninck 2:15
97 Markus Hoelgaard Trek-Segafredo s.t.
98 Jacopo Mosca Trek-Segafredo s.t.
99 Magnus Cort EF Education-EasyPost 2:24
100 Robbe Ghys Alpecin-Deceuninck 2:32
101 Luke Rowe INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
102 Fabian Lienhard Groupama-FDJ s.t.
103 Joshua Tarling INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
104 Lionel Taminiaux Alpecin-Deceuninck 2:40
105 Liam Slock Lotto Dstny 2:42
106 Julian Mertens Bingoal-WB 3:08
107 Daniel Mclay Arkéa-Samsic 4:45
108 Cédric Beullens Lotto Dstny 8:34
109 Emmanuel Morin CIC U Nantes-Atlantique s.t.
110 Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen CIC U Nantes-Atlantique s.t.
111 Jelle Wallays Cofidis s.t.
112 William Blume Levy Uno-X Pro Cycling Team s.t.
113 Eugenio Sanchez Equipo Kern Pharma s.t.
114 Johannes Adamietz Lotto Dstny s.t.
115 Enzo Paleni Groupama-FDJ s.t.
116 Valentin Tabellion GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t.
117 Julian Lino Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur s.t.
118 Jérémy Leveau GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t.
119 Thomas Champion Cofidis s.t.
120 Hugo Toumire Cofidis s.t.
121 Elias Maris Team Flanders-Baloise s.t.
122 Alex Jaime Equipo Kern Pharma s.t.
123 Larry Valvasori Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur s.t.
124 Simon Carr EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
125 Michael Leonard INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
126 Jordan Jegat CIC U Nantes-Atlantique s.t.
127 Paul Hennequin Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur s.t.
128 Oded Kogut Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
129 Mark Padun EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
130 Ludovic Robeet Bingoal-WB s.t.
131 Remy Mertz Bingoal-WB s.t.
132 Nicolas Debeaumarché St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 s.t.
133 Romain Cardis St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 s.t.
134 Andrea Mifsud Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur s.t.
135 Valentin Paret-Peintre Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
136 Edward Planckaert Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
137 Kenny Molly GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t.
138 Jean-Louis Le Ny Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur s.t.

 

Stage two photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

The peloton finishes the now neutralized stage.

Benoit Cosnefroy after the stage.

Tudor riders after the stage.

Groupama-FDJ rider Enzo Paleni obviously fell.

Arnaud De Lie

Arnaud De Lie remains the GC leader.


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Wednesday, February 1: Stage 1, Bellegarde - Bellegarde, 162.1 km

Arnaud De Lie

Arnaud De Lie takes the first stage. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the start/finish city of Bellegarde at 1:40 PM, local tme: 13C (55F), sunny, with the wind from the northwest at 39 km/hr (24 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from winner Arnaud De Lie's Team Lotto Dstny.

Lotto Dstny rider Arnaud De Lie won the opening stage of the Etoile de Bessèges in impressive fashion. The 20-year-old Belgian impressed on a finish suited for punchers. On the steep slopes towards the finish, De Lie answered an acceleration of Mads Pedersen, passed the Danish former world champion just before entering the final straight and secured his second victory of the season. De Lie is also the first leader in the five-day stage race in the south of France.

The opening stage was immediately marked by echelons as the bunch split into several pieces at around 60 kilometres from the finish. Lotto Dstny stayed attentive and was present in the front group with four riders: Liam Slock, Sébastien Grignard, Brent Van Moer and Arnaud De Lie. At ten kilometres from the finish, a sizeable group returned as the bunch rushed towards Bellegarde, where a punchy finish awaited. After a fine lead-out by Lotto Dstny and an ultimate pull by Jasper De Buyst, it was Pedersen who attacked. De Lie took the wheel of the Danish former world champion, accelerated going into the final corner and sprinted to victory in impressive fashion. Mads Pedersen finished second, Benoit Cosnefroy third.

Arnaud De Lie: “It is fantastic to start the season with such a shape and already two wins. But this wouldn’t be possible without a strong Lotto Dstny team behind me. I am really thankful to my teammates because they really raced by the book today. When the bunch split to pieces far from the finish, we were in the lead group with four guys. In the end, also Jasper De Buyst joined and we took the initiative in the peloton during the final kilometres. My teammates really delivered the perfect lead-out.”

“We did a recon of this finish past Monday and I already noticed that it flattened out a bit at 500 metres from the finish. Right there, Mads Pedersen launched his attack. I held onto his wheel and felt strong enough to pass him and sprint towards the finish. It felt great to win that way. This Etoile de Bessèges is already a success with this stage win, but there are some nice opportunities in the next two days. And with this team spirit, a lot more is possible”, concludes Arnaud De Lie.

Complete results:

162.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.186 km/hr

1 Arnaud De Lie Lotto Dstny 3hr 30min 35sec
2 Mads Pedersen Trek-Segafredo s.t.
3 Benoît Cosnefroy Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
4 Dylan Teuns Israel-Premier Tech @ 3sec
5 Andrea Piccolo EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
6 Mattias Skjelmose Jensen Trek-Segafredo 0:05
7 Neilson Powless EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
8 Aaron Van Poucke Team Flanders-Baloise s.t.
9 Pau Miquel Delgado Equipo Kern Pharma 0:08
10 Anders Halland Johannessen Uno-X Pro Cycling Team s.t.
11 Sam Watson Groupama-FDJ s.t.
12 Ben Tulett INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
13 Thomas Bonnet TotalEnergies s.t.
14 Pierre Latour TotalEnergies s.t.
15 Jenno Berckmoes Team Flanders-Baloise s.t.
16 Axel Laurance Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
17 Krists Neilands Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
18 Michal Kwiatkowski INEOS Grenadiers 0:12
19 Johan Meens Bingoal-WB 0:15
20 Vito Braet Team Flanders-Baloise s.t.
21 Benjamin Thomas Cofidis s.t.
22 Anthony Perez Cofidis s.t.
23 Ben Healy EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
24 Fabio Van Den Bossche Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
25 Mathieu Burgaudeau TotalEnergies s.t.
26 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 s.t.
27 Jacob Eriksson Tudor Pro Cycling Team s.t.
28 Hugo Houle Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
29 Tom Bohli Tudor Pro Cycling Team s.t.
30 Thibaut Pinot Groupama-FDJ s.t.
31 Milan Fretin Team Flanders-Baloise s.t.
32 Flavien Maurelet St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 s.t.
33 Raúl García Equipo Kern Pharma s.t.
34 Greg Van Avermaet Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
35 Thomas Boudat GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t.
36 Louis Barré Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
37 Kévin Vauquelin Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
38 Alexander Kamp Tudor Pro Cycling Team 0:21
39 Brent Van Moer Lotto Dstny s.t.
40 Thibault Guernalec Arkéa-Samsic 24
41 Floris De Tier Bingoal-WB s.t.
42 Rait Ärm GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole 0:26
43 Luca Van Boven Bingoal-WB s.t.
44 Francisco Galván Equipo Kern Pharma s.t.
45 Valentin Ferron TotalEnergies s.t.
46 Jonathan Couanon Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 0:29
47 Lars Van Den Berg Groupama-FDJ 0:30
48 Petr Kelemen Tudor Pro Cycling Team s.t.
49 Franck Bonnamour Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
50 Fredrik Dversnes Uno-X Pro Cycling Team s.t.
51 Oliver Naesen Ag2r-Citroën 0:33
52 Pavel Sivakov INEOS Grenadiers 0:36
53 Joel Suter Tudor Pro Cycling Team s.t.
54 Valentin Retailleau Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
55 Julien Bernard Trek-Segafredo s.t.
56 Simon Pellaud Tudor Pro Cycling Team s.t.
57 Sep Vanmarcke Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
58 Nathan Vandepitte Bingoal-WB s.t.
59 Léo Danès CIC U Nantes-Atlantique 0:40
60 Samuel Leroux GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole 0:44
61 Jasper De Buyst Lotto Dstny 47
62 Dries Van Gestel TotalEnergies 0:53
63 Gilles De Wilde Team Flanders-Baloise s.t.
64 Luca Mozzato Arkéa-Samsic 0:57
65 Lawrence Warbasse Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
66 Bruno Armirail Groupama-FDJ s.t.
67 Damien Girard Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur s.t.
68 Maël Guégan CIC U Nantes-Atlantique 1:02
69 Morne Van Niekerk St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 s.t.
70 Toms Skujins Trek-Segafredo s.t.
71 Nadav Raisberg Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
72 Nolann Mahoudo CIC U Nantes-Atlantique s.t.
73 Pierre Barbier CIC U Nantes-Atlantique s.t.
74 Kristoffer Halvorsen Uno-X Pro Cycling Team s.t.
75 Anthony Turgis TotalEnergies s.t.
76 Rudy Barbier St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 s.t.
77 Lucas Eriksson Tudor Pro Cycling Team s.t.
78 Pierre-Luc Périchon Cofidis s.t.
79 Alexandre Delettre Cofidis s.t.
80 Erik Resell Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 1:07
81 Martin Urianstad Bugge Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 1:10
82 Danny Van Der Tuuk Equipo Kern Pharma s.t.
83 Anthony Maldonado St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 s.t.
84 Norman Vahtra GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t.
85 Stefan Bissegger EF Education-EasyPost 1:15
86 Jake Stewart Groupama-FDJ s.t.
87 Ben Turner INEOS Grenadiers 1:17
88 Alan Riou Arkéa-Samsic 1:21
89 Martí Márquez Equipo Kern Pharma s.t.
90 Julien Simon TotalEnergies 1:26
91 Laurent Pichon Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
92 Dries De Bondt Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
93 Guillaume Boivin Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
94 Sébastien Grignard Lotto Dstny 1:31
95 Rasmus Tiller Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 1:48
96 Ayco Bastiaens Alpecin-Deceuninck 2:05
97 Markus Hoelgaard Trek-Segafredo s.t.
98 Jacopo Mosca Trek-Segafredo s.t.
99 Magnus Cort EF Education-EasyPost 2:14
100 Robbe Ghys Alpecin-Deceuninck 2:22
101 Luke Rowe INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
102 Fabian Lienhard Groupama-FDJ s.t.
103 Joshua Tarling INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
104 Lionel Taminiaux Alpecin-Deceuninck 2:30
105 Liam Slock Lotto Dstny 2:32
106 Julian Mertens Bingoal-WB 2:58
107 Daniel Mclay Arkéa-Samsic 4:35
108 Cédric Beullens Lotto Dstny 8:24
109 Emmanuel Morin CIC U Nantes-Atlantique s.t.
110 Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen CIC U Nantes-Atlantique s.t.
111 Jelle Wallays Cofidis s.t.
112 William Blume Levy Uno-X Pro Cycling Team s.t.
113 Eugenio Sanchez Equipo Kern Pharma s.t.
114 Johannes Adamietz Lotto Dstny s.t.
115 Enzo Paleni Groupama-FDJ s.t.
116 Valentin Tabellion GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t.
117 Julian Lino Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur s.t.
118 Jérémy Leveau GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t.
119 Thomas Champion Cofidis s.t.
120 Hugo Toumire Cofidis s.t.
121 Elias Maris Team Flanders-Baloise s.t.
122 Alex Jaime Equipo Kern Pharma s.t.
123 Larry Valvasori Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur s.t.
124 Simon Carr EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
125 Michael Leonard INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
126 Jordan Jegat CIC U Nantes-Atlantique s.t.
127 Paul Hennequin Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur s.t.
128 Oded Kogut Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
129 Mark Padun EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
130 Ludovic Robeet Bingoal-WB s.t.
131 Remy Mertz Bingoal-WB s.t.
132 Nicolas Debeaumarché St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 s.t.
133 Romain Cardis St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 s.t.
134 Andrea Mifsud Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur s.t.
135 Valentin Paret-Peintre Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
136 Edward Planckaert Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
137 Kenny Molly GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t.
138 Jean-Louis Le Ny Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur s.t.

 

GC after stage 1:

1 Arnaud De Lie Lotto Dstny 3hr 30min 25sec
2 Mads Pedersen Trek-Segafredo @ 4sec
3 Benoît Cosnefroy Ag2r-Citroën 0:06
4 Dylan Teuns Israel-Premier Tech 0:13
5 Andrea Piccolo EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
6 Mattias Skjelmose Jensen Trek-Segafredo 0:15
7 Neilson Powless EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
8 Aaron Van Poucke Team Flanders-Baloise s.t.
9 Pau Miquel Delgado Equipo Kern Pharma 0:18
10 Anders Halland Johannessen Uno-X Pro Cycling Team s.t.
11 Sam Watson Groupama-FDJ s.t.
12 Ben Tulett INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
13 Thomas Bonnet TotalEnergies s.t.
14 Pierre Latour TotalEnergies s.t.
15 Jenno Berckmoes Team Flanders-Baloise s.t.
16 Axel Laurance Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
17 Krists Neilands Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
18 Michal Kwiatkowski INEOS Grenadiers 0:22
19 Johan Meens Bingoal-WB 0:25
20 Vito Braet Team Flanders-Baloise s.t.
21 Benjamin Thomas Cofidis s.t.
22 Anthony Perez Cofidis s.t.
23 Ben Healy EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
24 Fabio Van Den Bossche Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
25 Mathieu Burgaudeau TotalEnergies s.t.
26 Théo Delacroix St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 s.t.
27 Jacob Eriksson Tudor Pro Cycling Team s.t.
28 Hugo Houle Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
29 Tom Bohli Tudor Pro Cycling Team s.t.
30 Thibaut Pinot Groupama-FDJ s.t.
31 Milan Fretin Team Flanders-Baloise s.t.
32 Flavien Maurelet St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 s.t.
33 Raúl García Equipo Kern Pharma s.t.
34 Greg Van Avermaet Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
35 Thomas Boudat GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t.
36 Louis Barré Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
37 Kévin Vauquelin Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
38 Alexander Kamp Tudor Pro Cycling Team 0:31
39 Brent Van Moer Lotto Dstny s.t.
40 Thibault Guernalec Arkéa-Samsic 0:34
41 Floris De Tier Bingoal-WB s.t.
42 Rait Ärm GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole 0:36
43 Luca Van Boven Bingoal-WB s.t.
44 Francisco Galván Equipo Kern Pharma s.t.
45 Valentin Ferron TotalEnergies s.t.
46 Jonathan Couanon Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur 0:39
47 Lars Van Den Berg Groupama-FDJ 0:40
48 Petr Kelemen Tudor Pro Cycling Team s.t.
49 Franck Bonnamour Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
50 Fredrik Dversnes Uno-X Pro Cycling Team s.t.
51 Oliver Naesen Ag2r-Citroën 0:43
52 Pavel Sivakov INEOS Grenadiers 0:46
53 Joel Suter Tudor Pro Cycling Team s.t.
54 Valentin Retailleau Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
55 Julien Bernard Trek-Segafredo s.t.
56 Simon Pellaud Tudor Pro Cycling Team s.t.
57 Sep Vanmarcke Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
58 Nathan Vandepitte Bingoal-WB s.t.
59 Léo Danès CIC U Nantes-Atlantique 0:50
60 Samuel Leroux GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole 0:54
61 Jasper De Buyst Lotto Dstny 0:57
62 Dries Van Gestel TotalEnergies 1:03
63 Gilles De Wilde Team Flanders-Baloise s.t.
64 Luca Mozzato Arkéa-Samsic 1:07
65 Lawrence Warbasse Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
66 Bruno Armirail Groupama-FDJ s.t.
67 Damien Girard Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur s.t.
68 Maël Guégan CIC U Nantes-Atlantique 1:12
69 Morne Van Niekerk St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 s.t.
70 Toms Skujins Trek-Segafredo s.t.
71 Nadav Raisberg Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
72 Nolann Mahoudo CIC U Nantes-Atlantique s.t.
73 Pierre Barbier CIC U Nantes-Atlantique s.t.
74 Kristoffer Halvorsen Uno-X Pro Cycling Team s.t.
75 Anthony Turgis TotalEnergies s.t.
76 Rudy Barbier St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 s.t.
77 Lucas Eriksson Tudor Pro Cycling Team s.t.
78 Pierre-Luc Périchon Cofidis s.t.
79 Alexandre Delettre Cofidis s.t.
80 Erik Resell Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 1:17
81 Martin Urianstad Bugge Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 1:20
82 Danny Van Der Tuuk Equipo Kern Pharma s.t.
83 Anthony Maldonado St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 s.t.
84 Norman Vahtra GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t.
85 Stefan Bissegger EF Education-EasyPost 1:25
86 Jake Stewart Groupama-FDJ s.t.
87 Ben Turner INEOS Grenadiers 1:27
88 Alan Riou Arkéa-Samsic 1:31
89 Martí Márquez Equipo Kern Pharma s.t.
90 Julien Simon TotalEnergies 1:36
91 Laurent Pichon Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
92 Dries De Bondt Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
93 Guillaume Boivin Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
94 Sébastien Grignard Lotto Dstny 1:41
95 Rasmus Tiller Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 1:58
96 Ayco Bastiaens Alpecin-Deceuninck 2:15
97 Markus Hoelgaard Trek-Segafredo s.t.
98 Jacopo Mosca Trek-Segafredo s.t.
99 Magnus Cort EF Education-EasyPost 2:24
100 Robbe Ghys Alpecin-Deceuninck 2:32
101 Luke Rowe INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
102 Fabian Lienhard Groupama-FDJ s.t.
103 Joshua Tarling INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
104 Lionel Taminiaux Alpecin-Deceuninck 2:40
105 Liam Slock Lotto Dstny 2:42
106 Julian Mertens Bingoal-WB 3:08
107 Daniel Mclay Arkéa-Samsic 4:45
108 Cédric Beullens Lotto Dstny 8:34
109 Emmanuel Morin CIC U Nantes-Atlantique s.t.
110 Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen CIC U Nantes-Atlantique s.t.
111 Jelle Wallays Cofidis s.t.
112 William Blume Levy Uno-X Pro Cycling Team s.t.
113 Eugenio Sanchez Equipo Kern Pharma s.t.
114 Johannes Adamietz Lotto Dstny s.t.
115 Enzo Paleni Groupama-FDJ s.t.
116 Valentin Tabellion GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t.
117 Julian Lino Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur s.t.
118 Jérémy Leveau GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t.
119 Thomas Champion Cofidis s.t.
120 Hugo Toumire Cofidis s.t.
121 Elias Maris Team Flanders-Baloise s.t.
122 Alex Jaime Equipo Kern Pharma s.t.
123 Larry Valvasori Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur s.t.
124 Simon Carr EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
125 Michael Leonard INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
126 Jordan Jegat CIC U Nantes-Atlantique s.t.
127 Paul Hennequin Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur s.t.
128 Oded Kogut Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
129 Mark Padun EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
130 Ludovic Robeet Bingoal-WB s.t.
131 Remy Mertz Bingoal-WB s.t.
132 Nicolas Debeaumarché St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 s.t.
133 Romain Cardis St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 s.t.
134 Andrea Mifsud Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur s.t.
135 Valentin Paret-Peintre Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
136 Edward Planckaert Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
137 Kenny Molly GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole s.t.
138 Jean-Louis Le Ny Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur s.t.

 


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Start list with back numbers, January 31, 2023:

COFIDIS
1 Benjamin Thomas
2 Thomas Champion
3 Alexandre Delettre
4 Anthony Perez
5 Pierre-Luc Périchon
6 Hugo Toumire
7 Jelle Wallays
INEOS GRENADIERS
11 Michal Kwiatkowski
12 Michael Leonard
13 Luke Rowe
14 Pavel Sivakov
15 Joshua Tarling
16 Ben Tulett
17 Ben Turner
AG2R CITROËN
21 Benoît Cosnefroy
22 Franck Bonnamour
23 Greg Van Avermaet
24 Oliver Naesen
25 Valentin Paret-Peintre
26 Valentin Retailleau
27 Lawrence Warbasse
TREK-SEGAFREDO
31 Mads Pedersen
32 Julien Bernard
33 Markus Hoelgaard
34 Jacopo Mosca
35 Mattias Skjelmose
36 Toms Skujins
37 Otto Vergaerde
GROUPAMA-FDJ
41 Thibaut Pinot
42 Bruno Armirail
43 Enzo Paleni
44 Fabian Lienhard
45 Jake Stewart
46 Lars Van Den Berg
47 Samuel Watson
ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK
51 Dries De Bondt
52 Robbe Ghys
53 Axel Laurance
54 Edward Planckaert
55 Lionel Taminiaux
56 Fabio Van Den Bossche
57 Ayco Bastiaens
EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST
61 Magnus Cort Nielsen
62 Stefan Bissegger
63 Simon Carr
64 Ben Healy
65 Mark Padun
66 Andrea Piccolo
67 Neilson Powless
ARKÉA-SAMSIC
71 Kévin Vauquelin
72 Alan Riou
73 Thibault Guernalec
74 Daniel Mclay
75 Luca Mozzato
76 Louis Barré
77 Laurent Pichon
ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH
81 Guillaume Boivin
82 Hugo Houle
83 Krists Neilands
84 Dylan Teuns
85 Sep Vanmarcke
86 Oded Kogut
87 Nadav Raisberg
LOTTO-DSTNY
91 Arnaud De Lie
92 Cédric Beullens
93 Jasper De Buyst
94 Johannes Adamietz
95 Sébastien Grignard
96 Liam Slock
97 Brent Van Moer
TOTALENERGIES
101 Pierre Latour
102 Mathieu Burgaudeau
103 Anthony Turgis
104 Thomas Bonnet
105 Valentin Ferron
106 Julien Simon
107 Dries Van Gestel
TEAM FLANDERS-BALOISE
111 Jenno Berckmoes
112 Vito Braet
113 Gilles De Wilde
114 Milan Fretin
115 Elias Maris
116 Aaron Van Poucke
117 Aaron Verwilst
UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM
121 Kristoffer Halvorsen
122 Anders Halland Johannessen
123 Erik Nordsaeter Resell
124 William Blume Levy
125 Martin Bugge Urianstad
126 Rasmus Tiller
127 Fredrik Dversnes
EQUIPO KERN PHARMA
131 Francisco Galvan
132 Marti Marquez Roman
133 Danny Van Der Tuuk
134 Raùl Garcia Pierna
135 Alex Jaime Fernandez
136 Eugenio Sanchez Lopez
137 Pau Miquel Delgado
BINGOAL-WB
141 Floris De Tier
142 Johan Meens
143 Julian Mertens
144 Rémy Mertz
145 Ludovic Robeet
146 Luca Van Boven
147 Nathan Vandepitte
TUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM
151 Tom Bohli
152 Jacob Eriksson
153 Lucas Eriksson
154 Alexander Kamp
155 Simon Pellaud
156 Petr Kelemen
157 Joel Suter
ST MICHEL-MAVIC-AUBER 93
161 Rudy Barbier
162 Romain Cardis
163 Nicolas Debeaumarché
164 Théo Delacroix
165 Flavien Maurelet
166 Anthony Maldonado
167 Morne Van Niekerk
GO SPORT-ROUBAIX LILLE MÉTROPOLE
171 Rait Ärm
172 Thomas Boudat
173 Kenny Molly
174 Samuel Leroux
175 Jérémy Leveau
176 Valentin Tabellion
177 Norman Vahtra
CIC U NANTES ATLANTIQUE
18 Pierre Barbier
18 Jordan Jegat
183 Léo Danès
184 Maël Guégan
185 Nolann Mahoudo
186 Emmanuel Morin
187 Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen
NICE MÉTROPOLE CÔTE D’AZUR
191 Jonathan Couanon
192 Paul Hennequin
193 Damien Girard
194 Julian Lino
195 Jean-Louis Le Ny
196 Andrea Mifsud
197 Larry Valvasori