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February 10, 2019
Étoile de Bessèges 2019 – Stage 4 ITT – Ales – Ales : 10,7 km
The first Étoile de Bessèges took place in 1971 and for the first three years was only a one-day race.
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February 10, 2019
Étoile de Bessèges 2019 – Stage 4 ITT – Ales – Ales : 10,7 km
The first Étoile de Bessèges took place in 1971 and for the first three years was only a one-day race. But in 1974 it became a five-day stage race, and as of 2005 became part of the UCI European Tour. It remains one of the opening European stage races of the calendar year, made up of flat stages and an individual time trial and this year it’s been reduced from five to four , with a time trial still in place as the final stage.
Christophe Laporte (Cofidis) won the final time trial of the Étoile de Bessèges to clinch the overall race victory in Alès.
The Frenchman put in a surprisingly strong ride to beat Tobias Ludvigsson (Groupama-FDJ) by fractions of a second to hold on to his race lead and confirm the overall win, his second and third wins of the season. Jimmy Janssens (Corendon-Circus) took third on the stage, 13 seconds down on the lead duo.
The stage standings were reflected in the final overall standings too, with Laporte finishing 16 seconds ahead of Ludvigsson and 29 seconds ahead of Janssens.
It was a damp day for a chrono, with the clouds bursting intermittently throughout the stage. But with the course being just 10.7km long, the wet roads wouldn’t have had such a pronounced effect on the standings as it would with a longer stage.
The early benchmark was made by Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo), who put in a time of 16:21 and sat in the hot seat for much of the day. It wasn’t until Janssens hit the course and recorded a time of 15:52 that Pedersen was dethroned.
Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) missed out on the lead by fractions of a second, the same time he missed out on the overall podium to Janssens.
Other strong performers on the day included the EF Education First duo of Sep Vanmarcke and Sebastian Langeveld. The pair finished within 20 seconds of Laporte to take fifth and sixth on the stage.
Both Bryan Coquard (Vital Concept-B&B Hotels) and Marc Sarreau (Groupama-FDJ) headed into the final stage in contention for the overall win, both lying within six seconds of Laporte after stage 3. But, despite the short course being somewhat suited to punchy sprinters, neither managed to remain in the mix for the GC, losing time on the uphill drag to the finish.
Results :
1 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 0:15:39
2 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Groupama-FDJ
3 Jimmy Janssens (Bel) Corendon-Circus 0:00:13
4 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
5 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First 0:00:18
6 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education First 0:00:20
7 Yoann Paillot (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:00:23
8 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:30
9 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
10 Eliot Lietaer (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles 0:00:32
11 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Direct Energie 0:00:34
12 Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:00:35
13 Romain Seigle (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
14 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Direct Energie 0:00:38
15 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
16 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotels 0:00:39
17 Thomas Degand (Bel) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team 0:00:42
18 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo
19 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Corendon-Circus
20 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:00:45
21 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotels 0:00:46
22 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) AG2R La Mondiale
23 Aime De Gendt (Bel) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team 0:00:47
24 Marc Sarreau (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
25 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Direct Energie 0:00:50
26 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence
27 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 0:00:51
28 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotels 0:00:53
29 Samuel Leroux (Fra) Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole 0:00:54
30 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:55
31 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal
32 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles
33 Brice Feillu (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:00:57
34 Julius van den Berg (Ned) EF Education First
35 Joe Dombrowski (USA) EF Education First 0:00:58
36 Tom Wirtgen (Lux) Wallonie Bruxelles 0:00:59
37 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal
38 Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
39 Loïc Vliegen (Bel) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team 0:01:00
40 Sean Bennett (USA) EF Education First 0:01:01
41 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
42 Alexis Guerin (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence 0:01:02
43 Benjamin Declercq (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
44 Marco Mathis (Ger) Cofidis Solutions Credits
45 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy
46 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:04
47 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotels 0:01:06
48 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
49 Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Corendon-Circus
50 Julien Mortier (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles 0:01:07
51 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:08
52 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:09
53 Morné Van Niekerk (RSA) St Michel-Auber 93
54 Kevin Le Cunff (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
55 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:10
56 Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence
57 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
58 Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:11
59 Sacha Modolo (Ita) EF Education First
60 Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:01:12
61 Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 0:01:13
62 Paul Ourselin (Fra) Direct Energie
63 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
64 Anton Vorobyev (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:01:14
65 Artem Nych (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
66 Piet Allegaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:01:17
67 Paolo Baccio (Ita) Team Colpack 0:01:19
68 Brian van Goethem (Ned) Lotto Soudal 0:01:22
69 Alexander Cataford (Can) Israel Cycling Academy
70 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Direct Energie
71 Jordi Warlop (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:01:23
72 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:24
73 Urko Berrade Fernandez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:01:25
74 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:01:27
75 Julien Trarieux (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence 0:01:28
76 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:01:29
77 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Israel Cycling Academy 0:01:30
78 Nicolas Baldo (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
79 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Sovac 0:01:32
80 Remy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:33
81 Mikel Aristi Gardoki (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
82 Milan Menten (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:01:34
83 Romain Hardy (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:01:35
84 Julen Irizar Laskurain (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:01:36
85 Anthony Maldonado (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:01:38
86 Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz (Pol) Delko Marseille Provence
87 Tom Dernies (Bel) Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole
88 Edward Planckaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:01:40
89 Kevin Reza (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotels
90 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Cofidis Solutions Credits 0:01:41
91 Stepan Kuriyanov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:01:42
92 Pierre Idjouadiene (Fra) Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole 0:01:44
93 Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) Direct Energie
94 Eduard-Michael Grosu (Rom) Delko Marseille Provence 0:01:45
95 Alessandro Covi (Ita) Team Colpack 0:01:46
96 Lukas Spengler (Swi) Wallonie Bruxelles 0:01:47
97 Dries De Bondt (Bel) Corendon-Circus
98 Mickael Delage (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:48
99 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:01:50
100 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits
101 Maxence Moncassin (Fra) Amore & Vita-Prodir
102 Lawrence Naesen (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:52
103 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
104 Alo Jakin (Est) St Michel-Auber 93 0:01:54
105 Julien Morice (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotels
106 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Vital Concept-B&B Hotels 0:01:55
107 Andrea Toniatti (Ita) Team Colpack 0:01:58
108 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Cofidis Solutions Credits 0:01:59
109 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team 0:02:00
110 August Jensen (Nor) Israel Cycling Academy 0:02:01
111 Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:02:02
112 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team
113 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie 0:02:04
114 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence 0:02:08
115 Maxime Daniel (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
116 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy 0:02:09
117 Roy Jans (Bel) Corendon-Circus
118 Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Corendon-Circus 0:02:13
119 Tony Hurel (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:02:14
120 Giulio Masotto (Ita) Team Colpack 0:02:17
121 Enzo Wouters (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:02:18
122 Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:02:20
123 Ander Barrenetxea Uriarte (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:02:26
124 Viesturs Luksevics (Lat) Amore & Vita-Prodir 0:02:30
125 Aritz Bagues Kalparsoro (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
126 Emiel Vermeulen (Bel) Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole 0:02:32
127 Juan Antonio Lopez-Cozar Jaimez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:02:40
128 Thomas Vaubourzeix (Fra) Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole 0:02:41
129 Pierpaolo Ficara (Ita) Amore & Vita-Prodir 0:02:43
130 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles 0:02:44
131 Samy Aurignac (Fra) Sovac 0:02:52
132 Christophe Masson (Fra) Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole 0:03:00
133 Bram Welten (Ned) Team Arkea-Samsic
134 Pierre Barbier (Fra) Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole 0:03:02
135 Luca Colnaghi (Ita) Team Colpack 0:03:18
DNS Sergio Rodriguez Reche (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
Final General Classification :
1 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 10:29:35
2 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:16
3 Jimmy Janssens (Bel) Corendon-Circus 0:00:29
4 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
5 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First 0:00:34
6 Yoann Paillot (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:00:36
7 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education First
8 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:43
9 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:46
10 Eliot Lietaer (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles 0:00:48
11 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Direct Energie
12 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Direct Energie 0:00:51
13 Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
14 Romain Seigle (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
15 Marc Sarreau (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:53
16 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:54
17 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotels 0:00:58
18 Thomas Degand (Bel) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team
19 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Direct Energie 0:00:59
20 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:01:01
21 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotels 0:01:02
22 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) AG2R La Mondiale
23 Aime De Gendt (Bel) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team 0:01:03
24 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence 0:01:05
25 Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:09
26 Samuel Leroux (Fra) Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole 0:01:10
27 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:11
28 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles
29 Brice Feillu (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:01:13
30 Joe Dombrowski (USA) EF Education First 0:01:14
31 Tom Wirtgen (Lux) Wallonie Bruxelles 0:01:15
32 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal
33 Loïc Vliegen (Bel) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team 0:01:16
34 Sean Bennett (USA) EF Education First 0:01:17
35 Alexis Guerin (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence 0:01:18
36 Benjamin Declercq (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
37 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy
38 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotels 0:01:22
39 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
40 Julien Mortier (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles 0:01:23
41 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:25
42 Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence
43 Kevin Le Cunff (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
44 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:26
45 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
46 Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:27
47 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
48 Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:01:28
49 Paul Ourselin (Fra) Direct Energie 0:01:29
50 Artem Nych (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:01:30
51 Piet Allegaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:01:33
52 Paolo Baccio (Ita) Team Colpack 0:01:35
53 Alexander Cataford (Can) Israel Cycling Academy 0:01:38
54 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Direct Energie
55 Jordi Warlop (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:01:39
56 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
57 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:40
58 Julien Trarieux (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence 0:01:43
59 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:01:45
60 Mikel Aristi Gardoki (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
61 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Israel Cycling Academy 0:01:46
62 Nicolas Baldo (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
63 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Sovac 0:01:48
64 Remy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:49
65 Milan Menten (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:01:50
66 Romain Hardy (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:01:51
67 Anthony Maldonado (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:01:54
68 Tom Dernies (Bel) Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole
69 Edward Planckaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:01:56
70 Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) Direct Energie 0:02:00
71 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotels 0:02:01
72 Alessandro Covi (Ita) Team Colpack 0:02:02
73 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:02:06
74 Lawrence Naesen (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:02:08
75 Kevin Reza (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotels
76 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
77 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Vital Concept-B&B Hotels 0:02:11
78 Andrea Toniatti (Ita) Team Colpack 0:02:14
79 August Jensen (Nor) Israel Cycling Academy 0:02:17
80 Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:02:18
81 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team
82 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy 0:02:25
83 Roy Jans (Bel) Corendon-Circus
84 Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Corendon-Circus 0:02:29
85 Tony Hurel (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:02:30
86 Julien Morice (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotels 0:02:49
87 Pierre Idjouadiene (Fra) Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole 0:03:40
88 Alo Jakin (Est) St Michel-Auber 93 0:03:50
89 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:06:24
90 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:06:30
91 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:06:33
92 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Cofidis Solutions Credits 0:07:28
93 Maxime Daniel (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:10:09
94 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Cofidis Solutions Credits 0:11:01
95 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 0:13:33
96 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:13:37
97 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Corendon-Circus
98 Julius van den Berg (Ned) EF Education First 0:13:52
99 Marco Mathis (Ger) Cofidis Solutions Credits 0:13:57
100 Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Corendon-Circus 0:14:01
101 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 0:14:03
102 Morné Van Niekerk (RSA) St Michel-Auber 93 0:14:04
103 Anton Vorobyev (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:14:09
104 Brian van Goethem (Ned) Lotto Soudal 0:14:17
105 Urko Berrade Fernandez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:14:20
106 Julen Irizar Laskurain (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:14:31
107 Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz (Pol) Delko Marseille Provence 0:14:33
108 Eduard-Michael Grosu (Rom) Delko Marseille Provence 0:14:40
109 Lukas Spengler (Swi) Wallonie Bruxelles 0:14:42
110 Dries De Bondt (Bel) Corendon-Circus
111 Mickael Delage (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:14:43
112 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 0:14:45
113 Maxence Moncassin (Fra) Amore & Vita-Prodir
114 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team 0:14:55
115 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie 0:14:59
116 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence 0:15:03
117 Enzo Wouters (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:15:09
118 Giulio Masotto (Ita) Team Colpack 0:15:12
119 Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:15:15
120 Emiel Vermeulen (Bel) Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole 0:15:24
121 Viesturs Luksevics (Lat) Amore & Vita-Prodir 0:15:25
122 Aritz Bagues Kalparsoro (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
123 Thomas Vaubourzeix (Fra) Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole 0:15:36
124 Pierpaolo Ficara (Ita) Amore & Vita-Prodir 0:15:38
125 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles 0:15:39
126 Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 0:15:46
127 Pierre Barbier (Fra) Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole 0:15:53
128 Christophe Masson (Fra) Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole 0:15:55
129 Bram Welten (Ned) Team Arkea-Samsic
130 Luca Colnaghi (Ita) Team Colpack 0:16:13
131 Ander Barrenetxea Uriarte (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:16:28
132 Juan Antonio Lopez-Cozar Jaimez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:16:51
133 Stepan Kuriyanov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:17:57
134 Sacha Modolo (Ita) EF Education First 0:18:38
135 Samy Aurignac (Fra) Sovac 0:20:45
