Étoile de Bessèges 2020 – Stage 1 [FULL STAGE](french)

February 5, 2020

Étoile de Bessèges 2020 – Stage 1 – Bellegarde – Bellegarde : 141,1 km

L’Étoile de Bessèges 2020 is at the 50th edition of this men’s stage cycling race. It takes place in France from February 5 to 9, 2020 between Bellegarde and Alès on a course of 610.67 km and is part of the UCI Europe Tour 2020 calendar in category 2.1.

Brunel scores first pro win
Groupama-FDJ neo-pro takes first leader’s jersey

Results :
1 Alexys Brunel (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 3:20:43
2 Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AGR la Mondiale 0:00:01
3 Edward Planckaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:00:03
4 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:05
5 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Alpecin-Fenix 0:00:08
6 Kévin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ
7 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) CCC Team
8 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Total Direct Energie
9 Arthur Vichot (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
10 Flavien Maurelet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 0:00:13
11 Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:23
12 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
13 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Pro Cycling 0:00:29
14 Clement Venturini (Fra) AGR la Mondiale 0:00:31
15 Julius Van den Berg (Ned) EF Pro Cycling 0:00:33
16 Jordan Levasseur (Fra) Naturaever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole
17 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) EF Pro Cycling 0:00:35
18 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Circus-Wanty Gobert 0:00:37
19 Cyril Barthe (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept 0:00:41
20 Michael Gogl (Aut) NTT Pro Cycling
21 Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
22 Alexander Krieger (Ger) Alpecin-Fenix 0:00:47
23 Michal Paluta (Pol) CCC Team 0:00:50
24 Damien Touze (Fra) Cofidis 0:00:54
25 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:59
26 Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:01:03
27 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
28 Roy Jans (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
29 Kamil Malecki (Pol) CCC Team
30 Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Pro Cycling
31 Aime De Gendt (Bel) Circus-Wanty Gobert
32 Sebastian Schönberger (Aut) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
33 Thimo Willems (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
34 Roman Maikin (Rus) Cambodia Cycling Academy
35 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Total Direct Energie
36 Michael Valgren Hundahl (Den) NTT Pro Cycling
37 Romain Hardy (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
38 Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) AGR la Mondiale 0:01:08
39 Daniel Alejandro Mendez Norena (Col) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:01:13
40 Laurens Huys (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles
41 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo
42 François Bidard (Fra) AGR la Mondiale
43 Morné Van Niekerk (RSA) St Michel-Auber
44 Alan Riou (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
45 Jimmy Janssens (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
46 Ibon Ruiz Sedano (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
47 Jonas Koch (Ger) CCC Team
48 Filippo Baroncini (Ita) Beltrami TSA Marchiol
49 Pierre Latour (Fra) AGR la Mondiale
50 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis
51 Samuel Leroux (Fra) Naturaever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole 0:01:18
52 Lindsay De Vylder (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
53 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Circus-Wanty Gobert
54 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) NTT Pro Cycling
55 Georg Zimmermann (Ger) CCC Team
56 Jose Herrada (Spa) Cofidis 0:01:21
57 Quinn Simmons (USA) Trek-Segafredo
58 Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
59 Jérémy Leveau (Fra) Naturaever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole
60 Senne Leysen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
61 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
62 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Nippo Delko Provence
63 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) CCC Team 0:01:24
64 Robbe Ghys (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:01:28
65 Franklin Six (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles
66 Biniam Hailu (Eri) Nippo Delko Provence
67 Julien Vermote (Bel) Cofidis 0:01:33
68 Paul Ourselin (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:01:36
69 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Circus-Wanty Gobert 0:01:40
70 Maxime Cam (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept 0:01:45
71 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AGR la Mondiale 0:01:51
72 Alessandro Fedeli (Ita) Nippo Delko Provence 0:01:56
73 Clément Russo (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:02:21
74 Pierre Barbier (Fra) Nippo Delko Provence
75 Sean Bennett (USA) EF Pro Cycling 0:02:26
76 Luca Mozzato (Ita) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept 0:02:53
77 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Total Direct Energie
78 Alfdan De Decker (Bel) Circus-Wanty Gobert 0:02:55
79 Dries De Bondt (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:04:37
80 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) NTT Pro Cycling
81 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Cofidis
82 Andreas Nielsen (Den) NTT Pro Cycling 0:04:42
83 Kamil Gradek (Pol) CCC Team
84 Emmanuel Morin (Fra) Cofidis
85 Marti Marquez Roman (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
86 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) EF Pro Cycling 0:04:53
87 Tony Hurel (Fra) St Michel-Auber
88 Simon Guglielmi (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
89 José Gonçalves (Por) Nippo Delko Provence
90 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
91 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
92 Romain Le Roux (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:06:58
93 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Arkea-Samsic
94 Ben O’Connor (Aus) NTT Pro Cycling
95 Samy Aurignac (Fra) Cambodia Cycling Academy
96 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
97 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis 0:07:01
98 Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AGR la Mondiale 0:07:05
99 Matús Stocek (Svk) Beltrami TSA Marchiol 0:07:07
100 Florian Dumourier (Fra) Cambodia Cycling Academy
101 Charles Quarterman (GBr) Trek-Segafredo
102 Roger Adria Oliveras (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:07:10
103 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Total Direct Energie
104 Sasha Weemaes (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
105 Baptiste Bleier (Fra) St Michel-Auber
106 Nicolo’ Parisini (Ita) Beltrami TSA Marchiol
107 Massimo Orlandi (Ita) Beltrami TSA Marchiol
108 Anthony Maldonado (Fra) St Michel-Auber 0:07:16
109 Adrien Guillonnet (Fra) St Michel-Auber
110 Gregorio Ferri (Ita) Beltrami TSA Marchiol
111 Atsushi Oka (Jpn) Nippo Delko Provence
112 Tom Dernies (Bel) Naturaever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole 0:07:22
113 Luc Wirtgen (Lux) Wallonie Bruxelles
114 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Nippo Delko Provence
115 Alexandar Richardson (GBr) Alpecin-Fenix 0:07:25
116 Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) Total Direct Energie
117 Bryan Alaphilippe (Fra) St Michel-Auber
118 Ludovic Robeet (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles 0:07:30
119 Eliot Lietaer (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles
120 Logan Owen (USA) EF Pro Cycling
121 Francisco Galvan Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:07:39
122 Emiel Vermeulen (Bel) Naturaever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole 0:07:42
123 Emils Liepins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo 0:14:06
124 Florian Hudry (Fra) Cambodia Cycling Academy
125 Jasper De Plus (Bel) Circus-Wanty Gobert
126 Marco Grendene (Ita) Beltrami TSA Marchiol
127 Thomas Pesenti (Ita) Beltrami TSA Marchiol
128 Martin Bouzas Rey (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
129 Tom Devriendt (Bel) Circus-Wanty Gobert 0:14:09
130 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Naturaever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole
131 Christophe Masson (Fra) Naturaever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole 0:14:41
132 Sean De Bie (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles 0:14:43
133 Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles 0:14:49
DNF Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
DNF Jordi Warlop (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNF Chih Hao Tu (Tpe) Equipo Kern Pharma
DNF Gabriel Muller (Fra) Cambodia Cycling Academy
DNF Antoine Berlin (Mon) Cambodia Cycling Academy
DNF Matvey Mamykin (Rus) Cambodia Cycling

General Classification after Stage 1 :
1 Alexys Brunel (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 3:20:32
2 Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AGR la Mondiale 0:00:03
3 Edward Planckaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:00:10
4 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:16
5 Kévin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:17
6 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Alpecin-Fenix 0:00:19
7 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) CCC Team
8 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Total Direct Energie
9 Arthur Vichot (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
10 Flavien Maurelet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 0:00:24
11 Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:34
12 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
13 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Pro Cycling 0:00:40
14 Clement Venturini (Fra) AGR la Mondiale 0:00:42
15 Julius Van den Berg (Ned) EF Pro Cycling 0:00:44
16 Jordan Levasseur (Fra) Naturaever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole
17 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) EF Pro Cycling 0:00:46
18 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Circus-Wanty Gobert 0:00:48
19 Cyril Barthe (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept 0:00:52
20 Michael Gogl (Aut) NTT Pro Cycling
21 Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
22 Alexander Krieger (Ger) Alpecin-Fenix 0:00:58
23 Michal Paluta (Pol) CCC Team 0:01:01
24 Damien Touze (Fra) Cofidis 0:01:05
25 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:10
26 Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:01:14
27 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
28 Roy Jans (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
29 Kamil Malecki (Pol) CCC Team
30 Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Pro Cycling
31 Aime De Gendt (Bel) Circus-Wanty Gobert
32 Sebastian Schönberger (Aut) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
33 Thimo Willems (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
34 Roman Maikin (Rus) Cambodia Cycling Academy
35 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Total Direct Energie
36 Michael Valgren Hundahl (Den) NTT Pro Cycling
37 Romain Hardy (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
38 Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) AGR la Mondiale 0:01:19
39 Daniel Alejandro Mendez Norena (Col) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:01:24
40 Laurens Huys (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles
41 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo
42 François Bidard (Fra) AGR la Mondiale
43 Morné Van Niekerk (RSA) St Michel-Auber
44 Alan Riou (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
45 Jimmy Janssens (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
46 Ibon Ruiz Sedano (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
47 Jonas Koch (Ger) CCC Team
48 Filippo Baroncini (Ita) Beltrami TSA Marchiol
49 Pierre Latour (Fra) AGR la Mondiale
50 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis
51 Samuel Leroux (Fra) Naturaever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole 0:01:29
52 Lindsay De Vylder (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
53 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Circus-Wanty Gobert
54 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) NTT Pro Cycling
55 Georg Zimmermann (Ger) CCC Team
56 Jose Herrada (Spa) Cofidis 0:01:32
57 Quinn Simmons (USA) Trek-Segafredo
58 Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
59 Jérémy Leveau (Fra) Naturaever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole
60 Senne Leysen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
61 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
62 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Nippo Delko Provence
63 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) CCC Team 0:01:35
64 Robbe Ghys (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:01:39
65 Franklin Six (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles
66 Biniam Hailu (Eri) Nippo Delko Provence
67 Julien Vermote (Bel) Cofidis 0:01:44
68 Paul Ourselin (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:01:47
69 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Circus-Wanty Gobert 0:01:51
70 Maxime Cam (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept 0:01:56
71 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AGR la Mondiale 0:02:02
72 Alessandro Fedeli (Ita) Nippo Delko Provence 0:02:07
73 Clément Russo (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:02:32
74 Pierre Barbier (Fra) Nippo Delko Provence
75 Sean Bennett (USA) EF Pro Cycling 0:02:37
76 Luca Mozzato (Ita) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept 0:03:04
77 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Total Direct Energie
78 Alfdan De Decker (Bel) Circus-Wanty Gobert 0:03:06
79 Dries De Bondt (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:04:48
80 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) NTT Pro Cycling
81 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Cofidis
82 Andreas Nielsen (Den) NTT Pro Cycling 0:04:53
83 Kamil Gradek (Pol) CCC Team
84 Emmanuel Morin (Fra) Cofidis
85 Marti Marquez Roman (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
86 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) EF Pro Cycling 0:05:04
87 Tony Hurel (Fra) St Michel-Auber
88 Simon Guglielmi (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
89 José Gonçalves (Por) Nippo Delko Provence
90 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
91 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
92 Romain Le Roux (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:07:09
93 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Arkea-Samsic
94 Ben O’Connor (Aus) NTT Pro Cycling
95 Samy Aurignac (Fra) Cambodia Cycling Academy
96 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
97 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis 0:07:12
98 Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AGR la Mondiale 0:07:16
99 Matús Stocek (Svk) Beltrami TSA Marchiol 0:07:18
100 Florian Dumourier (Fra) Cambodia Cycling Academy
101 Charles Quarterman (GBr) Trek-Segafredo
102 Roger Adria Oliveras (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:07:21
103 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Total Direct Energie
104 Sasha Weemaes (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
105 Baptiste Bleier (Fra) St Michel-Auber
106 Nicolo’ Parisini (Ita) Beltrami TSA Marchiol
107 Massimo Orlandi (Ita) Beltrami TSA Marchiol
108 Anthony Maldonado (Fra) St Michel-Auber 0:07:27
109 Adrien Guillonnet (Fra) St Michel-Auber
110 Gregorio Ferri (Ita) Beltrami TSA Marchiol
111 Atsushi Oka (Jpn) Nippo Delko Provence
112 Tom Dernies (Bel) Naturaever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole 0:07:33
113 Luc Wirtgen (Lux) Wallonie Bruxelles
114 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Nippo Delko Provence
115 Alexandar Richardson (GBr) Alpecin-Fenix 0:07:36
116 Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) Total Direct Energie
117 Bryan Alaphilippe (Fra) St Michel-Auber
118 Ludovic Robeet (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles 0:07:41
119 Eliot Lietaer (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles
120 Logan Owen (USA) EF Pro Cycling
121 Francisco Galvan Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:07:50
122 Emiel Vermeulen (Bel) Naturaever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole 0:07:53
123 Emils Liepins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo 0:14:17
124 Florian Hudry (Fra) Cambodia Cycling Academy
125 Jasper De Plus (Bel) Circus-Wanty Gobert
126 Marco Grendene (Ita) Beltrami TSA Marchiol
127 Thomas Pesenti (Ita) Beltrami TSA Marchiol
128 Martin Bouzas Rey (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
129 Tom Devriendt (Bel) Circus-Wanty Gobert 0:14:20
130 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Naturaever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole
131 Christophe Masson (Fra) Naturaever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole 0:14:52
132 Sean De Bie (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles 0:14:54
133 Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles 0:15:00