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February 4, 2024
Étoile de Bessèges 2024 🇫🇷 – Stage 5 ITT – Alès – Alès : 10,645 km
The Etoile de Bessèges-Tour du Gard 2024 is the 54th edition of this men’s cycling race.
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February 4, 2024
Étoile de Bessèges 2024 🇫🇷 – Stage 5 ITT – Alès – Alès : 10,645 km
The Etoile de Bessèges-Tour du Gard 2024 is the 54th edition of this men’s cycling race. It takes place in the Gard, France between January 31 and February 4, 2024 between Bellegarde and Alès on a 654.68 km course and is part of the UCI Europe Tour 2024 calendar in category 2.1.
Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) won the overall classification at the Etoile de Bessèges in the south of France, going deep in the final time trial to hold off Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B&B Hotels).
The French rider won the 10.6km time trial around the village or Arles, impressing on the climb up to the finish.
Vauquelin set a time of 15:02 but started the time trial 12 seconds behind Pedersen in the GC. The Dane set a time of 15:12 and so won overall by just two seconds.
EF Education-Easypost packed the top ten in the time trial and Alberto Bettiol finished third in a time of 15:11 and so third overall at 32 seconds.
Ben Healy was fourth on the stage and so fourth overall, at 43 seconds.
San Quinn, Simon Carr and Stefan Bissegger completed EF Education-Easypost dominance of the stage.
Pedersen pulled on the orange race winner’s jersey in central Arles. He won stage 2 in Rousson, was second the day after in Besseges and then second in the final time trial. He is the first Dan to win the overall classification of the early-season stage race.
He will now target the four-day Tour de la Provence that starts in the same area of France on February 8 with a five-kilometre time trial around Marseille.
Results :
Final General Classification :
 won the overall classification at the Etoile de Bessèges in the south of France, going deep in the final time trial to hold off Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B&B Hotels).
The French rider won the 10.6km time trial around the village or Arles, impressing on the climb up to the finish.
Vauquelin set a time of 15:02 but started the time trial 12 seconds behind Pedersen in the GC. The Dane set a time of 15:12 and so won overall by just two seconds.
EF Education-Easypost packed the top ten in the time trial and Alberto Bettiol finished third in a time of 15:11 and so third overall at 32 seconds.
Ben Healy was fourth on the stage and so fourth overall, at 43 seconds.
San Quinn, Simon Carr and Stefan Bissegger completed EF Education-Easypost dominance of the stage.
Pedersen pulled on the orange race winner’s jersey in central Arles. He won stage 2 in Rousson, was second the day after in Besseges and then second in the final time trial. He is the first Dan to win the overall classification of the early-season stage race.
He will now target the four-day Tour de la Provence that starts in the same area of France on February 8 with a five-kilometre time trial around Marseille.
<strong>Results : </strong>
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<strong>Final General Classification : </strong>
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