Étoile de Bessèges

Étoile de Bessèges
Race details
Date Early February
English name Star of Bessèges
Local name(s) Étoile de Bessèges (French)
Discipline Road
Competition UCI Europe Tour
Type Stage race
History
First edition 1971 (1971)
Editions 41 (as of 2011)
First winner  Jean-Luc Molineris (FRA)
Most wins 2 wins:
 Jean-Luc Molineris (FRA)
 Jo Planckaert (BEL)
Most recent  Anthony Ravard (FRA)

The Étoile de Bessèges (English: Star of Bessèges) is an early-season five-day road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Southern France, around Bessèges. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour and features as one of the first stage races of the European season.

Palmarès

Rider Team
1971 Molineris, Jean LucJean-Luc Molineris (FRA) Sonolor-Lejeune
1972 Molineris, Jean LucJean-Luc Molineris (FRA) Sonolor
1973 Mintkiewicz, RobertRobert Mintkiewicz (FRA) Sonolor
1974 Esclassan, JacquesJacques Esclassan (FRA) Peugeot-BP-Michelin
1975 Beon, PatrickPatrick Beon (FRA) Peugeot-BP-Michelin
1976 Guilloux, Maurice LeMaurice Le Guilloux (FRA) Gan-Mercier
1977 Planckaert, WillyWilly Planckaert (BEL) Maes-Mini Flat
1978 Thurau, DietrichDietrich Thurau (GER) IJsboerke-Gios
1979 Michaud, JacquesJacques Michaud (FRA) Flandria-Ca-Va Seul-Sunair
1980 Gendt, Franky DeFranky De Gendt (BEL) TI-Raleigh
1981 Raas, JanJan Raas (NED) TI-Raleigh
1982 Priem, CeesCees Priem (NED) TI-Raleigh
1983 Oosterbosch, BertBert Oosterbosch (NED) TI-Raleigh
1984 Planckaert, EddyEddy Planckaert (BEL) Panasonic
1985 Nulens, GuyGuy Nulens (BEL) Panasonic
1986 Ruttimann, NikiNiki Rüttimann (SUI) La Vie Claire
1987 Pensec, RonanRonan Pensec (FRA) Z-Peugeot
1988 Poel, Adrie Van DerAdrie Van Der Poel (NED) PDM-Concorde
1989 Wilde, Etienne DeEtienne De Wilde (BEL) Histor-Sigma
1990 Maassen, FransFrans Maassen (NED) Buckler
1991 Wijnands, AdAd Wijnands (NED) Team Telekom
1992 Zberg, BeatBeat Zberg (SUI) Helvetia
1993 Las Cuevas, Armand DeArmand De Las Cuevas (FRA) Banesto
1994 Poppel, Jean-Paul vanJean-Paul van Poppel (NED) Festina-Lotus
1995 Oetsjakov, SergeiSergei Oetsjakov (UKR) Polti-Granarolo-Santini
1996 Svorada, JanJan Svorada (CZE) Panaria-Vinavil
1997 Halgand, PatricePatrice Halgand (FRA) Festina-Lotus
1998 Planckaert, JoJo Planckaert (BEL) #REDIRECT Template:Cycling data LTB
1999 Lefèvre, DavidDavid Lefèvre (FRA) Casino-Ag2r Prévoyance
2000 Planckaert, JoJo Planckaert (BEL) Cofidis
2001 Eeckhout, NicoNico Eeckhout (BEL) Lotto-Adecco
2002 Macewen, RobbieRobbie McEwen (AUS) Lotto-Adecco
2003 Baldato, FabioFabio Baldato (ITA) Alessio
2004 Brochard, LaurentLaurent Brochard (FRA) AG2R Prévoyance
2005 Bichot, FreddyFreddy Bichot (FRA) Française des Jeux
2006 Willems, FrederikFrederik Willems (BEL) Chocolade Jacques
2007 Nuyens, NickNick Nuyens (BEL) Cofidis
2008 Trofimov, IouriIouri Trofimov (RUS) Bouygues Télécom
2009 Voeckler, ThomasThomas Voeckler (FRA) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
2010 Dumoulin, SamuelSamuel Dumoulin (FRA) Cofidis
2011 Ravard, AnthonyAnthony Ravard (FRA) Ag2r-La Mondiale

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