2024 Étoile de Bessèges

The 2024 Étoile de Bessèges – Tour du Gard (transl. Star of Bessèges – Tour of Gard) was a road cycling stage race that took place between 31 January and 4 February 2024 almost entirely within the French department of Gard. The race was rated as a category 2.1 event on the 2024 UCI Europe Tour calendar and was the 54th edition of the Étoile de Bessèges.

2024 Étoile de Bessèges

2024 UCI Europe Tour
Race details
Dates	31 January–4 February 2024
Stages	5
Distance	654.415 km (406.6 mi)
Winning time	11h 24' 34"
Results
Winner  Mads Pedersen (DEN) (Lidl–Trek)   Second  Kévin Vauquelin (FRA) (Arkéa–B&B Hotels)   Third  Alberto Bettiol (ITA) (EF Education–EasyPost) Points  Mads Pedersen (DEN) (Lidl–Trek) Mountains  Jonas Abrahamsen (NOR) (Uno-X Mobility) Youth  Kévin Vauquelin (FRA) (Arkéa–B&B Hotels)   Team Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale
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Teams

Seven of the 18 UCI WorldTeams, eight UCI ProTeams, and four UCI Continental teams make up the 19 teams that participated in the race.^[1] Each team entered a full squad of seven riders with the exception of Cofidis entering six, for a total of 132 riders who started the race.

UCI WorldTeams

• Alpecin–Deceuninck
• Arkéa–B&B Hotels
• Cofidis
• Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale
• EF Education–EasyPost
• Groupama–FDJ
• Lidl–Trek

UCI ProTeams

• Bingoal WB
• Equipo Kern Pharma
• Lotto–Dstny
• Team Corratec–Vini Fantini
• Team Flanders–Baloise
• Team TotalEnergies
• Tudor Pro Cycling Team
• Uno-X Mobility

UCI Continental Teams

• CIC U Nantes Atlantique
• Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur
• St. Michel–Mavic–Auber93
• Van Rysel–Roubaix

Route

Stage characteristics and winners

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
1	31 January	Bellegarde to Bellegarde	160.6 km (99.8 mi)		Flat stage	Cancelled
2	1 February	Marguerittes to Rousson	163.58 km (101.64 mi)		Hilly stage	Axel Laurance (FRA)
3	2 February	Bessèges to Bessèges	161.11 km (100.11 mi)		Hilly stage	Mads Pedersen (DEN)
4	3 February	Méjannes-le-Clap to Méjannes-le-Clap	154.48 km (95.99 mi)		Hilly stage	Samuel Leroux (FRA)
5	4 February	Alès to Alès	10.645 km (6.614 mi)		Individual time trial	Kévin Vauquelin (FRA)
Total			654.415 km (406.635 mi)

Stages

Stage 1

31 January 2024 – Bellegarde to Bellegarde, 162.18 km (100.77 mi)^[2]

Cancelled due to requests from the prefecture because of ongoing farmers protests.^[3]

Stage 2

1 February 2024 – Marguerittes to Rousson, 163.58 km (101.64 mi)^[4]

Stage 2 Result (1–10)[5] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Axel Laurance (FRA) Alpecin–Deceuninck 3h 57' 10" 2  Mads Pedersen (DEN) Lidl–Trek + 0" 3  Kévin Vauquelin (FRA) Arkéa–B&B Hotels + 0" 4  Kevin Geniets (LUX) Groupama–FDJ + 0" 5  Rémy Rochas (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 4" 6  Brent Van Moer (BEL) Lotto–Dstny + 4" 7  Benoît Cosnefroy (FRA) Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale + 7" 8  Alex Baudin (FRA) Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale + 7" 9  Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA) Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale + 7" 10  Jenno Berckmoes (BEL) Lotto–Dstny + 11"

General classification after Stage 2 (1–10)[5] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Axel Laurance (FRA) Alpecin–Deceuninck 3h 57' 00" 2  Mads Pedersen (DEN) Lidl–Trek + 4" 3  Kévin Vauquelin (FRA) Arkéa–B&B Hotels + 6" 4  Kevin Geniets (LUX) Groupama–FDJ + 10" 5  Rémy Rochas (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 14" 6  Brent Van Moer (BEL) Lotto–Dstny + 14" 7  Benoît Cosnefroy (FRA) Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale + 17" 8  Alex Baudin (FRA) Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale + 17" 9  Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA) Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale + 17" 10  Jenno Berckmoes (BEL) Lotto–Dstny + 21"

Stage 3

2 February 2024 – Bessèges to Bessèges, 161.11 km (100.11 mi)^[6]

Stage 3 Result (1–10)[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Mads Pedersen (DEN) Lidl–Trek 3h 43' 54" 2  Milan Menten (BEL) Lotto–Dstny + 0" 3  Rasmus Tiller (NOR) Uno-X Mobility + 0" 4  Sandy Dujardin (FRA) Team TotalEnergies + 0" 5  Benoît Cosnefroy (FRA) Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale + 0" 6  Samuel Leroux (FRA) Van Rysel–Roubaix + 0" 7  Axel Laurance (FRA) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 0" 8  Kenneth Van Rooy (BEL) Bingoal WB + 0" 9  Maxime Jarnet (FRA) Van Rysel–Roubaix + 0" 10  Alexandre Delettre (FRA) St. Michel–Mavic–Auber93 + 0"

General classification after Stage 3 (1–10)[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Mads Pedersen (DEN) Lidl–Trek 7h 40' 48" 2  Axel Laurance (FRA) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 6" 3  Kévin Vauquelin (FRA) Arkéa–B&B Hotels + 12" 4  Kevin Geniets (LUX) Groupama–FDJ + 16" 5  Brent Van Moer (BEL) Lotto–Dstny + 20" 6  Rémy Rochas (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 20" 7  Benoît Cosnefroy (FRA) Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale + 23" 8  Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA) Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale + 23" 9  Alex Baudin (FRA) Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale + 23" 10  Jenno Berckmoes (BEL) Lotto–Dstny + 27"

Stage 4

3 February 2024 – Méjannes-le-Clap to Méjannes-le-Clap, 154.48 km (95.99 mi)^[8]

Stage 4 Result (1–10)[9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Samuel Leroux (FRA) Van Rysel–Roubaix 3h 28' 32" 2  Stefan Bissegger (SUI) EF Education–EasyPost + 0" 3  Dries De Bondt (BEL) Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale + 0" 4  Jonas Iversby Hvideberg (NOR) Uno-X Mobility + 2" 5  Magnus Cort (DEN) Uno-X Mobility + 2" 6  Alberto Bettiol (ITA) EF Education–EasyPost + 2" 7  Jenno Berckmoes (BEL) Lotto–Dstny + 2" 8  Rasmus Tiller (NOR) Uno-X Mobility + 2" 9  Mads Pedersen (DEN) Lidl–Trek + 2" 10  Timo Kielich (BEL) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 2"

General classification after Stage 4 (1–10)[9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Mads Pedersen (DEN) Lidl–Trek 11h 09' 22" 2  Axel Laurance (FRA) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 6" 3  Kévin Vauquelin (FRA) Arkéa–B&B Hotels + 12" 4  Kevin Geniets (LUX) Groupama–FDJ + 16" 5  Brent Van Moer (BEL) Lotto–Dstny + 20" 6  Rémy Rochas (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 20" 7  Benoît Cosnefroy (FRA) Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale + 23" 8  Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA) Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale + 23" 9  Alex Baudin (FRA) Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale + 23" 10  Jenno Berckmoes (BEL) Lotto–Dstny + 27"

Stage 5

4 February 2024 – Alès to Alès, 10.645 km (6.614 mi), (ITT)^[10]

Stage 5 Result (1–10)[11] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Kévin Vauquelin (FRA) Arkéa–B&B Hotels 15' 02" 2  Mads Pedersen (DEN) Lidl–Trek + 10" 3  Alberto Bettiol (ITA) EF Education–EasyPost + 14" 4  Ben Healy (IRL) EF Education–EasyPost + 22" 5  Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education–EasyPost + 24" 6  Simon Carr (GBR) EF Education–EasyPost + 27" 7  Stefan Bissegger (SUI) EF Education–EasyPost + 36" 8  Toms Skujiņš (LAT) Lidl–Trek + 37" 9  Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA) Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale + 38" 10  Jenno Berckmoes (BEL) Lotto–Dstny + 39"

General classification after Stage 5 (1–10)[11] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Mads Pedersen (DEN) Lidl–Trek 11h 24' 34" 2  Kévin Vauquelin (FRA) Arkéa–B&B Hotels + 2" 3  Alberto Bettiol (ITA) EF Education–EasyPost + 32" 4  Ben Healy (IRL) EF Education–EasyPost + 43" 5  Rémy Rochas (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 51" 6  Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA) Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale + 51" 7  Alex Baudin (FRA) Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale + 54" 8  Jenno Berckmoes (BEL) Lotto–Dstny + 56" 9  Brent Van Moer (BEL) Lotto–Dstny + 58" 10  Kevin Geniets (LUX) Groupama–FDJ + 59"

Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification [a]	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team classification
1	stage cancelled
2	Axel Laurance	Axel Laurance	Axel Laurance	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Axel Laurance	Groupama–FDJ
3	Mads Pedersen	Mads Pedersen	Mads Pedersen	Jonas Abrahamsen
4	Samuel Leroux					Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale
5	Kévin Vauquelin				Kévin Vauquelin
Final		Mads Pedersen	Mads Pedersen	Jonas Abrahamsen	Kévin Vauquelin	Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale

Classification standings

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the general classification		Denotes the winner of the points classification
	Denotes the winner of the mountains classification		Denotes the winner of the young rider classification

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)^[11]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Mads Pedersen (DEN)	Lidl–Trek	11h 24' 34"
2	Kévin Vauquelin (FRA)	Arkéa–B&B Hotels	+ 2"
3	Alberto Bettiol (ITA)	EF Education–EasyPost	+ 32"
4	Ben Healy (IRL)	EF Education–EasyPost	+ 43"
5	Rémy Rochas (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	+ 51"
6	Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA)	Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale	+ 51"
7	Alex Baudin (FRA)	Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale	+ 54"
8	Jenno Berckmoes (BEL)	Lotto–Dstny	+ 56"
9	Brent Van Moer (BEL)	Lotto–Dstny	+ 58"
10	Kevin Geniets (LUX)	Groupama–FDJ	+ 59"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)^[11]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Mads Pedersen (DEN)	Lidl–Trek	72
2	Kévin Vauquelin (FRA)	Arkéa–B&B Hotels	42
3	Axel Laurance (FRA)	Alpecin–Deceuninck	37
4	Samuel Leroux (FRA)	Van Rysel–Roubaix	35
5	Alberto Bettiol (ITA)	EF Education–EasyPost	30
6	Stefan Bissegger (SUI)	EF Education–EasyPost	29
7	Rasmus Tiller (NOR)	Uno-X Mobility	24
8	Jenno Berckmoes (BEL)	Lotto–Dstny	21
9	Benoît Cosnefroy (FRA)	Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale	21
10	Milan Menten (BEL)	Lotto–Dstny	20

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)^[11]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Jonas Abrahamsen (NOR)	Uno-X Mobility	42
2	Jean-Louis Le Ny (FRA)	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	16
3	Alexis Gougeard (FRA)	Cofidis	14
4	Simon Carr (GBR)	EF Education–EasyPost	14
5	Dries De Bondt (BEL)	Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale	12
6	Mads Pedersen (DEN)	Lidl–Trek	12
7	Maximilian Juillard (FRA)	Van Rysel–Roubaix	12
8	Théo Delacroix (FRA)	St. Michel–Mavic–Auber93	12
9	Thomas Gachignard (FRA)	Team TotalEnergies	10
10	Samuel Leroux (FRA)	Van Rysel–Roubaix	8

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–10)^[11]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Kévin Vauquelin (FRA)	Arkéa–B&B Hotels	11h 24' 36"
2	Alex Baudin (FRA)	Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale	+ 52"
3	Jenno Berckmoes (BEL)	Lotto–Dstny	+ 54"
4	Axel Laurance (FRA)	Alpecin–Deceuninck	+ 1' 01"
5	Alec Segaert (BEL)	Lotto–Dstny	+ 1' 29"
6	Andrii Ponomar (UKR)	Team Corratec–Vini Fantini	+ 2' 21"
7	Giacomo Villa (ITA)	Bingoal WB	+ 3' 54"
8	Pierre Henry Basset (FRA)	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	+ 4' 29"
9	Marco Brenner (GER)	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	+ 4' 38"
10	Lukas Nerurkar (GBR)	EF Education–EasyPost	+ 5' 08"

Teams classification

Final team classification (1–10)^[11]

Rank	Team	Time
1	Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale	34h 16' 26"
2	Groupama–FDJ	+ 24"
3	Lotto–Dstny	+ 41"
4	EF Education–EasyPost	+ 53"
5	Cofidis	+ 1' 55"
6	Uno-X Mobility	+ 1' 57"
7	Team TotalEnergies	+ 3' 12"
8	St. Michel–Mavic–Auber93	+ 3' 15"
9	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	+ 3' 21"
10	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 3' 29"

Notes

1. The general classification leader's jersey is known as the coral jersey.