The 2017 Étoile de Bessèges (English: Star of Bessèges) was a road cyclingstage race that took place between 1 and 5 February 2017. The race was rated as a 2.1 event as part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour, and was the 47th edition of the Étoile de Bessèges cycling race.[2] The race included five stages; the first four were road stages while the fifth and final stage was an 11.9-kilometre (7.4 mi) individual time trial. The champion of the 2016 Étoile de Bessèges, Jérôme Coppel, did not defend his title as he had retired from professional cycling at the end of the 2016 season.
Direct Énergie rider Lilian Calmejane took the first professional stage race win of his career,[3] after fending off a late charge from Lotto–Soudal's Tony Gallopin in the final stage time trial. Calmejane – who won the third stage of the race – held an 18-second lead over Gallopin going into the time trial, but despite Gallopin's best efforts, setting a time some 13 seconds quicker than anyone else, Calmejane was able to retain the race leader's orange jersey by 5 seconds. The podium was completed by the best young rider of the race, Mads Würtz Schmidt from Team Katusha–Alpecin,[4] 24 seconds down on Calmejane. The race's other classifications were won by AG2R La Mondiale rider Nico Denz for the mountains classification,[5] while Team Katusha–Alpecin's Alexander Kristoff won the points classification.[6]
In the 2017 Étoile de Bessèges, four different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers at intermediate sprints and at the finish of mass-start stages, the leader received an orange jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2017 Étoile de Bessèges, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.
Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a yellow jersey. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 15 in a mass-start stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 25 points, with 20 for second, 16 for third, 13 for fourth, 11 for fifth with a point fewer per place down to a single point for 15th place. Points towards the classification could also be accrued at intermediate sprint points during each stage; these intermediate sprints also offered bonus seconds towards the general classification. There was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a blue jersey. In the mountains classification, points were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs.
The fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey. This was decided in the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1994 were eligible to be ranked in the classification.
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^"Meilleur grimpeur 5 - Mountain classification 5" (PDF). Votrecourse (in French). F2Concept. 5 February 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
^"Classement par points 5 - Points classification 5" (PDF). Votrecourse (in French). F2Concept. 5 February 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
^"47eme Etoile de Bessèges - Etape N° 1: Liste des partants - Start list" (PDF). Votrecourse (in French). F2Concept. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
^"Etoile de Bessèges — General Classification (stages)". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
^"Classement de l'etape 1 - Stage classification 1" (PDF). Votrecourse (in French). F2Concept. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
^"Classement général 1 - General classification 1" (PDF). Votrecourse (in French). F2Concept. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
^"Classement de l'etape 2 - Stage classification 2" (PDF). Votrecourse (in French). F2Concept. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
^"Classement général 2 - General classification 2" (PDF). Votrecourse (in French). F2Concept. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
^"Classement de l'etape 3 - Stage classification 3" (PDF). Votrecourse (in French). F2Concept. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
^"Classement général 3 - General classification 3" (PDF). Votrecourse (in French). F2Concept. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
^"Classement de l'etape 4 - Stage classification 4" (PDF). Votrecourse (in French). F2Concept. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
^"Classement général 4 - General classification 4" (PDF). Votrecourse (in French). F2Concept. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
^"Classement de l'etape 5 - Stage classification 5" (PDF). Votrecourse (in French). F2Concept. 5 February 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
^"Etoile de Besseges: Kristoff opens his 2017 account with stage 2 victory". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
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The 2017 Etoile de Besseges English Star of Besseges was a road cycling stage race that took place between 1 and 5 February 2017 The race was rated as a 2 1 event as part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour and was the 47th edition of the Etoile de Besseges cycling race 2 The race included five stages the first four were road stages while the fifth and final stage was an 11 9 kilometre 7 4 mi individual time trial The champion of the 2016 Etoile de Besseges Jerome Coppel did not defend his title as he had retired from professional cycling at the end of the 2016 season 2017 Etoile de BessegesUCI Europe TourRace detailsDates1 5 February 2017Stages5Distance628 5 km 390 5 mi Winning time14h 42 51 1 ResultsWinner Lilian Calmejane France Direct Energie Second Tony Gallopin France Lotto Soudal Third Mads Wurtz Schmidt Denmark Team Katusha Alpecin Points Alexander Kristoff Norway Team Katusha Alpecin Mountains Nico Denz Germany AG2R La Mondiale Youth Mads Wurtz Schmidt Denmark Team Katusha Alpecin 20162018 Direct Energie rider Lilian Calmejane took the first professional stage race win of his career 3 after fending off a late charge from Lotto Soudal s Tony Gallopin in the final stage time trial Calmejane who won the third stage of the race held an 18 second lead over Gallopin going into the time trial but despite Gallopin s best efforts setting a time some 13 seconds quicker than anyone else Calmejane was able to retain the race leader s orange jersey by 5 seconds The podium was completed by the best young rider of the race Mads Wurtz Schmidt from Team Katusha Alpecin 4 24 seconds down on Calmejane The race s other classifications were won by AG2R La Mondiale rider Nico Denz for the mountains classification 5 while Team Katusha Alpecin s Alexander Kristoff won the points classification 6 Contents 1 Teams 2 Route 3 Stages 3 1 Stage 1 3 2 Stage 2 3 3 Stage 3 3 4 Stage 4 3 5 Stage 5 4 Classification leadership table 5 References 6 External linksTeams editNineteen teams were invited to start the race These included four UCI WorldTeams nine UCI Professional Continental teams and six UCI Continental teams 7 UCI WorldTeams AG2R La Mondiale FDJ Team Katusha Alpecin Lotto Soudal UCI Professional Continental teams Caja Rural Seguros RGA Cofidis Delko Marseille Provence KTM Direct Energie Fortuneo Vital Concept Sport Vlaanderen Baloise Verandas Willems Crelan Wanty Groupe Gobert WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect UCI Continental teams Armee de Terre An Post Chain Reaction Cibel Cebon HP BTP Auber93 Roth Akros Roubaix Lille MetropoleRoute editStage schedule 8 Stage Date Route Distance Type Winner 1 1 February Bellegarde to Beaucaire 158 4 km 98 mi nbsp Hilly stage nbsp Arnaud Demare FRA 2 2 February Nimes to Rodilhan 152 7 km 95 mi nbsp Hilly stage nbsp Alexander Kristoff NOR 3 3 February Besseges to Besseges 152 6 km 95 mi nbsp Hilly stage nbsp Lilian Calmejane FRA 4 4 February Chusclan to Laudun l Ardoise 152 9 km 95 mi nbsp Hilly stage nbsp Arnaud Demare FRA 5 5 February Ales to Ales 11 9 km 7 mi nbsp Individual time trial nbsp Tony Gallopin FRA Stages editStage 1 edit 1 February 2017 Bellegarde to Beaucaire 158 4 km 98 mi Result of Stage 1 9 Rank Rider Team Time 1 nbsp Arnaud Demare FRA FDJ 3h 34 19 2 nbsp Alexander Kristoff NOR Team Katusha Alpecin 0 3 nbsp Roy Jans BEL WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect 0 4 nbsp Florian Senechal FRA Cofidis 0 5 nbsp Rudy Barbier FRA AG2R La Mondiale 0 6 nbsp Bert Van Lerberghe BEL Sport Vlaanderen Baloise 0 7 nbsp Jasper De Buyst BEL Lotto Soudal 0 8 nbsp Christophe Laporte FRA Cofidis 0 9 nbsp Damien Touze FRA HP BTP Auber93 0 10 nbsp Jeremy Lecroq FRA Roubaix Lille Metropole 0 General classification after Stage 1 10 Rank Rider Team Time 1 nbsp Arnaud Demare FRA nbsp nbsp FDJ 3h 34 09 2 nbsp Alexander Kristoff NOR Team Katusha Alpecin 4 3 nbsp Roy Jans BEL WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect 6 4 nbsp Nico Denz GER nbsp nbsp AG2R La Mondiale 7 5 nbsp Kevin Lebreton FRA Armee de Terre 8 6 nbsp Jeremy Bescond FRA HP BTP Auber93 9 7 nbsp Florian Senechal FRA Cofidis 10 8 nbsp Rudy Barbier FRA AG2R La Mondiale 10 9 nbsp Bert Van Lerberghe BEL Sport Vlaanderen Baloise 10 10 nbsp Jasper De Buyst BEL Lotto Soudal 10 Stage 2 edit 2 February 2017 Nimes to Rodilhan 152 7 km 95 mi Result of Stage 2 11 Rank Rider Team Time 1 nbsp Alexander Kristoff NOR Team Katusha Alpecin 3h 26 59 2 nbsp Rudy Barbier FRA AG2R La Mondiale 0 3 nbsp Arnaud Demare FRA nbsp FDJ 0 4 nbsp Lilian Calmejane FRA Direct Energie 0 5 nbsp Maxime Vantomme BEL WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect 0 6 nbsp Pieter Vanspeybrouck BEL Wanty Groupe Gobert 0 7 nbsp Christophe Laporte FRA Cofidis 0 8 nbsp Sylvain Chavanel FRA Direct Energie 0 9 nbsp Rick Zabel GER Team Katusha Alpecin 0 10 nbsp Pierre Latour FRA AG2R La Mondiale 0 General classification after Stage 2 12 Rank Rider Team Time 1 nbsp Alexander Kristoff NOR nbsp nbsp Team Katusha Alpecin 7h 01 00 2 nbsp Arnaud Demare FRA FDJ 4 3 nbsp Rudy Barbier FRA AG2R La Mondiale 12 4 nbsp Tony Gallopin FRA Lotto Soudal 15 5 nbsp Christophe Laporte FRA Cofidis 18 6 nbsp Florian Senechal FRA Cofidis 18 7 nbsp Maxime Vantomme BEL WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect 18 8 nbsp Sylvain Chavanel FRA Direct Energie 18 9 nbsp Lilian Calmejane FRA Direct Energie 18 10 nbsp Pierre Latour FRA AG2R La Mondiale 18 Stage 3 edit 3 February 2017 Besseges to Besseges 152 6 km 95 mi Result of Stage 3 13 Rank Rider Team Time 1 nbsp Lilian Calmejane FRA Direct Energie 3h 48 07 2 nbsp Mads Wurtz Schmidt DEN Team Katusha Alpecin 7 3 nbsp Mauro Finetto ITA Delko Marseille Provence KTM 9 4 nbsp Samuel Dumoulin FRA AG2R La Mondiale 9 5 nbsp Nils Politt GER nbsp Team Katusha Alpecin 9 6 nbsp Sylvain Chavanel FRA Direct Energie 9 7 nbsp Romain Hardy FRA Fortuneo Vital Concept 9 8 nbsp Christophe Laporte FRA Cofidis 9 9 nbsp Frederik Backaert BEL Wanty Groupe Gobert 9 10 nbsp Reto Hollenstein SUI Team Katusha Alpecin 9 General classification after Stage 3 14 Rank Rider Team Time 1 nbsp Lilian Calmejane FRA nbsp nbsp Direct Energie 10h 49 09 2 nbsp Mads Wurtz Schmidt DEN nbsp Team Katusha Alpecin 17 3 nbsp Tony Gallopin FRA Lotto Soudal 18 4 nbsp Sylvain Chavanel FRA Direct Energie 22 5 nbsp Christophe Laporte FRA Cofidis 25 6 nbsp Pierre Latour FRA AG2R La Mondiale 25 7 nbsp Reto Hollenstein SUI Team Katusha Alpecin 25 8 nbsp Nils Politt GER Team Katusha Alpecin 25 9 nbsp Romain Hardy FRA Fortuneo Vital Concept 25 10 nbsp Maxime Vantomme BEL WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect 33 Stage 4 edit 4 February 2017 Chusclan to Laudun l Ardoise 152 9 km 95 mi Result of Stage 4 15 Rank Rider Team Time 1 nbsp Arnaud Demare FRA FDJ 3h 36 24 2 nbsp Alexander Kristoff NOR Team Katusha Alpecin 0 3 nbsp Christophe Laporte FRA Cofidis 0 4 nbsp Armindo Fonseca FRA Fortuneo Vital Concept 0 5 nbsp Mads Wurtz Schmidt DEN nbsp Team Katusha Alpecin 0 6 nbsp Pieter Vanspeybrouck BEL Wanty Groupe Gobert 0 7 nbsp Roy Jans BEL WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect 0 8 nbsp Eduard Prades ESP Caja Rural Seguros RGA 0 9 nbsp Andrea Pasqualon ITA Wanty Groupe Gobert 0 10 nbsp Maxime Vantomme BEL WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect 0 General classification after Stage 4 16 Rank Rider Team Time 1 nbsp Lilian Calmejane FRA nbsp Direct Energie 14h 25 33 2 nbsp Mads Wurtz Schmidt DEN nbsp Team Katusha Alpecin 17 3 nbsp Tony Gallopin FRA Lotto Soudal 18 4 nbsp Christophe Laporte FRA Cofidis 21 5 nbsp Sylvain Chavanel FRA Direct Energie 22 6 nbsp Pierre Latour FRA AG2R La Mondiale 25 7 nbsp Nils Politt GER Team Katusha Alpecin 25 8 nbsp Reto Hollenstein SUI Team Katusha Alpecin 25 9 nbsp Romain Hardy FRA Fortuneo Vital Concept 25 10 nbsp Maxime Vantomme BEL WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect 33 Stage 5 edit 5 February 2017 Ales to Ales 11 9 km 7 mi individual time trial ITT Result of Stage 5 17 Rank Rider Team Time 1 nbsp Tony Gallopin FRA Lotto Soudal 17 05 2 nbsp Lilian Calmejane FRA nbsp Direct Energie 13 3 nbsp Pierre Latour FRA AG2R La Mondiale 17 4 nbsp Mads Wurtz Schmidt DEN nbsp Team Katusha Alpecin 20 5 nbsp Sylvain Chavanel FRA Direct Energie 22 6 nbsp Olivier Pardini BEL WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect 38 7 nbsp Nils Politt GER Team Katusha Alpecin 41 8 nbsp Kevyn Ista BEL WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect 51 9 nbsp Christophe Laporte FRA Cofidis 51 10 nbsp Anthony Turgis FRA Cofidis 52 Final general classification 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1 nbsp Lilian Calmejane FRA nbsp Direct Energie 14h 42 51 2 nbsp Tony Gallopin FRA Lotto Soudal 5 3 nbsp Mads Wurtz Schmidt DEN nbsp Team Katusha Alpecin 24 4 nbsp Pierre Latour FRA AG2R La Mondiale 29 5 nbsp Sylvain Chavanel FRA Direct Energie 31 6 nbsp Nils Politt GER Team Katusha Alpecin 53 7 nbsp Christophe Laporte FRA Cofidis 59 8 nbsp Maxime Vantomme BEL WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect 1 18 9 nbsp Reto Hollenstein SUI Team Katusha Alpecin 1 33 10 nbsp Romain Hardy FRA Fortuneo Vital Concept 2 11 Classification leadership table editIn the 2017 Etoile de Besseges four different jerseys were awarded For the general classification calculated by adding each cyclist s finishing times on each stage and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers at intermediate sprints and at the finish of mass start stages the leader received an orange jersey This classification was considered the most important of the 2017 Etoile de Besseges and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race Additionally there was a points classification which awarded a yellow jersey In the points classification cyclists received points for finishing in the top 15 in a mass start stage For winning a stage a rider earned 25 points with 20 for second 16 for third 13 for fourth 11 for fifth with a point fewer per place down to a single point for 15th place Points towards the classification could also be accrued at intermediate sprint points during each stage these intermediate sprints also offered bonus seconds towards the general classification There was also a mountains classification the leadership of which was marked by a blue jersey In the mountains classification points were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists with more points available for the higher categorised climbs The fourth jersey represented the young rider classification marked by a white jersey This was decided in the same way as the general classification but only riders born after 1 January 1994 were eligible to be ranked in the classification Stage Winner General classification nbsp Points classification nbsp Mountains classification nbsp Young rider classification nbsp 1 18 Arnaud Demare Arnaud Demare Arnaud Demare Nico Denz Nico Denz 2 19 Alexander Kristoff Alexander Kristoff Alexander Kristoff Nils Politt 3 20 Lilian Calmejane Lilian Calmejane Lilian Calmejane Mads Wurtz Schmidt 4 21 Arnaud Demare Alexander Kristoff 5 3 Tony Gallopin Final Lilian Calmejane Alexander Kristoff Nico Denz Mads Wurtz SchmidtReferences edit a b Classement general 5 General classification 5 PDF Votrecourse in French F2Concept 5 February 2017 Retrieved 5 February 2017 Etoile de Besseges General Classification preview ProCyclingStats Retrieved 3 February 2017 a b Etoile de Besseges Gallopin wins closing time trial Cyclingnews com Immediate Media Company 5 February 2017 Retrieved 5 February 2017 Classement general des Jeunes 5 Best Young General classification 5 PDF Votrecourse in French F2Concept 5 February 2017 Retrieved 5 February 2017 Meilleur grimpeur 5 Mountain classification 5 PDF Votrecourse in French F2Concept 5 February 2017 Retrieved 5 February 2017 Classement par points 5 Points classification 5 PDF Votrecourse in French F2Concept 5 February 2017 Retrieved 5 February 2017 47eme Etoile de Besseges Etape N 1 Liste des partants Start list PDF Votrecourse in French F2Concept 31 January 2017 Retrieved 4 February 2017 Etoile de Besseges General Classification stages ProCyclingStats Retrieved 4 February 2017 Classement de l etape 1 Stage classification 1 PDF Votrecourse in French F2Concept 1 February 2017 Retrieved 4 February 2017 Classement general 1 General classification 1 PDF Votrecourse in French F2Concept 1 February 2017 Retrieved 4 February 2017 Classement de l etape 2 Stage classification 2 PDF Votrecourse in French F2Concept 2 February 2017 Retrieved 4 February 2017 Classement general 2 General classification 2 PDF Votrecourse in French F2Concept 2 February 2017 Retrieved 4 February 2017 Classement de l etape 3 Stage classification 3 PDF Votrecourse in French F2Concept 3 February 2017 Retrieved 4 February 2017 Classement general 3 General classification 3 PDF Votrecourse in French F2Concept 3 February 2017 Retrieved 4 February 2017 Classement de l etape 4 Stage classification 4 PDF Votrecourse in French F2Concept 4 February 2017 Retrieved 4 February 2017 Classement general 4 General classification 4 PDF Votrecourse in French F2Concept 4 February 2017 Retrieved 4 February 2017 Classement de l etape 5 Stage classification 5 PDF Votrecourse in French F2Concept 5 February 2017 Retrieved 5 February 2017 Etoile de Besseges Arnaud Demare sprints to stage 1 victory Cyclingnews com Immediate Media Company 1 February 2017 Retrieved 4 February 2017 Etoile de Besseges Kristoff opens his 2017 account with stage 2 victory Cyclingnews com Immediate Media Company 2 February 2017 Retrieved 4 February 2017 Etoile de Besseges Calmejane victorious in stage 3 Cyclingnews com Immediate Media Company 3 February 2017 Retrieved 4 February 2017 Etoile de Besseges Demare nabs stage 4 Cyclingnews com Immediate Media Company 4 February 2017 Retrieved 4 February 2017 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2017 Etoile de Besseges amp oldid 1199082049, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
