The 2023 Étoile de Bessèges – Tour du Gard (transl. Star of Bessèges – Tour of Gard) was a road cyclingstage race that took place between 1 and 5 February 2023 almost entirely within the French department of Gard. The race was rated as a category 2.1 event on the 2023 UCI Europe Tour calendar, and was the 53rd edition of the Étoile de Bessèges.[1]
Eight of the 18 UCI WorldTeams, eight UCI ProTeams, and four UCI Continental teams make up the 20 teams that participated in the race.[2] Each team entered a full squad of seven riders, for a total of 140 riders who started the race.
2 February 2022 – Bagard to Aubais, 169.63 km (105.40 mi)[7]
The stage was neutralised due to a large crash on a bridge about 22 kilometers from the finish. Therefore, no winner was declared and all classifications remained the same from stage 1 heading into stage 3.[8]
Stage 3edit
3 February 2022 – Bessèges to Bessèges, 169.71 km (105.45 mi)[9]
On stage 2, Mads Pedersen, who is second in the points classification, will wear the yellow jersey, because first-placed Arnaud De Lie will wear the coral jersey as the leader of the general classification. For the same reason, Andrea Piccolo will wear the white jersey for being second in the young rider classification.
Current classification standingsedit
Legend
Denotes the leader of the general classification
Denotes the leader of the mountains classification
Denotes the leader of the points classification
Denotes the leader of the young rider classification
^The general classification leader's jersey is known as the coral jersey.
Referencesedit
^"Etoile de Bessèges - Tour du Gard". UCI. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
^"Équipes 2023" [Teams 2023] (in French). Étoile de Bessèges. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
^"Cyclisme : tout savoir du tracé de l'Étoile de Bessèges dans les Cévennes gardoises" [Cycling: everything you need to know about the Étoile de Bessèges route in the Cévennes in the Gard]. Midi Libre (in French). 30 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
^Timms, Joe (31 January 2022). "Etoile de Bessèges 2022: Route, predictions and contenders". Rouleur. Gruppo Media. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
^ [Stage 1] (in French). Étoile de Bessèges. Archived from the original on 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
^ abWeislo, Laura (1 February 2023). "De Lie outsprints Pedersen to win opening day at Etoile de Bessèges". CyclingNews. Future plc. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
^"Étape 2" [Stage 2] (in French). Étoile de Bessèges. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
^O'Shea, Sadhbh (2 February 2023). "Stage 2 of Étoile de Bessèges neutralized after major crash". Velo News. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
^"Étape 3" [Stage 3] (in French). Étoile de Bessèges. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
^ abWeislo, Laura (3 February 2023). "Arnaud De Lie wins crash-marred stage 3 Etoile de Bessèges". CyclingNews. Future plc. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
^"Étape 4" [Stage 4] (in French). Étoile de Bessèges. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
^ abOstanek, Daniel (4 February 2023). "Skjelmose takes Etoile de Bessèges lead with stage 4 victory". CyclingNews. Future plc. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
^"Étape 5" [Stage 5] (in French). Étoile de Bessèges. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
^ abcTyson, Jackie (5 February 2023). "Powless edges to Etoile de Bessèges overall win with powerful final time trial". CyclingNews. Future plc. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
External linksedit
Official website
March 17, 2024
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The 2023 Etoile de Besseges Tour du Gard transl Star of Besseges Tour of Gard was a road cycling stage race that took place between 1 and 5 February 2023 almost entirely within the French department of Gard The race was rated as a category 2 1 event on the 2023 UCI Europe Tour calendar and was the 53rd edition of the Etoile de Besseges 1 2023 Etoile de Besseges2023 UCI Europe TourRace detailsDates1 5 February 2023Stages5Distance659 68 km 409 9 mi ResultsWinner Neilson Powless USA EF Education EasyPost Second Mattias Skjelmose Jensen DEN Trek Segafredo Third Pierre Latour FRA Team TotalEnergies Points Arnaud De Lie BEL Lotto Dstny Mountains Vito Braet BEL Team Flanders Baloise Youth Mattias Skjelmose Jensen DEN Trek Segafredo TeamTeam TotalEnergies 20222024 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 Current classification standings 5 1 General classification 5 2 Points classification 5 3 Mountains classification 5 4 Young rider classification 5 5 Team classification 6 Notes 7 References 8 External linksTeams editEight of the 18 UCI WorldTeams eight UCI ProTeams and four UCI Continental teams make up the 20 teams that participated in the race 2 Each team entered a full squad of seven riders for a total of 140 riders who started the race UCI WorldTeams AG2R Citroen Team Alpecin Deceuninck Cofidis Ineos Grenadiers EF Education EasyPost Groupama FDJ Intermarche Circus Wanty Trek Segafredo UCI ProTeams Bingoal WB Equipo Kern Pharma Israel Premier Tech Lotto Dstny Team Flanders Baloise Team TotalEnergies Tudor Pro Cycling Team Uno X Pro Cycling Team UCI Continental Teams Van Rysel Roubaix Lille Metropole Nice Metropole Cote d Azur St Michel Mavic Auber93 CIC U Nantes AtlantiqueRoute editStage characteristics and winners 3 4 Stage Date Course Distance Type Stage winner1 1 February Bellegarde to Bellegarde 162 18 km 100 77 mi nbsp Flat stage nbsp Arnaud De Lie BEL 2 2 February Bagard to Aubais 169 63 km 105 40 mi nbsp Hilly stage No winner3 3 February Besseges to Besseges 169 71 km 105 45 mi nbsp Hilly stage nbsp Arnaud De Lie BEL 4 4 February Saint Christol les Ales to Mont Bouquet fr 147 5 km 91 7 mi nbsp Mountain stage nbsp Mattias Skjelmose Jensen DEN 5 5 February Ales to Ales 10 66 km 6 62 mi nbsp Individual time trial nbsp Mads Pedersen DEN Total 659 68 km 409 91 mi Stages editStage 1 edit 1 February 2022 Bellegarde to Bellegarde 162 18 km 100 77 mi 5 Stage 1 Result 1 10 6 Rank Rider Team Time1 nbsp Arnaud De Lie BEL Lotto Dstny 3h 30 35 2 nbsp Mads Pedersen DEN Trek Segafredo 0 3 nbsp Benoit Cosnefroy FRA AG2R Citroen Team 0 4 nbsp Dylan Teuns BEL Israel Premier Tech 3 5 nbsp Andrea Piccolo ITA EF Education EasyPost 3 6 nbsp Mattias Skjelmose Jensen DEN Trek Segafredo 5 7 nbsp Neilson Powless USA EF Education EasyPost 5 8 nbsp Aaron Van Poucke BEL Team Flanders Baloise 5 9 nbsp Pau Miquel ESP Equipo Kern Pharma 8 10 nbsp Anders Halland Johannessen NOR Uno X Pro Cycling Team 8 General classification after Stage 1 1 10 6 Rank Rider Team Time1 nbsp Arnaud De Lie BEL nbsp nbsp nbsp Lotto Dstny 3h 30 35 2 nbsp Mads Pedersen DEN Trek Segafredo 4 3 nbsp Benoit Cosnefroy FRA AG2R Citroen Team 6 4 nbsp Dylan Teuns BEL Israel Premier Tech 13 5 nbsp Andrea Piccolo ITA EF Education EasyPost 13 6 nbsp Mattias Skjelmose Jensen DEN Trek Segafredo 15 7 nbsp Neilson Powless USA EF Education EasyPost 15 8 nbsp Aaron Van Poucke BEL Team Flanders Baloise 15 9 nbsp Pau Miquel ESP Equipo Kern Pharma 18 10 nbsp Anders Halland Johannessen NOR Uno X Pro Cycling Team 18 Stage 2 edit 2 February 2022 Bagard to Aubais 169 63 km 105 40 mi 7 The stage was neutralised due to a large crash on a bridge about 22 kilometers from the finish Therefore no winner was declared and all classifications remained the same from stage 1 heading into stage 3 8 Stage 3 edit 3 February 2022 Besseges to Besseges 169 71 km 105 45 mi 9 Stage 3 Result 1 10 10 Rank Rider Team Time1 nbsp Arnaud De Lie BEL nbsp nbsp nbsp Lotto Dstny 4h 03 47 2 nbsp Valentin Ferron FRA Team TotalEnergies 0 3 nbsp Samuel Watson GBR Groupama FDJ 0 4 nbsp Louis Barre FRA Arkea Samsic 0 5 nbsp Sep Vanmarcke BEL Israel Premier Tech 0 6 nbsp Joel Suter SUI Tudor Pro Cycling Team 0 7 nbsp Remy Mertz BEL Bingoal WB 0 8 nbsp Pierre Latour FRA Team TotalEnergies 0 9 nbsp Greg van Avermaet BEL AG2R Citroen Team 0 10 nbsp Franck Bonnamour FRA AG2R Citroen Team 0 General classification after Stage 3 1 10 10 Rank Rider Team Time1 nbsp Arnaud De Lie BEL nbsp nbsp nbsp Lotto Dstny 7h 34 02 2 nbsp Benoit Cosnefroy FRA AG2R Citroen Team 16 3 nbsp Dylan Teuns BEL Israel Premier Tech 23 4 nbsp Samuel Watson GBR Groupama FDJ 24 5 nbsp Mattias Skjelmose Jensen DEN Trek Segafredo 25 6 nbsp Neilson Powless USA EF Education EasyPost 25 7 nbsp Pierre Latour FRA Team TotalEnergies 28 8 nbsp Ben Tulett GBR Ineos Grenadiers 28 9 nbsp Krists Neilands LAT Israel Premier Tech 28 10 nbsp Pau Miquel ESP Equipo Kern Pharma 28 Stage 4 edit 4 February 2022 Saint Christol les Ales to Mont Bouquet fr 147 5 km 91 7 mi 11 Stage 4 Result 1 10 12 Rank Rider Team Time1 nbsp Mattias Skjelmose Jensen DEN Trek Segafredo 3h 22 23 2 nbsp Neilson Powless USA EF Education EasyPost 0 3 nbsp Pierre Latour FRA Team TotalEnergies 13 4 nbsp Pavel Sivakov FRA Ineos Grenadiers 19 5 nbsp Kevin Vauquelin FRA Arkea Samsic 1 06 6 nbsp Thibaut Pinot FRA Groupama FDJ 1 17 7 nbsp Hugo Houle CAN Israel Premier Tech 1 30 8 nbsp Arnaud De Lie BEL nbsp nbsp nbsp Lotto Dstny 1 34 9 nbsp Julien Bernard FRA Trek Segafredo 1 40 10 nbsp Axel Laurance FRA Alpecin Deceuninck 1 53 General classification after Stage 4 1 10 12 Rank Rider Team Time1 nbsp Mattias Skjelmose Jensen DEN nbsp nbsp Trek Segafredo 10h 56 40 2 nbsp Neilson Powless USA EF Education EasyPost 4 3 nbsp Pierre Latour FRA Team TotalEnergies 22 4 nbsp Pavel Sivakov FRA Ineos Grenadiers 1 00 5 nbsp Arnaud De Lie BEL nbsp Lotto Dstny 1 19 6 nbsp Kevin Vauquelin FRA Arkea Samsic 1 26 7 nbsp Thibaut Pinot FRA Groupama FDJ 1 37 8 nbsp Hugo Houle CAN Israel Premier Tech 1 50 9 nbsp Krists Neilands LAT Israel Premier Tech 2 13 10 nbsp Anthony Perez FRA Cofidis 2 13 Stage 5 edit 5 February 2022 Ales to Ales 10 66 km 6 62 mi ITT 13 Stage 5 Result 1 10 14 Rank Rider Team Time1 nbsp Mads Pedersen DEN Trek Segafredo 15 25 2 nbsp Joshua Tarling GBR Ineos Grenadiers 8 3 nbsp Ben Tulett GBR Ineos Grenadiers 10 4 nbsp Kevin Vauquelin FRA Arkea Samsic 11 5 nbsp Pierre Latour FRA Team TotalEnergies 15 6 nbsp Magnus Cort DEN EF Education EasyPost 20 7 nbsp Ben Turner GBR Ineos Grenadiers 20 8 nbsp Neilson Powless USA EF Education EasyPost 21 9 nbsp Mattias Skjelmose Jensen DEN nbsp nbsp Trek Segafredo 26 10 nbsp Bruno Armirail FRA Groupama FDJ 26 General classification after Stage 5 1 10 14 Rank Rider Team Time1 nbsp Neilson Powless USA nbsp EF Education EasyPost 11h 12 30 2 nbsp Mattias Skjelmose Jensen DEN nbsp Trek Segafredo 1 3 nbsp Pierre Latour FRA Team TotalEnergies 12 4 nbsp Kevin Vauquelin FRA Arkea Samsic 1 12 5 nbsp Pavel Sivakov FRA Ineos Grenadiers 1 27 6 nbsp Thibaut Pinot FRA Groupama FDJ 1 58 7 nbsp Arnaud De Lie BEL nbsp Lotto Dstny 2 04 8 nbsp Hugo Houle CAN Israel Premier Tech 2 27 9 nbsp Anthony Perez FRA Cofidis 2 36 10 nbsp Joel Suter SUI Tudor Pro Cycling Team 2 53 Classification leadership table editClassification leadership by stage Stage Winner General classification nbsp a Points classification nbsp Mountains classification nbsp Young rider classification nbsp Team classification1 Arnaud De Lie Arnaud De Lie Arnaud De Lie Ayco Bastiaens Arnaud De Lie EF Education EasyPost2 No winner3 Arnaud De Lie Vito Braet Israel Premier Tech4 Mattias Skjelmose Jensen Mattias Skjelmose Jensen Mattias Skjelmose Jensen Team TotalEnergies5 Neilson Powless Neilson PowlessFinal Neilson Powless Arnaud De Lie Vito Braet Mattias Skjelmose Jensen Team TotalEnergiesOn stage 2 Mads Pedersen who is second in the points classification will wear the yellow jersey because first placed Arnaud De Lie will wear the coral jersey as the leader of the general classification For the same reason Andrea Piccolo will wear the white jersey for being second in the young rider classification Current classification standings editLegend nbsp Denotes the leader of the general classification nbsp Denotes the leader of the mountains classification nbsp Denotes the leader of the points classification nbsp Denotes the leader of the young rider classificationGeneral classification edit Final general classification 1 10 14 Rank Rider Team Time1 nbsp Neilson Powless USA nbsp EF Education EasyPost 11h 12 30 2 nbsp Mattias Skjelmose Jensen DEN nbsp Trek Segafredo 1 3 nbsp Pierre Latour FRA Team TotalEnergies 12 4 nbsp Kevin Vauquelin FRA Arkea Samsic 1 12 5 nbsp Pavel Sivakov FRA Ineos Grenadiers 1 27 6 nbsp Thibaut Pinot FRA Groupama FDJ 1 58 7 nbsp Arnaud De Lie BEL nbsp Lotto Dstny 2 04 8 nbsp Hugo Houle CAN Israel Premier Tech 2 27 9 nbsp Anthony Perez FRA Cofidis 2 36 10 nbsp Joel Suter SUI Tudor Pro Cycling Team 2 53 Points classification edit Final points classification 1 10 Rank Rider Team Points1 nbsp Arnaud De Lie BEL nbsp Lotto Dstny 582 nbsp Mattias Skjelmose Jensen DEN nbsp Trek Segafredo 463 nbsp Mads Pedersen DEN Trek Segafredo 454 nbsp Neilson Powless USA nbsp EF Education EasyPost 385 nbsp Pierre Latour FRA Team TotalEnergies 386 nbsp Kevin Vauquelin FRA Arkea Samsic 317 nbsp Samuel Watson GBR Groupama FDJ 218 nbsp Valentin Ferron FRA Team TotalEnergies 209 nbsp Ben Tulett GBR Ineos Grenadiers 2010 nbsp Joshua Tarling GBR Ineos Grenadiers 20Mountains classification edit Final mountains classification 1 10 Rank Rider Team Points1 nbsp Vito Braet BEL nbsp Team Flanders Baloise 342 nbsp Neilson Powless USA nbsp EF Education EasyPost 263 nbsp Mattias Skjelmose Jensen DEN nbsp Trek Segafredo 234 nbsp Dries De Bondt BEL Alpecin Deceuninck 185 nbsp Kevin Vauquelin FRA Arkea Samsic 166 nbsp Ben Turner GBR Ineos Grenadiers 147 nbsp Thomas Champion FRA Cofidis 148 nbsp Mads Pedersen DEN Trek Segafredo 139 nbsp Andrea Mifsud FRA Nice Metropole Cote d Azur 1210 nbsp Ben Tulett GBR Ineos Grenadiers 10 Young rider classification edit Final young rider classification 1 10 Rank Rider Team Time1 nbsp Mattias Skjelmose Jensen DEN nbsp Trek Segafredo 11h 12 31 2 nbsp Kevin Vauquelin FRA Arkea Samsic 1 11 3 nbsp Arnaud De Lie BEL nbsp Lotto Dstny 2 03 4 nbsp Pau Miquel ESP Equipo Kern Pharma 3 07 5 nbsp Axel Laurance FRA Alpecin Deceuninck 3 58 6 nbsp Raul Garcia Pierna ESP Equipo Kern Pharma 4 09 7 nbsp Jenno Berckmoes BEL Team Flanders Baloise 5 32 8 nbsp Louis Barre FRA Arkea Samsic 8 31 9 nbsp Petr Kelemen CZE Tudor Pro Cycling Team 10 13 10 nbsp Luca Van Boven BEL Bingoal WB 12 22 Team classification edit Final team classification 1 10 Rank Team Time1 Team TotalEnergies 33h 44 32 2 Israel Premier Tech 1 37 3 Cofidis 5 33 4 AG2R Citroen Team 7 07 5 Tudor Pro Cycling Team 7 43 6 Lotto Dstny 8 18 7 Trek Segafredo 8 50 8 Uno X Pro Cycling Team 11 07 9 Arkea Samsic 13 58 10 Ineos Grenadiers 15 25 Notes edit The general classification leader s jersey is known as the coral jersey References edit Etoile de Besseges Tour du Gard UCI Retrieved 1 February 2023 Equipes 2023 Teams 2023 in French Etoile de Besseges Retrieved 1 February 2023 Cyclisme tout savoir du trace de l Etoile de Besseges dans les Cevennes gardoises Cycling everything you need to know about the Etoile de Besseges route in the Cevennes in the Gard Midi Libre in French 30 January 2022 Retrieved 31 January 2022 Timms Joe 31 January 2022 Etoile de Besseges 2022 Route predictions and contenders Rouleur Gruppo Media Retrieved 1 February 2022 Etape 1 Stage 1 in French Etoile de Besseges Archived from the original on 31 January 2022 Retrieved 31 January 2022 a b Weislo Laura 1 February 2023 De Lie outsprints Pedersen to win opening day at Etoile de Besseges CyclingNews Future plc Retrieved 1 February 2023 Etape 2 Stage 2 in French Etoile de Besseges Retrieved 1 February 2023 O Shea Sadhbh 2 February 2023 Stage 2 of Etoile de Besseges neutralized after major crash Velo News Retrieved 2 February 2023 Etape 3 Stage 3 in French Etoile de Besseges Retrieved 1 February 2023 a b Weislo Laura 3 February 2023 Arnaud De Lie wins crash marred stage 3 Etoile de Besseges CyclingNews Future plc Retrieved 3 February 2023 Etape 4 Stage 4 in French Etoile de Besseges Retrieved 1 February 2023 a b Ostanek Daniel 4 February 2023 Skjelmose takes Etoile de Besseges lead with stage 4 victory CyclingNews Future plc Retrieved 4 February 2023 Etape 5 Stage 5 in French Etoile de Besseges Retrieved 1 February 2023 a b c Tyson Jackie 5 February 2023 Powless edges to Etoile de Besseges overall win with powerful final time trial CyclingNews Future plc Retrieved 5 February 2023 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2023 Etoile de Besseges amp oldid 1201942876, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
