Étoile de Bessèges – Tour du Gard 2025: the route, TV broadcast times, and participants

The 55th edition of the Étoile de Bessèges will take place from Wednesday, February 5 to Sunday, February 9 in the Gard department. It is the first stage race of the year on French soil. The finish at Mont Bouquet during the fourth stage is expected to be decisive, as is the individual time trial on the final day. Find the route, the start list, and the TV broadcast times for the Étoile de Bessèges 2025.

Where and how to watch the Étoile de Bessèges – Tour du Gard 2025 live on TV?

The Étoile de Bessèges can be watched live on TV from Wednesday, February 5 to Sunday, February 9, 2025, on La Chaîne L’Équipe, every day starting at 2 PM.

The stages of the Étoile de Bessèges – Tour du Gard 2025

Wednesday, February 5 – Stage 1: Bellegarde > Bellegarde (159 km)
START at 12:10 PM – ARRIVAL from 3:48 PM

Thursday, February 6 – Stage 2: Domessargues > Marguerittes (165.8 km)
START at 12:10 PM – ARRIVAL from 3:51 PM

Friday, February 7 – Stage 3: Bessèges > Bessèges (164 km)
START at 12:00 PM – ARRIVAL from 3:48 PM

Saturday, February 8 – Stage 4: Vauvert > Le Mont Bouquet (155.7 km)
START at 12:30 PM – ARRIVAL from 4:12 PM

Sunday, February 9 – Stage 5 (Ind. TT): Alès > Alès (10.5 km)
FIRST RIDER START at: 1:15 PM
LAST RIDER ARRIVAL: 3:50 PM

The start list for the Étoile de Bessèges – Tour du Gard 2025

EF Education – EasyPost
CARTHY Hugh
BAUDIN Alex
DOULL Owain
VAN DEN BERG Marijn
BATTISTELLA Samuele
MIHKELS Madis
QUINN Sean
CARAPAZ Richard
SWEENY Harry

Lidl – Trek
PEDERSEN Mads
KIRSCH Alex
GIBBONS Ryan
HOOLE Daan
DECLERCQ Tim
KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren
BERNARD Julien

Arkéa – B&B Hotels
VAUQUELIN Kévin
DÉMARE Arnaud
DELAPLACE Anthony
GUERNALEC Victor
SÉNÉCHAL Florian
THIERRY Pierre
MOZZATO Luca

Cofidis
KNIGHT Oliver
PEREZ Anthony
TEUNS Dylan
THOMAS Benjamin
TOUZÉ Damien
IZQUIERDO Clément
MAISONOBE Sam

Alpecin – Deceuninck
JANSSENS Jimmy
KIELICH Timo
VAN TRICHT Stan
DEHAIRS Simon
BELMANS Lennert
KITZKI Louis
BEHRENS Timo

Soudal Quick-Step
CATTANEO Mattia
LAMPAERT Yves
MAGNIER Paul
ČERNÝ Josef
SVRČEK Martin
GELDERS Gil
VAN GESTEL Dries

Groupama – FDJ
PENHOËT Paul
CAVAGNA Rémi
LE GAC Olivier
GENIETS Kevin
BARTHE Cyril
RUSSO Clément
DECOMBLE Maxime

INEOS Grenadiers
GANNA Filippo
LAURANCE Axel
PUCCIO Salvatore
TARLING Joshua
SHMIDT Artem
TURNER Ben
FRAILE Omar

Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
LAFAY Victor
BENNETT Sam
CHAMBERLAIN Oscar
DE BONDT Dries
GUDMESTAD Tord
PRODHOMME Nicolas
POLLEFLIET Gianluca

Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe
LAZKANO Oier
TRATNIK Jan
HAJEK Alexander
HERZOG Emil
KOCH Jonas
MEEUS Jordi
VAN GILS Maxim

Lotto
DE LIE Arnaud
GREGAARD Jonas
DRIZNERS Jarrad
GIDDINGS Joshua
GRIGNARD Sébastien
TAMINIAUX Lionel
VEISTROFFER Baptiste

Uno-X Mobility
CORT Magnus
RESELL Erik Nordsæter
SKAARSETH Anders
TILLER Rasmus
WÆRENSKJOLD Søren
BLUME LEVY William
HVIDEBERG Jonas Iversby

Team TotalEnergies
LATOUR Pierre
BONNET Thomas
BRUNEL Alexys
DELETTRE Alexandre
DOUBEY Fabien
DUJARDIN Sandy
RETAILLEAU Valentin

Team Flanders – Baloise
VERCOUILLIE Victor
COLMAN Alex
GEENS Jonas
MARIS Elias
VAN HEMELEN Vincent
VANDENSTORME Dylan
VANHOOF Ward

Unibet Tietema Rockets
MAIRE Adrien
HUENS Axel
DE VRIES Hartthijs
KUBIŠ Lukáš
VERSCHUREN Killian
KOPECKÝ Tomáš
STOKBRO Andreas

Equipo Kern Pharma
BERRADE Urko
AZNAR Hugo
BRUSTENGA Marc
GALVÁN Francisco
ETXEBERRIA Haimar
MIQUEL Pau
RETEGI Mikel

Wagner Bazin WB
DE MEESTER Luca
VERMOOTE Jelle
PAPON Victor
BAGUELIN Jocelyn
VILLA Giacomo
TIZZA Marco
VAN HAUTEGEM Leander

Van Rysel Roubaix
PLANCKAERT Baptiste
TABELLION Valentin
AVOINE Kévin
CAPRON Rémi
GUILLON Célestin
JARNET Maxime
THEOT Killian

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BENETEAU Lucas
BREUILLARD Nicolas
CARDIS Romain
CHAMPION Thomas
CORKERY Dillon
DELACROIX Théo
LECROQ Jérémy

Nice Métropole Côte d’Azur
HÄNNINEN Jaakko
GIRARD Damien
NARBONNE ZUCCARELLI Axel
CROMMELINCK Melvin
MIFSUD Andrea
KONIJN Alexander
GUICHARD Carter

CIC – U – Nantes

The last winners of the Étoile de Bessèges – Tour du Gard

2024 PEDERSEN Mads
2023 POWLESS Neilson
2022 THOMAS Benjamin
2021 WELLENS Tim
2020 COSNEFROY Benoît
2019 LAPORTE Christophe
2018 GALLOPIN Tony
2017 CALMEJANE Lilian
2016 COPPEL Jérôme

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