Étoile de Bessèges – Tour du Gard 2026: route and start list

The 2026 Étoile de Bessèges marks the grand return of professional cycling to the Gard region, three days after the GP de Marseille-La Marseillaise. Over five stages from February 4 to 8, the in-form riders of this early season will compete on demanding courses combining sprints, hilly terrain, and a decisive individual time trial. Find the stage profiles and the list of entrants for this 56th edition.

Images: etoiledebesseges.com (Etoile de Bessèges-Tour du Gard -Benjamin NOUET)

How to watch the 2026 Étoile de Bessèges on TV?

The race will be broadcast live on television from Wednesday, February 4 to Sunday, February 8, starting at 2 PM (CET) on the free-to-air channel La Chaîne L’Équipe, with commentary by Patrick Chassé and Claire Bricogne.

The stage profiles of the 2026 Étoile de Bessèges

Wednesday, February 4 – Stage 1: Bellegarde > Bellegarde (150 km)

Thursday, February 5 – Stage 2: Saint Gilles > Domessargues (162.7 km)

Friday, February 6 – Stage 3: Bessèges > Bessèges (162.3 km)

Saturday, February 7 – Stage 4: Saint-Christol-Lèz-Alès > Vauvert (154.8 km)

Sunday, February 8 – Stage 5 (ITT): Alès > Alès (10.2 km)

The list of entrants for the 2026 Étoile de Bessèges

Groupama – FDJ United
1. COSTIOU Ewen
2. BARTHE Cyril
3. DECOMBLE Maxime
4. GERMANI Lorenzo
5. HUENS Axel
6. AGNOLETTO Blake
7. LOULERGUE Victor

Alpecin-Premier Tech
11. HOULE Hugo
12. BAYER Tobias
13. BELMANS Lennert
14. DEBRUYNE Ramses
15. UHLIG Henri
16. DEHAIRS Simon
17. RAMSAY Noah

Decathlon CMA CGM Team
21. LAPEIRA Paul
22. DE PESTEL Sander
23. HAUGLAND Kasper
24. ISIDORE Noa
25. LABROSSE Jordan
26. PEDERSEN Rasmus Sojberg
27. PRINGLE Nate

Lotto Intermarché
31. GRIGNARD Sebastien
32. GRISEL Matys
33. KOCKELMANN Mathieu
34. ROTA Lorenzo
35. SLOCK Liam
36. IMAMURA Shunsuke
37. VAN DE WYNKELE Lorenz

Cofidis
41. TEUNS Dylan
42. BIERMANS Jenthe
43. RENARD Alexis
44. IZQUIERDO Clement
45. MAAS Jan
46. KNIGHT Oliver
47. OURSELIN Paul

Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
51. AZPARREN Xabier Mikel
52. CALZONI Walter
53. DE GENDT Aime
54. MALECKI Kamil
55. PARISINI Nicolo
56. PIDCOCK Joseph
57. ZUKOWSKY Nickolas

TotalEnergies
61. DELETTRE Alexandre
62. BRUNEL Alexys
63. DUJARDIN Sandy
64. GACHIGNARD Thomas
65. LEROUX Samuel
66. MARCEROU Nicola
67. RETAILLEAU Valentin

Team Flanders – Baloise
71. CRABBE Tom
72. DEWEIRDT Siebe
73. LANHOVE Milan
74. VAN HEMELEN Vincent
75. VANDENSTORME Dylan
76. VANHOOF Ward
77. VERCOUILLIE Victor

MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort
81. AMBROSINI Matteo
82. BAGATIN Christian
83. BURATTI Nicolo
84. CIPOLLINI Edoardo
85. MASCIARELLI Lorenzo
86. PERSICO Davide
87. ZOCCARATO Samuele

Team Polti VisitMalta
91. BESSEGA Tommaso
92. GIULIANO Dario
93. MUNOZ Francisco
94. PENALVER Manuel
95. RACCAGNI Gabriele
96. SERRANO Javier
97. BAIS Davide

Unibet Rose Rockets
101.GROENEWEGEN Dylan
102.AUGE Ronan
103.REINDERS Elmar
104.KOPECKY Tomas
105.KUBIS Lukas
106.LARSEN Niklas
107.MOURIS Wessel

Solution Tech NIPPO Rali
111.ARASHIRO Yukiya
112.ARCHIBOLD Franklin
113.BALMER Alexandre
114.BONNEU Kamiel
115.GRANGER Ben
116.IACCHI Alessandro
117.REGNANTI Matteo

Van Rysel Roubaix
121.ARNES Daniel
122.AVOINE Kevin
123.HEREMANS Joppe
124.HUCK Leandre
125.OOSTERLINCK Joes
126.TENDON Arnaud
127.THEOT Killian

St Michel – Preference Home – Auber93
131.CARDIS Romain
132.BOUQUET Axel
133.DELACROIX Theo
134.GUGLIELMI Simon
135.LECROQ Jeremy
136.SIMON Yohann
137.VAN NIEKERK Morne

Nice Métropole Côte d’Azur
141.HANNINEN Jaakko
142.KONIJN Alexander
143.MAINGUENAUD Tom
144.HUYS Laurens
145.GILLET Baptiste
146.PAPON Victor
147.DAVY Clement

CIC Pro Cycling Academy
151.GUEGAN Mael
152.GUERNALEC Victor
153.HAMON Similien
154.LANGELLA Lenaic
155.LOZOUET Leandre
156.MARIAULT Axel
157.SANLAVILLE Mathias

Elite Fondations Cycling Team
161.GEORGE Alfred
162.TISSIERES Arnaud
163.BAGOU Guillaume
164.AEBERSOLD Nils
165.SOMMER Jan
166.JEAN Victor
167.DARBELLAY Valentin

The winners of recent editions of the Étoile de Bessèges

2025 VAUQUELIN Kévin
2024 PEDERSEN Mads
2023 POWLESS Neilson
2022 THOMAS Benjamin
2021 WELLENS Tim
2020 COSNEFROY Benoît
2019 LAPORTE Christophe
2018 GALLOPIN Tony
2017 CALMEJANE Lilian

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