Final startlist Etoile de Bessèges with Pedersen, De Lie, Cosnefroy, Teuns, Bissegger and Pinot

The opening stage-race of the year in France will be the Etoile de Bessèges and every year it delivers quite a lot of spectacle in central France. A race that features opportunities for the sprinters, puncheurs, climbers and time-trialists, it is the first race of the year for many World Tour figures and will be raced between the 1st and 5th of February.

The final startlist includes: Benjamin Thomas, Michal Kwiatkowski, Pavel Sivakov, Benoît Cosnefroy, Greg van Avermaet, Mads Pedersen, Mattias Skjelmose, Thibaut Pinot, Jake Stewart, Magnus Cort Nielsen, Stefan Bissegger, Neilson Powless, Luca Mozzato, Dan McLay, Dylan Teuns, Arnaud de Lie, Pierre Latour and Dries van Gestel.

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Cofidis

1 Thomas, Benjamin

2 Champion, Thomas

3 Delettre, Alexandre

4 Perez, Anthony

5 Périchon, Pierre-Luc

6 Toumire, Hugo

7 Wallays, Jelle

INEOS Grenadiers

11 Kwiatkowski, Michal

12 Leonard, Michael

13 Rowe, Luke

14 Sivakov, Pavel

15 Tarling, Joshua

16 Tulett, Ben

17 Turner, Ben

AG2R Citroën Team

21 Cosnefroy, Benoît

22 Bonnamour, Franck

23 Avermaet, Greg Van

24 Naesen, Oliver

25 Paret-Peintre, Valentin

26 Retailleau, Valentin

27 Warbasse, Larry

Trek - Segafredo

31 Pedersen, Mads

32 Bernard, Julien

33 Hoelgaard, Markus

34 Mosca, Jacopo

35 Skjelmose, Mattias

36 Skujins, Toms

37 Vergaerde, Otto

Groupama - FDJ

41 Pinot, Thibaut

42 Armirail, Bruno

43 Paleni, Enzo

44 Lienhard, Fabian

45 Stewart, Jake

46 Berg, Lars van den

47 Watson, Samuel

Alpecin - Deceuninck

51 Bondt, Dries De

52 Ghys, Robbe

53 Laurance, Axel

54 Planckaert, Edward

55 Taminiaux, Lionel

56 Bossche, Fabio Van den

57 Bastiaens, Ayco

EF Education - EasyPost

61 Cort Nielsen, Magnus

62 Bissegger, Stefan

63 Carr, Simon

64 Healy, Ben

65 Padun, Mark

66 Piccolo, Andrea

67 Powless, Neilson

Team Arkéa - Samsic

71 Vauquelin, Kévin

72 Riou, Alan

73 Guernalec, Thibault

74 McLay, Daniel

75 Mozzato, Luca

76 Barré, Louis

77 Pichon, Laurent

Israel - Premier Tech

81 Boivin, Guillaume

82 Houle, Hugo

83 Neilands, Krists

84 Teuns, Dylan

85 Vanmarcke, Sep

86 Kogut, Oded

87 Raisberg, Nadav

Lotto Dstny

91 Lie, Arnaud De

92 Beullens, Cedric

93 Buyst, Jasper De

94 Adamietz, Johannes

95 Grignard, Sébastien

96 Slock, Liam

97 Moer, Brent Van

TotalEnergies

101 Latour, Pierre

102 Burgaudeau, Mathieu

103 Turgis, Anthony

104 Bonnet, Thomas

105 Ferron, Valentin

106 Simon, Julien

107 Gestel, Dries Van

Team Flanders - Baloise

111 Berckmoes, Jenno

112 Braet, Vito

113 Wilde, Gilles De

114 Fretin, Milan

115 Maris, Elias

116 Poucke, Aaron Van

117 Verwilst, Aaron

Uno-X Pro Cycling Team

121 Halvorsen, Kristoffer

122 Johannessen, Anders

123 Resell, Erik

124 Blume Levy, William

125 Urianstad, Martin

126 Tiller, Rasmus

127 Dversnes, Fredrik

Equipo Kern Pharma

131 Galván, Francisco

132 Marquez, Martí

133 Tuuk, Danny van der

134 García, Raúl

135 Jaime, Alex

136 Sanchez, Eugenio

137 Miquel, Pau

Bingoal WB

141 Tier, Floris De

142 Meens, Johan

143 Mertens, Julian

144 Mertz, Rémy

145 Robeet, Ludovic

146 Boven, Luca Van

147 Vandepitte, Nathan

Tudor Pro Cycling Team

151 Bohli, Tom

152 Eriksson, Jacob

153 Eriksson, Lucas

154 Kamp, Alexander

155 Pellaud, Simon

156 Kelemen, Petr

157 Suter, Joel

St Michel - Mavic - Auber93

161 Barbier, Rudy

162 Cardis, Romain

163 Debeaumarché, Nicolas

164 Delacroix, Théo

165 Maurelet, Flavien

166 Maldonado, Anthony

167 Niekerk, Morne van

Go Sport - Roubaix Lille Métropole

171 Arm, Rait

172 Boudat, Thomas

173 Molly, Kenny

174 Leroux, Samuel

175 Leveau, Jérémy

176 Tabellion, Valentin

177 Vahtra, Norman

CIC U Nantes Atlantique

181 Barbier, Pierre

182 Jegat, Jordan

183 Danès, Léo

184 Guégan, Maël

185 Mahoudo, Nolann

186 Morin, Emmanuel

187 Pedersen, Rasmus

Nice Métropole Côte dAzur

191 Couanon, Jonathan

192 Hennequin, Paul

193 Girard, Damien

194 Lino, Julian

195 Le Ny, Jean-Louis

196 Mifsud, Andrea

197 Valvasori, Larry