See the final startlist for Etoile de Bessèges 2025 including Mads Pedersen, Filippo Ganna, Sam Bennett, Arnaud De Lie and Maxim van Gils
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From the 5th of February to the 9th, the peloton is in France and will race the Etoile de Bessèges. It is the opening stage-race of the French calendar in 2025 and you can see the startlist right here!
On the final startlist are notable names such as: Sam Bennett, Filippo Ganna, Axel Laurance, Joshua Tarling, Magnus Cort Nielsen, Soren Waerenskjold, Mads Pedersen, Timo Kielich, Maxim van Gils, Oier Lazkano, Jan Tratnik, Marijn van den Berg, Hugh Carthy, Arnaud De Lie, Paul Magnier, Remi Cavagna, Benjamin Thomas, Arnaud Demare and Kevin Vauqelin.
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1 Pedersen, Mads
2 Kirsch, Alex
3 Gibbons, Ryan
4 Pedersen, Martin
5 Vergaerde, Otto
6 Bernard, Julien
7 Frydkjær, Patrick
Arkéa - BnB Hotels
11 Vauquelin, Kévin
12 Démare, Arnaud
13 Delaplace, Anthony
14 Guernalec, Thibault
15 Gillet, Baptiste
16 Sénéchal, Florian
17 Thierry, Pierre
EF Education - EasyPost
21 Carthy, Hugh
22 Carapaz, Richard
23 Sweeny, Harry
24 Berg, Marijn van den
25 Battistella, Samuele
26 Mihkels, Madis
Cofidis
31 Thomas, Benjamin
32 Maisonobe, Sam
33 Izquierdo, Clément
34 Knight, Oliver
35 Perez, Anthony
36 Teuns, Dylan
37 Touzé, Damien
Alpecin - Deceuninck
41 Janssens, Jimmy
42 Kielich, Timo
43 Tricht, Stan Van
44 Dehairs, Simon
45 Belmans, Lennert
46 Kitzki, Louis
47 Hollmann, Juri
Soudal - Quick-Step
51 Magnier, Paul
52 Lampaert, Yves
53 Cattaneo, Mattia
54 Cerný, Josef
55 Svrček, Martin
56 Gelders, Gil
57 Gestel, Dries Van
Groupama - FDJ
61 Geniets, Kévin
62 Cavagna, Rémi
63 Le Gac, Olivier
64 Barthe, Cyril
65 Penhoët, Paul
66 Russo, Clément
67 Decomble, Maxime
INEOS Grenadiers
71 Ganna, Filippo
72 Laurance, Axel
73 Puccio, Salvatore
74 Tarling, Josh
75 Shmidt, Artem
76 Turner, Ben
77 Fraile, Omar
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
81 Bennett, Sam
82 Chamberlain, Oscar
83 Bondt, Dries De
84 Gudmestad, Tord
85 Pedersen, Rasmus Søjberg
86 Pollefliet, Gianluca
87 Prodhomme, Nicolas
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
91 Tratnik, Jan
92 Hajek, Alexander
93 Herzog, Emil
94 Koch, Jonas
95 Lazkano, Oier
96 Meeus, Jordi
97 Gils, Maxim Van
Lotto
101 Lie, Arnaud De
102 Drizners, Jarrad
103 Wynkele, Lorenz Van de
104 Grignard, Sébastien
105 Taminiaux, Lionel
106 Veistroffer, Baptiste
107 Gregaard, Jonas
Uno-X Mobility
111 Cort, Magnus
112 Resell, Erik
113 Skaarseth, Anders
114 Tiller, Rasmus
115 Wærenskjold, Søren
116 Jansen, Amund Grøndahl
117 Hvideberg, Jonas
TotalEnergies
121 Latour, Pierre
122 Bonnet, Thomas
123 Brunel, Alexys
124 Delettre, Alexandre
125 Doubey, Fabien
126 Dujardin, Sandy
127 Retailleau, Valentin
Team Flanders - Baloise
131 Colman, Alex
132 Geens, Jonas
133 Maris, Elias
134 Hemelen, Vincent Van
135 Vandenstorme, Dylan
136 Vanhoof, Ward
137 Vercouillie, Victor
Unibet Tietema Rockets
141 Maire, Adrien
142 Stokbro, Andreas
143 Huens, Axel
144 Vries, Hartthijs de
145 Kubiš, Lukáš
146 Verschuren, Killian
147 Kopecký, Tomáš
Equipo Kern Pharma
151 Berrade, Urko
152 Aznar, Hugo
153 Brustenga, Marc
154 Galván, Francisco
155 Aznar, Unai
156 Miquel, Pau
157 Retegi, Mikel
Wagner - Bazin WB
161 Weemaes, Sasha
162 Vermoote, Jelle
163 Papon, Victor
164 Baguelin, Jocelyn
165 Villa, Giacomo
166 Petegem, Axandre Van
167 Tizza, Marco
Van Rysel - Roubaix
171 Planckaert, Baptiste
172 Tabellion, Valentin
173 Avoine, Kévin
174 Capron, Rémi
175 Guillon, Célestin
176 Jarnet, Maxime
177 Théot, Killian
St Michel - Preference Home - Auber93
181 Riou, Alan
182 Breuillard, Nicolas
183 Cardis, Romain
184 Champion, Thomas
185 Simon, Yohann
186 Delacroix, Théo
187 Lecroq, Jérémy
CIC U Nantes Atlantique
191 Augé, Ronan
192 Chaussinand, Joris
193 Devroute, Corentin
194 Ducret, Justin
195 Guégan, Maël
196 Hue, Antoine
197 Mariault, Axel
Nice Métropole Côte dAzur
201 Hänninen, Jaakko
202 Girard, Damien
203 Narbonne Zuccarelli, Axel
204 Knecht, Noah
205 Mifsud, Andrea
206 Konijn, Alexander
207 Massa, Dylan
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