Utter domination! Kevin Vauquelin wins time-trial and GC at Etoile de Besseges
CyclingSunday, 09 February 2025 at 15:21
Arkéa - B&B Hotels need every help they can get to try and save their World Tour license and in all honesty, the team's very future. It is then a very important week for the team as Kévin Vauquelin wins the final stage of the Etoile de Bessèges in another dominant display of power and also seals the overall win.
The Frenchman was the favourite to win the final stage, the 10-kilometer time-trial in Alès which finished atop a small ascent. In 2024 he was already the victor here and this year his triumph was even more comfortable. After most of the peloton left the race, the Frenchman conquered the queen stage to Mont Bouquet comfortably, and today he won the final stage of the race with a 19-second lead over Rémi Cavagna, whilst Dylan Teuns rode to third place on the day.
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| 1 | Vauquelin Kévin | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | 14 | 00:15:07 |
| 2 | Cavagna Remi | Groupama-FDJ | 5 | + 19 |
| 3 | Teuns Dylan | Cofidis | 3 | + 21 |
| 4 | Guernalec Thibault | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 24 | |
| 5 | Decomble Maxime | Groupama-FDJ | + 25 | |
| 6 | Van Hemelen Vincent | Team Flanders-Baloise | + 29 | |
| 7 | Latour Pierre | Team TotalEnergies | + 35 | |
| 8 | Geniets Kevin | Groupama-FDJ | + 38 | |
| 9 | Touzé Damien | Cofidis | + 43 | |
| 10 | Knight Oliver | Cofidis | + 45 | |
| 11 | Izquierdo Clement | Cofidis | + 46 | |
| 12 | Doubey Fabien | Team TotalEnergies | + 46 | |
| 13 | Delacroix Théo | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | + 50 | |
| 14 | Perez Anthony | Cofidis | + 52 | |
| 15 | Delettre Alexandre | Team TotalEnergies | + 01:03 | |
| 16 | Breuillard Nicolas | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | + 01:05 | |
| 17 | Hollmann Juri | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 01:08 | |
| 18 | Gillet Baptiste | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 01:10 | |
| 19 | Champion Thomas | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | + 01:13 | |
| 20 | Vercouillie Victor | Team Flanders-Baloise | + 01:13 | |
| 21 | Maisonobe Sam | Cofidis | + 01:15 | |
| 22 | Thierry Pierre | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 01:18 | |
| 23 | Guillon Célestin | Van Rysel-Roubaix | + 01:20 | |
| 24 | Delaplace Anthony | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 01:20 | |
| 25 | Brunel Alexys | Team TotalEnergies | + 01:22 | |
| 26 | Barthe Cyril | Groupama-FDJ | + 01:23 | |
| 27 | Russo Clément | Groupama-FDJ | + 01:23 | |
| 28 | Sénéchal Florian | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 01:28 | |
| 29 | Retailleau Valentin | Team TotalEnergies | + 01:38 | |
| 30 | Théot Killian | Van Rysel-Roubaix | + 01:45 | |
| 31 | Vermoote Jelle | Wagner Bazin WB | + 01:45 | |
| 32 | Vandenstorme Dylan | Team Flanders-Baloise | + 01:46 | |
| 33 | Démare Arnaud | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 01:48 | |
| 34 | Le Gac Olivier | Groupama-FDJ | + 01:56 | |
| 35 | Penhoët Paul | Groupama-FDJ | + 01:58 | |
| 36 | Colman Alex | Team Flanders-Baloise | + 01:59 | |
| 37 | Dujardin Sandy | Team TotalEnergies | + 02:00 | |
| 38 | Tizza Marco | Wagner Bazin WB | + 02:00 | |
| 39 | Maris Elias | Team Flanders-Baloise | + 02:05 | |
| 40 | Lecroq Jérémy | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | + 02:09 | |
| 41 | De Lie Arnaud | Lotto | + 02:10 | |
| 42 | Jarnet Maxime | Van Rysel-Roubaix | + 02:12 | |
| 43 | Girard Damien | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | + 02:14 | |
| 44 | Planckaert Baptiste | Van Rysel-Roubaix | + 02:18 | |
| 45 | Bonnet Thomas | Team TotalEnergies | + 02:21 | |
| 46 | Cardis Romain | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | + 02:28 | |
| 47 | Konijn Alexander | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | + 02:30 | |
| 48 | Devroute Corentin | CIC U Nantes | + 02:40 | |
| 49 | Augé Ronan | CIC U Nantes | + 02:41 | |
| 50 | Hänninen Jaakko | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | + 02:44 | |
| 51 | Ducret Justin | CIC U Nantes | + 03:01 | |
| 52 | Dehairs Simon | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 03:11 | |
| 53 | Veistroffer Baptiste | Lotto | + 03:28 | |
| 54 | Villa Giacomo | Wagner Bazin WB | + 03:28 | |
| 55 | Narbonne-Zuccarelli Axel | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | + 03:34 | |
| 56 | Massa Dylan | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | + 03:36 | |
| DNS | Guégan Maël | CIC U Nantes | ||
| DNS | Thomas Benjamin | Cofidis | ||
| DNS | Mifsud Andrea | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | ||
| DNS | Riou Alan | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | ||
| DNS | Simon Yohann | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | ||
| DNS | Avoine Kévin | Van Rysel-Roubaix | ||
| DNS | Tabellion Valentin | Van Rysel-Roubaix |
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