Etoile de Bessèges past winners
Champions from 1971 to 2024

Year | Rider name (country) team |
---|---|
2024 | Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek |
2023 | Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-EasyPost |
2022 | Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Cofidis |
2021 | Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal |
2020 | Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale |
2019 | Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis |
2018 | Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale |
1017 | Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Énergie |
2016 | Jérôme Coppel (Fra) I AM Cycling |
2015 | Bob Jungels (Lux) Trek Factory Racing |
2014 | Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Giant-Shimano |
2013 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Sojasun |
2012 | Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun |
2011 | Anthony Ravard (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale |
2010 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne |
2009 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bbox Boygyues Telecom |
2008 | Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom |
2007 | Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis |
2006 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Vlaanderen |
2005 | Freddy Bichot (Fra) La Française des Jeux |
2004 | Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance |
2003 | Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio |
2002 | Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Adecco |
2001 | Nico Eeckhout (Bel) |
2000 | Jo Planckaert (Bel) |
1999 | Daniel Lefevre (Fra) |
1998 | Jo Planckaert (Bel) |
1997 | Patrice Halgand (Fra) |
1996 | Jan Svorada (Cze) |
1995 | Sergej Outschakov (Ukr) |
1994 | Jean-Paul Van Poppel (Ned) |
1993 | Armand De las Cuevas (Fra) |
1992 | Beat Zberg (Swi) |
1991 | Jan Wijnands (Ned) |
1990 | Frans Maassen (Ned) |
1989 | Etienne De Wilde (Bel) |
1988 | Adri Van der Poel (Ned) |
1987 | Ronan Pensec (Fra) |
1986 | Niki Ruttimann (Swi) |
1985 | Guy Nulens (Bel) |
1984 | Eddy Planckaert (Bel) |
1983 | Bert Oosterbosch (Ned) |
1982 | Cees Priem (Ned) |
1981 | Jan Raas (Ned) |
1980 | Franky De Gent (Bel) |
1979 | Jacques Michaud (Fra) |
1978 | Dietrich Thurau (Ger) |
1977 | Willy Planckaert (Bel) |
1976 | Maurice Le Guilloux (Fra) |
1975 | Patrick Beon (Fra) |
1974 | Jacques Esclassan (Fra) |
1973 | Robert Mintkiewicz (Fra) |
1972 | Jean-Luc Molineris (Fra) |
1971 | Jean-Luc Molineris (Fra) |
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