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Etoile de Bessèges past winners

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Champions from 1971 to 2024

BESSEGES FRANCE FEBRUARY 02 Mads Pedersen of Denmark and Team Lidl Trek celebrates at podium as Orange Leader Jersey winner during the 54th Etoile de Besseges Tour du Gard Stage 3 a 16111km stage from Besseges to Besseges on February 02 2024 in Besseges France Photo by Luc ClaessenGetty Images
Mads Pedersen won the 2024 Etoile de Besseges (Image credit: Luc Claessen/Getty Images)
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Past winners
YearRider name (country) team
2024Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek
2023Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-EasyPost
2022Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Cofidis
2021Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
2020Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
2019Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis
2018Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
1017Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Énergie
2016Jérôme Coppel (Fra) I AM Cycling
2015Bob Jungels (Lux) Trek Factory Racing
2014Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Giant-Shimano
2013Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Sojasun
2012Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
2011Anthony Ravard (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale
2010Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
2009Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bbox Boygyues Telecom
2008Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom
2007Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis
2006Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Vlaanderen
2005Freddy Bichot (Fra) La Française des Jeux
2004Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance
2003Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio
2002Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Adecco
2001Nico Eeckhout (Bel)
2000Jo Planckaert (Bel)
1999Daniel Lefevre (Fra)
1998Jo Planckaert (Bel)
1997Patrice Halgand (Fra)
1996Jan Svorada (Cze)
1995Sergej Outschakov (Ukr)
1994Jean-Paul Van Poppel (Ned)
1993Armand De las Cuevas (Fra)
1992Beat Zberg (Swi)
1991Jan Wijnands (Ned)
1990Frans Maassen (Ned)
1989Etienne De Wilde (Bel)
1988Adri Van der Poel (Ned)
1987Ronan Pensec (Fra)
1986Niki Ruttimann (Swi)
1985Guy Nulens (Bel)
1984Eddy Planckaert (Bel)
1983Bert Oosterbosch (Ned)
1982Cees Priem (Ned)
1981Jan Raas (Ned)
1980Franky De Gent (Bel)
1979Jacques Michaud (Fra)
1978Dietrich Thurau (Ger)
1977Willy Planckaert (Bel)
1976Maurice Le Guilloux (Fra)
1975Patrick Beon (Fra)
1974Jacques Esclassan (Fra)
1973Robert Mintkiewicz (Fra)
1972Jean-Luc Molineris (Fra)
1971Jean-Luc Molineris (Fra)
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