Etoile de Bessèges past winners

2023 Etoile de Bessèges-Tour du Gard winner Neilson Powless (Image credit: Getty Images)

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Past winners
Year	Rider name (country) team
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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