The 2022 Étoile de Bessèges – Tour du Gard () was a

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that took place between 2 and 6 February 2022 almost entirely within the French

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event on the

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calendar, and was the 52nd edition of the

Étoile de Bessèges The Étoile de Bessèges () is an early-season five-day road bicycle racing stage race held annually around Bessèges, in the Gard department of the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France. First organized in 1971 as a one-day race, it became a sta ...

Teams

Nine of the 18

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teams made up the 21 teams that participated in the race. Each team entered a full squad of seven riders, for a total of 147 riders who started the race, of which 123 finished. UCI WorldTeams * * * * * * * * * UCI ProTeams * * * * * * * * * UCI Continental Teams * * *

Route

Stages

Stage 1

;2 February 2022 – Bellegarde to Bellegarde,

Stage 2

;3 February 2022 –

Saint-Christol-lès-Alès Saint-Christol-lès-Alès (, literally ''Saint-Christol near Alès''; oc, Sent Cristòu d'Alès) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. Climate Temperatures reached 44.1 °C (111.4 °F) in Saint-Christol-lès-Alès a ...

to Rousson,

Stage 3

;4 February 2022 –

Bessèges Bessèges (; oc, Besseja) is a Communes of France, commune in the Gard Departments of France, department in France. It is situated on the river Cèze. History Historically Bessèges was a hamlet of Robiac-Rochessadoule, Robiac. Its importanc ...

to Bessèges,

Stage 4

;5 February 2022 –

Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas (; oc, Sent Alari de Bretmàs) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Gard department This is a list of the 351 Communes of France, communes of the Gard Departm ...

to ,

Stage 5

;6 February 2022 –

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to Alès, , ( ITT)

Classification leadership table

* On stage 2,

Hugo Hofstetter Hugo Hofstetter (born 13 February 1994) is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France. He finished in the top 10 of five stages during the race, including the ...

, who was second in the points classification, wore the yellow jersey, because first-placed

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wore the coral jersey as the leader of the general classification. For the same reason,

Mathieu Burgaudeau Mathieu Burgaudeau (born 17 November 1998 in Noirmoutier-en-l'Île) is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProSeries, UCI ProTeam . In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France. Major results ;2015 : 1st M ...

wore the yellow jersey on stage 3. * After stage 3, Bruno Armirail was deemed to be leading the mountains classification and was presented with the blue jersey after the stage. However, before stage 4, the results of the KOM sprint atop the Col de Portes from stage 3 were corrected, so Jérémy Cabot became the new leader of the mountains classification and wore the blue jersey on stage 4. * On stage 5, Pau Miquel, who was second in the young rider classification, wore the white jersey, because first-placed

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wore the yellow jersey as the leader of the points classification.

Final classification standings

General classification

Points classification

Mountains classification

Young rider classification

Team classification

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2022 Étoile de Bessèges

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