French cycling race
Cycling race
2022 Étoile de Bessèges 2022 UCI Europe Tour Dates 2–6 February 2022 Stages 5 Distance 630.06 km (391.5 mi) Winning time 14h 39' 32"
The 2022 Étoile de Bessèges – Tour du Gard (transl. Star of Bessèges – Tour of Gard ) was a road cycling stage race that took place between 2 and 6 February 2022 almost entirely within the French department of Gard . The race was rated as a category 2.1 event on the 2022 UCI Europe Tour calendar, and was the 52nd edition of the Étoile de Bessèges .[ 1]
Nine of the 18 UCI WorldTeams , nine UCI ProTeams , and three UCI Continental teams made up the 21 teams that participated in the race.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
UCI WorldTeams
UCI ProTeams
UCI Continental Teams
2 February 2022 – Bellegarde to Bellegarde, 160.86 km (99.95 mi)[ 7] 3 February 2022 – Saint-Christol-lès-Alès to Rousson , 156.21 km (97.06 mi)[ 10] 4 February 2022 – Bessèges to Bessèges, 155.65 km (96.72 mi)[ 13] 5 February 2022 – Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas to Mont Bouquet [fr ] , 146.71 km (91.16 mi)[ 16] 6 February 2022 – Alès to Alès, 10.63 km (6.61 mi), (ITT )[ 19] Classification leadership table [ edit ] On stage 2, Hugo Hofstetter , who was second in the points classification, wore the yellow jersey, because first-placed Mads Pedersen wore the coral jersey as the leader of the general classification.[ 9] Mathieu Burgaudeau wore the yellow jersey on stage 3.[ 12] 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.[ 18] On stage 5, Pau Miquel , who was second in the young rider classification, wore the white jersey, because first-placed Tobias Halland Johannessen wore the yellow jersey as the leader of the points classification.[ 18] Final classification standings [ edit ] Legend Denotes the winner of the general classification Denotes the winner of the mountains classification Denotes the winner of the points classification Denotes the winner of the young rider classification
General classification [ edit ] Points classification [ edit ] Mountains classification [ edit ]
Young rider classification [ edit ] Team classification [ edit ]
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Mads Pedersen (DEN) 
Bryan Coquard (FRA) 
Tobias Halland Johannessen (NOR) 
Filippo Ganna (ITA) 
[a] 
Connor Swift (GBR) 
Toms Skujiņš (LAT) 
Jay Vine (AUS) 
Magnus Sheffield (USA) 
Georg Zimmermann (GER) 
Martí Márquez (ESP) 
Daniel Méndez (COL) 
Corbin Strong (NZL) 
Arne Marit (BEL)