Étoile de Bessèges 2024: follow the Marguerittes – Rousson stage live

L'Étoile de Bessèges est partie ce matin de Marguerittes. Midi Libre – ALEXIS BETHUNE

Après l'annulation de la première étape à Bellegarde, l'Etoile de Bessèges commence, jeudi 1er février, par une étape entre Marguerittes et Rousson (163 km).

We've finally left for the Etoile de Bessèges 2024 with a stage which includes three difficulties with the Col de la Barraque (13.3 km, 3.7%), the Pradel coast (3.1 km, 6%) and the final arrival on the Castellas plateau in Rousson (1.5 km, 6.6%).

Timetables and routes for stage 2

There was an atmosphere at the start of the race.

The list of runners.

The presentation of the teams, a moment always awaited by the public. Francois Rivier

12 h 55: after around thirty kilometers, three riders escaped: Maximilien Juillard (Van Rysel-Roubaix), Matisse Julien (CIC U Nantes Atlantique) and Jean-Louis Le Ny (Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur). The peloton is more than 4 minutes behind.

1:09 p.m.: no change at the head of the race one hour after the start.

1:18 p.m.: 132 riders divided into 19 teams took the start at 11:55 a.m. of this 2nd stage of 163.6 kilometers which leads to the summit of Castellas, in Rousson. On Tuesday, the organizers announced the cancellation of the first stage, scheduled for Wednesday around Bellegarde, on the recommendation of the prefecture due to the "social context” due to the angry movement of farmers.

1:24 p.m.: the gap is narrowing between the three leading men (Luillard, Julien and Le Ny) and the platoon. 109 km from the finish.