Étoile de Bessèges 2011
| Étoile de Bessèges 2011 | |
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| Host country |
 France
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| Competition period | February 2nd to 6th |
| Stages | 5 stages |
| overall length | 715.2 km (average 40.336 km / h) |
| Starting field | 134 drivers in 17 teams (104 of them arrived at the finish) |
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| Overall rating | 1. Anthony Ravard 17:46:10 h 2. Marco Marcato + 00:07 min 3. Johnny Hoogerland + 00:07 min  
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| Team evaluation |
Vacansoleil-DCM 53:19:45 h
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| Scoring jerseys | |
 Overall rating
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Anthony Ravard
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 Scoring
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Anthony Ravard
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 Young talent evaluation
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Arthur Vichot
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 Mountain scoring
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Bram Schmitz
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| ← 2010 | 2012 → |
The 41st Étoile de Bessèges (German star of Bessèges ) was a French cycle stage race that took place from February 2 to 6, 2011. It was held in five stages over a total distance of 715.2 kilometers in the French department of Gard around the town of Bessèges . The race was part of the UCI Europe Tour 2011 and classified there in category 2.1.
Overall victory was secured by Frenchman Anthony Ravard ( Ag2r La Mondiale ), who also won the points classification. He relegated the Italian professional Marco Marcato from the Dutch team Vacansoleil-DCM and his teammate Johnny Hoogerland to the places.
Attendees
The organizer UC Bességeoise invited the 17 teams that had already taken part in the Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise a few days earlier. All the internationally licensed French teams and two foreign ProTeams were there . In addition to some foreign Professional Continental Teams and Continental Teams , the VC La Pomme Marseille club also received a wildcard.
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Stages and course of the race
The first stage led the field over flat terrain around Beaucaire and Bellegarde . After Jérémy Roy's victory at the Marseille Grand Prix a few days earlier, the Belarusian Jauheni Hutarowitsch brought Team FDJ the next win of the season in the mass sprint. On the following day Hutarowitsch could not intervene in the fight for the day's victory and lost the overall lead to Anthony Ravard from Ag2r La Mondiale , who finished second like the day before. The winner of the day was Ravard's team-mate Lloyd Mondory . The Grand Prix du CC Rhône-Cèze-Languedoc formed the backdrop for the third stage. A top group of ten around the new overall leader Johnny Hoogerland survived the last mountain classification a few kilometers before the finish line best. Samuel Dumoulin ( Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne ) celebrated the third French victory of the day in a row ahead of the later overall second and third Hoogerland and Marcato.
The fourth part of the day was formed by the Grand Prix of the city of Alès . In the mass sprint , Saur Sojasun professional Stéphane Poulhies prevailed over Marcato, while Ravard secured the leader's jersey again through time credits on the intermediate sprints. The last stage, which ended in Bessèges , saw the victory of Saïd Haddou in the sprint and the overall victory for Ravard, who was even able to extend his lead thanks to the time bonuses for day rank three and an intermediate sprint, while Marco Marcato was still able to stand up thanks to the same credit improved to second place in the overall ranking.
| stage | Day | Start finish | Type | km | Stage winner | Overall rating |
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| 1. | February 2nd | Beaucaire > Bellegarde |  |
143.5 |
.svg){kind=small} Jauheni Hutarowitsch
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Jauheni Hutarowitsch
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| 2. | 3 February | Nîmes > Saint Ambroix | |
145.8 |
Lloyd Mondory
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Anthony Ravard
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| 3. | February 4th | St. Victor La Coste > Laudun |  |
171.9 |
Samuel Dumoulin
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Johnny Hoogerland
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| 4th | February 5th | Alès > Alès | |
147.0 |
Stéphane Poulhies
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Anthony Ravard
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| 5. | February 6th | Gagnières > Bessèges | |
137.9 |
Said Haddou
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