The Queen Stage of the Etoile de Besseges 2025 was raced in atrocious climate however, regardless of route modifications, the race nonetheless went up Le Mont Bouquet with race favorite Kevin Vauquelin of Arkea-B&B Hotels placing in a brutal assault on the ultimate climb driving to victory and the race lead.
Behind the 23-year-old French star noticed St Michel-Preference Home-Auber93 duo of Thomas Champion and Nicolas Breuillard end in second and third.
The fourth stage of the race was hit by but extra horrible climate with heavy rain all through the day. The climate meant that the stage needed to be shortened from 155.7km to 135km with a loop round Saint-Quetin eliminated. Later within the stage, the Côte des Concluses was additionally taken out of the stage taking off yet one more 16km, lowering the stage to 119km.
Spanish second division squad, Equipo Kern Pharma, had been the most recent workforce to depart the race saying they’d an “absence of full security ensures.” With them leaving, together with King of the Mountains chief Axandre Van Petegem (Wagner Bazin WB) and Sasha Weemaes (Wagner Bazin WB), it left simply 70 riders within the peloton. The break’s most hole was just below two minutes.
It took just below 30km of racing earlier than a breakaway shaped on the base of the primary climb of the day, the Côte Clarensac, with new mountain jersey Victor Vercouillie (Flanders-Baloise) led a bunch of 5 with Simon Dehairs (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Alexys Brunel (TotalEnergies) and Killian Theot (Van Rysel Roubaix) with Jocelyn Baguelin (Wagner Bazin WB) briefly becoming a member of earlier than getting dropped
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