Bernal, Nibali, Thomas headline star-studded Étoile de Bessèges - Preview

Alberto Bettiol won the final stage in 2020 (Image credit: Bettini)

The five-day 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Étoile de Bessèges kicks off on Wednesday with what is arguably its strongest field ever, featuring no fewer than three Tour de France winners in 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Geraint Thomas, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Egan Bernal and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Vincenzo Nibali, as well as Olympic champion Greg Van Avermaet, who will be making his first racing a♕ppearance for his new💖 AG2R-Citroën team. 

Thereꦡ are 11 WorldTeams among the 22 squads participating in the 51st edition of France’s traditional season-opening stage race. It’s the f🤪irst edition of Bessèges to be organised since race founder and long-time director Roland Fangille died after contracting COVID-19 last November. 

Peter Cossins has written about professional cycling since 1993 and is a contributing editor to Procycling. He is the author of The Monuments: The Grit and the Glory of Cycling's Greatest One-Day Races (Bloomsbury, March 2014) and has translated Christophe Bassons' autobiography, A Clean Break (Bloomsbury, July 2014). 

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