The 2015 Étoile de Bessèges (English: Star of Bessèges) was the 45th running of the Étoile de Bessèges road cycling stage race. It was rated as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour and took place from 4 to 8 February 2015 in southern France, near the town of Bessèges. It was the first stage race of the 2015 European season.^[2]

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2015 Étoile de Bessèges

2015 UCI Europe Tour
Race details
Dates	4–8 February 2015
Stages	5
Distance	620.12 km (385.3 mi)
Winning time	15h 43' 21"[1]
Results
Winner  Bob Jungels (LUX) (Trek Factory Racing)   Second  Tony Gallopin (FRA) (Lotto–Soudal)   Third  Kris Boeckmans (BEL) (Lotto–Soudal) Points  Edward Theuns (BEL) (Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise) Mountains  Julien Loubet (FRA) (Team Marseille 13 KTM) Youth  Alexis Gougeard (FRA) (AG2R La Mondiale)   Team Trek Factory Racing
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The race consisted of five stages, four of which were road stages and the last of which was an individual time trial. The 2014 champion was Tobias Ludvigsson, but his Team Giant–Alpecin was not selected to take part in the 2015 edition.^[3]

The race was won by Bob Jungels (Trek Factory Racing), who won the time trial on the final day. He finished nine seconds ahead of the second placed rider, Lotto–Soudal's Tony Gallopin, with Gallopin's teammate Kris Boeckmans a further second back in third place. Edward Theuns (Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise) won the points competition, while Julien Loubet (Team Marseille 13 KTM) won the mountains competition. The best young rider was Alexis Gougeard (AG2R La Mondiale). Trek Factory Racing were the best team.^[1]

Twenty-one teams competed in the 2015 Étoile de Bessèges.^[4] These included four UCI WorldTeams, nine UCI Professional Continental and eight UCI Continental teams.

The teams that participated in the race were:

In the 2015 Étoile de Bessèges, four different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers at intermediate sprints and at the finish of mass-start stages, the leader received an orange jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2015 Étoile de Bessèges, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.

Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a yellow jersey. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 15 in a mass-start stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 25 points, with 20 for second, 16 for third, 13 for fourth, 11 for fifth with a point fewer per place down to a single point for 15th place. Points towards the classification could also be accrued at intermediate sprint points during each stage; these intermediate sprints also offered bonus seconds towards the general classification. There was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a blue jersey. In the mountains classification, points were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs.

The fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey. This was decided in the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1992 were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time.

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Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountain classification	Young rider classification	Team classification
1[15]	Kris Boeckmans	Kris Boeckmans	Kris Boeckmans	Julien Loubet	Alexis Gougeard	Lotto–Soudal
2[16]	Roy Jans		Marco Coledan
3[17]	Bryan Coquard	Edward Theuns	Edward Theuns
4[18]	Tony Gallopin
5[1]	Bob Jungels	Bob Jungels				Trek Factory Racing
Final		Bob Jungels[14]	Edward Theuns[19]	Julien Loubet[20]	Alexis Gougeard[21]	Trek Factory Racing[22]

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