Winner of the third stage, Benjamin Thomas, 26 years old, won this Sunday in Alès the 52nd edition of the Etoile de Bessèges. In the general classification, the rider from the Cofidis team was 16 seconds ahead of the Italian Alberto Bettiol (EF Education-EasyPostet). The Norwegian Tobias Halland Johannessen (Uno-X) completes the podium by taking third place.
The fifth and final stage was won this Sunday in Alès by Filippo Ganna (Inéos). Like last year, the Italian won the 11 km individual time trial at the top of the Ermitage site.