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Etoile de Bessèges Preview & Stage 1 Breakdown

Etoile de Bessèges Preview & Stage 1 Breakdown

A previously fringe French five-stage race is suddenly thrust into the center of the pro cycling universe

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Spencer Martin
Feb 03, 2021
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Etoile de what? Yeah, I hadn’t heard of this race before yesterday either.

But, due to the massive amount of early-season race cancellations in Spain and Portugal due to an increase in COVID cases in those regions, the stars of the sport has descended upon this small, five-stage race in the Occitanie region of France to get all-important race miles in t…

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