Christophe Laporte (Cofidis) took the second stage in Etoile de Besseges from a bunch sprint and moved into the overall race lead over stage 1 winner Bryan Coquard (Vital Concept-B&B Hotels).
The Frenchman out-sprinted AG2R La Mondiale’s Clement Venturini and Enzo Wouters (Lotto Soudal) in the bunch sprint in La Calmette.
“The team wanted to catch up because everyone had missed out on the first stage,” Laporte said. We positioned ourselves earlier in the final. We had come to Bessèges to win a stage, now it’s done. Last year I finished in second place in the overall ranking. We’ll see day by day.”
Etoile de Bessèges 2019 – stage 2 results (Saint-Geniés-de-Malgoires – La Calmette):
| 1 | Christophe Laporte (Cofidis) | 3:30:59 |
| 2 | Clement Venturini (AG2R La Mondiale) | ,, |
| 3 | Enzo Wouters (Lotto Soudal) | ,, |
| 4 | Niccolò Bonifazio (Direct Energie) | ,, |
| 5 | Roy Jans (Corendon-Circus) | ,, |
| 6 | Pierre Barbier (Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole) | ,, |
| 7 | Kenny Dehaes (Wallonie Bruxelles) | ,, |
| 8 | Bram Welten (Arkea-Samsic) | ,, |
| 9 | August Jensen (Israel Cycling Academy) | ,, |
| 10 | Marc Sarreau (Groupama-FDJ) | ,, |
Etoile de Bessèges 2019 – general classification after stage 2:
| 1 | Christophe Laporte (Cofidis) | 6:47:31 |
| 2 | Bryan Coquard (Vital Concept-B&B Hotels) | ,, |
| 3 | Jerome Cousin (Direct Energie) | +03” |
| 4 | Clement Venturini (AG2R La Mondiale) | +04” |
| 5 | Sacha Modolo (EF Education First) | ,, |
| 6 | Pierre Barbier (Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole) | +06” |
| 7 | Enzo Wouters (Lotto Soudal) | ,, |
| 8 | Amaury Capiot (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise) | ,, |
| 9 | Valentin Madouas (Groupama-FDJ) | +07” |
| 10 | Pierre-Luc Perichon (Cofidis) | ,, |
