Dries De Bondt (Alpecin-Fenix) won the third stage of the Étoile de Bessèges after he outsprinted his breakaway colleague Georg Zimmermann (CCC).
Magnus Cort (EF Pro Cycling) took third place two seconds later. Roy Jans (Alpecin-Fenix) and the Clement Venturini (AG2R La Mondiale) completed the top 5.
??@Bondteke of ??#AlpecinFenix wins stage 3 of ??@Etoile_Besseges #etoiledebesseges #etoiledebesseges2020 #EDB2020 (?@lachainelequipe) pic.twitter.com/y4q3KfEV4z
— World Cycling Stats (@wcsbike) February 7, 2020
Étoile de Bessèges 2020 – stage 3 results (Bessèges – Bessèges):
| 1 | Dries De Bondt (Alpecin-Fenix) | 3:54:56 |
| 2 | Georg Zimmermann (CCC) | ,, |
| 3 | Magnus Cort (EF Pro Cycling) | +02” |
| 4 | Roy Jans (Alpecin-Fenix) | ,, |
| 5 | Clement Venturini (AGR la Mondiale) | ,, |
| 6 | Emiel Vermeulen (Naturaever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole) | ,, |
| 7 | Tom Devriendt (Circus-Wanty Gobert) | ,, |
| 8 | Lionel Taminiaux (Wallonie Bruxelles) | ,, |
| 9 | Robbe Ghys (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise) | ,, |
| 10 | Nicolo Parisini (Beltrami TSA Marchiol) | ,, |
Étoile de Bessèges 2020 – general classification after stage 3:
| 1 | Alexys Brunel (Groupama-FDJ) | 11:03:16 |
| 2 | Benoit Cosnefroy (AGR La Mondiale) | +03” |
| 3 | Edward Planckaert (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise) | +10” |
| 4 | Alex Kirsch (Trek-Segafredo) | +16” |
| 5 | Kévin Geniets (Groupama-FDJ) | +17” |
| 6 | Gijs Van Hoecke (CCC) | +19” |
| 7 | Lilian Calmejane (Total Direct Energie) | ,, |
| 8 | Scott Thwaites (Alpecin-Fenix) | ,, |
| 9 | Arthur Vichot (B&B Hotels-Vital Concept) | ,, |
| 10 | Flavien Maurelet (St Michel-Auber) | +24” |
