C’est le Français Christian Laporte (Cofidis) qui a remporté la première étape de l’Etoile de Bessèges à Bellegarde. Au terme des 143 km, il devance au sprint son compatriote Nacer Bouhanni (Arkea Samsic) qui avait attaqué dans les 500 derniers mètres de l’étape, une attaque franche et nette. Le Danois Mads Pedersen (Trek Segafredo) complète le podiumLaporte prend donc le maillot de leader du général
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Classement 1ère étape
| 1 | Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis | 3:14:32 |
| 2 | Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic | |
| 3 | Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo | 0:00:02 |
| 4 | Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Team Qhubeka Assos | |
| 5 | Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers | |
| 6 | Jordi Meeus (Bel) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 7 | Bryan Coquard (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM | |
| 8 | John Degenkolb (Ger) Lotto Soudal | |
| 9 | Jake Stewart (GBr) Groupama-FDJ | |
| 10 | Danny van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | |
| 11 | Tim Merlier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix | |
| 12 | Boris Vallee (Bel) Bingoal WB | |
| 13 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 14 | Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Israel Start-up Nation | |
| 15 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team | |
| 16 | Cyril Barthe (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM | |
| 17 | Milan Menten (Bel) Bingoal WB | |
| 18 | Francisco Galvan Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | |
| 19 | Anthony Turgis (Fra) Total Direct Energie | |
| 20 | August Jensen (Nor) Delko | |
| 21 | Roger Adria Oliveras (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | |
| 22 | Arjen Livyns (Bel) Bingoal WB | |
| 23 | Brent Van Moer (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:00:10 |
| 24 | Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers | |
| 25 | Fabian Lienhard (Swi) Groupama-FDJ | 0:00:13 |
| 26 | Dylan Kowalski (Fra) Xelliss-Roubaix Lille Metropole | 0:00:15 |
| 27 | Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM | |
| 28 | Nils Politt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:00:17 |
| 29 | Jonas Rutsch (Ger) EF Education-Nippo | |
| 30 | Michael Gogl (Aut) Team Qhubeka Assos | |
| 31 | Johan le Bon (Fra) Cambodia Cycling Academy | 0:00:20 |
| 32 | Damien Touze (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team | |
| 33 | Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko | 0:00:25 |
| 34 | Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team | 0:00:27 |
| 35 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM | 0:00:29 |
| 36 | Owain Doull (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | 0:00:31 |
| 37 | Silvan Dillier (Swi) Alpecin-Fenix | |
| 38 | Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation | 0:00:34 |
| 39 | Enrique Sanz Unzue (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | |
| 40 | Tobias Bayer (Aut) Alpecin-Fenix | 0:00:36 |
| 41 | Eduard-Michael Grosu (Rom) Delko | |
| 42 | Clément Carisey (Fra) Delko | 0:00:37 |
| 43 | Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) Team Qhubeka Assos | |
| 44 | Romain Cardis (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 | |
| 45 | Yoann Paillot (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 | |
| 46 | Maximilien Picoux (Bel) Xelliss-Roubaix Lille Metropole | 0:00:40 |
| 47 | Stefano Oldani (Ita) Lotto Soudal | 0:00:42 |
| 48 | Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:00:48 |
| 49 | Gerben Thijssen (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
| 50 | Clément Russo (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic | |
| 51 | Jens Debusschere (Bel) B&B Hotels p/b KTM | |
| 52 | Daniel McLay (GBr) Team Arkea-Samsic | 0:00:49 |
| 53 | Alexis Renard (Fra) Israel Start-up Nation | |
| 54 | Jens Keukeleire (Bel) EF Education-Nippo | |
| 55 | Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | 0:00:57 |
| 56 | Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation | |
| 57 | Lars van den Berg (Ned) Groupama-FDJ | 0:01:01 |
| 58 | Alexys Brunel (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | 0:01:03 |
| 59 | Joel Suter (Swi) Bingoal WB | |
| 60 | Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 61 | Samuel Leroux (Fra) Xelliss-Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| 62 | Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team | |
| 63 | Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | |
| 64 | Pierre Latour (Fra) Total Direct Energie | |
| 65 | Ethan Hayter (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | |
| 66 | Matis Louvel (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic | |
| 67 | Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko | |
| 68 | Patrick Gamper (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 69 | Christopher Lamaille (Fra) Cambodia Cycling Academy | |
| 70 | Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | |
| 71 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Total Direct Energie | |
| 72 | Kevin Reza (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM | 0:01:09 |
| 73 | Alexandre Delettre (Fra) Delko | |
| 74 | Samuel Gaze (NZl) Alpecin-Fenix Development Team | |
| 75 | Boy van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 0:01:12 |
| 76 | Alberto Bettiol (Ita) EF Education-Nippo | |
| 77 | Théo Delacroix (Fra) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 0:01:18 |
| 78 | Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo | 0:01:21 |