Étoile des Espoirs

Étoile des Espoirs
Race details
Region	France
English name	Star Hopes
Local name(s)	Étoile des Espoirs (in French)
Discipline	Road
Type	Stage race
Organiser	Monde Six
History
First edition	1971
Editions	15
Final edition	1985
First winner	Raymond Poulidor (FRA)
Most wins	Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (BEL) (3 wins)
Final winner	Ronan Pensec (FRA)

The Étoile des Espoirs was an end of the season French cycling stage race. It was created by Jean Leulliot, and was open to young professional cyclists.^[1]

Winners[edit]

Source^[1]

Year	Winner	Second	Third
1971	Raymond Poulidor (FRA)	Bernard Thévenet (FRA)	Yves Hézard (FRA)
1972	Bernard Labourdette (FRA)	André Mollet (FRA)	Gérard Moneyron (FRA)
1973	Cees Bal (NED)	Willy Teirlinck (BEL)	Roger Rosiers (FRA)
1974	Roy Gordon Schuiten (NED)	Willy Freeman Teirlinck (BEL)	Cyrille Diez Guimard (FRA)
1975	Aat van den Hoek (NED)	Bernard Ti Vallet (FRA)	Patrick Enned Perret (FRA)
1976	Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (BEL)	Bernard Thévenet (FRA)	Robert Bouloux (FRA)
1977	Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (BEL)	Gregor Braun (FRG)	Willy Teirlinck (BEL)
1978	Daniel Gisiger (SUI)	Fedor den Hertog (NED)	Gery Verlinden (BEL)
1979	Sven-Åke Nilsson (SWE)	Jo Maas (NED)	Eulalio Garcia (ESP)
1980	Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (FRA)	Phil Anderson (AUS)	Marino Lejarreta (ESP)
1981	Stephen Roche (IRL)	Dominique Arnaud (FRA)	Siegfried Hekimi (SUI)
1982	Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (BEL)	Joop Zoetemelk (NED)	Laurent Fignon (FRA)
1983	Stephen Roche (IRL)	Francis Castaing (FRA)	Marc Madiot (FRA)
1984	Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (FRA)	Maarten Ducrot (NED)	Miroslav Sýkora (TCH)
1985	Ronan Pensec (FRA)	Dominique Gaigne (FRA)	Jean-Paul van Poppel (NED)