According to Directvelo, the Etoile de Bessèges (2.1, France) which will be held February 3-7, has confirmed its five stages. As it has been the case since 2012, the race will be decided in the traditional uphill time trial in Ales.

Route: 
Stage 1: Grand Prix de la Terre d'Argence (Bellegarde - Beaucaire), 156 km 

Stage 2: Nîmes - Mejannes Le Clap, 153 km 
Stage 3: Grand Prix of Bessèges (Bessèges - Bessèges), 152 km 
Stage 4: Grand Prix of Laudun L'Ardoise (Tavel - Laudun), 148 km 
Stage 5: Alès-Alès, 12 km ITT

In 2015, Bob Jungels won the race ahead of Tony Gallopin and Kris Boeckmans. Tobias Ludvigsson, Jonathan Hivert, Jerome Coppel, Anthony Ravard, Samuel Dumoulin and Thomas Voeckler won the previous editions.