Frenchman Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) won the 2010 Etoile de Besseges on Sunday, with Belgian Niko Eeckhout taking the final stage for his An Post-Sean Kelly team.
The final stage of the race was something of an anti-climax, as a significant portion of the peloton failed to turn up on the start line, including Team Sky Brits Steve Cummings and Peter Kennaugh, An Post-Sean Kelly British rider Mark McNally and race leader Arnaud Molmy (Roubaix Lille Metropole). Many riders had been forced to withdraw due to illness.
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