[6] She won the Tour de l'Aude Feminin in 1999 and 2001 and the Women's Challenge in 2001.

Bessette was the pilot for para-cyclist and para-nordic skier Robbi Weldon's gold medal wins at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Women's road race B[7] and 2010 Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) World Para-cycling Championships.

[8] Even though she retired from professional bike racing in 2006,[9] in 2018, she was appointed Garneau ambassador.

[10] Bessette declined to seek re-election in July 2021 ahead of the year's federal election.

[11] Bessette was inducted into the FQSC hall of fame in November 2022