Bitumen solid at ambient temperature

A bitumen which is solid at ambient temperature in the form of pellets comprising a core and a coating layer, in which:

• the core comprises at least one bitumen base,
• and
• the coating layer comprises at least:
• one oil chosen from a hydrocarbon oil of petroleum or synthetic origin,
• from 0.1% to 10% by weight, with respect to the total weight of the coating layer, of one or more organogelator compounds chosen from the compounds of general formula (I) or (V):
• Ar1-R1—Ar2 (I)
• in which:
• Ar1 and Ar2 represent, independently of one another, a benzene nucleus or a system of condensed aromatic nuclei of from 6 to 20 carbon atoms which are substituted by at least one hydroxyl group and optionally substituted by one or more C1-C20 alkyl groups, and
• R1 represents an optionally substituted divalent radical, the main chain of which comprises from 6 to 20 carbon atoms and at least one group chosen from the amide, ester, hydrazide, urea, carbamate and anhydride functional groups;
• R5—(COOH)z (V)
• in which:
• R5 represents a linear or branched and saturated or unsaturated chain comprising from 4 to 68 carbon atoms, and z is an integer varying from 2 to 4.