2021 Grand Prix La Marseillaise
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Dates | 31 January 2021 | ||||||||||||
Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
Distance | 171 km (106.3 mi) | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 4h 24' 29" | ||||||||||||
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The 2021 Grand Prix La Marseillaise was the 42nd edition of the Grand Prix La Marseillaise cycle race. It was held on 31 January 2021 as a category 1.1 race on the 2021 UCI Europe Tour and the first event of the 2021 French Road Cycling Cup. The 171-kilometer route started and finished in Marseille and featured several climbs, notably the Route des Crêtes and the Col de la Gineste in the last 30 kilometers.[1]
Defending champion Benoît Cosnefroy of AG2R Citroën Team suffered a knee injury in training in mid-January and was forced to miss the race, but his teammate and French compatriot Aurélien Paret-Peintre won the race. The peloton was reduced to a small group of around 30 riders at the finish, and in the ensuing bunch sprint, Paret-Peintre, not generally known for his sprinting prowess, narrowly beat sprinters Thomas Boudat and Bryan Coquard in a photo finish.[2][3]
Teams
[edit]Seven UCI WorldTeams, eight UCI ProTeams, and two UCI Continental teams make up the seventeen teams that were invited to the race. Each team entered with seven riders, making up a 119-rider peloton. Of these riders, there were 110 finishers. Four riders finished over the time limit, while a further four did not finish the race. The only non-starter, Jonas Rutsch of EF Education–Nippo, was a late scratch after receiving a positive result from a routine COVID-19 test.[4][5][6]
UCI WorldTeams
UCI ProTeams
UCI Continental Teams
Result
[edit]Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA) | AG2R Citroën Team | 4h 24' 29" |
2 | Thomas Boudat (FRA) | Arkéa–Samsic | + 0" |
3 | Bryan Coquard (FRA) | B&B Hotels p/b KTM | + 0" |
4 | Kiko Galván (ESP) | Equipo Kern Pharma | + 0" |
5 | Arjen Livyns (BEL) | Bingoal WB | + 0" |
6 | Tim Wellens (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | + 0" |
7 | Matteo Trentin (ITA) | UAE Team Emirates | + 0" |
8 | Lilian Calmejane (FRA) | AG2R Citroën Team | + 0" |
9 | Julien El Fares (FRA) | EF Education–Nippo | + 0" |
10 | Odd Christian Eiking (NOR) | Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux | + 0" |
References
[edit]- ^ Timms, Joe (29 January 2021). "Grand Prix la Marseillaise: 2021 Preview". Rouleur. Gruppo Media. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ Ostanek, Daniel (15 January 2021). "Cosnefroy delays 2021 start due to knee pain". CyclingNews. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Paret-Peintre wins Grand Prix Cycliste la Marseillaise". CyclingNews. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ "Grand Prix Cycliste la Marseillaise 2021 Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ "EF Education-Nippo rider in isolation awaiting more COVID tests". VeloNews. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Grand Prix cycliste de Marseille - La Marseillaise" (PDF). Matsport Timing. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ "Grand Prix Cycliste la Marseillaise 2021 Results". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 31 January 2021.