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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA)
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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)
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AG2R Citroën Team | + 0" |
| 9 | Julien El Fares (FRA)
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EF Education–Nippo | + 0" |
| 10 |  Odd Christian Eiking (NOR)
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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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.