2021 Grand Prix La Marseillaise

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2021 Grand Prix La Marseillaise
2021 UCI Europe Tour
Race details
Dates31 January 2021
Stages1
Distance171 km (106.3 mi)
Winning time4h 24' 29"
Results
  WinnerFlag of France.svg  Aurélien Paret-Peintre  (FRA) (AG2R Citroën Team)
  SecondFlag of France.svg  Thomas Boudat  (FRA) (Arkéa–Samsic)
  ThirdFlag of France.svg  Bryan Coquard  (FRA) (B&B Hotels p/b KTM)
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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  [ fr ] in the last 30 kilometers. [1]

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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

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

Result [3] [6] [7]
RankRiderTeamTime
1Flag of France.svg  Aurélien Paret-Peintre  (FRA) AG2R Citroën Team 4h 24' 29"
2Flag of France.svg  Thomas Boudat  (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic + 0"
3Flag of France.svg  Bryan Coquard  (FRA) B&B Hotels p/b KTM + 0"
4Flag of Spain.svg  Kiko Galván  (ESP) Equipo Kern Pharma + 0"
5Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Arjen Livyns  (BEL) Bingoal WB + 0"
6Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Tim Wellens  (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 0"
7Flag of Italy.svg  Matteo Trentin  (ITA) UAE Team Emirates + 0"
8Flag of France.svg  Lilian Calmejane  (FRA) AG2R Citroën Team + 0"
9Flag of France.svg  Julien El Fares  (FRA) EF Education–Nippo + 0"
10Flag of Norway.svg  Odd Christian Eiking  (NOR) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 0"


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References

  1. ↑ Timms, Joe (29 January 2021). "Grand Prix la Marseillaise: 2021 Preview". Rouleur . Gruppo Media. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  2. ↑ Ostanek, Daniel (15 January 2021). "Cosnefroy delays 2021 start due to knee pain". CyclingNews. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Paret-Peintre wins Grand Prix Cycliste la Marseillaise". CyclingNews. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Grand Prix Cycliste la Marseillaise 2021 Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "EF Education-Nippo rider in isolation awaiting more COVID tests". VeloNews. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
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