Grand Prix La Marseillaise

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Grand Prix La Marseillaise
Grand Prix Cycliste la Marseillaise-2023-logo.svg
Race details
Date
  • Late January
  • Early February
RegionSouth France
Local name(s)Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise (in French)
Discipline Road race
Competition UCI Europe Tour 1.1
Type One-day race
OrganiserLa Marseillaise
Web site journal-lamarseillaise.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
History
First edition1980 (1980)
Editions45 (as of 2024)
First winnerFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Leo van Vliet  (NED)
Most winsFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Eddy Planckaert  (BEL)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Edwig Van Hooydonck  (BEL)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Baden Cooke  (AUS)
(2 times)
Most recentFlag of Luxembourg.svg  Kevin Geniets  (LUX)

Grand Prix Cycliste La Marseillaise, formerly known as the Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise, is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in February around the city of Marseille, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is usually the first race of the European calendar, one day before the stage-race Étoile de Bessèges, which is held in the same region.

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Winners

YearCountryRiderTeam
1980Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Leo van Vliet TI–Raleigh
1981Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Jan Bogaert Vermeer Thijs
1982Flag of France.svg  France Bernard Hinault Renault–Elf
1983Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Jan Raas TI–Raleigh
1984Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Eddy Planckaert Panasonic–Raleigh
1985Flag of France.svg  France Charly Mottet Renault–Elf
1986Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Eddy Planckaert Panasonic–Merckx–Agu
1987Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Johnny Weltz Fagor
1988Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Ad Wijnands Superconfex–Yoko–Opel–Colnago
1989Flag of France.svg  France Thierry Claveyrolat RMO
1990Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Etienne De Wilde Histor–Sigma
1991Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Edwig Van Hooydonck Buckler–Colnago–Decca
1992Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Edwig Van Hooydonck Buckler–Colnago–Decca
1993Flag of France.svg  France Didier Rous GAN
1994Flag of France.svg  France Gilles Delion Castorama
1995Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Stéphane Hennebert Le Groupement
1996Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Fabiano Fontanelli MG Maglificio–Technogym
1997Flag of France.svg  France Richard Virenque Festina–Lotus
1998Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Marco Saligari Casino–Ag2r
1999Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Frank Vandenbroucke Cofidis
2000Flag of France.svg  France Emmanuel Magnien Française des Jeux
2001Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Jacob Piil CSC–Tiscali
2002Flag of France.svg  France Xavier Jan BigMat–Auber 93
2003Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Ludo Dierckxsens Landbouwkrediet–Colnago
2004Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Baden Cooke FDJeux.com
2005Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Nicki Sørensen Team CSC
2006Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Baden Cooke Unibet.com
2007Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Jeremy Hunt Unibet.com
2008Flag of France.svg  France Hervé Duclos-Lassalle Cofidis
2009 [1] Flag of France.svg  France Rémi Pauriol Cofidis
2010Flag of France.svg  France Jonathan Hivert Saur–Sojasun
2011Flag of France.svg  France Jérémy Roy FDJ
2012Flag of France.svg  France Samuel Dumoulin Cofidis
2013Flag of France.svg  France Justin Jules La Pomme Marseille
2014Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Kenneth Vanbilsen Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise
2015Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Pim Ligthart Lotto–Soudal
2016Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Dries Devenyns IAM Cycling
2017Flag of France.svg  France Arthur Vichot FDJ
2018 Flag of France.svg  France Alexandre Geniez AG2R La Mondiale
2019 Flag of France.svg  France Anthony Turgis Direct Énergie
2020 Flag of France.svg  France Benoît Cosnefroy AG2R La Mondiale
2021 Flag of France.svg  France Aurélien Paret-Peintre AG2R Citroën Team
2022 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Amaury Capiot Arkéa–Samsic
2023 Flag of the United States.svg  United States Neilson Powless EF Education–EasyPost
2024 Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Kevin Geniets Groupama–FDJ

Winners by nationality

# of VictoriesCountry
19Flag of France.svg France
12Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
3Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
2Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
2Flag of Italy.svg Italy
1Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
1Flag of the United States.svg United States

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References

  1. "CQ Ranking – GP d'Ouverture la Marseillaise".