The German Maximilian Walscheid (Cofidis) won this Thursday the 63rd edition of the Denain cycling Grand Prix (northern France), after a 200.3 km course with twelve cobblestone sectors.
He beat Belgian Dries De Bondt (Alpecin-Fenix) and Frenchman Adrien Petit (Intermarché-Wanty) in the final sprint.
About 30 km from the end was a group of escapees with three men from Ineos (the American Magnus Sheffield, the Englishman Ben Turner and the Ecuadorian Jhonatan Narváez), accompanied by the Frenchman Damien Touzé (AG2R Citroën) and the Slovenian Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma), who attended the event to test themselves in the cobbles.
This group was reached before the end and the test was decided to sprint.
- Qualification of the 63rd GP of Denain-Porte du Hainaut:
1. Maximilian Walscheid (GER/COFIDIS), les 200,3 km in 4h 42:24
2. Dries de Bondt (BEL/Alpecin-Fenix) m.t.
3. Adrien Petit (From/Intermarché-Wanty) et al.
4. Pierre Barbier (FRA/B&B Hotels) et al.
5. Marc Sarreau (FRA/AG2R Citroën) et coll.
6. Sandy Dujardin (FROM/total energy) et al.
7. Amaury Capito's Night (Bel/Arkéa Samsic) m.t.
8. Samuel Leroux (since/ GO Sport Roubaix) et al.
9. Samuel Ghys (BEL/Sports Flanders) m.t.
10. Bram Welten (NED/Groupama-FDJ) m.t.
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