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 pavés 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 this event to test himself in the pavés.
That group was reached before the end and the test was decided to sprint.
- Qualification of the 63rd Denain-Porte du Hainaut GP:
1. Maximilian Walscheid (GER/Cofidis), the 200,3km 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 al.
6. Sandy Dujardin (from/TotalEnergies) et al.
7. Amaury Capito (Bel/Arkéa Samsic) m.t.
8. Samuel Leroux (from/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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