Max Walscheid (Cofidis) gained the Grand Prix de Denain – Porte du Hainaut from a bunch dash on Thursday. He held off Dries De Bondt (Alpecin-Fenix) on the line, who took second, adopted by Adrien Petit (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux) in third.
It was the second podium in two days for the German, who was runner-up at Nokere Koerse on Wednesday.
The race regarded like it will come right down to a dash amongst 5 breakaway riders, with Ineos Grenadiers having three representatives – Magnus Sheffield, Jhonatan Narváez and Ben Turner – alongside Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) and Damien Touzé (AG2R Citroën). The break had been on the assault for the ultimate 35 kilometres of the 200.3km race, however have been caught within the closing kilometre to arrange Walscheid’s victory.
“I am extremely pleased we simply did the most effective efficiency potential and I am so pleased to complete it off. We took already management to start with and likewise Piet Allegaert did a superb lead out for me, he introduced me to the final 500 metres after which it was only a bloc to the road,” Walscheid mentioned.
“I knew it was a reasonably tough state of affairs and I used to be somewhat bit scared we might not catch them again. I’ve to say thanks to Wanty who additionally did an unimaginable staff job and have been tremendous dedicated and fortunately they introduced it again.”
Within the race to remain within the WorldTour, Cofidis have been among the many winners to keep away from relegation, taking the Etoile de Besseges with Benjamin Thomas and two phases and a victory in Tour de la Provence.
“I am additionally tremendous pleased for our staff, we scored a variety of factors. My teammates already collected a couple of victories so I feel we will hold this ball rolling.”
| Pos. | Rider Identify (Nation) Staff | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Cofidis | 4:42:24 |
| 2 | Dries De Bondt (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix | |
| 3 | Adrien Petit (Fra) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | |
| 4 | Pierre Barbier (Fra) B&B Lodges-KTM | |
| 5 | Marc Sarreau (Fra) AG2R Citroen Staff | |
| 6 | Sandy Dujardin (Fra) TotalEnergies | |
| 7 | Amaury Capiot (Bel) Arkea-Samsic | |
| 8 | Samuel Leroux (Fra) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole | |
| 9 | Robbe Ghys (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 10 | Bram Welten (Ned) Groupama-FDJ | |
| 11 | Jonathan Couanon (Fra) Good Metropole Cote d’Azur | |
| 12 | William Levy (Den) Uno-X Professional Biking Staff | |
| 13 | Flavien Maurelet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 | |
| 14 | Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Staff Emirates | |
| 15 | Hugo Web page (Fra) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | |
| 16 | Ward Vanhoof (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 17 | Nicolas Debeaumarche (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 | |
| 18 | Karl-Patrick Lauk (Est) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB | |
| 19 | Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole | |
| 20 | Mael Guegan (Fra) Staff U Nantes Atlantique | |
| 21 | Maxime Urruty (Fra) Good Metropole Cote d’Azur | |
| 22 | Tom Wirtgen (Lux) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB | |
| 23 | Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) AG2R Citroen Staff | |
| 24 | Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Arkea-Samsic | |
| 25 | Kim Heiduk (Ger) Ineos Grenadiers | |
| 26 | Luca Mozzato (Ita) B&B Lodges-KTM | |
| 27 | Paul Lapeira (Fra) AG2R Citroen Staff | |
| 28 | Daniel Martinez Poveda (Col) Ineos Grenadiers | |
| 29 | Julien Morice (Fra) B&B Lodges-KTM | |
| 30 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix | 0:00:06 |
| 31 | Fabian Lienhard (Swi) Groupama-FDJ | 0:00:10 |
| 32 | Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis | 0:00:16 |
| 33 | Jhonatan Narvaez Prado (European) Ineos Grenadiers | 0:00:20 |
| 34 | Samuel Watson (GBr) Groupama-FDJ Continental | 0:00:22 |
| 35 | Rait Ärm (Est) Groupama-FDJ Continental | |
| 36 | Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma | |
| 37 | Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | |
| 38 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) B&B Lodges-KTM | |
| 39 | Damien Touze (Fra) AG2R Citroen Staff | 0:00:27 |
| 40 | Ben Turner (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | 0:00:39 |
| 41 | Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 0:00:41 |
| 42 | Magnus Sheffield (USA) Ineos Grenadiers | |
| 43 | Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 0:00:47 |
| 44 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) TotalEnergies | 0:01:01 |
| 45 | Lewis Askey (GBr) Groupama-FDJ | |
| 46 | Jens Debusschere (Bel) B&B Lodges-KTM | 0:01:38 |
| 47 | Milan Fretin (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:04:08 |
| 48 | Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 49 | Martin Urianstad (Nor) Uno-X Professional Biking Staff | |
| 50 | Julius Johansen (Den) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | |
| 51 | David Dekker (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | |
| 52 | Wesley Kreder (Ned) Cofidis | |
| 53 | Johnatan Cañaveral Vargas (Col) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ | |
| 54 | Erik Nordsaeter Resell (Nor) Uno-X Professional Biking Staff | |
| 55 | Quentin Jauregui (Fra) B&B Lodges-KTM | |
| 56 | Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) AG2R Citroen Staff | |
| 57 | Lars Saugstad (Nor) Uno-X Professional Biking Staff | |
| 58 | Jason Tesson (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 | |
| 59 | Norman Vahtra (Est) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole | |
| 60 | Ayco Bastiaens (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix Improvement Staff | |
| 61 | Ludovic Robeet (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB | 0:05:18 |
| 62 | Dimitri Peyskens (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB | 0:08:19 |
| 63 | Joris Delbove (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 | |
| 64 | Markus Pajur (Est) Arkea-Samsic | |
| 65 | Iver Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Professional Biking Staff | |
| 66 | Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ | |
| 67 | Aaron Verwilst (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 68 | Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel) Cofidis | 0:08:23 |
| 69 | Jelle Wallays (Bel) Cofidis | |
| 70 | Taco van der Hoorn (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | |
| 71 | Clément Davy (Fra) Groupama-FDJ |
