2021 UCI Europe Tour | |||||||||||||
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Race details | |||||||||||||
Dates | 31 January 2021 | ||||||||||||
Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
Distance | 171 km (106.3 mi) | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 4h 24' 29" | ||||||||||||
Results | |||||||||||||
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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 in the last 30 kilometers. [1]
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]
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
Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre ( FRA) | AG2R Citroën Team | 4h 24' 29" |
2 | Thomas Boudat ( FRA) | Arkéa–Samsic | + 0" |
3 | Bryan Coquard ( FRA) | B&B Hotels p/b KTM | + 0" |
4 | Kiko Galván ( ESP) | Equipo Kern Pharma | + 0" |
5 | Arjen Livyns ( BEL) | Bingoal WB | + 0" |
6 | Tim Wellens ( BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | + 0" |
7 | Matteo Trentin ( ITA) | UAE Team Emirates | + 0" |
8 | Lilian Calmejane ( FRA) | AG2R Citroën Team | + 0" |
9 | Julien El Fares ( FRA) | EF Education–Nippo | + 0" |
10 | Odd Christian Eiking ( NOR) | Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux | + 0" |