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Château Gombert - Marseille, 174.3km
Amaury Capiot wins in Marseille. Getty Sport photo
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The race: Here's the report from second-place Mads Pedersen's Trek-Segafredo team.
We are not sure if we have seen Mads Pedersen in such good shape this early in the year. In the January training camp, Mads Pedersen showed he had solid early season form, but everyone knows that training and racing are completely different animals. However, Mads confirmed that good legs at camp are indeed good legs period. In a hilly and tougher than expected start to his 2022 season, he sprinted to second-place in Grand Prix Cycliste La Marseillaise.
“First race of the season and it was harder than I expected it to be,” admitted Mads. “The breakaway got seven minutes and Otto (Vergaaerd) had to pull hard to get it back and he did a great job.”
From the team’s newest teammates to veteran Bauke Mollema, the entire team rolled up their sleeves for the on-form Dane.
The 174-kilometer race was peppered with climbs, but a confident Mads quietly sat back in the bunch and let his teammates contend with the action out front, first in helping control the day’s early breakaway, then putting in a massive effort to help contain the biggest threats in the final kilometers.
“In the steep climb with 40k to go the guys did exactly as we planned,” Mads continued. “At the top, I was still with Tony (Gallopin) and he was pulling really well, and we had Toms (Skujins) and Bauke (Mollema) in the first group and so everything looked fine.
“It was up and down for the final 40k and it was pretty hard. I think everyone will be feeling the legs after this race. Everyone did a great job helping get it to a sprint, and in the lead-out the boys did really well – of course, we have not done any lead-out practice with this team but I don’t think it would have changed much if I had the normal lead-out guys here.”
When you have Toms Skujins, Tony Gallopin and Bauke Mollema riding together on the final climb, there was little chance anyone could stay away, and a dangerous-looking Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) was the last man tagged back on the sweeping descent to the line.
Only a headwind and cramping legs stood between Mads and victory as he jumped first but could not hold off Amaury Capiot (Arkéa Samsic) from overtaking him in the final meters.
“The sprint was a fast downhill and headwind. At one point when Direct Energie did their lead-out with their last guy, I was ready to go, but I saw the 300m sign so I waited a bit and opened a little later,” said Mads. “With like 50 and 100m to go, I had full cramps and couldn’t get keep them behind so, yeah, a second place.”
But there is no shame in second. It was Mads first race, the first time Trek-Segafredo tackled the Grand Prix Cycliste La Marseillaise, and if not for leg cramps, it could well have been the top step.
“I am pretty happy with today, and I think the whole team is happy with the work today and the result. Good start of the season – good legs – we are ready for more,” agreed Pedersen.
Complete Results:
174.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.564 km/hr
1 | CAPIOT Amaury | Team Arkea-Samsic | 4hr 31min 11sec |
2 | PEDERSEN Mads | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
3 | GALVAN Francisco | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
4 | BOASSON HAGEN Edvald | Totalenergies | s.t. |
5 | COSNEFROY Benoit | Ag2r Citroen Team | s.t. |
6 | COQUARD Bryan | Cofidis | s.t. |
7 | ZIMMERMANN Georg | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
8 | ULISSI Diego | Uae Team Emirates | s.t. |
9 | COVI Alessandro | Uae Team Emirates | s.t. |
10 | BETTIOL Alberto | Ef Education-Easypost | s.t. |
11 | BARCELO Fernando | Caja Rural-Seguros Rga | s.t. |
12 | THOMAS Benjamin | Cofidis | s.t. |
13 | CHAMPOUSSIN Clément | Ag2r Citroen Team | s.t. |
14 | HOULE Hugo | Israel Premier-Tech | s.t. |
15 | GUERNALEC Thibault | Team Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
16 | MAURELET Flavien | St Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
17 | CALMEJANE Lilian | Ag2r Citroen Team | s.t. |
18 | GILBERT Philippe | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
19 | SKUJINS Toms | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
20 | MERTZ Remy | Bingoal Pauwels Sauces Wb | s.t. |
21 | WIRTGEN Luc | Bingoal Pauwels Sauces Wb | s.t. |
22 | MARTIN Guillaume | Cofidis | s.t. |
23 | MOLLEMA Bauke | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
24 | FERASSE Thibault | B&B Hotels-Ktm | s.t. |
25 | MARQUEZ ROMAN Marti | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
26 | ROCHAS Rémy | Cofidis | s.t. |
27 | JOHANNESSEN Tobias | Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
28 | PACHER Quentin | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
29 | VAN ROOY Kenneth | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
30 | TILLER Rasmus | Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
31 | NICOLAU BELTRAN Joel | Caja Rural-Seguros Rga | s.t. |
32 | DUJARDIN Sandy | Totalenergies | s.t. |
33 | SUTTER Joel | Uae Team Emirates | s.t. |
34 | SIMON Julien | Totalenergies | s.t. |
35 | REICHENBACH Sébastien | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
36 | BURGAUDEAU Mathieu | Totalenergies | s.t. |
37 | PINOT Thibaut | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
38 | GOUGEARD Alexis | B&B Hotels-Ktm | s.t. |
39 | KEUKELEIRE Jens | Ef Education-Easypost | s.t. |
40 | BOUCHARD Geoffrey | Ag2r Citroen Team | s.t. |
41 | BOUET Maxime | Team Arkea-Samsic | @ 7sec |
42 | SWIFT Connor | Team Arkea-Samsic | 0:13 |
43 | RUSSO Clément | Team Arkea-Samsic | 0:15 |
44 | GALLOPIN Tony | Trek-Segafredo | 0:18 |
45 | GRELLIER Fabien | Totalenergies | s.t. |
46 | LAENGEN Vegard Stake | Uae Team Emirates | s.t. |
47 | BRUNEL Alexys | Uae Team Emirates | 2:21 |
48 | PAGE Hugo | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 3:35 |
49 | SANCHEZ LOPEZ Eugenio | Equipo Kern Pharma | 4:43 |
50 | BARRÉ Louis | Team U Nantes Atlantique | s.t. |
51 | WARBASSE Lawrence | Ag2r Citroen Team | s.t. |
52 | JAUREGUI Quentin | B&B Hotels-Ktm | s.t. |
53 | DELETTRE Alexandre | Cofidis | s.t. |
54 | DEBEAUMARCHÉ Nicolas | St Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
55 | ARMIRAIL Bruno | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
56 | HIVERT Jonathan | B&B Hotels-Ktm | s.t. |
57 | RIOU Alan | Team Arkea-Samsic | 5:56 |
58 | GRIGNARD Sébastien | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
59 | BARRENETXEA Jon | Caja Rural-Seguros Rga | s.t. |
60 | MIFSUD Andréa | Nice Metropole Cote D'azur | s.t. |
61 | WILSLY Jonas Gregaard | Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
62 | SKAARSETH Anders | Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
63 | VERRE Alessandro | Team Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
64 | CARISEY Clément | Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole | s.t. |
65 | LUDVIGSSON Tobias | Groupama-FDJ | 9:46 |
66 | DUCHESNE Antoine | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
67 | DE VYLDER Lindsay | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
68 | RAUGEL Antoine | Ag2r Citroen Team | s.t. |
69 | GEE Derek | Israel Premier-Tech | s.t. |
70 | VANHOOF Ward | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
71 | CONCA Filippo | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
72 | MALDONADO Anthony | St Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
73 | MIQUEL DELGADO Pau | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
74 | CARDIS Romain | St Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
75 | BLOUWE Louis | Bingoal Pauwels Sauces Wb | s.t. |
76 | MENTEN Milan | Bingoal Pauwels Sauces Wb | s.t. |
77 | JOALLAND Yaël | Team U Nantes Atlantique | s.t. |
78 | LE TURNIER Mathias | Team U Nantes Atlantique | s.t. |
79 | LAPEIRA Paul | Ag2r Citroen Team | s.t. |
80 | MEENS Johan | Bingoal Pauwels Sauces Wb | s.t. |
81 | DELACROIX Théo | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
82 | RUIZ SEDANO Ibon | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
83 | LADAGNOUS Matthieu | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
84 | KORETZKY Victor | B&B Hotels-Ktm | s.t. |
85 | DE GENDT Aimé | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
86 | AULAR Orluis | Caja Rural-Seguros Rga | s.t. |
87 | SLEEN Torjus | Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
88 | BOIVIN Guillaume | Israel Premier-Tech | s.t. |
89 | VAN DEN TUUK Danny | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
90 | DOULL Owain | Ef Education-Easypost | s.t. |
91 | HUNDAHL Michael Valgren | Ef Education-Easypost | s.t. |
92 | KIRSCH Alex | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
93 | JOUSSEAUME Alan | Totalenergies | s.t. |
94 | LATOUR Pierre | Totalenergies | s.t. |
95 | BEULLENS Cédric | Lotto Soudal | 11:37 |
96 | REYNDERS Jens | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 11:52 |
97 | SAGIV Guy | Israel Premier-Tech | s.t. |
98 | GOUBERT Jean | Nice Metropole Cote D'azur | s.t. |
99 | JOHNSTON Calum | Caja Rural-Seguros Rga | s.t. |
100 | COLMAN Alex | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
101 | COUANON Jonathan | Nice Metropole Cote D'azur | s.t. |
102 | MARIT Arne | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
103 | TOUMIRE Hugo | Cofidis | s.t. |
104 | EINHORN Itmar | Israel Premier-Tech | s.t. |
105 | GONZALEZ LOPEZ David | Caja Rural-Seguros Rga | s.t. |
106 | DESAL Ceriel | Bingoal Pauwels Sauces Wb | s.t. |
107 | BAGUES KALPARSORO Aritz | Caja Rural-Seguros Rga | s.t. |
108 | GOLDSTEIN Edo | Israel Premier-Tech | s.t. |
109 | IMPEY Daryl | Israel Premier-Tech | s.t. |
110 | VERVLOESEM Xandres | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
111 | PAQUOT Tom | Bingoal Pauwels Sauces Wb | s.t. |
112 | HULGAARD Morten | Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
113 | DEVRIENDT Tom | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
114 | ROSSETTO Stéphane | St Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
115 | LEVEAU Jérémy | Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole | 15:30 |
116 | DELACROIX Tristan | Nice Metropole Cote D'azur | s.t. |
117 | GUEGAN Mael | Team U Nantes Atlantique | s.t. |
118 | VAN NIEKERK Morne | St Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
119 | URRUTY Maxime | Nice Metropole Cote D'azur | s.t. |
120 | VAN POUCKE Aaron | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 16:49 |
121 | JARNET Maxime | Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole | s.t. |
122 | HALVORSEN Kristoffer | Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
123 | MORIN Emmanuel | Team U Nantes Atlantique | 17:46 |
124 | WISNIOWSKI Lukasz | Ef Education-Easypost | s.t. |
125 | NIELSEN Magnus Cort | Ef Education-Easypost | s.t. |
126 | HUREL Tony | St Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
127 | SISKEVICIUS Evaldas | Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole | s.t. |
128 | MAINGUENAUD Tom | Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole | s.t. |
129 | SCULLY Tom | Ef Education-Easypost | s.t. |
130 | BOUDAT Thomas | Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole | s.t. |
Abandons | |||
TABELLION Valentin | Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole | ||
AMADORI Julien | Nice Metropole Cote D'azur | ||
BOILEAU Alan | B&B Hotels-Ktm | ||
VERGAERDE Otto | Trek-Segafredo | ||
HENNEQUIN Paul | Nice Metropole Cote D'azur | ||
JEGAT Jordan | Team U Nantes Atlantique | ||
MENDEZ NOREÑA Daniel | Equipo Kern Pharma | ||
BONNAMOUR Franck | B&B Hotels-Ktm | ||
PETILLI Simone | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | ||
PAQUET Tom | Team U Nantes Atlantique | ||
Non-starters | |||
THEUNS Edward | Trek-Segafredo | ||
TRENTIN Matteo | Uae Team Emirates | ||
OLIVEIRA ALVES Ivo | Uae Team Emirates |
Photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
Opening ceremonies: Team Groupama-FDJ is presented.
The Caja Rural team on the start line.
Riders heading down the Col du Petit Galibier
Tobias Ludvigsson descending the Col du Petit Galibier
There goes the peloton down the Col du Petite Galibier
Amaury Capiot is the day's fastest rider.
A very happy Amaury Capiot just after winning the race
Winner Arnaud Capiot
The podium, from left: Mads Pedersen (2nd), Amaury Capiot (1st) & Francisco Galvan (3rd)
2022 edition course map
Race profile
Start list with back numbers, January 29, 2020:
AG2R CITROEN TEAM | |
1 | COSNEFROY Benoit |
2 | CALMEJANE Lilian |
3 | CHAMPOUSSIN Clément |
4 | BOUCHARD Geoffrey |
5 | WARBASSE Larry |
6 | RAUGEL Antoine |
7 | LAPEIRA Paul |
GROUPAMA-FDJ | |
11 | PINOT Thibaut |
12 | ARMIRAIL Bruno |
13 | DUCHESNE Antoine |
14 | LADAGNOUS Matthieu |
15 | REICHENBACH Sébastien |
16 | LUDVIGSSON Tobias |
17 | PACHER Quentin |
COFIDIS | |
21 | MARTIN Guillaume |
22 | COQUARD Bryan |
23 | DELETTRE Alexandre |
25 | TOUMIRE Hugo |
26 | ROCHAS Rémy |
27 | THOMAS Benjamin |
UAE TEAM EMIRATES | |
31 | TRENTIN Matteo |
32 | OLIVEIRA Ivo |
33 | BRUNEL Alexys |
34 | COVI Alessandro |
35 | LAENGEN Vegard Stake |
36 | SUTER Joel |
37 | ULISSI Diego |
ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH | |
41 | IMPEY Daryl |
42 | HOULE Hugo |
43 | GEE Derek |
44 | BOIVIN Guillaume |
45 | EINHORN Itamar |
46 | SAGIV Guy |
47 | GOLDSTEIN Edo |
TREK-SEGAFREDO | |
51 | GALLOPIN Tony |
52 | KIRSCH Alex |
53 | MOLLEMA Bauke |
54 | PEDERSEN Mads |
55 | SKUJINS Toms |
56 | THEUNS Edward |
57 | VERGAERDE Otto |
INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY-GOBERT MATÉRIAUX | |
61 | DELACROIX Théo |
62 | DE GENDT Aimé |
63 | DEVRIENDT Tom |
64 | PAGE Hugo |
65 | PETILLI Simone |
67 | ZIMMERMANN Georg |
EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST | |
71 | BETTIOL Alberto |
72 | DOULL Owain |
73 | KEUKELEIRE Jens |
74 | CORT NIELSEN Magnus |
75 | VALGREN HUNDAHL Michael |
76 | WISNIOWSKI Lukasz |
77 | SCULLY Thomas |
LOTTO SOUDAL | |
81 | GILBERT Philippe |
82 | CONCA Filippo |
83 | BEULLENS Cedric |
84 | GRIGNARD Sébastien |
87 | VERVLOESEM Xandres |
TEAM ARKÉA-SAMSIC | |
91 | BOUET Maxime |
92 | CAPIOT Amaury |
93 | GUERNALEC Thibault |
94 | RUSSO Clement |
95 | RIOU Alan |
96 | SWIFT Connor |
97 | VERRE Alessandro |
TOTALENERGIES | |
101 | BOASSON HAGEN Edvald |
102 | GRELLIER Fabien |
103 | DUJARDIN Sandy |
104 | BURGAUDEAU Mathieu |
105 | LATOUR Pierre |
106 | SIMON Julien |
107 | JOUSSEAUME Alan |
B&B HOTELS-KTM | |
111 | HIVERT Jonathan |
112 | BOILEAU Alan |
113 | BONNAMOUR Franck |
114 | FERASSE Thibault |
115 | GOUGEARD Alexis |
116 | JAUREGUI Quentin |
117 | KORETZKY Victor |
BINGOAL PAUWELS SAUCES WB | |
121 | MENTEN Milan |
122 | BLOUWE Louis |
123 | DESAL Ceriel |
124 | MERTZ Rémy |
125 | PAQUOT Tom |
126 | MEENS Johan |
127 | WIRTGEN Luc |
SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE | |
131 | MARIT Arne |
132 | DE VYLDER Lindsay |
133 | COLMAN Alex |
134 | REYNDERS Jens |
135 | VAN POUCKE Aaron |
136 | VAN ROOY Kenneth |
137 | VANHOOF Ward |
UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM | |
141 | TILLER Rasmus |
142 | SKAARSETH Anders |
143 | HALVORSEN Kristoffer |
144 | HULGAARD Morten Alexander |
145 | SLEEN Torjus |
146 | JOHANNESSEN Tobias |
147 | GREGAARD WILSLY Jonas |
CAJA RURAL-RGA | |
151 | AULAR Orluis |
152 | BAGUES KALPARSORO Aritz |
153 | BARCELÓ Fernando |
154 | BARRENETXEA Jon |
155 | GONZALEZ LOPEZ David |
156 | JOHNSTON Calum |
157 | NICOLAU BELTRAN Joel |
EQUIPO KERN PHARMA | |
161 | GALVÁN FERNÁNDEZ Francisco |
162 | MÁRQUEZ ROMAN Martí |
163 | VAN DER TUUK Danny |
164 | MENDEZ NOREÑA Daniel |
165 | RUIZ SEDANO Ibon |
166 | SANCHEZ LOPEZ Eugenio |
167 | MIQUEL DELGADO Pau |
ST MICHEL-AUBER 93 | |
171 | MALDONADO Anthony |
172 | CARDIS Romain |
173 | DEBEAUMARCHE Nicolas |
174 | HUREL Tony |
175 | MAURELET Flavien |
176 | ROSSETTO Stéphane |
177 | VAN NIEKERK Morne |
GO SPORT-ROUBAIX LILLE METROPOLE | |
181 | BOUDAT Thomas |
182 | CARISEY Clément |
183 | JARNET Maxime |
184 | LEVEAU Jérémy |
185 | MAINGUENAUD Tom |
186 | SISKEVICIUS Evaldas |
187 | TABELLION Valentin |
TEAM U NANTES ATLANTIQUE | |
191 | JEGAT Jordan |
192 | BARRÉ Louis |
193 | JOALLAND Yael |
194 | GUEGAN Maël |
195 | LE TURNIER Mathias |
196 | MORIN Emmanuel |
197 | PAQUET Tom |
NICE METROPOLE COTE D'AZUR | |
201 | URRUTY Maxime |
202 | AMADORI Julien |
203 | COUANON Jonathan |
204 | DELACROIX Tristan |
205 | GOUBERT Jean |
206 | HENNEQUIN Paul |
207 | MIFSUD Andréa |