2023 Grand Prix de Denain (1.Pro), France
64th edition: Thursday, March 16, 2023
GP de Denain podium history | 2022 edition | 2024 edition | Start list
Denain - Denain, 194.7 km
Juan Sebatian Molano wins ahead of Tim Van Dijke & Timo Kielich
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The race:
Weather at start/finish city of Denain at 12:45 PM, local time: 13C (56F), fair, with the wind from the south at 26 km/hr (16 mph). No rain is forecast.
The race: Here's the report from winner Juan Sebastian Molano's UAE Team Emirates.
Sebastian Molano took his second victory of the season with an impressive sprint win from a five man breakaway at the GP de Denain in France.
The Colombian makes history by becoming the first ever Colombian winner in the 64 editions of the race.
Molano slipped away in a group with -20km to go alongside his teammate Mikkel Bjerg who put in a demonstration of teammwork to push the group forward until the line.
Almost an hour into the race, a break has a gap of about four minutes. You can see the wind is forcing the riders to echelon. The riders in the break: Maël Guegan, Lucas De Meester, Gilles De Wilde, Maxime Jarnet, Benjamin Perry, Louis Barre, Paul Lapeira, Théo Delacroix
Molano was the fastest man of the group and was able to power past his rivals despite second place Van Dijk (Jumbo-Visma)not having taken a turn on the front.
Molano: “I’m very happy, I had great legs today. The team worked perfectly to put me in the right position especially Mikkel Bjerg who sacrificed himself for the team. This victory is for all my teammates, all the staff, my family. I’m so thankful to everybody. Since UAE Tour I’ve been feeling good and want to make the most of this run of form.”
The team will be in action again tomorrow at the Bredene Koksijde Classic (191.6km).
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Complete Results:
194.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.037 km/hr
| 1 | Juan Sebastian Molano | UAE Team Emirates | 4hr 37min 54sec |
| 2 | Tim Van Dijke | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 3 | Timo Kielich | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 4 | Edvald Boasson-Hagen | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 5 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates | @ 5sec |
| 6 | Sam Watson | Groupama-FDJ | 0:09 |
| 7 | Milan Menten | Lotto Dstny | 0:12 |
| 8 | Taco Van Der Hoorn | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | 0:14 |
| 9 | Thomas Gachignard | St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 | 0:17 |
| 10 | Paul Lapeira | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
| 11 | Maxime Jarnet | GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille | s.t. |
| 12 | Daniel Mclay | Arkéa-Samsic | 0:22 |
| 13 | Rüdiger Selig | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
| 14 | Lewis Askey | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 15 | Wesley Kreder | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 16 | Maël Guégan | CIC U Nantes Atlantique | s.t. |
| 17 | Filippo Colombo | Q36.5 Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 18 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
| 19 | Emmanuel Morin | CIC U Nantes Atlantique | s.t. |
| 20 | Loe Van Belle | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 21 | Gilles De Wilde | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 22 | Norman Vahtra | GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille | s.t. |
| 23 | Alan Banaszek | Human Powered Health | s.t. |
| 24 | Théo Delacroix | St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 25 | Anthony Delaplace | Arkéa-Samsic | 0:28 |
| 26 | Pierre Gautherat | Ag2r-Citroën | 0:51 |
| 27 | Tom Paquot | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | s.t. |
| 28 | Liam Slock | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
| 29 | Rait Ärm | GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille | s.t. |
| 30 | Nickolas Zukowsky | Q36.5 Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 31 | Nathan Vandepitte | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
| 32 | Tosh Van Der Sande | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 33 | Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | s.t. |
| 34 | Hugo Page | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | s.t. |
| 35 | Ryan Gibbons | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 36 | Nolann Mahoudo | CIC U Nantes Atlantique | s.t. |
| 37 | Milan Fretin | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 38 | Luca De Meester | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
| 39 | Michael Schwarzmann | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
| 40 | Max Walscheid | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 41 | Ward Vanhoof | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 42 | Jérémy Leveau | GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille | 0:54 |
| 43 | Timo Roosen | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 44 | Jelle Wallays | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 45 | Dries De Bondt | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 46 | Laurenz Rex | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | 1:00 |
| 47 | Lionel Taminiaux | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 48 | Sander De Pestel | Team Flanders-Baloise | 1:12 |
| 49 | Sébastien Grignard | Lotto Dstny | 1:38 |
| 50 | Léo Danès | CIC U Nantes Atlantique | 2:56 |
| 51 | Ben Perry | Human Powered Health | s.t. |
| 52 | Joris Delbove | St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 | 3:24 |
| 53 | Stan Dewulf | Ag2r-Citroën | 3:37 |
| 54 | Bastien Tronchon | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
| 55 | Colin Joyce | Human Powered Health | s.t. |
| 56 | Axel Huens | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | s.t. |
| 57 | Mathias Vacek | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 58 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 59 | Olav Kooij | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 60 | Andrii Ponomar | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 61 | Thomas Bonnet | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 62 | Arne Marit | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | 4:09 |
| 63 | Rudy Barbier | St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 64 | Nicolas Dalla Valle | Team Corratec | 6:00 |
| 65 | Laurence Pithie | Groupama-FDJ | 6:01 |
| 66 | Axel Laurance | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 6:03 |
| 67 | Lars Boven | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 68 | Maurice Ballerstedt | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 69 | Charles-Etienne Chrétien | Human Powered Health | 6:46 |
| 70 | Samuele Zambelli | Team Corratec | s.t. |
| 71 | Tuur Dens | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 72 | Fabio Christen | Q36.5 Pro Cycling | 7:44 |
| 73 | Branko Huys | Lotto Dstny | 8:47 |
| 74 | Karl Patrick Lauk | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
| 75 | Emils Liepins | Trek-Segafredo | 9:17 |
| 76 | Tom Mainguenaud | GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille | s.t. |
| 77 | Samuel Leroux | GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille | s.t. |
| 78 | Damien Touzé | Ag2r-Citroën | 9:29 |
| 79 | Pierre Barbier | CIC U Nantes Atlantique | 10:55 |
| 80 | Paul Penhoët | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 81 | André Carvalho | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 82 | Romain Cardis | St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 83 | Stanislaw Aniolkowski | Human Powered Health | s.t. |
| 84 | Cériel Desal | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
| 85 | Michael Vink | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 86 | Mattéo Vercher | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 87 | Marc Brustenga | Trek-Segafredo | 12:09 |
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Start list with back numbers, March 15, 2023:
| COFIDIS | |
| 1 | Max Walscheid |
| 2 | Piet Allegaert |
| 3 | André Carvalho |
| 4 | Eddy Finé |
| 5 | Wesley Kreder |
| 6 | Christophe Noppe |
| 7 | Jelle Wallays |
| AG2R-CITROËN | |
| 11 | Stan Dewulf |
| 12 | Pierre Gautherat |
| 13 | Paul Lapeira |
| 14 | Valentin Retailleau |
| 15 | Bastien Tronchon |
| 16 | Damien Touzé |
| 17 | Clément Venturini |
| ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK | |
| 21 | Axel Laurance |
| 22 | Ramon Sinkeldam |
| 23 | Dries De Bondt |
| 24 | Tobias Bayer |
| 25 | Maurice Ballerstedt |
| 26 | Timo Kielich |
| 27 | Lionel Taminiaux |
| GROUPAMA-FDJ | |
| 31 | Lewis Askey |
| 32 | Clément Davy |
| 33 | Enzo Paleni |
| 34 | Paul Penhoët |
| 35 | Laurence Pithie |
| 36 | Sam Watson |
| 37 | Bram Welten |
| INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY | |
| 41 | Arne Marit |
| 42 | Hugo Page |
| 43 | Tom Paquot |
| 44 | Axel Huens |
| 45 | Laurenz Rex |
| 46 | Taco Van Der Hoorn |
| 47 | Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk |
| JUMBO-VISMA | |
| 52 | Tim Van Dijke |
| 53 | Loe Van Belle |
| 54 | Olav Kooij |
| 55 | Timo Roosen |
| 56 | Tosh Van Der Sande |
| 57 | Lars Boven |
| ARKÉA-SAMSIC | |
| 61 | Daniel McLay |
| 62 | Louis Barré |
| 63 | Hugo Hofstetter |
| 64 | Anthony Delaplace |
| 65 | David Dekker |
| 66 | Lukasz Owsian |
| 67 | Andrii Ponomar |
| TREK-SEGAFREDO | |
| 71 | Marc Brustenga |
| 72 | Edward Theuns |
| 73 | Emils Liepins |
| 74 | Thibau Nys |
| 75 | Mathias Vacek |
| UAE TEAM EMIRATES | |
| 81 | Sjoerd Bax |
| 82 | Mikkel Bjerg |
| 83 | Felix Gros |
| 84 | Sebastian Molano |
| 85 | Pascal Ackermann |
| 86 | Ryan Gibbons |
| 87 | Michael Vink |
| BINGOAL-WB | |
| 91 | Dorian De Maeght |
| 92 | Luca De Meester |
| 93 | Cériel Desal |
| 94 | Patrick Lauk Karl |
| 95 | Ludovic Robeet |
| 96 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck |
| 97 | Nathan Vandepitte |
| HUMAN POWERED HEALTH | |
| 101 | Stanislaw Aniolkowski |
| 102 | Alan Banaszek |
| 103 | Charles-Etienne Chrétien |
| 104 | Chad Haga |
| 105 | Colin Joyce |
| 106 | Barnabas Peak |
| 107 | Ben Perry |
| LOTTO DSTNY | |
| 111 | Sébastien Grignard |
| 112 | Branko Huys |
| 113 | Lorenz Van De Wynkele |
| 114 | Milan Menten |
| 115 | Michael Schwarzmann |
| 116 | Rüdiger Selig |
| 117 | Liam Slock |
| Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM | |
| 121 | Fabio Christen |
| 122 | Filippo Colombo |
| 123 | Tom Devriendt |
| 124 | Kamil Malecki |
| 125 | Nicolò Parisini |
| 126 | Szymon Sajnok |
| 127 | Nickolas Zukowsky |
| TEAM CORRATEC | |
| 131 | Antonio Barac |
| 132 | Nicolas Dalla Valle |
| 133 | Giulio Masotto |
| 134 | Charlie Quarterman |
| 135 | Lorenzo Quartucci |
| 136 | Etienne Van Empel |
| 137 | Samuele Zambelli |
| TEAM FLANDERS-BALOISE | |
| 141 | Jules Hesters |
| 142 | Sander De Pestel |
| 143 | Gilles De Wilde |
| 144 | Milan Fretin |
| 145 | Tuur Dens |
| 146 | Ward Vanhoof |
| 147 | Aaron Verwilst |
| TOTALENERGIES | |
| 151 | Edvald Boasson-Hagen |
| 152 | Thomas Bonnet |
| 154 | Emilien Jeannière |
| 155 | Lorrenzo Manzin |
| 156 | Dries Van Gestel |
| 157 | Mattéo Vercher |
| CIC U NANTES ATLANTIQUE | |
| 161 | Pierre Barbier |
| 162 | Enzo Boulet |
| 163 | Léo Danès |
| 164 | Maël Guégan |
| 165 | Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen |
| 166 | Nolann Mahoudo |
| 167 | Emmanuel Morin |
| GO SPORT-ROUBAIX-LILLE MÉTROPOLE | |
| 171 | Samuel Leroux |
| 172 | Rait Ärm |
| 173 | Célestin Guillon |
| 174 | Maxime Jarnet |
| 175 | Tom Mainguenaud |
| 176 | Jérémy Leveau |
| 177 | Norman Vahtra |
| ST MICHEL-MAVIC-AUBER 93 | |
| 181 | Rudy Barbier |
| 182 | Romain Cardis |
| 183 | Nicolas Debeaumarché |
| 184 | Théo Delacroix |
| 185 | Thomas Gachignard |
| 186 | Joris Delbove |
| 187 | Florian Rapiteau |