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2014 Grand Prix de Denain (1.1), France
56th edition: Thursday, April 17, 2014
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Denain - Denain, 202 km
The Race: As sprinter Bryan Coquard (16th today) put it, his Europcar team was visible the entire race except for the final 500 meters. The green jerseys of Europcar were at the front and made sure the day's break was kept on a leash. Coquard said when he did launch his sprint it was too late.
Nacer Bouhanni gained his fifth victory of the season when he lit out with 250 meters to go and showed he was right when he said, "I have more power than last year. I'm more confident in the final." He ought to be.
Despite his 16th place today, Coquard still leads the Coupe de France.
Complete Results:
Winner's average speed: 43.813 km/hr
| 1 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ.fr | 4hr 36min 38sec |
| 2 | Matteo Pelucchi | IAM Cycling | |
| 3 | Francesco Chicchi | Neri Sottoli | |
| 4 | Kenny Robert Van Hummel | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | |
| 5 | Yauheni Hutarovich | AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 6 | Yannis Yssaad | BigMat - Auber 93 | |
| 7 | Edwin Alcibiades Avila | Colombia | |
| 8 | Benjamin Giraud | Team La Pomme Marseille 13 | |
| 9 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 10 | Kristian Sbaragli | MTN - Qhubeka | |
| 11 | Rudy Barbier | Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| 12 | Clément Venturini | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | |
| 13 | Robin Stenuit | Wallonie - Bruxelles | |
| 14 | Kenny De Haes | Lotto-Belisol Team | |
| 15 | Romain Feillu | Bretagne Séché Environnement | |
| 16 | Bryan Coquard | Team Europcar | |
| 17 | Timothy Dupont | Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| 18 | Justin Jules | Team La Pomme Marseille 13 | |
| 19 | Adrien Petit | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | |
| 20 | Antoine Demoitie | Wallonie - Bruxelles | |
| 21 | Frederique Robert | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | |
| 22 | Giorgio Brambila | Veranclassic - Doltcini | |
| 23 | Florent Mottet | Wallonie - Bruxelles | |
| 24 | Baptiste Planckaert | Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| 25 | Erwann Corbel | Bretagne Séché Environnement | |
| 26 | Alexander Porsev | Katusha Team | |
| 27 | Jonas Vangenechten | Lotto-Belisol Team | |
| 28 | Alo Jakin | BigMat - Auber 93 | |
| 29 | James Van Landschoot | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | |
| 30 | José Gonçalves | Team La Pomme Marseille 13 | |
| 31 | Filippo Fortin | Bardiani CSF | |
| 32 | Alexei Tsatevich | Katusha Team | |
| 33 | Jonas Rickaert | Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 34 | Marco Canola | Bardiani CSF | |
| 35 | Domingos Goncalves | Team La Pomme Marseille 13 | |
| 36 | Manuel Belletti | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | |
| 37 | Marco Haller | Katusha Team | |
| 38 | Andreas Stauff | MTN - Qhubeka | |
| 39 | Roger Kluge | IAM Cycling | |
| 40 | Sébastien Chavanel | FDJ.fr | |
| 41 | Gregory Henderson | Lotto-Belisol Team | |
| 42 | Benoit Jarrier | Bretagne Séché Environnement | |
| 43 | Matthias Brandle | IAM Cycling | |
| 44 | Joeri Stallaert | Veranclassic - Doltcini | |
| 45 | Quentin Bertholet | Wallonie - Bruxelles | |
| 46 | Frédéric Amorison | Wallonie - Bruxelles | |
| 47 | Sébastien Delfosse | Wallonie - Bruxelles | |
| 48 | Danilo Napolitano | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | |
| 49 | Daniele Colli | Neri Sottoli | |
| 50 | Mirko 2 Tedeschi | Neri Sottoli | |
| 51 | Quentin Jauregui | Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| 52 | Samuele Conti | Neri Sottoli | |
| 53 | Boris Vallee | Lotto-Belisol Team | |
| 54 | Steven Tronet | BigMat - Auber 93 | |
| 55 | Clément Koretzky | Bretagne Séché Environnement | |
| 56 | Dimitri Le Boulch | BigMat - Auber 93 | |
| 57 | Youcef Reguigui | MTN - Qhubeka | |
| 58 | Jaco Venter | MTN - Qhubeka | |
| 59 | Christophe Laporte | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | |
| 60 | Florian Senechal | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | |
| 61 | Wouter Mol | Veranclassic - Doltcini | |
| 62 | Rodolfo Andres Torres | Colombia | |
| 63 | Maxime Daniel | AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 64 | Sascha Weber | Veranclassic - Doltcini | |
| 65 | Kris Boeckmans | Lotto-Belisol Team | |
| 66 | Stéphane Poulhies | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | |
| 67 | Grégory Habeaux | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | |
| 68 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Team Europcar | |
| 69 | Yoann Paillot | Team La Pomme Marseille 13 | |
| 70 | Yannick Martinez | Team Europcar | |
| 71 | Ignatas Konovalovas | MTN - Qhubeka | |
| 72 | Florian Vachon | Bretagne Séché Environnement | |
| 73 | Arnaud Gérard | Bretagne Séché Environnement | |
| 74 | Marcel Aregger | IAM Cycling | |
| 75 | Maxime Vantomme | Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| 76 | Patrick Schelling | IAM Cycling | |
| 77 | Juan Estebon Arango | Colombia | |
| 78 | Enrico Battaglin | Bardiani CSF | |
| 79 | Marco Frapporti | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | |
| 80 | Alexis Gougeard | AG2R La Mondiale | @ 14 seconds |
| 81 | Geoffrey Soupe | FDJ.fr | 0:00:21 |
| 82 | Laurent Pichon | FDJ.fr | |
| 83 | Rüdiger Selig | Katusha Team | |
| 84 | Clement Saint Martin | Team La Pomme Marseille 13 | 0:00:29 |
| 85 | Maxime Renault | BigMat - Auber 93 | |
| 86 | Franco Pellizotti | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | |
| 87 | Emanuele Sella | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | |
| 88 | Sean De Bie | Lotto-Belisol Team | |
| 89 | Romain Lemarchand | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | |
| 90 | Rudy Kowalski | Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| 91 | Angelo Tulik | Team Europcar | 0:00:38 |
| 92 | Thomas Vaubourzeix | Team La Pomme Marseille 13 | 0:00:40 |
| 93 | Jerome Gilbert | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | 0:00:44 |
| 94 | Loic Pestiaux | Wallonie - Bruxelles | |
| 95 | Julian Kern | AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:46 |
| 96 | Sonny Colbrelli | Bardiani CSF | 0:00:47 |
| 97 | Stig Broeckx | Lotto-Belisol Team | |
| 98 | Alexander Rybakov | Katusha Team | |
| 99 | Edwig Cammaerts | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | |
| 100 | Rick Ottema | Veranclassic - Doltcini | |
| 101 | Benjamin Le Montagner | Bretagne Séché Environnement | |
| 102 | Sébastien Turgot | AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 103 | Kevin Ista | IAM Cycling | 0:00:51 |
| 104 | Frederik Backaert | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | 0:01:20 |
| 105 | Moreno De Pauw | Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:01:26 |
| 106 | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 107 | Enrico Barbin | Bardiani CSF | |
| 108 | Bradley Potgieter | MTN - Qhubeka | |
| 109 | Jasper De Buyst | Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 110 | Morgan Lamoisson | Team Europcar | |
| 111 | Mikhail Ignatyev | Katusha Team | |
| 112 | Kenny De Ketele | Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 113 | Arnaud Courteille | FDJ.fr | |
| 114 | Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier | FDJ.fr | |
| 115 | Otto Vergaerde | Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 116 | Linus Gerdemann | MTN - Qhubeka | |
| 117 | Nico Sijmens | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | |
| 118 | Mattia Pozzo | Neri Sottoli | |
| 119 | Luigi Miletta | Neri Sottoli | |
| 120 | Yukiya Arashiro | Team Europcar | |
| 121 | Yohann Gené | Team Europcar | |
| 122 | Fréderic Brun | BigMat - Auber 93 | 0:01:56 |
| 123 | Antonino Parrinello | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | |
| 124 | Marco Bandiera | Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela | |
| 125 | Pirmin Lang | IAM Cycling | |
| 126 | Petr Ignatenko | Katusha Team | |
| 127 | Laurent Mangel | FDJ.fr | |
| 128 | Sébastien Rosseler | Veranclassic - Doltcini | |
| 129 | Jonathan Dufrasne | Wallonie - Bruxelles | |
| 130 | Tim De Troyer | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | |
| 131 | Nicola Boem | Bardiani CSF | 0:02:04 |
| 132 | Steve Chainel | AG2R La Mondiale | 0:02:11 |
| 133 | Pierre Luc Perichon | Bretagne Séché Environnement | 0:02:41 |
| 134 | Romain Pillon | Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| 135 | Darijus Dzervus | Veranclassic - Doltcini | |
| 136 | Angelo Pagani | Bardiani CSF | |
| 137 | Blel Kadri | AG2R La Mondiale | 0:04:29 |
| 138 | Denis Flahaut | Veranclassic - Doltcini | 0:04:50 |
| 139 | Jean-Lou Paiani | Roubaix Lille Metropole | 0:05:11 |
IAM Cycling is presented at the start of the race
Kenny de Ketele looks ready to race
Panorama
Antonio Perrinello leads the day's break.
Giorgio Cecchinel
Davide Malacarne leads the Europcar charge.
Yukiya Arashiro
Jimmy Engoulvent
This scene almost looks like a Cofidis team time trial
Bouhanni wins the 2014 GP de Denain
Bryan Cocquard after the race
Nacer Bouhanni has just won his fifth race of the season.
2014 podium, from left: Matteo Pelucchi, Nacer Bouhanni and Francesco Chicchi
Start list with backnumbers: April 16, 2014
The organiser's listing of back numbers assigns the same numbers to Cofidis and Colombia. I took a guess at the correct numbers.
| FDJ | |
| Director: Thierry Bricaud | |
| 1 | David Boucher |
| 2 | Nacer Bouhanni |
| 3 | Sébastien Chavanel |
| 4 | Arnaud Courteille |
| 5 | Pierre-H. Lecuisinier |
| 6 | Laurent Mangel |
| 7 | Laurent Pichon |
| 8 | Geoffrey Soupe |
| Europcar | |
| Director: Lylian Lebreton | |
| 11 | Bryan Coquard |
| 12 | Yukiya Arashiro |
| 12 | Jimmy Engoulvent |
| 13 | Yohann Gene |
| 14 | Morgan Lamoisson |
| 15 | Davide Malacarne |
| 16 | Yannick Martinez |
| 18 | Angelo Tulik |
| Ag2r-La Mondiale | |
| Director: Gilles Mas | |
| 21 | Yauheni Hutarovich |
| 22 | Steve Chainel |
| 23 | Maxime Daniel |
| 24 | Alexis Gougeard |
| 25 | Blel Kadri |
| 26 | Julian Kern |
| 27 | Lloyd Mondory |
| 28 | Sébastien Turgot |
| Katusha | |
| Director: Gennady Mikhaylov | |
| 31 | Marco Haller |
| 32 | Petr Ignatenko |
| 33 | Mikhail Ignatyev |
| 34 | Pavel Kochetkov |
| 35 | Alexander Porsev |
| 36 | Alexander Rybakov |
| 37 | Rudiger Selig |
| 38 | Alexey Tsatevitch |
| Lotto-Belisol | |
| Director: J. P. Hyenderickx | |
| 41 | Kris Boeckmans |
| 42 | Stig Broeckx |
| 43 | Sean De Bie |
| 44 | Kenny De Haes |
| 45 | Greg Henderson |
| 47 | Boris Vallee |
| 48 | Jonas Vangenechten |
| Androni Giocattoli | |
| Director: Elena Giovanni | |
| 51 | Kenny Robert Van Hummel |
| 52 | Marco Bandiera |
| 53 | Manuel Belletti |
| 54 | Marco Frapporti |
| 55 | Antonio Parrinello |
| 56 | Franco Pellizotti |
| 57 | Emanuele Sella |
| 58 | Andrea Zordan |
| Bardiani-CSF | |
| Director: Roberto Reverberi | |
| 61 | Enrico Barbin |
| 62 | Enrico Battaglin |
| 63 | Nicola Boem |
| 64 | Marco Canola |
| 65 | Sonny Colbrelli |
| 66 | Filippo Fortin |
| 67 | Angelo Pagani |
| Bretagne-Séché Environnement | |
| Director: Emmanuel Hubert | |
| 71 | Romain Feillu |
| 72 | Erwann Corbel |
| 73 | Arnaud Gerard |
| 74 | Benoit Jarrier |
| 75 | Clément Koretzky |
| 76 | Benjami. Le Montagner |
| 77 | Pierre-Luc Perrichon |
| 78 | Florian Vachon |
| Cofidis | |
| Director: Alain Deloeuil | |
| 81 | Adrien Petit |
| 82 | Edwig Cammaerts |
| 83 | Christophe Laporte |
| 84 | Romain Lemarchand |
| 85 | Stéphane Poulhies |
| 86 | Florian Senechal |
| 87 | Clément Venturini |
| 88 | Louis Verhelst |
| Colombia | |
| Director: Valerio Tebaldi | |
| 91 | Juan Arango Carvajal |
| 92 | Edwin Avila Vanegas |
| 93 | Edward. Diaz Cardenas |
| 94 | Fabio. Duarte Arevalo |
| 95 | Quintero Artunduaga |
| 96 | Jeff. Romero Corredor |
| 97 | Rodol. Torres Agudelo |
| IAM Cycling | |
| Director: Rubens Berogliati | |
| 101 | Matteo Pelucchi |
| 102 | Marcel Aregger |
| 103 | Matthias Brandle |
| 104 | Kevin Ista |
| 105 | Roger Kluge |
| 106 | Pirmin Lang |
| 108 | Patrick Schelling |
| MTN-Qhubeka | |
| Director: Manel Lacambra | |
| 111 | Linus Gerdemann |
| 112 | Ignatas Konovalovas |
| 113 | Bradley Potgieter |
| 114 | Youcef Reguigui |
| 115 | Kristian Sbaragli |
| 116 | Andreas Stauff |
| 117 | Jaco Venter |
| 118 | Martin Wesemann |
| Neri Sottoli | |
| Director: Serge Parsani | |
| 121 | Francesco Chicchi |
| 122 | Giorgio Cecchinel |
| 123 | Daniele Colli |
| 124 | Samuele Conti |
| 126 | Luigi Miletta |
| 127 | Mattia Pozzo |
| 128 | Mirko Tedeschi |
| Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| Director: Hans de Clercq | |
| 131 | Tom Van Asbroeck |
| 132 | Victor Campenaerts |
| 133 | Jasper De Buyst |
| 134 | Kenny De Ketele |
| 135 | Moreno De Pauw |
| 136 | Jonas Rickaert |
| Wanty-Groupe Gobert | |
| Director: J. M. Rossignon | |
| 141 | Frederik Backaert |
| 142 | Tim De Troyer |
| 143 | Jérôme Gilbert |
| 144 | Gregory Habeaux |
| 145 | Danilo Napolitano |
| 146 | Frederique Robert |
| 147 | Nico Sijmens |
| 148 | James Vanlandschoot |
| Big Mat-Auber 93 | |
| Director: Stéphane Javalet | |
| 151 | Flavien Dassonville |
| 152 | Frédéric Brun |
| 153 | Alo Jakin |
| 154 | Dimitri Le Boulch |
| 155 | Maxime Renault |
| 156 | Steven Tronet |
| 158 | Yannis Yssaad |
| La Pomme-Marseille | |
| Director: Benoît Salmon | |
| 161 | Justin Jules |
| 162 | Benjamin Giraud |
| 163 | Domingos Gonçalves |
| 164 | José Gonçalves |
| 165 | Yoann Paillot |
| 166 | Thomas Rostollan |
| 167 | Clement Saint Martin |
| 168 | Thomas Vaubourzeix |
| Roubaix-Lille Métropole | |
| Director: Fred Delcambre | |
| 171 | Rudy Barbier |
| 172 | Timothy Dupont |
| 173 | Quentin Jauregui |
| 174 | Rudy Kowalski |
| 175 | Jean-Lou Paiani |
| 176 | Romain Pillon |
| 177 | Baptiste Planckaert |
| 178 | Maxime Vantomme |
| Verandaclassic-Doltcini | |
| Director: Walter Maes | |
| 181 | Giorgio Brambilla |
| 182 | Darijus Dzervus |
| 183 | Denis Flahaut |
| 184 | Rick Ottema |
| 185 | Wouter Mol |
| 186 | Sébastien Rosseler |
| 187 | Joeri Stallaert |
| 188 | Sascha Weber |
| Wallonie-Bruxelles | |
| Director: Michel Dernies | |
| 191 | Frédéric Amorison |
| 192 | Quentin Bertholet |
| 193 | Sébastien Delfosse |
| 194 | Antoine Demoitie |
| 195 | Jonathan Dufrasne |
| 196 | Florent Mottet |
| 197 | Loic Pestiaux |
| 198 | Robin Stenuit |