2015 Grand Prix de Denain (1.1), France

57th edition: Thursday, April 16, 2015

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Denain - Denain, 198.3 km

Nacer Bouhanni gets a clean, clear win at the 2015 GP de Denain

The Race: Last year's winner of the GP de Denain, Nacer Bouhanni, triumphed again, winning the sixth round of the Coupe de France series.

An earlier break of Alexandre Geniez (FDJ), Sebastien Turgot (Europcar) and Ludwig de Winter (Wallonie-Bruxelles) gained a gap of over three minutes. Cofidis led the peloton in the chase and with five kilometers to go, the fugitives were rounded up.

There was a big group left to contest the sprint and Bouhanni was the fastest of them all. Bouhanni has had trouble getting going this season, not getting a race win until his double at the Circuit de la Sarthe.

With this win Bouhanni leads the Coupe de France competition.

Complete Results:

Race photos |

198.3 km raced at an average speed of 44.162 km/hr

1	BOUHANNI Nacer	Cofidis	4hr 29min 25sec
2	VALLEE Boris	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
3	BARBIER Rudy	Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
4	KREDER Raymond	Roompot	s.t.
5	DUMOULIN Samuel	Ag2r	s.t.
6	BODIOT Alexis	l'Armee de Terre	s.t.
7	RUFFONI Nicola	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
8	MANZIN Lorrenzo	FDJ	s.t.
9	DUPONT Timothy	Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
10	COQUARD Bryan	Europcar	s.t.
11	GIRAUD Benjamin	Marseille 13 KTM	s.t.
12	HUTAROVICH Yauheni	Bretagne-Seche Environnement	s.t.
13	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	Roompot	s.t.
14	BENFATTO Marco	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
15	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
16	DEMOITIE Antoine	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
17	MENUT David	Auber 93	s.t.
18	RICKAERT Jonas	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
19	EVRARD Laurent	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
20	LEDANOIS Kevin	Bretagne-Seche Environnement	s.t.
21	VAN EMPEL Etienne	Roompot	s.t.
22	MALDONADO Anthony	Auber 93	s.t.
23	SALOMEIN Jarl	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
24	REIHS Michael	Cult Energy	s.t.
25	FEILLU Romain	Bretagne-Seche Environnement	s.t.
26	DEVRIENDT Tom	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
27	JAKIN Alo	Auber 93	s.t.
28	BLAIN Alexandre	Marseille 13 KTM	s.t.
28	MAGER Christian	Cult Energy	s.t.
30	BOUCHER David	FDJ	s.t.
31	SINNER Benoit	l'Armee de Terre	s.t.
32	VAN LERBERGHE Bert	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
33	DUVAL Julien	l'Armee de Terre	s.t.
34	BIHEL César	Auber 93	s.t.
35	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas	Marseille 13 KTM	s.t.
36	BARBAS Yoann	l'Armee de Terre	s.t.
37	PETACCHI Alessandro	Southeast	s.t.
38	BONNET William	FDJ	s.t.
39	CANAL Fabien	l'Armee de Terre	s.t.
40	PADOUR Frantisek	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
41	CHICCHI Francesco	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
42	HNIK Karel	Cult Energy	s.t.
43	SOUPE Geoffrey	Cofidis	s.t.
44	BAUGNIES Jérôme	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
45	LEMARCHAND Romain	Cult Energy	s.t.
46	BOUVRY Dieter	Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
47	VANTOMME Maxime	Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
48	EL FARES Julien	Marseille 13 KTM	s.t.
49	PAILLOT Yoann	Marseille 13 KTM	s.t.
50	BAGDONAS Gediminas	Ag2r	s.t.
51	KONOVALOVAS Ignatas	Marseille 13 KTM	s.t.
52	GESLIN Anthony	FDJ	s.t.
53	KIRSCH Alex	Cult Energy	s.t.
54	TURGIS Jimmy	Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
55	ZHUPA Eugert	Southeast	s.t.
56	GUAY Julien	Auber 93	s.t.
57	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bardiani-CSF	@ 10sec
58	VAN GOETHEM Brian	Roompot	s.t.
59	KREDER Wesley	Roompot	s.t.
60	BATTAGLIN Enrico	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
61	LAPORTE Christophe	Cofidis	s.t.
62	ISTA Kevin	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
63	LEVEAU Jérémy	Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
64	ARASHIRO Yukiya	Europcar	s.t.
65	DE BUYST Jasper	Lotto-Soudal	0:00:22
66	DE VRIES Berden	Roompot	s.t.
67	ENGOULVENT Jimmy	Europcar	0:00:30
68	BRUN Frédéric	Bretagne-Seche Environnement	0:00:32
69	DRON Boris	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:00:34
70	KOWALSKI Rudy	Roubaix Lille Metropole	0:00:35
71	PENVEN Clément	Marseille 13 KTM	s.t.
72	SEYNAEVE Lander	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:00:42
73	DE KETELE Kenny	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
74	CAM Maxime	Bretagne-Seche Environnement	s.t.
75	VAN BILSEN Kenneth	Cofidis	0:00:53
76	PONZI Simone	Southeast	@ 1min 3sec
77	GAVAZZI Francesco	Southeast	s.t.
78	BUSATO Matteo	Southeast	s.t.
79	CECCHINEL Giorgio	Southeast	s.t.
80	DANIEL Maxime	Ag2r	s.t.
81	DERNIES Tom	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
82	NAULLEAU Bryan	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
83	DOCKX Gert	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
84	BENOOT Tiesj	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
85	VAN SUMMEREN Johan	Ag2r	s.t.
86	TURGOT Sébastien	Ag2r	s.t.
87	VERGAERDE Otto	Topsport Vlaanderen	0:01:17
88	CHEVALIER Olivier	Wallonie-Bruxelles	0:01:27
89	FISCHER Murilo Antonio	FDJ	0:01:34
90	VANLANDSCHOOT James	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:02:02
91	CAPIOT Amaury	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
92	KERKHOF Tim	Roompot	s.t.
93	SENECHAL Florian	Cofidis	s.t.
94	MORTENSEN Martin	Cult Energy	0:02:10
95	ZANGERLE Joel	Cult Energy	s.t.
96	JOEAAR Gert	Cofidis	0:02:22
97	BARBIN Enrico	Bardiani-CSF	0:02:46
98	BOEM Nicola	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
99	LABORIE Christophe	Bretagne-Seche Environnement	0:03:07
100	JARRIER Benoit	Bretagne-Seche Environnement	0:03:36
101	VACHON Florian	Bretagne-Seche Environnement	s.t.
102	GENIEZ Alexandre	FDJ	0:03:41
103	GHYSELINCK Jan	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:04:11
104	PIECHELE Andrea	Bardiani-CSF	0:04:53
105	FAVILLI Elia	Southeast	s.t.
106	COMBAUD Romain	l'Armee de Terre	s.t.
107	DOMONT Axel	Ag2r	s.t.
108	GALVIZ Carlos Johan	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
109	NARDIN Alberto	Androni Giocattoli	0:04:58
110	PESTIAUX Loic	Wallonie-Bruxelles	0:04:59
111	DUFRASNE Jonathan	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
112	DE PAUW Moreno	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
113	LAMOISSON Morgan	Europcar	s.t.
114	MORICE Julien	Europcar	s.t.
115	CRAVEN Dan	Europcar	s.t.
116	TRONET Steven	Auber 93	s.t.
117	TARRIDE Gregoire	Marseille 13 KTM	0:05:06
118	DE WINTER Ludwig	Wallonie-Bruxelles	0:06:53
119	KADRI Blel	Ag2r	0:06:54
120	PIRAZZI Stefano	Bardiani-CSF	0:06:56
121	ANDREETTA Simone	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
122	LE ROUX Romain	l'Armee de Terre	s.t.
123	COUSIN Jerome	Europcar	0:06:58
124	AHLSTRAND Jonas	Cofidis	s.t.

Race map:

2015 GP Denain race map. Red is the first loop, blue the second and green the third

2015 GP de Denain photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Marseille 13 KTM waits for the start.

Tiesj Benoot signs an autograph at the start.

Yauheni Hutarovich pauses before the start.

Time to race.

Ludwig de Winter leads the day's break.

In the break Alexandre Geniez swings off after taking a pull.

Cofidis leads the chase,

while sprinter Nacer Bouhanni sits in to be fresh for his few seconds of extreme effort at the end of the race.

Stefano Pirazzi does some work.

Johan van Summeren

Nacer Bouhanni gets a clean win.

Florian Senechal congratulates Nacer Bouhanni

Race is done. A hirsute Dan Craven cruises across the line.

Bouhanni enjoys the fruits of his labor.

Start list with backnumbers:

	COFIDIS
1	BOUHANNI Nacer
2	AHLSTRAND Jonas
3	LAPORTE Christophe
4	ROLLIN Dominique
5	SENECHAL Florian
6	SOUPE Geoffrey
7	VAN BILSEN Kenneth
8	JOEAAR Gert
	AG2R-LA MONDIALE
11	BAGDONAS Gediminas
12	DANIEL Maxime
13	DOMONT Axel
14	DUMOULIN Samuel
15	JAUREGUI Quentin
16	KADRI Blel
17	TURGOT Sébastien
18	VAN SUMMEREN Johan
	FDJ
21	BONNET William
22	BOUCHER David
23	FISCHER Murilo Antonio
24	GENIEZ Alexandre
25	GESLIN Anthony
26	MANZIN Lorrenzo
	LOTTO-SOUDAL
31	BENOOT Tiesj
32	BOECKMANS Kris
33	DE BUYST Jasper
34	DE GENDT Thomas
36	DOCKX Gert
38	VALLEE Boris
	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
41	BANDIERA Marco
42	BENFATTO Marco
43	CHICCHI Francesco
45	GALVIZ Carlos Johan
46	NARDIN Alberto
47	PADOUR Frantisek
48	TABORRE Fabio
	BARDIANI-CSF
51	ANDREETTA Simone
52	BARBIN Enrico
53	BATTAGLIN Enrico
54	BOEM Nicola
55	COLBRELLI Sonny
56	PIECHELE Andrea
57	PIRAZZI Stefano
58	ZARDINI Edoardo
	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
61	BRUN Frédéric
62	CAM Maxime
63	FEILLU Romain
64	HUTAROVICH Yauheni
65	JARRIER Benoit
66	LABORIE Christophe
67	LEDANOIS Kevin
68	VACHON Florian
	CULT ENERGY
71	HNIK Karel
72	KIRSCH Alex
73	LEMARCHAND Romain
74	MAGER Christian
75	MORTENSEN Martin
76	REIHS Michael
78	ZANGERLE Joel
	ROOMPOT
81	DE VRIES Berden
82	GROENEWEGEN Dylan
83	KERKHOF Tim
84	KREDER Raymond
85	KREDER Wesley
86	VAN EMPEL Etienne
87	VAN GOETHEM Brian
	SOUTHEAST
91	BUSATO Matteo
92	CECCHINEL Giorgio
93	CONTI Samuele
94	FAVILLI Elia
95	GAVAZZI Francesco
96	PETACCHI Alessandro
97	PONZI Simone
98	ZHUPA Eugert
	EUROPCAR
101	ARASHIRO Yukiya
102	COQUARD Bryan
103	COUSIN Jerome
104	CRAVEN Dan
105	ENGOULVENT Jimmy
106	LAMOISSON Morgan
107	MORICE Julien
	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN
111	CAPIOT Amaury
112	DE KETELE Kenny
113	RICKAERT Jonas
114	SALOMEIN Jarl
115	DE PAUW Moreno
116	VAN LERBERGHE Bert
118	VERGAERDE Otto
	WANTY–GROUPE GOBERT
121	BAUGNIES Jérôme
122	VANLANDSCHOOT James
123	DEVRIENDT Tom
124	DRON Boris
125	GHYSELINCK Jan
127	ROBERT Frederique
128	SEYNAEVE Lander
	EQUIPE CYCLISTE DE L'ARMEE DE TERRE
131	BARBAS Yoann
132	CANAL Fabien
133	COMBAUD Romain
134	DUVAL Julien
135	LE ROUX Romain
136	BODIOT Alexis
137	SINNER Benoit
138	TORTELIER Etienne
	AUBER 93
141	BIHEL César
143	GUAY Julien
144	JAKIN Alo
145	MALDONADO Anthony
146	MENUT David
148	TRONET Steven
	ROUBAIX LILLE METROPOLE
151	BARBIER Rudy
152	BOUVRY Dieter
153	DUPONT Timothy
154	KOWALSKI Rudy
155	LEVEAU Jérémy
156	PLANCKAERT Baptiste
157	TURGIS Jimmy
158	VANTOMME Maxime
	MARSEILLE 13 KTM
161	BLAIN Alexandre
162	TARRIDE Gregoire
163	EL FARES Julien
164	GIRAUD Benjamin
165	KONOVALOVAS Ignatas
166	PENVEN Clément
167	PAILLOT Yoann
168	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas
	WALLONIE-BRUXELLES
171	CHEVALIER Olivier
172	DE WINTER Ludwig
173	DEMOITIE Antoine
174	DERNIES Tom
175	DUFRASNE Jonathan
176	EVRARD Laurent
177	PESTIAUX Loic
178	ISTA Kevin