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Fourmies - Fourmies, 197.6 km
Caleb Ewan wins the 2022 GP de Fourmies
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Weather at the start/finish city of Fourmies at 2:15 PM, local time: 20C (68F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the southeast at 5 km/hr (3 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.
The race: Here's the report from winner Caleb Ewan's Team Lotto Soudal.
Caleb Ewan has given Lotto Soudal its 25th victory of the season. The Australian was the fastest of a small group that sprinted for victory at the end of the 89th Grand Prix de Fourmies, which was marred by a big crash in the final kilometres. It was Jasper De Buyst who led his teammate Ewan into pole position thanks to an impressive effort at the end. Groenewegen tried to surprise but Caleb Ewan answered with a powerful acceleration to claim his seventh win of the season.
With plenty of top sprinters at the start of the GP Fourmies (1.Pro), the French one-day race was destined to be a battle of the fast guys and so it also happened. After meticulous work from the bunch, the escapees were reeled in during the final kilometres. The sprint preparation was marred by a crash, which took down quite some riders with also Arnaud De Lie hitting the deck.
A heavily reduced bunch would sprint for victory and it was Jasper De Buyst who moved Caleb Ewan into perfect position towards the final bend. Ewan reacted to a move of Groenewegen, who started his sprint early, and launched a powerful acceleration to pass the Dutchman on his way to his 7th win of the season.
Caleb Ewan gets his seventh win this season.
“We came here with the goal of winning the race and thanks to an impressive team effort, we managed to take the victory. Already early in the race, I told the guys I was on a really good day so we took the race in our hands and were amongst the teams controlling the early breakaway We were forced on the front of the bunch quite early but we always were in control and it’s nice to reward the guys with the team’s 25th victory of the season”, reacts Caleb Ewan.
Lotto Soudal headed to France with its two sprinters Caleb Ewan and Arnaud De Lie, who was involved in a crash during the final kilometres. That changed the tactics of Lotto Soudal in the end but still it could manage to take victory due to an impressive Jasper De Buyst.
“The original plan was that Jasper would drop Arnaud off for the sprint, with me tucked in his wheel, due to the difference in size obviously. That way we were supposed to try and go for a 1-2 but unfortunately that changed as Arnaud was involved in the big crash, which I heard happening just behind me. That crash made it a really small group in the end and so it was a really difficult final with Jasper having to go on the front really early. But he did such an impressively long pull – in a headwind as well - and delivered me perfectly. I could go straight onto the wheel of Groenewegen and I was able to accelerate around him. I wasn’t really surprised by his move as I expected that someone would go early. With the entry of the corner quite far from the line but the exit from the bend maybe too close to the line, it was a tough call. I decided to wait a little bit and in the end it worked out perfectly. With the slightly rising finish, it was really a sprint to my liking. It was just a pity that Arnaud wasn’t there in the end, because with the lead-out Jasper did, we could both have been on the podium maybe”, concludes the Australian.
Apart from several abrasions, a disappointed Arnaud De Lie did not incur any major injuries after being involved in a crash.
Complete results
197.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.385 km/hr
1 | Caleb Ewan | Lotto Soudal | 4hr 27min 7sec |
2 | Dylan Groenewegen | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
3 | Amaury Capiot | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
4 | Stefano Oldani | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
5 | Jason Tesson | St Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
6 | Yves Lampaert | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
7 | Julien Simon | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
8 | Marc Sarreau | Ag2r-Citroen | s.t. |
9 | Emils Liepins | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
10 | Luca Mozzato | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
11 | Alexander Krieger | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
12 | Timothy Dupont | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | s.t. |
13 | Maximilian Richard Walscheid | Cofidis | s.t. |
14 | Emiel Vermeulen | Go Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
15 | Corbin Strong | Israel Premier-Tech | s.t. |
16 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
17 | Bram Welten | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
18 | Oliviero Troia | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
19 | Mael Guegan | U Nantes Atlantique | s.t. |
20 | Piet Allegaert | Cofidis | s.t. |
21 | Ethan Vernon | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
22 | Emmanuel Morin | U Nantes Atlantique | s.t. |
23 | Romain Hardy | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
24 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
25 | Donovan Grondin | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
26 | Flavien Maurelet | St Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
27 | Alex Colman | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | @ 7sec |
28 | Szymon Sajnok | Cofidis | 0:10 |
29 | Oliver Naesen | Ag2r-Citroen | 0:14 |
30 | Paul Penhoet | Groupama-FDJ | 0:20 |
31 | Jenthe Biermans | Israel Premier-Tech | s.t. |
32 | Paul Hennequin | Nice Metropole-Cote D'Azur | s.t. |
33 | Andréa Mifsud | Nice Metropole-Cote D'Azur | s.t. |
34 | Jordan Jegat | U Nantes Atlantique | s.t. |
35 | Jack Bauer | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
36 | Jonas Rutsch | Ef Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
37 | Antwan Tolhoek | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
38 | Fernando Gaviria | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
39 | Jérémy Leveau | Go Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
40 | Geoffrey Soupe | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
41 | Vegard Stake Laengen | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
42 | Pierre Barbier | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
43 | Laurenz Rex | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | s.t. |
44 | Roger Kluge | Lotto Soudal | 0:29 |
45 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Groupama-FDJ | 0:40 |
46 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Israel Premier-Tech | 0:41 |
47 | Hugo Hofstetter | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
48 | Alexander Kristoff | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
49 | Simone Consonni | Cofidis | s.t. |
50 | Marijn Van Den Berg | Ef Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
51 | Sasha Weemaes | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
52 | Tristan Delacroix | Nice Metropole-Cote D'Azur | s.t. |
53 | Killian Theot | St Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
54 | Felix Groß | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
55 | Milan Menten | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | s.t. |
56 | Attilio Viviani | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | s.t. |
57 | Tom Paquet | U Nantes Atlantique | s.t. |
58 | Jakob Egholm | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
59 | Jean Goubert | Nice Metropole-Cote D'Azur | s.t. |
60 | Marc Hirschi | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
61 | Jan Stockli | Team Corratec | s.t. |
62 | Martin Svrcek | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
63 | Florian Richard Andrade | U Nantes Atlantique | s.t. |
64 | Erlend Blikra | Uno-X | s.t. |
65 | Samuel Leroux | Go Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
66 | Hugo Page | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
67 | Vito Braet | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
68 | Alexander Konychev | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
69 | Manuel Zobrist | Team Corratec | s.t. |
70 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
71 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Ag2r-Citroen | s.t. |
72 | Julien Morice | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
73 | Pierre Thierry | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
74 | Kasper Andersen | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
75 | Tord Gudmestad | Uno-X | s.t. |
76 | Marco Murgano | Team Corratec | s.t. |
77 | Rick Zabel | Israel Premier-Tech | s.t. |
78 | Simon Pellaud | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
79 | Jérémy Lecroq | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
80 | Toon Clynhens | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
81 | Norman Vahtra | Go Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
82 | Morten Hulgaard | Uno-X | s.t. |
83 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Groupama-FDJ | 0:50 |
84 | Dries De Pooter | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
85 | Tony Hurel | St Michel-Auber 93 | 0:56 |
86 | Maxime Urruty | Nice Metropole-Cote D'Azur | s.t. |
87 | Sebastian Langeveld | Ef Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
88 | Fabio Van Den Bossche | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 1:08 |
89 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Groupama-FDJ | 1:10 |
90 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
91 | Jon Aberasturi Izaga | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
92 | Tuur Dens | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
93 | rik Nordsaeter Resell E | Uno-X | s.t. |
94 | Paul Lapeira | Ag2r-Citroen | s.t. |
95 | Dion Smith | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
96 | Jenno Berckmoes | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
97 | Elmar Reinders | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
98 | Gilles De Wilde | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
99 | Morne Van Niekerk | St Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
100 | Tom Bohli | Cofidis | s.t. |
101 | Clément Davy | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
102 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi | Cofidis | s.t. |
103 | Cyril Lemoine | B&B Hotels-KTM | 1:14 |
104 | Jakub Mareczko | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 1:22 |
105 | Nicola Schleuniger | Team Corratec | 1:25 |
106 | Lukasz Wisniowski | Ef Education-EasyPost | 1:28 |
107 | Louis Blouwe | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | 1:30 |
108 | Quentin Jauregui | B&B Hotels-KTM | 1:40 |
109 | Arnaud De Lie | Lotto Soudal | 1:46 |
110 | Valentin Tabellion | Go Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
111 | Tom Devriendt | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
112 | Oliver Knight | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
113 | Maurice Ballerstedt | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
114 | Ben Healy | Ef Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
115 | Christophe Noppe | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
116 | Axel Mariault | U Nantes Atlantique | s.t. |
117 | Nicolas Debeaumarché | St Michel-Auber 93 | 1:52 |
118 | Stéphane Rossetto | St Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
119 | Jelle Wallays | Cofidis | 1:54 |
120 | Owain Doull | Ef Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
121 | Mads Würtz Schmidt | Israel Premier-Tech | s.t. |
122 | Ludovic Robeet | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | 2:00 |
123 | Adrien Petit | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 2:04 |
124 | Quinten Hermans | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
125 | Matteo Moschetti | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
126 | Lawrence Naesen | Ag2r-Citroen | 2:05 |
127 | Niki Terpstra | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
128 | Lasse Norman Hansen | Uno-X | 2:10 |
129 | David Van Der Poel | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
130 | Masague Marc Brustenga | Trek-Segafredo | 2:12 |
131 | Taco Van Der Hoorn | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 2:19 |
132 | Taj Jones | Israel Premier-Tech | 2:21 |
133 | Frederik Frison | Lotto Soudal | 2:23 |
134 | Brent Van Moer | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
135 | Jens Debusschere | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
136 | Itmar Einhorn | Israel Premier-Tech | 2:41 |
137 | Stijn Steels | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
138 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
139 | Sandy Dujardin | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
140 | Mattis Lebeau | Nice Metropole-Cote D'Azur | s.t. |
141 | Fabio Jakobsen | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 2:44 |
142 | Dries Van Gestel | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
143 | Arjen Livyns | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | 3:08 |
144 | Jannik Steimle | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
145 | Giulio Masotto | Team Corratec | s.t. |
146 | Lorrenzo Manzin | TotalEnergies | 3:51 |
147 | Valentin Retailleau | Ag2r-Citroen | 3:52 |
148 | Milan Fretin | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 4:09 |
149 | Maxime Jarnet | Go Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
150 | Michael Schwarzmann | Lotto Soudal | 4:10 |
151 | Marceli Boguslawski | BikeExchange-Jayco | 4:16 |
152 | Anthony Jullien | Ag2r-Citroen | 6:16 |
153 | Jonas Abrahamsen | Uno-X | s.t. |
154 | Evaldas Siskevicius | Go Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | 7:32 |
155 | Antoine Berlin | Nice Metropole-Cote D'Azur | 8:10 |
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