2022 Paris-Bourges (1.1), France
71st edition: Thursday, October 6, 2022
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Gien - Bourges, 198 km (Gien is about 65 kilometers south of Paris)
Jasper Philipsen wins in Bourges.
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Weather at the finish city of Bourges at 1:20 PM, local time: 17C (63F), fair, with the wind from the northeast at 8 km/hr (5 mph). No rain is forecast.
The race: Here's the report from fifth-place Jordi Meeus' Team Bora-hansgrohe.
Well known as a race for the fast men, also today Paris-Bourges ended in a bunch sprint. An early break of three riders was reeled in with about 30km to go and the sprinter teams made sure no attacks had a chance in the finale. BORA – hansgrohe tried to move up late but their attempt came a little too late today.
Defending champion Jordi Meeus had to launch his sprint from outside the top ten positions on the home straight and crossed the line in fifth place while Jasper Philipsen took the win after more than 200km of racing.
“The team worked well together but, in the end, we couldn’t get the result we hoped for. Martin started to control the race early in the bunch and also in the hard part we had everything under control. Our plan was to go for Jordi today and we knew we need to be in front when we hit the last 3km. But the pace was really high as a lot of teams had still their full lead-out trains and it was impossible to move up anymore. We simply waited a little too long today and should have invested more earlier. Jordi was outside the top ten in the last corner and started his sprint early. He had good legs, but it was too late. Fifth place is not bad, but for sure not what would have been possible today. But like I said, overall, the team did a good job, and all have been committed. In sprints a lot of things can happen and today we didn’t get it right.” – Jean-Pierre Heynderickx, Sports Director
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Complete results:
198 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.786 km/hr
| 1 | Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 4hr 19min 28sec |
| 2 | Arnaud Démare | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 3 | Bryan Coquard | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 4 | Alexander Kristoff | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 5 | Jordi Meeus | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 6 | Luca Mozzato | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
| 7 | Edward Theuns | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 8 | Arnaud De Lie | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 9 | Axel Zingle | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 10 | Marc Sarreau | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
| 11 | Florian Dauphin | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
| 12 | Lewis Askey | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 13 | Piet Allegaert | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 14 | Romain Cardis | St Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 15 | Tom Devriendt | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 16 | Alex Kirsch | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 17 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 18 | Edvald Boasson-Hagen | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 19 | Stanislaw Aniolkowski | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | s.t. |
| 20 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 21 | Tord Gudmestad | Uno-X | s.t. |
| 22 | Vito Braet | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 23 | Kim Heiduk | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 24 | Kasper Andersen | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 25 | Marijn Van Den Berg | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 26 | Matis Louvel | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 27 | Sep Vanmarcke | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 28 | Jenthe Biermans | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 29 | Jack Bauer | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
| 30 | Oliver Naesen | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
| 31 | Maxime Jarnet | GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 32 | Donavan Grondin | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 33 | Emmanuel Morin | Team U Nantes Atlantique | s.t. |
| 34 | Cyril Barthe | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
| 35 | Jonathan Couanon | Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur | s.t. |
| 36 | Sam Bennett | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 37 | Anders Foldager | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
| 38 | Rune Herregodts | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 39 | Anthony Delaplace | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 40 | Aaron Van Poucke | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 41 | Anthony Maldonado | St Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 42 | Cériel Desal | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | s.t. |
| 43 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 44 | Geoffrey Soupe | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 45 | Jérémy Leveau | GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 46 | Tony Gallopin | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 47 | Scott Thwaites | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 48 | Stefan Küng | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 49 | Julien Vermote | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 50 | Philippe Gilbert | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 51 | Morne Van Niekerk | St Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 52 | Dries De Bondt | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 53 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 54 | Eddy Finé | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 55 | Flavien Maurelet | St Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 56 | Antoine Berlin | Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur | s.t. |
| 57 | Pierre Rolland | B&B Hotels-KTM | @ 13sec |
| 58 | Eliot Lietaer | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
| 59 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto Soudal | 0:15 |
| 60 | Maciej Bodnar | TotalEnergies | 0:17 |
| 61 | Dorian Godon | Ag2r-Citroën | 0:20 |
| 62 | Laurent Pichon | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 63 | Luke Durbridge | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
| 64 | Alex Colman | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 65 | Derek Gee | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 66 | Victor Campenaerts | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 67 | Nicolas Debeaumarché | St Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 68 | Thibault Ferasse | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
| 69 | Michael Schär | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
| 70 | Laurenz Rex | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | s.t. |
| 71 | Hugo Page | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 72 | Jonas Rutsch | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 73 | Thomas Gachignard | St Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 74 | Anthony Perez | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 75 | Frederik Frison | Lotto Soudal | 0:24 |
| 76 | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 77 | Sven Erik Bystrøm | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 0:26 |
| 78 | Brent Van Moer | Lotto Soudal | 0:27 |
| 79 | Jake Stewart | Groupama-FDJ | 0:29 |
| 80 | Ben Healy | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 81 | Mathias Le Turnier | Team U Nantes Atlantique | s.t. |
| 82 | Valentin Ferron | TotalEnergies | 0:32 |
| 83 | Lorrenzo Manzin | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 84 | Thomas Scully | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:37 |
| 85 | Ide Schelling | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 86 | Jonas Koch | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 87 | William Blume Levy | Uno-X | 0:51 |
| 88 | Daan Hoole | Trek-Segafredo | 0:53 |
| 89 | Florian Vermeersch | Lotto Soudal | 0:57 |
| 90 | Martin Urianstad | Uno-X | 1:03 |
| 91 | Markus Hoelgaard | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 92 | Guillaume Boivin | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:04 |
| 93 | Owain Doull | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 94 | Dimitri Claeys | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 1:07 |
| 95 | Toms Skujins | Trek-Segafredo | 1:11 |
| 96 | Ludovic Robeet | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | s.t. |
| 97 | Otto Vergaerde | Trek-Segafredo | 1:24 |
| 98 | Riley Pickrell | Israel-Premier Tech | 2:30 |
| 99 | Miguel Heidemann | B&B Hotels-KTM | 5:12 |
| 100 | Stefan Bissegger | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 101 | Oliver Knight | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 102 | Maximilien Juillard | GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 103 | Arne Marit | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 104 | Yaël Joalland | Team U Nantes Atlantique | s.t. |
| 105 | Alan Riou | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 106 | Nicolas Edet | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 107 | Antoine Raugel | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
| 108 | Maël Guégan | Team U Nantes Atlantique | s.t. |
| 109 | Alexander Konychev | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
| 110 | Clément Davy | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 111 | Léo Danès | Team U Nantes Atlantique | s.t. |
| 112 | Ben Turner | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 113 | Jan Maas | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
| 114 | Elmar Reinders | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
| 115 | Baptiste Planckaert | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 116 | Jean Goubert | Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur | s.t. |
| 117 | Ben Swift | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 118 | Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli | Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur | s.t. |
| 119 | Anthony Jullien | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
| 120 | Niki Terpstra | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 121 | Kristian Kulset | Uno-X | 14:21 |
| 122 | Gilles De Wilde | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 123 | Erlend Blikra | Uno-X | s.t. |
| 124 | Silvan Dillier | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 125 | Milan Fretin | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 126 | Evaldas Siskevicius | GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 127 | Paul Hennequin | Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur | s.t. |
| 128 | Sebastian Langeveld | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 129 | Emiel Vermeulen | GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 130 | Taco Van Der Hoorn | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 131 | Tristan Delacroix | Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur | s.t. |
| 132 | Tom Mainguenaud | GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 133 | Attilio Viviani | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | s.t. |
| 134 | Oliviero Troia | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 135 | Maurice Ballerstedt | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 136 | Timothy Dupont | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | s.t. |
| 137 | Louis Richard | Team U Nantes Atlantique | s.t. |
| 138 | Jelle Wallays | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 139 | Shane Archbold | BORA-hansgrohe | 14:26 |
| 140 | Andrea Mifsud | Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur | 14:30 |
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