GP de Denain 2018 [FULL RACE]

March 18, 2018

GP de Denain 2018 – Denain – Denain : 170 km

Grand Prix de Denain is a professional cycle road race held in Denain, France. For 10 years from 2005 the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, before becoming a 1.HC event for the 2016 season. It is also part of the Coupe de France de cyclisme sur route.

33-year-old Kenny Dehaes powered to victory in the GP de Denain, jumping away from a select group at the end of a weather-shortened 170km race.

Hugo Hofstetter (Cofidis) won the sprint for second ahead of Julien Duval (AG2R La Mondiale).

Near-freezing temperatures and rain forced organisers to delay the start for half an hour, and eventually to scrap all but one of the 12 sectors of cobblestones on the route, which was originally slated to be 200.6km long.

Once underway, Benoît Cosnefroy (AG2R La Mondiale), Kenneth Vanbilsen (Cofidis), Benjamin Declercq (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise) and Mathias de Witte (Vérandas Willems-Crelan) were the first to attack, but they were reeled in shortly thereafter.

Nine riders then went clear, with most of the teams represented – the group included Romain Seigle (Groupama-FDJ), Gediminas Bagdonas (AG2R La Mondiale), Kamil Gradek (CCC Sprandi Polkowice), Geoffrey Soupe (Cofidis), Gatis Smukulis (Delko Marseille-Provence), Damien Gaudin (Direct Energie), Jonas Rickaert (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise), Franck Bonnamour (Fortuneo-Samsic), Wout Van Aert (Verandas Willems-Crelan) and Matthias Legley (Sovac-Natura4Ever).

But the WB Aqua Protect team kept the breakaway close and soon Direct Energie sent reinforcements in Sylvain Chavanel and Adrien Petit across.

By the time the group reached the line for the first time with 93km to go, the peloton pulled them back and a new group escaped, with Chavanel, Duval, Quentin Jauregui (AG2R La Mondiale), Frantisek Sisr (CCC Sprandi Polkowice), Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz (Delko Marseille-Provence KTM), Yoann Offredo (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) and Jimmy Duquennoy (Wb-Aqua Protect-Veranclassic) in the move.

That attack, too, was swallowed up and later another group went clear with 60km to go: Jonas Koch (CCC Sprandi Polkowice), Nikolay Trusov (Gazprom-Rusvelo) and Preben Van Hecke (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise).

This move gained a lead of about a minute before Direct Energie again took up the reins, with Chavanel going on the attack with some 50 remaining, followed by Frederik Backaert (Wanty-Groupe Gobert). The pair caught up with the three leaders and forged out a gap of 45 seconds.

But when Chavanel punctured with 36km to go, the energy went out of the move, and it soon was reeled in with one lap to go.

Dehaes was part of a counter-attack that went clear as the peloton splintered in the testing conditions. Despite a late attack from Adrien Petit (Direct Energie) that looked like a winning move, the race came down to a reduced group. But a surprise early move from Dehaes spoiled the sprinters’ hopes.

Results :
1 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic 4:33:37
2 Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:02
3 Julien Duval (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
4 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
5 Bram Welten (Ned) Fortuneo-Samsic
6 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
7 Shane Archbold (NZl) Aqua Blue Sport
8 Marc Sarreau (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
9 Jimmy Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
10 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie
11 Yannick Martinez (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
12 Wout Van Aert (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
13 Julien Morice (Fra) Vital Concept Club
14 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale
15 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
16 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport
17 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie
18 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
19 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
20 Alex Kirsch (Lux) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
21 Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale
22 Aime De Gendt (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
23 Dmitriy Kozontchuk (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
24 Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:00:08
25 Mark McNally (GBr) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:00:23
26 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:00:26
27 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Direct Energie 0:00:49
28 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:02:40
29 Brenton Jones (Aus) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:03:49
30 Pierre Barbier (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
31 Julien Trarieux (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
32 Sergio Torres Jorro (Spa) Tarteletto-Isorex
33 Maxime Daniel (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
34 Kevin Le Cunff (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
35 Pierre Idjouadiene (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
36 Polychronis Tzortzakis (Gre) Tarteletto-Isorex
37 Damien Touze (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
38 Benjamin Perry (Can) Israel Cycling Academy
39 Michiel Stockman (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex
40 Aaron Verwilst (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
41 Tom Dernies (Bel) Roubaix Lille Metropole
42 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
43 Rudy Barbier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
44 Jérémy Leveau (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
45 Roman Maikin (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
46 Lukas Spengler (Swi) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
47 Sergei Shilov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
48 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
49 Julien Mortier (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
50 Hamish Schreurs (NZl) Israel Cycling Academy
51 Abram Stockman (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex
52 Iuri Filosi (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
53 Pawel Franczak (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
54 Flavien Maurelet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
55 Robin Stenuit (Bel) Sovac-Natura4Ever
56 Dries De Bondt (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
57 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
58 Jimmy Duquennoy (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
59 David Boucher (Fra) Tarteletto-Isorex
60 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Direct Energie
61 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) Groupama-FDJ
62 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama-FDJ
63 Michal Paluta (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
64 Simon Antonini (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
65 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
66 Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie
67 Yohann Gene (Fra) Direct Energie
68 Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) Vital Concept Club
69 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
70 Brian van Goethem (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
71 Stijn Steels (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
72 Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
73 Frantisek Sisr (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
74 Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz (Pol) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
75 Piet Allegaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
76 Jordi Warlop (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
77 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
78 Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
79 Tanner Putt (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
80 Travis McCabe (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
81 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:04:01
82 Jonas Koch (Ger) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
83 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan 0:04:37
84 Jérôme Mainard (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 0:10:50
85 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:11:17
86 Romain Seigle (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:13:24
87 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vital Concept Club
DNF Benjamin Declercq (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNF Franck Bonnamour (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
DNF Thomas Joly (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
DNF Floris Gerts (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
DNF Sean De Bie (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
DNF Tim Ariesen (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
DNF Aviv Yechezkel (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
DNF Dennis van Winden (Ned) Israel Cycling Academy
DNF Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
DNF Brice Feillu (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
DNF Romain Le Roux (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
DNF Alexander Cataford (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
DNF Eric Marcotte (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
DNF Mathias De Witte (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
DNF Adrien Garel (Fra) Vital Concept Club
DNF Simon Sellier (Fra) Direct Energie
DNF Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Vital Concept Club
DNF Arne De Groote (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex
DNF Samuel Leroux (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
DNF Lander Seynaeve (Bel) Roubaix Lille Metropole
DNF Louis Deguide (Bel) Sovac-Natura4Ever
DNF Matthias Legley (Bel) Sovac-Natura4Ever
DNF Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
DNF Yoann Paillot (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
DNF Kevin De Jonghe (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex
DNF Awet Andemeskel (Eri) Israel Cycling Academy
DNF Marc Fournier (Fra) Vital Concept Club
DNF Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Cycling Academy
DNF Daniel Eaton (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
DNF Bert De Backer (Bel) Vital Concept Club
DNF Julien Stassen (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
DNF Florian Deriaux (Fra) Sovac-Natura4Ever
DNF Laurent Evrard (Bel) Sovac-Natura4Ever
DNF Alexander Geuens (Bel) Sovac-Natura4Ever
DNF Alo Jakin (Est) St Michel-Auber 93
DNF Camille Thominet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
DNF Pawel Bernas (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
DNF Michael Carbel (Den) Fortuneo-Samsic
DNF Wouter Wippert (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
DNF Léo Vincent (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
DNF Martijn Budding (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
DNF Michaël Van Staeyen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
DNF Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
DNF Jan Tratnik (Slo) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
DNF Kamil Gradek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
DNF Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
DNF Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport
DNF Adam Blythe (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport
DNF Peter Koning (Ned) Aqua Blue Sport
DNF Carlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar (Col) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
DNF Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
DNF Conor Dunne (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport
DNF Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
DNF Sjoerd van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
DNS Gaetan Bille (Bel) Sovac-Natura4Ever