Grand Prix de Wallonie 2021 [FULL RACE]

September 15, 2021

Grand Prix de Wallonie 2021 – Aywaille – Citadelle de Namur : 208,1 km

Falling late in the season, this one-day race held in the hilly Ardennes region of Southern Belgium offers Classics specialists one last chance to take a big win and lockdown a contract for the following year. The race traverses similar ground to the other Ardennes Classics, with short, sharp climbs the real flavour of the day. The GP de Wallonie is one of cycling’s older one-day races and the third oldest Classic held in the Walloon region of Belgium. Since its first edition in 1935, the race has had many different start locations but has routinely finished in Namur, a Walloon city close to the Belgium-France border. Riders make their way to Namur via a hilly route that snakes its way through much of the Ardennes and tackles several of the region’s toughest climbs – like the Côte d’Ermeton and the Côte de Lustin – along the way. The race then finishes with one final climb up to the iconic Citadelle de Namur, one of the highest points in the city. With up to four climbs often falling in the final 20km this can be a very difficult race for one team to control. It also falls at the end of the season, with half of the peloton eager to impress new teams, and the other half exhausted after a whole season of non-stop racing.

Results :
1 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis 4:59:57
2 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
3 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal
4 Dorian Godon (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
5 Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
6 Rasmus Tiller (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
7 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
8 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation
9 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Team DSM
10 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Qhubeka NextHash
11 Lennert Teugels (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex
12 Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
13 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation
14 Julien Simon (Fra) TotalEnergies
15 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
16 Aimé De Gendt (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
17 Thibault Ferasse (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
18 Milan Menten (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB
19 Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Lotto Soudal
20 Lucas Eriksson (Swe) Riwal Cycling Team
21 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:06
22 Maxime Urruty (Fra) Xelliss-Roubaix Lille Metropole 0:00:09
23 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Qhubeka NextHash
24 Gianni Marchand (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex 0:00:11
25 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:00:13
26 Matis Louvel (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:00:23
27 Jonas Rutsch (Ger) EF Education-Nippo 0:00:31
28 Tom Paquot (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB 0:00:36
29 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
30 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team
31 Biniam Girmay (Eri) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
32 Andreas Kron (Den) Lotto Soudal 0:00:49
33 Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Riwal Cycling Team
34 Quentin Pacher (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:00:53
35 Michael Gogl (Aut) Qhubeka NextHash 0:00:56
36 Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:00:58
37 Tobias Bayer (Aut) Alpecin-Fenix
38 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
39 Nils Politt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:05
40 Giovanni Aleotti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
41 Simone Consonni (Ita) Cofidis
42 Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation
43 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation
44 Rémy Rochas (Fra) Cofidis 0:01:30
45 Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Team DSM 0:01:36
46 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Xelliss-Roubaix Lille Metropole 0:02:04
47 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:02:06
48 Larry Warbasse (USA) AG2R Citroën Team
49 Julius van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-Nippo
50 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
51 Alexis Renard (Fra) Israel Start-up Nation
52 Simon Geschke (Ger) Cofidis 0:02:08
53 Maxime Chevalier (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:04:54
54 Jarrad Drizners (Aus) Hagens Berman Axeon
55 Arjen Livyns (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB
56 Ward Vanhoof (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
57 Martin Urianstad (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
58 Kim Magnusson (Swe) Riwal Cycling Team 0:08:43
59 Hideto Nakane (Jpn) EF Education-Nippo
60 Eddy Fine (Fra) Cofidis
61 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
62 Laurens Huys (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB
63 Andreas Goeman (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex
64 Mikaël Cherel (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
65 Dries De Pooter (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
66 Marco Brenner (Ger) Team DSM
67 Thomas Champion (Fra) Cofidis
68 Alan Riou (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
69 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Israel Start-up Nation
70 Alan Jousseaume (Fra) TotalEnergies
71 Jesper Schultz (Den) Riwal Cycling Team
72 Thomas Bonnet (Fra) TotalEnergies
73 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Qhubeka NextHash
74 Winner Anacona (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic
75 Joseph Laverick (GBr) Hagens Berman Axeon 0:09:35
76 Alastair Mackellar (Aus) Israel Start-up Nation
77 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Lotto Soudal 0:10:05
78 Cole Davis (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon
79 Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:10:56
80 Jesper Hansen (Den) Riwal Cycling Team 0:14:52
DNF Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
DNF Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
DNF Ide Schelling (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe
DNF Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
DNF Victor Lafay (Fra) Cofidis
DNF Daniel Arroyave Cañas (Col) EF Education-Nippo
DNF Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) EF Education-Nippo
DNF Moreno Hofland (Ned) EF Education-Nippo
DNF Tom Devriendt (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
DNF Taco van der Hoorn (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
DNF Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
DNF Steff Cras (Bel) Lotto Soudal
DNF Sylvain Moniquet (Bel) Lotto Soudal
DNF Felix Gall (Aut) Team DSM
DNF Florian Stork (Ger) Team DSM
DNF Kevin Vermaerke (USA) Team DSM
DNF Henri Vandenabeele (Bel) Team DSM
DNF Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Qhubeka NextHash
DNF Harry Tanfield (GBr) Qhubeka NextHash
DNF Marcel Meisen (Ger) Alpecin-Fenix
DNF Jimmy Janssens (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
DNF Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
DNF Nicola Bagioli (Ita) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
DNF Alan Boileau (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
DNF Axel Laurance (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
DNF Frederik Backaert (Bel) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
DNF Johan Meens (Bel) Bingoal WB
DNF Laurenz Rex (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB
DNF Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB
DNF Lindsay De Vylder (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNF Ruben Apers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNF Alex Colman (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNF Jens Reynders (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNF Amaury Capiot (Bel) Team Arkea-Samsic
DNF Miguel Eduardo Florez Lopez (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic
DNF Jeremy Cabot (Fra) TotalEnergies
DNF Florian Maitre (Fra) TotalEnergies
DNF Paul Ourselin (Fra) TotalEnergies
DNF Emilien Jeanniere (Fra) TotalEnergies
DNF Erik Nordsaeter Resell (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
DNF Lars Saugstad (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
DNF Sindre Kulset (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
DNF Matthew Riccitello (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon
DNF Michael Garrison (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon
DNF Samuel Janisch (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon
DNF Elmar Reinders (Ned) Riwal Cycling Team
DNF Jacob Relaes (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex
DNF Thomas Joseph (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex
DNF Brent Van De Kerkhove (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex
DNF Maxime De Poorter (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex
DNF Guillaume Dauschy (Fra) Xelliss-Roubaix Lille Metropole
DNF Mathias De Witte (Bel) Xelliss-Roubaix Lille Metropole
DNF Dylan Kowalski (Fra) Xelliss-Roubaix Lille Metropole
DNF Valentin Tabellion (Fra) Xelliss-Roubaix Lille Metropole
DNF Simon Combes (Fra) Xelliss-Roubaix Lille Metropole