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French one-day road cycling race From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grand Prix Cycliste La Marseillaise, formerly known as the Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise, is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in February around the city of Marseille, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is usually the first race of the European calendar, one day before the stage-race Étoile de Bessèges, which is held in the same region.
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Race details | |
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Date |
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Region | South France |
Local name(s) | Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise (in French) |
Discipline | Road race |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour 1.1 |
Type | One-day race |
Organiser | La Marseillaise |
Web site | journal-lamarseillaise |
History | |
First edition | 1980 |
Editions | 45 (as of 2024) |
First winner | Leo van Vliet (NED) |
Most wins | Eddy Planckaert (BEL) Edwig Van Hooydonck (BEL) Baden Cooke (AUS) (2 times) |
Most recent | Kevin Geniets (LUX) |
# of Victories | Country |
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19 | France |
12 | Belgium |
4 | Netherlands |
3 | Denmark |
2 | Australia |
2 | Italy |
1 | Luxembourg |
1 | United Kingdom |
1 | United States |
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