2019 Grand Prix de Denain

The 2019 Grand Prix de Denain – Porte du Hainaut was the 61st edition of the Grand Prix de Denain one-day road cycling race, held annually around the town of Denain in northern France. Since 2018, the race has traversed several sectors of cobbled roads, including one used in Paris–Roubaix.^[3] The Grand Prix de Denain was ranked 1.HC in the 2019 UCI Europe Tour, and it was the second race in the 2019 French Road Cycling Cup series.

Grand Prix de Denain

2019 UCI Europe Tour 2019 French Road Cycling Cup
Race details
Dates	24 March 2019
Distance	198[1][2] km (123.0 mi)
Winning time	4h 31' 29"[1][2]
Results
Winner  Mathieu van der Poel (NED) (Corendon–Circus)   Second  Marc Sarreau (FRA) (Groupama–FDJ)   Third  Timothy Dupont (BEL) (Wanty–Gobert)
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Dutch rider Mathieu van der Poel, of the Corendon–Circus team, won the race. Van der Poel attacked from a leading group of three riders, including Alex Kirsch of Luxembourg and Trek–Segafredo and Estonian Mihkel Räim of Israel Cycling Academy, and rode over eight kilometers solo to the finish. Kirsch and Räim were caught by the peloton, and Marc Sarreau of Groupama–FDJ won the reduced bunch sprint for second place.^[4][2]

Teams

Twenty-two teams competed in the 2019 Grand Prix de Denain, including three UCI WorldTeams, fifteen UCI Professional Continental teams, and four UCI Continental teams.^[5]

UCI WorldTeams

• AG2R La Mondiale
• Groupama–FDJ
• Trek–Segafredo

UCI Professional Continental teams

• Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec
• Arkéa–Samsic
• Burgos BH
• Cofidis
• Corendon–Circus
• Delko–Marseille Provence
• Israel Cycling Academy
• Riwal Readynez
• Roompot–Charles
• Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise
• Vital Concept–B&B Hotels
• Wallonie Bruxelles
• Wanty–Gobert
• Direct Énergie

UCI Continental teams

• Amore & Vita–Prodir
• Natura4Ever–Roubaix–Lille Métropole
• St. Michel–Auber93
• Development Team Sunweb
• Tarteletto–Isorex

Result

Result^[1][2]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Mathieu van der Poel (NED)	Corendon–Circus	4h 21' 39"
2	Marc Sarreau (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	+ 03"
3	Timothy Dupont (BEL)	Wanty–Gobert	+ 03"
4	Matteo Moschetti (ITA)	Trek–Segafredo	+ 03"
5	Emiel Vermeulen (BEL)	Natura4Ever–Roubaix–Lille Métropole	+ 03"
6	Justin Jules (FRA)	Wallonie Bruxelles	+ 03"
7	Pierre Barbier (FRA)	Natura4Ever–Roubaix–Lille Métropole	+ 03"
8	Bram Welten (NED)	Arkéa–Samsic	+ 03"
9	Samuel Dumoulin (FRA)	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 03"
10	Romain Cardis (FRA)	Direct Énergie	+ 03"

References

1. "61st Grand Prix de Denain – Porte du Hainaut Results". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
2. "Classement de l'Epreuve" (PDF). gpdenain.fr (in French). Retrieved 14 October 2021.
3. Ostanek, Daniel. "Van der Poel wins Grand Prix de Denain". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 14 October 2021. The GP de Denain is one of the newer cobbled one-day races on the calendar, having been a race for the sprinters until last year's edition. This time around there was 21km of cobbles, spread over 12 sectors, including the Wallers à Haveluy sector which regularly features in Paris–Roubaix.
4. Ostanek, Daniel. "Van der Poel wins Grand Prix de Denain". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 14 October 2021. Van der Poel went for it again with a brutal attack on the final sector. His companions were left floundering in his wake and were swallowed up by the peloton on the run-in. The 20-second gap looked fragile but Van der Poel was in full solo time trial mode and held strong on the run-in to secure an impressive victory.
5. "61st Grand Prix de Denain – Porte du Hainaut Startlist". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 14 October 2021.

External links

• Official website
• 2019 Grand Prix de Denain at ProCyclingStats