2021 Grand Prix de Denain (1.Pro), France

62nd edition: Tuesday, September 21, 2021

GP de Denain podium history | 2019 edition (race not run in 2020) | 2022 edition

Denain - Denain, 200.3 km

Race map & profile

Jasper Philipsen wins his eighth race this year. Photo: Louis Lambin

Weather at Denain at 2:30 PM, local time: 19C (66F), fair, with the wind from the northeast at 14 km/hr (9 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from second-place Jordi Meeus' Bora-hansgrohe team.

In northern France the GP Denain took place today. After a strong effort from Team Ineos the peloton broke into pieces and an early break was caught already with over 65km remaining. 12 riders formed a first group while the bunch was one minute back. But different teams worked to keep the bunch in contention. On the final 25km one rider after the other lost contact to the leading group and only three riders remained at the front. The bunch just managed to catch the leaders on the last kilometer and Rudi Selig did a perfect lead-out for Jordi Meeus. Also Jordi’s timing was perfect today and the young Belgium was just beaten by centimeters from Jasper Philipsen in the end.  

"It was a tough battle over the cobbles, I had to suffer a lot and we just managed to catch the leaders on the last kilometer. Rudi did a great lead-out and I could launch my sprint from a perfect position. Actually, I thought I made it, but Philipsen just pushed his wheel in front on the final meters, he was super-fast on the last 20m. Still, I am happy today with the result.” – Jordi Meeus

Jasper Philipsen is first across the line.

"It was a hard race and the pavé sectors had their impact as well. To be honest we had a team here without huge experience in these kinds of races and we also lost Ide early with a puncture in the absolute wrong moment. When Ineos attacked we haven’t been in a position to react which was really dangerous as the group was very strong. Also Rudi had a puncture then, but he managed to come back. When all came back together in the sprint, Rudi did an amazing job to set up Jordi. Also he did a perfect sprint, but Philipsen is almost unreal at the moment and the second place today feels almost like a win.” – André Schulze, Sports Director

Complete Results:

200.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.809 km/hr

1	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Fenix	4hr 40min 44sec
2	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
3	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
4	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
5	Tom van Asbroeck	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
6	Arnaud Demare	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
7	Kenneth van Rooy	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
8	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
9	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
10	Jens Debusschere	B&B Hotels	s.t.
11	Jens Reynders	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
12	August Jensen	Delko	s.t.
13	Bram Welten	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
14	Nickolas Zukowsky	Rally Cycling	s.t.
15	Aime De Gendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
16	Samuel Leroux	Xelliss-Roubaix Lille Métropole	s.t.
17	Erik Resell	Uno-X	s.t.
18	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
19	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
20	Dusan Rajovic	Delko	s.t.
21	Jeremy Lecroq	B&B Hotels	s.t.
22	Julius van den Berg	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
23	Damien Touze	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
24	Bert de Backer	B&B Hotels	s.t.
25	Florian Maitre	TotalEnergies	s.t.
26	Michael Schar	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
27	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
28	Owain Doull	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
29	Rudiger Selig	Bora-hansgrohe	@ 4sec
30	Lars Saugstad	Uno-X	s.t.
31	Stan Dewulf	Ag2r-Citroën	0:06
32	Wesley Kreder	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:08
33	Adam de Vos	Rally Cycling	s.t.
34	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
35	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	0:10
36	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
37	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	0:12
38	Clement Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	0:16
39	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
40	Christophe Noppe	Arkéa-Samsic	0:18
41	Clement Davy	Groupama-FDJ	0:25
42	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:27
43	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	0:33
44	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:34
45	Cyril Lemoine	B&B Hotels	0:44
46	Amaury Capiot	Arkéa-Samsic	0:49
47	Connor Swift	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
48	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	0:54
49	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	1:12
50	Robin Carpenter	Rally Cycling	4:17
51	Pier-Andre Cote	Rally Cycling	s.t.
52	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
53	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	s.t.
54	Morne van Niekerk	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
55	Jonas van Genechten	B&B Hotels	s.t.
56	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
57	Pierre Barbier	Delko	s.t.
58	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	s.t.
59	Leonardo Basso	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
60	Luca Mozzato	B&B Hotels	s.t.
61	Axel Zingle	Cofidis	s.t.
62	Anthony Jullien	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
63	Nicolas Debeaumarche	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
64	Boris Vallee	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
65	Thomas Bonnet	TotalEnergies	s.t.
66	Dries van Gestel	TotalEnergies	4:21
67	Guillaume van Keirsbulck	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
68	Evaldas Siskevicius	Delko	s.t.
69	Thomas Scully	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
70	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
71	Adrien Petit	TotalEnergies	s.t.
72	Frederik Backaert	B&B Hotels	7:18
73	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
74	Colin Joyce	Rally Cycling	s.t.
75	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	TotalEnergies	9:28
76	Theo Delacroix	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
77	Jempy Drucker	Cofidis	s.t.
78	Emmanuel Morin	Cofidis	s.t.
79	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	s.t.
80	Julien Trarieux	Delko	s.t.
81	Guy Sagiv	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
82	Martin Laas	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
83	Norman Vahtra	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
84	Jenthe Biermans	Israel Start-Up Nation	17:16
85	Julius Johansen	Uno-X	s.t.
86	Daniel Arroyave	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.

Race map & profile:

2021 GP de Denain map

2021 GP de Denain profile