2015 GP de Fourmies-Le Voix du Nord (HC), France

83rd edition: Sunday, September 6, 2015

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Fabio Felline wins 2015 GP Fourmies

Fourmies - Fourmies, 205 km

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The Race: A large group broke clear about 25 kilometers from the finish. Wait, I'll let eventual winner Fabio Felline take it from here:

“I could see the gigantic [TV] screen in the last hectometers, it was really absurd,” Felline explained. “I could see how close [the peloton] was at the end, and then I could see I was going to make it.

“I believe I initiated the break of 17 riders that went away, maybe with 25 kilometers to go. We went really hard, we all wanted to go all in - it’s a one day race so there was no reason to hold back. In the last lap, we had 20 seconds, and I thought to myself that I need to anticipate when it drops under ten seconds.

“At 3 kilometers I tried for the first time, but the others took me back. Then Pozzato went, but he didn’t go far; I closed it down and went again and Cocquard jumped to me, but I went again. Three times total.”

Felline’s last move came with 1.5 kilometers to go, and at the same moment a crash occurred in the breakaway group as Filippo Pozzato (Lampre-Merida) tumbled to the tarmac, causing a little more chaos in the frenzied finish.

Unimpeded, Felline put his head down and aimed for the finish line – with the fast charging peloton only seconds behind there was no time for more cat 'n mouse games; it was a do-or-die move.

Felline: “When Cocquard came, I saw that he did a sprint to get to me, so I accelerated again and got away.”

Felline continued to pound away, crossing the line in front of the hard-charging pack led in by Tom Boonen.

A spectator stopped a potential big crash by running out into the street and grabbing a fallen rider's bike. Here's the video:

Complete results:

Video of final 20 minutes

205 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.312 km/hr

1	Fabio FELLINE	TREK FACTORY RACING	4hr 43min 59sec
2	Tom BOONEN	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	s.t.
3	Nacer BOUHANNI	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
4	Baptiste PLANCKAERT	ROUBAIX LILLE METROPOLE	s.t.
5	Armindo FONSECA	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	s.t.
6	Eduard Michael GROSU	NIPPO - VINI FANTINI	s.t.
7	Samuel DUMOULIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
8	Edward THEUNS	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE	s.t.
9	Sacha MODOLO	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
10	Marc SARREAU	FDJ	s.t.
11	Jakub MARECZKO	SOUTHEAST	s.t.
12	Robin STENUIT	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
13	Anthony MALDONADO	AUBER 93	s.t.
14	Benoît SINNER	L ARMEE DE TERRE	s.t.
15	Timothy DUPONT	ROUBAIX LILLE METROPOLE	s.t.
16	Arman KAMYSHEV	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
17	Manuel BELLETTI	SOUTHEAST	s.t.
18	Roman MAIKIN	RUSVELO	s.t.
19	Michael SCHWARZMANN	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
20	Romain FEILLU	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	s.t.
21	André LOOIJ	ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON	s.t.
22	Giacomo NIZZOLO	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
23	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
24	Lukas JAUN	ROTH - SKODA	s.t.
25	Bert VAN LERBERGHE	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE	s.t.
26	Alexey LUTSENKO	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
27	Evaldas SISKEVICIUS	TEAM MARSEILLE 13 KTM	s.t.
28	Jonas AHLSTRAND	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
29	Steven TRONET	AUBER 93	s.t.
30	Fabio SILVESTRE	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
31	Christophe LABORIE	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	s.t.
32	Pieter JACOBS	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE	s.t.
33	Maxime VANTOMME	ROUBAIX LILLE METROPOLE	s.t.
34	Fumiyuki BEPPU	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
35	David MENUT	AUBER 93	s.t.
36	Roberto FERRARI	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
37	Andrea PASQUALON	ROTH - SKODA	s.t.
38	Bakhtiyar KOZHATAYEV	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
39	Mauro FINETTO	SOUTHEAST	s.t.
40	Simone PONZI	SOUTHEAST	s.t.
41	Anthony TURGIS	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
42	Gijs VAN HOECKE	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE	s.t.
43	Fabio SABATINI	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	s.t.
44	Angelo TULIK	TEAM EUROPCAR	s.t.
45	Michal KWIATKOWSKI	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	s.t.
46	Gianni MEERSMAN	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	s.t.
47	Alo JAKIN	AUBER 93	s.t.
48	Sergey NIKOLAEV	RUSVELO	s.t.
49	Christophe LAPORTE	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
50	Benjamin GIRAUD	TEAM MARSEILLE 13 KTM	s.t.
51	Jérôme BAUGNIES	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
52	Mario Jorge FARIA DA COSTA	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
53	Daniil FOMINYKH	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
54	Pier Paolo DE NEGRI	NIPPO - VINI FANTINI	s.t.
55	Jimmy RAIBAUD	L ARMEE DE TERRE	s.t.
56	Sjoerd VAN GINNEKEN	ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON	s.t.
57	Alexis BODIOT	L ARMEE DE TERRE	s.t.
58	Julien EL FARES	TEAM MARSEILLE 13 KTM	s.t.
59	Alessandro BISOLTI	NIPPO - VINI FANTINI	s.t.
60	Colin STÜSSI	ROTH - SKODA	s.t.
61	Rémy DI GREGORIO	TEAM MARSEILLE 13 KTM	s.t.
62	Jimmy TURGIS	ROUBAIX LILLE METROPOLE	s.t.
63	Maurits LAMMERTINK	ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON	0:00:10
64	Pierrick FEDRIGO	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	s.t.
65	Marco FRAPPORTI	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
66	Jean-Marc BIDEAU	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	s.t.
67	Julien DUVAL	L ARMEE DE TERRE	0:00:13
68	Matteo BUSATO	SOUTHEAST	s.t.
69	Arnaud GERARD	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	s.t.
70	Francesco GAVAZZI	SOUTHEAST	s.t.
71	Giacomo TOMIO	ROTH - SKODA	s.t.
72	Franco PELLIZOTTI	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
73	Igor BOEV	RUSVELO	s.t.
74	Benjamin THOMAS	L ARMEE DE TERRE	s.t.
75	Kirill POZDNYAKOV	RUSVELO	s.t.
76	Tiziano DALL'ANTONIA	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
77	Andrea ZORDAN	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
78	Yves LAMPAERT	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	s.t.
79	Marco MARCATO	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
80	Maxime DANIEL	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
81	Eugenio ALAFACI	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
82	Etienne VAN EMPEL	ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON	s.t.
83	Etienne TORTELIER	L ARMEE DE TERRE	s.t.
84	Alessandro MALAGUTI	NIPPO - VINI FANTINI	s.t.
85	Otto VERGAERDE	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE	s.t.
86	Zakkari DEMPSTER	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
87	Francis DE GREEF	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
88	Florian VACHON	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	0:00:18
89	Lars BOOM	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
90	Huub DUIJN	ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON	s.t.
91	Julien BERARD	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
92	Ralf MATZKA	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
93	Sander HELVEN	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE	s.t.
94	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
95	Floris DE TIER	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE	s.t.
96	Marinus Cornelis MINNAARD	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
97	Reinier HONIG	ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON	s.t.
98	Johnny HOOGERLAND	ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON	s.t.
99	Stijn DEVOLDER	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
100	Danilo NAPOLITANO	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
101	Leonardo BASSO	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
102	Maxime RENAULT	AUBER 93	s.t.
103	Jonathan HIVERT	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	0:00:24
104	Thomas SPRENGERS	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE	0:00:25
105	Alexandre BLAIN	TEAM MARSEILLE 13 KTM	s.t.
106	Roman KUSTADINCHEV	RUSVELO	0:00:29
107	Steve MORABITO	FDJ	s.t.
108	Dan CRAVEN	TEAM EUROPCAR	s.t.
109	Julien LOUBET	TEAM MARSEILLE 13 KTM	s.t.
110	Giovanni BERNAUDEAU	TEAM EUROPCAR	s.t.
111	Flavien DASSONVILLE	AUBER 93	s.t.
112	Andreas SCHILLINGER	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
113	Lukasz WISNIOWSKI	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	s.t.
114	Andrea FEDI	SOUTHEAST	s.t.
115	Luca WACKERMANN	SOUTHEAST	s.t.
116	Gianfranco ZILIOLI	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
117	Bartosz HUZARSKI	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
118	Bryan COQUARD	TEAM EUROPCAR	s.t.
119	Hubert DUPONT	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
120	Andrea VACCHER	ROTH - SKODA	s.t.
121	Brian VAN GOETHEM	ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON	s.t.
122	Romain COMBAUD	L ARMEE DE TERRE	s.t.
123	Christophe RIBLON	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
124	Yohann GENE	TEAM EUROPCAR	0:00:35
125	Perrig QUEMENEUR	TEAM EUROPCAR	s.t.
126	Patrick KONRAD	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
127	Tim DE TROYER	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
128	Arnold JEANNESSON	FDJ	s.t.
129	Théo VIMPERE	AUBER 93	s.t.
130	Julian ALAPHILIPPE	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	0:00:37
131	Rudy MOLARD	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
132	Damien GAUDIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
133	Yoann BARBAS	L ARMEE DE TERRE	s.t.
134	Calvin WATSON	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
135	Mattia POZZO	NIPPO - VINI FANTINI	s.t.
136	Oscar GATTO	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
137	Gang XU	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
138	Chun Kai FENG	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
139	Sébastien CHAVANEL	FDJ	s.t.
140	Clément PENVEN	TEAM MARSEILLE 13 KTM	0:00:45
141	Davide MALACARNE	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:00:53
142	Romain BARDET	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:00:57
143	Thomas VOECKLER	TEAM EUROPCAR	0:01:47
144	Johan LE BON	FDJ	0:01:55
145	Rudy KOWALSKI	ROUBAIX LILLE METROPOLE	s.t.
146	Nicolas EDET	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:02:54
147	Adrien PETIT	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
148	Roland THALMANN	ROTH - SKODA	s.t.
149	Ivan SAVITSKIY	RUSVELO	s.t.
150	Guillaume LEVARLET	AUBER 93	0:04:09
151	Francis MOUREY	FDJ	s.t.
152	Antonio NIBALI	NIPPO - VINI FANTINI	s.t.
153	Nicolas MARINI	NIPPO - VINI FANTINI	s.t.
154	Niccolo BONIFAZIO	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:04:17
155	Maxime MEDEREL	TEAM EUROPCAR	0:04:37
156	Rayane BOUHANNI	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:05:17
157	Mamyr STASH	RUSVELO	s.t.
158	Daniel SCHORN	BORA-ARGON 18	0:06:11
159	Elie GESBERT	FDJ	s.t.
160	Romain PILLON	ROUBAIX LILLE METROPOLE	s.t.
161	Temesgen TEKLEHAYMANOT	ROTH - SKODA	s.t.
162	Martin LAAS	TEAM MARSEILLE 13 KTM	s.t.

2015 GP Fourmies video (in French, but cycling is a universal language)

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Start list with back numbers, September 5, 2015:

	ETIXX-QUICK STEP
1	KWIATKOWSKI Michal
2	BOONEN Tom
3	ALAPHILIPPE Julian
4	MARTIN Tony
5	LAMPAERT Yves
6	SABATINI Fabio
7	MEERSMAN Gianni
8	WISNIOWSKI Lukasz
	ASTANA
11	BOOM Lars
12	FOMINYKH Daniil
13	GRUZDEV Dmitriy
14	KAMYSHEV Arman
15	KOZHATAYEV Bakhtiyar
16	LUTSENKO Alexey
17	MALACARNE Davide
18	TLEUBAYEV Ruslan
	AG2R-LA MONDIALE
21	BARDET Romain
22	BÉRARD Julien
23	DANIEL Maxime
24	DUMOULIN Samuel
25	DUPONT Hubert
26	GAUDIN Damien
27	JAUREGUI Quentin
28	RIBLON Christophe
	LAMPRE-MERIDA
31	MODOLO Sacha
32	BONIFAZIO Niccolo
33	FARIA DA COSTA Mario Jorge
34	FENG Chun Kai
35	FERRARI Roberto
36	POZZATO Filippo
37	PACIONI Luca
38	XU Gang
	FDJ
41	CHAVANEL Sébastien
42	JEANNESSON Arnold
43	LE BON Johan
44	PINEAU Cedric
45	MORABITO Steve
46	MOUREY Francis
47	SARREAU Marc
48	GESBERT Elie
	TREK FACTORY RACING
51	NIZZOLO Giacomo
52	ALAFACI Eugenio
53	BEPPU Fumiyuki
54	DEVOLDER Stijn
55	FELLINE Fabio
56	BASSO Leonardo
57	SILVESTRE Fabio
58	WATSON Calvin
	AUBER 93
61	TRONET Steven
62	DASSONVILLE Flavien
63	GOUAULT Pierre
64	JAKIN Alo
65	LEVARLET Guillaume
66	MALDONADO Anthony
67	MENUT David
68	RENAULT Maxime
	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
71	THEUNS Edward
72	DE TIER Floris
73	JACOBS Pieter
74	HELVEN Sander
75	VAN LERBERGHE Bert
76	SPRENGERS Thomas
77	VAN HOECKE Gijs
78	VERGAERDE Otto
	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
81	FEILLU Romain
82	BIDEAU Jean-Marc
83	FEDRIGO Pierrick
84	FONSECA Armindo
85	GERARD Arnaud
86	HIVERT Jonathan
87	LABORIE Christophe
88	VACHON Florian
	RUSVELO
91	MAIKIN Roman
92	BALYKIN Ivan
93	KUSTADINCHEV Roman
94	NIKOLAEV Sergey
95	OVECHKIN Artem
96	SAVITSKY Ivan
97	SOLOMENNIKOV Andrey
98	STASH Mamyr
	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CRÉDITS
101	BOUHANNI Nacer
102	BOUHANNI Rayane
103	AHLSTRAND Jonas
104	EDET Nicolas
105	LAPORTE Christophe
106	MOLARD Rudy
107	PETIT Adrien
108	TURGIS Anthony
	TEAM MARSEILLE 13 KTM
111	BLAIN Alexandre
112	DI GREGORIO Rémy
113	EL FARES Julien
114	GIRAUD Benjamin
115	PENVEN Clément
116	SAINT MARTIN Clément
117	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas
118	LAAS Martin
	EUROPCAR
121	VOECKLER Thomas
122	COQUARD Bryan
123	BERNAUDEAU Giovanni
124	CRAVEN Dan
125	GENE Yohann
126	MEDEREL Maxime
127	QUEMENEUR Perrig
128	TULIK Angelo
	SOUTHEAST
131	BELLETTI Manuel
132	ANDRIATO Rafael
133	MARECZKO Jakub
134	FEDI Andrea
135	FINETTO Mauro
136	GAVAZZI Francesco
137	PONZI Simone
138	WACKERMANN Luca
	WANTY–GROUPE GOBERT
141	MARCATO Marco
142	BAUGNIES Jérôme
143	DE GREEF Francis
144	DE TROYER Tim
145	LEUKEMANS Björn
146	MINNAARD Marco
147	VAN MELSEN Kevin
148	VEUCHELEN Frederik
	ROUBAIX LILLE METROPOLE
151	PLANCKAERT Baptiste
152	BOUVRY Dieter
153	BARBIER Rudy
154	DUPONT Timothy
155	LEVEAU Jérémy
156	PILLON Romain
157	TURGIS Jimmy
158	VANTOMME Maxime
	BORA-ARGON 18
161	HUZARSKI Bartosz
162	THURAU Bjorn
163	DEMPSTER Zakkari
164	KONRAD Patrick
165	MATZKA Ralf
166	SCHILLINGER Andreas
167	SCHORN Daniel
168	SCHWARZMANN Michael
	ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON
171	HOOGERLAND Johnny
172	DUYN Huub
173	HONIG Reinier
174	LAMMERTINK Maurits
175	LOOIJ André
176	VAN EMPEL Etienne
177	VAN GINNEKEN Sjoerd
178	VAN GOETHEM Brian
	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
181	PELLIZOTTI Franco
182	CHICCHI Francesco
183	DALL'ANTONIA Tiziano
184	FRAPPORTI Marco
185	GATTO Oscar
186	SELLA Emanuele
187	ZILIOLI Gianfranco
188	ZORDAN Andrea
	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI
191	CUNEGO Damiano
192	DE NEGRI Pier Paolo
193	BISOLTI Alessandro
194	KUROEDA Shiki
195	MALAGUTI Alessandro
196	MARINI Nicolas
197	POZZO Mattia
198	NIBALI Antonio
	ROTH-SKODA
201	PASQUALON Andrea
202	BRUNGGER Nico
203	THALMANN Roland
204	JAUN Lukas
205	TOMIO Giacomo
206	STÜSSI Colin
207	TEKLEHAYMANOT Temesgen
208	VACCHER Andrea
	L'ARMEE DE TERRE
211	DUVAL Julien
212	BODIOT Alexis
213	CANAL Fabien
214	CHERBONNET David
215	COMBAUD Romain
216	LEVASSEUR Jordan
217	RAIBAUD Jimmy
218	SINNER Benoit