Grand Prix de Denain | |
Series: | 2019 UCI Europe Tour 2019 French Road Cycling Cup |
Date: | 24 March 2019 |
Distance: | 198[1] [2] |
Unit: | km |
Time: | 4h 31' 29" |
First: | Mathieu van der Poel |
First Nat: | NED |
Second: | Marc Sarreau |
Second Nat: | FRA |
Third: | Timothy Dupont |
Third Nat: | BEL |
Previous: | 2018 |
Next: | 2021 |
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.
Dutch rider Mathieu van der Poel, of the team, won the race. Van der Poel attacked from a leading group of three riders, including Alex Kirsch of Luxembourg and and Estonian Mihkel Räim of, and rode over eight kilometers solo to the finish. Kirsch and Räim were caught by the peloton, and Marc Sarreau of won the reduced bunch sprint for second place.[4]
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]