2019 Grand Prix de Denain explained

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]

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 61st Grand Prix de Denain – Porte du Hainaut Results . ProCyclingStats.com . 14 October 2021.
  2. Web site: Classement de l'Epreuve . gpdenain.fr . 14 October 2021 . French . PDF.
  3. Web site: Ostanek . Daniel . Van der Poel wins Grand Prix de Denain . Cyclingnews.com . 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. Web site: Ostanek . Daniel . Van der Poel wins Grand Prix de Denain . Cyclingnews.com . 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. Web site: 61st Grand Prix de Denain – Porte du Hainaut Startlist . ProCyclingStats.com . 14 October 2021.