Merlier wins GP Monseré

DOUR, BELGIUM - MARCH 02: Arrival / Tim Merlier of Belgium and Team Alpecin-Fenix Celebration & Andrea Pasqualon of Italy and Team IntermarchÂŽ-Wanty-Gobert MatÂŽriaux during the 53rd Grand Prix Le Samyn 2021, Men's Elite a 205,4km race from Quaregnon to Dour / @GPSamyn / on March 02, 2021 in Dour, Belgium. (Photo by Luc Claessen/Getty Images)

Tim Merlier of Alpecin-Fenix won Le Samyn on March 2 (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

Tim Merlier (Alpecin-Fenix) launched a long-range sprint with around 150m to go and held off Mark Cavendish (Deceuninck-QuickStep) for the victory at Grote prijs Jean - Pierre Monseré. It was his second win of the week, taking the crown at Le Samyn on March 2. In third was Belgian Timothy Dupont of Bingoal WB.

For Cavendish, a 30-time Tour de France stage winner, it was his first top-three result since a stage of the Tour of Turkey back in April 2019, while his last win was on stage 3 of the Abu Dhabi Tour in 2018.

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Full Results
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Tim Merlier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix	4:34:44
2	Mark Cavendish (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep
3	Timothy Dupont (Bel) Bingoal WB
4	Pierre Barbier (Fra) Delko
5	Riccardo Minali (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
6	Thomas Boudat (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
7	Jordi Warlop (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
8	Emiel Vermeulen (Bel) Xelliss-Roubaix Lille Metropole
9	Arne Marit (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
10	Rait Ärm (Est) Groupama-FDJ Continental
11	Jan Willem van Schip (Ned) Beat Cycling
12	Jesper Rasch (Ned) SEG Racing Academy
13	Thimo Willems (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
14	Luca Mozzato (Ita) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
15	Szymon Sajnok (Pol) Cofidis
16	Tobias Bayer (Aut) Alpecin-Fenix
17	Oliver Robinson (GBr) LVIV Cycling Team
18	Wessel Krul (Ned) SEG Racing Academy
19	Michaël Van Staeyen (Bel) Evopro Racing
20	Abram Stockman (Bel) Team SKS Sauerland NRW
21	Gil D´Heygere (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex
22	Jacob Scott (GBr) Canyon DHB Sungod
23	Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
24	Ward Vanhoof (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
25	Antoine Raugel (Fra) Groupama-FDJ Continental
26	Piotr Havik (Ned) Beat Cycling
27	Paul Penhoet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ Continental
28	Enzo Wouters (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex
29	Gerben Thijssen (Bel) Lotto Soudal
30	Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
31	Matthew Bostock (GBr) Canyon DHB Sungod
32	Marius Mayrhofer (Ger) Development Team DSM
33	Stanislaw Aniolkowski (Pol) Bingoal WB
34	Dries De Pooter (Bel) SEG Racing Academy
35	Luuc Bugter (Ned) Beat Cycling
36	Wesley Kreder (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
37	Marten Kooistra (Ned) Beat Cycling
38	Attilio Viviani (Ita) Cofidis
39	Florian Maitre (Fra) Total Direct Energie
40	Ramon van Bokhoven (Ned) Metec-Solarwatt p/b Mantel
41	Markus Pajur (Est) Team Arkea-Samsic
42	Donavan Grondin (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
43	Michiel Stockman (Bel) Team SKS Sauerland NRW
44	Jens Debusschere (Bel) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
45	Alfdan De Decker (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex
46	Hugo Page (Fra) Groupama-FDJ Continental	0:00:09
47	Martijn Budding (Ned) Beat Cycling
48	Kim Magnusson (Swe) Riwal Cycling Team
49	Raphaël Kockelmann (Lux) LVIV Cycling Team
50	Mathias De Witte (Bel) Xelliss-Roubaix Lille Metropole
51	August Jensen (Nor) Delko
52	Maxime De Poorter (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex
53	Rory Townsend (Irl) Canyon DHB Sungod
54	Johannes Hodapp (Ger) Team SKS Sauerland NRW
55	Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Team Qhubeka Assos
56	Dylan Kowalski (Fra) Xelliss-Roubaix Lille Metropole
57	Fabien Grellier (Fra) Total Direct Energie
58	Per Christian Münstermann (Ger) Team SKS Sauerland NRW	0:00:13
59	Rasmus Christian Quaade (Den) Riwal Cycling Team
60	Enzo Paleni (Fra) Groupama-FDJ Continental
61	Fernando Barceló Aragon (Spa) Cofidis
62	Vitor Zucco Schizzi (Bra) Evopro Racing
63	Harry Sweeny (Aus) Lotto Soudal
64	Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Team Qhubeka Assos
65	Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Total Direct Energie
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67	Julien Van Den Brande (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex
68	Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra) Total Direct Energie
69	Lindsay De Vylder (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
70	Bert De Backer (Bel) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
71	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Qhubeka Assos
72	Kevin Reza (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
73	Tim Marsman (Ned) Metec-Solarwatt p/b Mantel
74	Gianni Marchand (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex
75	Iljo Keisse (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
76	Frederik Backaert (Bel) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
77	Adrie Lindeman (Ned) Riwal Cycling Team
78	Hartthijs de Vries (Ned) Metec-Solarwatt p/b Mantel
79	Pavel Bittner (Cze) Development Team DSM
80	Shane Archbold (NZl) Deceuninck-QuickStep
81	Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
82	Roy Jans (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
83	Justas Beniusis (Ltu) LVIV Cycling Team
84	Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
85	Jannik Steimle (Ger) Deceuninck-QuickStep
86	Stan Van Tricht (Bel) SEG Racing Academy
87	Maikel Zijlaard (Ned) SEG Racing Academy
88	Jules Hesters (Bel) Beat Cycling
89	Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
90	Daan Hoole (Ned) SEG Racing Academy
91	Ludwig De Winter (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
92	Valentin Ferron (Fra) Total Direct Energie
93	Lewis Askey (GBr) Groupama-FDJ Continental
94	Henri Vandenabeele (Bel) Development Team DSM
95	Milan Paulus (Bel) SEG Racing Academy
96	Sébastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto Soudal
97	Reece Wood (GBr) Canyon DHB Sungod
98	Erik Nordsaeter Resell (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
99	Laurenz Rex (Bel) Bingoal WB
100	Lucas Eriksson (Swe) Riwal Cycling Team
101	Jonas Castrique (Bel) Bingoal WB
102	Milan Menten (Bel) Bingoal WB
103	Jeremy Cabot (Fra) Total Direct Energie
104	Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko
105	Thomas Joseph (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex
106	Lars Saugstad (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
107	Alan Riou (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
108	Damien Gaudin (Fra) Total Direct Energie	0:00:39
109	Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) B&B Hotels p/b KTM	0:00:45
110	Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal
111	Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
112	Jens van den Dool (Ned) Metec-Solarwatt p/b Mantel	0:00:47
113	Rick Ottema (Ned) Metec-Solarwatt p/b Mantel
114	Jon Knolle (Ger) Team SKS Sauerland NRW
115	Emmanuel Morin (Fra) Cofidis
116	Jesper Schultz (Den) Riwal Cycling Team
117	Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
118	Syver Wærsted (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
119	Robert Scott (GBr) Canyon DHB Sungod
120	Tobias Andresen (Den) Development Team DSM
121	Jeroen Eyskens (Bel) Evopro Racing
122	Alex Richardson (GBr) Alpecin-Fenix
123	Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	0:00:52
124	Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel) Cofidis
125	Rasmus Tiller (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	0:01:10
126	Ludovic Robeet (Bel) Bingoal WB
127	Valentin Tabellion (Fra) Xelliss-Roubaix Lille Metropole	0:01:34
128	Dylan Bouwmans (Ned) Metec-Solarwatt p/b Mantel
129	Stijn Steels (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep	0:01:54
130	Josef Cerny (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep	0:02:02
131	Amaury Capiot (Bel) Team Arkea-Samsic	0:02:25
132	Jasper De Plus (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	0:02:28
133	Clément Carisey (Fra) Delko	0:02:52
134	Carlos Barbero (Spa) Team Qhubeka Assos	0:03:22
135	Sylvain Moniquet (Bel) Lotto Soudal
136	Dylan Sunderland (Aus) Team Qhubeka Assos
137	Damien Clayton (GBr) Canyon DHB Sungod	0:05:34
138	Brecht Stas (Bel) LVIV Cycling Team	0:06:00
139	Mantas Januskevicius (Ltu) LVIV Cycling Team
140	Maxwell De Broeder (Bel) LVIV Cycling Team	0:06:24
141	Leo Hayter (GBr) Development Team DSM
142	Tom Paquot (Bel) Bingoal WB
143	BROWN onathan
144	Lars Kulbe (Ger) Team SKS Sauerland NRW
145	Stefano Museeuw (Bel) Beat Cycling
DNF	Steff Cras (Bel) Lotto Soudal
DNF	Samuel Leroux (Fra) Xelliss-Roubaix Lille Metropole
DNF	Michel Gießelmann (Ger) Team SKS Sauerland NRW
DNF	Thomas Denis (Fra) Xelliss-Roubaix Lille Metropole
DNF	Maximilien Picoux (Bel) Xelliss-Roubaix Lille Metropole
DNF	Andreas Nielsen (Den) Team Qhubeka Assos
DNF	Eduard-Michael Grosu (Rom) Delko
DNF	Julien Morice (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
DNF	Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
DNF	Aaron Van Poucke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNF	Daniel Tulett (GBr) Canyon DHB Sungod
DNF	Fintan Ryan (Irl) Evopro Racing
DNF	Harry Tanfield (GBr) Team Qhubeka Assos
DNF	Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
DNF	Pepijn Reinderink (Ned) Development Team DSM
DNF	Julien Trarieux (Fra) Delko
DNF	Oskar Nisu (Est) Evopro Racing
DNF	Brendan Rhim (USA) Evopro Racing
DNF	Simone Consonni (Ita) Cofidis
DNF	Laurence Pithie (NZl) Groupama-FDJ Continental
DNF	Toni Franz (Ger) LVIV Cycling Team
DNF	Oscar Onley (GBr) Development Team DSM
DNF	Christophe Noppe (Bel) Team Arkea-Samsic

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