Walscheid wins GP de Denain

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DENAIN FRANCE MARCH 17 Max Walscheid of Germany and Team Cofidis celebrates at finish line as race winner ahead of Dries De Bondt of Belgium and Team AlpecinFenix R during the 63rd Grand Prix De Denain Porte du Hainaut 2022 a 2003km one day race from Denain to Denain GPDenain on March 17 2022 in Denain France Photo by Luc ClaessenGetty Images — Max Walscheid of Team Cofidis wins GP de Denain in bunch sprint(Image credit: Luc Claessen/Getty Images)

Max Walscheid (Cofidis) won the Grand Prix de Denain - Porte du Hainaut from a bunch sprint on Thursday. He held off Dries De Bondt (Alpecin-Fenix) at the line, who took second, followed by Adrien Petit (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux) in third.

The race looked like it would come down to a sprint among five breakaway riders, with Ineos Grenadiers having three representatives - Magnus Sheffield, Jhonatan Narváez and Ben Turner - alongside Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) and Damien Touzé (AG2R Citroën). The break had been on the attack for the final 35 kilometres of the 200.3km race, but were caught in the final kilometre to set up Walscheid's victory.

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Results
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Cofidis	4:42:24
2	Dries De Bondt (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
3	Adrien Petit (Fra) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
4	Pierre Barbier (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
5	Marc Sarreau (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
6	Sandy Dujardin (Fra) TotalEnergies
7	Amaury Capiot (Bel) Arkea-Samsic
8	Samuel Leroux (Fra) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole
9	Robbe Ghys (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
10	Bram Welten (Ned) Groupama-FDJ
11	Jonathan Couanon (Fra) Nice Metropole Cote d'Azur
12	William Levy (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
13	Flavien Maurelet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
14	Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates
15	Hugo Page (Fra) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
16	Ward Vanhoof (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
17	Nicolas Debeaumarche (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
18	Karl-Patrick Lauk (Est) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB
19	Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole
20	Mael Guegan (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique
21	Maxime Urruty (Fra) Nice Metropole Cote d'Azur
22	Tom Wirtgen (Lux) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
23	Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
24	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
25	Kim Heiduk (Ger) Ineos Grenadiers
26	Luca Mozzato (Ita) B&B Hotels-KTM
27	Paul Lapeira (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
28	Daniel Martinez Poveda (Col) Ineos Grenadiers
29	Julien Morice (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
30	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix	0:00:06
31	Fabian Lienhard (Swi) Groupama-FDJ	0:00:10
32	Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis	0:00:16
33	Jhonatan Narvaez Prado (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers	0:00:20
34	Samuel Watson (GBr) Groupama-FDJ Continental	0:00:22
35	Rait Ärm (Est) Groupama-FDJ Continental
36	Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma
37	Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
38	Cyril Lemoine (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
39	Damien Touze (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team	0:00:27
40	Ben Turner (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers	0:00:39
41	Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	0:00:41
42	Magnus Sheffield (USA) Ineos Grenadiers
43	Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	0:00:47
44	Niki Terpstra (Ned) TotalEnergies	0:01:01
45	Lewis Askey (GBr) Groupama-FDJ
46	Jens Debusschere (Bel) B&B Hotels-KTM	0:01:38
47	Milan Fretin (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:04:08
48	Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
49	Martin Urianstad (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
50	Julius Johansen (Den) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
51	David Dekker (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
52	Wesley Kreder (Ned) Cofidis
53	Johnatan Cañaveral Vargas (Col) Bardiani CSF Faizane'
54	Erik Nordsaeter Resell (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
55	Quentin Jauregui (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
56	Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
57	Lars Saugstad (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
58	Jason Tesson (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
59	Norman Vahtra (Est) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole
60	Ayco Bastiaens (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix Development Team
61	Ludovic Robeet (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB	0:05:18
62	Dimitri Peyskens (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB	0:08:19
63	Joris Delbove (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
64	Markus Pajur (Est) Arkea-Samsic
65	Iver Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
66	Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane'
67	Aaron Verwilst (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
68	Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel) Cofidis	0:08:23
69	Jelle Wallays (Bel) Cofidis
70	Taco van der Hoorn (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
71	Clément Davy (Fra) Groupama-FDJ

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