2015 GP d'Ouverture - La Marseillaise (1.1)
36th edition: Sunday, February 1, 2015
GP d'Ouverture - La Marseillaise podium history | 2014 edition | 2016 edition | Photos | Map | Teams |
Marseille - Marseille, France 139.7 km
The Race: An break of six riders rolled away in the race's early kilometers. They built a substantial lead, at one point almost nine minutes, but the peloton hunted down the escapees, all of whom were caught late in the race.
In the race's last kilometers, another break with Davide Rebellin tried its luck, but the sprinters' team were having none of that nonsense. For the finish, there was a big group to contest the sprint.
Dutch rider Pim Ligthart, who hasn't won a race in a couple of years, was first across the line.
Complete Results:
38.178 km/hr average speed | More race day photos |
1 | Pim LIGTHART | LOTTO SOUDAL | 3hr 39min 33sec |
2 | Kenneth VAN BILSEN | COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS | s.t. |
3 | Antoine DEMOITIE | WALLONIE - BRUXELLES | s.t. |
4 | Baptiste PLANCKAERT | ROUBAIX LILLE METROPOLE | s.t. |
5 | Jonathan HIVERT | BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT | s.t. |
6 | Marco MARCATO | WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
7 | Edward THEUNS | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE | s.t. |
8 | Maxime RENAULT | AUBER 93 | s.t. |
9 | Benjamin GIRAUD | TEAM MARSEILLE 13 KTM | s.t. |
10 | Amets TXURRUKA | CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA | s.t. |
11 | Maxime VANTOMME | ROUBAIX LILLE METROPOLE | s.t. |
12 | Anthony MALDONADO | AUBER 93 | s.t. |
13 | SIMONE ANTONINI | WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
14 | Edwin Alcibiades AVILA | COLOMBIA | s.t. |
15 | Benoit JARRIER | BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT | s.t. |
16 | Pello BILBAO LOPEZ | CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA | s.t. |
17 | Tomasz KIENDYS | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
18 | Carlos BARBERO CUESTA | CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA | s.t. |
19 | Anthony DELAPLACE | BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT | s.t. |
20 | Pieter VANSPEYBROUCK | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE | s.t. |
21 | Arthur VAN OVERBERGHE | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE | s.t. |
22 | Thomas DAMUSEAU | ROUBAIX LILLE METROPOLE | s.t. |
23 | Walter Fernando PEDRAZA | COLOMBIA | s.t. |
24 | Kévin REZA | FDJ | s.t. |
25 | Xandro MEURISSE | AN POST - CHAINREACTION | s.t. |
26 | Julien EL FARES | TEAM MARSEILLE 13 KTM | s.t. |
27 | Kevin ISTA | WALLONIE - BRUXELLES | s.t. |
28 | Rémy DI GREGORIO | TEAM MARSEILLE 13 KTM | s.t. |
29 | Christophe LAPORTE | COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS | s.t. |
30 | Romain COMBAUD | L'ARMEE DE TERRE | s.t. |
31 | Quentin PACHER | L'ARMEE DE TERRE | s.t. |
32 | Yann GUYOT | L'ARMEE DE TERRE | s.t. |
33 | Jimmy TURGIS | ROUBAIX LILLE METROPOLE | s.t. |
34 | Fernando GRIJALBA | CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA | s.t. |
35 | Yoann PAILLOT | TEAM MARSEILLE 13 KTM | s.t. |
36 | Florian VACHON | BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT | s.t. |
37 | Romain BARDET | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
38 | Sander ARMEE | LOTTO SOUDAL | s.t. |
39 | Kenny ELISSONDE | FDJ | s.t. |
40 | Conor DUNNE | AN POST - CHAINREACTION | s.t. |
41 | Julien LOUBET | TEAM MARSEILLE 13 KTM | s.t. |
42 | Sébastien DELFOSSE | WALLONIE - BRUXELLES | s.t. |
43 | Tom DERNIES | WALLONIE - BRUXELLES | s.t. |
44 | Björn LEUKEMANS | WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
45 | Alo JAKIN | AUBER 93 | s.t. |
46 | Frederik BACKAERT | WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
47 | Davide REBELLIN | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
48 | Adrian HONKISZ | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
49 | Mikael CHEREL | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
50 | Julien GUAY | AUBER 93 | s.t. |
51 | Anthony ROUX | FDJ | s.t. |
52 | Pierre ROLLAND | TEAM EUROPCAR | s.t. |
53 | Kevin LEDANOIS | BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT | s.t. |
54 | Stéphane ROSSETTO | COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS | s.t. |
55 | Cyril GAUTIER | TEAM EUROPCAR | s.t. |
56 | Brayan RAMIREZ | COLOMBIA | s.t. |
57 | Steven TRONET | AUBER 93 | s.t. |
58 | Pierre-Roger LATOUR | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
59 | Giovanni BERNAUDEAU | TEAM EUROPCAR | s.t. |
60 | Hubert DUPONT | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
61 | Olivier CHEVALIER | WALLONIE - BRUXELLES | s.t. |
62 | Maxime MONFORT | LOTTO SOUDAL | s.t. |
63 | Carlos QUINTERO | COLOMBIA | s.t. |
64 | Gert JOEAAR | COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS | s.t. |
65 | Frederik VEUCHELEN | WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
66 | Rudy MOLARD | COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS | s.t. |
67 | Pieter JACOBS | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE | s.t. |
68 | Floris DE TIER | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE | s.t. |
69 | Flavien DASSONVILLE | AUBER 93 | s.t. |
70 | Arthur VICHOT | FDJ | s.t. |
71 | Tony GALLOPIN | LOTTO SOUDAL | s.t. |
72 | Thomas VAUBOURZEIX | VERANCLASSIC - EKOI | s.t. |
73 | Thibaut PINOT | FDJ | s.t. |
74 | Sean DE BIE | LOTTO SOUDAL | s.t. |
75 | Jerome COUSIN | TEAM EUROPCAR | s.t. |
76 | Théo VIMPERE | AUBER 93 | s.t. |
77 | Boris DRON | WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
78 | Vegard BREEN | LOTTO SOUDAL | s.t. |
79 | Clement SAINT MARTIN | TEAM MARSEILLE 13 KTM | s.t. |
80 | Romain GUILLEMOIS | TEAM EUROPCAR | @ 24sec |
81 | Cyril LEMOINE | COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS | @ 56sec |
82 | Fabricio FERRARI BARCELO | CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA | @ 1min 21sec |
83 | Jimmy RAIBAUD | L'ARMEE DE TERRE | @ 1min 23sec |
84 | Evaldas SISKEVICIUS | TEAM MARSEILLE 13 KTM | @ 2min 37sec |
85 | Omar FRAILE | CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA | @ 4min 33sec |
86 | Leonardo Fabio DUQUE | COLOMBIA | @ 5min 33sec |
87 | Arnaud COURTEILLE | FDJ | s.t. |
88 | Antoine WARNIER | WALLONIE - BRUXELLES | s.t. |
89 | Nikolay MIHAYLOV | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
90 | Paulius SISKEVICIUS | AN POST - CHAINREACTION | s.t. |
91 | Serge DEWORTELAER | VERANCLASSIC - EKOI | s.t. |
92 | Matthieu BOULO | BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT | s.t. |
93 | Yoann BARBAS | L'ARMEE DE TERRE | s.t. |
94 | Julien DUVAL | L'ARMEE DE TERRE | s.t. |
95 | Julien ANTOMARCHI | ROUBAIX LILLE METROPOLE | s.t. |
96 | * Carlos Mario RAMIREZ | COLOMBIA | s.t. |
97 | Tosh VAN DER SANDE | LOTTO SOUDAL | s.t. |
98 | Hugo HOULE | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
99 | Angel MADRAZO RUIZ | CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA | s.t. |
100 | Romain FEILLU | BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT | @ 11min 53sec |
101 | Jorge Camilo CASTIBLANCO | COLOMBIA | s.t. |
102 | Branislau SAMOILAU | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
103 | Rudy BARBIER | ROUBAIX LILLE METROPOLE | s.t. |
104 | Benoît SINNER | L'ARMEE DE TERRE | s.t. |
105 | Sebastián MOLANO | COLOMBIA | s.t. |
106 | Jens VANDENBOGAERDE | AN POST - CHAINREACTION | s.t. |
107 | Kevin VAN MELSEN | WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
108 | Ryan MULLEN | AN POST - CHAINREACTION | s.t. |
109 | Jerome MAINARD | L'ARMEE DE TERRE | s.t. |
110 | Maxime DANIEL | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
111 | Alexandre BLAIN | TEAM MARSEILLE 13 KTM | s.t. |
112 | Pierre GOUAULT | AUBER 93 | s.t. |
113 | Lloyd MONDORY | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
114 | Gregory HABEAUX | WALLONIE - BRUXELLES | s.t. |
115 | Anthony GESLIN | FDJ | s.t. |
116 | Mateusz TACIAK | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
117 | Alistair SLATER | AN POST - CHAINREACTION | s.t. |
118 | Anthony TURGIS | COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS | s.t. |
119 | Benoît VAUGRENARD | FDJ | s.t. |
120 | Oliver NAESEN | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE | s.t. |
121 | * Bert VAN LERBERGHE | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE | s.t. |
122 | Kris BOECKMANS | LOTTO SOUDAL | s.t. |
123 | Eliot LIETAER | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE | s.t. |
124 | Miguel Angel BENITO | CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA | s.t. |
125 | Jean-Marc BIDEAU | BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT | s.t. |
Francesco VAN COPPERNOLLE | VERANCLASSIC - EKOI | Abandon | |
Gorik GARDEYN | VERANCLASSIC - EKOI | Abandon | |
Michael VAN STAEYEN | COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS | Abandon | |
Alexander MAES | AN POST - CHAINREACTION | Abandon | |
Eoin MCCARTHY | AN POST - CHAINREACTION | Abandon | |
Roy JANS | WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT | Abandon | |
Thomas WERTZ | WALLONIE - BRUXELLES | Abandon | |
Marek RUTKIEWICZ | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | Abandon | |
Alexis GOUGEARD | AG2R LA MONDIALE | Abandon | |
Yohann GENE | TEAM EUROPCAR | Abandon | |
Robin STENUIT | VERANCLASSIC - EKOI | Abandon | |
Timothy DUPONT | ROUBAIX LILLE METROPOLE | Abandon | |
Edwig CAMMAERTS | VERANCLASSIC - EKOI | Abandon | |
Romain PILLON | ROUBAIX LILLE METROPOLE | Abandon | |
Antoine DUCHESNE | TEAM EUROPCAR | Abandon | |
Stefan SCHUMACHER | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | Abandon | |
Sébastien ROSSELER | VERANCLASSIC - EKOI | Abandon | |
Justin JULES | VERANCLASSIC - EKOI | Abandon |
All photos are by Sirotti
Cofidis is presented before the race's start.
Ag2r
Romain Bardet heads to the start.
Davide Rebellin is 43 and is still racing at a very high level. He won the Giro d'Emilia last year.
It takes a lot to keep a team on the road, buses, cars, bikes....
And it's about time to race.
Pierre Rolland rolls off the start line.
Well before the line Pim Ligthart is surging ahead.
And he has it.
After the race, Ligthart's face shows his joy at winning.
Race winner Pim Ligthart
Second place Kenneth Van Bilsen
The podium, from left: Kenneth Van Bilsen, Pim Ligthart and Antoine Demoite
2015 map
COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
Directeur sportif: JONROND Jean-Luc
1 Kenneth VAN BILSEN
2 Gert JOEAAR
3 Christophe LAPORTE
4 Cyril LEMOINE
5 Rudy MOLARD
6 Stéphane ROSSETTO
7 Anthony TURGIS
8 Michael VAN STAEYEN
FDJ
Directeur sportif: MADIOT Yvon
11 Arnaud COURTEILLE
12 Kenny ELISSONDE
13 Anthony GESLIN
14 Thibaut PINOT
15 Kévin REZA
16 Anthony ROUX
17 Benoît VAUGRENARD
18 Arthur VICHOT
AUBER 93
Directeur sportif: JAVALET Stéphane
21 Flavien DASSONVILLE
22 Pierre GOUAULT
23 Julien GUAY
24 Alo JAKIN
25 Anthony MALDONADO
26 David MENUT
27 Steven TRONET
28 Théo VIMPERE
ROUBAIX LILLE METROPOLE
Directeur sportif: DELCAMBRE Frédéric
31 Julien ANTOMARCHI
32 Rudy BARBIER
33 Dieter BOUVRY
34 Thomas DAMUSEAU
35 Timothy DUPONT
36 Jeremy LEVEAU
37 Romain PILLON
38 Baptiste PLANCKAERT
TEAM MARSEILLE 13 KTM
Directeur sportif:
41 Clement SAINT MARTIN
42 Benjamin GIRAUD
43 Julien LOUBET
44 Alexandre BLAIN
45 Julien EL FARES
46 Yoann PAILLOT
47 Evaldas SISKEVICIUS
48 Rémy DI GREGORIO
BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
Directeur sportif: HUBERT Emmanuel
51 Jean-Marc BIDEAU
52 Matthieu BOULO
53 Romain FEILLU
54 Jonathan HIVERT
55 Florian VACHON
56 Christophe LABORIE
57 Benoit JARRIER
58 Kevin LEDANOIS
TEAM EUROPCAR
Directeur sportif: MOTTIER Ismaël
61 Giovanni BERNAUDEAU
62 Jerome COUSIN
63 Antoine DUCHESNE
64 Cyril GAUTIER
65 Yohann GENE
66 Romain GUILLEMOIS
67 Bryan NAULLEAU
68 Perrig QUEMENEUR
AG2R LA MONDIALE
Directeur sportifs: GOUBERT Stéphane
71 Romain BARDET
72 Christophe RIBLON
73 Hubert DUPONT
74 Mikael CHEREL
75 Maxime DANIEL
76 Quentin JAUREGUI
77 Pierre-Roger LATOUR
78 Lloyd MONDORY
EQUIPE CYCLISTE DE L ARMEE DE TERRE
Directeur sportif: CASPER Jimmy
81 Yann GUYOT
82 Benoît SINNER
83 Julien DUVAL
84 Romain COMBAUD
85 Jerome MAINARD
86 Jimmy RAIBAUD
87 Yoann BARBAS
88 Quentin PACHER
CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA
Directeur sportif: GOIKOETXEA Eugenio
91 Javier Francisco ARAMENDIA LORENTE
92 Carlos BARBERO CUESTA
93 Pello BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA
94 Hugh CARTHY
95 Fabricio FERRARI BARCELO
96 Omar FRAILE
97 Fernando GRIJALBA
98 Amets TXURRUKA
LOTTO SOUDAL
Directeur sportif: AERTS Mario
101 Sander ARMEE
102 Tiesj BENOOT
103 Vegard BREEN
104 Tony GALLOPIN
105 Pim LIGTHART
106 Maxime MONFORT
107 Boris VALLEE
108 Dean VANEVENBERT
TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE
Directeur sportif: PLANCKAERT Walter
111 Floris DE TIER
112 Pieter JACOBS
113 Oliver NAESEN
114 Edward THEUNS
115 Eliot LIETAER
116 Thomas SPRENGERS
117 Jens WALLAYS
118 Arthur VAN OVERBERGHE
COLOMBIA
Directeur sportif: TEBALDI Valerio
121 Edwin Alcibiades AVILA VANEGAS
122 Jorge Camilo CASTIBLANCO CUBIDES
123 Fabio Andres DUARTE AREVALO
124 Leonardo Fabio DUQUE
125 Sebastián MOLANO
126 Walter Fernando PEDRAZA MORALES
127 Carlos Mario RAMIREZ BOTERO
128 Juan Pablo VALENCIA
VERANCLASSIC - EKOI
Directeur sportif: TEIRLINCK Willy
131 Sébastien ROSSELER
132 Edwig CAMMAERTS
133 Robin STENUIT
134 Justin JULES
135 Melvin RULLIERE
136 Thomas VAUBOURZEIX
137 Dirk FINDERS
138 Gorik GARDEYN
WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
Directeur sportif: VAN DER SCHUEREN Hilaire
141 Jérôme BAUGNIES
142 Jan GHYSELINCK
143 Roy JANS
144 Björn LEUKEMANS
145 Marco MARCATO
146 James VANLANDSCHOOT
147 Kevin VAN MELSEN
148 Frederik VEUCHELEN
AN POST - CHAINREACTION
Directeurs sportifs :
151 Aidis KRUOPIS
152 Paulius SISKEVICIUS
153 Jack WILSON
154 Xandro MEURISSE
155 Ryan MULLEN
156 Alistair SLALER
157 Conor DUNNE
158 Jens VANDENBOGAERDE
CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE
Directeur sportif: KRAJEWSKI Robert
161 Tomasz KIENDYS
162 Adrian KUREK
163 Nikolay MIHAYLOV
164 Davide REBELLIN
165 Marek RUTKIEWICZ
166 Branislau SAMOILAU
167 Grzegorz STEPNIAK
168 Mateusz TACIAK
WALLONIE - BRUXELLES
Directeur sportif: AMORISON Frédéric
171 Sébastien DELFOSSE
172 Kevin ISTA
173 Gregory HABEAUX
174 Antoine WARNIER
175 Thomas WERTZ
176 Tom DERNIES
177 Olivier CHEVALIER
178 Antoine DEMOITIE