2019 GP de Fourmies-Le Voix du Nord (HC), France
87th edition: Sunday (Dimanche), September 8, 2019
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Fourmies - Fourmies, 205 km
Pascal Ackermann wins in Fourmies
Weather at the start/finish city of Fourmies at 2:00 PM, local time: 15C (59F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the north-northwest at 16 km/hr (10 mph). There are occassional showers which should end by mid-afternoon.
The race: Here's the report from winner Pascal Ackermann's Bora-hansgrohe team:
The 87th edition of the French one-day race featured a 205 km-long parcours around Fourmies in the north of France. The route contained seven ascents, and as these were not particularly demanding, this left the race finale to come down to the fast men. After an hour in the saddle, a group of nine was able to ride up the road and establish the break of the day, yet they were never able to stretch the elastic beyond 2:30 minutes. BORA - hansgrohe rode attentively in the field and positioned itself amongst the front end of the peloton to control the tempo.
As a consequence, the deficit of the field to the breakaway had been reduced to less than a minute in the last third of the course, and several of the leaders gradually found themselves forced to fall back. The final 10 km saw a series of attacks from the peloton, but BORA - hansgrohe was instrumental in neutralising these, and a few kilometres later, the breakaway was also finally reeled back.
The finale was marred by a crash in the finishing straight, which Pascal Ackermann managed to avoid, and as such he was able to maintain his position. Pulling past his competitors with a huge turn of speed, the German took the win in Fourmies and with that, celebrated his tenth victory of this season.
From the finish line:
“I’m extremely happy to have been able to defend my title here. It was a very hard race and my teammates put in a lot of work to pull back the numerous attacks before the finale, for which I’d like to thank them very much. I knew that we lined up at this race with a very strong team and of course it’s nice to be able to reward them with the win. I think that I’ve also shown that I’m in good form, and so I hope to be selected for the World Championships.” – Pascal Ackermann
“The race went much like yesterday. The team was in control for most of the day and in the end, pulled of an amazing performance. In the finale, the guys brought Pascal into a perfect position, which enabled him to launch an extremely strong sprint. Today everything went according to plan, and we’re of course very satisfied with our weekend in Belgium and France.” – André Schulze, Sports Director
Complete results:
205 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.934 km/hr
| 1 | ACKERMANN Pascal | Bora-hansgrohe | 4hr 46min 29sec |
| 2 | PHILIPSEN Jasper | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 3 | VAN POPPEL Boy | Roompot-Charles | s.t. |
| 4 | ÁVILA Edwin | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 5 | BARBIER Pierre | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 6 | STUYVEN Jasper | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 7 | CIMA Imerio | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 8 | CAPIOT Amaury | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 9 | DUVAL Julien | Ag2r La Mondiale | @ 3sec |
| 10 | HOFSTETTER Hugo | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 11 | KRISTOFF Alexander | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 12 | APPOLLONIO Davide | Amore & Vita-Prodir | 0:06 |
| 13 | BARBIER Rudy | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 14 | PLANCKAERT Baptiste | Wallonie-Bruxelles | s.t. |
| 15 | PACIONI Luca | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 16 | JULLIEN Anthony | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 17 | VELASCO Simone | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 18 | JONES Brenton | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
| 19 | VERMEULEN Emiel | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 20 | QUINCEY Scott | IAM Excelsior | s.t. |
| 21 | PAGE Dylan | IAM Excelsior | s.t. |
| 22 | PERON Andrea | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 23 | FEILLU Romain | St Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 24 | KURIANOV Stepan | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 25 | GAUTIER Cyril | Vital Concept-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 26 | BONIFAZIO Niccolò | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 27 | DE VREESE Laurens | Astana | s.t. |
| 28 | MINALI Riccardo | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 29 | GOLDSTEIN Roy | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 30 | PORSEV Alexander | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 31 | SCHWARZMANN Michael | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 32 | KULIKOVSKIY Alexandr | Gazprom-RusVelo | 0:12 |
| 33 | MALDONADO Anthony | St Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 34 | BOEV Igor | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 35 | VIVIANI Attilio | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 36 | VANDENBERGH Stijn | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 37 | MARENGO Umberto | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 38 | REINDERS Elmar | Roompot-Charles | s.t. |
| 39 | KUSZTOR Péter | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 40 | BOYER Kevin | Amore & Vita-Prodir | s.t. |
| 41 | WIRTGEN Tom | Wallonie-Bruxelles | s.t. |
| 42 | LIVYNS Arjen | Roompot-Charles | s.t. |
| 43 | DE VYLDER Lindsay | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 44 | RIKUNOV Petr | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 45 | KULIKOV Vladislav | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 46 | DE DECKER Alfdan | Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 47 | DÉMARE Arnaud | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 48 | MOSCHETTI Matteo | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 49 | SOUPE Geoffrey | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 50 | GABBURO Davide | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 51 | LONARDI Giovanni | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 52 | LIENHARD Fabian | IAM Excelsior | s.t. |
| 53 | MASSON Christophe | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 54 | TRARIEUX Julien | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
| 55 | PELLAUD Simon | IAM Excelsior | s.t. |
| 56 | CANOLA Marco | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 0:19 |
| 57 | ISTA Kevyn | Wallonie-Bruxelles | s.t. |
| 58 | DELACROIX Theo | Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 59 | SINKELDAM Ramon | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 60 | GREGAARD Jonas | Astana | s.t. |
| 61 | RENARD Alexis | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 62 | OURSELIN Paul | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 63 | THOMINET Camille | St Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 64 | LE CUNFF Kévin | St Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 65 | SCHILLINGER Andreas | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 66 | SELIG Rüdiger | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 67 | COURTEILLE Arnaud | Vital Concept-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 68 | FERASSE Thibault | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 69 | BRUNEL Alexys | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 70 | MINNAARD Marco | Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 71 | MORICE Julien | Vital Concept-B&B Hotels | 0:24 |
| 72 | BRAND Sam | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 73 | HENTTALA Joonas | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 74 | HÄNNINEN Jaakko | Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:26 |
| 75 | CIMA Damiano | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 76 | SCHÄPPI Martin | IAM Excelsior | s.t. |
| 77 | LOZANO David | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 78 | GRUZDEV Dmitriy | Astana | s.t. |
| 79 | LIETAER Eliot | Wallonie-Bruxelles | s.t. |
| 80 | DUIJN Huub | Roompot-Charles | s.t. |
| 81 | DEBEAUMARCHÉ Nicolas | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 82 | LAMMERTINK Maurits | Roompot-Charles | s.t. |
| 83 | QUARTERMAN Charlie | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 84 | FRAME Alex | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 85 | VISCONTI Giovanni | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | 0:32 |
| 86 | BONNAMOUR Franck | Arkea-Samsic | 0:35 |
| 87 | LEMOINE Cyril | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 88 | FINÉ Eddy | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 89 | WEEMAES Sasha | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 90 | DELETTRE Alexandre | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
| 91 | GUICHARD Mickaël | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
| 92 | SAGAN Juraj | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 93 | HUYS Laurens | Wallonie-Bruxelles | s.t. |
| 94 | RAGGIO Luca | Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 95 | HIVERT Jonathan | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 96 | SANTAROMITA Ivan | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 97 | DE BIE Sean | Roompot-Charles | s.t. |
| 98 | PICHON Laurent | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 99 | MOLLY Kenny | Wallonie-Bruxelles | s.t. |
| 100 | TIZZA Marco | Amore & Vita-Prodir | s.t. |
| 101 | OSORIO Alejandro | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 102 | DERNIES Tom | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 103 | TULIK Angelo | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 104 | HUREL Tony | St Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 105 | FERRARI Roberto | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 106 | GROSU Eduard | Delko-Marseille Provence | s.t. |
| 107 | COQUARD Bryan | Vital Concept-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 108 | LAENGEN Vegard | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 109 | BOHLI Tom | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 110 | REZA Kévin | Vital Concept-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 111 | LE GAC Olivier | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 112 | BALDO Nicolas | St Michel-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 113 | NAULEAU Bryan | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 114 | RIESEBEEK Oscar | Roompot-Charles | s.t. |
| 115 | COUSIN Jérôme | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 116 | CLAEYS Dimitri | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 117 | EARLE Nathan | Israel Cycling Academy | 0:47 |
| 118 | BERNARD Julien | Trek-Segafredo | 0:59 |
| 119 | CORT Magnus | Astana | 1:03 |
| 120 | PEDERSEN Mads | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 121 | KONOVALOVAS Ignatas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 122 | GREIPEL André | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 123 | VAN WINDEN Dennis | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 124 | LEROUX Samuel | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | 1:21 |
| 125 | SISKEVICIUS Evaldas | Delko-Marseille Provence | 1:31 |
| 126 | KOBERNYAK Evgeny | Gazprom-RusVelo | 1:59 |
| 127 | PAASSCHENS Mathijs | Wallonie-Bruxelles | 2:39 |
| 128 | DUCHESNE Antoine | Groupama-FDJ | 2:57 |
| 129 | JARRIER Benoît | Arkea-Samsic | 3:29 |
| 130 | RUSSO Clément | Arkea-Samsic | s.t. |
| 131 | WELTEN Bram | Arkea-Samsic | 3:32 |
| 132 | BOUHANNI Nacer | Cofidis | 3:41 |
| 133 | GATTO Oscar | Bora-hansgrohe | 3:54 |
| 134 | ANSONS Kristers | Amore & Vita-Prodir | s.t. |
| 135 | GUERIN Alexis | Delko-Marseille Provence | 5:10 |
| 136 | COSNEFROY Benoît | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 137 | DALLA VALLE Nicolas | UAE-Team Emirates | 5:12 |
| 138 | PLANET Charles | Novo Nordisk | 6:16 |
| 139 | IDJOUADIENE Pierre | Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | 9:08 |
| 140 | BEERS Matthew | UAE-Team Emirates | 10:51 |
| 141 | ACOSTA Ruben Dario | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 142 | ROSINI Rubens | Amore & Vita-Prodir | s.t. |
| 143 | KAMSTRA Brian | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
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