2019 Paris-Bourges (1.1), France

69th edition: Thursday, October 10, 2019

Paris-Bourges podium history | 2018 edition | 2021 edition (race not run in 2020)

Gien - Bourges, 193.9 km (Gien is about 65 kilometers south of Paris)

Marc Sarreau wins in Bourges.

Weather at the finish city of Bourges at 2:00 PM, local time: 19C (64F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the west-southwest at 16 km/hr (10 mph). 10% chance of rain during the afternoon.

The race: Here's the report from the Sunweb Development Team.

Development Team Sunweb were in action today at Paris-Bourges; a tough race that features several short but sharp climbs throughout it’s 193 kilometre long route, before a flatter finale. Departing from Gien, the racing was intense at the start of the day with numerous teams looking to be present in the break. However, it didn’t take too long for the move to form and a group of four to get clear of the bunch.

The race then settled into a rhythm as those ahead quickly built up a large advantage of over seven minutes, before the peloton started to set tempo and begin the chase. The gap remained steady but as the hills in the middle of the day became more frequent, the breakaway’s advantage started to drop dramatically. Soon the race was back together before the peloton fragmented over the numerous hills, with Nils Eekhoff, Leon Heinschke and Tim Naberman in the front group. However, yet another increase in pace saw the bunch split even further in the crosswinds with only Eekhoff left in the main peloton.

A group of 13 escaped at that point but the peloton soon got organised and brought back their one minute gap within the final ten kilometres, setting up a fast finale. In the sprint Eekhoff started his effort a little far back, ending the day with a solid ninth place after what was a hard day of racing.

“It was controlled for quite a long time today but then on the climb after 125 kilometres the race completely exploded,” explained Eekhoff at the finish. “The pace stayed high afterwards and there were even echelons. I managed to make it the main group of around 35 riders after the guys did some good work and in the end it was a sprint finish. I came up a bit short in the finale after starting my effort from a little too far back but I’m satisfied with the ninth place.”

Team Sunweb coach Sebastian Deckert added: “It was quiet today until the climbs where it split. On the top of some of the climbs it was windy and the race split even more and we had Nils in the main front group. In the last ten kilometres they caught the breakaway and the day ended in a reduced bunch sprint where Nils finished in the top ten. It was a solid race for us, with some good teamwork and now we’re looking forward to some recovery before the last race of the year at Paris-Tours.”

Complete Results:

193.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.551 km/hr

1	Marc Sarreau	Groupama-FDJ	4hr 46min 54sec
2	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
3	Amaury Capiot	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
4	Andrea Pasqualon	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
5	Colin Stüssi	Vorarlberg-Santic	s.t.
6	Anthony Turgis	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
7	Evaldas Šiškevicius	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
8	Pierre Barbier	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
9	Nils Eekhoff	Sunweb Development Team	s.t.
10	Bert De Backer	Vital Concept-B&B Hotels	s.t.
11	Aksel Nõmmela	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
12	Anthony Maldonado	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
13	Gediminas Bagdonas	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
14	Julien Duval	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
15	Clément Venturini	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
16	Fernando Barceló	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
17	Mikel Aristi	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
18	Lionel Taminiaux	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
19	Thimo Willems	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
20	Geoffrey Soupe	Cofidis	s.t.
21	Tom Devriendt	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
22	Aimé De Gendt	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
23	Julien Trarieux	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
24	Roland Thalmann	Vorarlberg-Santic	s.t.
25	Fabien Doubey	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
26	Anthony Delaplace	Arkea-Samsic	s.t.
27	Franck Bonnamour	Arkea-Samsic	s.t.
28	Mathieu Burgaudeau	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
29	Kévin Ledanois	Arkea-Samsic	s.t.
30	Julien Simon	Cofidis	s.t.
31	Quentin Jauregui	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
32	Christophe Masson	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
33	Mauro Finetto	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
34	Romain Combaud	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
35	Samuel Leroux	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
36	Tony Hurel	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
37	Jonathan Hivert	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
38	Joel Suter	Akros-Thömus	@ 7sec
39	Alexis Guérin	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
40	Alo Jakin	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
41	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
42	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
43	Yoann Paillot	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
44	Camille Thominet	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
45	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
46	Alessandro Fedeli	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
47	Clément Carisey	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
48	Niki Terpstra	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
49	Tom Dernies	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
50	Thomas Sprengers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	18''
51	Mathijs Paasschens	Wallonie-Bruxelles	23''
52	Thibault Ferasse	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	27''
53	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	28''
54	Cyril Lemoine	Cofidis	s.t.
55	Krists Neilands	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
56	Mikel Iturria	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	43''
57	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	50''
58	Kevyn Ista	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
59	Damien Touzé	Cofidis	1' 08''
60	Ramunas Navardauskas	Delko-Marseille Provence	1' 15''
61	Franklin Six	Wallonie-Bruxelles	3' 01''
62	Pier-André Côté	Rally-UHC	10' 31''
63	Rudy Barbier	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
64	Adam De Vos	Rally-UHC	s.t.
65	Robin Carpenter	Rally-UHC	s.t.
66	Colin Joyce	Rally-UHC	s.t.
67	Luke Mudgway	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
68	Julien Morice	Vital Concept-B&B Hotels	s.t.
69	Aaron Gate	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
70	Tom Thill	Team Differdange-GeBa	s.t.
71	Guy Sagiv	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
72	Christophe Noppe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
73	Wesley Mol	Team Differdange-GeBa	s.t.
74	Daire Feeley	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
75	Kevin Deltombe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
76	Juan López-Cózar	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
77	Théo Delacroix	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
78	Tim Naberman	Sunweb Development Team	s.t.
79	Pierre Idjouadienne	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
80	Adrien Petit	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
81	Kenny Molly	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
82	Attilio Viviani	Cofidis	s.t.
83	Filippo Fortin	Cofidis	s.t.
84	Silvan Dillier	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
85	Aaron Kearney	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
86	Manuel Zobrist	Akros-Thömus	s.t.
87	Jonas Döring	Akros-Thömus	s.t.
88	Jeroen Pattyn	Team Differdange-GeBa	s.t.
89	Davide Orrico	Vorarlberg-Santic	s.t.
90	Kévin Reza	Vital Concept-B&B Hotels	s.t.
91	Alexis Renard	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
92	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-Samsic	s.t.
93	Mickaël Delage	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
94	Leon Heinschke	Sunweb Development Team	s.t.
95	Nicolas Baldo	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
96	Lukas Meiler	Vorarlberg-Santic	s.t.
97	Conor Dunne	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
98	Lorrenzo Manzin	Vital Concept-B&B Hotels	s.t.
99	Jérôme Cousin	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
100	Ludovic Robeet	Wallonie-Bruxelles	s.t.
101	Timothy Dupont	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
102	Adrien Garel	Vital Concept-B&B Hotels	s.t.
103	Brice Feillu	Arkea-Samsic	s.t.
104	Emiel Vermeulen	Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole	s.t.
105	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
106	Florian Vachon	Arkea-Samsic	s.t.
107	Laurent Pichon	Arkea-Samsic	s.t.
108	Sergio Rodríguez	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
109	Davide Appollonio	Amore & Vita-Prodir	s.t.
110	Marco Tizza	Amore & Vita-Prodir	s.t.
111	Stijn Vandenbergh	Ag2r La Mondiale	14' 56''
112	Preben Van Hecke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	17' 19''
113	Balázs Rózsa	Team Differdange-GeBa	s.t.
114	Cyrus Monk	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
115	Toni Franz	Team Differdange-GeBa	17' 28''
116	Peter Koning	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
117	Ludvig Wacker	Sunweb Development Team	s.t.
118	Kyle Murphy	Rally-UHC	s.t.
119	Jan Petelin	Team Differdange-GeBa	17' 45''
120	Romain Feillu	St Michel-Auber 93	17' 46''