The 2021 Mercan'Tour Classic Alpes-Maritimes was the inaugural edition of the
Mercan'Tour Classic Alpes-Maritimes road cycling one day race, which took place in the
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department in southeastern
France
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on 24 May 2021. It was rated as a category
1.1 race on the
2021 UCI Europe Tour
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Throughout t ...
. The long race started in
Saint-Sauveur-sur-Tinée
Saint-Sauveur-sur-Tinée (, literally ''Saint-Sauveur on Tinée''; Vivaro-Alpine: ''Sant Sarvaor''; it, San Salvatore di Tinea) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
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and finished atop the summit of the
Col de Valberg.
The race was won by
Guillaume Martin of , who soloed away to victory on the final climb and finished 1 minute and 42 seconds ahead of the next two riders,
Aurélien Paret-Peintre
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and
Bruno Armirail, with the former winning the sprint for second.
Teams
Four
UCI WorldTeam
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s, seven
UCI ProTeams, and five
UCI Continental
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teams made up the sixteen teams that participated in the race. Teams could enter up to seven riders each, but many decided not to do so. Five teams (, , , , and ) fielded only six riders each, and three other teams (, , and ) fielded only five each, while the remaining eight fielded the maximum number allowed.
Of the 100 riders to start the race, only 47 riders finished, with a further three finishing over the time limit.
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Result
References
External links
* {{official website, https://mercantourclassic.com/en/
Mercan'Tour Classic Alpes-Maritimes
Mercan'Tour Classic Alpes-Maritimes
Mercan'Tour Classic Alpes-Maritimes