The 2022 Grand Prix de Denain – Porte du Hainaut was the 63rd edition of the

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one-day road cycling race. It was held on 17 March 2022 as a category 1.Pro race on the

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calendar. It was also the second event of the 2022 French Road Cycling Cup. After the 2021 edition was postponed to September by COVID-19 precautions, the race returned to its usual spring timeslot. The race, which was long, took place in and around

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in northern France. After riders covered a circuit to the north of Denain and made the first passage across the finish line, they then took on a larger, circuit to the south of Denain. After their second passage across the finish line, riders completed two laps of a circuit that featured of cobblestones spread across six sections. The last of these sections, from

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, concluded before the finish line. Early in the stage, a five-rider group went off the front to establish the main breakaway of the race. With around left, the group began to break up while in the peloton behind, there were several attacks to try and bridge the gap, but the peloton absorbed all of the escapees with around left. Shortly thereafter, the trio of

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, and Ben Turner launched another break, and they were joined by

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() and

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(). The quintet established a maximum lead of around half a minute before and took control at the front of the peloton to close the gap. With under left, the lead group was brought back by the peloton; Narváez tried another attack but was brought back inside the final kilometre. In the final sprint,

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led out the sprint before

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emerged from his slipstream in the final and held off

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for the win.

Teams

Eight of the 18

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s, eight UCI ProTeams, and four

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teams made up the 20 teams that participated in the race. Eight teams did not enter a full squad of seven riders; , , , , , and each entered six riders, while and each entered five riders. In total, 130 riders started the race, of which 90 finished. UCI WorldTeams * * * * * * * * UCI ProTeams * * * * * * * * UCI Continental Teams * * * *

Result

References

Sources

External links

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