The 2022 Grand Prix Cycliste de Marseille La Marseillaise was the 43rd edition of the

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one-day road cycling race. It was held on 30 January 2022 as a category 1.1 race on the

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, and as the first event of the 2022 French Road Cycling Cup. The race took place in and around

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in southeastern France, starting from the village of in the northeastern part of the city and finishing in downtown Marseille next to the Stade Vélodrome. The race course was undulating, with nine marked climbs along the route totalling approximately of elevation. Three of these climbs, the , the , and the

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, offered points for the mountains classification for the first three riders to crest their respective summits. The last climb, the , crested with left before a downhill run-in to the finish line. In the finishing sprint,

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took his first professional victory, sprinting out of the slipstream of

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, who held on for second.

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, who had been one of the first to start his sprint, was passed by

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for third, but managed to hold off fast-finishing Benoît Cosnefroy, winner of the 2020 edition, for fourth.

Teams

Nine of the 18

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s, eight

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s, and four

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teams made up the 21 teams that participated in the race. All but three of these teams entered a full squad of seven riders. and each entered six riders, while entered five. had originally entered six riders as well, but

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was forced to withdraw due to a positive

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test result days before the race. was reduced to six riders with one non-starter, while was reduced to five riders with two non-starters. In total, 140 riders started the race, of which 130 finished. UCI WorldTeams * * * * * * * * * UCI ProTeams * * * * * * * * UCI Continental Teams * * * *

Result

References

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