Bryan Coquard (Cofidis) surged from the reduced peloton and won the bunch sprint at Grand Prix Cycliste de Marseille La Marseillaise on Sunday.
Steffen De Schuyteneer (Lotto Intermarché) finished a bike length back for second, while Alex Molenaar (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) took third.
With 50km to go in the Grand Prix, approximately 35 riders remained in the main peloton, as a repetition of early attacks both failed to stick, but wore down many sets of legs. As the group approached the uncategorised 4km climb to Le Castellet (4.1%), a split began to form, led by a surge from Unibet Rose Rockets’ Tomáš Kopecký, joined by his teammate Niklas Larsen.
The Unibet Rose Rockets duo was joined by Clément Izquierdo (Cofids), Hugo Houle (Alpecin-Premier Tech), Axel Huens (Groupama-FDJ United), Alex Molenaar (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), and 21-year-old British rider Joseph Brookes (AVC Aix Provence Dole), as well as pairs of riders from Decathlon CMA CGM – Stan Dewulf and Paul Lampiera – and TotalEnergies – Alexandre Delettre and Valentin Retailleau.
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