Bourges – De Lie, Démare, Philipsen… the 71st of Paris-Bourges!
The 71st edition of Paris Gien-Bourges a place this Thursday. Place just before Paris-Tours (Sunday, October 9), the French event of 198 kilometers attends a beautiful plate of sprinters. French Arnaud Demare (Groupama-FDJ) will try to win this race for the first time in his career (2nd in 2013 and 2021). In front of him, we find the defending champion Jordi Meeus and Sam Bennett (BORA-Hansgrohe) – double winner in 2015 and 2016 -, Dylan Groenewegen (BikeExchange Team) Arnaud DeLie (Lotto Soudal), Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Bryan Coquard (Cofidis), Marc Sarreau (Team AG2R Citroën), Pascal Ackerman, Fernando Gaviria (UAE Team Emirates) or Alexander Kristoff (Intermarché-Wanty-Materials Group).
Video – Arnaud Démare will be at the start of Paris-Gien-Bourges 2022
🠆 Victory of @jordimeeus of @BORAhansgrohe #parisbourges pic.twitter.com/rutyVb7NPH
— Paris-Gien-Bourges (@parisbourges) October 7, 2021
The list of entrants
BORA-Hansgrohe
1 MEEUS Jordi
2 BENNETT Sam
4 ARCHBOLD Shane
5 KOCH Jonas
6 LAAS Martin
7 SCHELLING Idea
Groupama-FDJ
11 DEMARE Arnaud
12 KÜNG Stefan
13 ASKEY Lewis
14 DAVY Clement
15 THE GAC Olivier
16 STEWART James
17 SINKELDAM Ramon
AG2R Citroën Team
21 SARREAU Marc
22 NAESEN Olivier
23 GODON Dorian
24 RAUGEL Antoine
25 GAUTHERAT Pierre
26 SCHAR Michel
27 JULIEN Antoine
Cofidis
31 COQUARD Bryan
32 ZINGLE Axel
33 ALLEGAERT Piet
34 FINE Eddy
35 PEREZ Anthony
36 WALLAIS Jelle
Lotto Soudal
41 GILBERT Philippe
42 DE LIE Arnaud
43 CAMPENAERTS Victor
44 DE BUYST Jasper
45 VERMEERSCH Florian
46 FRISON Frederik
47 VAN MOER Brent
Trek-Segafredo
51 GALOPIN Tony
52 THEUNS Edward
53 HOELGAARD Markus
54 HOOLE Daan
55 KIRSCH Alex
56 SKUJINS Toms
57 VERGAERDE Otto
Team BikeExchange-Jayco
62 Jack BAUER
63 MAAS Jan.
64 KONYSHEV Alexander
65 DURBRIDGE Luke
66 FOLDAGER Anders
67 REINDEER Elmar
United Arab Emirates team
71 ACKERMANN Pascal
72 GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando
73 ANDERSEN Kasper
74 BJERG Mikkel
75 GROSS Felix
76 KNIGHT Olivier
77 TROIA Oliviero
B&B Hotels-KTM
81 DOLPHIN Florian
82 BARTHE Cyril
83 FÉRASSE Thibault
84 HEIDEMANN Michel
85 ROLLAND Pierre
86 LIETAER Eliot
87 MOZZA Luca
Team Arkea-Samsic
91 MCLAY Daniel
92 EDET Nicolas
93 DELAPLACE Anthony
94 GRUNDIN Donavan
95 RIOU Alain
96 LOUVEL Matis
97 PICHON Laurent
The TotalEnergies team
101 BOASSON-HAGEN Edvald
102 TERPSTRANiki
103 DUJARDIN Sandy
104 FERRON Valentin
105 BODNAR Maciej
106 MANZIN Lorenzo
107 SOUP Geoffrey
Alpecin-Deceuninck
111 PHILIPSEN Jasper
112 DE BONDT Dry
113 BALLERSTEDT Mauritius
114 DILLIER Silvan
115 THWAITES Scott
116 VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume
117 VERMOTE Julien
Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
121 ANIOLKOWSKI Stanislaw
122 DESAL Ceriel
123 DUPONT Timothy
124 LAUK Karl Patrick
125 REX Laurenz
126 ROBEET Ludovic
127 VIVIANI Attilio
Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
131 HERREGODTS Rune
132 BRAET Vito
133 COLMAN Alex
134 DE WILDE Gilles
135 FRETIN Milano
136 VAN POUCKE Aaron
137 Mary Arne
Go Sport – Roubaix Lille Metropolis
141 JUILLARD Maximilian
142 JARNET Maxime
144 LEVEAU Jeremy
145 MAINGUENAUD Tom
146 VERMEULEN Emiel
147 SISKEVICIUS Evaldas
St Michel-Auber 93
151 MALDONADO Anthony
152 DEBEAU MARKET Nicolas
153 CARDIS Roman
154 DELBOVE Joris
155 MAURELET Flavien
156 GACHIGNARD Thomas
157 VAN NIEKERK Morne
U Nantes Atlantic team
161 DANISH Leo
162 GUEGAN Mael
163 THE TURNIER Mathias
164 MORIN Emmanuel
165 PACK Tom
166 RICHARD Louis
167 JOALLAND Yael
Nice Metropolis French Riviera
171 NARBONNE ZUCCARELLI Axel
172 DELACROIX Tristan
173 COUANON Jonathan
174 GOUBERT John
175 HENNEQUIN Paul
176 MIFSUD Andrea
177 BERLIN Anthony
UNO-X Professional Cycling Team
181 URIANSTAD Martin Bugge
182 BLIKRA Erlend
183 GUDMESTAD Torde
184 HULGAARD Morten
185 LEVY Guillaume
186 KULSET Kristian
187 WAERSTED Syver
EF Education – EasyPost
191 BISSEGGER Stefan
192 DOULL Owain
193 HEALY Ben
194 LANGEVELD Sebastien
195 RUTSCH Jonas
196 TEAM Thomas
197 VAN DEN BERG Marijn
INEOS Grenadiers
201 KWIATKOWSKI Michal
202 RIVERA VARGAS Brandon
205 SWIFT Ben
206 TURNER Ben
207 HEIDUK Kim Alexander
Intermarché-Wanty-Materials Group
211 KRISTOFF Alexander
212 BECOME Tom
213 BYSTROM Sven Erik
214 PAGE Hugo
215 CLAEYS Dimitri
216 PLANCKAERT Baptiste
217 VAN DER HOORN Tacos
Israel-First Tech
221 BIERMANS Jenthe
222 BOISIN Guillaume
223 EINHORN Itamar
224 GEE Derek
225 VAN ASBROECK Tom
226 VANMARCKE Sept.
227 PICKRELL Riley
The route of the 2022 edition
Thursday, October 6: Paris-Bourges (198 km), actual departure at 12.40 p.m., arrival scheduled for 5 p.m.
Difficulties listed
1. Coast of Jars (324m, km 105.8)
2. Côte de Graveron (337m, km 132.6)
3. Côte de La Chapelotte (378m, km 158)
Diffusion
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Palmares
The last ten editions
2021: 1. Jordi Meeus (BEL) 2. Arnaud Demare (FRA) 3. Nicolo Bonifazio (ITA)
2020: edition canceled
2019: 1.Marc Sarreau (FRA) 2. To M Van Asbroeck (BEL) 3. Amaury Capiot (BEL)
2018: 1. Valentin Madouas (FRA) 2. Bryan Coquard (FRA) 3. Christophe Laporte (FRA)
2017: 1. Pierre Barbier (FRA) 2. Marc Sarreau (FRA) 3. Jeremy Lecroq (FRA)
2016: 1. Sam Bennett (IRL) 2. Alexander Porsev (RUS) 3. Pierre Barbier (FRA)
2015 : 1. Sam Bennett (IRL) 2. Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) 3. Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA)
2014 : 1. John Degenkolb (GER) 2. Yauheni Hutarovitch (BLR) 3. Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA)
2013: 1. John Degenkolb (GER) 2. Arnaud Demare (FRA) 3. Samuel Dumoulin (FRA)
2012: 1. Florian Vachon (FRA) 2. Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) 3. John Degenkolb (GER)
2011: 1. Mathew Hayman (Australia) 2. Baden Cooke (Australia) 3. Greg Henderson (NZL)
Highest number of successes
2: Marcel Dusault (ENG / 1948, 1949), Danielle Nardello (ITA / 1995, 1999), Jean Degenkolb (ALL / 2013, 2014), Sam Bennett (IRL / 2015, 2016)
Success by country
46: France
4: Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Ireland