Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise

Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise

Race details
Date	Early-February
Region	South France
Local name(s)	Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise (in French)
Discipline	Road race
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	One-day
Organiser	La Marseillaise
History
First edition	1980 (1980)
Editions	38 (as of 2017)
First winner	Leo van Vliet (NED)
Most wins	Eddy Planckaert (BEL)  Edwig Van Hooydonck (BEL)  Baden Cooke (AUS) (2 times)
Most recent	Arthur Vichot (FRA)

Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in February around the city of Marseille, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is usually the first race of the European calendar, one day before the stage-race Étoile de Bessèges, which is held in the same region.

Winners

		Rider	Team
1980	NED !	Vliet, Leo vanLeo van Vliet (NED)	TI–Raleigh
1981	BEL !	Bogaert, JanJan Bogaert (BEL)	Vermeer Thijs
1982	FRA !	Hinault, BernardBernard Hinault (FRA)	Renault-Elf
1983	NED !	Raas, JanJan Raas (NED)	TI–Raleigh
1984	BEL !	Planckaert, EddyEddy Planckaert (BEL)	Panasonic–Raleigh
1985	FRA !	Mottet, CharlyCharly Mottet (FRA)	Renault-Elf
1986	BEL !	Planckaert, EddyEddy Planckaert (BEL)	Panasonic–Merckx–Agu
1987	DEN !	Weltz, JohnnyJohnny Weltz (DEN)	Fagor
1988	NED !	Wijnands, AdAd Wijnands (NED)	Superconfex–Yoko–Opel–Colnago
1989	FRA !	Claveyrolat, ThierryThierry Claveyrolat (FRA)	RMO
1990	BEL !	Wilde, Etienne DeEtienne De Wilde (BEL)	Histor-Sigma
1991	BEL !	Hooydonck, Edwig VanEdwig Van Hooydonck (BEL)	Buckler–Colnago–Decca
1992	BEL !	Hooydonck, Edwig VanEdwig Van Hooydonck (BEL)	Buckler–Colnago–Decca
1993	FRA !	Rous, DidierDidier Rous (FRA)	GAN
1994	FRA !	Delion, GillesGilles Delion (FRA)	Castorama
1995	BEL !	Hennebert, StephaneStéphane Hennebert (BEL)	Le Groupement
1996	ITA !	Fontanelli, FabianoFabiano Fontanelli (ITA)	MG Maglificio–Technogym
1997	FRA !	Virenque, RichardRichard Virenque (FRA)	Festina–Lotus
1998	ITA !	Saligari, MarcoMarco Saligari (ITA)	Casino–Ag2r
1999	BEL !	Vandenbroucke, FrankFrank Vandenbroucke (BEL)	Cofidis
2000	FRA !	Magnien, EmmanuelEmmanuel Magnien (FRA)	Française des Jeux
2001	DEN !	Piil, JacobJacob Piil (DEN)	CSC–Tiscali
2002	FRA !	Jan, XavierXavier Jan (FRA)	BigMat-Auber 93
2003	BEL !	Dierckxsens, LudoLudo Dierckxsens (BEL)	Landbouwkrediet–Colnago
2004	AUS !	Cooke, BadenBaden Cooke (AUS)	FDJeux.com
2005	DEN !	Sorensen, NickiNicki Sørensen (DEN)	Team CSC
2006	AUS !	Cooke, BadenBaden Cooke (AUS)	Unibet.com
2007	GBR !	Hunt, JeremyJeremy Hunt (GBR)	Unibet.com
2008	FRA !	Duclos Lassalle, HerveHervé Duclos-Lassalle (FRA)	Cofidis
2009[1]	FRA !	Pauriol, RemiRémi Pauriol (FRA)	Cofidis
2010	FRA !	Hivert, JonathanJonathan Hivert (FRA)	Saur–Sojasun
2011	FRA !	Roy, JérémyJérémy Roy (FRA)	FDJ
2012	FRA !	Dumoulin, SamuelSamuel Dumoulin (FRA)	Cofidis
2013	FRA !	Jules, JustinJustin Jules (FRA)	La Pomme Marseille
2014	BEL !	Vanbilsen, KennethKenneth Vanbilsen (BEL)	Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise
2015	NED !	Ligthart, PimPim Ligthart (NED)	Lotto–Soudal
2016	BEL !	Devenyns, DriesDries Devenyns (BEL)	IAM Cycling
2017	FRA !	Vichot, ArthurArthur Vichot (FRA)	FDJ

Winners by Nationality

# of Victories	Country
15	France
11	Belgium
4	Netherlands
3	Denmark
2	Australia
2	Italy
1	United Kingdom

References

External links

• Official website (in French)