Once again, it is the Marseille Cycling Grand Prix La Marseillaise which will mark the start of the French cycling season on February 2. For its 47th edition, the race will take the runners 164 kilometers and they will connect two districts of Marseille: after a start on the Estaque side, the finish will be judged in Luminy. A departure north of Marseille, an arrival in the south, “a great success of the 2024 edition, renewed this year, which unites the city“according to Vincent Didelot the moderator of the test. Runners will have to climb the Pas de la Couelle, the Col de l'Espigoullier, the Côte des Crêtes and of course, the Col de la Gineste, the last climb on the program to hope to succeed Kevin Enjoyswinner in 2024.
Video – Kevin Geniets won the 2024 edition
Safety and respect for the environment
Winner of the Challenge de la Française des Jeux au cycling for its commitment to recycling bicycles and the transmission of cycling values, the Marseillaise Cycling Grand Prix also ensures the safety of the runners: “Organizing a road race is complicatedaffirms Pierre Guille the president of the race. We have no room for error. This is why we recruited a UCI commissioner, Sven Calus, as race director, and Jonathan Birou, a firefighter specializing in sporting events, as security director. The safety of the public and runners is our priority“.
Beautiful people expected at the start
If the starlist has not yet been officially announced, the organization has published on its Facebook page the expected lineups for the 20 teams present at the start. We can find the outgoing winner Kevin Geniets (Groupama-FDJ), Kevin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B&B Hotels), winner of the 2nd stage of the Tour de France 2024, Axel Laurance (INEOS Grenadiers) or the winner of the Walloon Arrow 2022 Dylan Teuns (Cofidis) and Victor Lafay (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) also winner of the 2nd stage of the Tour de France but in 2023. The race will be followed on Sunday February 2 live from 4 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. on France 3 PACA and France 3 Aquitaine as well as on the Eurosport channels.
The teams involved:
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Alpecin – Deceuninck
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Arkéa – B&B Hotels
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Beltrami TSA Tre Colli
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Burgos Burpellet BH
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Rural Bank – RGA Insurance
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CIC – U – Nantes
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Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
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Euskaltel – Euskadi
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Team Flanders – Baloise
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Groupama – FDJ
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INEOS Grenadiers
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Kern Pharma Team
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Lotto
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Nice Métropole Côte d’Azur
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St Michel – Preference Home – Auber93
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Team TotalEnergies
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Unibet Tietema Rockets
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By Rysel Roubaix
