Cycling: route, timetables… Everything you need to know about the 37th Grand Prix de la Somme this Sunday

Brought forward to this Sunday when it had taken place at the beginning of September in 2023, the Grand Prix de la Somme will start from Saint-Valery at noon with a peloton of 20 teams including CC Nogent and the VC Amateur of Saint-Quentin. Winner last year “at home” since he is from the Abbeville region, Bastien Pichon will start with the Nogent team which he joined this season after leaving ESEG Douai.

A 179.1 km route in the west of the department

The 179.1 kilometer route, traced in the west of the department with passages in Abbevilleis and Vimeu, totals more altitude difference than last year and takes certain narrower sectors. Arrival in Cayeux is scheduled from 4:20 p.m.

► The passage times of the race

Sunday April 28

• Signature and presentation of the runners in Saint-Valeryrue Romain Michel from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
• Fictitious departure rue Romain Michel at 12 p.m.
• Actual departure in Pinchefalise (Boismont) at 12:10 p.m.
• Passages in Abbeville at 12:31 p.m. and 12:58 p.m.
• Pont-Rémy at 1:23 p.m.
• Longpré-les-Corps-Saint at 1:36 p.m.
• Huppy at 2:23 p.m.
• Bailleul at 2:39 p.m.
• Miannay at 3:14 p.m.
• First passage to Cayeux at 3:48 p.m.
• Saint-Blimont at 4:02 p.m.
• Arrival in Cayeux at 4:20 p.m. (average 43 km/hour)

► The teams involved

• Continental (3rd professional division)
  – Saint-Piran (Great Britain) – Motala AIF (Sweden) – May Stars (Rwanda)
• National 1
  – CC Nogent-sur-Oise – Handlebar Charlettois – Paris CO – HC Lyon Métropole – SCO Dijon – VC Rouen – Team Bricquebec Cotentin
• National 2
  – ESEG Douai – VCU Schwenheim – US Pavilly-Barentin – UV Aube – Moyon Percy Manche Normandy
• National 3
  – VCA Saint-Quentin
• National selections
  – Military France – Hong Kong
• Amateur foreigners
  – SN Vitae Bim Bam (Great Britain) – LRG Cycling Team (Belgium)