2021 Grand Prix La Marseillaise
| 2021 UCI Europe Tour | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | 31 January 2021 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 171 km (106.3 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 4h 24' 29" | ||||||||||||
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The 2021 Grand Prix La Marseillaise was the 42nd edition of the Grand Prix La Marseillaise cycle race. It was held on 31 January 2021 as a category 1.1 race on the 2021 UCI Europe Tour and the first event of the 2021 French Road Cycling Cup. The 171-kilometer route started and finished in Marseille and featured several climbs, notably the Route des Crêtes and the Col de la Gineste in the last 30 kilometers.
Defending champion Benoît Cosnefroy of AG2R Citroën Team suffered a knee injury in training in mid-January and was forced to miss the race, but his teammate and French compatriot Aurélien Paret-Peintre won the race. The peloton was reduced to a small group of around 30 riders at the finish, and in the ensuing bunch sprint, Paret-Peintre, not generally known for his sprinting prowess, narrowly beat sprinters Thomas Boudat and Bryan Coquard in a photo finish.