VIDEO. The summary of the Grand Prix de La Marseillaise, won by Kevin Geniets

Luxembourger Kevin Geniets (Groupama-FDJ), used to working for David Gaudu or for the newly retired Thibaut Pinot, won the 46th Grand Prix La Marseillaise on Sunday January 28, contested over 167.5 kilometers around Marseille. He sprinted ahead of his breakaway companion, Frenchman Alex Baudin (Décathlon-Ag2R). Another Frenchman, Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B&B) completes the podium at 10 seconds.

The difference was made as expected between La Ciotat, Cassis and the Phocaean city, during the Route des Crêtes-Col de la Gineste sequence. These two short climbs, unequal in percentage and interspersed with flat areas or winding passages, favored the attacks between km 136 and 157, before the descent to Marseille. “I started to say to myself ‘maybe I don’t know how to win’”reacted the 27-year-old Luxembourger, only winner of national championships since his professional debut.