Results GP de Fourmies 2026 - Arvid de Kleijn strikes in crash-marred finale as Paul Magnier and Olav Kooij miss out completely
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Arvid de Kleijn claimed victory at the 2026 GP de Fourmies, launching his sprint with 200 metres remaining to take his second win in the French one-day race.
The Tudor Pro Cycling Team sprinter beat Tobias Muller of Unibet Rose Rockets into second place, with Ethan Vernon completing the podium for NSN Cycling Team. Pavel Bittner and Matteo Moschetti rounded out the top five.
A crash hit the peloton with around 400 metres remaining, shortly before De Kleijn launched his winning sprint. The Dutchman nevertheless emerged at the front inside the final 200 metres and held his advantage through to the line.
The victory marked a return to the top step in Fourmies for De Kleijn, who had previously won the race in 2024, ahead of Gerben Thijssen and Soren Waerenskjold. Paul Magnier had succeeded him as champion in 2025.
Muller produced one of the standout results of the day in second, while Vernon secured third ahead of Bittner, Moschetti and Giovanni Lonardi. Alexander Konijn, Gerben Thijssen, Robbe Ghys and Tim Marsman completed the top 10.
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Late attacks neutralised before sprint finish
The final lap had seen several attempts to disrupt the expected sprint. Jonas Abrahamsen attacked with around 14 kilometres remaining before Lionel Taminiaux went clear shortly afterwards. Taminiaux was still eight seconds ahead with five kilometres to race, but the peloton closed him down before the finale.
Another attack followed from Van Rysel Roubaix inside the final four kilometres, although the race was back together with three kilometres remaining. Uno-X Mobility then moved four riders to the front, with Waerenskjold pulling at around 2.4 kilometres to go.
Soudal - Quick-Step had also appeared at the head of the peloton with four riders earlier in the closing kilometres as defending champion Paul Magnier remained among the leading pre-race favourites.
The main breakaway had been neutralised considerably earlier. Javier Serrano, Leandre Huck, Theo Delacroix, Brem Deman and Noah Ramsay had formed the principal move of the race, with Serrano, Huck and Delacroix still holding 46 seconds with around 41 kilometres remaining.
That advantage was eventually erased before the final two laps, opening the way for the succession of late attacks before the peloton came back together once more for the sprint. De Kleijn ultimately proved fastest, reclaiming the GP de Fourmies title two years after his first victory in the race.
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- It doesnt take a genius to understand that Pogi is 1 level above and Pogi is younger that Jonas, so Jonas will not win under ordinary circumstances. Pogi has to crack hard for Jonas to win. It doesn't matter whether you defend Jonas or not , facts remain facts. Jonas himself says his numbers are better than 2022/2023, so Jonas is more or less optimized and we are just see the stochastic variation due to other factors. I think he will retire along with Pedersen in WC denmarkabstractengineer13-11-2026
- They only raced each other during the 2026 Tour, but here's a few metrics to look at. Stage 3 (Granollers to Les Angles): Pogačar won the stage, finishing 2 seconds ahead of Vingegaard (2nd). Del Toro finished 24 seconds behind Stage 6 (Pau to Gavarnie-Gedre / Col du Tourmalet): Pogačar won solo, Vingegaard finished 2nd (losing 2:38), and Del Toro finished 3rd (at +2:57, finishing 19 seconds behind Vingegaard). Here, Jonas Vingegaard outclimbed Isaac del Toro by 19 seconds on the mountain stageawp13-11-2026
- your clinging to the past. Jonas was dropped by del toro many times last year and jonas never managed a climbing numers del toro did in dauphine last year -entire year. Trend is also evident theres no discussion your living in the past, its beent he same with jonas for many years now and only developing, meanwhile del toro is rising and developing greatly. This is all obvious stuff and im not even a del toro fan. No point discussing numbers or this i suspect you dont watch much now but rather think its 2022 still cause this aint hard.miguel13-11-2026
- We can go through metrics if you like, Del Toro, who I do admire and support, is not on the same level as Jonas just yet. You will see that in early 2027 if they have any crossover races. I do hope they both race the Giro. You are correct though, Jonas is getting older and will not be able to hand on much longer. I see 2027 as a good year for him. Obviously behind Tadej though.awp13-11-2026
- What wins? Are you LA operating under a pseudonym?mij13-11-2026
- My point is this - Tadej, Remco, Seixas are all the outliers. Many riders don’t hit their peak until 28. It’s way too early to write him off. And the pogi slo guy that hates him - he’s also immature. Ayuso needs time.mij13-11-2026
- Then you need to use ur eyes or head if you have cause del toro already dropped jonas two times and beat him in tdf stages already this year.. Del toro climbed(dauphine) better numbers than jonas did all year too. So ur feelings and wishful thinking doesnt amtter del toro himself has already surpassed jonas infact just facts. Its also very evident for anyone objective that Jonas is declining alot, its just the truth and super obvious.miguel13-11-2026
- None of those victories stand, so there's that,wrsty13-11-2026
- No surprise there; it is British Sycling, yes, with an S
Rafionain-Glas12-11-2026 - I like Del Toro but he's not on the level of Jonas, by a large margin.awp12-11-2026
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