With Bryan Coquard, Arnaud Demare, and Nacer Bouhanni, French cycling has some of the most exciting sprint talents in their ranks. They often battle it out in the many French one-day races but one race stands above the rest as the ultimate test for every French sprint. GP Denain-Porte du Hainaut is often regarded as the unofficial French sprint championships and Thursday it will reveal whether Bouhanni is faster than Coquard. Starting at 13.45 CEST you can follow the race on CyclingQuotes.com/live.

With its flat profile and star-studded line-up, Scheldeprijs is often regarded as the unofficial world championships for sprinters and has thrice in a row been won by Marcel Kittel before Alexander Kristoff broke the streak. With the GP Denain, the race has a French little brother which often offers a big duel between all the best French sprinters and a number of foreign stars.

This year's edition is no exception and the French press have warmed up to the big battle. France has a lot of great sprint talents and there are different opinions about who's the best. Nacer Bouhanni, Arnaud Demare and Bryan Coquard attract most attention, and tomorrow we will know a little more about the French sprinting hierarchy when the 2015 edition of the GP Denain takes place.

Unfortunately, Arnaud Demare will be absent as he is recovering from a tough classics campaign but Bouhanni and Coquard will both be present. After a bad start, the former finally got the ball rolling when he won two stages in the Circuit Cycliste Sarthe while the latter got close to big WorldTour wins in both Paris-Nice and the Volta a Catalunya. However, they will be challenged by a host of fast finishers and with riders like Yauheni Hutarovh who was third in Scheldeprijs, Romain Feillu who has just won Route Adelie Vitre, the talented Nicola Ruffoni, Francesco Chicchi, veteran Alessandro Petacchi and in-form Baptiste Planckaert og Antoine Demoitie all on the start line, the scene is set for a big battle.

Starting at 13.45 CEST you can follow the race here.