2019 Paris - Nice, France (World Tour)

77th edition: March 10 - March 17, 2019

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Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | Stage 6 | Stage 7 | Stage 8

2019 Paris-Nice route. Eight stages totalling 1,209 km

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Sunday, March 17: 8th & Final Stage, Nice - Nice, 110 km

Stage 8 map & profile

Ion Izaguirre wins the final stage of 2019 Paris-Nice

Rated ascents:

• Km 20.5: Côte de Levens, 6.2 km @ 5.6%. Cat. 2
• Km 36.5: Côte de Chateauneuf,5.3 km @ 4.3%. Cat. 2
• Km 51: Col de Calaison, 6.3 km @ 4.5%. Cat. 2
• Km 68: Côte de Peille, 6.6 km @ 6.8%. Cat. 1
• Km 84: Col d'Eze, 1.6 km @ 8.1%. Cat. 1
• Km 101.5: Col des Quatre Chemins, 5.5 km @ 5.5%. Cat. 2

Weather at Nice at 12:40 PM, local time: 16C (60F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the south at 11 km/hr (7 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Regarding the Colombian dominance in this year's Paris-Nice, Eddy Merckx told l'Equipe, "They (the Colombians) have now real qualities on all terrains. We see them in the crosswinds but also in time trials and obviously on their terrain which is the mountain. Actually if Team Sky fielded Bernal on the Tour de France, I can't see how he could be beaten."

Here's the organizer's stage eight summary:

Harassed all day by a formidable Nairo Quintana, Egan Bernal (Sky) kept his cool to win the 77th edition of Paris-Nice at 22 on Sunday. While some expected Philippe Gilbert (Deceuninck-Quick Step) to challenge the young Colombian in this finale around Nice, it is Quintana who led a fierce battle, à la Contador, to try and topple his compatriot. But Team Sky were too solid and won the Race to the Sun for the 6th time in the last seven years. Quintana was rewarded of his efforts by a second place at the end of the final stage won on Promenade des Anglais by Spain's Ion Izagirre (Astana)

129 riders started at 14:06 from Nice. Four riders did not start, Tony Gallopin (AG2R), Alexander Kristoff (UAE), Daniel McLay (Education First) and Christophe Laporte (Cofidis).

Into the first climb of the day, on the heels of Bob Jungels (Deceuninck-Quick Step), a group of 37 riders emerged. They were Soler, Annacona, Carretero (Movistar), Yates, Trentin (Mitchelton-Scott), Lopez, Houle, Ion Izagirre, Sanchez (Astana), De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal), Pozzovivo, Colbrelli, Garcia, Teuns (Bahrain-Merida), Konrad, Grosschartner (Bora-Hansgrohe), Naesen (AG2R), Sergio Henao (UAE), Bernard, (Trek-Segafredo) Madouas (Groupama-FDJ), Jungels (Deceuninck-Quick Step), Zakarin, Politt, Spilak (Katusha), Gesbert, Moinard (Arkea Samsic), Martinez, Van Garderen (Education First), Kelderman (Sunweb), Edet, Perrichon (Cofidis), Antunes, De Marchi (CCC), Calmejane, Hivert (Direct Energie), Pacher (Vital Concept), El Fares (Delko-Marseille-Provence). At the top of the Cote de Levens, Thomas De Gendt, picked seven points and strengthened his KOM leader jersey.

In the descent Matteo Trentin broke clear and reached the top of Cote de Chateauneuf (2nd cat, km 36.5) with a 10 seconds lead over his former breakaway companions. Tejay Van Garderen (Education First) and Julien El Fares (Delko-Marseille-Provence) chased behind him in the 2nd category Col de Calaison and reached the top alongside the European champion with a 30-second lead over their former breakaway companions.

On the 1st category Cote de Peille, as Tejay Van Garderen went on his own, Nairo Quintana (Movistar) surged at the front of the peloton and joined forces with team-mates Marc Soler and Hector Carrretero to try and upset Team Sky and his compatriot Egan Bernal. At the top of the climb, the hyperactive Quintana was leading a group of 12, comprising himself, last year's winner Marc Soler (Movistar), stage 5 winner Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott), Van Garderen, Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana), Ion Izagirre (Astana), 2009 winner Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana), Domenico Pozzovivo (Bahrain-Merida), Felix Grossschartner (Bora-Hansgrohe), Oliver Naesen (AG2R), Stage 7 winner Daniel Martinez (Education First) and Wilco Kelderman (Sunweb).

With a 50 seconds lead over the Bernal bunch, Quintana found himself the virtual leader of the Race to the Sun and he moved closer by winning the intermediate sprint of La Turbie (km 78.5) to cut his gap with Bernal to 43 seconds.In Col d'Eze, while he lost team-mate Soler, Quintana took the race into his hands, reaching the top in the front with a 55 seconds lead over the yellow jersey group. In the descent, the former Giro and Vuelta winner joined forces with Education First Daniel Martinez and Tejay Van Garderen and the gap remained around 55 seconds.

In the descent to Nice, Quintana expressed discontent at his breakaway companions for not working with him and Ion Izagirre, 4th in Paris-Nice last year, responded by attacking on a road on which he crashed a year ago. The Spaniard went on his own to clinch a brilliant stage win, yet another for his Astana team. Behind him, the Bernal group controlled and limited the damage, allowing the young Colombian to cling the most prestigious win of his career with a 39 seconds lead over Quintana and 1:03 over his team-mate Michal Kwiatkowski, who worked for him all day.

Egan Bernal wins the 2019 Paris-Nice.

Results:

110 kilometers ridden at an average speed of 40.951 km/hr

1	ION IZAGUIRRE	ASTANA	2hr 41min 10sec
2	OLIVER NAESEN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	@ 18sec
3	WILCO KELDERMAN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
4	DANIEL MARTINEZ	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
5	FELIX GROSSSCHARTNER	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
6	DOMENICO POZZOVIVO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
7	LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ	ASTANA	s.t.
8	SIMON PHILIP YATES	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	20''
9	TEJAY VAN GARDEREN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
10	NAIRO QUINTANA	MOVISTAR	22''
11	BOB JUNGELS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	26''
12	RUDY MOLARD	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
13	VALENTIN MADOUAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
14	GEORGE BENNETT	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
15	ROMAIN BARDET	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
16	JACK HAIG	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
17	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	SKY	s.t.
18	DYLAN TEUNS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
19	EGAN BERNAL	SKY	s.t.
20	JONATHAN HIVERT	DIRECT ENERGIE	1' 17''
21	ELIE GESBERT	ARKEA-SAMSIC	1' 23''
22	ILNUR ZAKARIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	1' 41''
23	ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI	CCC TEAM	1' 43''
24	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	SKY	1' 45''
25	LILIAN CALMEJANE	DIRECT ENERGIE	1' 55''
26	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	COFIDIS	1' 57''
27	IVAN RAMIRO SOSA	SKY	2' 41''
28	NICOLAS EDET	COFIDIS	4' 05''
29	AMARO ANTUNES	CCC TEAM	s.t.
30	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
31	MIKEL NIEVE	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
32	JULIEN EL FARES	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	4' 40''
33	EDWARD THEUNS	TREK-SEGAFREDO	6' 00''
34	QUENTIN PACHER	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
35	MAURO FINETTO	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
36	MIKAEL CHEREL	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
37	CYRIL GAUTIER	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
38	HUGO HOULE	ASTANA	s.t.
39	MATTEO TRENTIN	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
40	IVAN GARCIA	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
41	BENOIT COSNEFROY	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
42	PHILIPPE GILBERT	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
43	VICTOR DE LA PARTE	CCC TEAM	s.t.
44	AMAEL MOINARD	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
45	PATRICK KONRAD	BORA-HANSGROHE	7' 32''
46	JHOAN CHAVES	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	8' 38''
47	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	ASTANA	s.t.
48	WINNER ANACONA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
49	HECTOR CARRETERO	MOVISTAR	s.t.
50	LAURENS TEN DAM	CCC TEAM	9' 15''
51	MARC SOLER	MOVISTAR	s.t.
52	OLIVIER LE GAC	GROUPAMA-FDJ	10' 30''
53	SERGIO LUIS HENAO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
54	SEBASTIAN HENAO	SKY	s.t.
55	JHONATAN NARVAEZ	SKY	s.t.
56	ALESSANDRO FEDELI	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	11' 01''
57	NILS POLITT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	12' 02''
58	NICCOLÒ BONIFAZIO	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
59	ADRIEN PETIT	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
60	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
61	ROMAIN COMBAUD	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
62	SONNY COLBRELLI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
63	IGNATAS KONOVALOVAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
64	LAURENT PICHON	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
65	HEINRICH HAUSSLER	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
66	PAWEL POLJANSKI	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
67	SIMON ŠPILAK	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
68	JESPER HANSEN	COFIDIS	s.t.
69	MAXIME MONFORT	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
70	IMANOL ERVITI	MOVISTAR	s.t.
71	TOM SCULLY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
72	JARLINSON PANTANO	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
73	THOMAS DE GENDT	LOTTO SOUDAL	14' 12''
74	MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN	ASTANA	s.t.
75	CASPER PHILLIP PEDERSEN	TEAM SUNWEB	14' 46''
76	STIJN VANDENBERGH	AG2R LA MONDIALE	16' 40''
77	MARCO HALLER	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
78	KOEN DE KORT	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
79	JOHN DEGENKOLB	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
80	BERT-JAN LINDEMAN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
81	FABIO SABATINI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
82	ILJO KEISSE	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
83	LAURENS DE VREESE	ASTANA	s.t.
84	ARNAUD DEMARE	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
85	TIM DECLERCQ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
86	JULIEN VERMOTE	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
87	JACOPO GUARNIERI	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
88	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
89	PASCAL EENKHOORN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
90	MIKE TEUNISSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
91	ALEX KIRSCH	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
92	BERT VAN LERBERGHE	COFIDIS	s.t.
93	AMUND GRØNDAHL JANSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
94	EDUARD-MICHAEL GROSU	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
95	MITCHELL DOCKER	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
96	GIULIO CICCONE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
97	PATRICK MÜLLER	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
98	WILLIAM BARTA	CCC TEAM	s.t.
99	MARCO MARCATO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
100	NIKOLAS MAES	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
101	SCOTT DAVIES	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
102	BERNHARD EISEL	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
103	ADAM JAMES HANSEN	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
104	EVALDAS SISKEVICIUS	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
105	ANTHONY TURGIS	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
106	BRYAN COQUARD	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
107	GEOFFREY SOUPE	COFIDIS	s.t.
108	KRISTIJAN KOREN	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
109	MATHIAS LE TURNIER	COFIDIS	s.t.
110	LUKE ROWE	SKY	s.t.
111	RORY SUTHERLAND	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
112	JURGEN ROELANDTS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
113	ANDRÉ GREIPEL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
114	NIKI TERPSTRA	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
115	JAN BAKELANTS	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
116	KRIS BOECKMANS	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
117	JACK BAUER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	18' 39''
118	RAMON SINKELDAM	GROUPAMA-FDJ	21' 58''

Final GC after stage 8:

• Final GC leader: Egan Bernal (Sky)
• Mountains classification winner: Thomas de Gendt (Lotto-Soudal)
• Points classification winner: Michal Kwiatkowski (Sky)
• Best young rider: Egan Bernal (Sky)
• Team classification winner: Team Sky

1,209 kilometers ridden at an average speed of 41.286 km/hr

1	EGAN BERNAL	SKY	29hr 17min 2sec
2	NAIRO QUINTANA	MOVISTAR	@ 39sec
3	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	SKY	1' 03''
4	JACK HAIG	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	1' 21''
5	ROMAIN BARDET	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1' 45''
6	GEORGE BENNETT	JUMBO-VISMA	2' 20''
7	RUDY MOLARD	GROUPAMA-FDJ	3' 02''
8	BOB JUNGELS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	3' 06''
9	LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ	ASTANA	3' 12''
10	ILNUR ZAKARIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	4' 07''
11	VALENTIN MADOUAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
12	FELIX GROSSSCHARTNER	BORA-HANSGROHE	4' 10''
13	OLIVER NAESEN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	5' 36''
14	WILCO KELDERMAN	TEAM SUNWEB	5' 57''
15	PHILIPPE GILBERT	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	6' 19''
16	LILIAN CALMEJANE	DIRECT ENERGIE	7' 28''
17	DYLAN TEUNS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	7' 37''
18	DANIEL MARTINEZ	EF EDUCATION FIRST	9' 27''
19	TEJAY VAN GARDEREN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	12' 31''
20	CYRIL GAUTIER	VITAL CONCEPT	14' 23''
21	ION IZAGUIRRE	ASTANA	14' 52''
22	MIKAEL CHEREL	AG2R LA MONDIALE	14' 56''
23	HUGO HOULE	ASTANA	15' 20''
24	JULIEN EL FARES	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	19' 32''
25	SIMON PHILIP YATES	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	22' 30''
26	DOMENICO POZZOVIVO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	22' 42''
27	ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI	CCC TEAM	22' 59''
28	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	ASTANA	23' 44''
29	AMARO ANTUNES	CCC TEAM	24' 38''
30	MAXIME MONFORT	LOTTO SOUDAL	25' 41''
31	SERGIO LUIS HENAO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	26' 12''
32	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	SKY	26' 23''
33	WINNER ANACONA	MOVISTAR	27' 34''
34	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	29' 13''
35	EDWARD THEUNS	TREK-SEGAFREDO	29' 52''
36	PATRICK KONRAD	BORA-HANSGROHE	29' 57''
37	GIULIO CICCONE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	30' 21''
38	ELIE GESBERT	ARKEA-SAMSIC	30' 24''
39	MATTEO TRENTIN	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	30' 34''
40	NICOLAS EDET	COFIDIS	31' 56''
41	IVAN RAMIRO SOSA	SKY	31' 57''
42	JONATHAN HIVERT	DIRECT ENERGIE	34' 24''
43	VICTOR DE LA PARTE	CCC TEAM	35' 02''
44	LAURENS TEN DAM	CCC TEAM	35' 29''
45	QUENTIN PACHER	VITAL CONCEPT	36' 20''
46	IVAN GARCIA	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	36' 47''
47	PAWEL POLJANSKI	BORA-HANSGROHE	36' 56''
48	NILS POLITT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	37' 22''
49	SONNY COLBRELLI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	37' 54''
50	MARC SOLER	MOVISTAR	38' 55''
51	JHOAN CHAVES	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	39' 00''
52	SCOTT DAVIES	DIMENSION DATA	41' 50''
53	ROMAIN COMBAUD	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	43' 12''
54	JARLINSON PANTANO	TREK-SEGAFREDO	43' 54''
55	MIKE TEUNISSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	45' 53''
56	MIKEL NIEVE	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	47' 36''
57	SEBASTIAN HENAO	SKY	48' 04''
58	THOMAS DE GENDT	LOTTO SOUDAL	48' 15''
59	SIMON ŠPILAK	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	49' 19''
60	HEINRICH HAUSSLER	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
61	STIJN VANDENBERGH	AG2R LA MONDIALE	50' 12''
62	MARCO MARCATO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	51' 15''
63	NIKI TERPSTRA	DIRECT ENERGIE	52' 08''
64	TIM DECLERCQ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	52' 57''
65	BERT-JAN LINDEMAN	JUMBO-VISMA	54' 24''
66	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	COFIDIS	54' 49''
67	JESPER HANSEN	COFIDIS	56' 00''
68	ADAM JAMES HANSEN	LOTTO SOUDAL	56' 15''
69	KRISTIJAN KOREN	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	57' 03''
70	ARNAUD DEMARE	GROUPAMA-FDJ	57' 27''
71	MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN	ASTANA	59' 00''
72	MATHIAS LE TURNIER	COFIDIS	59' 19''
73	ANTHONY TURGIS	DIRECT ENERGIE	59' 23''
74	AMAEL MOINARD	ARKEA-SAMSIC	59' 40''
75	JOHN DEGENKOLB	TREK-SEGAFREDO	59' 57''
76	ALEX KIRSCH	TREK-SEGAFREDO	1H 01' 24''
77	HECTOR CARRETERO	MOVISTAR	1H 01' 39''
78	PASCAL EENKHOORN	JUMBO-VISMA	1H 01' 41''
79	BENOIT COSNEFROY	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1H 02' 26''
80	IMANOL ERVITI	MOVISTAR	1H 02' 30''
81	JHONATAN NARVAEZ	SKY	1H 03' 13''
82	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	1H 04' 22''
83	LAURENT PICHON	ARKEA-SAMSIC	1H 04' 29''
84	OLIVIER LE GAC	GROUPAMA-FDJ	1H 06' 01''
85	KOEN DE KORT	TREK-SEGAFREDO	1H 07' 01''
86	BRYAN COQUARD	VITAL CONCEPT	1H 07' 06''
87	AMUND GRØNDAHL JANSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	1H 07' 34''
88	IGNATAS KONOVALOVAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	1H 08' 17''
89	LAURENS DE VREESE	ASTANA	1H 08' 43''
90	PATRICK MÜLLER	VITAL CONCEPT	1H 09' 07''
91	MITCHELL DOCKER	EF EDUCATION FIRST	1H 09' 09''
92	MAURO FINETTO	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	1H 09' 29''
93	MARCO HALLER	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	1H 09' 38''
94	JURGEN ROELANDTS	MOVISTAR	1H 09' 45''
95	ANDRÉ GREIPEL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	1H 09' 58''
96	CASPER PHILLIP PEDERSEN	TEAM SUNWEB	1H 10' 02''
97	JACK BAUER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	1H 10' 33''
98	JAN BAKELANTS	TEAM SUNWEB	1H 10' 46''
99	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	1H 11' 18''
100	NIKOLAS MAES	LOTTO SOUDAL	1H 11' 55''
101	ADRIEN PETIT	DIRECT ENERGIE	1H 13' 47''
102	JACOPO GUARNIERI	GROUPAMA-FDJ	1H 14' 38''
103	FABIO SABATINI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	1H 14' 49''
104	LUKE ROWE	SKY	1H 14' 53''
105	NICCOLÒ BONIFAZIO	DIRECT ENERGIE	1H 15' 27''
106	EVALDAS SISKEVICIUS	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	1H 16' 52''
107	BERNHARD EISEL	DIMENSION DATA	1H 17' 16''
108	RAMON SINKELDAM	GROUPAMA-FDJ	1H 19' 12''
109	TOM SCULLY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	1H 20' 01''
110	BERT VAN LERBERGHE	COFIDIS	1H 21' 16''
111	ALESSANDRO FEDELI	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	1H 22' 56''
112	GEOFFREY SOUPE	COFIDIS	1H 25' 59''
113	RORY SUTHERLAND	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	1H 27' 06''
114	WILLIAM BARTA	CCC TEAM	1H 29' 19''
115	ILJO KEISSE	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	1H 29' 34''
116	KRIS BOECKMANS	VITAL CONCEPT	1H 31' 19''
117	EDUARD-MICHAEL GROSU	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	1H 37' 17''
118	JULIEN VERMOTE	DIMENSION DATA	1H 37' 27''

Stage 8 map & profile:

Paris-Nice stage 8 map

Paris-Nice stage 8 profile

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Saturday, March 16: Stage 7, Nice - Col de Turini/La Bollène-Vésubie, 181.5 km

Stage 7 map & profile

A day in the Maritime Alps. Here's the lead group of 39 riders about half-way through the stage. Philippe Gilbert is in this group. Photo: ASO/A. Broadway

Rated ascents:

• Km 10.5: Côte de Gattières, 4.5 km @ 4.8%. Cat. 2
• Km 47.5: Côte de Gourdon, 7.7 km @ 4.2%. Cat. 2
• Km 70: Côte de Coursegoules, 7.8 km @ 5%. Cat. 2
• Km 126: Côte de Gillette, 2 km @ 5.6%. Cat. 3
• Km 160.5: Côte de Pelasque, 5.7 km @ 6.2%. Cat. 1
• Km 181.5: Col de Turini, 14.9 km @ 7.3%. Cat. 1

Weather at the finish at La Bollène-Vésubie at 12: 50 PM, local time: 21C (69F), sunny, with the wind from the south at 13 km/hr (8 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: This is the first time Paris-Nice has climbed the Col de Turini, though the Tour de France has visited it three times, the first was in 1948. Louison Bobet won that stage.

Here's the organizer's stage summary:

Paris-Nice took Colombian colours at the top of the Turini pass as Daniel Martinez (Education First) won the queen stage of this 77th edition ahead of compatriot Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana) while Egan Bernal (Sky) took the race yellow jersey away from team-mate Michal Kwiatkowski. Martinez and Lopez were both involved in a 39-man breakaway which took shape in the first 40 km of the 181.5-km long stage and went all the way, allowing Belgium's Philippe Gilbert (Deceuninck-Quick Step) to find himself an unexpected second overall with one day to go before the finish in Nice on Sunday

Daniel Martinez wins stage seven.

The start was given at 11:47 to 139 riders. Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Soudal), Dylan Groenewegen (Jumbo-Visma) and Edvald Boasson-Hagen (Dimension Data) did not start.

In the first climb of the day, Cote de Gattieres (2nd cat), Belgium's Thomas De Gendt added seven points to his KOM tally. All breakaway attempts were quashed by De Gendt's Lotto-Soudal team-mates until km 39, when a group of 31 emerged, composed of Carretero (Movistar), Yates and Nieve (Mitchelton-Scott), Lopez and Cort-Nielsen (Astana), De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal) Garcia and Koren (Bahrain-Merida), Poljanski (Bora-Hansgrohe) Cherel and Frank (AG2R), Sergio Henao and Sutherland (UAE), Ciccone and Pantano (Trek-Segafredo), Arnaud Demare (Groupama-FDJ), Gesbert, Moinard and Pichon (Arkea-Samsic), Eenkhorn and Teunissen (Jumbo-Visma), Martinez (Education-First), Edet and Le Turnier (Cofidis), De la Parte and De Marchi (CCC), Hivert (Direct Energie), Gautier and Pacher (Vital Concept), Combaud, El Fares and Siskevicius (Delko-Marseille-Delko). A few kilometers latere, Bernard (Trek-Segafredo) Montfort (Lotto-Soudal), Declercq and Gilbert (Deceuninck-Quick Step), Politt and Spilak (Katusha) and Davies (Dimension Data) joined the front group, then composed of 39 riders.

De Gendt collected seven points on each of the two following climbs, Cote de Gourdon (km 47.5) and Cote de Coursegoules (km 70) to bring his KOM tally to 50 points. At the top of Coursegoules, the lead of the 39 over the peloton was 4:00. In the first sprint of the day at Coursegoules (km 72.5), Philippe Gilbert collected 3 seconds. The start of the stage was too hilly for green jersey holder Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe) winner of stages 3 and 6, who called it quits as did France's Arthur Vichot. Mathias Frank (AG2R) was also forced out after crashing in the front group.

The lead of the 38 reached its maximum of 5:15 at the bottom of the 3rd category Cote de Gilette, on which De Gendt picked four more points.
In the descent, the Belgian and nearest KOM rival Alessandro de Marchi (CCC) joined forces and went on their own but finally decided to wait for their companions as their lead reached a maximum of 6:30 (km 130).

In the 1st category Cote de Pelasque, the front group kept losing elements as Mikel Nieve (Mitchelton-Scott) led the way for leader Simon Yates. Winner Anacona (Movistar) surged at the front of the peloton to try and the bridge the gap with the front. De Gendt was again fist at the top of the penultimate climb, leading his KOM score to 64 points.

With 15 km to go, Pavel Poljanski (Bora-Hansgrohe) attacked and tackled the Turini ascent in the front. Five kilometers later, the Polis rider was reeled in as Yates, Lopez, Cherel, Hanao, Ciccone, Gilbert and Declercq, Gesbert, Martinez, Edet, De Marchi and De la Parte, Hivert, Gautier and El Fares remained in the front. The bunch was still 6:20 adrift at this stage, meaning Philippe Gilbert (Deceuninck-Quick Step) was ideally placed for the GC, having started the day 2:01 behind race leader Michal Kwiatkowski.

Simon Yates started the battle for the stage with 9 km to go and only Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana), Daniel Martinez (Education First) and Nicolas Edet (Cofidis) were capable of following the Briton. The last 5 km were a game of cat and mouse between the four, who all attacked in turn, were dropped and returned. In the last kilometer, Daniel Martinez surged with Miguel Angel Lopez on his heels and took the stage for a Colombian one-two. At the front of the peloton, as race leader Michal Kwiatkowski lost ground, his team-mate Egan Bernal managed to keep the yellow jersey in the hand of Team Sky. The young Colombian now leads Gilbert by 45 seconds in the GC, while another Colombian, Nairo Quintana, is third, 46 seconds adrift.

Egan Bernal is the new GC leader.

Complete Results:

181.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 36.915 km/hr

1	DANIEL MARTINEZ	EF EDUCATION FIRST	4hr 55min 49sec
2	MIGUEL LOPEZ	ASTANA	@ 6sec
3	NICOLAS EDET	COFIDIS	20''
4	SIMON PHILIP YATES	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
5	JONATHAN HIVERT	DIRECT ENERGIE	55''
6	GIULIO CICCONE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	2' 03''
7	JULIEN EL FARES	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
8	SERGIO LUIS HENAO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	2' 08''
9	VICTOR DE LA PARTE	CCC TEAM	2' 13''
10	ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI	CCC TEAM	2' 15''
11	PHILIPPE GILBERT	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	2' 50''
12	ELIE GESBERT	ARKEA-SAMSIC	3' 14''
13	NAIRO QUINTANA	MOVISTAR	3' 43''
14	EGAN BERNAL	SKY	s.t.
15	JACK HAIG	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	4' 05''
16	MAXIME MONFORT	LOTTO SOUDAL	4' 13''
17	DOMENICO POZZOVIVO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	4' 16''
18	ROMAIN BARDET	AG2R LA MONDIALE	4' 22''
19	GEORGE BENNETT	JUMBO-VISMA	4' 39''
20	ILNUR ZAKARIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	4' 59''
21	IVAN RAMIRO SOSA	SKY	5' 04''
22	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	SKY	s.t.
23	VALENTIN MADOUAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	5' 42''
24	LAURENS TEN DAM	CCC TEAM	s.t.
25	RUDY MOLARD	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
26	BOB JUNGELS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	6' 07''
27	MIKAEL CHEREL	AG2R LA MONDIALE	6' 24''
28	CYRIL GAUTIER	VITAL CONCEPT	6' 28''
29	AMARO ANTUNES	CCC TEAM	6' 43''
30	ION IZAGUIRRE	ASTANA	6' 59''
31	LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ	ASTANA	s.t.
32	FELIX GROSSSCHARTNER	BORA-HANSGROHE	7' 11''
33	OLIVER NAESEN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	7' 42''
34	LILIAN CALMEJANE	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
35	TEJAY VAN GARDEREN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	7' 50''
36	TIM DECLERCQ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	8' 03''
37	ROMAIN COMBAUD	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	8' 06''
38	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	8' 59''
39	WILCO KELDERMAN	TEAM SUNWEB	9' 10''
40	KRISTIJAN KOREN	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	9' 43''
41	DYLAN TEUNS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
42	MIKEL NIEVE	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
43	WINNER ANACONA	MOVISTAR	10' 47''
44	QUENTIN PACHER	VITAL CONCEPT	11' 09''
45	PAWEL POLJANSKI	BORA-HANSGROHE	11' 46''
46	MARC SOLER	MOVISTAR	11' 54''
47	HUGO HOULE	ASTANA	12' 09''
48	SCOTT DAVIES	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	12' 29''
49	PASCAL EENKHOORN	JUMBO-VISMA	13' 03''
50	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	SKY	s.t.
51	NILS POLITT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	13' 25''
52	THOMAS DE GENDT	LOTTO SOUDAL	14' 27''
53	ADAM JAMES HANSEN	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
54	EDWARD THEUNS	TREK-SEGAFREDO	14' 53''
55	STIJN VANDENBERGH	AG2R LA MONDIALE	16' 23''
56	TONY GALLOPIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
57	SIMON ŠPILAK	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
58	AMAEL MOINARD	ARKEA-SAMSIC	18' 14''
59	SEBASTIAN HENAO	SKY	18' 17''
60	JARLINSON PANTANO	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
61	JHOAN CHAVES	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
62	MATHIAS LE TURNIER	COFIDIS	s.t.
63	PATRICK KONRAD	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
64	HEINRICH HAUSSLER	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
65	JEAN-PIERRE DRUCKER	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
66	NIKI TERPSTRA	DIRECT ENERGIE	20' 02''
67	BERT-JAN LINDEMAN	JUMBO-VISMA	20' 38''
68	MIKE TEUNISSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
69	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
70	MAARTEN WYNANTS	JUMBO-VISMA	21' 40''
71	ARNAUD DEMARE	GROUPAMA-FDJ	21' 51''
72	BENOIT COSNEFROY	AG2R LA MONDIALE	23' 06''
73	LAURENT PICHON	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
74	IVAN GARCIA CORTINA	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	23' 22''
75	FABIO SABATINI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	24' 12''
76	ANTHONY TURGIS	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
77	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
78	MARCO MARCATO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
79	KOEN DE KORT	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
80	RORY SUTHERLAND	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
81	JURGEN ROELANDTS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
82	JESPER HANSEN	COFIDIS	s.t.
83	IMANOL ERVITI	MOVISTAR	s.t.
84	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
85	CASPER PEDERSEN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
86	EVALDAS SISKEVICIUS	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
87	MITCHELL DOCKER	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
88	MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN	ASTANA	s.t.
89	AMUND GRØNDAHL JANSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
90	LUKA MEZGEC	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
91	JOHN DEGENKOLB	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
92	MATTEO TRENTIN	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	25' 43''
93	JACK BAUER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
94	HECTOR CARRETERO	MOVISTAR	s.t.
95	LAURENS DE VREESE	ASTANA	27' 24''
96	JULIEN VERMOTE	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
97	BERNHARD EISEL	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
98	PATRICK MÜLLER	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
99	SONNY COLBRELLI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
100	KEVIN REZA	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
101	ROY CURVERS	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
102	RAMON SINKELDAM	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
103	WILLIAM BARTA	CCC TEAM	s.t.
104	JAN BAKELANTS	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
105	ANDRÉ GREIPEL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
106	MARCO HALLER	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
107	ALESSANDRO FEDELI	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
108	ALEX KIRSCH	TREK-SEGAFREDO	27' 55''
109	CHRISTOPH PFINGSTEN	BORA-HANSGROHE	27' 56''
110	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	COFIDIS	28' 34''
111	FLORIAN SENECHAL	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	31' 17''
112	BERT VAN LERBERGHE	COFIDIS	s.t.
113	NICCOLÒ BONIFAZIO	DIRECT ENERGIE	32' 15''
114	EDUARD-MICHAEL GROSU	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	32' 36''
115	CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE	COFIDIS	33' 52''
116	GEOFFREY SOUPE	COFIDIS	s.t.
117	MAURO FINETTO	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
118	IGNATAS KONOVALOVAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
119	RAMUNAS NAVARDAUSKAS	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
120	BRYAN COQUARD	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
121	JHONATAN NARVAEZ	SKY	s.t.
122	OLIVIER LE GAC	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
123	ADRIEN PETIT	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
124	TOM SCULLY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
125	ILJO KEISSE	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
126	JACOPO GUARNIERI	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
127	NIKOLAS MAES	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
128	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	33' 56''
129	ROGER KLUGE	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
130	DAMIEN GAUDIN	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
131	DANIEL MCLAY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
132	KRIS BOECKMANS	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
133	LUKE ROWE	SKY	s.t.

GC after stage 6:

1,099.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.349 km/hr

1	EGAN BERNAL	SKY	26hr 35min 26sec
2	PHILIPPE GILBERT	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	@ 45sec
3	NAIRO QUINTANA	MOVISTAR	46''
4	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	SKY	1' 03''
5	JACK HAIG	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	1' 21''
6	ROMAIN BARDET	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1' 45''
7	GEORGE BENNETT	JUMBO-VISMA	2' 20''
8	ILNUR ZAKARIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	2' 52''
9	RUDY MOLARD	GROUPAMA-FDJ	3' 02''
10	BOB JUNGELS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	3' 06''
11	LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ	ASTANA	3' 20''
12	VALENTIN MADOUAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	4' 07''
13	FELIX GROSSSCHARTNER	BORA-HANSGROHE	4' 18''
14	OLIVER NAESEN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	5' 50''
15	LILIAN CALMEJANE	DIRECT ENERGIE	5' 59''
16	WILCO KELDERMAN	TEAM SUNWEB	6' 09''
17	DYLAN TEUNS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	7' 37''
18	CYRIL GAUTIER	VITAL CONCEPT	8' 49''
19	MIKAEL CHEREL	AG2R LA MONDIALE	9' 22''
20	DANIEL MARTINEZ	EF EDUCATION FIRST	9' 35''
21	HUGO HOULE	ASTANA	9' 46''
22	TEJAY VAN GARDEREN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	12' 38''
23	TONY GALLOPIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	14' 01''
24	MAXIME MONFORT	LOTTO SOUDAL	14' 05''
25	GIULIO CICCONE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	14' 07''
26	JULIEN EL FARES	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	15' 18''
27	ION IZAGUIRRE	ASTANA	15' 28''
28	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	ASTANA	15' 35''
29	SERGIO LUIS HENAO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	16' 08''
30	WINNER ANACONA	MOVISTAR	19' 22''
31	AMARO ANTUNES	CCC TEAM	20' 59''
32	ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI	CCC TEAM	21' 42''
33	SIMON PHILIP YATES	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	22' 36''
34	DOMENICO POZZOVIVO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	22' 50''
35	PATRICK KONRAD	BORA-HANSGROHE	22' 51''
36	EDWARD THEUNS	TREK-SEGAFREDO	24' 18''
37	MATTEO TRENTIN	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	25' 00''
38	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	SKY	25' 04''
39	PAWEL POLJANSKI	BORA-HANSGROHE	25' 20''
40	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	25' 34''
41	SCOTT DAVIES	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	25' 36''
42	NILS POLITT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	25' 46''
43	SONNY COLBRELLI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	26' 21''
44	LAURENS TEN DAM	CCC TEAM	26' 40''
45	JEAN-PIERRE DRUCKER	BORA-HANSGROHE	28' 05''
46	NICOLAS EDET	COFIDIS	28' 17''
47	ELIE GESBERT	ARKEA-SAMSIC	29' 27''
48	VICTOR DE LA PARTE	CCC TEAM	29' 28''
49	MIKE TEUNISSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	29' 39''
50	IVAN RAMIRO SOSA	SKY	29' 42''
51	MARC SOLER	MOVISTAR	30' 08''
52	QUENTIN PACHER	VITAL CONCEPT	30' 46''
53	JHOAN CHAVES	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	30' 48''
54	IVAN GARCIA	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	31' 13''
55	ROMAIN COMBAUD	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	31' 36''
56	JARLINSON PANTANO	TREK-SEGAFREDO	32' 18''
57	JONATHAN HIVERT	DIRECT ENERGIE	33' 33''
58	STIJN VANDENBERGH	AG2R LA MONDIALE	33' 58''
59	THOMAS DE GENDT	LOTTO SOUDAL	34' 29''
60	MARCO MARCATO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	35' 01''
61	NIKI TERPSTRA	DIRECT ENERGIE	35' 54''
62	TIM DECLERCQ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	36' 43''
63	SIMON ŠPILAK	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
64	HEINRICH HAUSSLER	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	37' 43''
65	SEBASTIAN HENAO	SKY	38' 00''
66	BERT-JAN LINDEMAN	JUMBO-VISMA	38' 10''
67	ADAM JAMES HANSEN	LOTTO SOUDAL	40' 01''
68	KRISTIJAN KOREN	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	40' 49''
69	ARNAUD DEMARE	GROUPAMA-FDJ	41' 13''
70	MATHIAS LE TURNIER	COFIDIS	43' 05''
71	ANTHONY TURGIS	DIRECT ENERGIE	43' 09''
72	JOHN DEGENKOLB	TREK-SEGAFREDO	43' 43''
73	MIKEL NIEVE	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	43' 57''
74	JESPER HANSEN	COFIDIS	44' 24''
75	ALEX KIRSCH	TREK-SEGAFREDO	45' 10''
76	MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN	ASTANA	45' 14''
77	PASCAL EENKHOORN	JUMBO-VISMA	45' 27''
78	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	48' 08''
79	KOEN DE KORT	TREK-SEGAFREDO	50' 47''
80	BRYAN COQUARD	VITAL CONCEPT	50' 52''
81	IMANOL ERVITI	MOVISTAR	50' 54''
82	AMUND GRØNDAHL JANSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	51' 20''
83	MAARTEN WYNANTS	JUMBO-VISMA	52' 16''
84	JACK BAUER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	52' 20''
85	LAURENS DE VREESE	ASTANA	52' 29''
86	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	52' 51''
87	PATRICK MÜLLER	VITAL CONCEPT	52' 53''
88	LAURENT PICHON	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
89	MITCHELL DOCKER	EF EDUCATION FIRST	52' 55''
90	JHONATAN NARVAEZ	SKY	53' 09''
91	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	COFIDIS	53' 18''
92	MARCO HALLER	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	53' 24''
93	HECTOR CARRETERO	MOVISTAR	53' 27''
94	JURGEN ROELANDTS	MOVISTAR	53' 31''
95	CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE	COFIDIS	53' 41''
96	ANDRÉ GREIPEL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	53' 44''
97	AMAEL MOINARD	ARKEA-SAMSIC	54' 06''
98	JAN BAKELANTS	TEAM SUNWEB	54' 32''
99	FLORIAN SENECHAL	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	55' 38''
100	NIKOLAS MAES	LOTTO SOUDAL	55' 41''
101	CASPER PHILLIP PEDERSEN	TEAM SUNWEB	55' 42''
102	OLIVIER LE GAC	GROUPAMA-FDJ	55' 57''
103	LUKA MEZGEC	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	55' 57''
104	IGNATAS KONOVALOVAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	56' 41''
105	BENOIT COSNEFROY	AG2R LA MONDIALE	56' 52''
106	RAMON SINKELDAM	GROUPAMA-FDJ	57' 40''
107	KEVIN REZA	VITAL CONCEPT	57' 55''
108	JACOPO GUARNIERI	GROUPAMA-FDJ	58' 24''
109	FABIO SABATINI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	58' 35''
110	LUKE ROWE	SKY	58' 39''
111	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	59' 42''
112	EVALDAS SISKEVICIUS	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	1H 00' 38''
113	BERNHARD EISEL	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	1H 01' 02''
114	CHRISTOPH PFINGSTEN	BORA-HANSGROHE	1H 01' 30''
115	ADRIEN PETIT	DIRECT ENERGIE	1H 02' 11''
116	NICCOLÒ BONIFAZIO	DIRECT ENERGIE	1H 03' 51''
117	MAURO FINETTO	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	1H 03' 55''
118	ROGER KLUGE	LOTTO SOUDAL	1H 03' 58''
119	BERT VAN LERBERGHE	COFIDIS	1H 05' 02''
120	DAMIEN GAUDIN	DIRECT ENERGIE	1H 08' 11''
121	TOM SCULLY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	1H 08' 25''
122	GEOFFREY SOUPE	COFIDIS	1H 09' 45''
123	RORY SUTHERLAND	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	1H 10' 52''
124	ALESSANDRO FEDELI	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	1H 12' 21''
125	WILLIAM BARTA	CCC TEAM	1H 13' 05''
126	ILJO KEISSE	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	1H 13' 20''
127	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	1H 13' 50''
128	KRIS BOECKMANS	VITAL CONCEPT	1H 15' 05''
129	ROY CURVERS	TEAM SUNWEB	1H 15' 30''
130	RAMUNAS NAVARDAUSKAS	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	1H 15' 36''
131	DANIEL MCLAY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	1H 20' 04''
132	EDUARD-MICHAEL GROSU	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	1H 21' 03''
133	JULIEN VERMOTE	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	1H 21' 13''

Stage 6 map & profile:

Stage 6 map

Stage 6 profile

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Friday, March 15: Stage 6, Peynier - Brignoles, 176.5 km

Stage 6 map & profile

The peloton rode a hilly stage today. Photo ASO/A. Broadway.

Stage 6 rated ascents:

• Km 114: Côte De La Sainte-Baune, 5 km @ 5%. Cat. 2
• Km 131: Côte De Mazaugues, 1.3 km @ 6.3%. Cat. 3
• Km 159: Côte De Sainte-Philomène, 8 km @ 3.5%. Cat. 2

Weather at the finish city of Brignoles at 1:15 PM, local time: 19C (66F), fair, with the wind from the NW at 40 km/hr (25 mph). Gusts of wind over 65 km/hr (40 mph) are possible. No rain rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the organizer's stage summary.

The sprints of this Paris-Nice have been shared equally between two riders, Dylan Groenewegen and Ireland's Sam Bennett, who found the right form right on time to snatch his second stage win in this 77th edition in Brignoles. Already winner in Moulins in stage 3, the Bora-Hansgrohe sprinter found the extra gear in the last stretch of stage 6 to overtake France's Arnaud Demare (Groupama-FDJ) on the line, while Matteo Trentin (Mitchelton-Scott) was third. Bennett also took the green jersey away from Groenewegen, winner of the first two stages. Michal Kwiatkowski (Sky) controlled the race all day to retain his yellow jersey, even if he lost one second to Spain's Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana) in the intermediate sprints of the day.

Sam Bennet was the day's fastest rider.

The real start was given at 12:12 to 149 riders. France's Lilian Calmejane (Direct Energie) was the first rider in action, at kilometer 6. Ha was quickly joined by three other riders, Alex Kirsch (Trek-Segafredo), Laurent Pichon (Arkea Samsic) and Mauro Finetto (Delko-Marseille-Provence) while Ivan Garcia (Bahrain-Merida), who had first moved in the break, finally waited for the pack. Calmejane then also decided to let go, leaving Kirsch, Pichon and Finetto alone in the front.

The trio remained in control until the first climb of the day, Cote de la Sainte-Baume (km 114), when the peloton made it back within 30 seconds. At the top, Finetto collected seven points while KOM leader De Gendt picked two. In the descent, the pack edged closer and caught the three escapees at kilometer 128. The acceleration split the pack. De Gendt found himself trapped at the back and was not in contention in the ascent of 3rd category Cote de Mazaugues (Km 114). Ivan Garcia was first at the top. Simon Yates and green jersey holder Dylan Groenewegen were also in the second bunch, trailing the front group by 30 seconds.

At the first sprint of the day (Col de la Bigue, km 146.5), Luis Leon Sanchez, third overall, collected three bonus seconds ahead of his team-mate Ion Izagirre and Jack Haig (Mitchelton-Scott). The front group was led throughout by Mitchelton-Scott riders, paving the way for Matteo Trentin, and the Sky team-mates of race leader Kwiatkowski. With 12 km to go, a crash involving Rafael Valls (Movistar) and Jan Bakelants (Sunweb), slowed the front bunch, which quickly regrouped.

With most sprinters still in contention, to the notable exception of Groenewegen, Fabio Jakobsen (Deceuninck-Quick Step) and Andre Greipel (Arkea Samsic), the stage was set for a bunch sprint. In the meantime, Kwitakowski won the last intermediate sprint ahead of Sanchez and took back one second off the Spaniard. A crash with 3 km to go quashed the sprint hopes of Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Soudal) and Christophe Laporte (Cofidis). In the last kilometer, Groupama-FDJ seized the reins for Demare, who made his effort a little bit too early, to see Sam Bennett surge in his slipstream and pip him on the line.

Michal Kwiatkowski remains the GC leader. Sirotti photo

Complete Results:

176.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.927 km/hr

1	SAM BENNETT	BORA-HANSGROHE	4hr 12min 35sec
2	ARNAUD DEMARE	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
3	MATTEO TRENTIN	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
4	JOHN DEGENKOLB	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
5	BRYAN COQUARD	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
6	ANTHONY TURGIS	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
7	FLORIAN SENECHAL	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
8	OLIVER NAESEN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
9	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
10	EGAN ARLEY BERNAL	SKY	s.t.
11	IVAN GARCIA	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
12	NIKOLAS MAES	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
13	HUGO HOULE	ASTANA	s.t.
14	JACK HAIG	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
15	LILIAN CALMEJANE	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
16	JEAN-PIERRE DRUCKER	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
17	TONY GALLOPIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
18	SONNY COLBRELLI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
19	DYLAN TEUNS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
20	RUDY MOLARD	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
21	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	SKY	s.t.
22	WILCO KELDERMAN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
23	LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ	ASTANA	s.t.
24	CYRIL GAUTIER	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
25	VALENTIN MADOUAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
26	MIKAEL CHEREL	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
27	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	COFIDIS	s.t.
28	JACOPO GUARNIERI	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
29	FELIX GROSSSCHARTNER	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
30	BOB JUNGELS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
31	MAXIME MONFORT	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
32	ROMAIN BARDET	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
33	NAIRO QUINTANA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
34	PHILIPPE GILBERT	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
35	GEORGE BENNETT	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
36	ILNUR ZAKARIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
37	WINNER ANACONA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
38	PAWEL POLJANSKI	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
39	JHOAN CHAVES	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
40	JULIEN EL FARES	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
41	BERT-JAN LINDEMAN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
42	ROGER KLUGE	LOTTO SOUDAL	20''
43	MARCO MARCATO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	22''
44	ION IZAGUIRRE	ASTANA	35''
45	SERGIO LUIS HENAO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
46	JACK BAUER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	42''
47	LUKE ROWE	SKY	s.t.
48	MARC SOLER	MOVISTAR	s.t.
49	KEVIN REZA	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
50	IGNATAS KONOVALOVAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	52''
51	TIM DECLERCQ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	1' 03''
52	MIKEL NIEVE	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	1' 11''
53	SEBASTIAN HENA	SKY	s.t.
54	SIMON ŠPILAK	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	1' 15''
55	JHONATAN NARVAEZ	SKY	2' 28''
56	CALEB EWAN	LOTTO SOUDAL	2' 34''
57	GIULIO CICCONE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	3' 08''
58	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	SKY	s.t.
59	CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE	COFIDIS	3' 28''
60	EDWARD THEUNS	TREK-SEGAFREDO	5' 41''
61	SCOTT DAVIES	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
62	ROMAIN COMBAUD	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
63	ADRIEN PETIT	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
64	STIJN VANDENBERGH	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
65	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
66	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	ASTANA	s.t.
67	EDVALD BOASSON HAGEN	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
68	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
69	FABIO SABATINI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
70	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
71	LAURENS DE VREESE	ASTANA	s.t.
72	AMARO ANTUNES	CCC TEAM	s.t.
73	JARLINSON PANTANO	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
74	LUKA MEZGEC	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
75	MATHIAS FRANK	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
76	NILS POLITT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
77	DOMENICO POZZOVIVO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
78	DANIEL MARTINEZ	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
79	KOEN DE KORT	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
80	ADAM JAMES HANSEN	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
81	ALEX KIRSCH	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
82	TEJAY VAN GARDEREN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
83	VICTOR DE LA PARTE	CCC TEAM	s.t.
84	IMANOL ERVITI	MOVISTAR	s.t.
85	HECTOR CARRETERO	MOVISTAR	s.t.
86	IVAN RAMIRO SOSA	SKY	s.t.
87	OLIVIER LE GAC	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
88	JESPER HANSEN	COFIDIS	s.t.
89	CHRISTOPH PFINGSTEN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
90	LAURENS TEN DAM	CCC TEAM	s.t.
91	MAARTEN WYNANTS	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
92	QUENTIN PACHER	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
93	JENS DEBUSSCHERE	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
94	ANDRÉ GREIPEL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
95	MATHIAS LE TURNIER	COFIDIS	s.t.
96	PATRICK KONRAD	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
97	MARCO HALLER	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
98	MIKE TEUNISSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
99	AMUND GRØNDAHL JANSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
100	DYLAN GROENEWEGEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
101	PASCAL EENKHOORN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
102	HEINRICH HAUSSLER	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
103	SIMON PHILIP YATES	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	7' 57''
104	BERT VAN LERBERGHE	COFIDIS	s.t.
105	ILJO KEISSE	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
106	BERNHARD EISEL	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
107	PATRICK MÜLLER	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
108	KRISTIJAN KOREN	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
109	NICOLAS EDET	COFIDIS	s.t.
110	GEOFFREY SOUPE	COFIDIS	s.t.
111	THOMAS DE GENDT	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
112	NICCOLÒ BONIFAZIO	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
113	MITCHELL DOCKER	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
114	DANIEL MCLAY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
115	TOM SCULLY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
116	RAMON SINKELDAM	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
117	JAN BAKELANTS	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
118	ROY CURVERS	TEAM SUNWEB	10' 36''
119	CASPER PHILLIP PEDERSEN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
120	MAURO FINETTO	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	10' 38''
121	JAKUB MARECZKO	CCC TEAM	s.t.
122	ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI	CCC TEAM	s.t.
123	ALESSANDRO FEDELI	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
124	JULIEN VERMOTE	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
125	EDUARD-MICHAEL GROSU	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
126	RAMUNAS NAVARDAUSKAS	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
127	RORY SUTHERLAND	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
128	BRAM WELTEN	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
129	MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN	ASTANA	s.t.
130	KRIS BOECKMANS	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
131	DAMIEN GAUDIN	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
132	WILLIAM BARTA	CCC TEAM	s.t.
133	ARTHUR VICHOT	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
134	JURGEN ROELANDTS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
135	EVALDAS SISKEVICIUS	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
136	NIKI TERPSTRA	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
137	JONATHAN HIVERT	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
138	AMAEL MOINARD	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
139	LAURENT PICHON	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
140	ELIE GESBERT	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
141	BENOIT COSNEFROY	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
142	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.

GC after Stage 6:

918 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.513 km/hr

1	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	SKY	21hr 35min 36sec
2	EGAN ARLEY BERNAL	SKY	@ 18sec
3	LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ	ASTANA	22''
4	WILCO KELDERMAN	TEAM SUNWEB	1' 00''
5	BOB JUNGELS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
6	NAIRO QUINTANA	MOVISTAR	1' 04''
7	FELIX GROSSSCHARTNER	BORA-HANSGROHE	1' 08''
8	JACK HAIG	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	1' 17''
9	RUDY MOLARD	GROUPAMA-FDJ	1' 21''
10	ROMAIN BARDET	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1' 24''
11	HUGO HOULE	ASTANA	1' 38''
12	TONY GALLOPIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1' 39''
13	GEORGE BENNETT	JUMBO-VISMA	1' 42''
14	ILNUR ZAKARIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	1' 54''
15	DYLAN TEUNS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	1' 55''
16	PHILIPPE GILBERT	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	2' 01''
17	OLIVER NAESEN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	2' 09''
18	LILIAN CALMEJANE	DIRECT ENERGIE	2' 18''
19	VALENTIN MADOUAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	2' 26''
20	SONNY COLBRELLI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	2' 58''
21	MATTEO TRENTIN	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	3' 18''
22	CYRIL GAUTIER	VITAL CONCEPT	6' 22''
23	MIKAEL CHEREL	AG2R LA MONDIALE	6' 59''
24	PATRICK KONRAD	BORA-HANSGROHE	8' 35''
25	TEJAY VAN GARDEREN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	8' 49''
26	IVAN GARCIA	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	11' 52''
27	ION IZAGUIRRE	ASTANA	12' 30''
28	WINNER ANACONA	MOVISTAR	12' 36''
29	MIKE TEUNISSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	13' 02''
30	EDWARD THEUNS	TREK-SEGAFREDO	13' 26''
31	DANIEL MARTINEZ	EF EDUCATION FIRST	13' 46''
32	JEAN-PIERRE DRUCKER	BORA-HANSGROHE	13' 49''
33	MAXIME MONFORT	LOTTO SOUDAL	13' 53''
34	MARCO MARCATO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	14' 50''
35	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	SKY	16' 02''
36	GIULIO CICCONE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	16' 05''
37	NILS POLITT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	16' 22''
38	JHOAN ESTEBAN CHAVES	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	16' 32''
39	SCOTT DAVIES	DIMENSION DATA	17' 08''
40	JULIEN EL FARES	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	17' 16''
41	PAWEL POLJANSKI	BORA-HANSGROHE	17' 38''
42	SERGIO LUIS HENAO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	18' 01''
43	JARLINSON PANTANO	TREK-SEGAFREDO	18' 02''
44	AMARO ANTUNES	CCC TEAM	18' 17''
45	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	ASTANA	19' 36''
46	NIKI TERPSTRA	DIRECT ENERGIE	19' 53''
47	EDVALD BOASSON HAGEN	DIMENSION DATA	20' 22''
48	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	20' 36''
49	BRYAN COQUARD	VITAL CONCEPT	21' 01''
50	ALEX KIRSCH	TREK-SEGAFREDO	21' 16''
51	BERT-JAN LINDEMAN	JUMBO-VISMA	21' 33''
52	STIJN VANDENBERGH	AG2R LA MONDIALE	21' 36''
53	MARC SOLER	MOVISTAR	22' 15''
54	MATHIAS FRANK	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
55	DOMENICO POZZOVIVO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	22' 35''
56	ANTHONY TURGIS	DIRECT ENERGIE	22' 58''
57	SAM BENNETT	BORA-HANSGROHE	23' 16''
58	JHONATAN NARVAEZ	SKY	23' 18''
59	ARNAUD DEMARE	GROUPAMA-FDJ	23' 23''
60	HEINRICH HAUSSLER	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	23' 27''
61	ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI	CCC TEAM	23' 29''
62	JOHN DEGENKOLB	TREK-SEGAFREDO	23' 32''
63	QUENTIN PACHER	VITAL CONCEPT	23' 38''
64	SEBASTIAN HENAO	SKY	23' 44''
65	CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE	COFIDIS	23' 50''
66	THOMAS DE GENDT	LOTTO SOUDAL	24' 05''
67	JESPER HANSEN	COFIDIS	24' 13''
68	LAURENS TEN DAM	CCC TEAM	24' 59''
69	MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN	ASTANA	25' 03''
70	SIMON ŠPILAK	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	25' 21''
71	NIKOLAS MAES	LOTTO SOUDAL	25' 50''
72	OLIVIER LE GAC	GROUPAMA-FDJ	26' 06''
73	SIMON PHILIP YATES	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	26' 17''
74	IGNATAS KONOVALOVAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	26' 50''
75	ROMAIN COMBAUD	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	27' 31''
76	FLORIAN SENECHAL	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	28' 22''
77	JACOPO GUARNIERI	GROUPAMA-FDJ	28' 33''
78	IVAN RAMIRO SOSA	SKY	28' 39''
79	LUKE ROWE	SKY	28' 44''
80	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	COFIDIS	28' 45''
81	MATHIAS LE TURNIER	COFIDIS	28' 49''
82	LAURENS DE VREESE	ASTANA	29' 06''
83	PATRICK MÜLLER	VITAL CONCEPT	29' 30''
84	ADAM JAMES HANSEN	LOTTO SOUDAL	29' 35''
85	MARCO HALLER	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	30' 01''
86	ELIE GESBERT	ARKEA-SAMSIC	30' 14''
87	ANDRÉ GREIPEL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	30' 21''
88	KOEN DE KORT	TREK-SEGAFREDO	30' 36''
89	JACK BAUER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	30' 38''
90	IMANOL ERVITI	MOVISTAR	30' 43''
91	AMUND GRØNDAHL JANSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	31' 09''
92	JAN BAKELANTS	TEAM SUNWEB	31' 09''
93	VICTOR DE LA PARTE	CCC TEAM	31' 16''
94	DYLAN GROENEWEGEN	JUMBO-VISMA	31' 18''
95	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	31' 31''
96	HECTOR CARRETERO	MOVISTAR	31' 45''
97	NICOLAS EDET	COFIDIS	32' 02''
98	ADRIEN PETIT	DIRECT ENERGIE	32' 20''
99	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	32' 40''
100	TIM DECLERCQ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	32' 42''
101	MITCHELL DOCKER	EF EDUCATION FIRST	32' 44''
102	JURGEN ROELANDTS	MOVISTAR	33' 20''
103	LAURENT PICHON	ARKEA-SAMSIC	33' 48''
104	CALEB EWAN	LOTTO SOUDAL	34' 02''
105	ROGER KLUGE	LOTTO SOUDAL	34' 03''
106	MAURO FINETTO	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	34' 04''
107	RAMON SINKELDAM	GROUPAMA-FDJ	34' 17''
108	KEVIN REZA	VITAL CONCEPT	34' 32''
109	MAARTEN WYNANTS	JUMBO-VISMA	34' 37''
110	KRISTIJAN KOREN	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	35' 07''
111	CASPER PHILLIP PEDERSEN	TEAM SUNWEB	35' 31''
112	NICCOLÒ BONIFAZIO	DIRECT ENERGIE	35' 37''
113	LUKA MEZGEC	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	35' 46''
114	PASCAL EENKHOORN	JUMBO-VISMA	36' 25''
115	JONATHAN HIVERT	DIRECT ENERGIE	36' 39''
116	CHRISTOPH PFINGSTEN	BORA-HANSGROHE	37' 35''
117	BERNHARD EISEL	DIMENSION DATA	37' 39''
118	BERT VAN LERBERGHE	COFIDIS	37' 46''
119	BENOIT COSNEFROY	AG2R LA MONDIALE	37' 47''
120	MIKEL NIEVE	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	38' 15''
121	DAMIEN GAUDIN	DIRECT ENERGIE	38' 16''
122	FABIO SABATINI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	38' 24''
123	TOM SCULLY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	38' 34''
124	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	39' 31''
125	AMAEL MOINARD	ARKEA-SAMSIC	39' 53''
126	GEOFFREY SOUPE	COFIDIS	39' 54''
127	JENS DEBUSSCHERE	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	40' 26''
128	EVALDAS SISKEVICIUS	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	40' 27''
129	ARTHUR VICHOT	VITAL CONCEPT	43' 23''
130	ILJO KEISSE	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	43' 29''
131	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	43' 55''
132	KRIS BOECKMANS	VITAL CONCEPT	45' 10''
133	RAMUNAS NAVARDAUSKAS	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	45' 45''
134	BRAM WELTEN	ARKEA-SAMSIC	48' 11''
135	ALESSANDRO FEDELI	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	48' 58''
136	JAKUB MARECZKO	CCC TEAM	49' 16''
137	WILLIAM BARTA	CCC TEAM	49' 42''
138	DANIEL MCLAY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	50' 09''
139	RORY SUTHERLAND	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	50' 41''
140	ROY CURVERS	TEAM SUNWEB	52' 07''
141	EDUARD-MICHAEL GROSU	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	52' 28''
142	JULIEN VERMOTE	DIMENSION DATA	57' 50''

Stage 6 map & profile:

Stage 6 map

Stage 6 profile

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Thursday, March 14: Stage 5, Barbentane 25.5 km indivdual time trial

Stage 5 map & profile

First rider off, Julien Vermote, is in the start house. Photo: ASO/A.Broadway

Weather at Barbentane at 12:30 PM, local time: 15C (59F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the NW at 21 km/hr (13 mph). No rain is forecast. Looks like a nice afternoon for a bike race.

The race: Here's the organizer's stage summary.

Simon Yates took advantage of changing wind conditions to make amends after a disappointing start to Paris-Nice, upsetting the favorites to snatch stage 5, a 25-km individual time trial around Barbentane, while Team Sky tightened their grip on the GC with Michal Kwiatkowski leading the way ahead of team-mate Egan Bernal. Vuelta champion Yates clocked 30:26 to win clinch first career time trial ahead of Germany's Nils Politt (Katusha), while Kwiatkowski was third.

Julien Vermote (Dimension Data) was the first rider on the course at 13:18 in sunny, mild weather. He crossed the line, 25 km later, in 32:38. New Zealanders set the pace in the early stages of the race as Tom Scully (Education First), in 30:53, and Jack Bauer (Mitchelton-Scott) found themselves in first and second places after 60 starters. The two leading actors of the 2018 edition, Marc Soler (Movistar) and Simon Yates (Micthelton-Scott) reacted after a frustrating start to the race by beating the 31-minute mark at 30:56 for the Spaniard while the British Vuelta champion set a new fastest time in 30:26, dislodging Tom Scully from top spot.

Simon Yates going faster than anyone else.

Education First staged a remarkable team effort with three riders, Tejay van Garderen, Daniel Martinez and Lawson Crddock clocking the same convincing time, 15 seconds slower than Simon Yates, to sweep top seven placings. Nils Politt (Katusha) was the only one to really challenge Yates, finishing within 7 seconds of the Mitchelton-Scott leader. As the wind changed directions and headwind became stronger, some of the pre-stage favorites disappointed like Bob Jungels (Deceuninck-Quick Step), who finished 39 seconds slower than Yates. Other GC contenders lost precious time on the Briton -- Nairo Quintana limited the damage, squandering 53 seconds. Romain Bardet (AG2R) lost 1:15.

Michal Kwiatkowski defending his lead.

Team Sky, by contrast, again gave a show of strength. White jersey holder Egan Bernal finished 6th, 15 seconds adrift, while Michal Kwiatkowski, while he could not contend for the stage win because of the headwind, strengthened his yellow jersey at the expense of Luis Leon Sanchez. The Pole now leads team-mate Bernal by 19 seconds and Sanchez by 28 ahead of an exciting finale to the Race to the Sun at the weekend.

Complete Results:

25.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 50.274 km/hr

1	SIMON PHILIP YATES	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	30min 26sec
2	NILS POLITT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	@ 7sec
3	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	SKY	11''
4	TEJAY VAN GARDEREN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	15''
5	DANIEL MARTINEZ	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
6	EGAN ARLEY BERNAL	SKY	s.t.
7	G LAWSON CRADDOCK	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
8	TOM SCULLY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	27''
9	MARC SOLER	MOVISTAR	30''
10	LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ	ASTANA	s.t.
11	BOB JUNGELS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	39''
12	ION IZAGUIRRE	ASTANA	43''
13	EDVALD BOASSON HAGEN	DIMENSION DATA	44''
14	JHOAN ESTEBAN CHAVES	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
15	JACK BAUER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	45''
16	WILCO KELDERMAN	TEAM SUNWEB	49''
17	NAIRO QUINTANA	MOVISTAR	53''
18	DYLAN TEUNS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	57''
19	FELIX GROSSSCHARTNER	BORA-HANSGROHE	58''
20	ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI	CCC TEAM	1' 01''
21	ANTHONY TURGIS	DIRECT ENERGIE	1' 03''
22	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	SKY	1' 05''
23	THOMAS DE GENDT	LOTTO SOUDAL	1' 07''
24	JACK HAIG	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
25	LOUIS VERVAEKE	TEAM SUNWEB	1' 09''
26	RUDY MOLARD	GROUPAMA-FDJ	1' 12''
27	SCOTT DAVIES	DIMENSION DATA	1' 13''
28	ROMAIN BARDET	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1' 15''
29	MITCHELL DOCKER	EF EDUCATION FIRST	1' 19''
30	NIKI TERPSTRA	DIRECT ENERGIE	1' 21''
31	DAMIEN GAUDIN	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
32	FLORIAN SENECHAL	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	1' 22''
33	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	ASTANA	1' 23''
34	SERGIO LUIS HENAO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	1' 24''
35	CASPER PEDERSEN	TEAM SUNWEB	1' 26''
36	HUGO HOULE	ASTANA	1' 27''
37	EDWARD THEUNS	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
38	WILLIAM BARTA	CCC TEAM	1' 30''
39	AMARO ANTUNES	CCC TEAM	s.t.
40	GEORGE BENNETT	JUMBO-VISMA	1' 31''
41	TONY GALLOPIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1' 32''
42	KRIS BOECKMANS	VITAL CONCEPT	1' 33''
43	ARNAUD DEMARE	GROUPAMA-FDJ	1' 34''
44	JOHN DEGENKOLB	TREK-SEGAFREDO	1' 37''
44	LAURENS TEN DAM	CCC TEAM	s.t.
46	JURGEN ROELANDTS	MOVISTAR	1' 38''
47	JAN BAKELANTS	TEAM SUNWEB	1' 40''
48	MAXIME MONFORT	LOTTO SOUDAL	1' 41''
49	LAURENT PICHON	ARKEA-SAMSIC	1' 42''
50	PATRICK KONRAD	BORA-HANSGROHE	1' 43''
51	ILNUR ZAKARIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
52	ADRIEN PETIT	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
53	MIKE TEUNISSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	1' 48''
54	ALEX KIRSCH	TREK-SEGAFREDO	1' 52''
55	DIEGO ULISSI	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	1' 58''
56	OLIVER NAESEN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1' 59''
56	PHILIPPE GILBERT	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	1' 59''
58	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	2' 00''
59	JEAN-PIERRE DRUCKER	BORA-HANSGROHE	2' 02''
60	PASCAL EENKHOORN	JUMBO-VISMA	2' 06''
61	MATHIAS FRANK	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
62	MARCO MARCATO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	2' 07''
63	LILIAN CALMEJANE	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
64	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	2' 10''
65	JULIEN VERMOTE	DIMENSION DATA	2' 12''
66	LARS BAK YTTING	DIMENSION DATA	2' 15''
67	VALENTIN MADOUAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
68	LAURENS DE VREESE	ASTANA	2' 17''
69	MAURO FINETTO	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	2' 18''
70	IMANOL ERVITI	MOVISTAR	2' 20''
71	NICOLAS EDET	COFIDIS	2' 21''
72	STIJN VANDENBERGH	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
73	KOEN DE KORT	TREK-SEGAFREDO	2' 23''
74	SEBASTIAN HENAO	SKY	2' 24''
75	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	COFIDIS	s.t.
76	CHRISTOPH PFINGSTEN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
77	HEINRICH HAUSSLER	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	2' 25''
78	FRANCISCO VENTOSO	CCC TEAM	2' 26''
79	ARTHUR VICHOT	VITAL CONCEPT	2' 28''
80	RORY SUTHERLAND	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	2' 29''
81	QUENTIN PACHER	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
82	DOMENICO POZZOVIVO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	2' 33''
83	KRISTIJAN KOREN	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
84	BRYAN COQUARD	VITAL CONCEPT	2' 35''
85	CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE	COFIDIS	2' 37''
86	ILJO KEISSE	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	2' 40''
87	JACOPO GUARNIERI	GROUPAMA-FDJ	2' 42''
88	CYRIL GAUTIER	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
89	VICTOR DE LA PARTE	CCC TEAM	2' 44''
90	ANDRÉ GREIPEL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	2' 45''
91	ADAM JAMES HANSEN	LOTTO SOUDAL	2' 46''
92	SONNY COLBRELLI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	2' 47''
93	RAMON SINKELDAM	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
94	IGNATAS KONOVALOVAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
95	RAFAEL VALLS FERRI	MOVISTAR	2' 48''
96	PAWEL POLJANSKI	BORA-HANSGROHE	2' 49''
97	ROMAIN COMBAUD	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	2' 52''
98	OLIVIER LE GAC	GROUPAMA-FDJ	2' 56''
99	ROGER KLUGE	LOTTO SOUDAL	2' 59''
100	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
101	MAARTEN WYNANTS	JUMBO-VISMA	3' 00''
102	MIKEL NIEVE	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
103	WINNER ANACONA	MOVISTAR	3' 02''
104	SAM BENNETT	BORA-HANSGROHE	3' 06''
105	CALEB EWAN	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
106	DANIEL MCLAY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
107	ALESSANDRO FEDELI	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	3' 08''
108	HECTOR CARRETERO	MOVISTAR	s.t.
109	GEOFFREY SOUPE	COFIDIS	s.t.
110	AMUND L JANSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	3' 13''
111	BENOIT COSNEFROY	AG2R LA MONDIALE	3' 14''
112	EDUARD-MICHAEL GROSU	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	3' 15''
113	MATTEO TRENTIN	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	3' 16''
114	JHONATAN NARVAEZ	SKY	3' 23''
115	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
116	JULIEN EL FARES	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	3' 24''
117	MIKAEL CHEREL	AG2R LA MONDIALE	3' 27''
118	ELIE GESBERT	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
119	BERT VAN LERBERGHE	COFIDIS	3' 28''
120	MATHIAS LE TURNIER	COFIDIS	3' 29''
121	JENS DEBUSSCHERE	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
122	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	3' 31''
123	TIM DECLERCQ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	3' 32''
124	IVAN RAMIRO SOSA	SKY	s.t.
125	KEVIN REZA	VITAL CONCEPT	3' 33''
126	MARCO HALLER	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	3' 34''
127	NIKOLAS MAES	LOTTO SOUDAL	3' 35''
128	LUKA MEZGEC	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	3' 36''
129	AMAEL MOINARD	ARKEA-SAMSIC	3' 37''
130	ROY CURVERS	TEAM SUNWEB	3' 38''
131	IVAN GARCIA	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
132	JESPER HANSEN	COFIDIS	s.t.
133	EVALDAS SISKEVICIUS	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	3' 44''
134	LUKE ROWE	SKY	3' 46''
135	JONATHAN HIVERT	DIRECT ENERGIE	3' 51''
136	BERNHARD EISEL	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
137	BERT-JAN LINDEMAN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
138	JAKUB MARECZKO	CCC TEAM	s.t.
139	RAMUNAS NAVARDAUSKAS	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	3' 57''
140	SIMON ŠPILAK	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
141	GIULIO CICCONE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	4' 04''
142	PATRICK MÜLLER	VITAL CONCEPT	4' 06''
143	DYLAN GROENEWEGEN	JUMBO-VISMA	4' 07''
144	FABIO SABATINI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	4' 09''
145	FABIO JAKOBSEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	4' 15''
146	JARLINSON PANTANO	TREK-SEGAFREDO	4' 31''
147	MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN	ASTANA	4' 49''
148	NICCOLÒ BONIFAZIO	DIRECT ENERGIE	4' 49''
149	BRAM WELTEN	ARKEA-SAMSIC	4' 52''

GC after stage 5:

741.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.656 km/hr

1	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	SKY	17hr 23min 00sec
2	EGAN ARLEY BERNA	SKY	@ 19sec
3	LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ	ASTANA	28''
4	WILCO KELDERMAN	TEAM SUNWEB	1' 01''
5	BOB JUNGELS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
6	NAIRO QUINTANA	MOVISTAR	1' 05''
7	FELIX GROSSSCHARTNER	BORA-HANSGROHE	1' 09''
8	JACK HAIG	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	1' 19''
9	RUDY MOLARD	GROUPAMA-FDJ	1' 22''
10	ROMAIN BARDET	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1' 25''
11	HUGO HOULE	ASTANA	1' 39''
12	TONY GALLOPIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1' 40''
13	GEORGE BENNETT	JUMBO-VISMA	1' 43''
14	ILNUR ZAKARIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	1' 55''
15	DYLAN TEUNS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	1' 56''
16	PHILIPPE GILBERT	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	2' 02''
17	OLIVER NAESEN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	2' 10''
18	LAWSON CRADDOCK	EF EDUCATION FIRST	2' 14''
19	LILIAN CALMEJANE	DIRECT ENERGIE	2' 19''
20	VALENTIN MADOUAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	2' 27''
21	PATRICK KONRAD	BORA-HANSGROHE	2' 55''
22	SONNY COLBRELLI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	2' 59''
23	TEJAY VAN GARDEREN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	3' 09''
24	MATTEO TRENTIN	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	3' 23''
25	CYRIL GAUTIER	VITAL CONCEPT	6' 23''
26	MIKAEL CHEREL	AG2R LA MONDIALE	7' 00''
27	MIKE TEUNISSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	7' 22''
28	EDWARD THEUNS	TREK-SEGAFREDO	7' 46''
29	DANIEL FELIPE MARTINEZ	EF EDUCATION FIRST	8' 06''
30	NIKI TERPSTRA	DIRECT ENERGIE	9' 16''
31	NILS POLITT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	10' 36''
32	SCOTT DAVIES	DIMENSION DATA	11' 28''
33	IVAN GARCIA	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	11' 53''
34	ION IZAGUIRRE	ASTANA	11' 59''
35	JARLINSON PANTANO	TREK-SEGAFREDO	12' 22''
36	WINNER ANACONA	MOVISTAR	12' 37''
37	AMARO ANTUNES	CCC TEAM	12' 37''
38	ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI	CCC TEAM	12' 52''
39	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	SKY	12' 55''
40	GIULIO CICCONE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	12' 58''
41	DIEGO ULISSI	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	13' 30''
42	JEAN-PIERRE DRUCKER	BORA-HANSGROHE	13' 50''
43	MAXIME MONFORT	LOTTO SOUDAL	13' 54''
44	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	ASTANA	13' 56''
45	MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN	ASTANA	14' 26''
46	MARCO MARCATO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	14' 29''
47	EDVALD BOASSON HAGEN	DIMENSION DATA	14' 42''
48	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	14' 56''
49	ALEX KIRSCH	TREK-SEGAFREDO	15' 36''
50	STIJN VANDENBERGH	AG2R LA MONDIALE	15' 56''
51	THOMAS DE GENDT	LOTTO SOUDAL	16' 09''
52	JHOAN ESTEBAN CHAVES	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	16' 33''
53	MATHIAS FRANK	AG2R LA MONDIALE	16' 35''
54	DOMENICO POZZOVIVO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	16' 55''
55	RAFAEL VALLS FERRI	MOVISTAR	17' 15''
56	JULIEN EL FARES	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	17' 17''
57	SERGIO LUIS HENAO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	17' 27''
58	PAWEL POLJANSKI	BORA-HANSGROHE	17' 39''
59	HEINRICH HAUSSLER	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	17' 47''
60	QUENTIN PACHER	VITAL CONCEPT	17' 58''
61	SIMON PHILIP YATES	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	18' 11''
62	LOUIS VERVAEKE	TEAM SUNWEB	18' 25''
63	JESPER HANSEN	COFIDIS	18' 33''
64	LAURENS TEN DAM	CCC TEAM	19' 19''
65	ELIE GESBERT	ARKEA-SAMSIC	19' 37''
66	CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE	COFIDIS	20' 23''
67	OLIVIER LE GAC	GROUPAMA-FDJ	20' 26''
68	JHONATAN NARVAEZ	SKY	20' 51''
69	BRYAN COQUARD	VITAL CONCEPT	21' 02''
70	MARC SOLER	MOVISTAR	21' 34''
71	PATRICK MÜLLER	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
72	BERT-JAN LINDEMAN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
73	ROMAIN COMBAUD	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	21' 51''
74	SEBASTIAN HENAO	SKY	22' 34''
75	JURGEN ROELANDTS	MOVISTAR	22' 43''
76	ANTHONY TURGIS	DIRECT ENERGIE	22' 59''
77	IVAN RAMIRO SOSA	SKY	s.t.
78	MATHIAS LE TURNIER	COFIDIS	23' 09''
79	LAURENT PICHON	ARKEA-SAMSIC	23' 11''
80	JAN BAKELANTS	TEAM SUNWEB	23' 13''
81	LAURENS DE VREESE	ASTANA	23' 26''
82	SAM BENNETT	BORA-HANSGROHE	23' 27''
83	MAURO FINETTO	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	23' 27''
84	ARNAUD DEMARE	GROUPAMA-FDJ	23' 30''
85	JOHN DEGENKOLB	TREK-SEGAFREDO	23' 33''
86	ADAM JAMES HANSEN	LOTTO SOUDAL	23' 55''
87	NICOLAS EDET	COFIDIS	24' 06''
88	SIMON ŠPILAK	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	24' 07''
89	MARCO HALLER	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	24' 21''
90	ANDRÉ GREIPEL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	24' 41''
91	MITCHELL DOCKER	EF EDUCATION FIRST	24' 48''
92	CASPER PHILLIP PEDERSEN	TEAM SUNWEB	24' 56''
93	KOEN DE KORT	TREK-SEGAFREDO	24' 56''
94	IMANOL ERVITI	MOVISTAR	25' 03''
95	AMUND ANSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	25' 29''
96	VICTOR DE LA PARTE	CCC TEAM	25' 36''
97	DYLAN GROENEWEGEN	JUMBO-VISMA	25' 38''
98	NIKOLAS MAES	LOTTO SOUDAL	25' 51''
99	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
100	IGNATAS KONOVALOVAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	25' 59''
101	JONATHAN HIVERT	DIRECT ENERGIE	26' 02''
102	HECTOR CARRETERO	MOVISTAR	26' 05''
103	RAMON SINKELDAM	GROUPAMA-FDJ	26' 21''
104	ADRIEN PETIT	DIRECT ENERGIE	26' 40''
105	BENOIT COSNEFROY	AG2R LA MONDIALE	27' 10''
106	KRISTIJAN KOREN	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	27' 11''
107	DAMIEN GAUDIN	DIRECT ENERGIE	27' 39''
108	NICCOLÒ BONIFAZIO	DIRECT ENERGIE	27' 41''
109	LUKE ROWE	SKY	28' 03''
110	FLORIAN SENECHAL	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	28' 23''
111	JACOPO GUARNIERI	GROUPAMA-FDJ	28' 34''
112	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	COFIDIS	28' 46''
113	MAARTEN WYNANTS	JUMBO-VISMA	28' 57''
114	AMAEL MOINARD	ARKEA-SAMSIC	29' 16''
115	BERNHARD EISEL	DIMENSION DATA	29' 43''
116	EVALDAS SISKEVICIUS	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	29' 50''
117	BERT VAN LERBERGHE	COFIDIS	s.t.
118	JACK BAUER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	29' 57''
119	LUKA MEZGEC	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	30' 06''
120	TOM SCULLY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	30' 38''
121	PASCAL EENKHOORN	JUMBO-VISMA	30' 45''
122	CALEB EWAN	LOTTO SOUDAL	31' 29''
123	TIM DECLERCQ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	31' 40''
124	CHRISTOPH PFINGSTEN	BORA-HANSGROHE	31' 55''
125	GEOFFREY SOUPE	COFIDIS	31' 58''
126	FRANCISCO VENTOSO	CCC TEAM	32' 01''
127	FABIO JAKOBSEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	32' 21''
128	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
129	FABIO SABATINI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	32' 44''
130	ARTHUR VICHOT	VITAL CONCEPT	32' 46''
131	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	33' 18''
132	ROGER KLUGE	LOTTO SOUDAL	33' 44''
133	LARS BAK YTTING	DIMENSION DATA	33' 48''
134	KEVIN REZA	VITAL CONCEPT	33' 51''
135	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
136	KRIS BOECKMANS	VITAL CONCEPT	34' 33''
137	JENS DEBUSSCHERE	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	34' 46''
138	RAMUNAS NAVARDAUSKAS	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	35' 08''
139	ILJO KEISSE	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	35' 33''
140	MIKEL NIEVE	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	37' 05''
141	BRAM WELTEN	ARKEA-SAMSIC	37' 34''
142	ALESSANDRO FEDELI	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	38' 21''
143	JAKUB MARECZKO	CCC TEAM	38' 39''
144	WILLIAM BARTA	CCC TEAM	39' 05''
145	RORY SUTHERLAND	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	40' 04''
146	ROY CURVERS	TEAM SUNWEB	41' 32''
147	EDUARD-MICHAEL GROSU	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	41' 51''
148	DANIEL MCLAY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	42' 13''
149	JULIEN VERMOTE	DIMENSION DATA	47' 13''

Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

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Wednesday, March 13: Stage 4, Vichy - Pélussin, 212 km

Stage 4 map & profile

Magnus Cort Nielsen takes a solo win

Rated climbs:

• Km 18.5: Côte de Cheval-Rigon, 5.7 km @ 3.9%. Cat 3
• Km 152.5: Côte de Trèves, 3 km @ 5.2%. Cat 2
• Km 168.5: Côte de Condrieu, 1.9 km @ 8.5%. Cat 1
• Km 183: Côte de Saint-Michel-sur-Rhône, 3 km @ 6.6%. Cat 2
• Km 201: Côte de Chavanay, 3.1 km @ 4.9%. Cat 2

Weather at the finish city of Pelussin at 12:20 PM, local time: 8C (47F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the WNW at 10 km/hr (6 mph). There is a 20%-25% chance of rain throughout the afternoon. Thunderstorms are possible.

The race: Here's the organizer's summary.

Magnus Cort Nielsen outwitted his breakaway companions to clinch the longest stage of this Paris-Nice in Pelussin at the expense of Belgium's Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal), who earned the consolation of the polka-dot jersey. The Danish rider, winner of a Tour de France stage in Carcassone last year, attacked 400 metres from the line to upstage De Gendt and Italy's Giulio Ciccone and Alessandro De Marchi, who had broken away with him after 10 km. Despite a long chase for the 212 km of the stage from Vichy, the peloton could not bridge the gap but Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky) took advantage of the bumpy profile of the day to take the yellow jersey away from stage 1 and 2 winner Dylan Groenewegen.

The start was given at 11:31 to 150 riders. After ten kilometres, seven riders broke clear. They were Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal), Christoph Pfingsten (Bora-Hansgrohe), Julien Bernard (Trek-Segafredo), Olivier Le Gac (Groupama-FDJ), Mathias Le Turnier (Cofidis), Alessandro De Marchi (CCC) and Kevin Reza (Vital Concept). They were joined three kilometers later by Magnus Cort Nielsen (Astana), Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo), Elie Gesbert (Arkea Samsic) and Damien Gaudin (Direct Energie) and then by Eduard Grosu and Evaldas Siskevicius (both Delko-Marseille-Provence). Polka-dot jersey holder Gaudin collected two more points in the first climb of the day (Km 18.5).

Le Gac the best-placed escapee overall, won the first intermediate sprint. At km 79.5, the peloton was halted for 3:30 by a level-crossing, forcing organizers to stop the breakaway group for the same amount of time. The gap still increased to reach 6:40 at kilometer 114. It then started to go down gradually to reach 3:20 at the top of the 2nd category Cote de Treves (km 152.5) on which Gaudin added seven points to his KOM tally. Kevin Reza was dropped on the hill.

In the 1st category Cote de Condrieu, Thomas De Gendt surged to pick 10 KOM points as the leading group disintegrated. Only seven of the escapees were left at the top: De Gendt, De Marchi, Gesbert, Ciccone, Bernard, Le Turnier and Cort Nielsen. De Gendt, twice a polka-dot jersey winner on Paris-Nice, collected seven more points on Cote de St Michel sure Rhone (Km 183) and found himself only one point behind Gaudin. He overtook the Frenchman in the next climb, Cote de Chavanay (2nd cat, km 201.5) by clinching seven more points to take back the jersey he had won in Nice a year ago.

At the top of that last climb, the peloton, led by Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) for some 30 km, had come back within 50 seconds of the breakaway group, in which were only left De Gendt, De Marchi, Ciccone and Cort Nielsen. The four kept fighting and retained their 50 seconds lead until the red flame, when Cort Nielsen attacked unexpectedly to surprise his breakaway companions. On the line, he handed his Astana team their 16th victory of the season.

Overall, Kwiatkowski leads Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana) by five seconds and Philippe Gilbert (Deceuninck-Quick Step) by 10 seconds.

Complete results:

212 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.867 km/hr

1	MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN	ASTANA	5hr 3min 49sec
2	THOMAS DE GENDT	LOTTO SOUDAL	@ 7sec
3	GIULIO CICCONE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	13''
4	ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI	CCC TEAM	18''
5	LILIAN CALMEJANE	DIRECT ENERGIE	48''
6	VALENTIN MADOUAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
7	SONNY COLBRELLI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
8	MATTEO TRENTIN	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
9	PHILIPPE GILBERT	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
10	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	SKY	s.t.
11	OLIVER NAESEN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
12	DIEGO ULISSI	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
13	HUGO HOULE	ASTANA	s.t.
14	EGAN ARLEY BERNAL	SKY	s.t.
15	QUENTIN PACHER	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
16	LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ	ASTANA	s.t.
17	JACK HAIG	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
18	ION IZAGUIRRE	ASTANA	s.t.
19	TONY GALLOPIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
20	RUDY MOLARD	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
21	NICOLAS EDET	COFIDIS	s.t.
22	BOB JUNGELS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
23	PATRICK KONRAD	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
24	DYLAN TEUNS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
25	CYRIL GAUTIER	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
26	ROMAIN BARDET	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
27	FELIX GROSSSCHARTNER	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
28	WILCO KELDERMAN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
29	AMARO ANTUNES	CCC TEAM	s.t.
30	JAN BAKELANTS	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
31	NAIRO QUINTANA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
32	TEJAY VAN GARDEREN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
33	GEORGE BENNETT	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
34	ILNUR ZAKARIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
35	G LAWSON CRADDOCK	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
36	DANIEL MARTINEZ	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
37	JARLINSON PANTANO	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
38	WINNER ANACONA	MOVISTAR	56''
39	SERGIO LUIS HENAO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	1' 00''
40	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	ASTANA	s.t.
41	DOMENICO POZZOVIVO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	1' 07''
42	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	1' 14''
43	JONATHAN HIVERT	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
44	MATHIAS FRANK	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
45	IVAN RAMIRO SOSA	SKY	1' 17''
46	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	SKY	s.t.
47	MIKAEL CHEREL	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1' 27''
48	JULIEN EL FARES	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	3' 43''
49	RAFAEL VALLS FERRI	MOVISTAR	s.t.
50	ELIE GESBERT	ARKEA-SAMSIC	4' 32''
51	MAXIME MONFORT	LOTTO SOUDAL	6' 10''
52	JESPER HANSEN	COFIDIS	s.t.
53	LAURENS TEN DAM	CCC TEAM	s.t.
54	MIKE TEUNISSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
55	MATHIAS LE TURNIER	COFIDIS	6' 25''
56	EDWARD THEUNS	TREK-SEGAFREDO	6' 55''
57	ROMAIN COMBAUD	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
58	LOUIS VERVAEKE	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
59	NILS POLITT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
60	MARCO MARCATO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
61	NIKI TERPSTRA	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
62	HEINRICH HAUSSLER	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
63	JHONATAN NARVAEZ	SKY	s.t.
64	SEBASTIAN HENAO	SKY	s.t.
65	SCOTT DAVIES	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
66	EDVALD BOASSON HAGEN	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
67	PATRICK MÜLLER	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
68	SIMON ŠPILAK	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
69	IVAN GARCIA	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	8' 46''
70	JHOAN ESTEBAN CHAVES	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
71	MARC SOLER	MOVISTAR	9' 31''
72	SIMON PHILIP YATES	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
73	ADAM JAMES HANSEN	LOTTO SOUDAL	12' 24''
74	LAURENT PICHON	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
75	MAURO FINETTO	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
76	PAWEL POLJANSKI	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
77	LAURENS DE VREESE	ASTANA	s.t.
78	OLIVIER LE GAC	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
79	BENOIT COSNEFROY	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
80	STIJN VANDENBERGH	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
81	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
82	ALEX KIRSCH	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
83	JEAN-PIERRE DRUCKER	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
84	NICCOLÒ BONIFAZIO	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
85	HECTOR CARRETERO	MOVISTAR	s.t.
86	VICTOR DE LA PARTE	CCC TEAM	s.t.
87	SAM BENNETT	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
88	BRYAN COQUARD	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
89	BERT-JAN LINDEMAN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
90	AMAEL MOINARD	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
91	ALESSANDRO FEDELI	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
92	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	COFIDIS	15' 54''
93	MARCO HALLER	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
94	DAMIEN GAUDIN	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
95	CASPER PEDERSEN	TEAM SUNWEB	18' 22''
96	CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE	COFIDIS	s.t.
97	GEOFFREY SOUPE	COFIDIS	s.t.
98	FLORIAN SENECHAL	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
99	CHRISTOPH PFINGSTEN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
100	EVALDAS SISKEVICIUS	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
101	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
102	JURGEN ROELANDTS	MOVISTAR	20' 27''
103	JACK BAUER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
104	LUKA MEZGEC	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
105	EDUARD-MICHAEL GROSU	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
106	RORY SUTHERLAND	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	22' 32''
107	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
108	ANTHONY TURGIS	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
109	ADRIEN PETIT	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
110	WILLIAM BARTA	CCC TEAM	s.t.
111	JULIEN VERMOTE	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
112	IMANOL ERVITI	MOVISTAR	s.t.
113	MIKEL NIEVE	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
114	ROY CURVERS	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
115	JOHN DEGENKOLB	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
116	RAMON SINKELDAM	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
117	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
118	FABIO SABATINI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
119	JACOPO GUARNIERI	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
120	TOM SCULLY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
121	MITCHELL DOCKER	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
122	KRISTIJAN KOREN	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
123	KOEN DE KORT	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
124	ANDRÉ GREIPEL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
125	NIKOLAS MAES	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
126	RAMUNAS NAVARDAUSKAS	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
127	DANIEL MCLAY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
128	PASCAL EENKHOORN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
129	FABIO JAKOBSEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
130	DYLAN GROENEWEGEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
131	AMUND GRØNDAHL JANSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
132	BRAM WELTEN	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
133	IGNATAS KONOVALOVAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
134	ARNAUD DEMARE	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
135	MAARTEN WYNANTS	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
136	BERNHARD EISEL	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
137	KEVIN REZA	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
138	FRANCISCO VENTOSO	CCC TEAM	s.t.
139	ARTHUR VICHOT	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
140	LUKE ROWE	SKY	s.t.
141	CALEB EWAN	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
142	LARS BAK YTTING	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
143	JAKUB MARECZKO	CCC TEAM	s.t.
144	BERT VAN LERBERGHE	COFIDIS	s.t.
145	TIM DECLERCQ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
146	ILJO KEISSE	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
147	JENS DEBUSSCHERE	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
148	ROGER KLUGE	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
149	KRIS BOECKMANS	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.

GC after stage 4:

716 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.432 km/hr

1	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	SKY	16hr 52min 27sec
2	LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ	ASTANA	@ 5sec
3	PHILIPPE GILBERT	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	10''
4	EGAN ARLEY BERNAL	SKY	11''
5	MATTEO TRENTIN	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	14''
6	TONY GALLOPIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	15''
7	RUDY MOLARD	GROUPAMA-FDJ	17''
8	ROMAIN BARDET	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
9	OLIVER NAESEN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	18''
10	FELIX GROSSSCHARTNER	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
11	HUGO HOULE	ASTANA	19''
12	LILIAN CALMEJANE	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
13	SONNY COLBRELLI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
14	NAIRO QUINTANA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
15	VALENTIN MADOUAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
16	WILCO KELDERMAN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
17	JACK HAIG	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
18	GEORGE BENNETT	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
19	ILNUR ZAKARIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
20	BOB JUNGELS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	29''
21	DYLAN TEUNS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	1' 06''
22	PATRICK KONRAD	BORA-HANSGROHE	1' 19''
23	G LAWSON CRADDOCK	EF EDUCATION FIRST	2' 06''
24	TEJAY VAN GARDEREN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	3' 01''
25	MIKAEL CHEREL	AG2R LA MONDIALE	3' 40''
26	CYRIL GAUTIER	VITAL CONCEPT	3' 48''
27	MIKE TEUNISSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	5' 41''
28	EDWARD THEUNS	TREK-SEGAFREDO	6' 26''
29	JARLINSON PANTANO	TREK-SEGAFREDO	7' 58''
30	DANIEL FELIPE MARTINEZ	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
31	NIKI TERPSTRA	DIRECT ENERGIE	8' 02''
32	IVAN GARCIA	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	8' 22''
33	GIULIO CICCONE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	9' 01''
34	WINNER ANACONA	MOVISTAR	9' 42''
35	MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN	ASTANA	9' 44''
36	SCOTT DAVIES	DIMENSION DATA	10' 22''
37	NILS POLITT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	10' 42''
38	AMARO ANTUNES	CCC TEAM	11' 14''
39	ION IZAGUIRRE	ASTANA	11' 23''
40	DIEGO ULISSI	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	11' 39''
41	JEAN-PIERRE DRUCKER	BORA-HANSGROHE	11' 55''
42	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	SKY	11' 57''
43	ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI	CCC TEAM	11' 58''
44	MAXIME MONFORT	LOTTO SOUDAL	12' 20''
45	MARCO MARCATO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	12' 29''
46	MIGUEL ANGEL	ASTANA	12' 40''
47	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	12' 53''
48	STIJN VANDENBERGH	AG2R LA MONDIALE	13' 42''
49	ALEX KIRSCH	TREK-SEGAFREDO	13' 51''
50	JULIEN EL FARES	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	14' 00''
51	EDVALD BOASSON HAGEN	DIMENSION DATA	14' 05''
52	DOMENICO POZZOVIVO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	14' 29''
53	RAFAEL VALLS FERRI	MOVISTAR	14' 34''
54	MATHIAS FRANK	AG2R LA MONDIALE	14' 36''
55	PAWEL POLJANSKI	BORA-HANSGROHE	14' 57''
56	JESPER HANSEN	COFIDIS	15' 02''
57	THOMAS DE GENDT	LOTTO SOUDAL	15' 09''
58	HEINRICH HAUSSLER	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	15' 29''
59	QUENTIN PACHER	VITAL CONCEPT	15' 36''
60	JHOAN ESTEBAN CHAVES	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	15' 56''
61	SERGIO LUIS HENAO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	16' 10''
62	ELIE GESBERT	ARKEA-SAMSIC	16' 17''
63	LOUIS VERVAEKE	TEAM SUNWEB	17' 23''
64	PATRICK MÜLLER	VITAL CONCEPT	17' 35''
65	JHONATAN NARVAEZ	SKY	s.t.
66	OLIVIER LE GAC	GROUPAMA-FDJ	17' 37''
67	LAURENS TEN DAM	CCC TEAM	17' 49''
68	BERT-JAN LINDEMAN	JUMBO-VISMA	17' 50''
69	CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE	COFIDIS	17' 53''
70	SIMON PHILIP YATES	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	18' 28''
71	BRYAN COQUARD	VITAL CONCEPT	18' 34''
72	ROMAIN COMBAUD	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	19' 06''
73	IVAN RAMIRO SOSA	SKY	19' 34''
74	MATHIAS LE TURNIER	COFIDIS	19' 47''
75	SIMON ŠPILAK	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	20' 17''
76	SEBASTIAN HENAO	SKY	s.t.
77	SAM BENNETT	BORA-HANSGROHE	20' 28''
78	MARCO HALLER	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	20' 54''
79	MARC SOLER	MOVISTAR	21' 11''
80	JURGEN ROELANDTS	MOVISTAR	21' 12''
81	LAURENS DE VREESE	ASTANA	21' 16''
82	ADAM JAMES HANSEN	LOTTO SOUDAL	21' 16''
83	MAURO FINETTO	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
84	LAURENT PICHON	ARKEA-SAMSIC	21' 36''
85	DYLAN GROENEWEGEN	JUMBO-VISMA	21' 38''
86	JAN BAKELANTS	TEAM SUNWEB	21' 40''
87	NICOLAS EDET	COFIDIS	21' 52''
88	JOHN DEGENKOLB	TREK-SEGAFREDO	22' 03''
89	ARNAUD DEMARE	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
90	ANDRÉ GREIPEL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
91	ANTHONY TURGIS	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
92	JONATHAN HIVERT	DIRECT ENERGIE	22' 18''
93	NIKOLAS MAES	LOTTO SOUDAL	22' 23''
94	AMUND JANSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
95	KOEN DE KORT	TREK-SEGAFREDO	22' 40''
96	IMANOL ERVITI	MOVISTAR	22' 50''
97	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	22' 59''
98	NICCOLÒ BONIFAZIO	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
99	VICTOR DE LA PARTE	CCC TEAM	s.t.
100	HECTOR CARRETERO	MOVISTAR	23' 04''
101	IGNATAS KONOVALOVAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	23' 19''
102	MITCHELL DOCKER	EF EDUCATION FIRST	23' 36''
103	CASPER PEDERSEN	TEAM SUNWEB	23' 37''
104	RAMON SINKELDAM	GROUPAMA-FDJ	23' 41''
105	BENOIT COSNEFROY	AG2R LA MONDIALE	24' 03''
106	LUKE ROWE	SKY	24' 24''
107	KRISTIJAN KOREN	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	24' 45''
108	ADRIEN PETIT	DIRECT ENERGIE	25' 04''
109	AMAEL MOINARD	ARKEA-SAMSIC	25' 46''
110	BERNHARD EISEL	DIMENSION DATA	25' 59''
111	JACOPO GUARNIERI	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
112	MAARTEN WYNANTS	JUMBO-VISMA	26' 04''
113	EVALDAS SISKEVICIUS	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	26' 13''
114	DAMIEN GAUDIN	DIRECT ENERGIE	26' 25''
115	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	COFIDIS	26' 29''
116	BERT VAN LERBERGHE	COFIDIS	s.t.
117	LUKA MEZGEC	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	26' 37''
118	FLORIAN SENECHAL	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	27' 08''
119	FABIO JAKOBSEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	28' 13''
120	TIM DECLERCQ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	28' 15''
121	CALEB EWAN	LOTTO SOUDAL	28' 30''
122	FABIO SABATINI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	28' 42''
123	PASCAL EENKHOORN	JUMBO-VISMA	28' 46''
124	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	28' 57''
125	GEOFFREY SOUPE	COFIDIS	s.t.
126	JACK BAUER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	29' 19''
127	CHRISTOPH PFINGSTEN	BORA-HANSGROHE	29' 38''
128	FRANCISCO VENTOSO	CCC TEAM	29' 42''
129	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	30' 02''
130	TOM SCULLY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	30' 18''
131	ARTHUR VICHOT	VITAL CONCEPT	30' 25''
132	KEVIN REZA	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
133	ROGER KLUGE	LOTTO SOUDAL	30' 52''
134	RAMUNAS NAVARDAUSKAS	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	31' 18''
135	JENS DEBUSSCHERE	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	31' 24''
136	LARS BAK YTTING	DIMENSION DATA	31' 40''
137	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	31' 58''
138	BRAM WELTEN	ARKEA-SAMSIC	32' 49''
139	ILJO KEISSE	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	33' 00''
140	KRIS BOECKMANS	VITAL CONCEPT	33' 07''
141	MIKEL NIEVE	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	34' 12''
142	JAKUB MARECZKO	CCC TEAM	34' 55''
143	ALESSANDRO FEDELI	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	35' 20''
144	RORY SUTHERLAND	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	37' 42''
145	WILLIAM BARTA	CCC TEAM	37' 42''
146	ROY CURVERS	TEAM SUNWEB	38' 01''
147	EDUARD-MICHAEL GROSU	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	38' 43''
148	DANIEL MCLAY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	39' 14''
149	JULIEN VERMOTE	DIMENSION DATA	45' 08''

Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

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Tuesday, March 12: Stage 3, Cepoy - Moulins/Yzeure, 200 km

Stage 3 map & profile

Sam Bennett wins stage three. Photo: ASO/A. Broadway

Weather at the finish city of Moulins/Yzeure at 12:45, local time: 13C (55F), sunny, with the wind from the SSE (headwind) at 14 km/hr (9 mph). There should be no rain until the evening.

The race: Here's the organizer's stage summary.

Ireland's Sam Bennett surged with 200-km to go to snatch his second stage win in Paris-Nice after the one clinched two years ago in Chalons-sur-Saone. The Bora-Hansgrohe sprinter was the freshest of the field in the finale and he overpowered Australia's Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Soudal), who had to be content with his second runner-up spot in this edition while Fabio Jakobsen (Deceuninck Quick Step) was third. Race leader Dylan Groenewegen (Jumbo-Visma), winner of the first two stages, returned to the front too late to be a contender this time. The Dutchman still retained his overall leader's yellow jersey with a six-second lead over Michal Kwiatkowski (Sky) and 11 seconds over Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana).

The start was given at 11:43 to 152 riders. A few kilometers after Cepoy, title-holder Marc Soler was involved in a crash which forced Domen Novak (Bahrian-Merida) out of the race. At the first sprint of the day in Chatillon-Coligny, Michal Kwiatkowski (Sky) collected three more bonus seconds ahead of Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana) and Tony Gallopin (AG2R). With strong headwind on the course, the pace was leisurely at 31.4 kph in the first hours. Eight riders - Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal), Tao Geoghegan Hart (Sky), Olivier Le Gac (Groupama-FDJ), Tim Declercq (Deceuninck-Quk Step), Reto Hollenstein (Katusha), Anthony Turgis (Direct Energie) , Kevin Reza (Vital Concept) and Ramunas Navardauskas (Delko Marseille Provence) made the first attempt at km 32 but were caught six kilometers later as Turgis was too dangerous in the GC.

Navardauskas kept going and was soon joined by team-mate Alessandro Fedeli. The pack gave them the go-ahead and the two earned a maximum lead of 5:35 at kilometer 49. The peloton, led by Jumbo-Visma and Lotto-Soudal riders, kept waiting patiently for the finale while slowly bridging the gap with the escapees (2:00 with 70 km to go). However moderate compared with stage 2, the pace was still too high for some exhausted riders like Fabio Aru (UAE), who was ill and called it quits. The bunch finally raised the tempo and reeled in the two Delko-Marseille-Provence riders with 38 km to go.

Six kilometers further down the course, as the road narrowed to lead to a bridge, a crash in the peloton halted a portion of the bunch. While nobody was injured, the pile-up forced riders like Soler, Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) or Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana) to chase after the pack. But the peloton regrouped with 20 km to go, gearing up for the finale. The second intermediate sprint of Bagneux (km 182) saw Kwiatkowki scavenge three more seconds ahead of Egan Bernal. The two Sky leaders somewhat took the sprinters off their guard in the last 3 km when they took the reins of the peloton and stretched the field. It took time for Groenewegen's team-mates to bring him back in the sprint positions and the Dutchman -- finally 9th in the stage -- could not do anything when Bennett emerged with Ewan in his wheel.

Complete Results:

200 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.925 km/hr

1	SAM BENNETT	BORA-HANSGROHE	5hr 16min 25sec
2	CALEB EWAN	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
3	FABIO JAKOBSEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
4	DANIEL MCLAY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
5	BRYAN COQUARD	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
6	NICCOLÒ BONIFAZIO	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
7	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
8	ARNAUD DEMARE	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
9	DYLAN GROENEWEGEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
10	EDWARD THEUNS	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
11	EDUARD-MICHAEL GROSU	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
12	JAKUB MARECZKO	CCC TEAM	s.t.
13	EDVALD BOASSON HAGEN	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
14	ANDRÉ GREIPEL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
15	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	COFIDIS	s.t.
16	CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE	COFIDIS	s.t.
17	HUGO HOULE	ASTANA	s.t.
18	RUDY MOLARD	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
19	MATTEO TRENTIN	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
20	LUKA MEZGEC	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
21	MIKE TEUNISSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
22	TONY GALLOPIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
23	JOHN DEGENKOLB	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
24	SONNY COLBRELLI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
25	LAURENS DE VREESE	ASTANA	s.t.
26	STIJN VANDENBERGH	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
27	JACK HAIG	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
28	JACK BAUER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
29	WILCO KELDERMAN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
30	NAIRO QUINTANA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
31	OLIVER NAESEN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
32	LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ	ASTANA	s.t.
33	LILIAN CALMEJANE	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
34	ROGER KLUGE	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
35	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
36	FELIX GROSSSCHARTNER	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
37	BERNHARD EISEL	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
38	ALEX KIRSCH	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
39	MARCEL KITTEL	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
40	VALENTIN MADOUAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
41	CASPER PHILLIP PEDERSEN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
42	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	TEAM SKY	s.t.
43	ROY CURVERS	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
44	PATRICK KONRAD	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
45	EGAN ARLEY BERNAL	TEAM SKY	s.t.
46	EVALDAS SISKEVICIUS	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
47	BOB JUNGELS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
48	JENS DEBUSSCHERE	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
49	GEORGE BENNETT	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
50	JACOPO GUARNIERI	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
51	SCOTT DAVIES	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
52	JHOAN CHAVES	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
53	FRANCISCO VENTOSO	CCC TEAM	s.t.
54	JURGEN ROELANDTS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
55	ILNUR ZAKARIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
56	PHILIPPE GILBERT	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
57	ARTHUR VICHOT	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
58	ROMAIN BARDET	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
59	IVAN GARCIA	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
60	MIKAEL CHEREL	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
61	MAXIME MONFORT	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
62	CYRIL GAUTIER	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
63	ANTHONY TURGIS	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
64	KOEN DE KORT	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
65	KRISTIJAN KOREN	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
66	ADAM JAMES HANSEN	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
67	JAN BAKELANTS	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
68	JARLINSON PANTANO	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
69	BERT VAN LERBERGHE	COFIDIS	s.t.
70	ION IZAGUIRRE	ASTANA	s.t.
71	GIULIO CICCONE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
72	FABIO SABATINI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
73	DYLAN TEUNS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
74	KRIS BOECKMANS	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
75	KEVIN REZA	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
76	IMANOL ERVITI	MOVISTAR	s.t.
77	HEINRICH HAUSSLER	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
78	VICTOR DE LA PARTE	CCC TEAM	s.t.
79	JEAN-PIERRE DRUCKER	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
80	GEOFFREY SOUPE	COFIDIS	s.t.
81	HECTOR CARRETERO	MOVISTAR	s.t.
82	JULIEN VERMOTE	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
83	IVAN RAMIRO SOSA	TEAM SKY	s.t.
84	MAURO FINETTO	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
85	TEJAY VAN GARDEREN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
86	DANIEL MARTINEZ	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
87	LAWSON CRADDOCK	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
88	LARS BAK YTTING	DIMENSION DATA	@ 16sec
89	DIEGO ULISSI	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
90	RAFAEL VALLS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
91	ADRIEN PETIT	DIRECT ENERGIE	19''
92	CHRISTOPH PFINGSTEN	BORA-HANSGROHE	20''
93	FLORIAN SENECHAL	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
94	ALESSANDRO FEDELI	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
95	PAWEL POLJANSKI	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
96	NIKOLAS MAES	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
97	NILS POLITT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
98	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
99	AMUND GRØNDAHL JANSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
100	LAURENT PICHON	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
101	RAMON SINKELDAM	GROUPAMA-FDJ	35''
102	ELIE GESBERT	ARKEA-SAMSIC	1' 05''
103	DAMIEN GAUDIN	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
104	IGNATAS KONOVALOVAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
105	BRAM WELTEN	ARKEA-SAMSIC	1' 25''
106	JULIEN EL FARES	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
107	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	1' 33''
108	MARCO MARCATO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
109	AMARO ANTUNES	CCC TEAM	s.t.
110	MITCHELL DOCKER	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
111	MARCO HALLER	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
112	RAMUNAS NAVARDAUSKAS	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	1' 36''
113	WINNER ANACONA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
114	NIKI TERPSTRA	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
115	LOUIS VERVAEKE	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
116	TIM DECLERCQ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
117	ROMAIN COMBAUD	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
118	OLIVIER LE GAC	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
119	ILJO KEISSE	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
120	BERT-JAN LINDEMAN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
121	TOM SCULLY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
122	JESPER HANSEN	COFIDIS	1' 42''
123	LUKE ROWE	TEAM SKY	1' 48''
124	MAARTEN WYNANTS	JUMBO-VISMA	2' 47''
125	PASCAL EENKHOORN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
126	THOMAS DE GENDT	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
127	RORY SUTHERLAND	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
128	PATRICK MÜLLER	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
129	WILLIAM BARTA	CCC TEAM	s.t.
130	MATHIAS LE TURNIER	COFIDIS	s.t.
131	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
132	MATHIAS FRANK	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
133	NICOLAS EDET	COFIDIS	s.t.
134	SIMON ŠPILAK	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
135	SERGIO LUIS HENAO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
136	SEBASTIAN HENAO	TEAM SKY	s.t.
137	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	ASTANA	s.t.
138	JHONATAN NARVAEZ	TEAM SKY	s.t.
139	MARC SOLER	MOVISTAR	s.t.
140	MIKEL NIEVE	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
141	MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN	ASTANA	s.t.
142	SIMON PHILIP YATES	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
143	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	TEAM SKY	s.t.
144	DOMENICO POZZOVIVO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
145	AMAEL MOINARD	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
146	BENOIT COSNEFROY	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
147	JONATHAN HIVERT	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
148	LAURENS TEN DAM	CCC TEAM	s.t.
149	ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI	CCC TEAM	s.t.
150	QUENTIN PACHER	VITAL CONCEPT	6' 55''

GC after Stage 3:

504 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.738 km/hr

1	DYLAN GROENEWEGEN	JUMBO-VISMA	11hr 47min 44sec
2	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	TEAM SKY	@ 6sec
3	LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ	ASTANA	11''
4	PHILIPPE GILBERT	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	16''
5	EGAN ARLEY BERNAL	TEAM SKY	17''
6	MATTEO TRENTIN	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	20''
7	TONY GALLOPIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	21''
8	RUDY MOLARD	GROUPAMA-FDJ	23''
9	ROMAIN BARDET	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
10	OLIVER NAESEN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	24''
11	FELIX GROSSSCHARTNER	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
12	ARNAUD DEMARE	GROUPAMA-FDJ	25''
13	ANDRÉ GREIPEL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
14	JOHN DEGENKOLB	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
15	CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE	COFIDIS	s.t.
16	HUGO HOULE	ASTANA	s.t.
17	MIKE TEUNISSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
18	SONNY COLBRELLI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
19	LILIAN CALMEJANE	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
20	NAIRO QUINTANA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
21	ANTHONY TURGIS	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
22	WILCO KELDERMAN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
23	EDWARD THEUNS	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
24	JEAN-PIERRE DRUCKER	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
25	VALENTIN MADOUAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
26	GEORGE BENNETT	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
27	JACK HAIG	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
28	ILNUR ZAKARIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
29	IVAN GARCIA	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	30''
30	BOB JUNGELS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	35''
31	NIKOLAS MAES	LOTTO SOUDAL	45''
32	AMUND GRØNDAHL JANSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
33	KOEN DE KORT	TREK-SEGAFREDO	1' 02''
34	DYLAN TEUNS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	1' 12''
35	IMANOL ERVITI	MOVISTAR	s.t.
36	PATRICK KONRAD	BORA-HANSGROHE	1' 25''
37	JURGEN ROELANDTS	MOVISTAR	1' 39''
38	IGNATAS KONOVALOVAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	1' 41''
39	MITCHELL DOCKER	EF EDUCATION FIRST	1' 58''
40	NIKI TERPSTRA	DIRECT ENERGIE	2' 01''
41	RAMON SINKELDAM	GROUPAMA-FDJ	2' 03''
42	STIJN VANDENBERGH	AG2R LA MONDIALE	2' 12''
43	G LAWSON CRADDOCK	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
44	ALEX KIRSCH	TREK-SEGAFREDO	2' 21''
45	LUKE ROWE	TEAM SKY	2' 46''
46	MIKAEL CHEREL	AG2R LA MONDIALE	3' 07''
47	KRISTIJAN KOREN	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
48	TEJAY VAN GARDEREN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
49	ADRIEN PETIT	DIRECT ENERGIE	3' 26''
50	PAWEL POLJANSKI	BORA-HANSGROHE	3' 27''
51	CYRIL GAUTIER	VITAL CONCEPT	3' 54''
52	BERNHARD EISEL	DIMENSION DATA	4' 21''
53	MARCEL KITTEL	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
54	SCOTT DAVIES	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
55	JACOPO GUARNIERI	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
56	MAARTEN WYNANTS	JUMBO-VISMA	4' 26''
57	NILS POLITT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	4' 41''
58	BERT VAN LERBERGHE	COFIDIS	4' 51''
59	MARCO HALLER	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	5' 54''
60	CASPER PHILLIP PEDERSEN	TEAM SUNWEB	6' 09''
61	OLIVIER LE GAC	GROUPAMA-FDJ	6' 10''
62	BERT-JAN LINDEMAN	JUMBO-VISMA	6' 20''
63	MARCO MARCATO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	6' 28''
64	FABIO JAKOBSEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	6' 35''
65	TIM DECLERCQ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	6' 37''
66	CALEB EWAN	LOTTO SOUDAL	6' 52''
67	BRYAN COQUARD	VITAL CONCEPT	7' 04''
68	LUKA MEZGEC	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
69	FABIO SABATINI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
70	MAXIME MONFORT	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
71	PASCAL EENKHOORN	JUMBO-VISMA	7' 08''
72	EDVALD BOASSON HAGEN	DIMENSION DATA	8' 04''
73	FRANCISCO VENTOSO	CCC TEAM	s.t.
74	JHOAN CHAVES	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
75	JARLINSON PANTANO	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
76	DANIEL MARTINEZ	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
77	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	8' 24''
78	TOM SCULLY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	8' 40''
79	EVALDAS SISKEVICIUS	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	8' 47''
80	ARTHUR VICHOT	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
81	KEVIN REZA	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
82	SAM BENNETT	BORA-HANSGROHE	8' 58''
83	ROGER KLUGE	LOTTO SOUDAL	9' 14''
84	HEINRICH HAUSSLER	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	9' 28''
85	FLORIAN SENECHAL	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	9' 40''
86	RAMUNAS NAVARDAUSKAS	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
87	WINNER ANACONA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
88	JACK BAUER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	9' 46''
89	LAURENS DE VREESE	ASTANA	s.t.
90	JENS DEBUSSCHERE	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
91	GIULIO CICCONE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
92	ADAM JAMES HANSEN	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
93	MAURO FINETTO	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
94	JESPER HANSEN	COFIDIS	s.t.
95	SIMON PHILIP YATES	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	9' 51''
96	LARS BAK YTTING	DIMENSION DATA	10' 02''
97	LAURENT PICHON	ARKEA-SAMSIC	10' 06''
98	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	10' 20''
99	MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN	ASTANA	10' 51''
100	JULIEN EL FARES	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	11' 11''
101	BRAM WELTEN	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
102	AMARO ANTUNES	CCC TEAM	11' 20''
103	LOUIS VERVAEKE	TEAM SUNWEB	11' 22''
104	ILJO KEISSE	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
105	DAMIEN GAUDIN	DIRECT ENERGIE	11' 25''
106	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	11' 29''
107	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
108	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	COFIDIS	s.t.
109	NICCOLÒ BONIFAZIO	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
110	GEOFFREY SOUPE	COFIDIS	s.t.
111	VICTOR DE LA PARTE	CCC TEAM	s.t.
112	KRIS BOECKMANS	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
113	ION IZAGUIRRE	ASTANA	s.t.
114	PATRICK MÜLLER	VITAL CONCEPT	11' 34''
115	HECTOR CARRETERO	MOVISTAR	s.t.
116	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	TEAM SKY	s.t.
117	JHONATAN NARVAEZ	TEAM SKY	s.t.
118	DIEGO ULISSI	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	11' 45''
119	RAFAEL VALLS FERRI	MOVISTAR	s.t.
120	CHRISTOPH PFINGSTEN	BORA-HANSGROHE	12' 10''
121	BENOIT COSNEFROY	AG2R LA MONDIALE	12' 33''
122	LAURENS TEN DAM	CCC TEAM	s.t.
123	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	12' 34''
124	ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI	CCC TEAM	s.t.
125	MARC SOLER	MOVISTAR	s.t.
126	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	ASTANA	s.t.
127	MIKEL NIEVE	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
128	ELIE GESBERT	ARKEA-SAMSIC	12' 39''
129	ROMAIN COMBAUD	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	13' 05''
130	JAKUB MARECZKO	CCC TEAM	13' 17''
131	SIMON ŠPILAK	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	14' 16''
132	MATHIAS LE TURNIER	COFIDIS	s.t.
133	MATHIAS FRANK	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
134	SEBASTIAN HENAO	TEAM SKY	s.t.
135	DOMENICO POZZOVIVO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
136	AMAEL MOINARD	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
137	QUENTIN PACHER	VITAL CONCEPT	15' 42''
138	RORY SUTHERLAND	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	16' 04''
139	THOMAS DE GENDT	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
140	SERGIO LUIS HENAO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
141	WILLIAM BARTA	CCC TEAM	s.t.
142	ROY CURVERS	TEAM SUNWEB	16' 23''
143	DANIEL MCLAY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	17' 36''
144	EDUARD-MICHAEL GROSU	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	19' 11''
145	IVAN RAMIRO SOSA	TEAM SKY	s.t.
146	JAN BAKELANTS	TEAM SUNWEB	21' 46''
147	NICOLAS EDET	COFIDIS	21' 58''
148	JONATHAN HIVERT	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
149	JULIEN VERMOTE	DIMENSION DATA	23' 30''
150	ALESSANDRO FEDELI	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	23' 50''

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile. No rated climbs

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Monday, March 11: Stage 2, Les Bréviaires - Bellegarde, 165.5 km

Stage 2 map & Profile

That's two in a row for Dylan Groenewegen

Rated climbs:

• Km 26.5: Côte de Senlisse, 1.1 km @ 5.5%. Cat. 3
• Km 54.5: Côte des Granges-Le-Roi, 1.5 km @ 3.5%. Cat. 3

Weather at the finish city of Bellegarde at 1:00 PM, local time: 7C (45F), light rain and windy. The is coming from the WNW at 32 km/hr (20 mph). Gust of 64 km/hr (40 mph) are possible.The rain is forecast to end at 2:00.

The race: Because of traffic problems, the route was lengthened by two kilometers.

Here's the organizer's stage summary:

Dylan Groenewegen beat the wind, echelons, crashes and his rivals to snatch his second stage win in succession in Paris-Nice and strengthen his leader's yellow jersey in Bellegarde. The Dutchman managed to stay in the last group of seven riders left to battle it out for victory after a fast and hard stage that gradually depleted the peloton to overpower Spain's Ivan Garcia and Belgium Philippe Gilbert on the line. The day, swept by crosswinds, was merciless for France's Warren Barguil and Spain's Gorka Izagirre, third a year ago, both forced out of the race after a crash.

158 riders started from Les Breviaires at 12:51. The presence of Cote de Senlisse (3rd cat.) at km 26.5 spurred KOM leader Damien Gaudin into action and the Frenchman attacked from the flag, followed by Nicolas Edet (Cofidis) and Alessandro de Marchi (CCC). The trio built a lead of over a minute until the climb, on which Gaudin collected four more point to strengthen his polka-dot jersey. Soon after the climb, the peloton split in several echelons.

The scattered peloton bridged the gap with the escapees as race leader Groenewegen remained safely in the first part of the pack. The trio were reeled in at kilometer 36.5 as the peloton gradually regrouped. The second climb saw Florian Senechal (Deceuninck-Quick Step) take the four points. Shortly afterwards (Km 58) the pack split again in several echelons as a crash involved Gorka Izagirre (Astana), Warren Barguil (Areka Samsic) and Tao Goeghegan Hart, among others. Barguil and Izagirre were unable to make it back on their bikes and called it quits.

Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) and Bob Jungels (Deceuninck-Quick Step) were among the riders trapped in one of the dropped echelons. At the first intermediate sprint in Mereville, Michal Kwiatkowski (Sky) made his ambitions clear by picking three points ahead of Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana) and Rudy Molard (Groupama-FDJ). The peloton kept splitting into dozens of echelons with riders scattered all over the windswept stretches of flat land. While Jungels made it back near the front, it was not the case of Simon Yates, drifting at the back. At km 108, Groenewegen and green jersey holder Fabio Jakobsen were also dropped from the front but the yellow jersey made it back 10 km further down the road with the help of four team-mates.

In the last 40 km, a group of 23 riders emerged, including Quintana (Movistar), Roelandts (Movistar), Trentin (Mitchelton-Scott), Maes (Lotto-Soudal), Garcia (Bahrain-Merida), Grossschartner (Bora-Hansgrohe), Bardet, Gallopin, Naesen, Vandenbergh (AG2R), Bernal, Rowe (Sky), Degenkolb (Trek-Segafredo), Demare, Molard (Groupama-FDJ), Gilbert, Jungels(Deceuninck-Quick Step), Kittel (Katusha), Greipel (Arkea), Groenewegen, Jansen, Wynants, Kelderman (Jumbo-Visma), Heisel (Dimension Data). Kwiatkowski was dropped after a mechanical while Rigoberto Uran (Education First) crashed.

On the first passage on the line, local favorite Tony Gallopin took the second intermediate sprint ahead of leader Romain Bardet as the front group still led by one minute.

In the final circuit around Bellegarde, the Kwiatkowski group slowly bridged the gap and the junction took place 10 km from the line. With 3 km to go, another split took place and Trentin, Sanchez, Garcia, Rowe, Bernal, Kwiatkowski, Gilbert, and Groenewegen found themselves in the lead to battle it out for the stage win. In the last stretch, Groenewegen was logically too strong for his rivals and comfortably collected his second stage win in succession to strengthen his yellow jersey

Complete Results:

165.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 51.010 km/hr

1	DYLAN GROENEWEGEN	JUMBO-VISMA	3hr 14min 4sec
2	IVAN GARCIA	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
3	PHILIPPE GILBERT	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
4	MATTEO TRENTIN	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
5	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	SKY	s.t.
6	LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ	ASTANA	s.t.
7	EGAN ARLEY BERNAL	SKY	s.t.
8	ARNAUD DEMARE	GROUPAMA-FDJ	@ 5sec
9	ANDRÉ GREIPEL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
10	MIKE TEUNISSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
11	JOHN DEGENKOLB	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
12	ANTHONY TURGIS	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
13	CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE	COFIDIS	s.t.
14	OLIVER NAESEN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
15	LILIAN CALMEJANE	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
16	JEAN-PIERRE DRUCKER	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
17	HUGO HOULE	ASTANA	s.t.
18	NIKI TERPSTRA	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
19	JACK HAIG	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
20	NIKOLAS MAES	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
21	ADRIEN PETIT	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
22	RUDY MOLARD	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
23	MARCO MARCATO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
24	ROMAIN BARDET	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
25	BOB JUNGELS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
26	WILCO KELDERMAN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
27	FELIX GROSSSCHARTNER	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
28	NAIRO QUINTANA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
29	MIKAEL CHEREL	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
30	MITCHELL DOCKER	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
31	VALENTIN MADOUAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
32	ILNUR ZAKARIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
33	PATRICK KONRAD	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
34	PAWEL POLJANSKI	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
35	TONY GALLOPIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
36	TEJAY VAN GARDEREN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
37	SONNY COLBRELLI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
38	GEORGE BENNETT	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
39	AMUND GRØNDAHL JANSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
40	ROGER KLUGE	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
41	KRISTIJAN KOREN	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
42	EDWARD THEUNS	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
43	IGNATAS KONOVALOVAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	16''
44	KOEN DE KORT	TREK-SEGAFREDO	18''
45	LUKE ROWE	SKY	38''
46	RAMON SINKELDAM	GROUPAMA-FDJ	42''
47	DYLAN TEUNS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	52''
48	CYRIL GAUTIER	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
49	IMANOL ERVITI	MOVISTAR	s.t.
50	G LAWSON CRADDOCK	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
51	STIJN VANDENBERGH	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
52	JURGEN ROELANDTS	MOVISTAR	1' 19''
53	MAARTEN WYNANTS	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
54	BERNHARD EISEL	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
55	SCOTT DAVIES	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
56	NILS POLITT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
57	PASCAL EENKHOORN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
58	CASPER PHILLIP PEDERSEN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
59	MARCEL KITTEL	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
60	MARCO HALLER	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
61	JACOPO GUARNIERI	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
62	OLIVIER LE GAC	GROUPAMA-FDJ	1' 32''
63	TIM DECLERCQ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	1' 49''
64	BERT VAN LERBERGHE	COFIDIS	s.t.
65	ALEX KIRSCH	TREK-SEGAFREDO	2' 01''
66	BERT-JAN LINDEMAN	JUMBO-VISMA	3' 24''
67	HEINRICH HAUSSLER	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	4' 38''
68	FABIO JAKOBSEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	6' 23''
69	JULIEN EL FARES	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	6' 44''
70	BRAM WELTEN	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
71	FABIO SABATINI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
72	GIULIO CICCONE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
73	LARS BAK YTTING	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
74	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
75	JACK BAUER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
76	JENS DEBUSSCHERE	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
77	LAURENS DE VREESE	ASTANA	s.t.
78	LOUIS VERVAEKE	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
79	ADAM JAMES HANSEN	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
80	EDVALD BOASSON HAGEN	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
81	RAMUNAS NAVARDAUSKAS	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
82	FRANCISCO JOSE VENTOSO	CCC TEAM	s.t.
83	JESPER HANSEN	COFIDIS	s.t.
84	HECTOR CARRETERO	MOVISTAR	s.t.
85	LAURENS TEN DAM	CCC TEAM	s.t.
86	ILJO KEISSE	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
87	MAXIME MONFORT	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
88	MAURO FINETTO	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
89	TOM SCULLY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
90	LAURENT PICHON	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
91	BRYAN COQUARD	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
92	DANIEL FELIPE MARTINEZ	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
93	WINNER ANACONA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
94	JARLINSON PANTANO	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
95	JHOAN ESTEBAN CHAVES	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
96	MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN	ASTANA	s.t.
97	LUKA MEZGEC	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
98	BENOIT COSNEFROY	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
99	ELIE GESBERT	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
100	CALEB EWAN	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
101	SIMON PHILIP YATES	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
102	DIEGO ULISSI	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	8' 27''
103	ROMAIN COMBAUD	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
104	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
105	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
106	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
107	THOMAS DE GENDT	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
108	ROY CURVERS	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
109	RORY SUTHERLAND	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
110	SIMON ŠPILAK	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
111	AMARO ANTUNES	CCC TEAM	s.t.
112	QUENTIN PACHER	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
113	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	COFIDIS	s.t.
114	GEOFFREY SOUPE	COFIDIS	s.t.
115	JAKUB MARECZKO	CCC TEAM	s.t.
116	ARTHUR VICHOT	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
117	ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI	CCC TEAM	s.t.
118	PATRICK MÜLLER	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
119	KRIS BOECKMANS	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
120	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	SKY	s.t.
121	VICTOR DE LA PARTE	CCC TEAM	s.t.
122	KEVIN REZA	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
123	MATHIAS LE TURNIER	COFIDIS	s.t.
124	RAFAEL VALLS FERRI	MOVISTAR	s.t.
125	MARC SOLER	MOVISTAR	s.t.
126	SEBASTIAN HENAO	SKY	s.t.
127	SERGIO LUIS HENAO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
128	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
129	DOMENICO POZZOVIVO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
130	DOMEN NOVAK	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
131	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	ASTANA	s.t.
132	DANIEL MCLAY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
133	EVALDAS SISKEVICIUS	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
134	MIKEL NIEVE	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
135	MATHIAS FRANK	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
136	ION IZAGUIRRE	ASTANA	s.t.
137	AMAEL MOINARD	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
138	WILLIAM BARTA	CCC TEAM	s.t.
139	JHONATAN NARVAEZ	SKY	s.t.
140	JAN BAKELANTS	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
141	NICCOLÒ BONIFAZIO	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
142	DAMIEN GAUDIN	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
143	SAM BENNETT	BORA-HANSGROHE	8' 48''
144	CHRISTOPH PFINGSTEN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
145	FLORIAN SENECHAL	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	9' 00''
146	NICOLAS EDET	COFIDIS	14' 21''
147	FABIO ARU	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
148	JULIEN VERMOTE	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
149	ALESSANDRO FEDELI	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
150	IVAN RAMIRO SOSA	SKY	s.t.
151	EDUARD-MICHAEL GROSU	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
152	JONATHAN HIVERT	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.

GC after Stage 2:

304 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.612 km/hr

1	DYLAN GROENEWEGEN	JUMBO-VISMA	6hr 31min 19sec
2	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	SKY	@ 12sec
3	LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ	ASTANA	13''
4	PHILIPPE GILBERT	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	16''
5	EGAN ARLEY BERNAL	SKY	19''
6	MATTEO TRENTIN	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	20''
7	TONY GALLOPIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	22''
8	RUDY MOLARD	GROUPAMA-FDJ	23''
9	ROMAIN BARDET	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
10	OLIVER NAESEN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	24''
11	ARNAUD DEMARE	GROUPAMA-FDJ	25''
12	JOHN DEGENKOLB	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
13	ANTHONY TURGIS	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
14	ANDRÉ GREIPEL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
15	CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE	COFIDIS	s.t.
16	JEAN-PIERRE DRUCKER	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
17	MIKE TEUNISSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
18	LILIAN CALMEJANE	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
19	HUGO HOULE	ASTANA	s.t.
20	NIKI TERPSTRA	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
21	FELIX GROSSSCHARTNER	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
22	SONNY COLBRELLI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
23	NAIRO QUINTANA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
24	NIKOLAS MAES	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
25	WILCO KELDERMAN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
26	VALENTIN MADOUAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
27	ILNUR ZAKARIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
28	GEORGE BENNETT	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
29	MITCHELL DOCKER	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
30	EDWARD THEUNS	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
31	AMUND GRØNDAHL JANSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
32	JACK HAIG	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	25''
33	IVAN GARCIA	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	30''
34	BOB JUNGELS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	35''
35	IGNATAS KONOVALOVAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	36''
36	LUKE ROWE	SKY	58''
37	KOEN DE KORT	TREK-SEGAFREDO	1' 02''
38	DYLAN TEUNS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	1' 12''
39	IMANOL ERVITI	MOVISTAR	s.t.
40	PATRICK KONRAD	BORA-HANSGROHE	1' 25''
41	RAMON SINKELDAM	GROUPAMA-FDJ	1' 28''
42	JURGEN ROELANDTS	MOVISTAR	1' 39''
43	MAARTEN WYNANTS	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
44	STIJN VANDENBERGH	AG2R LA MONDIALE	2' 12''
45	G LAWSON CRADDOCK	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
46	ALEX KIRSCH	TREK-SEGAFREDO	2' 21''
47	PAWEL POLJANSKI	BORA-HANSGROHE	3' 07''
48	MIKAEL CHEREL	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
49	ADRIEN PETIT	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
50	KRISTIJAN KOREN	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
51	TEJAY VAN GARDEREN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
52	CYRIL GAUTIER	VITAL CONCEPT	3' 54''
53	NILS POLITT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	4' 21''
54	BERNHARD EISEL	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
55	MARCEL KITTEL	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
56	MARCO HALLER	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
57	SCOTT DAVIES	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
58	PASCAL EENKHOORN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
59	JACOPO GUARNIERI	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
60	OLIVIER LE GAC	GROUPAMA-FDJ	4' 34''
61	BERT-JAN LINDEMAN	JUMBO-VISMA	4' 44''
62	BERT VAN LERBERGHE	COFIDIS	4' 51''
63	MARCO MARCATO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	4' 55''
64	TIM DECLERCQ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	5' 01''
65	CASPER PHILLIP PEDERSEN	TEAM SUNWEB	6' 09''
66	FABIO JAKOBSEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	6' 39''
67	CALEB EWAN	LOTTO SOUDAL	6' 58''
68	BRYAN COQUARD	VITAL CONCEPT	7' 04''
69	FABIO SABATINI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
70	MAXIME MONFORT	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
71	SIMON PHILIP YATES	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
72	TOM SCULLY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
73	LUKA MEZGEC	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
74	EDVALD BOASSON HAGEN	DIMENSION DATA	8' 04''
75	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
76	FRANCISCO JOSE VENTOSO	CCC TEAM	s.t.
77	JESPER HANSEN	COFIDIS	s.t.
78	RAMUNAS NAVARDAUSKAS	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
79	MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN	ASTANA	s.t.
80	WINNER ANACONA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
81	JHOAN ESTEBAN CHAVES	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
82	DANIEL FELIPE MARTINEZ	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
83	JARLINSON PANTANO	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
84	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	8' 47''
85	QUENTIN PACHER	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
86	PATRICK MÜLLER	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
87	ARTHUR VICHOT	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
88	EVALDAS SISKEVICIUS	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
89	KEVIN REZA	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
90	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	SKY	s.t.
91	JHONATAN NARVAEZ	SKY	s.t.
92	SAM BENNETT	BORA-HANSGROHE	9' 08''
93	ROGER KLUGE	LOTTO SOUDAL	9' 14''
94	FLORIAN SENECHAL	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	9' 20''
95	HEINRICH HAUSSLER	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	9' 28''
96	GIULIO CICCONE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	9' 46''
97	LARS BAK YTTING	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
98	ADAM JAMES HANSEN	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
99	JULIEN EL FARES	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
100	JACK BAUER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
101	LOUIS VERVAEKE	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
102	MAURO FINETTO	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
103	JENS DEBUSSCHERE	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
104	LAURENS DE VREESE	ASTANA	s.t.
105	BRAM WELTEN	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
106	BENOIT COSNEFROY	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
107	LAURENT PICHON	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
108	ILJO KEISSE	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
109	LAURENS TEN DAM	CCC TEAM	s.t.
110	AMARO ANTUNES	CCC TEAM	9' 47''
111	ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI	CCC TEAM	s.t.
112	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
113	MARC SOLER	MOVISTAR	s.t.
114	MIKEL NIEVE	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
115	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	ASTANA	s.t.
116	DAMIEN GAUDIN	DIRECT ENERGIE	10' 20''
117	DIEGO ULISSI	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	11' 29''
118	ROMAIN COMBAUD	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
119	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
120	GEOFFREY SOUPE	COFIDIS	s.t.
121	SIMON ŠPILAK	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
122	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	COFIDIS	s.t.
123	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
124	MATHIAS LE TURNIER	COFIDIS	s.t.
125	VICTOR DE LA PARTE	CCC TEAM	s.t.
126	DOMENICO POZZOVIVO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
127	MATHIAS FRANK	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
128	SEBASTIAN HENAO	SKY	s.t.
129	RAFAEL VALLS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
130	KRIS BOECKMANS	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
131	AMAEL MOINARD	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
132	ION IZAGUIRRE	ASTANA	s.t.
133	NICCOLÒ BONIFAZIO	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
134	HECTOR CARRETERO	MOVISTAR	11' 34''
135	ELIE GESBERT	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
136	CHRISTOPH PFINGSTEN	BORA-HANSGROHE	11' 50''
137	RORY SUTHERLAND	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	13' 17''
138	THOMAS DE GENDT	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
139	JAKUB MARECZKO	CCC TEAM	s.t.
140	SERGIO LUIS HENAO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
141	WILLIAM BARTA	CCC TEAM	s.t.
142	ROY CURVERS	TEAM SUNWEB	16' 23''
143	FABIO ARU	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	17' 23''
144	DOMEN NOVAK	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	17' 36''
145	DANIEL MCLAY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
146	NICOLAS EDET	COFIDIS	19' 11''
147	IVAN RAMIRO SOSA	SKY	s.t.
148	EDUARD-MICHAEL GROSU	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
149	JONATHAN HIVERT	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
150	JAN BAKELANTS	TEAM SUNWEB	21' 46''
151	JULIEN VERMOTE	DIMENSION DATA	23' 30''
152	ALESSANDRO FEDELI	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.

Stage two map & profile:

Stag 2 map

Stage 2 profile

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Sunday, March 10: Stage 1, St. Germain-en-Laye - St. Germain-en-Laye, 138.5 kilometers

Stage 1 map & profile

Dylan Groenewegen (yellow jersey) just beats Caleb Ewan. Photo: amaurysport / A. Broadway

Rated climbs:

• Km 20.5: Côte de Beynes, 1.2 km @ 5.2% - Category 3
• Km 112: Côte de Beule, 2.8 km @ 5.2%, Category 3

Weather at the start/finish city of St. Germain-en-Laye at 1:20 PM, local time: 13C (55F), Cloudy, with the wind from the west at 45 km/hr (28 mph). Possibility of gusts over 80 km/hr (50 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here is the organizer's stage summary:

Dylan Groenewegen made the best of the great team work by his Jumbo-Visma team on a windy and eventful day around St Germain en Laye to take the first stage of Paris-Nice and put the yellow jersey on his back. Already winner of a stage in Vierzon a year ago, the Dutch sprint rocket was a little bit too fast for Australia's Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal), who had to settle for second place.
The day, animated by countless echelons, was tarnished by the absence in the finale of Australia's Michael Matthews, forced out of the race by a crash with 50 km to go.

The start was given at 11:40 to 23 teams of seven riders 161 riders. Almost on the gun, Romain Combaud (Delko Marseille Provence) broke clear, taking former Paris-Nice stage winners Damien Gaudin (Direct Energie) and Amael Moinard (Arkea-Samsic) along with him. Their lead went past the two minute mark after 10 km and kept growing. At the top of the 3rd category Cote de Beynes (km 20.5), on which Gaudin collected 4 points, the gap reached 3:20.

After a crash involving former race winner Sergio Henao (km 35), Groupama-FDJ raised the pace and the peloton split. Among the riders caught in the echelon were Lilian Calmejane (Direct Energie), Louis Meintjes (Dimension Data), Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal) and Domenico Pozzovivo (Bahrain Merida). The peloton regrouped after 47.5 km as the lead of the escapees had melted to 1:15.

Another crash at the back of the pack involved Australia's Michael Matthews, the Sunweb team leader and winner of three Paris-Nice stages, one of the favourites for the days' stage, who was forced out of the race and taken to hospital. In the last 50 km, echelons and crashes took place again and the peloton was scattered in several little groups on the windswept course. Henao, Marcel Kittel (Katusha), Alexander Kristoff (UAE) and Mark Cavendish were among the riders dropped as the pack split repeatedly. The three escapees were caught with 25 km to go.

Echelons kept firming as the race tackled the second climb of the day, Cote de Beule (Km 112) which saw Damien Gaudin surge again to snatch four more points and secure the polka-dot jersey ahead of Evaldas Siskevicius (Delko-Marseille-Provence) and Warren Barguil (Arkea Samsic). With 20 km to go, the peloton was still split in three groups as two intermediate sprints and bonus points were up for grabs. Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana) went for the first ahead of Sky's Michal Kwiatkowski and Egan Bernal, who led the way in the finale on the heels of Luke Rowe, celebrating his 29th birthday the hard way.

Kwiatkowski collected more bonus seconds in the second, 3 km from the finish line.

Here's how close the race was.

In what was left of the bunch in the long last stretch, Jumbo-Visma were probably the stronger team and aftte a brave but vain attempt by Philippe Gilbert with 2 km to go, they perfectly set up Groenewegen for the final sprint. Italy's Sonny Colbrelli tried to attack from far but he was quickly overtaken. Then there was no denying Groenewegen and even Ewan's last ditch effort was not enough to prevent the Dutchman to become the first leader of this Paris-Nice.

Complete Results:

1	DYLAN GROENEWEGEN	JUMBO-VISMA	3hr 17min 35sec
2	CALEB EWAN	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
3	FABIO JAKOBSEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
4	SAM BENNETT	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
5	JOHN DEGENKOLB	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
6	MATTEO TRENTIN	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
7	ARNAUD DEMARE	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
8	SONNY COLBRELLI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
9	BRYAN COQUARD	VITAL CONCEPT-B&B HOTELS	s.t.
10	ANTHONY TURGIS	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
11	CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE	COFIDIS	s.t.
12	OLIVER NAESEN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
13	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
14	ANDRÉ GREIPEL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
15	EGAN ARLEY BERNAL	TEAM SKY	s.t.
16	JEAN-PIERRE DRUCKER	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
17	FELIX GROSSSCHARTNER	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
18	LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ	ASTANA	s.t.
19	DYLAN TEUNS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
20	RUDY MOLARD	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
21	HUGO HOULE	ASTANA	s.t.
22	NAIRO QUINTANA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
23	LILIAN CALMEJANE	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
24	TONY GALLOPIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
25	EVALDAS SISKEVICIUS	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
26	NIKI TERPSTRA	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
27	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	TEAM SKY	s.t.
28	MIKE TEUNISSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
29	PATRICK MÜLLER	VITAL CONCEPT-B&B HOTELS	s.t.
30	JURGEN ROELANDTS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
31	QUENTIN PACHER	VITAL CONCEPT-B&B HOTELS	s.t.
32	FLORIAN SENECHAL	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
33	IGNATAS KONOVALOVAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
34	RIGOBERTO URAN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
35	GORKA IZAGUIRRE	ASTANA	s.t.
36	WARREN BARGUIL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
37	WILCO KELDERMAN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
38	SIMON PHILIP YATES	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
39	ARTHUR VICHOT	VITAL CONCEPT-B&B HOTELS	s.t.
40	KEVIN REZA	VITAL CONCEPT-B&B HOTELS	s.t.
41	VALENTIN MADOUAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
42	GEORGE BENNETT	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
43	NIKOLAS MAES	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
44	BOB JUNGELS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
45	ROMAIN BARDET	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
46	ILNUR ZAKARIN	TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN	s.t.
47	PHILIPPE GILBERT	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
48	IMANOL ERVITI	MOVISTAR	s.t.
49	EDWARD THEUNS	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
50	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	TEAM SKY	s.t.
51	MAXIME MONFORT	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
52	TOM SCULLY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
53	MITCHELL DOCKER	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
54	FABIO SABATINI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
55	LUKA MEZGEC	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
56	MAARTEN WYNANTS	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
57	JHONATAN NARVAEZ	TEAM SKY	s.t.
58	LUKE ROWE	TEAM SKY	s.t.
59	ALEX KIRSCH	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
60	AMUND GRØNDAHL JANSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
61	IVAN GARCIA CORTINA	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	@ 16sec
62	KOEN DE KORT	TREK-SEGAFREDO	24''
63	RAMON SINKELDAM	GROUPAMA-FDJ	26''
64	MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN	ASTANA	1' 00''
65	ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI	CCC TEAM	s.t.
66	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	1' 01''
67	EDVALD BOASSON HAGEN	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
68	JESPER HANSEN	COFIDIS	s.t.
69	FRANCISCO VENTOSO	CCC TEAM	s.t.
70	STIJN VANDENBERGH	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1' 02''
71	AMARO ANTUNES	CCC TEAM	s.t.
72	PATRICK KONRAD	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
73	WINNER ANACONA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
74	JHOAN CHAVES	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
75	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
76	JARLINSON PANTANO	TREK-SEGAFREDO	1' 03''
77	MIKEL NIEVE	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
78	DANIEL MARTINEZ	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
79	RAMUNAS NAVARDAUSKAS	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
80	MARC SOLER	MOVISTAR	s.t.
81	MIGUEL LOPEZ	ASTANA	1' 04''
82	BERT-JAN LINDEMAN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
83	G LAWSON CRADDOCK	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
84	JACK HAIG	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	3hr 17min 35sec
85	DAMIEN GAUDIN	DIRECT ENERGIE	1' 33''
86	DIEGO ULISSI	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	2' 42''
87	NILS POLITT	TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN	2' 43''
88	CHRISTOPH PFINGSTEN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
89	MAURO FINETTO	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
90	GIULIO CICCONE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	2' 44''
91	LOUIS MEINTJES	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
92	LARS BAK YTTING	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
93	ADAM JAMES HANSEN	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
94	PAWEL POLJANSKI	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
95	GEOFFREY SOUPE	COFIDIS	2' 45''
96	BERNHARD EISEL	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
97	MARCEL KITTEL	TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN	s.t.
98	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN	s.t.
99	LOUIS VERVAEKE	TEAM SUNWEB	2' 46''
100	MIKAEL CHEREL	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
101	ROMAIN COMBAUD	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
102	JACK BAUER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
103	MAXIME BOUET	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
104	JULIEN EL FARES	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
105	BENOIT COSNEFROY	AG2R LA MONDIALE	2' 47''
106	MATHIAS FRANK	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
107	JENS DEBUSSCHERE	TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN	s.t.
108	MARCO HALLER	TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN	s.t.
109	BERT VAN LERBERGHE	COFIDIS	2' 48''
110	MATHIAS LE TURNIER	COFIDIS	s.t.
111	TIM DECLERCQ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
112	DOMENICO POZZOVIVO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
113	LAURENS DE VREESE	ASTANA	s.t.
114	KRISTIJAN KOREN	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
115	SIMON ŠPILAK	TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN	s.t.
116	VICTOR DE LA PARTE	CCC TEAM	s.t.
117	SEBASTIAN HENAO	TEAM SKY	s.t.
118	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	COFIDIS	s.t.
119	LAURENT PICHON	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
120	OLIVIER LE GAC	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
121	BRAM WELTEN	ARKEA-SAMSIC	2' 49''
122	CYRIL GAUTIER	VITAL CONCEPT-B&B HOTELS	s.t.
123	ADRIEN PETIT	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
124	RAFAEL VALLS FERRI	MOVISTAR	s.t.
125	AMAEL MOINARD	ARKEA-SAMSIC	2' 50''
126	FABIO ARU	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
127	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
128	ION IZAGUIRRE	ASTANA	s.t.
129	ILJO KEISSE	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
130	TEJAY VAN GARDEREN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	2' 51''
131	PASCAL EENKHOORN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
132	SCOTT DAVIES	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
133	NICCOLÒ BONIFAZIO	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
134	JACOPO GUARNIERI	GROUPAMA-FDJ	2' 52''
135	KRIS BOECKMANS	VITAL CONCEPT-B&B HOTELS	s.t.
136	LAURENS TEN DAM	CCC TEAM	2' 53''
137	MARCO MARCATO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	4' 30''
138	RORY SUTHERLAND	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
139	SERGIO HENAO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	4' 31''
140	NICOLAS EDET	COFIDIS	s.t.
141	WILLIAM BARTA	CCC TEAM	s.t.
142	JAKUB MARECZKO	CCC TEAM	s.t.
143	HECTOR CARRETERO	MOVISTAR	4' 32''
144	IVAN RAMIRO SOSA	TEAM SKY	s.t.
145	HEINRICH HAUSSLER	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
146	ELIE GESBERT	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
147	THOMAS DE GENDT	LOTTO SOUDAL	4' 33''
148	CASPER PHILLIP PEDERSEN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
149	EDUARD-MICHAEL GROSU	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
150	JONATHAN HIVERT	DIRECT ENERGIE	4' 34''
151	ROY CURVERS	TEAM SUNWEB	7' 36''
152	JULIEN VERMOTE	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	8' 49''
153	DOMEN NOVAK	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	8' 50''
154	MARK CAVENDISH	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
155	ROGER KLUGE	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
156	DANIEL MCLAY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	8' 51''
157	ALESSANDRO FEDELI	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
158	JAN BAKELANTS	TEAM SUNWEB	12' 59''

GC after Stage 1:

1	DYLAN GROENEWEGEN	JUMBO-VISMA	3hr 17min 25sec
2	CALEB EWAN	LOTTO SOUDAL	@ 4sec
3	LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ	ASTANA	05''
4	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	TEAM SKY	s.t.
5	FABIO JAKOBSEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	06''
6	EGAN ARLEY BERNAL	TEAM SKY	09''
7	RUDY MOLARD	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
8	SAM BENNETT	BORA-HANSGROHE	10''
9	JOHN DEGENKOLB	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
10	MATTEO TRENTIN	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
11	ARNAUD DEMARE	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
12	SONNY COLBRELLI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
13	BRYAN COQUARD	VITAL CONCEPT-B&B HOTELS	s.t.
14	ANTHONY TURGIS	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
15	CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE	COFIDIS	s.t.
16	OLIVER NAESEN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
17	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
18	ANDRÉ GREIPEL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
19	JEAN-PIERRE DRUCKER	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
20	FELIX GROSSSCHARTNER	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
21	DYLAN TEUNS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
22	HUGO HOULE	ASTANA	s.t.
23	NAIRO QUINTANA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
24	LILIAN CALMEJANE	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
25	TONY GALLOPIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
26	EVALDAS SISKEVICIUS	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
27	NIKI TERPSTRA	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
28	MIKE TEUNISSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
29	PATRICK MÜLLER	VITAL CONCEPT-B&B HOTELS	s.t.
30	JURGEN ROELANDTS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
31	QUENTIN PACHER	VITAL CONCEPT-B&B HOTELS	s.t.
32	FLORIAN SENECHAL	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
33	IGNATAS KONOVALOVAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
34	RIGOBERTO URAN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
35	GORKA IZAGUIRRE	ASTANA	s.t.
36	WARREN BARGUIL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
37	WILCO KELDERMAN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
38	SIMON PHILIP YATES	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
39	ARTHUR VICHOT	VITAL CONCEPT-B&B HOTELS	s.t.
40	KEVIN REZA	VITAL CONCEPT-B&B HOTELS	s.t.
41	VALENTIN MADOUAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
42	GEORGE BENNETT	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
43	NIKOLAS MAES	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
44	BOB JUNGELS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
45	ROMAIN BARDET	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
46	ILNUR ZAKARIN	TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN	s.t.
47	PHILIPPE GILBERT	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
48	IMANOL ERVITI	MOVISTAR	s.t.
49	EDWARD THEUNS	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
50	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	TEAM SKY	s.t.
51	MAXIME MONFORT	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
52	TOM SCULLY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
53	MITCHELL DOCKER	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
54	FABIO SABATINI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
55	LUKA MEZGEC	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
56	MAARTEN WYNANTS	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
57	JHONATAN NARVAEZ	TEAM SKY	s.t.
58	LUKE ROWE	TEAM SKY	s.t.
59	ALEX KIRSCH	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
60	AMUND GRØNDAHL JANSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
61	JACK HAIG	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
62	IVAN GARCIA	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	26''
63	KOEN DE KORT	TREK-SEGAFREDO	34''
64	RAMON SINKELDAM	GROUPAMA-FDJ	36''
65	MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN	ASTANA	1' 10''
66	ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI	CCC TEAM	s.t.
67	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	1' 11''
68	EDVALD BOASSON HAGEN	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
69	JESPER HANSEN	COFIDIS	s.t.
70	FRANCISCO VENTOSO	CCC TEAM	s.t.
71	STIJN VANDENBERGH	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1' 12''
72	AMARO ANTUNES	CCC TEAM	s.t.
73	PATRICK KONRAD	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
74	WINNER ANACONA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
75	JHOAN CHAVES	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
76	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
77	JARLINSON PANTANO	TREK-SEGAFREDO	1' 13''
78	MIKEL NIEVE	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
79	DANIEL F MARTINEZ	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
80	RAMUNAS NAVARDAUSKAS	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
81	MARC SOLER	MOVISTAR	s.t.
82	MIGUEL LOPEZ	ASTANA	1' 14''
83	BERT-JAN LINDEMAN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
84	G LAWSON CRADDOCK	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
85	DAMIEN GAUDIN	DIRECT ENERGIE	1' 43''
86	DIEGO ULISSI	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	2' 52''
87	NILS POLITT	TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN	2' 53''
88	CHRISTOPH PFINGSTEN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
89	MAURO FINETTO	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
90	GIULIO CICCONE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	2' 54''
91	LOUIS MEINTJES	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
92	LARS BAK YTTING	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
93	ADAM JAMES HANSEN	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
94	PAWEL POLJANSKI	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
95	GEOFFREY SOUPE	COFIDIS	2' 55''
96	BERNHARD EISEL	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
97	MARCEL KITTEL	TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN	s.t.
98	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN	s.t.
99	LOUIS VERVAEKE	TEAM SUNWEB	2' 56''
100	MIKAEL CHEREL	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
101	ROMAIN COMBAUD	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
102	JACK BAUER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
103	MAXIME BOUET	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
104	JULIEN EL FARES	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
105	BENOIT COSNEFROY	AG2R LA MONDIALE	2' 57''
106	MATHIAS FRANK	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
107	JENS DEBUSSCHERE	TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN	s.t.
108	MARCO HALLER	TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN	s.t.
109	BERT VAN LERBERGHE	COFIDIS	2' 58''
110	MATHIAS LE TURNIER	COFIDIS	s.t.
111	TIM DECLERCQ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
112	DOMENICO POZZOVIVO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
113	LAURENS DE VREESE	ASTANA	s.t.
114	KRISTIJAN KOREN	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
115	SIMON ŠPILAK	TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN	s.t.
116	VICTOR DE LA PARTE	CCC TEAM	s.t.
117	SEBASTIAN HENAO	TEAM SKY	s.t.
118	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	COFIDIS	s.t.
119	LAURENT PICHON	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
120	OLIVIER LE GAC	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
121	BRAM WELTEN	ARKEA-SAMSIC	2' 59''
122	CYRIL GAUTIER	VITAL CONCEPT-B&B HOTELS	s.t.
123	ADRIEN PETIT	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
124	RAFAEL VALLS FERRI	MOVISTAR	s.t.
125	AMAEL MOINARD	ARKEA-SAMSIC	3' 00''
126	FABIO ARU	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
127	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
128	ION IZAGUIRRE	ASTANA	s.t.
129	ILJO KEISSE	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
130	TEJAY VAN GARDEREN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	3' 01''
131	PASCAL EENKHOORN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
132	SCOTT DAVIES	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
133	NICCOLÒ BONIFAZIO	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
134	JACOPO GUARNIERI	GROUPAMA-FDJ	3' 02''
135	KRIS BOECKMANS	VITAL CONCEPT-B&B HOTELS	s.t.
136	LAURENS TEN DAM	CCC TEAM	3' 03''
137	MARCO MARCATO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	4' 40''
138	RORY SUTHERLAND	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
139	SERGIO LUIS HENAO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	4' 41''
140	NICOLAS EDET	COFIDIS	s.t.
141	WILLIAM BARTA	CCC TEAM	s.t.
142	JAKUB MARECZKO	CCC TEAM	s.t.
143	HECTOR CARRETERO	MOVISTAR	4' 42''
144	IVAN RAMIRO SOSA	TEAM SKY	s.t.
145	HEINRICH HAUSSLER	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
146	ELIE GESBERT	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
147	THOMAS DE GENDT	LOTTO SOUDAL	4' 43''
148	CASPER PHILLIP PEDERSEN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
149	EDUARD-MICHAEL GROSU	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
150	JONATHAN HIVERT	DIRECT ENERGIE	4' 44''
151	ROY CURVERS	TEAM SUNWEB	7' 46''
152	JULIEN VERMOTE	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	8' 59''
153	DOMEN NOVAK	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	9' 00''
154	MARK CAVENDISH	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
155	ROGER KLUGE	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
156	DANIEL MCLAY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	9' 01''
157	ALESSANDRO FEDELI	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
158	JAN BAKELANTS	TEAM SUNWEB	13' 09''

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

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Start list with back numbers, March 9, 2019:

	MOVISTAR TEAM
1	MARC SOLER
2	WINNER ANDREW ANACONA
3	HECTOR CARRETERO
4	IMANOL ERVITI
5	NAIRO QUINTANA
6	JURGEN ROELANDTS
7	RAFAEL VALLS FERRI
	MITCHELTON - SCOTT
11	SIMON PHILIP YATES
12	JACK BAUER
13	JHOAN ESTEBAN CHAVES RUBIO
14	JACK HAIG
15	LUKA MEZGEC
16	MIKEL NIEVE ITURRALDE
17	MATTEO TRENTIN
	ASTANA PRO TEAM
21	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ MORENO
22	LAURENS DE VREESE
23	HUGO HOULE
24	GORKA IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI
25	ION IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI
26	MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN
27	LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ
	LOTTO SOUDAL
31	CALEB EWAN
32	JASPER DE BUYST
33	THOMAS DE GENDT
34	ADAM JAMES HANSEN
35	ROGER KLUGE
36	NIKOLAS MAES
37	MAXIME MONFORT
	BAHRAIN - MERIDA
41	DOMENICO POZZOVIVO
42	SONNY COLBRELLI
43	IVAN GARCIA CORTINA
44	HEINRICH HAUSSLER
45	KRISTIJAN KOREN
46	DOMEN NOVAK
47	DYLAN TEUNS
	BORA - HANSGROHE
51	PATRICK KONRAD
52	SAM BENNETT
53	JEAN-PIERRE DRUCKER
54	FELIX GROSSSCHARTNER
55	CHRISTOPH PFINGSTEN
56	PAWEL POLJANSKI
57	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN
	AG2R LA MONDIALE
61	ROMAIN BARDET
62	MIKAEL CHEREL
63	BENOIT COSNEFROY
64	MATHIAS FRANK
65	TONY GALLOPIN
66	OLIVER NAESEN
67	STIJN VANDENBERGH
	TEAM SKY
71	EGAN ARLEY BERNAL GOMEZ
72	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART
73	SEBASTIAN HENAO GOMEZ
74	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI
75	JHONATAN MANUEL NARVAEZ PRADO
76	LUKE ROWE
77	IVAN RAMIRO SOSA CUERVO
	UAE TEAM EMIRATES
81	SERGIO LUIS HENAO MONTOYA
82	FABIO ARU
83	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM
84	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF
85	MARCO MARCATO
86	RORY SUTHERLAND
87	DIEGO ULISSI
	TREK - SEGAFREDO
91	JOHN DEGENKOLB
92	JULIEN BERNARD
93	GIULIO CICCONE
94	KOEN DE KORT
95	ALEX KIRSCH
96	JARLINSON PANTANO GOMEZ
97	EDWARD THEUNS
	GROUPAMA - FDJ
101	ARNAUD DEMARE
102	JACOPO GUARNIERI
103	IGNATAS KONOVALOVAS
104	OLIVIER LE GAC
105	VALENTIN MADOUAS
106	RUDY MOLARD
107	RAMON SINKELDAM
	DECEUNINCK - QUICK STEP
111	BOB JUNGELS
112	TIM DECLERCQ
113	PHILIPPE GILBERT
114	FABIO JAKOBSEN
115	ILJO KEISSE
116	FABIO SABATINI
117	FLORIAN SENECHAL
	TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN
121	ILNUR ZAKARIN
122	JENS DEBUSSCHERE
123	MARCO HALLER
124	RETO HOLLENSTEIN
125	MARCEL KITTEL
126	NILS POLITT
127	SIMON ŠPILAK
	TEAM ARKEA - SAMSIC
131	WARREN BARGUIL
132	MAXIME BOUET
133	ELIE GESBERT
134	ANDRÉ GREIPEL
135	AMAEL MOINARD
136	LAURENT PICHON
137	BRAM WELTEN
	TEAM JUMBO - VISMA
141	DYLAN GROENEWEGEN
142	GEORGE BENNETT
143	PASCAL EENKHOORN
144	AMUND GRØNDAHL JANSEN
145	BERT-JAN LINDEMAN
146	MIKE TEUNISSEN
147	MAARTEN WYNANTS
	EF EDUCATION FIRST
151	RIGOBERTO URAN
152	LAWSON CRADDOCK
153	MITCHELL DOCKER
154	DANIEL FELIPE MARTINEZ POVEDA
155	DANIEL MCLAY
156	TOM SCULLY
157	TEJAY VAN GARDEREN
	TEAM SUNWEB
161	MICHAEL MATTHEWS
162	JAN BAKELANTS
163	ROY CURVERS
164	WILCO KELDERMAN
165	CASPER PHILLIP PEDERSEN
166	MARTIJN TUSVELD
167	LOUIS VERVAEKE
	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
171	CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE
172	NICOLAS EDET
173	JESPER HANSEN
174	MATHIAS LE TURNIER
175	PIERRE LUC PERICHON
176	GEOFFREY SOUPE
177	BERT VAN LERBERGHE
	TEAM DIMENSION DATA
181	MARK CAVENDISH
182	LARS BAK YTTING
183	EDVALD BOASSON HAGEN
184	SCOTT DAVIES
185	BERNHARD EISEL
186	LOUIS MEINTJES
187	JULIEN VERMOTE
	CCC TEAM
191	AMARO ANTUNES
192	WILLIAM BARTA
193	VICTOR DE LA PARTE
194	ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI
195	JAKUB MARECZKO
196	LAURENS TEN DAM
197	FRANCISCO JOSE VENTOSO
	DIRECT ENERGIE
201	LILIAN CALMEJANE
202	NICCOLÒ BONIFAZIO
203	DAMIEN GAUDIN
204	JONATHAN HIVERT
205	ADRIEN PETIT
206	NIKI TERPSTRA
207	ANTHONY TURGIS
	VITAL CONCEPT - B&B HOTELS
211	BRYAN COQUARD
212	KRIS BOECKMANS
213	CYRIL GAUTIER
214	PATRICK MÜLLER
215	QUENTIN PACHER
216	KEVIN REZA
217	ARTHUR VICHOT
	DELKO-MARSEILLE PROVENCE
221	ROMAIN COMBAUD
222	JULIEN EL FARES
223	ALESSANDRO FEDELI
224	MAURO FINETTO

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Organizer's race preview:

From this coming 10 to 17 March, edition 77 of Paris-Nice will kick-off the major European stage race season. Sticking to tradition from the Yvelines Department to the French Riviera, the opening stages promise high-intensity sprints with a battle of generations between Mark Cavendish, Caleb Ewan, André Greipel and Alexander Kristoff. Excluding an unforeseen surprise, the decisive stages begin on day six, with a 25-kilometre time trial, followed by a weekend reserved for the climbers. The battle to come on top on the Col de Turini pass will be between a Columbian armada, led most notably by Nairo Quintana as well as Egan Bernal, and Richie Porte, Simon Yates, defending Paris-Nice champion Marc Soler and Romain Bardet.

This is the start of the season for everyone. Whether they are a sprinter, rouleur, climber or team mate, the serious business gets underway with Paris-Nice, the first WorldTour stage race of the year contested on European soil. For this race that sparks the conversations among the prognosticators, the roles seem straight forward where it will be the sprinters in the spotlight for the first day of action in the affluent Parisian suburb of Saint-Germain-en-Laye. And even though a similar scenario will be expected the following day in Bellegarde and then the day after that in Moulins, there will not be enough flower bouquets to go around for all the world-class sprinters that will line up at the start. In addition to Arnaud Démare, Dylan Groenewegen, John Degenkolb, Michael Matthews, Sam Bennett, Sonny Colbrelli, André Greipel and Alexander Kristoff who have all enjoyed success on Paris-Nice, the aforementioned sprint finals have peaked the interest of Mark Cavendish, who will make his debut in the race as will Caleb Ewan, and French riders Christophe Laporte and Bryan Coquard who will all pose a serious threat in these sprints. Only the strongest among them will be concerned about the finish at Pélussin whose surroundings could inspire attackers at the half-distance point of the race but also create a first selection among the favourites. Whoever is the big winner in this series of races, these riders will have a small chance to battle again at Brignoles if they manage to spoil the illusions of the breakaway specialists, but more surely, they will battle again a few days later in San Remo. And an entirely different strategy will take over after the Barbentane individual time-trial.

If Paris-Nice had to be raced in a national team format, Columbia would have the strongest line-up with six of its ten representatives on the provisional entry list from Nairo Quintana, to Esteban Chaves, Miguel Ángel López, Egan Bernal, Sergio Henao and Rigoberto Urán all are credible candidates for the overall victory. They will not necessarily be the fastest on the 25km time-trial on the outskirts of Avignon, where Richie Porte, Michal Kwiatkowski and Bob Jungels should feel right at home. However, they will be expected to star on the marquee stage, and its mountain finish on the Col de Turini, where it will be a nearly 15km long battle royal among the climbers that will include defending Paris-Nice champion Marc Soler, as well as Simon Yates, Romain Bardet, Domenico Pozzovivo, Ilnur Zakarin, Pierre Rolland, Warren Barguil or Lilian Calmejane. It will be when they reach the summit that they will know if they still have a chance for the win at the conclusion of the Nice stage on Sunday. Every one of them knows it is going to be a nail biter!