Cavagna impresses at Paris-Nice

Cavagna impresses at Paris-Nice

Wednesday marked the first uphill finish of the race, which was expected to deliver a big shake-up of the general classification, where the differences were still small. The peloton started from Saint-Amand-Montrond – the birthplace of Julian Alaphilippe, and the town where rainbow jersey Tom Boonen took a Paris-Nice powered to a stage win back in 2006 – and took on three classified climbs: Côte du Vernet, Côte de Cheval Rigon and La Loge des Gardes.

Seven riders established a breakaway, but they didn’t have a chance against the peloton, who was determined to fight for victory and the bonus seconds that were in play at the finish. The escapees were easily reeled in long before the last hurdle of the day, and the GC men had their fight for victory, which was nabbed by Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates).

Rémi Cavagna surprised everyone with a strong ride on La Loge des Gardes, staying with the big favourites’ group until two kilometers to go. The former French Champion rode consistently on the tough ramps of the first-category climb, limiting the damages from the moment he was distanced and arriving home in the top 20, a result which made him Soudal Quick-Step’s highest-ranked rider in the overall standings.

 

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Race details

1 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
4:01:17
2 David Gaudu
Groupama - FDJ
0:01
3 Gino Mäder
Bahrain - Victorious
0:34
4 Aurélien Paret-Peintre
AG2R Citroën Team
0:42
5 Kévin Vauquelin
Team Arkéa Samsic
0:43
6 Jonas Vingegaard Rasmussen
Jumbo-Visma
0:43
7 Romain Bardet
Team DSM
0:51
8 Daniel Felipe Martínez Poveda
INEOS Grenadiers
0:51
9 Simon Yates
Team Jayco AlUla
0:51
10 Matteo Jorgenson
Movistar Team
0:51
18 Rémi Cavagna
Soudal - Quick Step
1:38
55 Kasper Asgreen
Soudal - Quick Step
7:43
62 Yves Lampaert
Soudal - Quick Step
10:43
80 Tim Declercq
Soudal - Quick Step
15:04
117 Florian Sénéchal
Soudal - Quick Step
22:22
130 Tim Merlier
Soudal - Quick Step
22:22
1 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
11:55:00
2 David Gaudu
Groupama - FDJ
0:10
3 Jonas Vingegaard Rasmussen
Jumbo-Visma
0:44
4 Simon Yates
Team Jayco AlUla
0:56
5 Gino Mäder
Bahrain - Victorious
1:19
6 Romain Bardet
Team DSM
1:40
7 Daniel Felipe Martínez Poveda
INEOS Grenadiers
1:40
8 Matteo Jorgenson
Movistar Team
1:42
9 Neilson Powless
EF Education-EasyPost
1:44
10 Matteo Sobrero
Team Jayco AlUla
1:54
24 Rémi Cavagna
Soudal - Quick Step
3:18
45 Kasper Asgreen
Soudal - Quick Step
8:23
54 Yves Lampaert
Soudal - Quick Step
11:27
101 Tim Merlier
Soudal - Quick Step
23:52
103 Florian Sénéchal
Soudal - Quick Step
24:05
108 Tim Declercq
Soudal - Quick Step
24:09
1 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
29 pt
2 Mads Pedersen
Trek - Segafredo
24 pt
3 Michael Matthews
Team Jayco AlUla
20 pt
4 Olav Kooij
Jumbo-Visma
19 pt
5 Tim Merlier
Soudal - Quick Step
15 pt
6 David Gaudu
Groupama - FDJ
12 pt
7 Sam Bennett
BORA - hansgrohe
12 pt
8 Gino Mäder
Bahrain - Victorious
9 pt
9 Magnus Cort Nielsen
EF Education-EasyPost
9 pt
10 Aurélien Paret-Peintre
AG2R Citroën Team
7 pt
1 Jonas Gregaard Wilsly
Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
14 pt
2 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
12 pt
3 David Gaudu
Groupama - FDJ
5 pt
4 Anders Skaarseth
Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
4 pt
5 Neilson Powless
EF Education-EasyPost
3 pt
6 Paul Ourselin
TotalEnergies
3 pt
7 Gino Mäder
Bahrain - Victorious
3 pt
8 Aurélien Paret-Peintre
AG2R Citroën Team
2 pt
9 Domen Novak
UAE Team Emirates
2 pt
10 Nils Politt
BORA - hansgrohe
2 pt
1 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
11:55:00
2 Matteo Jorgenson
Movistar Team
1:42
3 Mattias Skjelmose Jensen
Trek - Segafredo
2:08
4 Kévin Vauquelin
Team Arkéa Samsic
2:09
5 Kevin Vermaerke
Team DSM
4:15
6 Anthon Charmig
Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
4:46
7 Matthew Dinham
Team DSM
6:11
8 Clément Champoussin
Team Arkéa Samsic
6:27
9 Matis Louvel
Team Arkéa Samsic
12:56
10 Michel Ries
Team Arkéa Samsic
14:42
1 Team Jayco AlUla 34:40:52
2 Bahrain - Victorious 0:58
3 INEOS Grenadiers 1:07
4 Jumbo-Visma 1:54
5 Groupama - FDJ 4:24
6 AG2R Citroën Team 5:35
7 Movistar Team 5:40
8 Team DSM 6:23
9 Cofidis 6:56
10 Team Arkéa Samsic 8:12

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