A slow day at Paris-Nice

A slow day at Paris-Nice

Many were expecting strong winds and possibly echelons at the start of the second stage, but what they got in the end was one of the most quiet and uneventful stages in recent memory. The first attacks came from the gun, but the two riders that got away managed to stay up the road for some odd 15 kilometers before being reeled in.

A bit later, another rider tried his chance and opened a 40-second gap before the peloton brought him back. From that moment on, the leg between Thoiry and Montargis was a long and slow procession, which came to life only in the final ten kilometers. A series of roundabouts made things more nervous, but in the end a bunch sprint decided the winner, who was Arvid de Kleijn (Tudor Pro Cycling).

Remco Evenepoel came home with the peloton and remained fifth in the general classification ahead of the team time trial in Auxerre, which promises to reshuffle the standings and create some significant gaps between the yellow jersey contenders.

 

Photo credit: ©Alex Broadway / Getty Images

Race details

1 Arvid de Kleijn
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
4:41:02
2 Laurence Pithie
Groupama - FDJ
0:00
3 Dylan Groenewegen
Team Jayco AlUla
0:00
4 Danny van Poppel
BORA - hansgrohe
0:00
5 Gerben Thijssen
Intermarché - Wanty
0:00
6 Sam Bennett
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
0:00
7 Dries Van Gestel
TotalEnergies
0:00
8 Mads Pedersen
Lidl - Trek
0:00
9 Pascal Ackermann
Israel - Premier Tech
0:00
10 Matteo Sobrero
BORA - hansgrohe
0:00
24 Yves Lampaert
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
59 Casper Pedersen
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
80 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
93 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
107 Gianni Moscon
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
108 Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
116 Louis Vervaeke
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
1 Laurence Pithie
Groupama - FDJ
8:17:20
2 Mads Pedersen
Lidl - Trek
0:00
3 Olav Kooij
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:00
4 Matteo Jorgenson
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:04
5 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step
0:06
6 Egan Bernal Gómez
INEOS Grenadiers
0:08
7 Mattias Skjelmose Jensen
Lidl - Trek
0:08
8 Kaden Groves
Alpecin - Deceuninck
0:10
9 Sam Bennett
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
0:10
10 Jon Barrenetxea Golzarri
Movistar Team
0:10
12 Yves Lampaert
Soudal Quick-Step
0:10
45 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step
0:10
54 Gianni Moscon
Soudal Quick-Step
0:10
60 Louis Vervaeke
Soudal Quick-Step
0:10
75 Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal Quick-Step
1:04
124 Casper Pedersen
Soudal Quick-Step
5:26
1 Laurence Pithie
Groupama - FDJ
42 pt
2 Mads Pedersen
Lidl - Trek
38 pt
3 Danny van Poppel
BORA - hansgrohe
28 pt
4 Olav Kooij
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
25 pt
5 Arvid de Kleijn
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
25 pt
6 Dylan Groenewegen
Team Jayco AlUla
20 pt
7 Nils Eekhoff
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
18 pt
8 Madis Mihkels
Intermarché - Wanty
16 pt
9 Gerben Thijssen
Intermarché - Wanty
16 pt
10 Mattias Skjelmose Jensen
Lidl - Trek
14 pt
18 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step
6 pt
1 Mathieu Burgaudeau
TotalEnergies
15 pt
2 Jonas Rutsch
EF Education - EasyPost
13 pt
3 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step
6 pt
4 Primož Roglič
BORA - hansgrohe
4 pt
5 Pierre Latour
TotalEnergies
4 pt
6 Finn Fisher-Black
UAE Team Emirates
2 pt
7 Stefan Bissegger
EF Education - EasyPost
2 pt
8 Lilian Calmejane
Intermarché - Wanty
1 pt
9 Nils Politt
UAE Team Emirates
1 pt
1 Laurence Pithie
Groupama - FDJ
8:17:20
2 Olav Kooij
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:00
3 Matteo Jorgenson
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:04
4 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step
0:06
5 Mattias Skjelmose Jensen
Lidl - Trek
0:08
6 Jon Barrenetxea Golzarri
Movistar Team
0:10
7 Madis Mihkels
Intermarché - Wanty
0:10
8 Carlos Rodríguez Cano
INEOS Grenadiers
0:10
9 Ben Turner
INEOS Grenadiers
0:10
10 Andrea Piccolo
EF Education - EasyPost
0:10
13 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step
0:10
1 Team Visma | Lease a Bike 24:52:30
2 BORA - hansgrohe 0:00
3 Groupama - FDJ 0:00
4 Movistar Team 0:00
5 Soudal Quick-Step 0:00
6 Lidl - Trek 0:00
7 EF Education - EasyPost 0:00
8 Bahrain - Victorious 0:00
9 INEOS Grenadiers 0:00
10 Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 0:00

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