Evenepoel remains well-placed at Paris-Nice

Evenepoel remains well-placed at Paris-Nice

It may have been a transition stage, but the journey from Sisteron to La Colle-sur-Loup ended up altering the overall standings, including changing the wearer of the yellow jersey. After a fast start, things calmed down a bit once a breakaway took shape, but the peloton had one thing in mind, and that was to fight for the spoils Friday afternoon.

As expected, the action began on the double-digit gradients of Côte de La Colle-sur-Loup where the race was back together, and Remco Evenepoel remained attentive, responding to an attack of Primoz Roglic (Bora-hansgrohe). The Belgian Champion tried to keep things under control, taking some long pulls when the other GC men hesitated, but a small three-man group eventually managed to get away on the descent.

The ITT World Champion tried his best to reduce the gap, but despite leaving everything out there, the trio stayed away and Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) got the victory. Evenepoel sprinted to fourth some 50-odd seconds later, leading home the favourites’ group – a result that helped him retain his fifth place on the general classification ahead of the race’s only summit finish, Madone d’Utelle.

“The legs were there, but I probably made a tactical mistake by not going after the three when they attacked. All the others began looking at me instead of working together, but it is as it is. The gap began growing on the flat section, and it’s a pity that the guys up the road could gain so much time on us. I felt good the entire day, despite being a fast stage from the beginning even with the headwind, and I hope to have the same shape in the next two days, and even though I know it won’t be easy, I will continue fighting”, Remco explained after the stage.

 

Photo credit: ©Alex Broadway / Getty Images

Race details

1 Mattias Skjelmose Jensen
Lidl - Trek
4:36:51
2 Brandon McNulty
UAE Team Emirates
0:00
3 Matteo Jorgenson
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:00
4 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step
0:52
5 Harold Tejada Canacue
Astana Qazaqstan Team
0:53
6 Aurélien Paret-Peintre
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
0:53
7 Felix Gall
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
0:53
8 Wilco Kelderman
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:53
9 Primož Roglič
BORA - hansgrohe
0:53
10 Egan Bernal Gómez
INEOS Grenadiers
0:53
30 Louis Vervaeke
Soudal Quick-Step
4:27
32 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step
8:32
34 Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal Quick-Step
13:35
100 Yves Lampaert
Soudal Quick-Step
18:04
108 Gianni Moscon
Soudal Quick-Step
18:04
114 Casper Pedersen
Soudal Quick-Step
18:17
1 Brandon McNulty
UAE Team Emirates
22:15:58
2 Matteo Jorgenson
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:23
3 Luke Plapp
Team Jayco AlUla
0:34
4 Mattias Skjelmose Jensen
Lidl - Trek
0:54
5 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step
1:03
6 Egan Bernal Gómez
INEOS Grenadiers
1:14
7 João Almeida
UAE Team Emirates
1:30
8 Felix Gall
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
1:36
9 Harold Tejada Canacue
Astana Qazaqstan Team
1:37
10 Wilco Kelderman
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
1:39
28 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step
9:21
31 Louis Vervaeke
Soudal Quick-Step
12:32
34 Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal Quick-Step
23:10
55 Yves Lampaert
Soudal Quick-Step
35:05
58 Gianni Moscon
Soudal Quick-Step
35:31
97 Casper Pedersen
Soudal Quick-Step
47:12
1 Mads Pedersen
Lidl - Trek
60 pt
2 Laurence Pithie
Groupama - FDJ
56 pt
3 Olav Kooij
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
50 pt
4 Mattias Skjelmose Jensen
Lidl - Trek
45 pt
5 Danny van Poppel
BORA - hansgrohe
44 pt
6 Matteo Jorgenson
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
33 pt
7 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step
32 pt
8 Sam Bennett
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
32 pt
9 Pascal Ackermann
Israel - Premier Tech
28 pt
10 Matteo Trentin
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
24 pt
1 Mathieu Burgaudeau
TotalEnergies
44 pt
2 Christian Scaroni
Astana Qazaqstan Team
34 pt
3 Santiago Buitrago Sánchez
Bahrain - Victorious
24 pt
4 Pierre Latour
TotalEnergies
19 pt
5 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step
14 pt
6 Jonas Rutsch
EF Education - EasyPost
13 pt
7 Luke Plapp
Team Jayco AlUla
11 pt
8 Matteo Jorgenson
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
10 pt
9 Pascal Eenkhoorn
Lotto Dstny
6 pt
10 Aleksandr Vlasov
BORA - hansgrohe
5 pt
1 Matteo Jorgenson
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
22:16:21
2 Luke Plapp
Team Jayco AlUla
0:11
3 Mattias Skjelmose Jensen
Lidl - Trek
0:31
4 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step
0:40
5 Carlos Rodríguez Cano
INEOS Grenadiers
1:43
6 Santiago Buitrago Sánchez
Bahrain - Victorious
2:10
7 Ewen Costiou
5:30
8 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step
8:58
9 Finn Fisher-Black
UAE Team Emirates
25:06
10 Laurence Pithie
Groupama - FDJ
29:35
1 UAE Team Emirates 66:53:01
2 INEOS Grenadiers 1:47
3 Team Visma | Lease a Bike 4:41
4 Soudal Quick-Step 13:05
5 BORA - hansgrohe 21:40
6 Bahrain - Victorious 27:47
7 Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 30:23
8 Team Jayco AlUla 33:40
9 Movistar Team 42:46
10 Lidl - Trek 47:57

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