The 82nd Paris-Nice, which was held over a total of eight days, has reached its final day. Remco Evenepoel (Belgium, Soudal-Quick Step) made his third attempt and won the stage, which spanned five categories of mountains, and Matteo Jorgenson (USA, Wisma Lies-A-Bike), who finished second in the section, took the overall victory. Shined.
Brandon McNulty (USA, UAE Team Emirates) wearing maillot jaune on the final day photo: ASO
Paris-Nice 2024 8th Stage Course Profile image:ASO The 8th stage, which concludes the 82nd Paris-Nice, was held on Sunday, March 10th, the day after the race was contested on a shortened course due to bad weather. The course is a mountain stage that starts and ends in the city of Nice and travels through the northern mountain range. All of the five category mountains have short climbing distances of around 6km, but the last class 1 mountain, Col des Quatre Chemins (distance 3.6km/average 8.8%/maximum 16%), is steep, and the finish point is a descent from there. It is at the end of a flat road.
The escape group that was formed on the day of the short 109.3km stage included Victor Campenaerts (Belgium, Lotte Destiny) and three others. However, the campenaerts were quickly left alone, and as the sprinters in the main group, including Olaf Kooi (Netherlands, Visma Liesabijk), got off their bikes with a loud noise in the mountains, Santiago Buitrago (Colombia, Bahrain Victorious) was involved in a crash. There has occurred.
Buitrago, who was aiming to jump up from 12th place overall by winning the section on the fourth stage, withdrew. The team reported that an examination at the hospital revealed that there were no broken bones, just a bruise, and Kevin Genietz (Luxembourg, Groupama FDJ) also chose to retire from the race due to the same crash.
Victor Campenaerts escapes from the cold rain in short sleeves (Lot Destiny, Belgium) photo: ASO
Mads Pedersen (Riddle Trek, Denmark) narrowing down the Proton with high-speed traction photo: ASO
As the cold rain continued to fall on the competitors, the main group was narrowed down by Mads Pedersen (Riddle Trek), who was also from Denmark, and Matthias Skermoos, who came in 3rd overall. As a result, Campenaerts, who made a short-sleeved run, was absorbed with 46km remaining, and Remco Evenepoel (Belgium, Soudal-Quick-Step) made a move immediately after.
Matteo Jorgenson (USA, Wisma Lies-A-Bike), who was in second place overall, accelerated as Evenepool accelerated just before the penultimate mountain, which is actually the third class 1 mountain if you include the uncategorized hill. Mark. Furthermore, after Alexander Vlasov (Russia, Bora-Hansgrohe) put up a bridge, things calmed down, but Evenepool attacked again. However, this was not settled and from then on, Felix Grossschaertner (Austria, UAE Team Emirates) set the pace.
Remco Evenepoel (Belgium, Soudal Quickstep) launched a total of three attacks photo: ASO
Egan Bernal (Colombia, Ineos Grenadiers), who has been doing well this season, fell behind due to this increased pace, and the lead group was narrowed down to 11 players. Then, with 3km remaining to reach the top of the Class 1 mountain, Evenepool accelerated for the third time. With the help of Jorgenson, who was the only one following him, he pulled away from McNulty, and was joined by Vlasov, the previous day’s winner. The first three people passed the summit.
Evenespoor, Jorgenson and Vlasov in the lead narrowly cleared the descent on the wet road, and Jorgenson passed the lead without a fight during the intermediate sprint just before the top of the hill (Col d’Eze). As a result, Jorgenson received -6 seconds of bonus time and took the virtual lead overall. By that time, the gap between him and the chasing group including McNulty and Primoš Roglič (Bora-Hansgrohe, Slovenia) had widened to 1 minute 20 seconds, and the first three riders had also finished the final 1st grade mountain Col des Quatre Chemins ( (distance 3.6km/average 8.8%) with a difference of 1 minute 51 seconds.
Jorgenson and Vlasov following Remko Evenepoel (Belgium, Soudal Quickstep) photo: ASO
As the rain clouds part and the sun shines through, Evenepool picks up speed from the foot of the mountain. While Vlasov was struggling with this, Evenepool was unable to get rid of Jorgenson, who was wearing a white Young Rider Award jersey, even on gradients of up to 16%. We reached the top with Evenepool fixed at the front and proceeded down the flat road that continued until the finish.
Smiling Jorgenson and Evenepoel, confident of overall victory, arrived in the city center of Nice where a large crowd was waiting, and Evenepoel, who started the sprint, crossed the finish line first. Jorgenson also made a small fist pump behind Evenepour, who performed a performance of putting back the phone.
Remco Evenepoel (Belgium, Soudal Quickstep) beats Jorgensson in the sprint and takes the section victory photo: ASO
Remco Evenepoel (Belgium, Soudal Quickstep) won the section and came in 2nd place overall photo: ASO
After winning, Evenepoor said, “I decided to enter (the Class 1 mountain where I attacked) in a small group and attack it several times to see how things were going.I damaged my opponent’s legs, and by the time I got over the top, I myself I was also a little tired,” he said, looking back on the race. He also ranked second overall, saying, “Even on a tricky course, I gave my best and won in this beautiful Nice.I made some mistakes in this tournament, but I want to learn from them for the future.” , Evenepour was delighted as he also won the points award and the mountain award.
The overall victory at the 82nd Paris-Nice went to Jorgenson, who achieved results immediately after transferring from Movistar. “My legs are shaking with joy. I never expected to win the overall victory in a World Tour stage race. To be honest, I was so nervous that I could hardly sleep last night. I felt pressure for the first time in my life, but it was strange. I was in good shape and was able to ride with Evenepool, who is a great champion. It was an unforgettable event in my life,” said Jorgenson, who also won the Young Rider Award in addition to the Maillot Jaune.
Vlasov finished alone, 50 seconds after the lead. McNulty, who lost the maillot jaune, finished the race 1 minute and 39 seconds behind (5th place in the section), but finished on the overall podium in 3rd place overall.
Matteo Jorgenson (USA, Wisma Lies-A-Bike) who won the overall victory in Paris-Nice photo: ASO
2024-03-11 00:29:06
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