After the warm-up work during the working week, the heavy work in Paris-Nice was only planned for the weekend. Saturday’s queen stage presented the “first real col of the cycling season” with the tough Col de Turini, according to our commentators earlier this week.
A large group including Thomas De Gendt and David Gaudu tried from afar, but the classification men were hungry and did not want to miss out on the stage victory. Almost everything came together at the foot of the final climb, the muscle roll between the favorites could begin.
Adam Yates was the first to light the fire, but a yellow Primoz Roglic soon dismantled the danger. Not much later, the Slovenian could no longer contain himself and rattled the tree himself.
Martínez was the only one to follow, an unruly Quintana and Simon Yates also joined in. Under the rag, the three companions already knew what time it was when Roglic slumped. He cashed in on his dominance with a perfectly timed sprint.
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