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2021 Paris-Nice – Stage Six – Highlights, Report, Results

Highlights

Report

Primoz Roglic has won the sixth stage of Paris-Nice. The rider of Team Jumbo-Visma managed to stay ahead of the competition with a strong sprint. With this, the Slovenian also took 10 bonification seconds, which increased his lead in the general classification.

The long and hilly stage was one with little action. Jonas Rutsch was caught by the peloton in the last kilometre before the finish line. In the short climb before the finish Roglic took his chance to finish and rode to his second stage victory in the French race.

“It is great to win like this and I am really super happy”, said the wearer of the yellow leader’s jersey. “Today was a long and tough stage for everyone. The pace was high from the start. It’s nice that I had the legs to finish it off.”

The organisation announced today that the last two stages have been shortened. The Slovenian mainly looks at himself. “I haven’t been working on it that much yet. As riders, we have no influence on the changes, so we just have to deal with them. Because of the shortened stages, I expect that there will be hard racing from the start. That certainly doesn’t make it any easier. ”

Sports director Frans Maassen is happy with the way the team has dealt with Tony Martin’s withdrawal. “We thought we would have to do a lot of work, but luckily we got help from other teams. Jos has been put to work hard and has ridden for two today. Partly because of this, Primoz could finally compete in the sprint, which he timed incredibly well.”

Results

Stage

1Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma04:40:22
2Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis
3Michael Matthews (Aus) Team BikeExchange
4Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain Victorious
5Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team

General Classification

1Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma23:22:53
2Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe00:00:41
3Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech00:00:50
4Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Astana-Premier Tech00:00:51
5Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Movistar Team00:01:08
6Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Team DSM00:01:14
7Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Team BikeExchange00:01:16
8Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech00:01:21
9Pierre Latour (Fra) Total Direct Energie00:01:21
10Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team00:01:23

Points

1Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma42
2Sam Bennett (Irl) Deceuninck-QuickStep36
3Michael Matthews (Aus) Team BikeExchange28

Mountains

1Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis52
2Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo23
3Fabien Doubey (Fra) Total Direct Energie20

Young Riders

1Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Astana-Premier Tech23:23:44
2Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Movistar Team00:00:17
3Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Team BikeExchange00:00:25