Choppy path in the first stage of Paris-Nice 2024: arrival in a tight sprint to the slightly uphill finish line of Les Mureaux, the Dutchman prevailing Olav Kooij che conquista also the leadership in the general classification.
Three-way breakaway in the first part of the race: the Swiss Stefan Bissegger, the German Jonas Rutsch (EF Education-Easypost) and the French Mathieu Burgaudeau (TotalEnergies) on the attack. However, the peloton did not leave too much space and closed the gap around 30 kilometers from the finish.
On the flying finish line of Montainville accelerations in a group with a wild one Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) who tried in every way to form a command group. Bora-hansgrohe managed to close and Anthony Turgis (TotalEnergies) launched a counterattack. Nothing to do for the Frenchman either, with the sprinters’ teams closing.
In a spectacular slightly uphill finale the head-to-head between Mads Pedersen (Lidl Trek) e Olav Kooy (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) with the Dutchman prevailing with a brilliant move. Third place for Laurence Pithie (Groupama – FDJ) then Nils Eekhoff (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) and Madis Mihkels (Intermarché – Wanty). Better than the Italians Matteo Trentin (Tudor Pro Cycling Team), seventh.
2024-03-03 16:00:02
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