At the end of the S8 stage of the Paris-Nice race, Simon Yates from the cycling trade team was in full shape and won the stage championship, while Primo Rogli wore a yellow shirt to win the overall championship, and the season of Paris Nice officially ended.
Looking back at this year's Paris-Nice race, the competition is quite fierce, and many stages have unexpected endings. This year's Jumbo team seems to be more powerful than ever, showing a terrifying dominance early in the S1 stage.
First in the S1 stage, the Jumbo team directly won the top three. Jumbo's last climb before the finish line, Christophe Laporte, Wout Van Aert and Rogglić responded positively, and Zdenek Stybar from Deceun inck - Quick Step posted them, but unfortunately it didn't last long before they were pulled out, turning into Jumbo's three-man TTT (team time trial) performance before the finish. Under the full output of the two time trial masters, it quickly opened up enough gap with the main group. The three men cruised steadily to the finish line, and the two seniors were very graceful to give up the stage championship to the young driver Laporte, the overall result driver Roglic crossed the line for the second time, and Van Alte won third.
The S2 stage is a flat stage, 3km before the finish line, the fast-paced team pulls up the sprint train, helping Fabio Jakobsen to successfully launch in the final sprint, defeating Wout Van Aert to win the second stage with an absolute advantage of one body.
In the S3 stage, Mads Pedersen from Trirk team led by teammate Jasper Stuyven to the gentle uphill before the finish line, he launched a long sprint in the last 250 meters, Van Alt followed, but the gap was still widened, and finally Peterson won the stage crown in one fell swoop, giving Tricker the first win of the season.
Wearing a yellow shirt, Laporte was taken upside down and dropped, but fortunately it was not a big problem, and quickly got on the train to complete the stage and maintain the overall lead, 1 second ahead of teammate Van Alte and 9 seconds ahead of Roglic.
In the timed stage of the S4 stage, the Jumbo team once again showed its terrifying dominance, and jumbo, which has many time trial masters, once again dominated the top three.
Dennis started early and finished at the top of the table with a time of 16 minutes and 26 seconds, with neither Stefan Bissergger, who won the Timer stage of the Tour de Emirati, nor did he break his record. Simon Yates then set off, at one point 3.7 seconds faster than Dennis on the way, but unfortunately lacked momentum, and finally finished the time trial with a timer of 16 minutes and 31 seconds behind Dennis.
Roglic, Van Alte and Laporte, wearing a yellow shirt on total, were the last to start, and time trial master Roglic once again showed first-class time trial ability, setting a new record of 16 minutes and 22 seconds with an average speed of 49.1KM/H, brushing dennis 4 seconds, while Van Alt then set a new record again, surpassing Rogo with a 2-second advantage to win the championship. Jumbo Team once again won the top three!
In the S5 stage, Emirates driver Brandon McNulty won the 39km long distance single flight for his third victory of the 2022 season.
McNalty formed a breakout group with nine other runners at the first climbing point, and the Jumbo team did not pursue, and the lead of the ten-man group reached 6 minutes at one point. On a 39-kilometer climb from the finish line, McNalty attacked again in the breakout group, dashing to the finish line alone.
Franck Bonnamour of the B&B Hotels team finished second, while Matteo Jorgenson of the Mobile Star team finished third. At this time, the overall results table Roglic wore a yellow shirt on the collar, with Simon Yates in second place and Latour in third.
In the S6 stage, Wild Truck Team Total Energy driver Mathieu Burgaudeau attacked in front of the sprint point on the way, breaking through and still holding a 20-second lead until 3.5km before the finish line. Before the finish line, the main group approached behind, making people think that he would be killed by the main group, with the desire for victory, he did not give up, squeezed out his last bit of physical strength, and finally narrowly won the stage championship, and the Trirk rider Mades Peterson who crossed the line behind him won second, and Van Alte took third.
In the final second stage of the S7 stage, Rogolić started in the final 200 meters and easily won the Paris-Nice seventh stage with an absolute advantage, and Loglic also won the first victory of the season.
In the final 7 km, Ineos' Adam Yates took the lead, a wave that brought out his brothers Simon Yates, Logletch, Quintana and Martinez. Immediately afterward, Loglish saw that the situation was not in his favor and launched an attack, followed by Martinez, while Quintana fell behind several times on several attacks.
The race reached the final 1 km, Quintana once again chased back the lead three, and launched a wave of tentative attacks, but after a few more feet, the follow-up was weak and nothing was achieved, and the UAE team's Almeida actually caught up with the four people who broke through in the last 500 meters or so, trying to grab the white shirt.
On the hill 200 meters before the finish line, Loglic launched a crushing attack, easily shrugging off the four people behind him and directly rushing to win the first win of the season. After the race, Roglic extended his overall Yellowshirt advantage further, 47 seconds ahead of second-place Simon Yates and one minute ahead of third-place Martinez.
In the S8 stage, Simon Yates was furious, attacking solo in the final climb, and even though The Jumbo-Visma's Roglic and Van Alte took turns breaking the wind in the last few kilometers, they still did not catch up with Yates, who was in full shape. In the end, the second difference was fixed at 9 seconds, Simon Yates won the stage championship strongly, and Logletche, who had built up enough advantages in the early stage, secured the overall championship, and Van Alte also wore the green shirt to the end.
Paris-Nice overall top five
1. Primo Rogli – Jumbo Racing Team
2. Simon Yates – Cycling trading fleet
3. Daniel Martinez – Ineos Racing
4. Adam Yates – Ineos
5. Nairo Quintana – Team Akea
Paris-Nice is the final honorary acclaim
Total: Primo Rogli – Jumbo Team
Sprint Greenshirt: Wout Van Aert – Jumbo Team
Hill climb polka dot shirt: Valentine Madouas – FDJ team
Best Newcomer White shirt: Jo o Almeida – UAE Team
Daredevil Award: Simon Yates – Cycling Trading Team
Best Team: UAE Team
Edit: Johnny
Image credit: Paris-Nice state media