• Paris-Nice stage 8 summary

    From Bob Martin@21:1/5 to All on Sun Mar 16 21:22:13 2025
    Stage 8 : Nice > Nice (119.9 km)

    1 Magnus Sheffield (USA) 2:48:37
    2 Matteo Jorgenson (USA) 0:29
    3 Felix Gall (Aut) 0:35
    4 Michael Storer (Aus) 1:01
    5 Clement Champoussin (Fra) 1:01
    6 Florian Lipowitz (Ger) 1:01
    7 Thymen Arensman (Ned) 1:01
    8 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) 1:04
    9 Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) 1:40
    10 Aurelien Paret-Peintre (Fra) 1:40


    Changes in GC, stage 8 compared to stage 7 :

    Biggest gainers by position :
    +22 Oliver Naesen
    +21 Bruno Armirail
    +17 Michael Matthews
    +16 Ewen Costiou
    +15 Alex Kirsch
    +12 Ivan Garcia Cortina
    +11 Miles Scotson
    +10 Victor Campenaerts
    +10 Stefan Bissegger
    +10 Samuel Fernandez

    Biggest losers by position :
    -13 Clement Izquierdo
    -8 Alexandre Delettre
    -8 Daan Hoole
    -8 Fred Wright
    -8 Johannes Kulset
    -8 Remi Cavagna
    -8 Thibaud Gruel
    -7 Andreas Leknessund
    -7 Bart Lemmen
    -7 Dries Van Gestel
    -6 Axel Zingle

    Biggest gainers by time :
    +0:37 Magnus Sheffield

    Biggest losers by time :
    -22:39 Joel Nicolau
    -18:57 Anthon Charmig
    -18:57 Clement Izquierdo
    -18:57 Edoardo Affini
    -18:57 Manlio Moro
    -18:57 Pierre Thierry
    -18:57 Ryan Mullen
    -17:21 Kamil Gradek
    -17:21 Matevz Govekar
    -17:21 Sander De Pestel
    -17:21 Sean Flynn

    Favourites by position :
    +8 Aleksandr Vlasov
    +7 Felix Gall
    +6 Jack Haig
    +4 Ben O'Connor
    +2 Ilan Van Wilder
    +1 Neilson Powless
    +1 Guillaume Martin
    -1 Joao Almeida
    -5 Stefan Kung

    Favourites by time :
    -0:06 Felix Gall
    -0:38 Thymen Arensman
    -0:41 Aleksandr Vlasov
    -1:17 Joao Almeida
    -1:17 Ilan Van Wilder
    -1:17 Guillaume Martin
    -1:31 Ben O'Connor
    -2:28 Jack Haig
    -4:07 Neilson Powless
    -13:08 Stefan Kung

    Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
    1 Matteo Jorgenson 26:26:42 (unchanged)
    2 Florian Lipowitz 1:15 (was 2nd at 0:37)
    3 Thymen Arensman 1:58 (was 3rd at 1:20)
    4 Magnus Sheffield 2:17 (was 6th at 2:54)
    5 Michael Storer 3:03 (was 4th at 2:25)
    6 Joao Almeida 3:57 (was 5th at 2:40)
    7 Clement Champoussin 4:00 (was 8th at 3:22)
    8 Harold Tejada 4:53 (was 10th at 3:36)
    9 Tobias Foss 4:59 (was 9th at 3:28)
    10 Ilan Van Wilder 5:26 (was 12th at 4:09)
    .....
    13 Guillaume Martin 6:43 (was 14th at 5:26)
    14 Ben O'Connor 8:51 (was 18th at 7:20)
    .....
    18 Felix Gall 12:06 (was 25th at 12:00)
    .....
    30 Jack Haig 21:09 (was 36th at 18:41)
    31 Neilson Powless 21:11 (was 32nd at 17:04)
    .....
    35 Aleksandr Vlasov 26:24 (was 43rd at 25:43)
    .....
    45 Stefan Kung 36:13 (was 40th at 23:05)

    Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
    1 Mads Pedersen 62 (was 1st with 52 points)
    2 Matteo Jorgenson 57 (was 3rd with 45 points)
    3 Magnus Sheffield 41 (was 12th with 20 points)
    4 Axel Zingle 36 (unchanged)
    5 Michael Storer 33 (was 7th with 25 points)
    6 Florian Lipowitz 28 (was 8th with 23 points)
    7 Lenny Martinez 27 (was 5th with 27 points)
    8 Timo Kielich 26 (was 6th with 26 points)
    9 Joshua Tarling 22 (unchanged)
    10 Emilien Jeanniere 22 (unchanged)

    Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
    1 Thomas Gachignard 21 (unchanged)
    2 Michael Storer 20 (unchanged)
    3 Joao Almeida 20 (unchanged)
    4 Alexandre Delettre 17 (unchanged)
    5 Lenny Martinez 14 (unchanged)
    6 Tobias Foss 14 (was 10th with 7 points)
    7 Magnus Sheffield 12 (was 0 points)
    8 Matteo Jorgenson 12 (was 12th with 7 points)
    9 Aleksandr Vlasov 11 (was 0 points)
    10 Joshua Tarling 10 (was 0 points)

    Teams table with previous in parens:
    1 INEOS Grenadiers 79:29:04 (was 1st at 71:00:18)
    2 Movistar Team 15:32 (was 2nd at 8:52)
    3 Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe 24:30 (was 4th at 21:06)
    4 XDS Astana Team 25:20 (was 3rd at 20:09)
    5 Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 25:51 (was 6th at 22:17)
    6 UAE Team Emirates - XRG 31:05 (was 5th at 21:11)
    7 Groupama - FDJ 40:13 (was 7th at 23:27)
    8 Team Jayco AlUla 45:01 (was 9th at 35:09)
    9 Team Visma | Lease a Bike 45:50 (was 8th at 26:42)
    10 Tudor Pro Cycling Team 53:02 (was 10th at 36:11)
    11 Soudal Quick-Step 54:26 (was 12th at 37:40)
    12 Bahrain - Victorious 57:35 (was 14th at 45:06)
    13 Lidl - Trek 58:38 (was 11th at 36:12)
    14 Intermarche - Wanty 1:00:43 (was 13th at 41:23)
    15 EF Education - EasyPost 1:09:16 (was 16th at 48:16)
    16 Arkea - B&B Hotels 1:20:09 (was 19th at 1:06:07)
    17 Uno-X Mobility 1:20:33 (was 15th at 45:49)
    18 Team TotalEnergies 1:21:46 (was 17th at 51:05)
    19 Alpecin - Deceuninck 1:23:59 (was 18th at 58:00)
    20 Team Picnic PostNL 2:00:18 (was 21th at 1:26:06)
    21 Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 2:02:58 (was 20th at 1:23:00)
    22 Cofidis 2:11:19 (was 22th at 1:27:52)

    Retirements to date : Stage
    Adrien Petit (Intermarche - Wanty (WT)) 8 <<<
    Alberto Dainese (Tudor Pro Cycling Team (PRT)) 8 <<<
    Bert Van Lerberghe (Soudal Quick-Step (WT)) 8 <<<
    Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates - XRG (WT)) 8 <<<
    Iuri Leitao (Caja Rural - Seguros RGA (PRT)) 8 <<<
    Max Walker (EF Education - EasyPost (WT)) 8 <<<
    Per Strand Hagenes (Team Visma | Lease a Bike (WT)) 8 <<<
    Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk (Intermarche - Wanty (WT)) 8 <<<
    Sebastian Berwick (Caja Rural - Seguros RGA (PRT)) 8 <<<
    Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step (WT)) 8 <<<
    Aime De Gendt (Cofidis (WT)) 7
    Alexander Kristoff (Uno-X Mobility (PRT)) 7
    Anthony Turgis (Team TotalEnergies (PRT)) 7
    Arnaud Demare (Arkea - B&B Hotels (WT)) 7
    Cees Bol (XDS Astana Team (WT)) 7
    Hugo Page (Intermarche - Wanty (WT)) 7
    Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda (Movistar Team (WT)) 7
    Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility (PRT)) 7
    Juan Sebastian Molano (UAE Team Emirates - XRG (WT)) 7
    Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl - Trek (WT)) 7
    Max Walscheid (Team Jayco AlUla (WT)) 7
    Robin Froidevaux (Tudor Pro Cycling Team (PRT)) 7
    Stanislaw Aniolkowski (Cofidis (WT)) 7
    Tim Naberman (Team Picnic PostNL (WT)) 7
    Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease a Bike (WT)) 6
    Fabio Jakobsen (Team Picnic PostNL (WT)) 5
    Ryan Gibbons (Lidl - Trek (WT)) 5
    Samuel Leroux (Team TotalEnergies (PRT)) 5
    Sylvain Moniquet (Cofidis (WT)) 5
    Amund Grondahl Jansen (Uno-X Mobility (PRT)) 4
    Julien Bernard (Lidl - Trek (WT)) 4
    Sam Maisonobe (Cofidis (WT)) 4
    Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain - Victorious (WT)) 4
    Steff Cras (Team TotalEnergies (PRT)) 4
    Taco Van Der Hoorn (Intermarche - Wanty (WT)) 3
    Danny Van Poppel (Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe (WT)) 2
    Florian Senechal (Arkea - B&B Hotels (WT)) 2
    Gorka Sorarrain (Caja Rural - Seguros RGA (PRT)) 2
    Kasper Asgreen (EF Education - EasyPost (WT)) 2
    Luke Durbridge (Team Jayco AlUla (WT)) 2
    Total retirements : 40


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