Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise – Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux – 212 Km

1 KOOIJ Olav NED JUMBO-VISMA 05:19:54
2 PEDERSEN Mads DEN TREK – SEGAFREDO 00:00
3 MERLIER Tim BEL SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 00:00
4 TRENTIN Matteo ITA UAE TEAM EMIRATES 00:00
5 KANTER Max GER MOVISTAR TEAM 00:00
6 COQUARD Bryan FRA COFIDIS 00:00
7 BENNETT Sam IRL BORA – HANSGROHE 00:00
8 MARIT Arne BEL INTERMARCHÉ – CIRCUS – WANTY 00:00
9 PAGE Hugo FRA INTERMARCHÉ – CIRCUS – WANTY 00:00
10 BOL Cees NED ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM 00:00
11 ALVES OLIVEIRA Rui Filipe POR UAE TEAM EMIRATES 00:00
12 NIELSEN Magnus Cort DEN EF EDUCATION – EASYPOST 00:00
13 BOASSON-HAGEN Edvald NOR TOTALENERGIES 00:00
14 WAERENSKJOLD Soren NOR UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM 00:00
15 KRISTOFF Alexander NOR UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM 00:00

Gesamt:

1 POGAČAR Tadej SLO UAE TEAM EMIRATES 17:14:52
2 GAUDU David FRA GROUPAMA – FDJ 00:06
3 VINGEGAARD Jonas DEN JUMBO-VISMA 00:46
4 YATES Simon Philip GBR TEAM JAYCO ALULA 00:58
5 MADER Gino SUI BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 01:21
6 BARDET Romain FRA TEAM DSM 01:42
7 MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe COL INEOS GRENADIERS 01:42
8 JORGENSON Matteo USA MOVISTAR TEAM 01:44
9 POWLESS Neilson USA EF EDUCATION – EASYPOST 01:46
10 SOBRERO Matteo ITA TEAM JAYCO ALULA 01:56
11 FOSS Tobias Svendsen NOR JUMBO-VISMA 01:59
12 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Ion ESP COFIDIS 02:02
13 SCHACHMANN Maximilian GER BORA – HANSGROHE 02:06
14 JENSEN Skjelmose Mattias DEN TREK – SEGAFREDO 02:10
15 VAUQUELIN Kevin FRA TEAM ARKEA – SAMSIC 02:11

Platz sieben für Sam Bennett bei Sprintankunft in Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux

Etappe fünf von Paris-Nizza war mit 212,4km der längste Tagesabschnitt der Rundfahrt und führte von Saint Symphorien sur Coise nach Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux. Eine Ausreißergruppe wurde 88km vor dem Ziel gestellt, am Ende kamen, trotz vier kategorisierter Anstiege, heute noch einmal die Sprinter zum Zug. Im, mit zwei Kreisverkehren auf dem letzten Kilometer, technisch anspruchsvollen Finale sicherte sich O. Kooij den Sieg. Sam Bennett sprintete auf Rang sieben.

Reaktionen im Ziel

„Die Sprinterteams haben heute keine größere Gruppe wegfahren lassen und alles dafür getan, dass die schnellen Männer ihre letzte Chance bekommen. Im technisch sehr anspruchsvollen Finale war die richtige Positionierung heute der Schlüssel zum Erfolg. Danny van Poppel hat den Sprint stark angefahren, Sam Bennett ist leider etwas angeschlagen, daher hat ihm am Ende auch der nötige Punch gefehlt.“ Rolf Aldag, Sportlicher Leiter

Kooij wins last chance Paris-Nice sprint

Dutchman Olav Kooij seized the last opportunity of a bunch sprint in this Paris-Nice to snatch his first victory of the season and see his consistency rewarded. Second in Fontainebleau on stage 2 and 4th in stage 1, the21-year-old team-mate of Jonas Vingegaard outpaced Danish green-jersey holder Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafreod) on the line while stage 1 winner Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick Step) was third. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) retained his overall lead, but it was cut off by four seconds by second-placed David Gaudu, who took advantage of the day’s intermediate sprint to came back within six seconds of the Slovenian.

Gregaard strengthens KOM lead
The real start was given at 11:32 to 148 riders. Max Walscheid (Cofidis), Andrea Piccolo and Marijn Van den Berg (EF Education-Easypost) did not start. From the gun, Jonas Gregaard (Uno X) attacked, taking Sandy Dujardin (TotalEnergies) along with him. The two escapees were first and second on the first three climbs of the day (Km 3.6 – Cote de Coise, Km 11.7 – Cote de l’Aubepin, Km 34.6 – Cote de Treves), allowing the KOM leader to add 13 points to his tally. The polka-dot jersey holder is now on 27 points in the mountain classification.

Dujardin on his own
The lead of the two escapees reached 5:05 after 12 km and remained stable, topping at 5:50 after 35 km. The strong headwind did not make things easy for the breakaway and Gregaard, his points harvest completed, decided to wait for the peloton, leaving Dujardin on his own in the front. The Frenchman bravely fought on his home roads – he lives in Tournon-sur-Rhône at km 96.7 –, but his lead steadily decreased as Lotto Dstny and Alpecin Deceuninck riders led the chase. He was finally reeled in at kilometre 122 and settled for the most aggressive rider prize of the day.

Gaudu takes sprint
The intermediate sprint at Col du Deves (Km 159) saw a fierce battle between Tadej Pogacar and second-placed David Gaudu (Gorupama-FDJ), who took advantage of a great lead-out by Arnaud Demare to pick the six seconds on offer. The Frenchman is now only six seconds behind the Slovenian overall. In the final climb, some 30 km from the line, teams Trek-Segafredo and Jayco Alula raised the tempo to try and drop pure sprinters like Tim Merlier or Sam Bennett and favour their own sprinters Mads Pedersen and Michael Matthews. But the plan did not quite work and Gregaard surged to add three more points to his polka-dot jersey (30 points).

Stage set for sprint
A bunch sprint was unavoidable and the bunch took it relatively easy until the finale when a roundabout made it tricky to find the best position. Kooij opted to go on the left hand side and it was the good choice as he took the wheel of Mads Pedersen, who launched his sprint from too far and was overpowered on the line by his young Dutch rival.