
Gilbert moves up to third on Paris-Nice GC

Philippe Gilbert, who is making his eleventh appearance at Paris-Nice, was for the second time this week the highest-finisher of Deceuninck – Quick-Step at the World Tour event, on the longest stage of this year, which journeyed from Vichy to Pélussin and took on a rolling terrain which helped 13 riders forge a six-minute gap that saw the move succeed and Magnus Cort (Astana) score the victory from a four-man group after attacking inside the final kilometer.
The reduced peloton, which contained Philippe Gilbert and Bob Jungels, arrived some 50 seconds later, and our Belgian rider was the one to get involved in the uphill sprint, nabbing a career tenth top 10 finish at the “Race to the Sun”. With Wednesday’s stage forcing a selection in the bunch and leading to the sprinters getting dropped early, Gilbert climbed to third in the rankings, just ten seconds behind the yellow jersey.
Stage 5 will take place in Barbentane and schedules a 25.5km-long individual time trial, whose parcourse which suits the rouleurs promises to deliver an important shake-up in the general classification of Paris-Nice, ahead of a mountainous and challenging weekend.
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Race details
1 |
Magnus Cort Nielsen Astana Pro Team |
5:03:49 |
2 |
Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal |
0:07 |
3 |
Giulio Ciccone Trek - Segafredo |
0:13 |
4 |
Alessandro De Marchi CCC Team |
0:18 |
5 |
Lilian Calmejane Direct Energie |
0:48 |
6 |
Valentin Madouas Groupama - FDJ |
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7 |
Sonny Colbrelli Bahrain Merida |
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8 |
Matteo Trentin Mitchelton-Scott |
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9 |
Philippe Gilbert
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
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10 |
Michał Kwiatkowski Team Sky |
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22 |
Bob Jungels
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
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98 |
Florian Sénéchal
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
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118 |
Fabio Sabatini
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
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129 |
Fabio Jakobsen
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
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145 |
Tim Declercq
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
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146 |
Iljo Keisse
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
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1 |
Michał Kwiatkowski Team Sky |
16:52:27 |
2 |
Luis León Sánchez Gil Astana Pro Team |
0:05 |
3 |
Philippe Gilbert
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
0:10 |
4 |
Egan Bernal Gómez Team Sky |
0:11 |
5 |
Matteo Trentin Mitchelton-Scott |
0:14 |
6 |
Tony Gallopin AG2R La Mondiale |
0:15 |
7 |
Rudy Molard Groupama - FDJ |
0:17 |
8 |
Romain Bardet AG2R La Mondiale |
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9 |
Oliver Naesen AG2R La Mondiale |
0:18 |
10 |
Felix Großschartner BORA - hansgrohe |
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20 |
Bob Jungels
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
0:29 |
118 |
Florian Sénéchal
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
27:08 |
119 |
Fabio Jakobsen
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
28:13 |
120 |
Tim Declercq
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
28:15 |
122 |
Fabio Sabatini
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
28:42 |
139 |
Iljo Keisse
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
33:00 |
1 |
Dylan Groenewegen Team Jumbo-Visma |
32 pt |
2 |
Caleb Ewan Lotto Soudal |
24 pt |
3 |
Sam Bennett BORA - hansgrohe |
22 pt |
4 |
Michał Kwiatkowski Team Sky |
21 pt |
5 |
Magnus Cort Nielsen Astana Pro Team |
18 pt |
6 |
Fabio Jakobsen
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
18 pt |
7 |
Matteo Trentin Mitchelton-Scott |
15 pt |
8 |
Luis León Sánchez Gil Astana Pro Team |
14 pt |
9 |
Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal |
14 pt |
10 |
Iván García Cortina Bahrain Merida |
12 pt |
11 |
Philippe Gilbert
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
11 pt |
1 |
Egan Bernal Gómez Team Sky |
16:52:38 |
2 |
Valentin Madouas Groupama - FDJ |
0:08 |
3 |
Daniel Felipe Martínez Poveda EF Education First |
7:47 |
4 |
Iván García Cortina Bahrain Merida |
8:11 |
5 |
Giulio Ciccone Trek - Segafredo |
8:50 |
6 |
Scott Davies Team Dimension Data |
10:11 |
7 |
Nils Politt Team Katusha Alpecin |
10:31 |
8 |
Tao Geoghegan Hart Team Sky |
11:46 |
9 |
Miguel Ángel López Moreno Astana Pro Team |
12:29 |
10 |
Élie Gesbert Team Arkéa Samsic |
16:06 |
20 |
Fabio Jakobsen
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
28:02 |
1 |
Thomas De Gendt Lotto Soudal |
27 pt |
2 |
Damien Gaudin Direct Energie |
21 pt |
3 |
Alessandro De Marchi CCC Team |
20 pt |
4 |
Giulio Ciccone Trek - Segafredo |
10 pt |
5 |
Eduard-Michael Grosu Delko Marseille Provence |
9 pt |
6 |
Élie Gesbert Team Arkéa Samsic |
7 pt |
7 |
Julien Bernard Trek - Segafredo |
5 pt |
8 |
Mathias Le Turnier Cofidis, Solutions Crédits |
5 pt |
9 |
Florian Sénéchal
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
4 pt |
10 |
Magnus Cort Nielsen Astana Pro Team |
3 pt |
1 | AG2R La Mondiale | 50:38:18 |
2 | Trek - Segafredo | 0:04 |
3 | Bahrain Merida | 0:30 |
4 | EF Education First | 0:47 |
5 | Team Sky | 0:52 |
6 | Movistar Team | 5:04 |
7 | Astana Pro Team | 5:46 |
8 | Direct Energie | 6:33 |
9 | Groupama - FDJ | 11:36 |
10 | BORA - hansgrohe | ,, |