Lenny Martinez stole Paris-Nice stage 8 victory from Jonas Vingegaard, who secured the General Classification victory.
The pair had led the race with 21km to go as they turned on the gas for a final sprint finish, as Vingegaard’s surge came too late.
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Paret-Peintre still held the lead at the start of the Côte de Châteauneuf-Villevieille, a 6.6km climb which saw Dani Martinez (further down the field) forced off the road by his own teammate, injuring himself and his shot at the GC as he fell one minute 30 seconds behind the peloton.
Result
Paris-Nice, Stage 8: Nice > Nice (145km)
1. Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorius, in 03:06:43
2. Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike
3. Harold Tejada (Col) XDS Astana Team, +7s
4. Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers,
5. Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost,
6. Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost
7. Ion Izagirre (Esp) Cofidis
8. Mathys Rondel (Fra) Tudor Pro Cycling, all at the same time
9. Nicolas Vinokurov (Kaz) XDS Astana Team, +44s
10. Marc Soler (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG, at the same time
General classification
1. Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike, in 25:25:11
2. Dani Martínez (Col) Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe, +4:23
3. Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost, +6:07
4. Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers, +6:24
5. Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious, +7:31
6. Marc Soler (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG, +9:09
7. Ion Izagirre (Esp) Cofidis, +9:19
8. Mathys Rondel (Fra) Tudor Pro Cycling, +10:23
9. Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost, +10:33
10. Harold Tejada (XDS Astana), +11:40
