Harold Tejada slipped the bunch in the last few kilometres of a lumpy stage six on Paris-Nice to pull off a hard-fought solo victory in Apt.
It marked the XDS Astana rider’s first WorldTour win and a hard-fought one at that, with Dorian Godon (Ineos Grenadiers) leading in a large chasing group just seconds behind.
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Result
Paris-Nice, stage 6: Barbentane > Apt (179km)
1. Harold Tejada (Col) XDS Astana, 179km in 3:54:38
2. Dorian Godon (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers, +6s
3. Lewis Askey (Gbr) NSN Cycling
4. Bryan Coquard (Fra) Cofidis
5. Matteo Trentin (Ita) Tudor Pro Cycling
6. Laurence Pithie (Nzl) Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe
7. Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers
8. Valentin Paret-Peintre (Fra) Soudal Quick-Step
9. Alexandr Vlasov (Rus) Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe
10. Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost, all at same time
General Classification after stage six
1. Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike, in 21:16:50
2. Dani Martínez (Col) Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe, +3:22
3. Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost, +5:50
4. Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers, +6:09
5. Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain Victorious, +7:37
6. Marc Soler (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG, +8:15
7. Ion Izagirre (Esp) Cofidis, +9:02
8. Mathys Rondel (Fra) Tudor Pro Cycling, +10:06
9. Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost, +10:16
10. Harold Tejada (XDS Astana), +11:27
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