2024-03-09 04:30:00
Matthias Skelmoos (Riddle Trek, Denmark) caught up to Jorgenson, who was leading solo, and won the three-way sprint that included McNulty. The Danish champion won the Paris-Nice sixth stage, giving McNulty the overall lead.
Athletes starting with the Sisteron Bohm Rock behind them photo: ASO
Paris-Nice 2024 6th Stage Course Profile photo: ASO Paris-Nice, which aims to reach Nice, the final destination of this year’s Tour de France, will feature a series of mountainous stages from the 6th stage to the final 8th stage. The layout for this day was 198.2km from the previous day’s finish point Sisteron to La Colle-sur-Loup near the Italian border. There were many ups and downs from the beginning, and the key points were a second-class mountain (distance 1.8 km/average 10%/maximum 19%) that started with 32.3km remaining, and an intermediate sprint point with a maximum gradient of 12% that came immediately following.
The race is also known as the “Race to the Sun” as it heads south from Paris, but the temperature at the starting point was below 10 degrees, so the athletes wore arm warmers and leg warmers. After a hectic beginning with repeated attacks and absorption, a group of 10 people finally formed following 100km from the start.
The escape group by Mads Pederson (Denmark, Riddle Trek) was 10 people photo: ASO
Among them are Mads Pederson (Denmark, Riddle Trek), who will wear the points prize jersey and aim for intermediate points, and Christian Scaloni (Italy, Astana Kazakstan) and Mathieu Bourgodeau (Italy, Astana Kazakstan), who are in the fierce competition for the mountain prize. France, Total Energy). Scaloni took the lead in the first class 2 mountain, but Burgodeau earned the maximum points in the next three and retained the mountaineering award jersey.
On the other hand, the main group will be led by Ineos Grenadiers, who have Egan Bernal (Colombia). His tight pace control caught up with the fleeing group with 58km remaining, and he crossed the finish line for the first time. As they entered the final class 2 mountain with a maximum gradient of 19%, Primoš Roglić (Slovenia) picked up the pace from Matteo Sobrero (Italy, Bora-Hansgrohe).
While Remco Evenepoel (Belgium, Soudal Quick-Step) and others were unable to react to this, Brandon McNulty (USA, UAE Team Emirates) struggled. However, Roglič’s pace did not increase due to the steep 19% slope, and evenepool and other top overall riders joined him. Matteo Jorgenson (USA, Wisma Liesabijk) jumped out of the group that was once in check.
Primoš Roglič (Slovenia, Bora-Hansgrohe)’s attack is undecided photo:ASO
While Jorgenson gained a 15-second lead following passing the final mountain in the lead, there was a scene in which Santiago Buitrago (Colombia, Bahrain Victorious), who was in second place overall, crashed on the rain-soaked road in the elite group chasing him. Matthias Skelmoos (Denmark, Riddle Trek) and Brandon McNulty (USA, UAE Team Emirates) jumped out from the chasing group where Evenepoor and Roglič watched each other’s movements and joined Jorgenson.
In the leading group of three people, Skelmoos passed the front in the intermediate sprint and added -10 seconds (McNulty – 6 seconds, Jorgenson – 4 seconds). The first chasing group, which was rotated mainly by Evenepoor, had a 20-second difference, and Buitrago, who had been delayed by a crash, was able to track down the front with a further 50-second difference with the help of Pello Bilbao (Spain, Bahrain Victorious) (2 (finished 39 minutes late).
Brandon McNulty (USA, UAE Team Emirates) and Matthias Skelmoos (Denmark, Riddle Trek) join Matteo Jorgenson (USA, Wisma Liesabijk) photo: CorVos
The first three riders made their way down the gradual descent to the finish, and even in the rain, they expanded their lead to 50 seconds over those behind them. Since no one other than Evenepool showed any aggressive pursuit, the battle was narrowed down to the leading group, with Skelmos taking the lead and starting the sprint. Two Americans chased following him, but Skelmoos crossed the finish line.
Matthias Skelmoos (Denmark, Riddle Trek) who won the sprint race photo: ASO
Just before the finish, Skelmoth made the sign of the cross and raised his hands high. “I’m both happy and surprised. I felt like I was in good shape throughout the day, but winning requires some luck. I think the fact that I lost overall time in the team time trial was also a factor in deciding to attack. ” Skelmoth looked back on his victory with joy.
McNulty, who was 2nd in the section, moved into the overall lead, with Evenepool finishing 4th in the section, 52 seconds behind. Roglič was 9th in the section.
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