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Paris-Nice stage 7 - live coverage

Paris Nice Turini stage 7 2022

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Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the penultimate stage of Paris-Nice, which will see the peloton do battle on the summit finish of the Col de Turini.

140km to go

The break consists of Ryan Mullen (Bora-Hansgrohe), Fabio Felline (Astana-Qazaqstan), David Gaudu, Olivier Le Gac, Quentin Pacher (Groupama-FDJ), Julien Bernard, Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo), Michael Morkov (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl), Ivan Garcia Cortina, Gregor Muhlberger, Albert Torres (Movistar), Cees Bol, Nico Denz (Team DSM), Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal), Simon Carr, Julius van den Berg (EF Education-EasyPost), Franck Bonnamour, Alexis Gougeard (B&B Hotels-KTM).

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A stray gust of wind before the stage knocked over one of the sponsor's boards into an unlucky Kevin Geniets as he made his way to the start line.

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The Côte de Coursegoules is one of two categorised climbs on the route today. The second is the Col de Turini- a 14.9km climb at 7.3%. As the only summit finish in the race, it is likely that the general classification will be decided there.

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Although Paris-Nice is known as the 'Race to the Sun', freezing temperatures will greet the riders at the top of the Col de Turini and snow has been forecast. "I still love snow, for sure, but just not when I’m riding the bike," said Roglič when asked about today's finish

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That freak crash forced Geniets to abandon with an ankle injury. You can read the latest news about him here.

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There are three former Paris-Nice stage winners in the breakaway today. Mads Pedersen won Stage 3 earlier this week, while Ivan Garcia Cortina was victorious in Stage 3 of the 2020 edition. Thomas De Gendt has won two stages of Paris-Nice in 2011 and 2012.

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Live pictures of the race have begun. The breakaway's lead has since fallen to 1'05".

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COL DE TURINI FRANCE MARCH 12 A general view of Primoz Roglic of Slovenia and Team Jumbo Visma yellow leader jersey and the peloton passing through a landscape during the 80th Paris Nice 2022 Stage 7 a 1555km stage from Nice to Col de Turini 1605m ParisNice WorldTour on March 12 2022 in Col de Turini France Photo by Bas CzerwinskiGetty Images

The race passes through rocky landscapes in the Alpes-Maritimes. (Image credit: Bas CzerwinskiGetty Images)

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Roglič jumps clear of the group with ease, and wins Stage 7 of Paris Nice!

Martínez finishes second, and Simon Yates in third.

With that stage win, Roglič tightens his grip on the yellow jersey. He now leads Simon Yates by 47 seconds. Martínez moves up to third overall, a minute behind, and Adam Yates jumps two places to fourth at 1'50".

Stage result
1 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma 04:02:47
2 Daniel Martinez Poveda (Col) Ineos Grenadiers
3 Simon Yates (GBr) BikeExchange-Jayco 00:00:02
4 Nairo Quintana (Col) Arkea-Samsic 00:00:09
5 João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates 00:00:11
6 Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates 00:00:25
7 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain Victorious 00:00:27
8 Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 00:00:29
9 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis 00:00:44
10 Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain Victorious 00:00:56

General classification after stage 7
1 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma 26:26:11
2 Simon Yates (GBr) BikeExchange-Jayco 00:00:47
3 Daniel Martinez Poveda (Col) Ineos Grenadiers 00:01:00
4 Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 00:01:50
5 Nairo Quintana (Col) Arkea-Samsic 00:02:04
6 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain Victorious 00:02:12
7 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:02:22
8 Pierre Latour (Fra) TotalEnergies 00:02:56
9 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Cofidis 00:03:13
10 João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates 00:03:29

In the end, Roglič's trademark powerful sprint was too strong for anyone else to threaten him for the stage win.

COL DE TURINI FRANCE MARCH 12 LR Simon Yates of United Kingdom and Team Bikeexchange Jayco Daniel Felipe Martinez Poveda of Colombia and Team INEOS Grenadiers Primoz Roglic of Slovenia and Team Jumbo Visma yellow leader jersey and Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas of Colombia and Team Arka Samsic compete in the breakaway during the 80th Paris Nice 2022 Stage 7 a 1555km stage from Nice to Col de Turini 1605m ParisNice WorldTour on March 12 2022 in Col de Turini France Photo by Bas CzerwinskiGetty Images

Yates, Martínez, Quintana and Roglič proved to be the best climbers on Stage 7 of Paris-Nice. (Image credit: Bas CzerwinskiGetty Images)

 “It’s nice to win on your local climb,” Roglič said after winning in front of his wife and son. “I had the legs today so it was a great day. With the years, you put a lot of training and sacrifice into it, it’s really not out of nothing. When you can finish it off, it is really something great.”

"It was a hard stage," Roglič said. "From the very start it was all the time high pace. In the end I had the legs, obviously. It went good, quite fast. I had luckily the legs and I could follow them - and sprint for the victory." 

João Almeida finished the day in fifth place, 11 seconds behind Roglič. 

This edition of Paris-Nice has been beset by rider abandons. Another 14 riders, including the unfortunate Geniets, abandoned today, leaving a peloton of just 96 riders.

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