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The Danish cyclist Trek-Segafredo Mads Pedersen ha cattle the second stage of Paris-Nice 2023which has been disputed this Monday between Bazainville and Fontainebleau over 163.7 kilometers, and has been located leader of the general classificationafter snatching the yellow jersey from Belgian Tim Merlier, winner of the first stage.

The victory of the second stage of the French race was decided by the sprint, when the grouped peloton arrived at Fontainebleau, and the last meters have been spectacular, given the high level of several of the fast men who are in the test and also taking into account that a good number of them have fought for the victory . Pedersen, who has obtained his second victory of the season and it is the second time that he has won in Paris-Nice, has entered ahead of the Dutchman from Jumbo Olav Kooij and from also Danish Magnus Cort Nielsenof the team EF Education-EasyPostsecond and third, respectively, at the finish line.

In the general classification, in addition to the change of leader, the movement of Tadej Pogacar; the slovenian of UAE Team Emirates Has obtained 12 bonus seconds in Monday’s stage, and has been placed in second position, just two seconds behind Pedersen. In fact, after bonusing in the last special sprint of the day, he was the provisional leader of the race. At the moment, he leads his great rival, the Dane from Jumbo Jonas Vingegaardin 12 seconds, achieved in the second stage.

Another Danish cyclist, Jonas Gregaardof the One-X Pro Cycling, has been among the protagonists of the day, since he has traveled a good part of the race alone, breaking away, until he has been caught by the peloton with 53 kilometers to go, with the sprinter teams pulling the group. Gregaard, yes, leads the mountain classification.

Tuesday comes the team time trial, with a route of 32.2 kilometers and departure and arrival in Dampierre-en-Burly. It is a key stage in Paris-Nice, due to the differences it can mark among the strongest cyclists in the race.

CLASSIFICATION OF THE SECOND STAGE

1 – PEDERSEN Mads (Trek-Segafredo) 3:28:57

2 – KOOIJ Olav (Jumbo-Visma) mt

3 – CORT Magnus (EF Education-EasyPost) mt

4 – MCLAY Daniel (Arkea) mt

5 – TAMINIAUX Lionel (Aplecin-Deceuninck) mt

6 – MATTHEWS Michael (Jayco) mt

7 – VAN DEN BERG Marijn (EF Education-EasyPost) mt

8 – BOL Cees (Astana) mt

9 – RENARD Alexis (Cofidis) mt

10- DÉMARE Arnaud (Groupama – FDJ) mt

GENERAL RANKING

1 – PEDERSEN Mads (Trek-Segafredo) 7:19:35

2 – POGACAR Tadej (UAE Team Emirates) +0:02

3 – MERLIER Tim (Soudal Quick-Step) +0:04

4 – KOOIJ Olav (Jumbo-Visma) +0:08

5 – BENNETT Sam (BORA) mt

6 – MATTHEWS Michael (Jayco) +0:10

7 – CORT Magnus (EF Education-EasyPost) mt

8 – LATOUR Pierre (TotalEnergies) mt

9 – GODON Dorian (AG2R) +0:12

10- VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan (Jumbo) mt

Source: Eitb

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