McNulty wins the fifth stage and Roglic is the new leader

Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates) won the fifth stage of the Paris – Nice which was held this Thursday March 10 Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert and Saint-Sauveur-de-Montagut (188.8 km). Primoz Roglic (Jumbo – Visma) put on the leader’s jersey.

McNulty attacked in the penultimate port within a group of 10 escaped to ride alone to the finish linecontaining the momentum of the pursuers and the main pack, where Roglic and Nairo Quintana (Arkéa – Samsic) were among others, not so Wout Van Aert (Jumbo – Visma), who could not defend the yellow jerseyand his leader Roglic kept it.

The American cyclist who won the stage was 1’58” ahead of Frank Bonnamour (B&B Hotels) which was second, since matthew jorgenson (Movistar), which finished in third position. The group of favorites to win the final victory crossed the finish line 5’43” behind the winner.

In the general classification, Primoz Roglic ranks first with a 39-second lead over Simon Yates (BikeExchange – Jayco), and from 41 seconds on Pierre Latour (Total Energies). Ion Izagirre (Cofidis) finished the stage in 18th position after crossing the finish line in the pack of favorites to win the race, and it is 10th in the general classification, 2’01” behind the leader Roglic.

Classification of the 5th stage:

1 – Brandon MCNULTY (UAE Team Emirates) 4:53:30

2 – BONNAMOUR Franck (B&B Hotels – KTM) 1:58

3 – JORGENSON Matteo (Movistar) + 1’58”

4 – VANHOUCKE Harm (Lotto Soudal) 2:30

5 – PICHON Laurent (Arkéa Samsic) 4:01

6 – TURGIS Anthony (Total Energies) 4:02

7 – MADOUAS Valentin (Groupama – FDJ) 4:57

8 – DOULL Owain (EF Education-EasyPost) + 4’57”

9 – LATOUR Pierre (Total Energies) 5:43

10 – PACHER Quentin (Groupama – FDJ) db

11 – VLASOV Aleksandr (BORA – hansgrohe) db

12 – QUINTANA Nairo (Arkéa Samsic) db

13 – VANSEVENANT Mauri (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) db

14 – MOLLEMA Bauke (Trek – Segafredo) db

15 – PARET-PEINTRE Aurelien (AG2R Citroën) db

16 – YACHTS Adam (INEOS Grenadiers) db

17 – HAIG Jack (Bahrain – Victorious) db

18 – IZAGIRRE Ion (Cofidis) db

19 – ALMEIDA Joao (UAE Team Emirates) db

20 – YACHTS Simon (BikeExchange – Jayco) db

21 – MARTIN Guillaume (Cofidis) db

22 – MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe (INEOS Grenadiers) db

23 – ROGLIC Primož (Jumbo-Visma) db

Sailkapen nagusia:

1 – ROGLIC Primož (Jumbo-Visma) 16:50:28

2 – YACHTS Simon (BikeExchange – Jayco) + 39″

3 – LATOUR Pierre (Total Energies) + 41″

4 – MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe (INEOS Grenadiers) + 56″

5 – VLASOV Aleksandr (BORA – hansgrohe) + 59″

6 – YACHTS Adam (INEOS Grenadiers) + 1’11”

7 – KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren (DSM) + 1’26”

8 – HAIG Jack (Bahrain – Victorious) + 1’35”

9 – QUINTANA Nairo (Arkéa Samsic) + 1’45”

10 – IZAGIRRE Ion (Cofidis) + 2’01”