Roglic scores the Paris-Nice after resisting the ambush of Simon Yates

primoz roglic (Jumbo Visma) has been proclaimed the final winner of the 80th edition of the Paris-Nice after the eighth and last stage disputed through 115 km starting and finishing in Nice, where the British prevailed Simon Yachts (BikeExchange), who put the Slovenian against the ropes with a solo getaway that was about to turn the general classification around.

In trouble, and with the invaluable help of his Belgian colleague Wout Van AertRoglic managed to write his name in the history of the Paris Nice for only 29 seconds on Simon Yachtswho attacked by climbing the Col D’Ezepicked up the leader and left alone until he reached the Promenade des Anglais in Nice as the winner.

In such a symbolic scenario, Yates (Bury, 29 years old), entered arms raised signing a formidable victory, which was one step away from the total feat. The winner of the 2018 Vuelta was 9 seconds ahead, plus the bonus, over his illustrious pursuers, Van Aert and Roglic.

Roglic (Trbovlje, 32 years old), saved the furniture thanks to the help and relief work of the Belgian, who pulled his boss to the finish line when the scenario looked bad for his interests.

The attack of yachts at the Col D’Eze he discovered the miseries of the triple winner of the Vuelta and went all the way to the finish line. He finally settled for victory and second place overall, 29 seconds behind. The second chase platoon reached 1.44 with Daniel Felipe Martinez, Nairo Quintana, Adam Yachts and Ion Izaguirreamong others.

The Colombian climbed to the podium as third Martinez, Adam Yachts finished fourth, Quintana fifth and Gipuzkoan Ion Izaguirre finished seventh.

Roglic happened in test history to german Maximilian Schachmannwinner in the last two editions.

CLASSIFICATION OF THE EIGHTH STAGE:

1 – YACHTS Simon (BikeExchange) 2:52:59

2 – VAN AERT Wout (Jumbo) +0:09

3 – ROGLIC Primož (Jumbo) mt

4 – Brandon MCNULTY (UAE) +1:44

5 – KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren (Team DSM) mt

6 – KÜNG Stefan (Groupama) mt

7 – PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien (AG2R) mt

8 – YACHTS Adam (INEOS) mt

9 – POELS Wout (Bahrain) mt

10 – IZAGIRRE Ion (Cofidis) mt

FINAL GENERAL CLASSIFICATION:

1 – ROGLIC Primož (Jumbo) 29:19:15

2 – YACHTS Simon (Team BikeExchange) +0:29

3 – MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe (INEOS) +2:37

4 – YACHTS Adam (INEOS) +3:29

5 – QUINTANA Nairo (Team Arkéa) +3:43

6 – HAIG Jack (Bahrain) +3:51

7- IZAGIRRE Ion (Cofidis) +4:52

8 – ALMEIDA Joao (UAE) +5:43

9 – MARTIN Guillaume (Cofidis) +5:48

10 – PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien (AG2R) +6:32