Posted by Editoress on 03/9/17
Andre Greipel timed his move to perfection to win the a textbook bunch sprint at the end of Paris-Nice stage 5 in Bourg-de-Peage. The German champion, already a winer of a stage of the Race to the Sun in 2015, waited for the last minute to make his effort against strong headwind to upstage stage 1 winner Arnaud Demare (FDJ) and Dutch champion Dylan Groenewegen (LottoNL-Jumbo). France's Julian Alaphilippe (Quick Step) retained his yellow jersey and his 33-seconds lead over compatriot Tony Gallopin ahead of three grueling hilly stages at the weekend.
Canadians: Antoine Duchesne (Direct Energie) finished 141st at 29s back and Michael Woods (Cannondale-Drapac) 155th at 7:44. Duchesne sits 125th at 35:30 in the over all Woods 160th at 51:01.
Results
| Stage 5: Quincié-en-Beaujolais to Bourg-de-Péage, 199.5 km | |
| 1 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal | 4:43:35 |
| 2 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ | |
| 3 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
| 4 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb | |
| 5 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 6 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica-Scott | |
| 7 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 8 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Direct Energie | |
| 9 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 10 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 11 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Dimension Data | |
| 12 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 13 Ben Swift (GBr) Team UAE Emirates | |
| 14 Daniel McLay (GBr) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | |
| 15 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
| 16 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
| 17 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 18 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 19 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 20 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | all s.t. |
| 141 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Direct Energie | 0:29 |
| 155 Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale-Drapac | 7:44 |
| GC | |
| 1 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors | 17:20:02 |
| 2 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal | at 0:33 |
| 3 Gorka Izagirre (Esp) Movistar Team | 0:47 |
| 4 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky | 1:05 |
| 5 Daniel Martin (Irl) Quick-Step Floors | 1:20 |
| 6 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | 1:24 |
| 7 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin | 1:28 |
| 8 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ | 1:29 |
| 9 Alberto Contador (Esp) Trek-Segafredo | 1:31 |
| 10 Rudy Molard (Fra) FDJ | 1:32 |
| 11 Romain Hardy (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | 1:58 |
| 12 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 13 Jon Izaguirre (Esp) Bahrain-Merida | 2:01 |
| 14 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale-Drapac | 2:10 |
| 15 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott | 2:16 |
| 16 Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac | 2:18 |
| 17 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Sunweb | 2:58 |
| 18 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin | 3:12 |
| 19 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal | 3:15 |
| 20 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | 3:49 |
| 125 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Direct Energie | 35:30 |
| 160 Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale-Drapac | 51:01 |
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