March 11/18 21:04 pm - Paris-Nice Stage 8 and Final GC
Posted by Editoress on 03/11/18
Spaniard Marc Soler overtook race leader Simon Yates in a nail-biting final stage on the hills surrounding Nice to win the Race to the Sun. The 24-year-old Movistar rider, 37 seconds behind Yates at the start in the morning rain, crossed the line with enough of a gap to take a 4 second lead over the Briton in the final GC.
Soler, the first rider since Alberto Contador in 2007 to win both the yellow and the best young ride white jersey, finished third in stage 8 behind compatriots David De La Cruz (Sky) and Omar Fraile (Astana), with whom he attacked in Cote de Peille, one of six climbs on the final day's menu. De La Cruz snatched the final stage for the second year in succession ahead of Fraile, with Soler three seconds behind. And it was only thanks to his third place time bonus that Soler was finally declared the 2018 Paris-Nice champion for the first World Tour victory of his career.
Hugo Houle (Astana Pro Team) finished 32nd on the stage at 9:45 back and 57th in the final GC at 1:00:27 back.
| Stage 8: Nice to Nice, 110 km | |
| 1 David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Esp) Team Sky | 2:53:06 |
| 2 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Esp) Astana Pro Team | at s.t. |
| 3 Marc Soler (Esp) Movistar Team | 0:03 |
| 4 Patrick Konrad (Aut) BORA-hansgrohe | 0:38 |
| 5 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
| 6 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott | |
| 7 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team | |
| 8 Richard Antonio Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team | |
| 9 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 10 Ion Izagirre (Esp) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 11 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | all s.t. |
| 12 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) BORA-hansgrohe | 0:55 |
| 13 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | 1:30 |
| 14 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Astana Pro Team | s.t. |
| 15 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team | 2:45 |
| 16 Warren Barguil (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic | s.t. |
| 17 Paul Martens (Ger) Team Lotto NL-Jumbo | 3:03 |
| 18 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale | 3:44 |
| 19 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | |
| 20 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
| 21 Pierre Rolland (Fra) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | |
| 22 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Team Sky | all s.t. |
| 23 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 3:46 |
| 24 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 25 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Team Katusha-Alpecin | 6:13 |
| 26 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 6:26 |
| 27 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Direct Energie | 8:32 |
| 28 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | s.t. |
| 29 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 8:43 |
| 30 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 31 Christopher Juul-Jensen (Den) Mitchelton-Scott | 9:42 |
| 32 Hugo Houle (Can) Astana Pro Team | 9:45 |
| 33 Imanol Erviti (Esp) Movistar Team | 10:10 |
| 34 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Mitchelton-Scott | 12:56 |
| 35 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors | 12:58 |
| 36 Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal | 13:51 |
| 37 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | 14:05 |
| 38 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
| 39 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Esp) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
| 40 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie | |
| 41 Benjamin King (USA) Team Dimension Data | |
| 42 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Sky | |
| 43 Jose Herrada (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 44 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 45 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 46 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Team Dimension Data | |
| 47 Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 48 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Team Dimension Data | |
| 49 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team Lotto NL-Jumbo | |
| 50 Magnus Cort (Den) Astana Pro Team | |
| 51 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Team Sky | |
| 52 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic | |
| 53 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Movistar Team | |
| 54 Amael Moinard (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic | |
| 55 David Lopez Garcia (Esp) Team Sky | |
| 56 Luis León Sanchez (Esp) Astana Pro Team | |
| 57 Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team | |
| 58 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | all s.t. |
| 59 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 14:10 |
| 60 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | 19:11 |
| 61 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Team Katusha-Alpecin | 21:50 |
| 62 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Direct Energie | 23:42 |
| 63 Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
| 64 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 65 Hector Carretero (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 66 Carlos Barbero (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 67 Jarlinson Pantano Gomez (Col) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 68 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) BORA-hansgrohe | all s.t. |
| 69 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Team Dimension Data | 24:34 |
| 70 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Team Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 71 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale | 25:36 |
| 72 Ivan Garcia Cortina (Esp) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 73 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 74 Markel Irizar Aramburu (Esp) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 75 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 76 Gregory Rast (Sui) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 77 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
| 78 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Team Katusha-Alpecin | all s.t. |
| OTL Rory Sutherland (Aus) UAE Team Emirates | |
| OTL Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | |
| OTL Johan Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott | |
| OTL Mathew Hayman (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | |
| DNF Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky | |
| DNF Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates | |
| DNF Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
| DNF Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain-Merida | |
| DNF Tim Declercq (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | |
| DNF Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | |
| DNF Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | |
| DNF Alex Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | |
| DNF Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team | |
| DNF Simon Gerrans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | |
| DNF Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team | |
| DNF Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
| DNF André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal | |
| DNF Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal | |
| DNF Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
| DNF Laurent Pichon (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic | |
| DNF Timo Roosen (Ned) Team Lotto NL-Jumbo | |
| DNF Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Team Sunweb | |
| DNF Matti Breschel (Den) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | |
| DNF Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | |
| DNF Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | |
| DNF Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | |
| DNF Erik Baska (Svk) BORA-hansgrohe | |
| DNF Juraj Sagan (Svk) BORA-hansgrohe | |
| DNF Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie | |
| DNF Jerome Cousin (Fra) Direct Energie | |
| DNF Fabien Grellier (Fra) Direct Energie | |
| DNF Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz (Pol) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
| DNS Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | |
| DNS Nils Politt (Ger) Team Team Katusha-Alpecin | |
| DNS Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| DNS Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| Final GC | |
| 1 Marc Soler (Esp) Movistar Team | 30:22:41 |
| 2 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott | at 0:04 |
| 3 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Bahrain-Merida | 0:14 |
| 4 Ion Izagirre (Esp) Bahrain-Merida | 0:16 |
| 5 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:16 |
| 6 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 0:32 |
| 7 Patrick Konrad (Aut) BORA-hansgrohe | 0:44 |
| 8 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:54 |
| 9 David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Esp) Team Sky | 2:15 |
| 10 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) BORA-hansgrohe | 2:35 |
| 11 Richard Antonio Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team | 3:47 |
| 12 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Team Sky | 4:08 |
| 13 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb | 5:03 |
| 14 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team | 5:51 |
| 15 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | 8:16 |
| 16 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Team Katusha-Alpecin | 11:35 |
| 17 Warren Barguil (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic | 12:45 |
| 18 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors | 14:13 |
| 19 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Mitchelton-Scott | 14:53 |
| 20 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 16:14 |
| 21 Luis León Sanchez (Esp) Astana Pro Team | 17:19 |
| 22 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | 20:15 |
| 23 Pierre Rolland (Fra) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | 22:09 |
| 24 Jose Herrada (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 22:36 |
| 25 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale | 22:59 |
| 26 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Esp) Astana Pro Team | 24:25 |
| 27 Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 24:47 |
| 28 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 28:04 |
| 29 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) BORA-hansgrohe | 29:13 |
| 30 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | 29:47 |
| 31 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Astana Pro Team | 31:15 |
| 32 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott | 33:01 |
| 33 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Sky | 36:08 |
| 34 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Team Dimension Data | 37:50 |
| 35 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 37:51 |
| 36 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 38:07 |
| 37 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Esp) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | 38:31 |
| 38 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team Lotto NL-Jumbo | 38:35 |
| 39 Jarlinson Pantano Gomez (Col) Trek-Segafredo | 40:59 |
| 40 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | 41:07 |
| 41 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Direct Energie | 43:18 |
| 42 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 44:04 |
| 43 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 44:31 |
| 44 Imanol Erviti (Esp) Movistar Team | 45:25 |
| 45 Benjamin King (USA) Team Dimension Data | 45:36 |
| 46 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo | 46:03 |
| 47 Christopher Juul-Jensen (Den) Mitchelton-Scott | 47:41 |
| 48 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Movistar Team | 47:52 |
| 49 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Team Dimension Data | 48:43 |
| 50 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 51:20 |
| 51 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Team Katusha-Alpecin | 52:15 |
| 52 Magnus Cort (Den) Astana Pro Team | 52:49 |
| 53 Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | 53:58 |
| 54 Paul Martens (Ger) Team Lotto NL-Jumbo | 55:52 |
| 55 Amael Moinard (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic | 57:40 |
| 56 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie | 59:41 |
| 57 Hugo Houle (Can) Astana Pro Team | 1:00:27 |
| 58 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | 1:02:07 |
| 59 Hector Carretero (Esp) Movistar Team | 1:04:59 |
| 60 Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team | 1:05:15 |
| 61 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:06:09 |
| 62 Ivan Garcia Cortina (Esp) Bahrain-Merida | 1:08:41 |
| 63 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic | 1:08:54 |
| 64 David Lopez Garcia (Esp) Team Sky | 1:09:32 |
| 65 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 1:10:49 |
| 66 Carlos Barbero (Esp) Movistar Team | 1:11:03 |
| 67 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Team Katusha-Alpecin | 1:13:02 |
| 68 Gregory Rast (Sui) Trek-Segafredo | 1:13:27 |
| 69 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Team Sky | 1:14:11 |
| 70 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Direct Energie | 1:16:06' |
| 71 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:16:44 |
| 72 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb | 1:19:07 |
| 73 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Team Dimension Data | 1:22:21 |
| 74 Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal | 1:23:52 |
| 75 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) BORA-hansgrohe | 1:27:31 |
| 76 Markel Irizar Aramburu (Esp) Trek-Segafredo | 1:28:41 |
| 77 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Team Dimension Data | 1:36:14 |
| 78 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Quick-Step Floors | 1:37:11 |
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