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EFE · Road Competition · 03/13/2021
The Slovenian cyclist Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) once again threw power and ambition, and took the seventh and penultimate stage of the Paris-Nice, between Le Broc and Valdeblore La Colmiane, in the last meters, of 119.5 kilometers, reinforcing and increasing his leadership at the head of the test with what is his 50th partial victory.
Roglic attended the party, practically on the finish line, to a Swiss Gino Mader (Bahrain-Victoruis) who was already seen with glory in hand, after having escaped, first in a group of 13 runners, then in lonely in the final stretch, most of the day.
And it is that the considered queen stage of this edition, with two first-class passes and two second-class on the route, the ascent of the last of them leads to the finish line after a 16.3-kilometer climb at a 6.3 percent slope. medium, saw thirteen riders leave the large group very soon: Neilson Powless (EF-Nippo), Costa Rican Andrey Amador and Laurens De Plus (Ineos Grenadiers), Alexey Lutsenko (Astana), Anthony Perez (Codidis), Julien Bernard and Kenny Elissonde (Trek-Segafredo), Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal), Spain’s David de la Cruz (UAE Emirates), Sam Bennett and Mattia Cattaneo (Deceuninck-Quick-Step), Dylan Teuns and Gino Mader (Bahrain-Victorius) .
Of them, Cattaneo was the best classified in the general, 2 minutes and 1 seconds behind Roglic.
The escapees came to have an advantage of 2 minutes and 40 seconds about 63 kilometers from the finish, over a calm squad that controlled the distance. With 35 kilometers to go, the group has already begun to lose part of its strength little by little, and maintains its advantage around 1 minute and 10 seconds.
But it was at the beginning of the final ascent, when the leaders were already decimated, subtracting the trio made up of Mader, Powless and Elissonde. His advantage over the large group was already in 45 seconds. 4 km from the finish line, it was the moment when Mader squeezed and left alone with some fellow adventurers who shortly after were reintegrated into a squad where Astana was already beginning to be seen in the lead.
Mader kept an advantage around 40 seconds, he dreamed of rounding off his great effort of the day with the stage victory. But he did not count on the “ hunger of the leader, of a Roglic who was the one who attacked 1.4 kilometers from the finish line, being only followed by Max Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe). The escape of the Swiss seemed to be coming to an end, but a couple of Slovene nourished him with new hopes. He even entered the last kilometer with about 15 seconds of advantage.
But it was clear that Roglic wanted his 50th partial win, and in the final meters he launched a furious attack that not only left Schachmann behind, but surpassed Mader with a dozen meters to go. The Swiss saw an airplane pass him that ruined his dream.
Roglic took a new stage, with a time of 3 hours, 9 minutes and 18 seconds, and an exhausted Mader entered 2 seconds, and five Schachmann. In eighth position at 15 seconds, it was Izagirre’s turn.
Now, Roglic’s lead overall increases to 52 seconds over Schachmann, and 1 minute and 11 seconds over Russian Aleksandr Vlasov (Astana), his immediate pursuers. A difference, in addition to the state of form in which he is, which should be more than enough for this Sunday, when the last stage will be disputed, between Le Plan Du Var and Levens, 93 kilometers, undulating layout, with two heights of second , but little else.
Classifications [Clasificaciones completas]
Stage classification:
1. Primoz Roglic (SLO / Jumbo-Visma) – 3:09:18
2. Gino Mader (SUI / Bahrain-Victorious) at 0:02
3. Maximilian Schachmann (GER / Bora-Hansgrohe) at 0:05
4. Lucas Hamilton (AUS / BikeExchange) at 0:08
5. Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS / Astana-Premier Tech) at 0:10
6. Tiesj Benoot (BEL / Dsm) at 0:10
7. Guillaume Martin (FRA / Cofidis) at 0:15
8. ION IZAGIRRE (ESP / Astana-Premier Tech) at 0:15
9. Harm Vanhoucke (BEL / Lotto-Soudal) at 0:22
10. Jai Hindley (AUS / Dsm) at 0:27
General classification:
1. Primoz Roglic (SLO / Jumbo-Visma) – 26:32:01
2. Maximilian Schachmann (GER / Bora-Hansgrohe) at 0:52
3. Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS / Astana-Premier Tech) at 1:11
4. ION IZAGIRRE (ESP / Astana-Premier Tech) at 1:15 am
5. Tiesj Benoot (BEL / Dsm) at 1:34
6. Lucas Hamilton (AUS / BikeExchange) at 1:34
7. Guillaume Martin (FRA / Cofidis) at 2:06
8. Steven Kruijswijk (NED / Jumbo-Visma) at 2:07
9. Jack Haig (AUS / Bahrain-Victorious) at 2:10
10. Matthew Jorgenson (USA / MOVISTAR) at 2:21 am
Next stage, 8: Le Plan-du-Var – Levens / 92.7 Km.
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