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2018 Paris-Nice Finals Results

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From Reuters:

Movistar’s Marc Soler was rewarded for his long-rage attack in the final stage as he beat Mitchelton-Scott’s Simon Yates by four seconds to win the Paris-Nice race on Sunday.

The Spanish rider jumped away from the group of favorites with more than 50 kilometers left in the 110-km mountainous ride around Nice to take third place in the eighth stage won by fellow Spaniard David de la Cruz of Team Sky.

It gave Soler a four-second bonus that helped him move past overnight leader Yates after the British rider was dropped in the last ascent of the day.

Yates made contact with other favorites in the descent into Nice but finished sixth, 38 seconds behind De La Cruz and second placed Omar Fraile of Spain. He was 35 seconds adrift of Soler.

The 24-year-old Soler in 2015 won the Tour de l’Avenir, a mini Tour de France for the under-23 riders.

Another Spaniard, Gorka Izaguirre, took third place overall. He was 14 seconds off the pace despite crashing in the final descent, while his Bahrain-Merida team mate and brother Jon ended up fourth.

Stage 8 Results:

  1. David de la Cruz
  2. Omar Fraille s.t.
  3. Marc Soler at 03″
  4. Patrick Konrad at 38″
  5. Tim Wellens s.t.
  6. Simon Yates s.t.
  7. Dylan Teuns s.t.
  8. Richard Carapas s.t.
  9. Gorka Izagirre s.t.
  10. Ion Izagirre s.t.

Final General Classification

  1. Marc Soler
  2. Simon Yates at 04″
  3. Gorka Izagirre at 14″
  4. Ion Izagirre at 16″
  5. Tim Wellens) s.t.
  6. Dylan Teuns at 32″
  7. Patrick Konrad at 44″
  8. Alexis Vuillermoz at 1’54”
  9. David de la Cruz at 2’15”
  10. Felix Grosschartner at 2’35”
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