Gallopin ready to fight for Paris-Nice victory

Tony Gallopin (Lotto-Soudal) put himself into the driving seat in the general classification of Paris-Nice, after taking victory in the final open stage of the race. The Frenchman attacked on the final ascent of the day the Côte de Peille, holding off the chasers on the slippery descent to win by 32 seconds.

Swipe to scroll horizontally
4Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky12:34:00
11Christian Meier (Can) Orica GreenEdge12:41:00
53Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team13:23:00
54George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNL-Jumbo13:24:00
61Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team13:37:00
67Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx - Quick-Step13:39:00
69Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team13:41:00
71Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team13:42:00
84Bob Jungels (Lux) Trek Factory Racing13:54:00
91Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team14:01:00
92Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo14:02:00
93Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale14:03:00
94Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits14:04:00
95Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ.fr14:05:00
96Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling14:06:00
97Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal14:07:00
98Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Movistar Team14:09:00
99Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Lampre-Merida14:11:00
100Simon Spilak (Slo) Team Katusha14:13:00
101Rui Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida14:15:00
102Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team14:17:00
103Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky14:19:00
104Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Etixx - Quick-Step14:21:00
105Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky14:23:00
106Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal14:25:00

Thank you for reading 5 articles in the past 30 days*

Join now for unlimited access

Enjoy your first month for just £1 / $1 / €1

*Read any 5 articles for free in each 30-day period, this automatically resets

After your trial you will be billed £4.99 $7.99 €5.99 per month, cancel anytime. Or sign up for one year for just £49 $79 €59

Join now for unlimited access

Try your first month for just £1 / $1 / €1