Rohan Dennis edged out in Paris-Nice prologue

For 90 minutes, BMC's Rohan Dennis sat atop the leader board of the Paris-Nice prologue, looking at a possible multi-day stint in the race's yellow leader's jersey and an important result on his palmares. But when world road champion Michal Kwiatkowski came through at the finish of the 6.7km circuit he had relegated Dennis to second place by a mere 0.31 seconds. It was "the worst result" for the team, according to directeur sportif Yvon Ledanois.

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