![]() ![]() I decided to go all in to catch the attackers, so I would not miss out on any bonus seconds,” stage winner Pogacar explained to after the finish. Pogacar eventually caught Gaudu shortly from the finish line and passed the Frenchman to take a beautiful stage victory and put the first nail in the coffin of Vingegaard’s hopes of renewing his title as Tour de France Champion in this year’s most important Grand Tour come July 2023. David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) bridged the gap to the front duo and attacked solo, hoping to take a noteworthy stage victory.Īpproximately 1.9-kilometers from the finish line Vingegaard disappointingly proved unable to follow the fast pace set by an apparently unstoppable Pogacar who has shown impressive early season form in recent weeks and animated races beautifully. With 4.2-kilometers left of the stage, favorite duo Vingegaard and Pogacar attacked from the front to gain valuable time in the general classification and compete for the stage win. The breakaway group was eventually caught by the chasing peloton who were setting up their climbers and general classification favorites for the climax of the stage. The group included mountains classification leader Jonas Gregaard (Uno-X pro cycling team) who set out to secure additional points for the mountain classification on intermediate climbs. The ride took the peloton southeast on a 164.7-kilometer trip from Saint-Amand-Montrond to La Loge des Gardes and concluded on a 6.8-kilometer category 1 climb that offered an average gradient of seven percent.Ī group of ambitious breakaway riders took off from the main peloton early in the stage. Spectators and cycling experts expected a battle between mountain goats and the grand tour favorites – such as Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) and Jonas Vingegaard (Team Jumbo-Visma) - who are using Paris-Nice as an early season test of fitness and competition. ![]() Today’s stage 4 of Paris-Nice 2023 welcomed the climbers and general classification hopefuls in the race peloton to the first large test of this year’s race. ![]()
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