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Vingegaard Seals Paris–Nice Title as Martinez Takes Final Stage

His 4:23 overall cushion ranks as the race’s widest winning margin since 1939.

Lenny Martinez (L) pipped overall champion Jonas Vingegaard (R) in the two-up sprint to decide the Paris-Nice eighth and final stage

Overview

  • Jonas Vingegaard won Paris–Nice overall, finishing 4 minutes 23 seconds ahead of Daniel Martinez for the largest gap recorded since 1939.
  • Lenny Martinez outsprinted Vingegaard to win the final stage after following the Dane’s attack roughly 20 kilometers from the finish in Nice.
  • Vingegaard clinched the King of the Mountains by topping the Cote du Linguador first and also collected the points leader’s green jersey.
  • Daniel Martinez crashed more than 50 kilometers from the finish yet limited losses to 51 seconds on the day to secure second overall, with Georg Steinhauser third.
  • The victory capped a week with three stage wins for Vingegaard and comes as he targets a Giro d’Italia debut before a renewed Tour de France bid.