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Paris - Nice 2016: Stage 7

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January 1 - March 1ꦰ3, Nice, F♑rance, Road - WorldTour

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Welcome to our live coverage of the final stage of the 2016 Paris-Nice. Only 134 km fromꦿ Nice to Nice, but this race is far from being decided!

Stage Six report

Here we are again, having finally arrived at the sun in Nice! This may be the last stage, but it is anything but an easy one, with s🎀ix ranked climbs along the way.

The sharp start today will be at 11:25.

Let’s take a look at our GC ranking. Geraint Thomas (Sky) leads by 💎15 seconds over Alberto Contador (Tinkoff), with Ilnur Zakarin in third at 20 seconds. Only one second back is defending champion Riche Porte (BMC). Any one of them could take the title today!

The race has started, and with only 143 riders. Alexander Kristoff (Katyusha), Davide Cimolai (Lampre), Patrick Bevin (Cannondale) and Jacques Janse von Ren✤sburg (Dimension Data) all deciding to skip the final s𒅌tage.

Here are our cli🌸mbs for today, thanks to letour.com:

Those climbs will give the top favourites a good chance to slug it𝕴 out today. Look for the moves to be made on the final climb, the cat 1 Col d'Eze. It is not a mountaintop finish, though, so the real action may come on the descent. Let's hope that no one takes too many risks.

We certainly saw some fireworks yesterday, as the top favourites went head to head – but only on the final climb, and only to be foxed by an outsider! Katusha’s Ilnur Zakarin outsprinted Geraint Thomas (Sky), Alberto Contador (Tinkoff) and a fading Richie Porte (BMC) to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:take the winꦰ atop La Madone d’Utelജle.

127km remaining from 141km

Oops, lets make that only 19 seconds, and🅺 it looks like all the jersey🎉s are in that group. So we don't think it will get away.

124km remaining from 141km

Canadian Antoine Duchesne (Direct Energie) was in yesterday’s break group and collected points at five of the seven mountain rankings. He now leads the mountains competition with 56 points over Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal), also in that ⛦break group, who has 35 points. But we have a lot climbs today, as well. So far, both Du✨chesne and De Gendt are in the break group and will go all out to win the honour of taking the polka dot jersey home with them.

De Gendt takes the first intermediate sprint, ahead of Jesus Herrada and Gregory ꦇRast.

113km remaining from 141km

Thos🉐e six ri𒀰ders in-between are Trofimov, De Kort, Calmejane, Brammeier, Van Marcke, and Lemoine.

The gap is no💟w over three minutes, with those other six still dangling about halfway ๊in between.

We are enjoying good weather here in Nice, but they are not so lucky over in Italy. Tirreno-Adriatico was 168澳ꦚ洲5最新开奖结果:forced to cancel its Queen Stage today due to snow, snow, and more snow.

No surprise, Duchesne took💃 the mountain points at the Cote de Duranus, ahead of De Gendt and Herrara.

De Kort♍ and Calmejane have been dropped by the chase group, and Trofimov seems to have attacked out of the group.That leaves Vanmarcke, Lemoine and Brammeier together.

101km remaining from 141km

100km remaining from 141km

Meanwhile Brammeier has pulled slightly away fr⛎om Lemoine in chase of the lead group.

Brammeier has wor🔯ked his wꦬay up to the lead group, giving us 23 there. Lemoine is only 40 seconds back, and the field at 3.05. We are 50 km into the stage.

We are enjoying good weather here in N💖ice, but they are not so lucky ove💦r in Italy. Tirreno-Adriatico was forced to cancel its Queen Stage today due to snow, snow, and more snow.

Giant-Alpecin’s Bearded Wonder, Simon Geschke, turns 30 today! Perhaps the German wilಞl try to duplicate his feat in the Tour de France and win another mountain stage as a gift to himself.

We have passed the third of the 🙈day’s climbs, the cat. 2 cote de Chateauneuf, with the points once again going to Duchesne, De Gendt, Herrada, Impey and Van Baarle.

And still Team Sky🔴 is pulling the entire pelot♔on along behind it on these mountain roads.

Duchesne𝕴 now needs only one more point to secure tꦛhe overall mountain ranking.

Brammeier may have overdone it 🍨in trying to reach the head group. He has now fallen out of it and is nearly a minute back.

Andrew Talansky was amongst those who abandoned yester🅠day. The Cannondale rider crashed out, but was happy to report he was not really injured, just needed a few stitches.

Congratulations to Antoine Duchesne, who has now won the overall mountain ranking for the 2016 Paris-Nice. The Canadian riding for Direct Energie won the day's fourth climb, the Cote de Salaison, ahead of De Gendt, Herrara and Bono. He does have to finish the stage, ♑of course, but that shouldn't be a problem.

We hear there has 🥀been 🎃a crash in the field, with Lutsenko amongst those hitting the ground. 

71km remaining from 141km

Speaking of the jerseys, letour.com says that Michael Matthews is as✱sured of the points jersey, as long as he simply finishes the stage.

Vanmarcke and Rast have lost contact with the lead group, leaving 20 💮riders ther✱e. Brammeier is apparently back in the peloton. After 81 km, the lead group has 3:25 on the field.

On the ascent of the cat. 1 Cote de Peille, Contador has attacked out o🌸f the field and now has 30 seconds.

We now have six riders in the lead: Gautier, Wellens, De Lꦅa Cruz, Herrada, Kangert an♏d Grmay.

As far as we can tell, no one has gone after Contador. He has 24 seconds, but there is still quite a long way to gꦆo.

Of course, if Contador c🥂an make it up to the lead group, he will have the advantage of two helpers there: Kiser✤lovski and Trofimov.

Contador now has a mi෴nute on 𓃲his rivals in the field!

51km remaining from 141km

It looks like Kiserlovski and Trofimov have dropped back to helpᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ Contador♛.

With less than 40 km to go, Sky has seen the danger and is driving hard. The gap🍰 is now under a minute.

Herra🍃de won the top points on the Cote de Peille. There is still one intermediate sprint and one more cat. 1 climb to go.

With 36 km left, the Contador group is 1:2🐽6 down with the pꦫeloton at 2:01.

Six riders who were chasing after falling out of the lead group are now back in it, so we have 12: Gautier, Wellens, De La Cruz, Herrada, Kangert, Calmejane, Chavanel, Impey, Van Baarle, Naꦫesen, Felline and Grmay.

Impey took the inte🌄rmediate sprint, ahead of van Baarle and Gautier.

Nicholas Roche has put in a massive effort at t✃he head of he peloton and thanks to his efforts, the🍸 field is on the verge of catching Contador.

The Contador group ❀is doggedly holding𒀰 on to its small lead.

The field hs caught Contador, a൩s the lead group nℱow explodes.

Two burned-out Sky helpers have now dropped back.

De la Cruz and WEllens alone in the lead.

The two leaders have 32 seconds as Contad⛦or goes again.

And once again he is reeled back in.

And again! The Spaniard is determined to win!

And the others are e🌌qually determined not ℱto let him go.

Wellness al𝓀one in ꦐthe lead, as Bardet and Contador attack!

And we still have 20 km and a cat 1 climb to go!

41 seconds for Wellens now, as Tin🐲koff leads the favourit𝐆es group

17km remaining from 141km

Porte has joined up with Contador as Majka drops off. He's got 12 seconds on Thomas at the 🏅moment.&nܫbsp;

 Thom🌱as has been dropped! A teammate is back to help him but Contador has good time on him now.

Contadꦏor and Porte cr💜oss the mountain ranking line together.

Contador and Porte have caught Wellens o☂n the descent. Thomas at 33 seconds. 

Pꦓorte does much of the lead work in this descent. 

Thomas is in a group o🐻f four, with Henao his only teammate.

Th🧸omas gradually making time, the gap is now 25 seconds 

Everyone is really tearing down this descent. Let#s be careful pleas🌞e! and we have 9 km to go!

These guys are flying!

5.8 km and 17 seconds!

 With 2.7 to g📖o the gap is now just 9 seconds. Thomas is givi𓆉ng this everything. 

There♌ are bonus seconds at the finish though, so this is anything but over.&nꦉbsp;

Thomas is now trying to bridge the gap o✅n his own. 

Up front, it's Contador t🐼hat leads under the flamme rouge

Thomas can see Contador up the road

It's going to be very close

Wellens wins Contador second

Thomas finishes 7 seconds back and ta♏kes the over♛all title

&♑nbsp;Wow! We expected fireworks today and we really got them!

Thomas wins the overall title by only four 𝐆seconds over Contadﷺor.

Top Ten on the stage:

And the final GC for the 2016 Paris-Nice:

 Here you can see our 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:brief results and brief report.  More to come!

Here is w𝓀hat stage winner Wellens had to say: "It was a good opportunity f𓆉or me to go with Contador and we were full gas all the way to the line. This is a great victory, a very great victory."

And here are Thomas' thoughts on the day: "When he went on Peille at first I stuck with the team. I felt good, I felt strong. But when he went halfway up the Col d’Eze my legs just gave way. It was horrible. I thought that it was all over and then I got dropped from the other group and I thought I was going to struggle to stay on the podium. Serg💙io stayed with me. I had a 54 chainring on for the descent, in case I had to chase and I certainly needed that in the end."

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