Hello there and welcome along to our live coverage of the final day of Paris-Nice. 𝓡Primoz Ro💦glic (Jumbo-Visma) looks unflappable in the race lead, with three stage wins already under his belt, but this race has thrown up plenty of last-minute drama in the past...
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The riders have all signed on and we're just a few minutes away from the roll-out. The race propꦫer is set to begin at 14:30 local time.
Before we get goin༺g, if you need a re-cap, ꧃now's the time, because this stage is set to be short but intense. Full report and standings after yesterday's stage 7 can be found at the link below.
The riders roll out into the neutral zone.
Like yesterday, today's stage has been altered due to the coronavirus situation i💟n Nice. Restrictions have been eased and the mayor didn't want the famous seafront Promenade des Anglais shut off to the public all day.
We're off!
Sam Bennett (Deceuninck-QuickStep) had an impressive ride in the break yesterday, and he's at it again here. His group is p🌃egged♈ back, though.
The next breakaway attempt comes from Julien Bernard (Trek-Segafredo) and Remi Cavagna (Deceuninck-Quick Step) b⭕ut they, too, are brought to heel.
Mechanical problem for Max Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe), whoಌ's second overall.
A reminder of the GC ahead of today's stage
Anoth💮er group - Swift, Amador, Sutterlin, Bernard and Touzé - gets a gap before being brought back.
Another group of seven is taken back now. W♛e're hitting the categorised climb💝 of the Côte de Duranas for the first time, although it's been uphill from the start.
Schachmann is back in the bunch.
It has indeed been a fast and furious start. The peloton is splitting into sev🦋eral groups on this climb.
Over the top of the D💞uranus we go, and this is the oꦦrder they reached the KOM point.
78km to go
Those six are caught now. Plent𓆉y of riders have been distanced from this bunch.
Jorgenson ꦇattacks! The Movistar man is 10th overall.
Jorgenson's attack is quickly snuffed out.
Th♍e riders cross the finish line for the first time, where it's doubling up as an intermediate sprint, with bonus seconds (3-2-1) up for graꦐbs.
Aurélien Paret-Peintre (AG2R), 12th overall, is first at the sprint, followed by Krist🐟s Neilands (Israel Start-Up Nation), and then Schachmann, who reduces his deficit to 𓆏Roglic to 51 seconds.
David 💜Gaudu crashes. The Groupama-FDJ rider's overall hopes were already dented by that mid-race crash with Geoghegan Hart.
Roglic has crashed as well!
Correction, the final bonus second went to Lucas Hamilton (BikeExchange) - not Schachmann. Hamilton was 6th💫 overall and that second takes him into 5th above Tiesj Benoot (DSM).
Roglic looks fine and is now back in the peloton, which slowed to allow him back in. He had 🌺teammates to guide him back ✅but no one sought to take advantage there.
Pascal Ackermann (Bora-Hansgrohe) has abandoned.
A shot of an earlier breakaway attempt. That's Connor Swift on the front, who we've spoken to about riding the Classics this year before supporting Nairo Quintana again at the Tour de France. Here's the link if you're interested.
The riders reach the foot of the descent and now theꦓ road tilts♈ uphill again.
Another breakaway attempt comes now, with three riders going clear. Reactions, behind, t🤡hough.
Roglic has a huge road rash on his left hip.
Gaudu has abandoned after his crash. Not a great😼 week for the 𓆏Frenchman.
57km to go
Warren Barguil (Arkea-Samsic) launches a counter attack. A few꧅ others get involved.
Barguil has Cees Bol (DSM), Stefano Oldani (Lotto Soudal), and Jo🉐han Jacob𝔍s (Movistar) for company.
Bora-Hansgrohe are leading the bunch n🌃ow, 30 seconds from the front four.
The Barguil group is 20 seconds behind the leading quar🎃tet.
Roglic's Jumbo-Visma team are also contributing to the pace setting in the peloton. Th🎃e gap is up to 38 seconds.
Here's a shot of the effects of Roglic's crash
And here's Gaudu, who has abandoned.
Jacobs 𒉰has been dropped from the chase group. He's caught by the bunch.
Another crash. It🍸's Luts𝐆enko, who's holding his back.
A touch of wheels sends Lutsenko into💃 the high rocks on the roadside.
47.5km to go
Laurens De Plus (Ineos) attacks 🌸from the bunch.
De Plus is already across to the break!
Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana) attacks now.
Sanchez kicks again. He draws ou🎐t a Total Direct Energie rider.
They're going nowhere but 𒀰the bun♉ch is really strung out now as we continue uphill.
44.5km to go
We're on the descent again now and George Bennett hꦜa𒆙s taken control of the peloton. The gap to the lead group goes back out to 30 seconds.
We've also got racing at Tirreno-Adriatico. Huge drama over there. 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Wಌe've got live coverage of that o🦂ne as well.
Th꧒e gap rises to 50 seconds as Jumbo con𓄧trol the peloton.
Sanchez attacks again!
Neilands is with Sanchez. Others set off to join.
Trentin gets involved now. Theꦑ peloton is still close at hand.
The Sanchez and Trentin group moves clear now. Ei🐓ght in t♋here
Here's the composition of that chase group
36.2km to go
There are bonus secon💖ds 🎀on the line but none of these riders are in the GC picture.
Sanchez leads tꦛhe chase group across at 30 seconds
And now Jumbo bring the peloton across at 1:10
The riders are on the desc🌜ent again, and the gaps have stabilised.&nb🃏sp;
26km to go
Theuns and Barguil are arguing over workloa🤪d in the lead group.
Split in the peloton and Roglic is caught out!
We didn't see how that happened ಌbut George Bennett is dropped and Roglic is leadi꧒ng a second peloton on his own!
FDJ are working with 𓆉Roglic he🦩re. Their leader Gaudu has already gone home...
The gap is growing!
The lead group and the chase group have come together 🌃to create♈ a large breakaway. The peloton is still split.
Roglic has Kruijswijk chasing with him.
Bora are putting the hammer down in the fronꦍt peloto💙n.
Intermarche are also working in the Roglic bunch.
Qhubeka lend Bora a hand in the front bunch.
Fraile has been called back from the break.
George Bennett is back and helping wi🦋th the chase.
Roglic is 20 seconds behind the peloton!
Roglic has another tear in his shorts - this time on the right hip.🦩 That could well be another cra🍨sh.
Roglic is alone now!
Roglic has burned all his teammates in the chaseꦡ and now he's launched a solo mission to get back to the bunch.
Somehow, Nꦯacer Bouhanni is pacing Roglic back to the peloton.
Amid all thi📖s drama, the break has been breaking up.
Roglic is losing time here! 30 seconds now!
17km to go
Barguil, Byst🌜rom, Bernard and Rutsch have gone clear up the road. They're 40 seconds ahead of the bunch.
40 seconds now is Roglic's deficit! Wow!!!
Schachmann started the day 52 seconds down on Rogl💞ic&he෴llip;.
The ♛chase group has been caught by the advancing pelot🐬on.
One minute now for Roglic!
Politt drives this on for Bora, and they're ridin🃏g Schachmann to a second successive Paris-Nice title
Roglic lost the Tour de France at the death last year, and it's happe꧟ning again. Extraordinary.
Bo🐲uhanni gives Roglic one last turn before the race leader goes solo.
14km to go
Rogl✃ic has found another unlikely ally. It’s Victor Campenaerts (Qhubeka Assos). That’s the Hour Record holder, so a decent engine
The road is rising but the officiaꦛl climb of the Duranus is yet to start. We'll do that, then a short descent, then the haul to the line at Levens.
1:20 🅺now is Roglic's deficit. Surely he can't come back from this.
Bernard attacks fromꦇ the break. Rutsch is dropped.
As🍷tana chip in once more to help keep Roglic at bay.
Astana, we remind you, have Vlasov third over꧋all and Izaguirre fourth. They were at 1:11 and 1:15 from Roglic respectively. That's 19 seconds and 23 seconds behind Schachmann, who is now the virtual race leader.
11km to go
The Astana-led bunch catches the break.
Rohan Dﷺennis🐓 hits the front of the bunch now. Ok then...
Roglic is burning through riders drop🌱ped from the bunch but he's 𒈔only losing more ground. 1:45 now.
Van Baarle attacks. Izaguirre goes with it!
But now Vlasov attacks!
Schachmann hunts 🍸it down. But Izaguirre is on his wheel and Astana are trying to double up on the Ge🍬rman.
2 minutes ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚnow for Roglic with 9km to go. It's all over, surely🐎.
Geschke is on the front now for Cofidis, his fellow German in tow🙈. Cofidis have Guillaume Martin 7th overall but he's some way down.
The Roglic incident wasn't caught on camera. It seemsཧ he crashed for a second time, b🦂ut we can't be certain about what caused that split. There could be a bit of controversy to come....
7.5km to go
Roglic reaches the to✱p of the Dura🌸nus 2:05 in arrears.
Geschke leads the heavily reduced bunch down the 💜short descent. The road will soon head uphill to the finish, where we should see freꩵsh action from Astana.
Izaguirre attacks!
The Spaniard goes as soon as the gradients picks u✤p. Geschke is toast. Schachmann responds.
A lull, but now Henao attacks
Izaguirre goes again
Roglic almost crashes again!!
Neilands is the next to attack.
Martin attacks too. Gino Mader is there too.
A lul🔥l behind, but now Izaguirre responds to an AG2R move.
Roglic at 2:30 now. He's slipping out of꧒ the𒉰 top 10.
Neilands, Mader, and Martiꦦn have established a gap.
3.5km to go
If these three stay away, they'll eat up the♕ bonus seconds, which Astana really need.
The trio is about to be caught, and Mader goes a🧜gain
2km to go
The trio are caught. DSM take it up with Hindley.
An AG2R rider tak๊es it up now as we head towards the final kilometre.
Flamme rouge. We're into the final kilometre anꦯd it looks like it's going to be a sprint from a heavily reduced bunch.
Schachmann bumps shou🌟lders with an EF rider. 🤡Really nervy moment.
Magnus Cort for EF opens up...
But here comes Laporte!
Cort gets it! Just...
Magnus Cort (EF-Nippo) wins stage 8 of Paris-Nice
Max Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) wins the 2021 Paris-Nice
Roglic is still riding alone to the finish
Roglic crosses t♛he lineܫ 3:08 down. He's out of the top 15.
Roglic rides up to S🦩chachmann an🐷d offers him a fist bump. What a gesture that is.
Does Schachmann have anything to apologise for?
That will be a major talking point here. 𝓰We still don't know exactly what happened with Roglic when he was caught behꦿind. It seemed to be a crash. Some will feel that you shouldn't attack the yellow jersey when they crash, but others will argue that it's absolutely fair game.
Top 10
Final overall standings
Magnus Cort confirms in his flash int🎃erview that Roglic crashed twice.
"It's a perfect way to finish. I couldn't be happier," sa🔯ys Cort.
Here's our report page
And💦 here's a story on Roglic. We'll have quotes from him soon.
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