Paris-Nice 2022 – Stage 7 [FULL STAGE]

March 12, 2022

Paris-Nice 2022 – Stage 7 – Nice – Col de Turini : 155,2 km

Before the globalisation of the cycling calendar, Paris-Nice marked the beginning of a new cycling season and the start of a long. As it usually falls in early March, the race also marks a symbolic shift from winter to spring. This seasonal transition is what characterises the week-long stage race and why many nickname it ‘The Race to the Sun’. Since its first edition in 1933, Paris-Nice has been regarded as one of the most prestigious stage races on the annual cycling calendar. In fact, outside of the Tour it’s probably the biggest multi-day race in France and one of the events that home riders spend their whole careers trying to win. The format and flavour of the race has chopped and changed over its 89-year history, but for the most part it has followed a tried and tested formula of seven road stages and one – often decisive – individual time trial. Wind-battered stages through France’s central hinterland characterise the first half of the race and give the Classics specialists and hardy rouleurs a chance to shine. The mountains then start to rear their heads as the race skirts Provence and heads ever closer to the finish in Nice. It’s then on the final stage, in the capital of the French Riviera, where the race routinely draws to a dramatic close.

Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) stamped his authority on Paris-Nice responding to attacks and then sprinting to victory at the mountain summit of Col de Turini to increase his overall lead.

Taking his first win of the season the Slovenian rarely looked in trouble on the finishing climb before landing a decisive blow and increasing his overall lead.

Daniel Felipe Martínez (Ineos Grenadiers) had tried to test the La Vuelta España winner on the final climb along with Simon Yates (Team BikeExchange – Jayco) but were helpless to the final burst of speed for the sprint finish with Martinez taking second and Yates third.

Roglič leads by 47 seconds going into the final Paris-Nice stage ahead of Yates with Martínez sitting one minute behind.

“I had the legs today so it was a great day,” said Roglič.

“You put a lot of sacrifice and training into it, it’s not out of nothing. So when you can finish it off and have the possibility to be the best is something great.”

Roglič leads by 47 seconds going into the final Paris-Nice stage ahead of Yates with Martínez sitting one minute behind.

The final stage has five categories climbs before a downhill run to the finish in Nice.

“We saw last year that tomorrow will be a super demanding one,” added Roglič.

Adam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers) was the day’s big loser despite attacking first on Col de Turini before getting dropped and losing time to his overall rivals.

Taking matters into his own hands Roglič put in a blistering attack with six kilometres and just Martínez was able to follow.

Simon Yates moved across to the chasers putting brother Adam under pressure as Quintana joined him in the chase.

In a battle between two pairings, Roglič and Martinez were drawn back by Simon Yates followed by Quintana with just under three kilometres remaining.

After closing the gap to the leaders Yates attacked twice with just over one kilometre remaining but Roglič and Martinez were equal to his attack.

Inside the last 200 metres, Roglič attacked in the drops and was a clear winner ahead of Martinez and Yates increasing his overall lead.

How it unfolded
With a mountain top finish on the Col de Turini stage 7 of Paris-Nice was always going to be a decisive one ahead of the final stage into Nice.

At 15.2 kilometres in length the Col de Turini has an average gradient of 7.2% but with sections of 8.7% towards the summit.

Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) held the lead coming into the only summit finish of the race sitting 39 seconds ahead of Simon Yates (Team BikeExchange – Jayco) while Pierre Latour (TotalEnergies) sat a further four seconds back.

Kevin Geniets (Groupama – FDJ) abandoned early in the stage after a sponsorship board blew over knocking him off his bike before the start in Nice.

Roglič was also dealt an early blow losing team-mate Mike Teunissen inside the opening kilometres of the 155-kilometre stage as the Dutch rider prepares for Milan-Sanremo next weekend.

In a tactical move, Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) attempted to get into an early 18-man move that escaped out of the neutralised zone.

The bunch were aware of the danger of allowing Van Aert to escape but once he was brought back the breakaway was allowed to escape.

Franck Bonnamour (B&B Hotels – KTM) was the best-placed overall in the breakaway at five minutes and 17 seconds.

Former world champion and stage three winner Mads Pedersen (Trek – Segafredo) had also made the breakaway along with David Gaudu (Groupama – FDJ) and Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal).

With 40 kilometres raced in the opening hour the breakaway was kept at just one minute on the approach to the Côte de Coursegoules.

As the breakaway extended their gap to around two minutes Pedersen picked up the intermediate sprints points after 57 kilometres reducing Van Aert’s lead to 12 points in the competition.

With 50 kilometres remaining the peloton remained in control of the large breakaway sitting just 1-20 behind with INEOS Grenadiers setting the pace for Adam Yates.

Team Arkéa Samsic were also keen on pushing the pace and keeping Jumbo-Visma under pressure for their leader Nairo Quintana.

The only other time Paris-Nice had finished on Col de Turini was in 2019 when Ineos Grenadiers rider Daniel Felipe Martínez won the stage.

On the uphill approach to the final climb, the breakaway kept their one-minute advantage but continued to reduce with Pederson one of those dropped.

At the start of the 15-kilometre finishing Col de Turini climb the breakaway had an advantage of 50 seconds but fragmented further on the lower slopes.

Roglič was quickly left exposed on the finishing climb with just team-mates Rohan Dennis and Steven Kruijswijk remaining in the leading group.

Just three men remained from the breakaway with 11 kilometres remaining including Quentin Pacher (Groupama – FDJ), Gregor Mühlberger (Movistar Team) and Franck Bonnamour (B&B Hotels – KTM).

Mühlberger then attacked alone leaving his breakaway companions but only having an advantage of 38 seconds on the bunch.

Australian rider Dennis continued to push the pace working for Roglič as the peloton reduced in numbers on the finishing climb.

Adam Yates was the first rider to make his move for glory with seven kilometres remaining launching his attack with Roglič, Martínez and Quintana responding.

Taking matters into his own hands Roglič put in a blistering attack a kilometre later and just Martínez was able to follow as they caught and passed Mühlberger.

Simon Yates was more composed in a bid to keep his second place overall and moved across to the chasers and was followed by Quintana as Adam Yates faded away.

In a battle between two pairings, Roglič and Martinez were pegged back by Simon Yates followed by Quintana with three kilometres remaining.

The quartet traded blows for reached the final kilometre together with João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) also bridging across before the charge to the finish.

Roglič had kept enough in reserve for a final sprint on the drops inside the last 200 metres riding clear of Martinez in second and Yates third.

Results :
1 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma 4:02:47
2 Daniel Martinez Poveda (Col) Ineos Grenadiers
3 Simon Yates (GBr) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:00:02
4 Nairo Quintana (Col) Arkea-Samsic 0:00:09
5 João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:11
6 Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:25
7 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain Victorious 0:00:27
8 Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:29
9 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis 0:00:44
10 Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain Victorious 0:00:56
11 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Cofidis 0:01:02
12 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:13
13 David de la Cruz (Spa) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:01:28
14 Pierre Latour (Fra) TotalEnergies 0:02:05
15 Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:02:07
16 Steff Cras (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:02:19
17 Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
18 Hugo Houle (Can) Israel-Premier Tech 0:03:00
19 Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Team DSM 0:03:23
20 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
21 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:04:03
22 Franck Bonnamour (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM 0:04:30
23 Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
24 Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Movistar Team 0:07:30
25 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Jumbo-Visma
26 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
27 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Movistar Team
28 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
29 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:08:44
30 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
31 Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) UAE Team Emirates 0:09:20
32 Fabien Doubey (Fra) TotalEnergies 0:09:37
33 Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra) TotalEnergies
34 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:10:50
35 Fabio Felline (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:10:59
36 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 0:12:24
37 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team
38 Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
39 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
40 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
41 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers
42 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers
43 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team DSM 0:12:38
44 Silvan Dillier (Swi) Alpecin-Fenix 0:13:23
45 Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) TotalEnergies 0:15:20
46 Dorian Godon (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team 0:15:39
47 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:16:22
48 Simon Carr (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost 0:18:02
49 Nico Denz (Ger) Team DSM 0:18:14
50 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team DSM
51 Tobias Bayer (Aut) Alpecin-Fenix
52 Fred Wright (GBr) Bahrain Victorious
53 Ethan Hayter (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
54 Senne Leysen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
55 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
56 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
57 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Lotto Soudal
58 Victor Koretzky (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
59 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco
60 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM 0:19:00
61 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
62 Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma
63 Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) Jumbo-Visma
64 Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM 0:21:04
65 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Cofidis 0:21:29
66 Johan Jacobs (Swi) Movistar Team 0:23:19
67 Owain Doull (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost 0:24:19
68 Albert Torres Barcelo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:25:20
69 Ivan Garcia Cortina (Spa) Movistar Team
70 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 0:26:02
71 Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
72 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
73 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
74 Sébastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto Soudal
75 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal
76 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
77 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo
78 Loïc Vliegen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
79 Luka Mezgec (Slo) BikeExchange-Jayco
80 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco
81 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
82 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe
83 Andrey Amador (CRc) Ineos Grenadiers
84 Campbell Stewart (NZl) BikeExchange-Jayco
85 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Jumbo-Visma
86 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
87 Luca Mozzato (Ita) B&B Hotels-KTM
88 Connor Swift (GBr) Arkea-Samsic
89 Luke Rowe (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
90 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe
91 Juan Sebastian Molano Benavides (Col) UAE Team Emirates
92 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe
93 Simon Guglielmi (Fra) Arkea-Samsic 0:26:10
94 Matis Louvel (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
95 Julius van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost
96 Damien Touze (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team 0:26:11
DNS Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Cofidis
DNF Mike Teunissen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
DNF Stefan De Bod (RSA) Astana Qazaqstan Team
DNS Yevgeniy Fedorov (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Team
DNS Kévin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ
DNS Michael Storer (Aus) Groupama-FDJ
DNF Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroen Team
DNF Florian Senechal (Fra) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
DNF Cees Bol (Ned) Team DSM
DNS Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) TotalEnergies
DNS Anthony Turgis (Fra) TotalEnergies
DNF Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) TotalEnergies
DNF Biniam Girmay (Eri) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
DNS Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux

General Classification after Stage 7 :
1 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma 26:26:11
2 Simon Yates (GBr) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:00:47
3 Daniel Martinez Poveda (Col) Ineos Grenadiers 0:01:00
4 Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:01:50
5 Nairo Quintana (Col) Arkea-Samsic 0:02:04
6 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain Victorious 0:02:12
7 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:02:22
8 Pierre Latour (Fra) TotalEnergies 0:02:56
9 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Cofidis 0:03:13
10 João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:03:29
11 David de la Cruz (Spa) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:03:41
12 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis 0:04:09
13 Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team 0:04:53
14 Hugo Houle (Can) Israel-Premier Tech 0:05:13
15 Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
16 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:06:13
17 Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Team DSM 0:06:31
18 Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates 0:08:26
19 Franck Bonnamour (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM 0:09:54
20 Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Movistar Team 0:10:05
21 Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain Victorious 0:10:39
22 Steff Cras (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:12:23
23 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:12:49
24 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team DSM 0:14:14
25 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers 0:17:39
26 Fabien Doubey (Fra) TotalEnergies 0:18:04
27 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:19:23
28 Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:19:59
29 Fabio Felline (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:22:23
30 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Movistar Team 0:22:53
31 Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra) TotalEnergies 0:22:58
32 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:23:35
33 Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:23:38
34 Silvan Dillier (Swi) Alpecin-Fenix 0:24:49
35 Fred Wright (GBr) Bahrain Victorious 0:27:21
36 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team 0:27:36
37 Dorian Godon (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team 0:33:06
38 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:33:11
39 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team DSM 0:34:10
40 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:34:39
41 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 0:34:46
42 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Cofidis 0:35:05
43 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:35:43
44 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:35:47
45 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Arkea-Samsic 0:36:04
46 Damien Touze (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team 0:36:21
47 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:36:37
48 Johan Jacobs (Swi) Movistar Team 0:37:19
49 Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma 0:37:35
50 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Arkea-Samsic 0:37:36
51 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 0:39:28
52 Ethan Hayter (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:41:02
53 Ivan Garcia Cortina (Spa) Movistar Team 0:41:23
54 Connor Swift (GBr) Arkea-Samsic 0:42:33
55 Juan Sebastian Molano Benavides (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:43:09
56 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Jumbo-Visma 0:43:33
57 Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) UAE Team Emirates 0:43:42
58 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:44:55
59 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Jumbo-Visma 0:45:07
60 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers 0:45:36
61 Luka Mezgec (Slo) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:46:55
62 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:46:58
63 Victor Koretzky (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM 0:47:52
64 Luca Mozzato (Ita) B&B Hotels-KTM 0:48:15
65 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM 0:48:40
66 Loïc Vliegen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:48:51
67 Owain Doull (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost 0:50:52
68 Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) TotalEnergies 0:50:54
69 Tobias Bayer (Aut) Alpecin-Fenix 0:51:04
70 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:51:11
71 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM 0:52:23
72 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:54:36
73 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:55:01
74 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:55:42
75 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Lotto Soudal 0:57:00
76 Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) Jumbo-Visma 0:58:07
77 Julius van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost 0:59:14
78 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1:02:02
79 Albert Torres Barcelo (Spa) Movistar Team 1:02:35
80 Sébastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1:03:53
81 Simon Carr (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost 1:04:50
82 Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM 1:08:08
83 Simon Guglielmi (Fra) Arkea-Samsic 1:08:46
84 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:10:02
85 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain Victorious 1:14:29
86 Matis Louvel (Fra) Arkea-Samsic 1:14:46
87 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:16:04
88 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 1:16:45
89 Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 1:16:53
90 Senne Leysen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 1:17:09
91 Luke Rowe (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 1:17:39
92 Nico Denz (Ger) Team DSM 1:17:56
93 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco 1:19:21
94 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 1:26:15
95 Campbell Stewart (NZl) BikeExchange-Jayco 1:27:53
96 Andrey Amador (CRc) Ineos Grenadiers 1:28:06