Mitchelton-Scott’s Simon Yates won the 25.5km individual time-trial on stage five of the Paris-Nice in Barbentane today.
The Briton completed the route in 30:26, finishing ahead of Katusha-Alpecin’s Nils Politt and Team Sky’s Michal Kwiatkowski in second and third respectively.
Mitchelton-Scott’s Simon Yates in action during his individual time-trial on stage three of the Paris-Nice today. Photo: A.S.O./Alex Broadway
Kwiatkowski extended his race lead of 17:23:00, 19 seconds clear of his teammate Egan Bernal.
View more results below.
Stage five
1. Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 0:30:26
2. Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:07
3. Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky 0:00:11
4. Tejay Van Garderen (USA) EF Education First 0:00:15
5. Daniel Martinez (Col) EF Education First
6. Egan Bernal (Col) Team Sky
7. Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education First
8. Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education First 0:00:27
9. Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:30
10. Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
General classification
1 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky 17:23:00
2 Egan Bernal (Col) Team Sky 0:00:19
3 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:00:28
4 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:01:01
5 Bob Jungels (Lux) Deceuninck-QuickStep
6 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:01:05
7 Felix Großschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:09
8 Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:01:19
9 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:22
10 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:25
