Denmark’s Soren Kragh Andersen won the individual time-trial at the Paris-Nice in Saint-Amand-Montrond yesterday.
Soren Kragh Andersen won the individual time-trial at Paris-Nice in Saint-Amand-Montrond yesterday. Photo: Nico Vereecken/PN/Cor Vos
Overall leader Maximilian Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) finished six seconds later, with Kasper Asgreen (Deceuninck-Quickstep) third.
“It was a bit of a day of mixed feelings – the satisfaction of extending my overall lead and the slight disappointment in missing the stage win,” said Schachmann.
“At the top, I could see I was leading. I wanted to improve on my performance in Algarve two weeks ago, where I kept a steady pace throughout the stage, while here I went all-in on the climbs.
“I think Kragh was excellent today – really fast – and I was very close, so I’m satisfied.”
He added that even though he extended his overall lead, he would fight until the end as much as he could to defend the yellow jersey.
“I have already checked the climbs, I know what lies ahead, it will be hard but I think there is a chance.”
View more results below:
Stage four
| 1 | Soren Kragh Andersen | DEN | Team Sunweb | 0:18:51 |
| 2 | Maximilian Schachmann | GER | Bora-Hansgrohe | +0:00:06 |
| 3 | Kasper Asgreen | DEN | Deceuninck-Quickstep | +0:00:12 |
| 4 | Thomas de Gendt | BEL | Lotto Soudal | +0:00:13 |
| 5 | Pello Bilbao | SPA | Bahrain McLaren | +0:00:15 |
| 6 | Victor Campenaerts | BEL | NTT Pro Cycling | +0:00:17 |
| 7 | Michael Matthews | AUS | Team Sunweb | +0:00:18 |
| 8 | Stefan Kung | SWI | Groupama-FDJ | +0:00:26 |
| 9 | Tobias Ludvigsson | SWE | Groupama-FDJ | +0:00:27 |
| 10 | Lawson Craddock | USA | EF Pro Cycling | +0:00:29 |
*Selected
| 51 | Ryan Gibbons | NTT Pro Cycling | +0:00:45 |
General classification
| 1 | Maximilian Schachmann | GER | Bora-Hansgrohe | 13:30:58 |
| 2 | Soren Kragh Andersen | DEN | Team Sunweb | +0:00:58 |
| 3 | Felix Grossschartner | AUT | Bora-Hansgrohe | +0:01:01 |
| 4 | Nils Politt | GER | Israel Start-Up Nation | +0:01:05 |
| 5 | Sergio Andres Higuita Garcia | COL | EF Pro Cycling | +0:01:06 |
| 6 | Dylan Teuns | BEL | Bahrain McLaren | +0:01:10 |
| 7 | Tiesj Benoot | BEL | Team Sunweb | +0:01:11 |
| 8 | Mads Schmidt Wurtz | DEN | Israel Start-Up Nation | |
| 9 | Giacomo Nizzolo | ITA | NTT Pro Cycling | +0:01:15 |
| 10 | Michael Matthews | AUS | Team Sunweb | +0:01:16 |
*Selected
| 49 | Ryan Gibbons | NTT Pro Cycling | +0:06:54 |
