Brandon McNulty won stage 5 of Paris Nice with an aggressive attack 24 miles from the finish. It was the 23-year-old American’s first WorldTour win. McNulty rode with an 18-man breakaway most of the stage until escaping mid-way up the category 1 Col de la Mure. Franck Bonnamour and Matteo Jorgensen finished 1:58 behind they breakaway companion to round out the podium. Jorgensen’s effort catapulted the 22-year-old American into the Best Young Rider jersey.

At the finish Jorgensen related McNulty’s effort and how the result came to be, “The shape was good coming into Paris-Nice, but then I had some bad luck and also bad positioning on my part in the echelons. I thought I was out of the GC, but with some good fortune I got back, and this jersey is a big honour. I had to try, that’s all we had now with the team. After talking with Brandon [McNulty] this morning, I knew he wanted to make the break. I thought it would go on the first big climb, but when I saw him on the move, I figured I had to go. We worked well together. I know how strong he is, we’ve been racing so much together. But you have to try your chance. He definitely was the strongest today. If I had gone his pace, I would have quickly exploded.”

Primoz Roglic moved into the overall lead, surpassing teammate Wout van Aert, Roglic sits 39 seconds ahead of Simon Yates and three other riders are within a minute of the Jumbo Visma rider. Three stages remain, stage 6 is the longest of the race at 133 miles with over 9000 feet of climbing.

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PARIS NICE STAGE 5 RESULTS

1	MCNULTY Brandon	UAE Team Emirates	4:53:30
2	BONNAMOUR Franck	B&B Hotels – KTM	1:58
3	JORGENSON Matteo	Movistar Team	1:58
4	VANHOUCKE Harm	Lotto Soudal	2:30
5	PICHON Laurent	Team Arkéa Samsic	4:01
6	TURGIS Anthony	TotalEnergies	4:02
7	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama – FDJ	4:57
8	DOULL Owain	EF Education-EasyPost	4:57
9	LATOUR Pierre	TotalEnergies	5:43
10	PACHER Quentin	Groupama – FDJ	5:43

OVERALL STANDINGS

1	ROGLIČ Primož	Jumbo-Visma	16:50:28
2	YATES Simon	Team BikeExchange – Jayco	0:39
3	LATOUR Pierre	TotalEnergies	0:41
4	MARTÍNEZ Daniel Felipe	INEOS Grenadiers	0:56
5	VLASOV Aleksandr	BORA – hansgrohe	0:59
6	YATES Adam	INEOS Grenadiers	1:11
7	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren	Team DSM	1:26
8	HAIG Jack	Bahrain – Victorious	1:35
9	QUINTANA Nairo	Team Arkéa Samsic	1:45
10	IZAGIRRE Ion	Cofidis	2:01

 

Photos: ASO/ Alex Broadway