Riding an indomitable eight stages of racing, Primoz Roglic held on to win Paris Nice 2022 with a third place finish on stage 8 behind Simon Yates and Wout van Aert. Yates launched a threatening attack with 12 miles to go on the final climb of the stage.  Van Aert commenced a chase to close the gap with Roglic in tow down the descent into Nice. At the line, Yates earned the stage win 9 seconds ahead of the Jumbo Visma duo.

Primoz Roglic secured the overall win with a 29 second lead overall Yates. Dani Martinez fell to third overall 2:39 behind, after a flat took him out of the lead group with 20 miles to go.

PARIS NICE STAGE 8 RESULTS

1	Simon YATES	Team BikeExchange – Jayco	2:52:59
2	Wout VAN AERT	Jumbo-Visma	0:09
3	Primoz ROGLIC	Jumbo-Visma	0:09
4	Brandon MCNULTY	UAE Team Emirates	1:44
5	Soren KRAGH ANDERSEN	Team DSM	1:44
6	Stefan KUNG	Groupama – FDJ	1:44
7	Aurelien PARET-PEINTRE	AG2R Citroën Team	1:44
8	Adam YATES	INEOS Grenadiers	1:44
9	Wout POELS	Bahrain – Victorious	1:44
10	Ion IZAGIRRE	Cofidis	1:44

 

OVERALL RESULTS

1	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	29:19:15
2	Simon YATES	Team BikeExchange – Jayco	0:29
3	Dani Felipe MARTINEZ	INEOS Grenadiers	2:37
4	Adam YATES	INEOS Grenadiers	3:29
5	Nairo QUINTANA	Team Arkéa Samsic	3:43
6	Jack HAIG	Bahrain – Victorious	3:51
7	Ion IZAGIRRE	Cofidis	4:52
8	Joao ALMEIDA	UAE Team Emirates	5:43
9	Guillaume MARTIN	Cofidis	5:48
10	Aurelien PARET-PEINTRE	AG2R Citroën Team	6:32

 

Photos: Sprint Cycling Agency