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Jumbo in Paris-Nice stranglehold, Pedersen resists for stage win
Danish rider Mads Pedersen, the 2019 world champion, won a sprint finish to take the third stage of the Paris-Nice on Tuesday and consolidate fourth place overall in the highly competitive eight day race.
But for a third day Dutch team Jumbo set the kind of relentlessly high pace that has given them top three in the overall standings and exposed fitness levels of anyone not on full form.
Jumbo new recruit Christophe Laporte is in the yellow jersey with a one second lead over Wout van Aert with Jumbo leader Primoz Roglic in third at 09sec.
Roglic is a three time Vuelta a Espana winner, while Van Aert won three stages, a sprint, a time-trial and a mountain slog, on the last Tour de France.
In their yellow and black lycra tunics Jumbo sat at the front of the peloton setting their unrelenting high tempo, just as they did throughout the 2020 Tour de France that ended in a last day meltdown for Roglic.
The closest real rival is Russia's Alexandr Vlasov at 39sec, with Ineos pair Adam Yates and Dani Martinez waiting for the mountains on Thursday and Saturday to show their hand.
The pace was such that Dutch sprinter Fabio Jakobsen, who won Monday's second stage, was far from alone when he was dropped by the peloton led by Jumbo 20 kilometres from the finish.
Powerfully built Trek rider Pedersen, 26, held off French sprinter Bryan Coquard in the finale with Jumbo's multi-talented Van Aert coming third.
Pedersen said the win showed he was on the kind of form needed in the upcoming one-day classics.
"It's my first WorldTour win in a long time and it's really nice to start out well. This is a good direction for the Classics coming up in a few weeks," he said.
Wednesday's stage is a 13.4-kilometre time trial from Domerat to Montlucon culminating in a steep finish.
G.Stevens--AMWN