Denmark's Mads Pedersen wins stage six of the Paris-Nice as Matteo Jorgenson capitalises on the withdrawal of Jonas Vingegaard to extend his overall race lead.

Nice. In a spectacular echelon stage, where Visma | Lease a Bike and INEOS Grenadiers dealt a heavy blow to teams, including UAE Team Emirates XRG, Pedersen was the best in a group of seventeen riders.

A Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) victory might suggest normal scheduling at Paris-Nice, but stage six was far from it, torn apart by echelons, which ended some riders’ GC hopes. Wind and rain laid waste to the peloton on Friday as it headed towards Berre l’Étang on the Mediterranean coast.

Visma-Lease a Bike split up racing on planned sprint stage, with Tarling and Watson taking second and third for Ineos

Mads Pedersen won Friday's sixth stage of the Paris-Nice Road cycling race, while American Matteo Jorgenson retained the leader's yellow jersey.

I remember a day in 2019, at the end of September, it was a bit worse than this but the outcome was the same and it was a victory,” he said, referencing his World Championships win in Yorkshire. “It was pretty tough weather conditions today,

While Tim Merlier dominated the opening stage of Paris-Nice on Sunday afternoon, Mads Pedersen had a very different afternoon. The Dane of Lidl-Trek, who normally does well in these sprint finals, only finished twelfth.