Paris-Nice: Soler snatches victory away from Yates

Nice (SID) The Spanish professional cyclist Marc Soler (Team Movistar) won the Paris-Nice long-distance race. With third place on the hilly eighth and final stage around Nice (110 km), the 24-year-old snatched the leadership jersey from the previously leading Brit Simon Yates and celebrated his first victory in one of the big WorldTour races with a lead of four seconds. Soler attacked early on the climb and descent on the Cote d'Azur and left Yates behind. In the victory of Spaniard David de la Cruz (Team Sky), the winner of the 2017 Tour de France junior classification crossed the finish line 38 seconds behind - too much to successfully defend the yellow jersey. Places three and four in the overall ranking were taken by the Spanish Izagirre brothers Gorka (+0:14 seconds) and Ion (+0:16) from Team Bahrain-Merida. From a German perspective, the conclusion of the 76th edition of the prestigious long-distance trip was twofold. After disappointing results in the first stages tailored to him, John Degenkolb (Gera/Trek-Segafredo) got off his bike before the sixth section with symptoms of bronchitis and has to worry about his form before his first highlight of the season at Milan - Sanremo next Saturday. Nils Politt (Cologne/Katusha-Alpecin) caused a stir, coming second on the fifth section and narrowly missing out on his first career victory. Top sprinter Andre Greipel (Rostock/Lotto-Soudal) also took third place on two stages. Politt didn't take part in the last stage; Greipel got off his bike during the last section.

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Paris-Nice: Soler snatches victory away from Yates

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