Sunday, March 16th, 8th stage: Nice – Nice – The Promenade des Anglais (“the Englishman’s promenade”) in Nice smiled at the USA’s stars on Sunday. Magnus Sheffield (Ineos Grenadiers) made the most of an animated stage 8, marked by the many attacks of Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), to claim his first victory in the World Tour. In his wake, Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike) finished second of the stage and thus sealed the overall victory in dominant fashion, putting the final touches to a triumph built both on the flat, especially with the echelons towards Berre-l’Étang (stage 6), and on the climbs. Already crowned in 2024, he is the tenth rider to win back-to-back editions of the Race to the Sun, following the likes of Jacques Anquetil (the first to do so, in 1965 and 1966), Sean Kelly (who holds the records with 7 wins in a row in the 1980s) and Max Schachmann (winner in 2020 and 2021). His runner-up Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) wins the best young rider standings and Thymen Arensman (Ineos Grenadiers) completes the overall podium, just ahead of Sheffield.
Stage 8
- Magnus Sheffield (Ineos Grenadiers) 2h48’37’’
- Matteo Jorgenson (Visma – Lease a Bike) +29’’
- Felix Gall (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) +35’’
GC
- Matteo Jorgenson (Visma – Lease a Bike) 26h26’42’’
- Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull – Bora – Hansgrohe) +1’15’’
- Thymen Arensman (Ineos Grenadiers) +1’58’’
