Monday, March 4th, Montargis, 2nd stage – Perfectly led-out by veteran Matteo Trentin, Arvid de Kleijn (Tudor Pro Cycling Team) upset the favourites to win the 179-km second stage of Paris-Nice in Montargis on Monday. The 2023 Milan-Turin winner surged in the final stretch to narrowly beat New Zealand’s Laurence Pithie, who took the race leader’s yellow and white jersey away from Dutchman Olav Kooij, never in contention in the finale. Another Dutchman, Dylan Groenewegen (Team Jayco AlUla) was third. France’s Mathieu Burgaudeau took advantage of the two climbs of the day to take the polka-dot jersey away from Germany’s Jonas Rutsch (EF-Easypost).
STAGE CLASSIFICATION
- Arvid De Kleijn (Tudor Pro Cycling Team) 4h41’02’’
- Laurence Pithie (Groupama – FDJ) +00’’
- Dylan Groenewegen (Team Jayco AlUla) +00’’
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION
- Laurence Pithie (Groupama – FDJ) 8h17’20”
- Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) +00’’
- Olav Kooij (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) +00’’
