Paris - Nice 2025: Martinez wins on steep finish, Jorgenson new leader

foto: Cor VosThe Race to the Sun serves up a race with the last 50 kilometres packed with short ramps, before the finish line is situated atop a 1.7-kilometre kicker at 11.1%. That's where the battle rages. Matteo Jorgenson leads the charge, but Lenny Martinez takes the spoils." (Slideshow route/profile)

Results 5th stage 2025 Paris-Nice 2025

1. Lenny Martinez (fra)
2. Clément Champoussin (fra) + 0.03
3. Matteo Jorgenson (usa) s.t.
4. Harold Tejada (col) s.t.
5. Florian Lipowitz (ger) + 0.06
6. João Almeida (por) + 0.07
7. Brandon McNulty (usa) + 0.11
8. Ilan Van Wilder (bel) + 0.16
9. Magnus Sheffield (usa) s.t.
10. Aurélien Paret-Peintre (fra) + 0.18

16. Jonas Vingegaard (den) + 0.26

GC after stage 5
1. Matteo Jorgenson (usa)
2. Jonas Vingegaard (den) + 0.22
3. Florian Lipowitz (ger) + 0.36
4. João Almeida (por) + 0.40
5. Lenny Martinez (fra) + 0.55
6. Mattias Skjelmose (den) + 0.57
7. Brandon McNulty (usa) + 1.05
8. Thymen Arensman (nld) + 1.14
9. Clément Champoussin (fra) + 1.22
10. Harold Tejada (col) + 1.24

Race report
It takes a almost 40 kilometres for the first break to form, when Michael Matthews teams up with Sean Flynn and Anders Skaarseth. Mauro Schmid, Bruno Armirail, and Anthony Turgis set off in pursuit. They join up, but the peloton doesn’t agree, and opens the chase.

As the gap drops below 10 seconds, Joshua Tarling, Warren Barguil, Jonas Abrahamsen, and Oscar Riesebeek jump across to the lead group. Moments later, they are swallowed up by the bunch.

Ben Swift and Thibaud Gruel set off on an unclassified climb after almost 70 kilometres. They open up a 4-minute lead.

The gap drops below 1 minute on the Côte de Sibuze, which inspires Tobias Foss to jump across. The Norwegian heads out alone on the Côte de Chavagneux, before he is caught inside the final 5 kilometres.

GC leader Jonas Vingegaard, who crashed earlier in the race, starts the final climb from the back and is unable to make any impact. His teammate Matteo Jorgenson, on the other hand, leads the charge until Lenny Martinez comes around him in the final stretches, quickly opening up a significant gap.

The Frenchman wins the stage with a 3-second lead over Clément Champoussin and Jorgenson. The American, who wore the leader’s jersey earlier, reclaims the GC lead from Vingegaard, who, as proved afterwards, suffered a hand injury in his crash.

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