The Danish cyclist Jonas Vingegaard has taken another giant step in its goal of achieving its first Paris-Nice with his second consecutive victory, in a solo exhibition after an attack on the climb to Saint Jean de Muzols, the penultimate obstacle of the day, where left Daniel Felipe Martínez and Georg Steinhauser in the lurchsecond and third, respectively, in the general classification.
On a sunny day, the double Tour de France winner took advantage of his moment to deliver a blow that seems definitive for the future of a career where he has once again shown strength, on this occasion, after take advantage of the inertia of his teammate Campenaerts with 20 kilometers to go from the finish line to cement an incontestable victory.
Result of stage 5 of the Paris Nice
The leader of Visma Lease a Bike crossed the finish line alone first with 2′ 02″ advantage over the Frenchman Paret-Peintrey 2′ 20″ over the chasing group where Harold Tejada beat Lenny Martínez and Ion Izagirre in the sprint to achieve third place in the stage.
With Vingegaard launched towards victory, the The fight from behind continued to maintain the podium positionswith the Colombian from Red Bull Bora Daniel Felipe Martínez and the German of Education First Greog Steinhauser enduring the constant pulls of the chasing group which included Lenny Martínez, Harold Tejada, Kévin Vauquelin and Mthys Rondel and Valentin Paret-Peintre, who stood out from the group to achieve second position.
Paris-Nice 2026 classification after stage 6
Paris-Nice 2026 classification after stage 5 ASO
After the Dane’s performance, the Ecuadorian remains second in the general classification, but already 3′ 22″ behind Vingegaaard, while the German was more than five minutes behind the leader with Ion Izaguirre as best Spanish classified in seventh place at 9′ 02″.
This Friday the sixth stage of Paris-Nice 2026 between Barbentane and Aptwith a 179 kilometer route and four mountain passes where Vingegaard defends a more than ample income in his goal of achieving his first Paris-Nice, in which it would be the third in a row for a Visma cyclist after Matteto Jorgenson’s triumphs in the 2024 and 2025 editions.
