Greig Leach

Simon Yates (BikeExchange-Jayco) had covered the move by Nairo Quintana (Arkea-Samsic) that had dropped the race leader Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) and his teammate, Wout Van Aert. Yates kept going and dropped the Colombian climb as well. Now he was off on his own with a twenty second lead as he crested the final climb of Paris Nice. He would need to open up a thrity five second gap and hope that Roglic didn't get any of the bonus seconds on offer at the finish line if he was to take out the final Maillot Jaune. Two years ago, he had lost the lead in Paris Nice on the final day, so there was some poetic justice to be had if he could take the lead on the final day today. He was certainly doing what he had to do to bring that about.