The 5th stage of Paris-Nice 2023 was also the longest of this year's long-distance race. After 212.4 kilometres between Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise and Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateau, there was a bunch sprint won by Dutch rider Olav Kooij (Jumbo-Visma) in its favour.
Kanter sprints to fifth place
The former speed skater broke away from the slipstream of Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) and could no longer be caught. Behind him, Pedersen took second place. Third place went to Tim Merlier (Soudal - Quick Step). The best German was Max Kanter (Movistar) in fifth place.
There were no shifts in the top 10 in the overall standings, although the leader Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) to second-placed David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) lost some time. The Frenchman secured six bonus seconds at the intermediate sprint, Pogacar only two. This reduced Gaudu's deficit to six seconds in the overall standings.
Paris-Nice 2023: Stage 5 results
- 1st Olav Kooij (Jumbo-Visma) 5:19:54
- 2nd Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) +0:00
- 3rd Tim Merlier (Soudal - Quick Step) +0:00
- 4th Matteo Trentin (UAE Team Emirates) +0:00
- 5th Max Kanter (Movistar) +0:00
- 6th Bryan Coquard (Cofidis) +0:00
- 7th Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe) +0:00
- 8th Arne Marit (Intermarche-Circus-Wanty) +0:00
- 9th Hugo Page (Intermarche-Circus-Wanty) +0:00
- 10th Cees Bol (Astana Qazaqstan Team) +0:00
Paris-Nice 2023: The standings in the overall standings
- 1st Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) 17:14:52
- 2nd David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) +0:06
- 3rd Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) +0:46
- 4th Simon Yates (Team Jayco-AlUla) +0:58
- 5th Gino Mäder (Bahrain-Victorious) +1:21
- 6th Romain Bardet (Team DSM) +1:42
- 7th Daniel Felipe Martinez (Ineos Grenadiers) +1:42
- 8th Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar) +1:44
- 9th Neilson Powless (EF Education EasyPost) +1:46
- 10th Matteo Sobrero (Team Jayco-AlUla) +1:56
