Paris-Nice stage 2: Giacomo Nizzolo wins sprint, Schachmann holds GC lead

General classification contenders Vincenzo Nibali and Sergio Higuita finished safely in the front group, in a rainy and windy stage.

March 9, 2020 VeloNews.com

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Stage 2 of the 2020 Paris-Nice was won by Giacomo Nizzolo (NTT Pro Cycling), who opened a clear, bike-length lead on stage 1 winner Pascal Ackermann (Bora-Hansgrohe) in the final 100m. Jasper Stuyven rounds out the podium, finishing just a bike-length behind Ackermann.

“Actually we didn’t expect the rain today so it was even harder to get it.”

Nizzolo finished second in the 2020 Kuurne-Brusseles-Kuurne, just a week prior.

Maximilian Schachmann retains his lead of the general classification, finishing in eighth on the day.

General classification contenders Vincenzo Nibali (Trek-Segafredo) and Sergio Higuita (EF Pro Cycling) finished safely in the front group.

With about 40km remaining, the race was blown apart by crosswinds, forcing stage- and gc favorites to take refuge in echelons.

Nairo Quintana (Arkea Samsic) crashed at 25km, and was forced to chase back on, assisted by Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep) who had missed the selection due to a puncture at 30km remaining. The two would go on to finish 1:28 back of the NIzzolo group.

A confident Nizzolo also said, “What can I say? I’m really happy and I look forward for the next races now.”

Stage 3, Tuesday, travels from Chalette-sur-Loing to La Châtre, 212km.

Paris - Nice Stage 2 Results

Stage
Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	NIZZOLO Giacomo	NTT Pro Cycling	3:49:57
2	ACKERMANN Pascal	BORA - hansgrohe	0:00
3	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek - Segafredo	0:00
4	POLITT Nils	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:00
5	HIGUITA Sergio	EF Pro Cycling	0:00
6	WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:00
7	NIBALI Vincenzo	Trek - Segafredo	0:03
8	SCHACHMANN Maximilian	BORA - hansgrohe	0:03
9	GROßSCHARTNER Felix	BORA - hansgrohe	0:03
10	NEILANDS Krists	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:03
11	SAGAN Peter	BORA - hansgrohe	0:03
12	WALSCHEID Max	NTT Pro Cycling	0:18
13	VIVIANI Elia	Cofidis	0:18
14	HOFSTETTER Hugo	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:18
15	NAESEN Oliver	AG2R La Mondiale	0:18
16	ŠIŠKEVIČIUS Evaldas	NIPPO DELKO One Provence	0:18
17	KIRSCH Alex	Trek - Segafredo	0:18
18	BARDET Romain	AG2R La Mondiale	0:18
19	KONRAD Patrick	BORA - hansgrohe	0:18
20	PINOT Thibaut	Groupama - FDJ	0:18
21	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama - FDJ	0:18
22	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek - Segafredo	0:18
23	GOGL Michael	NTT Pro Cycling	0:18
24	CHEREL Mikaël	AG2R La Mondiale	0:18
25	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Pro Cycling	0:18
26	PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien	AG2R La Mondiale	0:18
27	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	Groupama - FDJ	0:18
28	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama - FDJ	0:18
29	PASQUALON Andrea	Circus - Wanty Gobert	0:36
30	RAJOVIĆ Dušan	NIPPO DELKO One Provence	0:36
31	DEGENKOLB John	Lotto Soudal	0:36
32	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	0:36
33	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	Groupama - FDJ	0:36
34	BENOOT Tiesj	Team Sunweb	0:36
35	GIBBONS Ryan	NTT Pro Cycling	0:36
36	TOUZÉ Damien	Cofidis	0:36
37	DUCHESNE Antoine	Groupama - FDJ	0:36
38	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren	Team Sunweb	0:36
39	GILBERT Philippe	Lotto Soudal	0:36
40	DOUBEY Fabien	Circus - Wanty Gobert	0:36
41	KANGERT Tanel	EF Pro Cycling	0:36
42	TEUNS Dylan	Bahrain - McLaren	0:36
43	BETTIOL Alberto	EF Pro Cycling	0:36
44	LEMOINE Cyril	Cofidis	0:36
45	WOODS Michael	EF Pro Cycling	0:36
46	HAUSSLER Heinrich	Bahrain - McLaren	0:36
47	GARCÍA CORTINA Iván	Bahrain - McLaren	0:36
48	SCULLY Tom	EF Pro Cycling	0:47
49	SCHWARZMANN Michael	BORA - hansgrohe	1:17
50	EEKHOFF Nils	Team Sunweb	1:22
51	MØRKØV Michael	Deceuninck - Quick Step	1:25
52	CAMPENAERTS Victor	NTT Pro Cycling	1:25
53	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Deceuninck - Quick Step	1:25
54	QUINTANA Nairo	Team Arkéa Samsic	1:25
55	ARNDT Nikias	Team Sunweb	1:25
56	COQUARD Bryan	B&B Hotels - Vital Concept p/b KTM	1:25
57	LE GAC Olivier	Groupama - FDJ	1:25
58	BOL Cees	Team Sunweb	1:25
59	BOUHANNI Nacer	Team Arkéa Samsic	1:25
60	DE BUYST Jasper	Lotto Soudal	1:25
61	THEUNS Edward	Trek - Segafredo	1:25
62	ŠTYBAR Zdeněk	Deceuninck - Quick Step	1:25
63	SWIFT Connor	Team Arkéa Samsic	1:31
64	ASGREEN Kasper	Deceuninck - Quick Step	1:44
65	CALMEJANE Lilian	Team Total Direct Energie	2:21
66	MARTIN Guillaume	Cofidis	2:21
67	JUNGELS Bob	Deceuninck - Quick Step	2:21
68	BARTHE Cyril	B&B Hotels - Vital Concept p/b KTM	3:05
69	MULLEN Ryan	Trek - Segafredo	3:05
70	VAN POPPEL Boy	Circus - Wanty Gobert	3:05
71	TRATNIK Jan	Bahrain - McLaren	3:05
72	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	EF Pro Cycling	3:05
73	VERMOTE Julien	Cofidis	3:05
74	SARREAU Marc	Groupama - FDJ	3:05
75	ALLEGAERT Piet	Cofidis	3:05
76	SAGAN Juraj	BORA - hansgrohe	3:05
77	BILBAO Pello	Bahrain - McLaren	3:05
78	DECLERCQ Tim	Deceuninck - Quick Step	3:05
79	DE GENDT Aimé	Circus - Wanty Gobert	3:05
80	BOIVIN Guillaume	Israel Start-Up Nation	3:05
81	DENZ Nico	Team Sunweb	3:05
82	VALGREN Michael	NTT Pro Cycling	3:05
83	BACKAERT Frederik	B&B Hotels - Vital Concept p/b KTM	3:05
84	DRUCKER Jempy	BORA - hansgrohe	3:05
85	VAN GESTEL Dries	Team Total Direct Energie	3:05
86	BENNETT Sam	Deceuninck - Quick Step	3:05
87	COSNEFROY Benoît	AG2R La Mondiale	3:05
88	KLUGE Roger	Lotto Soudal	3:05
89	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramūnas	NIPPO DELKO One Provence	3:37
90	COMBAUD Romain	NIPPO DELKO One Provence	3:37
91	DÍAZ José Manuel	NIPPO DELKO One Provence	3:37
92	MEURISSE Xandro	Circus - Wanty Gobert	3:37
93	ROSA Diego	Team Arkéa Samsic	3:37
94	ANACONA Winner	Team Arkéa Samsic	3:37
95	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain - McLaren	3:37
96	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto Soudal	3:37
97	EL FARES Julien	NIPPO DELKO One Provence	3:37
98	TRARIEUX Julien	NIPPO DELKO One Provence	3:37
99	PETERS Nans	AG2R La Mondiale	3:37
100	KREUZIGER Roman	NTT Pro Cycling	3:37
101	PORTE Richie	Trek - Segafredo	3:37
102	NOVAK Domen	Bahrain - McLaren	3:37
103	SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian	B&B Hotels - Vital Concept p/b KTM	3:37
104	CARUSO Damiano	Bahrain - McLaren	3:37
105	LAMPAERT Yves	Deceuninck - Quick Step	3:37
106	TERPSTRA Niki	Team Total Direct Energie	3:37
107	SIMON Julien	Team Total Direct Energie	3:37
108	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	B&B Hotels - Vital Concept p/b KTM	3:37
109	VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter	Circus - Wanty Gobert	3:37
110	PACHER Quentin	B&B Hotels - Vital Concept p/b KTM	3:37
111	CRADDOCK Lawson	EF Pro Cycling	3:37
112	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto Soudal	5:29
113	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	5:35
114	O'CONNOR Ben	NTT Pro Cycling	5:35
115	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis	5:35
116	LATOUR Pierre	AG2R La Mondiale	5:35
117	ELISSONDE Kenny	Trek - Segafredo	5:35
118	PETIT Adrien	Team Total Direct Energie	5:35
119	GOUGEARD Alexis	AG2R La Mondiale	5:35
120	GAUTIER Cyril	B&B Hotels - Vital Concept p/b KTM	5:35
121	DEVRIENDT Tom	Circus - Wanty Gobert	5:35
122	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	5:35
123	TURGIS Anthony	Team Total Direct Energie	5:35
124	FRISON Frederik	Lotto Soudal	5:35
125	BONIFAZIO Niccolò	Team Total Direct Energie	9:11
126	EWAN Caleb	Lotto Soudal	9:11
127	REZA Kévin	B&B Hotels - Vital Concept p/b KTM	9:11
128	VAN ASBROECK Tom	Israel Start-Up Nation	9:33
129	QUINTANA Dayer	Team Arkéa Samsic	9:33
130	BARBIER Rudy	Israel Start-Up Nation	9:33
131	BIERMANS Jenthe	Israel Start-Up Nation	9:33
132	MCLAY Daniel	Team Arkéa Samsic	11:21
133	HIVERT Jonathan	Team Total Direct Energie	11:21

GC
Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	SCHACHMANN Maximilian	BORA - hansgrohe	7:22:06
2	NIZZOLO Giacomo	NTT Pro Cycling	0:15
3	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek - Segafredo	0:21
4	HIGUITA Sergio	EF Pro Cycling	0:23
5	POLITT Nils	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:25
6	WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:25
7	GROßSCHARTNER Felix	BORA - hansgrohe	0:28
8	NEILANDS Krists	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:28
9	NIBALI Vincenzo	Trek - Segafredo	0:28
10	BENOOT Tiesj	Team Sunweb	0:38
11	TEUNS Dylan	Bahrain - McLaren	0:40
12	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama - FDJ	0:42
13	SAGAN Peter	BORA - hansgrohe	0:42
14	NAESEN Oliver	AG2R La Mondiale	0:43
15	PINOT Thibaut	Groupama - FDJ	0:43
16	DEGENKOLB John	Lotto Soudal	1:01
17	GILBERT Philippe	Lotto Soudal	1:01
18	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	1:01
19	DOUBEY Fabien	Circus - Wanty Gobert	1:01
20	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren	Team Sunweb	1:01
21	KANGERT Tanel	EF Pro Cycling	1:01
22	WOODS Michael	EF Pro Cycling	1:01
23	KONRAD Patrick	BORA - hansgrohe	1:16
24	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Deceuninck - Quick Step	1:32
25	BOL Cees	Team Sunweb	1:50
26	ŠTYBAR Zdeněk	Deceuninck - Quick Step	1:50
27	QUINTANA Nairo	Team Arkéa Samsic	1:50
28	ARNDT Nikias	Team Sunweb	1:50
29	ASGREEN Kasper	Deceuninck - Quick Step	2:09
30	CAMPENAERTS Victor	NTT Pro Cycling	2:14
31	LEMOINE Cyril	Cofidis	2:22
32	GARCÍA CORTINA Iván	Bahrain - McLaren	2:29
33	BARDET Romain	AG2R La Mondiale	3:10
34	ŠIŠKEVIČIUS Evaldas	NIPPO DELKO One Provence	3:10
35	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama - FDJ	3:10
36	DE BUYST Jasper	Lotto Soudal	3:19
37	SWIFT Connor	Team Arkéa Samsic	3:25
38	PASQUALON Andrea	Circus - Wanty Gobert	3:28
39	BILBAO Pello	Bahrain - McLaren	3:29
40	LE GAC Olivier	Groupama - FDJ	3:51
41	RAJOVIĆ Dušan	NIPPO DELKO One Provence	3:52
42	GIBBONS Ryan	NTT Pro Cycling	3:52
43	LAMPAERT Yves	Deceuninck - Quick Step	4:02
44	HOFSTETTER Hugo	Israel Start-Up Nation	4:09
45	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	Groupama - FDJ	4:09
46	HAUSSLER Heinrich	Bahrain - McLaren	4:12
47	PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien	AG2R La Mondiale	4:15
48	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	Groupama - FDJ	4:27
49	DUCHESNE Antoine	Groupama - FDJ	4:27
50	BETTIOL Alberto	EF Pro Cycling	4:27
51	JUNGELS Bob	Deceuninck - Quick Step	4:31
52	TOUZÉ Damien	Cofidis	4:33
53	THEUNS Edward	Trek - Segafredo	4:44
54	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	EF Pro Cycling	4:59
55	MARTIN Guillaume	Cofidis	5:13
56	CALMEJANE Lilian	Team Total Direct Energie	5:13
57	BOUHANNI Nacer	Team Arkéa Samsic	5:16
58	MØRKØV Michael	Deceuninck - Quick Step	5:22
59	VALGREN Michael	NTT Pro Cycling	5:57
60	CHEREL Mikaël	AG2R La Mondiale	6:04
61	VERMOTE Julien	Cofidis	6:12
62	BACKAERT Frederik	B&B Hotels - Vital Concept p/b KTM	6:12
63	KREUZIGER Roman	NTT Pro Cycling	6:29
64	EL FARES Julien	NIPPO DELKO One Provence	6:29
65	PORTE Richie	Trek - Segafredo	6:29
66	SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian	B&B Hotels - Vital Concept p/b KTM	6:29
67	PACHER Quentin	B&B Hotels - Vital Concept p/b KTM	6:29
68	CRADDOCK Lawson	EF Pro Cycling	6:29
69	VAN GESTEL Dries	Team Total Direct Energie	6:31
70	ANACONA Winner	Team Arkéa Samsic	6:44
71	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto Soudal	6:44
72	CARUSO Damiano	Bahrain - McLaren	6:44
73	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain - McLaren	6:53
74	SARREAU Marc	Groupama - FDJ	6:56
75	DRUCKER Jempy	BORA - hansgrohe	6:56
76	DECLERCQ Tim	Deceuninck - Quick Step	6:56
77	DÍAZ José Manuel	NIPPO DELKO One Provence	7:00
78	DE GENDT Aimé	Circus - Wanty Gobert	7:02
79	MEURISSE Xandro	Circus - Wanty Gobert	7:03
80	ALLEGAERT Piet	Cofidis	7:25
81	BENNETT Sam	Deceuninck - Quick Step	7:25
82	TRARIEUX Julien	NIPPO DELKO One Provence	7:28
83	TERPSTRA Niki	Team Total Direct Energie	7:28
84	VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter	Circus - Wanty Gobert	7:34
85	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis	8:51
86	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto Soudal	8:55
87	FRISON Frederik	Lotto Soudal	9:01
88	BOIVIN Guillaume	Israel Start-Up Nation	9:11
89	GAUTIER Cyril	B&B Hotels - Vital Concept p/b KTM	9:26
90	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	9:32
91	SCULLY Tom	EF Pro Cycling	9:48
92	VIVIANI Elia	Cofidis	10:01
93	COSNEFROY Benoît	AG2R La Mondiale	10:38
94	EEKHOFF Nils	Team Sunweb	11:05
95	VAN ASBROECK Tom	Israel Start-Up Nation	12:25
96	BIERMANS Jenthe	Israel Start-Up Nation	12:25
97	TRATNIK Jan	Bahrain - McLaren	12:48
98	SAGAN Juraj	BORA - hansgrohe	12:48
99	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	B&B Hotels - Vital Concept p/b KTM	13:20
100	QUINTANA Dayer	Team Arkéa Samsic	13:24
101	BONIFAZIO Niccolò	Team Total Direct Energie	13:31
102	COQUARD Bryan	B&B Hotels - Vital Concept p/b KTM	13:38
103	BARBIER Rudy	Israel Start-Up Nation	13:49
104	KLUGE Roger	Lotto Soudal	14:06
105	NOVAK Domen	Bahrain - McLaren	14:38
106	DENZ Nico	Team Sunweb	14:42
107	ACKERMANN Pascal	BORA - hansgrohe	14:51
108	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramūnas	NIPPO DELKO One Provence	15:14
109	WALSCHEID Max	NTT Pro Cycling	15:15
110	GOGL Michael	NTT Pro Cycling	15:15
111	KIRSCH Alex	Trek - Segafredo	15:15
112	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek - Segafredo	15:15
113	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Pro Cycling	15:15
114	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	15:18
115	ELISSONDE Kenny	Trek - Segafredo	15:18
116	LATOUR Pierre	AG2R La Mondiale	15:18
117	GOUGEARD Alexis	AG2R La Mondiale	15:18
118	SCHWARZMANN Michael	BORA - hansgrohe	16:14
119	MULLEN Ryan	Trek - Segafredo	18:02
120	BARTHE Cyril	B&B Hotels - Vital Concept p/b KTM	18:02
121	VAN POPPEL Boy	Circus - Wanty Gobert	18:02
122	COMBAUD Romain	NIPPO DELKO One Provence	18:34
123	ROSA Diego	Team Arkéa Samsic	18:34
124	PETERS Nans	AG2R La Mondiale	18:34
125	SIMON Julien	Team Total Direct Energie	18:34
126	EWAN Caleb	Lotto Soudal	20:12
127	O'CONNOR Ben	NTT Pro Cycling	20:32
128	PETIT Adrien	Team Total Direct Energie	20:32
129	TURGIS Anthony	Team Total Direct Energie	20:32
130	DEVRIENDT Tom	Circus - Wanty Gobert	20:32
131	REZA Kévin	B&B Hotels - Vital Concept p/b KTM	21:24
132	HIVERT Jonathan	Team Total Direct Energie	26:16
133	MCLAY Daniel	Team Arkéa Samsic	26:18

Points
Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	SCHACHMANN Maximilian	BORA - hansgrohe	21
2	NIZZOLO Giacomo	NTT Pro Cycling	19
3	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Deceuninck - Quick Step	13
4	BENOOT Tiesj	Team Sunweb	13
5	POLITT Nils	Israel Start-Up Nation	12
6	TEUNS Dylan	Bahrain - McLaren	12
7	ACKERMANN Pascal	BORA - hansgrohe	12
8	HIGUITA Sergio	EF Pro Cycling	11
9	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek - Segafredo	9
10	BOL Cees	Team Sunweb	6
11	WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads	Israel Start-Up Nation	5
12	GROßSCHARTNER Felix	BORA - hansgrohe	4
13	NIBALI Vincenzo	Trek - Segafredo	4
14	DÍAZ José Manuel	NIPPO DELKO One Provence	3
15	HIVERT Jonathan	Team Total Direct Energie	2
16	NEILANDS Krists	Israel Start-Up Nation	1
17	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama - FDJ	1
18	SAGAN Peter	BORA - hansgrohe	1
19	GARCÍA CORTINA Iván	Bahrain - McLaren	1
20	BILBAO Pello	Bahrain - McLaren	1
21	LAMPAERT Yves	Deceuninck - Quick Step	1

Mountains
Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	HIVERT Jonathan	Team Total Direct Energie	20
2	DÍAZ José Manuel	NIPPO DELKO One Provence	6
3	BENOOT Tiesj	Team Sunweb	4
4	VAN GESTEL Dries	Team Total Direct Energie	3
5	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Deceuninck - Quick Step	2
6	SAGAN Juraj	BORA - hansgrohe	2
7	COMBAUD Romain	NIPPO DELKO One Provence	2
8	TEUNS Dylan	Bahrain - McLaren	1
9	DENZ Nico	Team Sunweb	1

Youth
Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	HIGUITA Sergio	EF Pro Cycling	7:22:29
2	BOL Cees	Team Sunweb	1:27
3	ASGREEN Kasper	Deceuninck - Quick Step	1:46
4	GARCÍA CORTINA Iván	Bahrain - McLaren	2:06
5	SWIFT Connor	Team Arkéa Samsic	3:02
6	RAJOVIĆ Dušan	NIPPO DELKO One Provence	3:29
7	PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien	AG2R La Mondiale	3:52
8	TOUZÉ Damien	Cofidis	4:10
9	DÍAZ José Manuel	NIPPO DELKO One Provence	6:37
10	ALLEGAERT Piet	Cofidis	7:02
11	COSNEFROY Benoît	AG2R La Mondiale	10:15
12	EEKHOFF Nils	Team Sunweb	10:42
13	BIERMANS Jenthe	Israel Start-Up Nation	12:02
14	NOVAK Domen	Bahrain - McLaren	14:15
15	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek - Segafredo	14:52
16	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	14:55
17	BARTHE Cyril	B&B Hotels - Vital Concept p/b KTM	17:39
18	O'CONNOR Ben	NTT Pro Cycling	20:09

Teams
Rank	Name	Time
1	Israel Start-Up Nation	22:07:36
2	BORA - hansgrohe	0:03
3	EF Pro Cycling	0:51
4	Team Sunweb	1:30
5	Trek - Segafredo	2:45
6	Groupama - FDJ	2:52
7	Bahrain - McLaren	2:59
8	NTT Pro Cycling	3:24
9	Deceuninck - Quick Step	4:00
10	Lotto Soudal	4:03
11	AG2R La Mondiale	6:50
12	Cofidis	7:57
13	Team Arkéa Samsic	8:29
14	Circus - Wanty Gobert	9:42
15	NIPPO DELKO One Provence	12:13
16	B&B Hotels - Vital Concept p/b KTM	15:08
17	Team Total Direct Energie	17:54

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Paris-Nice stage 2: Giacomo Nizzolo wins sprint, Schachmann holds GC lead

General classification contenders Vincenzo Nibali and Sergio Higuita finished safely in the front group, in a rainy and windy stage.

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