Paris-Nice stage 7: Schachmann hangs on to win overall, Quintana wins stage

Schachmann survives late attack from second-place Benoot to take overall, Quintana takes stage atop La Colmiane climb.

VALDEBLORE LA COLMIANE, FRANCE - MARCH 14: Start / Podium / Maximilian Schachmann of Germany and Team Bora - Hansgrohe Yellow Leader Jersey / Nice City / during the 78th Paris - Nice 2020 - Stage 7 a 166,5km stage from Nice to Valdeblore La Colmiane 1500m / Paris - Nice 2020 final stage as part of the fight against the spread of the Coronavirus / #ParisNice / @parisnicecourse / PN / on March 14, 2020 in Valdeblore La Colmiane, France. (Photo by Luc Claessen/Getty Images)

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Published March 14, 2020 10:32AM

Max Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) took the overall of Paris-Nice Saturday, while Nairo Quintana (Arkea-Samsic) continued his string of early-season success by taking the stage.

Schachmann did just enough to limit the damage caused by an attack in the final kilometer by Tiesj Benoot (Sunweb), who had started just 36 seconds back on the overall. Benoot’s late acceleration bagged him second on the stage, but not enough time to overhaul Schachmann in the GC. Instead, the Belgian had to settle for second overall, with Sergio Higuita (EF Pro Cycling) filling out the GC podium.

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Having won the opening stage and held the leader’s jersey ever since, Schachmann’s overall victory came off the back of a solid performance from his Bora-Hansgrohe teammates, who kept their leader in contention through a stage littered with attacking threats.

“For me it was a really hard finish, the last three kilometers… it was a walk through a world of pain, but right now it’s like being in heaven,” said Schachmann after the race.

“It’s already the fourth year of my career, but it’s the biggest success so far, and one of the most important steps,” he said. “It feels so great, because all of my life people were doubting me as a GC rider, but it was always my dream.”

Quintana’s win comes off the back of a string of wins in French races last month. Photo: Luc Claessen/Getty Images

Quintana won his fifth stage of the season after attacking out of a select GC group with four kilometers to go on the grinding 16-kilometer climb to La Colmiane. After several seasons of disappointment, the Colombian has rocketed back into form with his new French team.

“It’s a come back with elegance, and I like to win with elegance,” said Quintana. “We were very motivated to do everything well this year, and the team worked really hard today for me. People always say ‘Nairo always asks a lot from the team,’ and today, that was the result of me asking a lot from the team.”

Saturday’s seventh stage of Paris-Nice served as the finale of a race scheduled to run for eight stages and finish Sunday. Sunday’s stage was canceled after teams and race organizers decided to cancel the originally-planned closer around Nice due to the impacts of the coronavirus epidemic. As the global health crisis continues to wreak havoc on the spring cycling season, Paris-Nice may have served as the last professional race we see for some weeks.

Paris – Nice Stage 7 Results

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	QUINTANA Nairo	Team Arkéa Samsic	4:27:01.000
2	BENOOT Tiesj	Team Sunweb	0:46.000
3	PINOT Thibaut	Groupama – FDJ	0:56.000
4	HIGUITA Sergio	EF Pro Cycling	0:56.000
5	NIBALI Vincenzo	Trek – Segafredo	0:56.000
6	SCHACHMANN Maximilian	BORA – hansgrohe	0:58.000
7	MARTIN Guillaume	Cofidis	1:19.000
8	KANGERT Tanel	EF Pro Cycling	1:22.000
9	BARDET Romain	AG2R La Mondiale	1:32.000
10	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama – FDJ	1:32.000
11	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto Soudal	1:48.000
12	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren	Team Sunweb	2:10.000
13	GROßSCHARTNER Felix	BORA – hansgrohe	3:36.000
14	PORTE Richie	Trek – Segafredo	3:40.000
15	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	3:54.000
16	MEURISSE Xandro	Circus – Wanty Gobert	3:54.000
17	DOUBEY Fabien	Circus – Wanty Gobert	3:58.000
18	DEGENKOLB John	Lotto Soudal	4:44.000
19	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek – Segafredo	4:44.000
20	LE GAC Olivier	Groupama – FDJ	4:44.000
21	ELISSONDE Kenny	Trek – Segafredo	5:40.000
22	PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien	AG2R La Mondiale	6:04.000
23	JUNGELS Bob	Deceuninck – Quick Step	6:35.000
24	GILBERT Philippe	Lotto Soudal	7:06.000
25	COMBAUD Romain	NIPPO DELKO One Provence	7:31.000
26	BOL Cees	Team Sunweb	7:50.000
27	KREUZIGER Roman	NTT Pro Cycling	8:10.000
28	ŠTYBAR Zdeněk	Deceuninck – Quick Step	8:10.000
29	PACHER Quentin	B&B Hotels – Vital Concept p/b KTM	9:19.000
30	BARTHE Cyril	B&B Hotels – Vital Concept p/b KTM	9:19.000
31	DECLERCQ Tim	Deceuninck – Quick Step	9:19.000
32	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Deceuninck – Quick Step	9:56.000
33	ARNDT Nikias	Team Sunweb	9:56.000
34	ANACONA Winner	Team Arkéa Samsic	9:56.000
35	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama – FDJ	12:27.000
36	DENZ Nico	Team Sunweb	13:07.000
37	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis	13:40.000
38	BETTIOL Alberto	EF Pro Cycling	14:19.000
39	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto Soudal	14:59.000
40	GIBBONS Ryan	NTT Pro Cycling	14:59.000
41	VERMOTE Julien	Cofidis	14:59.000
42	ASGREEN Kasper	Deceuninck – Quick Step	14:59.000
43	DUCHESNE Antoine	Groupama – FDJ	14:59.000
44	SWIFT Connor	Team Arkéa Samsic	14:59.000
45	SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian	B&B Hotels – Vital Concept p/b KTM	14:59.000
46	PASQUALON Andrea	Circus – Wanty Gobert	14:59.000
47	VAN GESTEL Dries	Team Total Direct Energie	14:59.000
48	VALGREN Michael	NTT Pro Cycling	14:59.000
49	QUINTANA Dayer	Team Arkéa Samsic	14:59.000
50	CHEREL Mikaël	AG2R La Mondiale	17:03.000
51	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	Groupama – FDJ	17:34.000
52	ŠIŠKEVIČIUS Evaldas	NIPPO DELKO One Provence	18:49.000
53	MØRKØV Michael	Deceuninck – Quick Step	18:49.000
54	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	19:08.000
55	KONRAD Patrick	BORA – hansgrohe	19:08.000
56	TERPSTRA Niki	Team Total Direct Energie	19:10.000
57	THEUNS Edward	Trek – Segafredo	19:27.000
58	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	21:56.000
59	ALLEGAERT Piet	Cofidis	21:56.000
60	TRARIEUX Julien	NIPPO DELKO One Provence	21:56.000
61	DÍAZ José Manuel	NIPPO DELKO One Provence	21:56.000

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	SCHACHMANN Maximilian	BORA – hansgrohe	27:14:23.000
2	BENOOT Tiesj	Team Sunweb	0:18.000
3	HIGUITA Sergio	EF Pro Cycling	0:59.000
4	NIBALI Vincenzo	Trek – Segafredo	1:16.000
5	PINOT Thibaut	Groupama – FDJ	1:24.000
6	QUINTANA Nairo	Team Arkéa Samsic	1:30.000
7	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama – FDJ	2:03.000
8	KANGERT Tanel	EF Pro Cycling	2:16.000
9	GROßSCHARTNER Felix	BORA – hansgrohe	3:39.000
10	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren	Team Sunweb	4:36.000
11	DOUBEY Fabien	Circus – Wanty Gobert	5:36.000
12	MARTIN Guillaume	Cofidis	6:37.000
13	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek – Segafredo	8:10.000
14	GILBERT Philippe	Lotto Soudal	8:57.000
15	JUNGELS Bob	Deceuninck – Quick Step	10:36.000
16	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Deceuninck – Quick Step	11:00.000
17	DEGENKOLB John	Lotto Soudal	11:36.000
18	LE GAC Olivier	Groupama – FDJ	12:01.000
19	BARDET Romain	AG2R La Mondiale	12:44.000
20	ŠTYBAR Zdeněk	Deceuninck – Quick Step	13:14.000
21	PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien	AG2R La Mondiale	16:27.000
22	MEURISSE Xandro	Circus – Wanty Gobert	17:12.000
23	ARNDT Nikias	Team Sunweb	17:34.000
24	KREUZIGER Roman	NTT Pro Cycling	18:20.000
25	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto Soudal	19:09.000
26	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	19:20.000
27	VALGREN Michael	NTT Pro Cycling	22:53.000
28	CHEREL Mikaël	AG2R La Mondiale	26:40.000
29	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama – FDJ	26:56.000
30	ASGREEN Kasper	Deceuninck – Quick Step	26:56.000
31	DECLERCQ Tim	Deceuninck – Quick Step	26:59.000
32	ANACONA Winner	Team Arkéa Samsic	27:55.000
33	SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian	B&B Hotels – Vital Concept p/b KTM	30:44.000
34	KONRAD Patrick	BORA – hansgrohe	30:55.000
35	ELISSONDE Kenny	Trek – Segafredo	31:00.000
36	PASQUALON Andrea	Circus – Wanty Gobert	31:32.000
37	COMBAUD Romain	NIPPO DELKO One Provence	31:50.000
38	BOL Cees	Team Sunweb	32:01.000
39	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	Groupama – FDJ	34:58.000
40	PACHER Quentin	B&B Hotels – Vital Concept p/b KTM	35:25.000
41	PORTE Richie	Trek – Segafredo	36:04.000
42	VERMOTE Julien	Cofidis	38:36.000
43	SWIFT Connor	Team Arkéa Samsic	39:47.000
44	BETTIOL Alberto	EF Pro Cycling	40:03.000
45	DÍAZ José Manuel	NIPPO DELKO One Provence	40:13.000
46	DUCHESNE Antoine	Groupama – FDJ	41:30.000
47	GIBBONS Ryan	NTT Pro Cycling	41:31.000
48	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis	41:52.000
49	ŠIŠKEVIČIUS Evaldas	NIPPO DELKO One Provence	43:24.000
50	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	44:01.000
51	QUINTANA Dayer	Team Arkéa Samsic	44:02.000
52	MØRKØV Michael	Deceuninck – Quick Step	45:11.000
53	THEUNS Edward	Trek – Segafredo	45:36.000
54	ALLEGAERT Piet	Cofidis	51:55.000
55	TRARIEUX Julien	NIPPO DELKO One Provence	52:53.000
56	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	54:16.000
57	BARTHE Cyril	B&B Hotels – Vital Concept p/b KTM	55:23.000
58	TERPSTRA Niki	Team Total Direct Energie	56:50.000
59	VAN GESTEL Dries	Team Total Direct Energie	56:55.000
60	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto Soudal	57:12.000
61	DENZ Nico	Team Sunweb	57:17.000

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	BENOOT Tiesj	Team Sunweb	43
2	SCHACHMANN Maximilian	BORA – hansgrohe	38
3	HIGUITA Sergio	EF Pro Cycling	28
4	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Deceuninck – Quick Step	22
5	QUINTANA Nairo	Team Arkéa Samsic	16
6	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	16
7	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren	Team Sunweb	15
8	NIBALI Vincenzo	Trek – Segafredo	15
9	PASQUALON Andrea	Circus – Wanty Gobert	14
10	PINOT Thibaut	Groupama – FDJ	13
11	BOL Cees	Team Sunweb	13
12	ASGREEN Kasper	Deceuninck – Quick Step	11
13	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto Soudal	10
14	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek – Segafredo	9
15	JUNGELS Bob	Deceuninck – Quick Step	9
16	MARTIN Guillaume	Cofidis	7
17	BARDET Romain	AG2R La Mondiale	6
18	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis	4
19	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama – FDJ	4
20	GROßSCHARTNER Felix	BORA – hansgrohe	4
21	DEGENKOLB John	Lotto Soudal	4
22	BETTIOL Alberto	EF Pro Cycling	3
23	DÍAZ José Manuel	NIPPO DELKO One Provence	3
24	KANGERT Tanel	EF Pro Cycling	3
25	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama – FDJ	3
26	ANACONA Winner	Team Arkéa Samsic	1
27	PORTE Richie	Trek – Segafredo	1

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis	53
2	BENOOT Tiesj	Team Sunweb	19
3	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto Soudal	18
4	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Deceuninck – Quick Step	16
5	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	15
6	QUINTANA Nairo	Team Arkéa Samsic	10
7	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren	Team Sunweb	8
8	DÍAZ José Manuel	NIPPO DELKO One Provence	7
9	NIBALI Vincenzo	Trek – Segafredo	6
10	PINOT Thibaut	Groupama – FDJ	6
11	PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien	AG2R La Mondiale	6
12	HIGUITA Sergio	EF Pro Cycling	5
13	BARDET Romain	AG2R La Mondiale	5
14	ASGREEN Kasper	Deceuninck – Quick Step	3
15	BETTIOL Alberto	EF Pro Cycling	3
16	VAN GESTEL Dries	Team Total Direct Energie	3
17	SCHACHMANN Maximilian	BORA – hansgrohe	2
18	COMBAUD Romain	NIPPO DELKO One Provence	2
19	MARTIN Guillaume	Cofidis	1
20	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama – FDJ	1
21	ANACONA Winner	Team Arkéa Samsic	1
22	KONRAD Patrick	BORA – hansgrohe	1
23	DENZ Nico	Team Sunweb	1

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	HIGUITA Sergio	EF Pro Cycling	27:15:22.000
2	PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien	AG2R La Mondiale	15:28.000
3	ASGREEN Kasper	Deceuninck – Quick Step	25:57.000
4	BOL Cees	Team Sunweb	31:02.000
5	SWIFT Connor	Team Arkéa Samsic	38:48.000
6	DÍAZ José Manuel	NIPPO DELKO One Provence	39:14.000
7	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	43:02.000
8	ALLEGAERT Piet	Cofidis	50:56.000
9	BARTHE Cyril	B&B Hotels – Vital Concept p/b KTM	54:24.000

Rank	Name	Time
1	Team Sunweb	81:52:39.000
2	Groupama – FDJ	3:25.000
3	Trek – Segafredo	9:19.000
4	Lotto Soudal	15:31.000
5	EF Pro Cycling	19:17.000
6	Deceuninck – Quick Step	21:06.000
7	BORA – hansgrohe	24:38.000
8	Circus – Wanty Gobert	30:51.000
9	AG2R La Mondiale	33:41.000
10	Team Arkéa Samsic	43:03.000
11	NTT Pro Cycling	46:56.000
12	Cofidis	48:28.000
13	NIPPO DELKO One Provence	1:25:14.000
14	B&B Hotels – Vital Concept p/b KTM	1:31:46.000

Results provided by ProCyclingStats.

Max Schachmann Nairo Quintana Paris-Nice Racing Sergio Higuita Tiesj Benoot

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