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![Bahrain Victorious' French rider Lenny Martinez celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win during the 5th stage of the Paris-Nice cycling race, 203,3 km between Saint-Just-en-Chevalet and La Côte-Saint-André, on March 13, 2025. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP) (Photo by ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP via Getty Images)]()
Martinez celebrates victory on level 5(Symbol credit score: Getty Photographs)
Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious) conquered the steep ultimate climb to win level 5 of Paris-Great, powering to victory atop the Côte de Notre-Dame-de-Sciez forward of Clément Champoussin (XDS Astana).
Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Hire a Motorbike) set a ferocious tempo up the second one part of the climb however used to be simply overtaken by means of an acceleration from Martinez to the road, regardless that the American will take the race lead again from teammate Jonas Vingegaard. The American needed to accept 3rd on the end.
It used to be a foul day for Vingegaard within the yellow jersey after he suffered a reputedly risk free crash however used to be then obviously in ache as he struggled to compare the GC favourites at the climb and misplaced a piece of time in addition to the race lead.
The 5 tricky climbs packed into the overall 50km of level 5 made for a hard day in France, with a cagey finale prior to the GC struggle exploded at the punishing 11% slopes of the remaining climb, ushering in an important reshuffling of the highest 10.
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Martinez celebrates victory on level 5(Symbol credit score: Getty Photographs)
