"Was the maximum"
Gall third on the final day of the Paris-Nice stage
Professional cyclist Felix Gall didn't miss much on Sunday for his first victory since winning a stage at the Tour de France 2023. The East Tyrolean finished third on the final stage of the long-distance Paris-Nice, beaten only by the Americans Magnus Sheffield and Matteo Jorgenson. In the overall classification won by Jorgenson, Gall, who had already ridden strongly on Saturday, improved to 18th place.
Up until the weekend, the top-class World Tour race had not gone according to plan for Gall. On the penultimate day, however, the Decathlon captain climbed to sixth place in the sleet and snow, and at the end in the mountainous hinterland of Nice he even had victory in sight. On the final climb, Gall shook off leader Jorgenson for a while and came close to Sheffield, who had broken away earlier, but he was unable to make up the last few seconds.
"That was the maximum"
On the final descent back to Nice, Gall lost touch with Jorgenson. "That was the maximum, the other two were very strong. I tried it in the final. Maybe I used up a bit too much energy beforehand, but I'm very happy that I was able to finish the race like this," said Gall. He finished around half a minute behind Sheffield and six seconds behind Jorgenson.
The latter had already won the race, which ended in his adopted home town, last year; his Visma co-captain Jonas Vingegaard had dropped out of the race on Thursday, which was characterized by a lot of rain and cold, with crash injuries. Gall had had particular problems on Wednesday in the cold and wet weather.
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