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00:00Onto the eighth and final stage of Paris-Nice 2025, and finally a bit of blue sky after a week of battling the elements.
00:09Matteo Jorgensen has a 37-second lead over Florian Lippovitz at the top of the general classification,
00:15but we've come to expect the unexpected on the final day in Nice,
00:19and the American who lives in the city knows nothing will be settled until he crosses that finish line.
00:26I think we'll see every team try today. It's a short race, last day of the week.
00:31There's a lot of teams that haven't had a stage win, and there's also a big fight in the top ten for each of the placings,
00:37so I think we'll see a lot of racing today.
00:41It's set to be a chaotic stage then, and lots of riders will fancy their chances.
00:46While some will be eyeing up stage glory on the Promenade des Anglais,
00:50others will be hoping to improve their GC prospects or trying to defend their current position.
00:56Yeah, anything can happen, to be honest. It can change a lot in this last stage.
01:01I wish I had the legs, I hope I have the legs to do something,
01:05but I think if somebody attacks, it's always up and down, so it's everybody for themselves.
01:12It's going to be a hard one, but for sure the strongest rider will win.
01:16At just 120km, Stage 8 will be short and explosive,
01:21with climbs up the Col de la Porte, the Côte de Paix, the Col d'Aize and the Col du Quatre Chemins.
01:27It will definitely sting the legs, and any success will have to be earned.
01:31Prepare for an unpredictable and spectacular finale.
01:39I'm pleased to report, as you can see, the sky is blue.
01:43It's wonderful, the sun is shining, the sun is out.
01:46Well, as well as being sunny, the start today was fast and furious, and this man was on a mission.
01:51Mads Pedersen leading the peloton down the descent of the first climb,
01:55having tried to get in all the early moves.
01:57The former world champion looking to secure victory in the points classification
02:01by being first to the intermediate sprint on the Col d'Aize, and he was willing to take some risks.
02:07Oh, look at the way that Mads Pedersen just uses the whole road.
02:14Well, Pedersen had built a gap of more than a minute as they embarked on the final 50k,
02:19and he was soon leading the way onto the Col de Paix, 6.5k at 6.9%.
02:25Well, Red Bull Bora-Hansgrohe then decided to shake things up in the main bunch,
02:29sending Alexander Vlasov up the road.
02:33Alexander Vlasov of Red Bull Bora-Hansgrohe is on the move here.
02:38Well, Vlasov heading off in pursuit of Pedersen as his teammate Lipovits tried to go as well,
02:43but Jorgensen was marking the Germans every move.
02:52Well, Felix Galle also attacked, and shortly before the summit,
02:56he and Vlasov caught up with Pedersen at the front.
03:00That trio went over the top with around 15 seconds over the yellow jersey group,
03:04containing a dozen or so riders.
03:10Well, just before the intermediate sprint,
03:12the three leaders were joined by a fourth man, Magnus Sheffield.
03:16Well, a little further back, Jorgensen had decided that attack was the best form of defense.
03:23As now Jorgensen is starting to ride away from his closest rivals.
03:30Pedersen taking 10 precious points at the intermediate sprint
03:33enough to secure that green jersey and then pushing on with Sheffield.
03:39Well, they had dropped Galle and Vlasov, who were soon joined by Jorgensen.
03:43The final climb of the Col de Quatre Chemin was a climb too many though for Pedersen
03:48as Sheffield went solo at the front.
03:51The chasers soon passing the green jersey as well.
03:55Sheffield looking strong, but it wasn't a done deal just yet
03:58because he had Jorgensen on his tail.
04:00The two Americans fighting all the way to the Promenade des Anglais,
04:03but Sheffield had enough in the tank to hold off the yellow jersey
04:07and the champion elect of Paris Nice.
04:09A thrilling end to a superb race.
04:15The final stage of Paris Nice belongs to Magnus Sheffield.
04:19He takes his first WorldTour victory.
04:23The INEOS Grenadiers certainly livened things up this week.
04:26First with Tobias Voss, then in the crosswinds and finally here in Nice.
04:30Their reward was an overall podium for Timon Arendtsman
04:33and fourth place for an emotional Magnus Sheffield,
04:36delighted to finally land his first WorldTour win.
04:42I've been second so many times now.
04:46It's my first victory at the WorldTour level.
04:50It means so much.
04:53Cycling is really...
04:56Yeah, it's just so hard to win any race.
05:02It means really so much.
05:06Sheffield taking his fourth career win ahead of Jorgensen
05:09who came from the same development team, Hot Tubes.
05:12Gale finished second.
05:14I was so well supported this week.
05:16Today, I was pretty isolated.
05:18We knew that was going to be the case with our Jonas here in the mountains.
05:21But the rest of the week, we took full advantage
05:24of having a really strong team on the flats
05:26and just tactically and positioning.
05:31Everyone was committed.
05:32For sure.
05:33It was a great race.
05:34It was a great race.
05:35It was a great race.
05:36It was a great race.
05:37It was a great race.
05:38It was a great race.
05:39It was a great race.
05:40It was a great race.
05:41It was a great race.
05:42Everyone was committed from day one.
05:45That feels really, really good.
05:47I'm just so happy to be on this team
05:50and have won Paris-Renaissance two years in a row.
05:54It's crazy to say that.
05:57Jorgensen winning Paris-Renaissance for the second year running
06:00and doing so in some style
06:02despite the loss of his teammate Jonas Vingegaard.
06:04Lippovitz and Arendtsman complete the podium
06:07while Schompassin was the highest placed Frenchman
06:09in seventh overall.
06:12Pedersen had a superb end to this Paris-Renaissance
06:15winning stage six in the crosswinds
06:17then collecting enough points in the mountains
06:19to take green ahead of Jorgensen.
06:21Tim Melia withdrew on the final day.
06:25Tomagashinya goes home with the polka dot jersey
06:28with none of the top KOM contenders taking points today.
06:31Stora and Almeida were second and third in that classification.
06:36Finally, Lippovitz, the overall runner-up
06:38dominated the Best Young Rider competition.
06:41A former biathlete taking white
06:43by just over a minute from Sheffield.
06:47And so the curtain falls on this 83rd Paris-Renaissance
06:50which lived up to all its promises
06:52as we turn our attention to the spring classics.
06:55Join us again soon and as ever, thanks for watching.