Paris Nice '25, Stage 4: Getting Some Back

Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) jumped out of the chasers to claim victory atop La Loge des Gardes becoming the next member of his team to beat Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) on this climb.  For his part, Vingegaard's second place on the stage was enough for him to take the Maillot Jaune off of the shoulders of his teammate, dropping Matteo Jorgenson into second place by a mere five seconds.  Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) claiming third and a few bonus seconds moved him into the Maillot Blanc of the best young rider.  Just behind Skjelmose is Lenny Martinez (Bahrain-Martinez).  The title comes from the fact the Almeida and his team didn't have a great team time trial, so this victory moves him back into contention for the final yellow jersey, since he moved up thirteen places on the GC. He now sits thrity-seven seconds off of the lead in fifth place.

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"Getting Some Back PN25-17" (Original art by Greig Leach)

Paris Nice '25, Stage 4: Taking His Shot

Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) had been covering each attack on the climb of La Loge des Gardes theoretically in aide of his team leader and the Maillot Jaune, Matteo Jorgenson.  He then decided he should go ahead and press on his own.  Either Jorgenson had let him and the team know that he didn't have the legs today, or Vingegaard wanted to shine on this climb after basically losing the Tour de France on this hill last year.  Regardless, he has about seven seconds on the ragtag remnants of the peloton with about seven hundred meters left to climb.

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"Taking His Shot PN25-16" (Original art by Greig Leach)

Paris Nice '25, Stage 4: Attacking on the Final Climb

With everyone warmed back up, the sun back out, and most of the breakaway caught, it was time for the general classification guys to fight it out on the final climb.  The first to attack on La Loge des Gardes was the current Maillot Blanc (although you can't see it for the rain gear), Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe).  He was quickly covered by the guy in second place in the young rider's competion, Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek).  Of course, both Matteo Jorgenson (hidden) and Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) weren't about to let the move go, either.

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"Attacking on the Final Climb PN25-15" (Original art by Greig Leach)