On Thursday, too, there was nothing with Pascal Ackermann’s longed-for first win of the season. The German sprinter came third in the victory of Irishman Sam Bennett, while Phil Bauhaus just missed the podium in fourth.
Sam Bennett (in green) wrestles down Nacer Bouhanni and Pascal Ackermann (from left).
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Sprinter Pascal Ackermann continues to pursue his first victory in the 2021 cycling season. On Thursday, on the fifth stage of the traditional Paris-Nice tour over 200.2 kilometers from Vienne to Bollène, the man from Palatinate took third place behind the Irish winner of the day Sam Bennett and the French Nacer Bouhanni. Fourth was Phil Bauhaus from Bocholt.
Chess man makes seconds up
In the overall standings, Ackermann’s team-mate and last year’s winner Maximilian Schachmann was able to catch up two seconds on leader Primoz Roglic in second. Thanks to the bonus seconds in the intermediate sprint, the Berliner is now 31 seconds behind the Slovenian Tour de France runner-up in the overall standings. American Brandon McNulty is still third, 37 seconds back.
Rising corona numbers: bike races are prohibited in Nice
On Friday, the sixth stage from Brignoles to Biot continues over 202.4 kilometers. Then the ASO organization has to come up with something. Because the last two stages cannot be held as planned over the weekend. The prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department, in which Nice is located, has tightened the measures again due to rising corona numbers and accordingly banned cycle races. How the race will be brought to an end has not yet been decided. The OSA wants to discuss with the authorities.
Corona had already thwarted the organizers’ bill last year. At that time, the last stage to Nice was canceled after the outbreak of the pandemic.
5. Etappe Vienne – Bollène (200 km):
1. Sam Bennett (Ireland) – Deceuninck-Quick-Step 5:16:01 hrs; 2. Nacer Bouhanni (France) – Team Arkea-Samsic + 0 Sec .; 3. Pascal Ackermann (Landau in the Palatinate) – Bora-hansgrohe; 4. Phil Bauhaus (Cologne) – Bahrain Victorious; 5. Giacomo Nizzolo (Italy) – Team Qhubeka Assos; 6. Alexander Kristoff (Norway) – UAE Team Emirates; 7. Bryan Coquard (France) – B&B Hotels p / b KTM; 8. Christophe Laporte (France) – Cofidis; 9. Rudy Barbier (France) – Israel Start-Up Nation; 10. Danny van Poppel (Netherlands) – Wanty-Gobert; … 18. John Degenkolb (Oberursel) – Lotto-Soudal; 21. Rick Zabel (Cologne) – Israel Start-Up Nation; 40. Maximilian Schachmann (Berlin) – Bora-hansgrohe; 49. André Greipel (Hürth) – Israel Start-Up Nation; 60. Simon Geschke (Freiburg im Breisgau) – Cofidis; 62. Maximilian Walscheid (Heidelberg) – Team Qhubeka Assos; 80. Jasha Sütterlin (Freiburg im Breisgau) – Team DSM; 114. Nils Politt (Huerth) – Bora-hansgrohe; 115. Jonas Rutsch (Erbach (Odenwald)) – EF Education-Nippo; 125. Michael Schwarzmann (Kempten) – Bora-hansgrohe + 35; 132. Jonas Koch (Schwäbisch Hall) – Wanty-Gobert + 53; Tony Martin (Kreuzlingen / Switzerland) – Jumbo-Visma eliminated
Overall ranking individual, status after the 5th stage:
1. Primoz Roglic (Slovenia) – Jumbo-Visma 18:42:41 hours; 2. Maximilian Schachmann (Berlin) – Bora-hansgrohe + 31 seconds; 3. Brandon McNulty (USA) – UAE Team Emirates + 37; 4. Jon Izagirre Insausti (Spain) – Astana-Premier Tech + 40; 5. Alexander Wlasow (Russia) – Astana-Premier Tech + 41; 6. Matteo Jorgenson (USA) – Movistar Team + 58; 7. Tiesj Benoot (Belgium) – Team DSM + 1:04 Min .; 8. Lucas Hamilton (Australia) – Team BikeExchange + 1:08; 9. Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spain) – Astana-Premier Tech + 1:11; 10. Pierre-Roger Latour (France) – Total Direct Energy + 1:12; … 17. Simon Geschke (Freiburg im Breisgau) – Cofidis + 1:37; 66. Nils Politt (Hürth) – Bora-hansgrohe + 10:48; 79. Jonas Koch (Schwäbisch Hall) – Wanty-Gobert + 13:47; 98. John Degenkolb (Oberursel) – Lotto-Soudal + 18:32; 105. Phil Bauhaus (Cologne) – Bahrain Victorious + 20:48; 124. Maximilian Walscheid (Heidelberg) – Team Qhubeka Assos + 22:36; 129. André Greipel (Hürth) – Israel Start-Up Nation + 23:09; 133. Michael Schwarzmann (Kempten) – Bora-hansgrohe + 23:34; 134. Pascal Ackermann (Landau in the Palatinate) – Bora-hansgrohe + 23:37; 137. Rick Zabel (Cologne) – Israel Start-Up Nation + 23:54; 138. Jasha Sütterlin (Freiburg im Breisgau) – Team DSM + 23:59; 146. Jonas Rutsch (Erbach (Odenwald)) – EF Education-Nippo + 29:58
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