Paris-Nice stage 4 winner João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) has rejected a widespread idea amongst his fellow riders that after bad weather had caused the competition to be neutralised during a short period before the finish, the day's racing should have been cancelled entirely .
Amongst those opposing the continuation of stage 4, as finally happened, was new race leader Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike). The Dane took second place at the Loge des Gardes summit behind Almeida. 'Everyone was freezing, nobody could feel their brakes," he said later.
