Friday was a great day for American cycling, with Brandon McNulty taking the race lead of Paris-Nice after escaping with compatriot Matteo Jorgenson on a stage won by Mattias Skjelmose of the US Lidl-Trek team.
Jorgenson (Visma-Lease A Bike) started the attack on the seemingly innocuous Côte de la Colle-sur-Loup, leaping away from the group with race leader Luke Plapp Jayco-AIUIa) and favourites Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) and Primož Roglič (Bora-Hansgrohe). McNulty (UAE Team Emirates) then bridged across with Skjelmose to Jorgenson and the trio gained nearly a minute by the line.
