Paris-Nice was thrown into chaos and the overall turned upside down on Wednesday, as a late high-speed mass crash forced GC leader Juan Ayuso (Lidl-Trek) and other top riders to abandon injured, whilst Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) captured the victory and the yellow jersey in the race's first summit finish overall.
On the last kilometre of the category 1 ascent to Uchon, Vingegaard blasted away from the tiny front group of three who had managed to avoid the major crash that left Ayuso out of the race, finishing nearly a minute ahead of Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe leader Dani Martínez, his teammate Tim Van Dijke claimed third.
