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Sprinting for Seconds. PN23-4
Never one to miss a trick, Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) saw the chance to take some seconds out of his main rivals as the peloton came to the intermediate sprint in one big pack. He jumped clear and was chased all the way to the sprint point by Michael Matthew’s (Jayco-Alula) and Nathan Van Hooydonck (Jumbo-Visma). Given Matthew’s sprinting chops, it was all the more impressive that the GC man Pogacar was able to get the full six second bonus. Van Hoydonck was there to try to prevent his team leader losing seconds to the leader of UAE Team Emirates. I can only assume Matthew’s was after the sprint points jersey of Paris Nice.