Primoz Roglic mirrored his 2020 Tour de France last-gasp nightmare with another collapse to lose Paris-Nice to Germany's Max Schachmann on Sunday.

Primoz Roglic won his third stage of this year's Paris-Nice on Saturday, consolidating his lead in the yellow jersey with victory atop the summit finish at Valdeblore La Colmiane.

Overall leader Primoz Roglic extended his advantage by winning the sixth stage of Paris-Nice on Friday after the two closing days of racing were re-routed due to the coronavirus situation in southern France.

The routes of the last two stages of the Paris-Nice cycling race have been reconfigured to finish outside Nice to avoid a local Covid lockdown, the city mayor Christian Estrosi announced on Friday.

Primoz Roglic powered ahead of the peloton to win stage four of Paris-Nice on Wednesday and take the overall lead in the eight-day race, while Giro d'Italia winner Tao Geoghegan Hart was forced out after hitting his head in a fall.

Swiss youngster Stefan Bissegger made a statement as he won the Paris-Nice time trial on Tuesday to take the overall race lead in first World Tour season.

Outsider Cees Bol won a crash-strewn stage two of Paris-Nice on Monday as the industrious Australian Michael Matthews took the yellow jersey in his first major race for the Bike Exchange team.

Irish ace Sam Bennett won stage 1 of Paris-Nice on Sunday by timing a late surge to perfection in a mass bunch sprint.

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The cycling season gets serious Sunday as the eight-day mini-tour Paris-Nice gets underway featuring World No.1 Primoz Roglic and sub-plots galore.