2017 Paris Nice 5-12 March

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The peloton very much thinned out on the first climb of the Bourigaille, but all the main GC favourites are in there. Sergio Henao is tucked in between teammates at the head of the line.

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30km remaining from 192km

The road levels out and starts to head uphill for our two leaders.

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De Marchi and Sepulveda drive out of the saddle to tackle these double-digit gradients.

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No attacks just yet as Sky tap out a steady rhythm on the front. We've seen this before. Deignan has pulled off but Henao still has two men with him.

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Alaphilippe tags onto the Sky men, but this group has thinned out massively.

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Contador is off the back here.

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Sergio Henao leads the bunch over the first crossing of the finish line. It's also an intermediate sprint point, and so the Colombian gains one second for the GC.

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The group of favourites closes in on the leaders. De Marchi calls it quits, while Sepulveda tries to drag it out for a bit longer.

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21.2km remaining from 192km

Sepulveda is caught

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Yellow jersey in the first few wheels

Defending

Pain etched

Does he have what it takes to spend one more day in yellow

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Tomorrow's stage finishes with a 15 kms climb ????

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Gilbert has been dropped, we remind you. Demare and Molard are the other members of the top 10 not present in this group.

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Simon Yates attacks!

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The Orica-Scott man is wearing the white jersey of best young rider, on loan from Alaphilippe, and he has a few seconds over the rest as he comes over the top.

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Yates is 15th overall at 2:16.

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Nieve pulls off now, leaving Henao at the head of the group. Fuglsang's dig comes to nought and Dan Martin now leads the group down the hill.