Bennett getting close to top ten in Paris-Nice after time trial
After the fifth stage in Paris-Nice, George Bennett has moved up to thirteenth place in the general classification. The leader of Team Jumbo-Visma rode a reasonable time trial and eventually finished one and a half minute behind stage winner Simon Yates. In the overall standings, Bennett is now trailing at 1.43 from leader Michal Kwiatkowski. The other Team Jumbo-Visma riders came through the time trial unscathed. Dylan Groenewegen retains his green points jersey.
"It is not the result that I was hoping for, but it was not bad either", Bennett said. “I was hoping to take some time here on the other GC riders and that didn't really work out. The time trial was pretty flat. There was a lot of wind. The time gaps are not big, so everything is still possible in the mountains. I am looking forward to it."
Paris-Nice Stage 5
Stage 5 (ITT)
Result
1
Simon Yates
Mitchelton-Scott
00:30:26
2
Nils Politt
Team Katusha Alpecin
+0:07
3
Michał Kwiatkowski
Team Sky
+0:11
40
George Bennett
Team Jumbo-Visma
+1:31
53
Mike Teunissen
Team Jumbo-Visma
+1:48
60
Pascal Eenkhoorn
Team Jumbo-Visma
+2:06
101
Maarten Wynants
Team Jumbo-Visma
+3:00
110
Amund Grøndahl Jansen
Team Jumbo-Visma
+3:13
137
Bert-Jan Lindeman
Team Jumbo-Visma
+3:51
143
Dylan Groenewegen
Team Jumbo-Visma
+4:07
Rankings
1
Michał Kwiatkowski
Team Sky
17:23:04
2
Egan Bernal
Team Sky
+0:15
3
Luis León Sánchez
Astana Pro Team
+0:24
13
George Bennett
Team Jumbo-Visma
+1:39
27
Mike Teunissen
Team Jumbo-Visma
+7:18
72
Bert-Jan Lindeman
Team Jumbo-Visma
+21:30
95
Amund Grøndahl Jansen
Team Jumbo-Visma
+25:25
97
Dylan Groenewegen
Team Jumbo-Visma
+25:34
113
Maarten Wynants
Team Jumbo-Visma
+28:53
121
Pascal Eenkhoorn
Team Jumbo-Visma
+30:41
