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Paris-Nice: Geraint Thomas retains yellow jersey as Carlos Betancur wins stage five

Image: Carlos Betancur comfortably outsprinted his two fellow breakaway riders

Britain's Geraint Thomas retained the yellow jersey at Paris-Nice as Carlos Betancur claimed victory on stage five after leading a late three-man breakaway.

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Stage five result 1 Carlos Betancur (Col) Ag2r-La Mondiale, 3:38:15
2 Bob Jungels (Lux) Trek Factory Racing, same time
3 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana, st
4 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Europcar, +2secs
5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, st
6 Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Giant-Shimano, st
7 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Belisol, st
8 Greg van Avermaet (Bel) BMC, st
9 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana, st
10 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cannondale, st
Selected other
16 Geraint Thomas (GB) Team Sky, st General classification 1 Geraint Thomas (GB) Team Sky, 21:52:42
2 John Degenkolb (Ger) Giant-Shimano, +3secs
3 Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Garmin-Sharp, +4
4 Carlos Betancur (Col) Ag2r-La Mondiale, +5
5 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar, +8
6 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana, +13
7 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Lotto Belisol, same time
8 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Belkin, +15
9 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +19
10 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Europcar, st

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