Denmark's Mads Pedersen wins stage six of the Paris-Nice as Matteo Jorgenson capitalises on the withdrawal of Jonas Vingegaard to extend his overall race lead.

Nice. In a spectacular echelon stage, where Visma | Lease a Bike and INEOS Grenadiers dealt a heavy blow to teams, including UAE Team Emirates XRG, Pedersen was the best in a group of seventeen riders.

Visma-Lease a Bike split up racing on planned sprint stage, with Tarling and Watson taking second and third for Ineos

Mads Pedersen won Friday's sixth stage of the Paris-Nice Road cycling race, while American Matteo Jorgenson retained the leader's yellow jersey.

Jonas Vingegaard was worried about the conditions the riders had to cycle in during the fourth stage of Paris-Nice. The Dane from Visma | Lease a Bike finished second in the bitterly cold stage, but things did not go as planned in the fifth stage,

Jonas Vingegaard withdrew from the Paris-Nice race before the start of Friday's sixth stage after injuring his hand in a fall.