Wednesday 12 March 2014 12:04, UK
Moreno Hofland claimed the biggest victory of his career by holding off a late charge from John Degenkolb on the second stage of Paris-Nice.
Result
1 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Belkin, 4:43:46
2 John Degenkolb (Ger) Giant-Shimano, same time
3 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ, st
4 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha, st
5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC, st
6 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Europcar, st
7 Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement, st
8 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Belisol, st
9 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-GreenEdge, st
10 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar, st
General classification
1 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ, 8:46:43
2 John Degenkolb (Ger) Giant-Shimano, +2secs
3 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Belkin, +4
4 Geraint Thomas (GB) Team Sky, +13
5 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Europcar, +14
6 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar, st
7 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha, st
8 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo, st
9 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale, st
10 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-GreenEdge, st
