Luke Lamperti claimed the first win of the season for EF Education-EasyPost and the biggest of his career as the US rider sprinted to victory on the opening day of Paris-Nice.
The three-time criterium national champion, who joined the US squad from Soudal-QuickStep from the start of the year, got the better of Vito Braet (Lotto-Intermarché) and Orluis Aular (Movistar) in a bunch sprint in Carrières-sous-Poissy.
Cees Bol (Decathlon CMA CGM) was Lamperti’s initial challenger but faded rapidly, while Bingham Grimy (NSN Cycling Team) started to surge in the slipstream but found no space up the barriers or to the left of Lamperti, so had to check his sprint and resign his hopes.
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