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Greipel wins second stage at Paris-Nice cycling race

Xinhua, March 11, 2015 Adjust font size:

Germany's Andre Greipel won a sprint finish to take the second stage of Paris-Nice cycling race on Tuesday.

Polish world champion Michal Kwiatkowski held on with the leader's yellow jersey after the stage, a largely straight-forward 172-kilometer run down from the ZooParc at Beauval to Saint-Amand-Montrond of France.

Frenchman Arnaud Gerard kept the lead for 134 kilometers, but was easily reeled in by the peloton setting up the sprint finish.

Greipel dominated that to take the win ahead of Frenchman Arnaud Demare. Another German cyclist John Degenkolb finished third place ahead of Michael Matthews of Australia.

The third stage continues on Wednesday with a 179-kilometer race from Saint-Amand-Montrond to Saint-Pourgain-sur-Sioule. Endi