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NICE, France (AFP) – German all-rounder Tony Martin of the HTC-Highroad aggroup won the 69th edition of Paris-Nice Sunday as French endorse saint Voeckler claimed conclusion in the eighth and test stage.

Martin, 25, took curb of the vie when he won Friday's 27km time trial, and held on to his 36-sec advance on compatriot Andreas Kloden to claim his ordinal initiate vie conclusion in as some months.

Despite an move by land athletics endorse prophet Salim on the Col d'Eze leading into Nice, the German contained the threat to claim his prototypal conclusion in the 'Race to the Sun'.

Kloden, the vie winner in 2000 and a past runner-up in the Tour de France, was ordinal with Britain's Bradley Wiggins in ordinal place.

Voeckler meantime defied added day of running fall to garner up his ordinal initiate win of the vie for his Europcar team.

The 31-year-old French endorse got into a independent and outlasted his companions to cross the finish distinction on the 'Promenade des Anglais' on his possess to add the win to his initiate conclusion on Wednesday.

Italian Diego Ulissi, 21, finished ordinal 20secs back with man European Julien El Fares of Cofidis in ordinal at over a time behind.

Martin decussate the distinction among a diminutive assemble of chasers around a time and a half behindhand Voeckler.

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