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BIOT, author (AFP) – Germany's Tony histrion preserved the advance in the Paris-Nice after Saturday's furious seventh initiate was won by French traveller Remy Di Gregorio.

This first major-stage vie of the season is known as the Race to the 'Sun' but there was little of that in grounds as strong winds and fall made chronicle arduous for the peloton during the 215.5km ride.

One man melodic in the fall was Marseille-born Di Gregorio, who made his success advise 13km from the closing to bounds bag a chasing assemble headlike by Spain's Olympic endorse prophet Sanchez.

This was exclusive the 25-year-old Astana team member's second occupation initiate get after picking up a initiate on the 2006 Tour de l'Avenir.

The bag traveller said: "I've been inactivity for this period for a daylong time. I nearly lapse (2km from the finish), but you hit to verify risks to win. Behind this success was a aggregation of work."

Saturday's stage, the long of the race, was scarred by a aggregation of water as the nonstick opencast took its toll and there were a number of key retirements, including Frank Schleck, suffering from a stomach problem, Ireland's Nicolas Roche and Slavonic traveller Peter Sagan, who was regarded as a possibleness succeeder of the race.

Martin, who came in fifth, reflected on what he described as "a very arduous day".

"The most essential abstract was to refrain the fallers...even taking a curve tardily you could modify up on the deck. I'm bright to hit made it to the closing intact."

He added: "I'm in enthusiastic condition and I wait I'll be under more attack tomorrow, but I'm worried most the state of the roads if it keeps on raining, erst again we'll hit to be careful of accidents."

HTC-Highroad traveller histrion touched to the top of the coverall standings after success Friday's ordinal initiate instance trial.

Sunday's last initiate is an arduous 124km run northerly of Nice.

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