Kanter sprints to victory on stage 2 of Paris-Nice

The second stage of Paris-Nice came down to a bunch kick, where Max Kanter (XDS-Astana) took a somewhat surprising win as a few of the pre-stage favorites struggled to navigate the finale. Kanter benefited from a strong lead-out and then launched with a few hundred meters to go, holding on ahead of Laurence Pithie (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) and Jasper Stuyven (Soudal-Quick-Step) to take his first ever WorldTour win.

Overnight leader Luke Lamperti finished fifth on the day and thus retained his position atop the GC standings.

[race_result id=2 stage_id=90036 count=5 gc=0 year=2026]

[race_result id=2 stage_id=90036 count=5 gc=5 year=2026]