Olav Kooij wins again at Paris-Nice in bunch sprint on stage five

Dutchman rounds Mads Pedersen in final 50 metres to take win

Olav Kooij
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Olav Kooij won for the second time in a week at Paris-Nice, powering past Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) and Pascal Ackermann (Israel-Premier Tech) in the final 50 metres.

Stage five of the race was a long day on the bike, a stage which was penned in as a possible one for a breakaway, but once it was caught with 10km to go, it was only going to end in a bunch sprint.

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