It was Sam Bennett of Bora, who won 6. stage of Paris-Nice. The irish sprinter is thus up to two stage victories in the race, after he also won the 3. stage.
Arnaud Demare (FDJ) opened the sprint, but the frenchman was effortlessly overtaken by Sam Bennett shortly before the finish line.
Matteo Trentin was relegated to third place in the massespurten in the French målby Brignoles.
The australian sprinter Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) was involved in a crash with a little over three kilometres to target. He was thus not in the end.
Also sprinteren Christophe Laporte (Cofidis) smoke in the asphalt in connection with the crash, so it was two fast riders, who lost the opportunity to mix for the stage victory.
Friday’s stage was on the whole dramatically, and there was also a crash with about 14 kilometres to the goal.
Here was Jan Bakelants (Sunweb) and Alexander Kristoff (UAE Emirates), among others, in the asphalt.