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Mads Pedersen (left) has won stages in all three of cycling's Grand Tours [Getty Images]
Two-time Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard withdrew from Paris-Nice as British duo Josh Tarling and Sam Watson lost out in a sprint finish on stage six.
Denmark's Mads Pedersen took victory on the 209.8km route from Saint-Julien-en-Saint-Alban to Berre l'Etang, after holding off Tarling in the final 100m, with Watson coming third.
With Vingegaard pulling out before racing got under way on Friday after injuring his wrist on Thursday, his American team-mate Matteo Jorgenson was able to extend his overall race lead.
On a cold, wet and windy day an attack by Jorgenson's Visma-Lease a Bike, nearly 60km from the line, illuminated the race and distanced five of the top 10 riders in the general classification including Joao Almeida.
It ensured that Jorgensen gained another four seconds at the top of the general classification.
Saturday's penultimate stage takes the peloton over a mountainous 109.5km route from Nice to Auron.
Stage six results
1. Mads Pedersen (Den/Lidl-Trek) 4hrs 25mins 37secs
2. Josh Tarling (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) Same time
3. Sam Watson (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) "
4. Axel Zingle (Fra/Visma - Lease a Bike) "
5. Matteo Sobrero (Ita/Red Bull - Bora Hansgrohe) "
6. Magnus Sheffield (US/ Ineos Grenadiers) "
7. Mattias Skjelmose (Den/Lidl-Trek) "
8. Matteo Jorgenson (US/Visma - Lease a Bike) "
9. Max Schachmann (Ger/Soudal Quick-Step) "
10. Thymen Arensman (Ned/ Ineos Grenadiers) "
General classification after stage six
1. Matteo Jorgenson (US/Visma - Lease a Bike) 20hrs 52mins 57secs
2. Florian Lipowitz (Ger/Red Bull - Bora Hansgrohe) +40secs
3. Mattias Skjelmose (Den/Lidl-Trek) +59secs
4. Thymen Arensman (Ned/Ineos Grenadiers) +1mins 20secs
5. João Almeida (Por/UAE Team Emirates) +2mins 40secs
6. Tobias Foss (Nor/Ineos Grenadiers +2mins 47secs
7. Magnus Sheffield (US/ Ineos Grenadiers) +2mins 54secs
8. Brandon McNulty (US/UAE Team Emirates) +3mins 05secs
9. Clément Champoussin (Fra/XDS Astana) +3mins 22secs
10. Harold Tejada (Col/XDS Astana) +3mins 24secs
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