German rider Andre Greipel wins 2nd stage of Paris-Nice race (The Associated Press)
SAINT-AMAND-MONTROND, France (AP) — German rider Andre Greipel won the second stage of the Paris-Nice race in a sprint finish on Tuesday, holding off a challenge from Arnaud Demare and John Degenkolb. The 172-kilometer (107-mile) trek from the ZooParc de Beauval zoological park to Saint-Amand-Montrond in central France was Greipel’s first career stage win in the race. It was a really nice bike race,” Greipel said. Don’t give up.” Three-time world time-trial champion Tony Martin of Germany and three others broke out of the peloton and launched an attack with about 10 kilometers (6 miles) to go, but were caught by a larger group of eight riders near the finish.