Marc Soler (Movistar) wins overrall 2018 Paris Nice, France.

David de la Cruz (Team Sky) beats Omar Fraile (Team Astana) to win stage 8 in Paris-Nice.

 Marc Soler (Movistar) seals overrall 2018 Paris Nice victory in Nice, France. He's been Long touted as the natural successor to Miguel Indurain and Alberto Contador, Marc Soler (Movistar), winner of the 2015 Tour de L'Avenir, snatched a dramatic overall win in Paris-Nice, wrecking Simon Yates' best-laid plans with an attack a la Contador on the rain soaked roads of the Cote d'Azur. Soler is the first rider since Contador in 2007 to win both the yellow and the best young rider jerseys in the 'Race to the Sun.

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 Simon Yates (Mitchelto-Scott), Marc Soler (Movistar) and Gorka Izagirre (Bahrain-Merida) on the final Paris-Nice podium

 Tim Wellens (Lotto-Soudal) takes green at Paris-Nice.

Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal) takes polka dots jersey in Paris-Nice.

The weather on the Promenade des Anglais could hardly have been worse this morning, as driving rain and high winds lashed the start area and swept across the hills inland from Nice.

There were four non starters for the 110 kilometre final stage: Dries Devenyns (Quick Step), Nils Politt (Katusha), Christophe Laporte and Cyril Lemoine (both Cofidis). They would later be joined by a lengthy list of abandons.

 2018 Paris Nice Final General Classificatio

 1, Marc Soler (Spain) Movistar Team 30:22:41,
 2, Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:04,
 3, Gorka Izagirre (Spain) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:14,  
4, Ion Izagirre (Spain) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:16,
 5, Tim Wellens (Belgium) Lotto Soudal,
6, Dylan Teuns (Belgium) BMC Racing Team 0:00:32,  
7, Patrick Konrad (Austra) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:44,  
8, Alexis Vuillermoz (France) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:54,
 9, David De La Cruz (Spain) Team Sky 0:02:15,
10, Felix Grossschartner (Austra) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:02:35