Standings after Sunday's first stage of Paris-Nice, run at Saint-Cyr-l'Ecole: 1. Sam Bennett (IRL/Deceuninck) 3hrs 51mins 39sec, 2. Arnaud Demare (FRA/FDJ) same time, 3. Mads Pedersen (DEN/TRE) s.t., 4. Jasper Philipsen (BEL/ALP) s.t., 5. Bryan Coquard (FRA/BBH) s.t., 6. Pascal Ackermann (GER/BOR) s.t., 7. Phil Bauhaus (GER/BAH) s.t., 8. Christophe Laporte (FRA/COF) s.t., 9. Andre Greipel (GER/ISR) s.t., 10. Rudy Barbier (FRA/ISR) s.t. afp