Kévin Vauquelin fought to stay in GC contention after a rain-swept stage four of Paris-Nice which was won by Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease-a-bike).
Vauquelin was caught behind a split in the peloton in early crosswinds and battled in the chase groups to stay in touch for the majority of the stage before accelerating on the final climb to finish sixth, dropping to fourth overall.
Oscar Onley bounced back from a crash and an ill-timed biek issue which saw him need to swap bikes in the final 50 kilometres as the pace increased in the lead group.
He finished in the top 20, but dropped from GC contention to 14th overall, 8:37 behind race leader Vingegaard, while Vauquelin is fourth overall, 10 seconds from the podium.
At Tirreno-Adriatico, Sam Welsford sprinted to sixth on another stage which featured challenging conditions throughout.
Welsford was brought to the front of a dwindling bunch in the high-speed finish into Magliano de' Marsi as Tobias Lund Andresen prevailed.
Magnus Sheffield remains third overall with four stages remaining.