Slovakia's Peter Sagan won stage five of the Paris-Nice Race to the Sun for his second victory of the race.

But Alberto Contador retained the race leader's yellow jersey by finishing 10th.

Tour de France champion and favourite Contador seized the race lead yesterday, but today he had to settle for second billing behind Liquigas rider Sagan, who won stage three on Wednesday.

Sagan won the dash to the line in Aix-en-Provence by two seconds from Italy's Mirco Lorenzetto (Lampre) and Spain's Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne), who were among a group of 25 to finish two seconds behind the Slovak.

Astana rider Contador's overall advantage stands at 20 seconds from Valverde with two days of racing remaining.

The penultimate stage - a 220-kilometre race between Peynie and Tourrettes-sur-Loup - takes place tomorrow with the finish in Nice on Sunday.