Original: That year, he also finished fifth in the early season Paris-Nice stage race, and ninth in the world championship, but he abandoned the Tour de France on stage 3, affected by a knee injury.
Simplified: That year he also finished 5th in the "Race to the Sun" - the Paris-Nice stage race, and 9th in the world championship, but he abandoned the Tour de France on stage 3, because of an earlier knee injury.