The team time trial stage and the day Matteo Jorgenson has labelled the “key stage”. It will define plenty for the coming days.
Also the race goes to Nevers, the birthplace of white cycling shoes.
Paris-Nice Stage 2 Preview
A likely sprint finish in Bellegarde. This is code for “tune in for the final 10 minutes” and that’s problematic but as we’ll see below, Paris-Nice has tried other ways to liven up sprint stages.
Paris-Nice Preview
A look at the contenders and pretenders for Paris-Nice which starts this Sunday. Visma-Lease a Bike are the team to beat.
The Moment The Omloop Was Won
Søren Wærenskjold surges on the front of the bunch and despite the uphill run to the line neither Jasper Philipsen nor Paul Magnier can get on terms with the towering Norwegian.
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Preview
Openingsweekend? The season has been raging for the best part of two months now but things go up a level here. Gone are the empty highways in the desert, in come the narrow roads, cobbles and bergs of Flanders.
Tuesday Shorts
XDS-Astana continue their strong start to the season with Christian Scaroni hitting the jackpot at the weekend, with a bit of help from the Bahrain team who towed him to the finish of Stage 1 of the Tour des Alpes-Maritimes, the day after he’d shown his uphill kick by winning the Classic Var. He’s his team’s top points scorer so far.
Jacques Augendre Obituary
Jacques Augendre has died at the age of 99. He covered 55 editions of the Tour de France, a record which he of all knew well as the Tour de France’s in-house historian but he took little pride from it. “I like cycling, I like writing” he said, and enjoyed long career from this combination.
Fading Stars
The Etoile de Bessèges finished on Sunday with a win by Kévin Vauquelin. The big story though was race safety and the withdrawal of nine of the 20 teams in the race. Are small races run by volunteers doomed?
Tuesday Shorts
A rare break in racing, yesterday and today don’t have a race on the calendar to time for a quick review.