Paris-Nice Stage 5 Preview

A tough mountain stage awaits, a big test for the new race leader Wout van Aert and an opportunity for plenty of others. There are plenty of candidates for the stage win, the kind of day where writing a preview with picks for the day’s win feels too confusing and you just want to sit back and see what happens. Still, read on if you want…

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UCI World Tour Promotion and Relegation Weekly

The weekly look at the three year team rankings. If you’re in a hurry, the summary version is Cofidis and Lotto-Soudal are still in the relegation zone but the Belgian team is closing the gap to Bike Exchange-Jayco and Israel. Meanwhile Team DSM must be getting concerned.

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Paris-Nice Stage 3 Preview

A stage into France’s empty quarter that gradually gets hillier and harder, with just enough climbing to spoil things for some of the sprinters. If Fabio Jakobsen had it easy, of sorts, yesterday, today is a different challenge.

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Paris-Nice Stage 2 Preview

The day for the sprinters, today’s stage is flat and almost featureless… but that means the terrain is exposed the weather forecast promises a crosswind, only it’ll be a weak one but just enough to set the peloton on edge.

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Paris-Nice Stage 1 Preview

The 80th edition Paris-Nice starts with an opening stage to the west of the capital and a good test for the sprinters with some late climbs to mix things up.

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Paris-Nice Preview

Paris-Nice starts this Sunday and there will be daily stage previews here. Ahead of the race here’s a look at the GC contenders.

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