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Six categorised climbs were going to make stage 6 one of the toughest of the race so far. While the hardest on this 161.5km day was a second category, once all of these ascents had been dealt with, the riders would be feeling it in their legs. Initially, a seven-man […]
March 12 th 2020 – 16:37 Niccolo Bonifazio (Direct Energie) snatched the longest stage in the 78th Paris-Nice on Thursday when he outsprinted the pack who had just caught heroic escapee Jan Tratnik with 20 metres to go in la Cote Saint-Andre. The Slovenian rider still held a dozen seconds […]
March 11 th 2020 – 16:59 St. Amand Montrond was expecting local hero Julian Alaphilippe to shine in the City of Gold but the Frenchman was outshone by Soren Kragh Andersen (Team Sunweb) in the 15.1-km time trial of stage 4 on Wednesday. The in-form Dane, revealed by his victory […]
March 10 th 2020 – 17:30 Ivan Garcia Cortina (Bahrain-McLaren) took a revenge of sorts when he won the 212.5-km third stage of Paris-Nice after a long, rainy and windy day between Chalette-sur-Loing and La Chatre on Tuesday. The 24-year-old Spaniard, who finished second behind Dylan Groenewegen in a bunch […]
March 9 th 2020 – 16:44 Italy’s Giacomo Nizzolo stole the show from Maximilian Schachmann’s Bora-Hansgrohe team on Monday when he took the second stage of Paris-Nice over 166.5-km after outwitting his rivals on the line. The NTT Pro Cycling rider surged in the wheel of Schachmann’s team-mate Pascal Ackermann […]
Following an undulating 154km parcours, stage 1 of Paris-Nice was characterised by wet and windy weather, the conditions making it difficult from the outset. Following a circuitous out and back route that started and finished in Plaisir, riders faced crosswinds that regularly split the peloton. While a break did form […]
There is no better way to make amends for a disappointing 2019 Classics season than winning the opening race a year later. The Trek-Segafredo Classics team showed they have returned with a vengeance as Jasper Stuyven won a two-up sprint over Yves Lampaert (Deceuninck-Quick Step) to claim the win in […]
A formidable display of aggressivity and panache of the Frenchman netted the team’s 13th success of the year. 29-Feb-2020: Rémi Cavagna became the seventh different Deceuninck – Quick-Step to notch up a victory this season, after a bold breakaway which saw him attack from the gun, drop his companions with […]
World champion Annemiek van Vleuten started the 2020 season off with a bang today, claiming an emphatic solo victory in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, her first race in the rainbow jersey. In her signature style, Van Vleuten injected a fierce pace at the base of the Muur-Kapelmuur and rode away from […]
Two Italian riders tested positive for Coronavirus Thursday so the rest of the UAE Tour has been canceled. All participants in the race including riders and staff will be tested. It has not been announced which teams or riders were the ones infected.
