Time bonuses see Elia Viviani take French champion’s vacant yellow jersey Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) sprinted to his second victory of the season at the end of the second stage of the 2013 Paris-Nice, between Vimory and Cérilly. The 24-year-old German […]
Soupe and Offredo react to stage one winner’s crash Jubilant one day earlier when Nacer Bouhanni won the first stage and grabbed the race leader’s yellow jersey, the FDJ team was left rueing its luck and regretting his misfortune when […]
Past podium placers in a good spot for top result Neither Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) nor Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil-DCM) could top Paris-Nice prologue winner Damien Gaudin (Europcar) in the 2.9km opener to the Race to the Sun, but both […]
French pursuit specialist tops overall favourites Chavanel, Westra Damien Gaudin (Europcar) will put on the first yellow jersey in Paris-Nice after a surprise victory in the 2.9km test around Houilles. The 26-year-old French pursuit specialist mastered the technical course and […]
Viviani chasing stage win for Cannondale Pro Cycling Having worked hard in the off season to try to be ready to win his third Giro d’Italia, Ivan Basso will make his season debut on Sunday in Paris-Nice. The Italian Cannondale […]
American GC specialist upbeat about form heading towards prestigious French event Fifth overall last year and the best young rider in the race, American talent Tejay van Garderen is aiming higher in this season’s Paris-Nice. The BMC Racing Team rider […]
Race to the Sun route revealed by ASO
Katusha misses out on both of the Tour de France organiser’s other big stage races Hot on the heels of Giro d’Italia organiser RCS Sport’s announcement of the teams invited to the Strade Bianche and Giro del Lazio, ASO – […]
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Omega Pharma-Quick Step and Rabobank in good shape after early test The changes in the weather throughout the day weren’t severe, but many of the top finishers in yesterday’s prologue of the Critérium du Dauphiné were the men who went […]
Rodriguez climbs well, feeling better in Tirreno-Adriatico Simon Spilak (Katusha), the Slovenian transfer from Lampre-ISD, was present at the front throughout the week in Paris-Nice, and used an impressive fourth place in the final time trial on the Col d’Eze […]
Paris-Nice winner on schedule for July after becoming only the second Briton in history to win the Race to the Sun Bradley Wiggins’ victory in Paris-Nice on Sunday shows that he is now capable of winning the Tour de France, […]
Third on Col d’Eze called ‘the satisfaction of the week’ In the end it wasn’t the stage win it threatened for several hours to be, but the Ag2r La Mondiale team still felt satisfied with the superb showing Jean Christophe […]
Briton emulates Simpson with triumph in Race to the Sun Digging deep in the second half of the Col d’Eze time trial, Bradley Wiggins (Sky Procycling) made history today when he became the first British rider to win Paris-Nice since […]
No broken bones for Omega Pharma-Quick Step captain after disastrous descent into Nice Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) started today’s seventh stage of Paris-Nice, between Sisteron and Nice, just ten seconds behind Team Sky’s race leader Bradley Wiggins. The American […]
Stage-long attack sees Belgian triumph alone; Movistar puts Omega Pharma-Quick Step leader under pressure on the final descent Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM) continued what has been an incredible Paris-Nice for the Dutch ProTeam, with an epic solo victory between Sisteron […]
Radioshack-Nissan strong man barely misses Paris-Nice stage win With youthful legs, and young at heart, Jens Voigt (Radioshack-Nissan) put both on display yet again, this time on stage six of Paris-Nice. Voigt was a close second to Spanish all-rounder Luis […]
