French victory in the sixth stage of Paris-Nice 11 riders for a while put a spotlight on today’s 220 km stage of Paris-Nice from Manosque to Nice on the French Mediterranean coast. But as the terrain became ever steeper towards the end of the stage, more dropped back to the […]
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2013 Paris-Nice Stage 5
Roche tried but Gates took the stage in Paris-Nice Cyril Lemoine (SOJ), Paolo Longo Borghini (CAN), Thierry Hupond (ARG) and Jens Voigt (RLT) were in the long breakaway on the 176 km long fifth of the Paris-Nice from the old papal city, Chateauneuf de Pape, to the final climb, La […]
Marcel Kittel outsprints everyone in second stage of Paris-Nice
Team Argos-Shimano rider Marcel Kittel won the second stage of Paris-Nice today with an impressive sprint and strong teamwork. Elia Viviani (Cannondale) took second place ahead of Leigh Howard (Orica-GreenEdge). Viviani takes the lead in the general classification. Even the wind couldn’t prevent four riders from escaping out of the […]
Yellow Jersey Abandons Paris Nice
The yellow jersey being worn by Nacer Bouhanni from the Francaise des Jeux team was caught up in a crash on stage 2 and had to abandon the race. He had won the stage at Nemours but today slid on a white line on a turn. He hit his face […]
2013 Paris-Nice
Today was the start of the prestigious French race, Paris-Nice. It kicked off with a 2.9 km short but technically difficult prologue. The time difference between the fastest ten riders was because of distance minimal, but it was Damien Gaudin, who was fastest, and he did the route one second […]
