Because of the continuing emergenices due to the coronavirus, the 2020 Giro d’Italia is officially postponed. Race organizer RCS is looking for new dates sometime after May.  “In response to the spread of the coronavirus the Hungarian government has declared a state of emergency. This prohibits the organization of mass […]

After consultation with the relevant authorities, The Union Cycliste Internationale and the Ville de Nice, the organisers of Paris-Nice have decided that 7th stage, finishing at Valdebore la Colmiane, will be the last of the race. This decision, taken as part of the fight against the spread of the Coronavirus, […]

March 13 th 2020 – 16:54 Tiesj Benoot outwitted the rest of the Paris-Nice field to win the 161.5-km stage 6 in Apt on Friday after a brilliant show of strength by the whole of his Team Sunweb. The Belgian, winner of Strade Bianche in 2018, surged in the last […]

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 […]