Paris-Ice, Part 6: a strong break jumped away on the first climb to Aspremont and the surprise was that Michael Storer, 13th ...

A probable sprint finish but because today is the last chance for a stage win for everyone who can’t win in the mountains there’s a self-fulfilling chance for the breakaway. Plus the Mistral is ...

Today’s stage is all about the succession of sharp climbs before the wall-like finish. L’Eloge des Glacés: the early breakaway had about three minutes when Santiago Buitrago crashed and he was out of ...

Almost a mountain stage, certainly a summit finish. Nevers, again: a win for Visma-Lease a Bike, taking the team time trial stage like they did in 2023. They burned through riders to finish with the ...

The team time trial stage and the day Matteo Jorgenson has labelled the “key stage”. It will define plenty for the coming days. Also the race goes to Nevers, the birthplace of white cycling shoes.

A likely sprint finish in Bellegarde. This is code for “tune in for the final 10 minutes” and that’s problematic but as we’ll see below, Paris-Nice has tried other ways to liven up sprint stages. Mr ...