Beurk! Le Temps: add wind and rain, subtract Tim Merlier and the result is Mads Pedersen. The Dane got his stage win thanks ...

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 ...

The traditional opener to the west of Paris. The Route: 156km and on familiar roads towards the Chevreuse valley, the habitual start of the race and also crossing the Olympic road race route from last ...