Paris - Nice 10 March - 17 March 2019 77th edition

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Feb 20, 2012
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del1962 said:
Is this a shorter flat run in the in the last few additions?

I think the flat part at the end makes the race more exciting
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Feb 18, 2015
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Never realized how ironic it is that the route was probably changed due to Contador not quite turning around the gc on the old route for two years in a row, just before Contador retired. Then again in the first year with the new route someone tried the Contador trademark attack again and it immediately worked
 
May 15, 2011
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Gigs_98 said:
Never realized how ironic it is that the route was probably changed due to Contador not quite turning around the gc on the old route for two years in a row, just before Contador retired. Then again in the first year with the new route someone tried the Contador trademark attack again and it immediately worked
If they had changed the route a couple years earlier, Alberto probably would have had 2 more Paris-Nice on his palmares. Otoh Col des Quatre Chemins is shorter than Eze so less space to make up time. We'll never know but as you say it's definitely interesting :p
 
Apr 19, 2014
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And with De Gendt he has a great partner in crime. That could really get interesting!
 
Feb 18, 2015
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Not that this attack is gonna work or anything, but it's still nice to see Nairo is trying. This stage sure always delivers.
 
Dec 6, 2012
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Koronin said:
Did Nairo finally remember how to actually attack?

I'll call 2019 a happy year if we finally have an aggressive Nairo once again. He's 29 ffs, the wait is getting tiresome and I feel old.
 
Apr 23, 2018
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Local commentator said that Nairo has changed cycling coach for the first time in a long while. Maybe that did the trick.
 
Apr 23, 2018
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Great racing. Gongrats to Bernal and thank god Nairo made this last stage very interesting.