Paris-Nice 2022 (03/06 - 03/13)

[SafeBet]

I'm looking forward to this race. Roll on the 3rd of June.

A 7 month long race? Kruijswijk might finally be the best rider in the race by the 12th week.

 

[Sciatic]

A 7 month long race? Kruijswijk might finally be the best rider in the race by the 12th week.

I love the multiple layers of this joke, especially since they don’t point directly to what the joke is about! CN forum gold.

 

[Nirvana]

According to Het Nieuwsblad INEOS had an internal meeting last week and has decided to redirect Ganna to Tirreno because Thomas is in crap shape and won't ride there. Not good because we loose the principal suspect to rip the peloton apart in case of crosswind.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

So the whole field is ready to get stomped...except the Camaleón of course.

 

[johnymax]

Great route. Looking forward to it.

 

[RedheadDane]

Great route. Looking forward to it.

For some reason my brain decided to add a "do" between "to" and "it". And, well... good luck.

 

[Zoef-Lightning]

Wout Van Aert has no intention to go for the GC. Not even for a few stages. Maybe he will join once or twice for the win.
Just to save strength for Flanders and Paris-Roubaix.
In April we will know if that was the right tactic

 

[Earns1985]

The winner of the last two editions Schachmann doesn´t see himself as a favourite this year. Due his corona infection he lost two training weeks at the end of january/begin february. He trained good in the last few weeks, but he doesn´t know where he stands..

Titelverteidung für Schachmann nach Corona-Infektion schwer | radsport-news.com

www.radsport-news.com

 

[yaco]

Schachmann was lucky to win his two editions of P/N - Both Yates are seriously targetting GC so it will be interesting to see them heed-to-head - I also hope that Groenewegen and Jacobsen actually race each other at PN.

 

[Samamba]

Weather for Turini is expected to be pretty bad next week. Freezing cold and possibility for snow...

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Primoz, if he has his shape of March 2021, is the favourite here. He, however, probably will crash at least a few times in this race. In this case, he will need some luck that these crashes would allow him to continue at his best.

I hope he won‘t crash at all, but I fear he will…

 

[Tim Cahill]

Rogla will win GC but also get dropped by Simon Yates and Quintana on the HC.

Reminds me a bit of that LPSM stage that Froome won in 2015, also being the day the track specialist came of age.

 

[Red Rick]

Lmao I had the length of the ITT confused with the gradient of its final ramp. I thought it was 8.6km

 

[Sciatic]

Weather for Turini is expected to be pretty bad next week. Freezing cold and possibility for snow...

Nairo to ride past the race-neutralized flag and take the win

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Climb profile post:

It's a shame they go with the unipuerto 'queen' stage but little to complain otherwise, there's some strong designs and everyone will have at least one stage that suits them. The return of Col de la Mure - in a very interesting stage - is an especially nice surprise and the stage after it is a good tribute to the season openers.

Edit with the climb profiles:

Stage 1
Final circuit

Stage 3
Côte de Le Peyroux

Final kilometres

Stage 5
Croix de Chaubouret

Côte de Saint-Romain-de-Lerps

Côte de Toulaud

Col de la Mure

Saint-Vincent-de-Durfort (as far as 5.4k below the summit of this profile)

Stage 6
Col de Murs

Col du Pointu (final 6.9k only)

Col de Sambuc

Col des Portes (final 4.8k only)

Col de Pas de la Couelle

Col de l'Espigoulier

Final kilometres

Stage 7
Côte de Coursegoules

Col de Turini

Stage 8
Côte de Levens

Côte de Châteauneuf

Côte de Berre-les-Alpes

Côte de Peille

Col d'Èze

 

[gregrowlerson]

Always the true start of the season. Not the biggest, but the best stage race of the year (based on consistently interesting racing).

For Schachmann I fear this will be third time unlucky

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Lutsenko is out

https://twitter.com/x/status/1500107214941560835

View: https://twitter.com/AstanaQazTeam/status/1500107214941560835

 

[CyclistAbi]

Looking forward on seeing how they will manage Roglič and van Aert on this race.

 

[tobydawq]

Are there really 17 bends on the 1 km climb "Côte des Dix-sept tournants" on stage 2?

 

[Faserr]

The wind looks good (strong enough) for tomorrow and monday. Especially monday there should be echelons because the wind direction is perfect.

 

[Salvarani]

The wind looks good (strong enough) for tomorrow and monday. Especially monday there should be echelons because the wind direction is perfect.

Perfect for Nairo. He can master it.

 

[gregrowlerson]

Are there really 17 bends on the 1 km climb "Côte des Dix-sept tournants" on stage 2?

Uphill slalom.

 

[Leinster]

Are there really 17 bends on the 1 km climb "Côte des Dix-sept tournants" on stage 2?

Is there such thing as a “Poggito”?

 

[Ilmaestro99]

The startlist is really strong.

Roglic, A Yates, Nairoman, S Yates, Vlasov, Schachmann, Martinez, G Martin, Gaudu, Haig, Mader, Mcnulty, Almeida, O'connor, Powless, Labour.

Wout van aert, Sonny Colbrelli,

Jakobsen, Philipsen, Groenewegen, Girhmay, pedersen, Sam Bennett.


I thinks it's always been a much better and maybe more prestigious race than tirreno Adriatico, but it lost some startlist quality in the last 10 years thanks to Strade Bianche

 

[Devil's Elbow]

The startlist is really strong.

Roglic, A Yates, Nairoman, S Yates, Vlasov, Schachmann, Martinez, G Martin, Gaudu, Haig, Mader, Mcnulty, Almeida, O'connor, Powless, Labour.

Wout van aert, Sonny Colbrelli,

Jakobsen, Philipsen, Groenewegen, Girhmay, pedersen, Sam Bennett.


I thinks it's always been a much better and maybe more prestigious race than tirreno Adriatico, but it lost some startlist quality in the last 10 years thanks to Strade Bianche

The Tirreno startlist is similar, it helps that just about anyone worth anything is doing either of the two races. Which is nice, because both are among the best week-long stage races of the year.