Paris-Nice 2024, March 3-10

[Berniece]

This is really weird but it does mean Remco and Roglic have to attack.

That's only weird for one of them /jk

 

[KZD]

Bora loses almost a minute. Roglič will need more than a few stomps to win Paris-Nice against Almeida and Remco.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Might've been a bit better for Bora if Roggo hadn't seemingly spent the entire ttt attempting to drop his own teammates.

 

[JosefK]

Rog crazy strong to only lose 54 seconds.

 

[tobydawq]

People still gonna say this PN route was good?

*** brilliant TTT people

Yeah, very easy to predict this.

 

[tobydawq]

Might've been a bit better for Bora if Roggo hadn't seemingly spent the entire ttt attempting to drop his own teammates.

Then they might have ridden slower.

 

[repre]

People still gonna say this PN route was good?

*** brilliant TTT people

TTT is always bad

 

[Faserr]

Conditions are aweful now. JV won't be fast, too.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

People still gonna say this PN route was good?

*** brilliant TTT people

Without the unfortunate rain nobody would've bat an eye...

 

[Tim Cahill]

'When you see how fast it is, you won't laugh anymore'

 

[Netserk]

People still gonna say this PN route was good?

*** brilliant TTT people

The stage in itself is good. The rest of the route is good. Weather could have made the stages so far better. I don’t mind a banana skin mid-race that makes it harder to strangle the race.

 

[houtdffan]

not sure QS blew up over the second half

every time is shipping about the same amount of time

 

[tobydawq]

Indeed. Anyone could see the TTT was the most inportant GC stage this race.

Only because of the rain and wind change.

 

[Froome]

It will be interesting to see how Roglic will race in the next stages. He can't ride the way he likes in the next stages.

 

[jmdirt]

Disclaimer: I am only reading the blow-by-blow, not watching, but it sounds like 1) the rain might have affected later starters more?, 2) BORA was not ready for this.

 

[Netserk]

Indeed. Anyone could see the TTT was the most inportant GC stage this race.

Talk again Sunday.

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

Might've been a bit better for Bora if Roggo hadn't seemingly spent the entire ttt attempting to drop his own teammates.

He really shouldn't read this forum and get upset about being called a wheelsucker.

 

[Faserr]

It will be interesting to see how Roglic will race in the next stages. He can't ride the way he likes in the next stages.

Its good for the race. Evenepoel, Van Wilder, Vlasov and Roglic will attack now.

 

[joseph89]

The rain definitely affected conditions
T1 - Finish

UAE 63.071km/h
Cofidis 62.164km/h
Alpecin 61.936km/h

VismaLAB 60.172km/h
Soudal-Quickstep 59.871km/h
Bora 57.718km/h

 

[Elos Anjos]

Without Pogacar, this is the perfect setting for an UAE implosion in both Tirreno-Adriatico and Paris-Nice.

Go Soler!

 

[SafeBet]

Pretty astonishing that an outside sport is affected by the weather. It never happened before in cycling.

 

[JosefK]

I don't think Roglic realistically expects to win the GC, now. He may aim for a stage win.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

'When you see how fast it is, you won't laugh anymore'

Based in the last 2 days, I feel like they needed to do more testing.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Roglic should have gone to Strade + Tirreno. He would practice some gravel racing, he would be ahead of vingegard right now on GC and he could practice racing with Hindley, who should be much more useful in the high mountains of le tour than Vlasov (Vlasov is a more puncheur rider).

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

Disclaimer: I am only reading the blow-by-blow, not watching, but it sounds like 1) the rain might have affected later starters more?, 2) BORA was not ready for this.

Rain/wind did affect it. Quickstep, Visma and Bora al shipped 30 seconds to UAE in second half.
Why were Bora not ready? They'd as much time too prepare for this than anyone else.