Paris-Nice 2024, March 3-10

[tobydawq]

Again, the commentators say that Fisher-Black must take the jersey because he was first over the line. How hard is it to understand how GC works?

 

[johnymax]

Another moral victory for Rogla. He didn't even want to drop Vlasov in the end but the stomp was just too strong. Meanwhile Remco tried hard to drop Van Vilder, but couldn't.

 

[Poursuivant]

GC looks interesting now

 

[Ilmaestro99]

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

They should cancel the race after this upset. Next time do Paris Nice on zwift so the guy with best numbers wins. Rain doesn't belong in cycling

 

[johnymax]

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

Lol, of course he still wants to win GC.

 

[Froome]

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

Yeah but Evenepoel not that much, because he can take those seconds to almeida with the bonus.

 

[Wvv]

Quick-Step only 16th time in the 2nd part.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Rog crazy strong to only lose 54 seconds.

67 seconds, they were ahead of UAE.

 

[Netserk]

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Just like Roglic, Soler will also have to attack from far after today. Looking forward to it.

 

[yaco]

Of course the changing weather conditions made a difference and you add to a slightly tougher route then you have a blow out in times.

 

[JosefK]

Tomorrow's stage will be a firecracker.

 

[Netserk]

Just like Roglic, Soler will also have to attack from far after today. Looking forward to it.

They did him dirty today. He won’t forget.

 

[Salvarani]

Plapp is such a knucklehead for dropping 14 seconda yesterday.

 

[Bolder]

They should cancel the race after this upset. Next time do Paris Nice on zwift so the guy with best numbers wins. Rain doesn't belong in cycling

Jay Vine ftw.

I think it's great for week-long stage races to still have TTTs, so long as they are early enough so that the GC is wide open.

 

[Netserk]

Plapp is such a knucklehead for dropping 14 seconda yesterday.

He didn’t, they corrected his time.

 

[Potomac]

I wonder if UAE can avoid collapse this time.

 

[Salvarani]

He didn’t, they corrected his time.

Missed that. Thank you.

 

[Lequack]

Bora? More like Slowra, amirite?
But seriously, this is one of the things he has lost switching teams, the overall strength of the team cannot be underestimated.

 

[Rob5091]

Well UAE got about as much as they could hope for - to keep so many together will be a bonus going forward. Lucky with the weather maybe, but well ridden. GC has been shaken up so let's see who wants to win the GC and who is here for training (thinking of van Poppel's comment about keeping Roglic safe).

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Jay Vine ftw.

I think it's great for week-long stage races to still have TTTs, so long as they are early enough so that the GC is wide open.

I am not a big fan of TTTs, especially in shorter races, and would prefer an ITT. However I don't mind the weather, the road circumstances or a unique format giving an unexpected result.

God forbid great champions like Roglic and remco have to work hard for their victories, and are not handed them on a plate thanks to their team budget and domestiques

 

[Rackham]

This L is on Roglic for murdering basically his entire team.

Nah.

There was no perfect strategy. Soudal were almost complete going into the final & they still lost a bulk of time. The issue for Rog & Bora was any attempt to save men would have meant a much slower first split, at which point there's no good choice really.

 

[Froome]

I wonder if UAE can avoid collapse this time.

Of course they will collapse. They don’t have a good enough leader to win this race, and they can't ride as a team.

 

[Berniece]

There was no perfect strategy. Soudal were almost complete going into the final & they still lost a bulk of time.

Because of rain and wind...

 

[repre]

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

Vlasov will attack Rogla, Remco will attack vlasov, rogla will wheelsuck both, forum will explode and van wilder nobody cares about