Paris-Nice 2026, March 8-15

[kingjr]

Girmay should have stayed to the left of Bol and just go for it.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Hell YES!! Lamperti!!

 

[Dazed and Confused]

A bunch sprint worthy of a random .2 race somewhere, but Lamperti probably doesn't give a shite:

1	Lamperti Luke	EF Education - EasyPost	60	50		3:45:17
2	Braet Vito	Lotto Intermarché	40	30		,,
3	Aular Orluis	Movistar Team	30	18		,,
4	Fretin Milan	Cofidis	25	13		,,
5	Girmay Biniam	NSN Cycling Team	20	10		,,
6	Plowright Jensen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	15	7		,,
7	Teunissen Mike	XDS Astana Team	10	4		,,
8	Løland Sakarias Koller	Uno-X Mobility	8	3		,,
9	Zingle Axel	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	5	2		,,
10	Donaldson Robert	Team Jayco AlUla	2	1		,,

 

[Tim Cahill]

In these week 3 vuelta sprints positioning is everything

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Pozzivovo would have done a better job than zingle in that final 200m. Seriously mate just start sprinting

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

Girmay had bad positioning there and a terrible decision at the end. Could have easily won with different decision making or ended up badly hurt. I was feeling anxious watching that finish.

 

[Rob5091]

EF got the win with Lamperti - chapeau!

 

[Potomac]

I guess I've never heard Lamperti speak before, I cannot place his accent.

 

[Netserk]

team stage sum

063 - nsn
067 - astana
073 - red bull
080 - lidl trek
082 - tudor
083 - unox
086 - alpecin
088 - decathlon
089 - ef
094 - movistar
094 - qs
097 - total
099 - lotto
104 - visma
111 - ineos
117 - cofidis
117 - pinarello
208 - fdj
211 - uae
270 - bahrain

jayco and dsm with only 2 riders in the peloton

 

[Ilmaestro99]

What is it with visma.signing riders who *** themselves whenever they actually find themself.in a good position. Risk everything on that technical descent 6km out to chase the break down, only for zingle to be 3rd wheel and just shrug his shoulders instead of launching the sprint

 

[Samu Cuenca]

What is it with visma.signing riders who *** themselves whenever they actually find themself.in a good position. Risk everything on that technical descent 6km out to chase the break down, only for zingle to be 3rd wheel and just shrug his shoulders instead of launching the sprint

They only really cared about getting Vingegaard to the 3K banner. Then Zingle was left to skate for himself, but in a way that wouldn't put him in danger of crashing. They don't want to start another TTT without him.

 

[Netserk]

i think it was rodriguez who crashed after the corner

 

[Tim Cahill]

Assume they will all be ST given they all got caught up in a crash

 

[Salvarani]

i think it was rodriguez who crashed after the corner

I thought it was Martinez and another Bahrain rider.

Then there was a second crash and pile up, but both him and Kwiat looked like they were pretty easy riding and talking with each other as Lenny caught up with them rolling over the finish line.

Maybe just got behind the second one or possibly going down.

 

[Netserk]

surprised some gc teams dont care about the start order for the ttt

 

[Jungle Cycle]

doesnt Lamperti resembles Cadel ??

 

[Salvarani]

doesnt Lamperti resembles Cadel ??

Yeah, I remember those bunch sprints Cadel won quite well now that you mention it.

 

[Netserk]

I thought it was Martinez and another Bahrain rider.

Then there was a second crash and pile up, but both him and Kwiat looked like they were pretty easy riding and talking with each other as Lenny caught up with them rolling over the finish line.

Maybe just got behind the second one or possibly going down.

an ineos rider crashed a little after martinez , it looked like he touched vacek and then fell on the right side

 

[Andre]

Girmay with the elbow there to the rider in blue...could have been relegated

 

[Heston]

Assume they will all be ST given they all got caught up in a crash

It is fixed now. Casper Pedersen in 4th in GC now that they removed his time loss

 

[Netserk]

Stage 2 Monday, March 09 : Épône > Montargis - 187.0 km

flat stage coming up . a good route for echelons , but the weather doesnt play ball . a weak headwind all day and in the sprint

the last 1.3 km is the same as in 2024 when arvid de kleijn won

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgojGuSemG8

 

[Unchained]

What is it with visma.signing riders who *** themselves whenever they actually find themself.in a good position. Risk everything on that technical descent 6km out to chase the break down, only for zingle to be 3rd wheel and just shrug his shoulders instead of launching the sprint

Or you could look at Zingle survives, bunch of others didn't, terrible techniques still get him top ten, He made some silly moves for sure
Strade, Visma shows decent, 2 guys in top ten and Brennan isn't even part of the story yet.
If Visma GC climbing objectives have the wheels fall off, team has some good racers. Don't know where Ax Zingle fits on the team, but when crunch time happened he was part of the mix..good ride in my opinion. In my opinion Visma is looking better than doom and gloom from all the early season injuries.

 

[proffate]

Girmay had bad positioning there and a terrible decision at the end. Could have easily won with different decision making or ended up badly hurt. I was feeling anxious watching that finish.

No way that was just a bad decision. He didn't have confidence in his legs.

Lamperti did benefit a bit from several riders dropping anchor near the front. His lead out, zingle, Plowright.. but that's why you fight to be near the front.

 

[Sciatic]

Girmay should have stayed to the left of Bol and just go for it.

I was surprised at the time that he chose to go right rather than left when he was approaching the finish behind the 2 EF riders.

 

[Netserk]

campy got a yellow card for this bottle throw which landed far from the audience and was picked up

no yellow card ( thankfully ) for van den berg for taking both hands of his handlebar when he celebrated the victory