Paris-Nice 2026, March 8-15

[skippo12]

Kanter might be too good for the most top 10s without a win competition these days.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Stage, prelim:

1	KANTER Max	XDS Astana Team	4:25:07
2	PITHIE Laurence	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe	0:00
3	STUYVEN Jasper	Soudal Quick-Step	0:00
4	GODON Dorian	INEOS Grenadiers	0:00
5	LAMPERTI Luke	EF Education - EasyPost	0:00
6	PLUIMERS Rick	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:00
7	ASKEY Lewis	NSN Cycling Team	0:00
8	VAN ASBROECK Tom	NSN Cycling Team	0:00
9	RUSSO Clément	Groupama - FDJ United	0:00
10	TURGIS Anthony	TotalEnergies	0:00

Not quite the A-list....
Congrats to Kanter

 

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UAE had no one in top 40, so they will remain among the first to start tomorrow, with a higher risk of wet roads. Same for Visma, I think, although they were a bit better placed.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Great 'I'll have a go I guess' sprint field here

 

[Faserr]

Great Leadout and Kanter also had a better final sprint from the front then usual. Really happy for him.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Vingegaard doesn't know his PN history regarding small time gaps deciding the overall victory, but he probably hasn't studied this year's route closely either.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Yes the top-10 looks bad but you have the likes of Ackerman and Ghermay completely failing to perform. Ackerman is really bad.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Vingegaard doesn't know his PN history regarding small time gaps deciding the overall victory, but he probably hasn't studied this year's route closely either.

Vingegaard should've sprinted for victory today. His explosivity gained last year should be enough.

 

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Yes the top-10 looks bad but you have the likes of Ackerman and Ghermay completely failing to perform. Ackerman is really bad.

I think Girmay crashed (or was held up?), but Ackermann indeed was part of this sprint, and finished where he belonged.

 

[Salvarani]

Yes the top-10 looks bad but you have the likes of Ackerman and Ghermay completely failing to perform. Ackerman is really bad.

Ackermann is very high on the thief list

 

[Tim Cahill]

Yes the top-10 looks bad but you have the likes of Ackerman and Ghermay completely failing to perform. Ackerman is really bad.

Should've kicked his chain off on purpose like yesterday, a waste of money, they will be kicking themselves that their best rider Matthews is injured, he would've got second here, looking fastest but mistiming the come-around, with a hand on his head as if to wonder what may have been.

 

[will-10]

Stage, prelim:

1	KANTER Max	XDS Astana Team	4:25:07
2	PITHIE Laurence	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe	0:00
3	STUYVEN Jasper	Soudal Quick-Step	0:00
4	GODON Dorian	INEOS Grenadiers	0:00
5	LAMPERTI Luke	EF Education - EasyPost	0:00
6	PLUIMERS Rick	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:00
7	ASKEY Lewis	NSN Cycling Team	0:00
8	VAN ASBROECK Tom	NSN Cycling Team	0:00
9	RUSSO Clément	Groupama - FDJ United	0:00
10	TURGIS Anthony	TotalEnergies	0:00

Not quite the A-list....
Congrats to Kanter

What's even stranger is some A-listers like Milan, Magnier, Lund, De Lie etc. might end up with a single bunch sprint to contest in Tirreno.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

My lip reading is a little ***, but does Kanter scream "WTF" after he wins?

Nice win for him!

Edit: lol, I forgot that one can't say another word for crap on here, or is that new?

 

[AmRacer]

My lip reading is a little ***, but does Kanter scream "WTF" after he wins?

Nice win for him!

Edit: lol, I forgot that one can't say another word for crap on here, or is that new?

My lip reading is a little 'number two'..😁

 

[Unchained]

My lip reading is a little ***, but does Kanter scream "WTF" after he wins?

Nice win for him!

Edit: lol, I forgot that one can't say another word for crap on here, or is that new?

Your lip reading skills are better than you think!

 

[Rob5091]

Vino will be a happy man .... good win for Kanter. The GC gets serious now with the TTT.

 

[yaco]

The two sprints have been simple. have a lead-out rider and you win.

 

[danielovichdk2]

Have watched a bit of these stages. Fallen asleep to both of them.

But I will say this.

Ayuso will get revenge this year, and he will start by winning this gentlemens bicycle race.

Trek is my team this year.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Saw the results. Came in here to make jokes about what an atrocious sprint field this is but I see my fellow forum comrades have already done their duty!

(for the record, I had prepared "This sprint field makes the Vuelta look like Scheldeprijs")

 

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Starting order for tomorrow:

there's a slight risk of rain before the start.

 

[Unchained]

Have watched a bit of these stages. Fallen asleep to both of them.

But I will say this.

Ayuso will get revenge this year, and he will start by winning this gentlemens bicycle race.

Trek is my team this year.

@80+% of all bicycles in the peloton are made by Merida and Giant. Trek bikes are made by Giant and primarily in Taiwan.

 

[hayneplane]

Very surprising how weak the sprint field is considering they were going to have two great chances at the start of the race.

 

[tobydawq]

Very surprising how weak the sprint field is considering they were going to have two great chances at the start of the race.

I don't think yesterday was that great a chance to be honest. But the racing was very passive in the end.

 

[hayneplane]

I don't think yesterday was that great a chance to be honest. But the racing was very passive in the end.

I certainly agree that the parcours presented an opportunity to thin the field down significantly but ended up passive instead.

 

[Unchained]

Have watched a bit of these stages. Fallen asleep to both of them.

But I will say this.

Ayuso will get revenge this year, and he will start by winning this gentlemens bicycle race.

@80+% of all bicycles in the peloton are made by Merida and Giant. Trek bikes are made by Giant and primarily in Taiwan.

Juan Ayuso lived in Atlanta Georgia for parts of his childhood.