Paris-Nice 2026, March 8-15

[Dazed and Confused]

Movistar with 4 riders in the front group.

 

[Samamba]

i dont get it either , but it is also reasonable to be hesitant to send tarling and watson down from the front group

Yeah I guess. But maybe just one.

Looks like gap is going down, could be the turning point. Ineos, Red Bull, Visma, possibly stopped working in front.

 

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Groupama was also seen working in front initially, while their (in my opinion) best guy Costiou is somewhere behind. Sometimes it's mostly about making sure to not get dropped again.

 

[Joelsim]

Down to 1'05.

Riders who missed
Vlasov
Piganzoli
Lenny
Rondel
Vauquelin
Soler
Paret-Peintre

 

[Lievro]

Down to 1'05.

Riders who missed
Vlasov
Piganzoli
Lenny
Rondel
Vauquelin
Soler
Paret-Peintre

N°8 of last year, Tejada, is also not in the first group.

 

[Heston]

55 seconds.

Definitely coming back together

 

[Berflamand]

This kind of stage shows you exactly why France hasn’t won a single WT stage race since 2007.

2 riders out of 40. Pathetic.

1 out of 39 riders right now.

With 29 riders at the start (most of every country) that is indeed remarkably low.

Although Belgium, usually known for their echelon skills, also only has 2 riders (out of a total of 20) in the first group.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Now it‘s back up to 1‘20“.

 

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Although Belgium, usually known for their echelon skills, also only has 2 riders (out of a total of 20) in the first group.

yeah, a but surprising that guys like Stuyven missed this - unless he decided to stay with VPP

 

[QueenStagiaire]

And now they‘ve crashed in the lead echelon, involving Onley

 

[Berflamand]

yeah, a but surprising that guys like Stuyven missed this - unless he decided to stay with VPP

Yeah, probably babysitting VPP. Van Lerberghe also barely misses any echelon unless he has to work for dropped teammates.

 

[Heston]

And now they‘ve crashed in the lead echelon, involving Onley

Onley, Tarling and Hoole mentioned as having crashed.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

All the Ineos leaders behind now, that might be the end for the front echelon.

 

[Heston]

All the Ineos leaders behind now, that might be the end for the front echelon.

They still have the Polish Merckx in the front group!

 

[Netserk]

And now they‘ve crashed in the lead echelon, involving Onley

from bad to worse

good that they have the fire power to do something about it

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Hoole has abandoned because of the crash.

 

[Netserk]

Race Radio announces Daan Hoole (Decathlon CMA CGM) withdraws after the crash at km 85.

 

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Onley somehow made it back to the front. Would be no surprise if it comes with a penalty, though.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Onley somehow made it back to the front. Would be no surprise if it comes with a penalty, though.

They had over a minute, and it‘s not generally illegal to be in the cars after a crash. I doubt they had to do anything too sketchy as long as they got up quickly.
Edit: But yeah, usually the cars all pass you and you end up with only your own car and it gets questionable.

 

[Lievro]

Onley somehow made it back to the front. Would be no surprise if it comes with a penalty, though.

Maybe - i repeat - maybe it's because of the powerhorses of his team who were with him?

 

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Paris-Nice was supposed to finish one hour after Tirreno, but I may get close in the end.

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

Onley somehow made it back to the front. Would be no surprise if it comes with a penalty, though.

didn't know you had tv pictures already

 

[Potomac]

Paris-Nice was supposed to finish one hour after Tirreno, but I may get close in the end.

I will have to get out the other laptop so I can stream both at the same time

 

[Netserk]

Correction - Onley has not been caught by the Vauquelin group

The British leader is making his way back to the front group with Josh Tarling and Sam Watson.


Onley, Tarling and Watson are back at the front

They're at km 98.
A rider from Movsitar tried to attack, unsuccessfully.
The gap to the Vauquelin group is at 1'20''.

 

[Netserk]

i think this small split was from the crash before the front group got together again