Paris-Nice 2026, March 8-15

[Ilmaestro99]

Plowright dropping Soler! This is the best stage of the year!

Soler will surely have to go on the attack to get that time back. We are in for a good week.

 

[Samamba]

Please point me to any race in the past 3 years where Red Bull demonstrably raced for UCI points. Because I can't think of one.

Yeah I'm obviously not going to look for it, It might surprise some people but I do have better things to do with my life. And like I said agree with you that's it's a bad argument here, but there have been Red Bull riders that have mentioned it before and even Denk said it once they look at it. It's prestige. But no, it's obviously not their main goal in races.

 

[Poursuivant]

Brutal day.

 

[Rou]

Vauquelin super frustrated. He has the legs but Ineos kinda stuffed him up

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Henri Desgrange would have enjoyed this, while Vauquelin hasn‘t because he‘s riding against his own team.

 

[Brullnux]

It was obviously funny to watch Red Bull guide Vingegaard to a stage and GC won but, really, a hyper aggressive strategy would have borne no fruit. At least now they look like they'll get 2nd in GC.

 

[Boehmand]

Over 5 minutes to 10th across the line, on a stage that looked easy before the weather hit

 

[Tanakka]

Yes, right..
Because Vingegaard would follow Van Dijke's, who are no threat to him.
Literally doesn't make sense for Red Bull to try 4v1.

Well, at least they might've gotten the stage win.
Tim Van Dijke had the legs to do it, today.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

1	Vingegaard Jonas	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	60	50	6″	4:16:12
2	Martínez Daniel Felipe	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe	40	30	4″	0:41
3	van Dijke Tim	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe	30	18		0:45
4	van Dijke Mick	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe	25	13		1:42
5	Steinhauser Georg	EF Education - EasyPost	20	10		2:54
6	Vauquelin Kévin	INEOS Grenadiers	15	7		3:38
7	Martinez Lenny	Bahrain - Victorious	10	4		4:02
8	Gaudu David	Groupama - FDJ United	8	3		4:20
9	Plowright Jensen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	5	2		4:55
10	Soler Marc	UAE Team Emirates - XRG	2	1		5:07

Fantastic effort by the van Djike brothers. Vinge got things served on a plate and took advantage. Great day of tough racing.

 

[Unchained]

Jonas should sign for RBH what in the world

Again hopefully ayuso not mega hurt which would suck when he looked so good, worst part of cycling.

Ayuso did get up and the cold, wet clothing probably didn't help after crashing... He doesn't need another injury... No collar bone at least.

 

[Samamba]

About to be the weirdest top 10 final GC in Paris Nice history

 

[theyoungest]

Tim Van Dijke impressive ride once again today this year deserve some creds today for sure!

Ya think? He could have won this stage. Insane performance, of course the weather favours him over the climbers but it's clear both Van Dijke brothers are in some seriously good shape.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Ackermann 18th today, almost as good as his actual sprint results.

 

[Potomac]

Great stage, except for Ayuso getting injured.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Ackerman rolling in the top-20 , seems to get the same result as his bunch sprinting

 

[AmRacer]

Jonas crusing to victory with minimal effort.

 

[theyoungest]

Gotta love Eurosport... epic stage going on in Paris-Nice but they're still sticking to the schedule, a boring sprint stage in Tirreno.

Not sure we can gauge anything from this result... Vingegaard is obviously not in awful shape, but still in this situation he pretty much had to win. He's still not a fashionista, that's for sure.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Prelim GC:

1	7	▲6	Vingegaard Jonas	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	10	16″	12:53:15
2	9	▲7	Martínez Daniel Felipe	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe		10″	0:52
3	14	▲11	Steinhauser Georg	EF Education - EasyPost			3:20
4	2	▼2	Vauquelin Kévin	INEOS Grenadiers			3:39
5	21	▲16	Gaudu David	Groupama - FDJ United			5:02
6	34	▲28	Martinez Lenny	Bahrain - Victorious			5:07
7	99	▲92	van Dijke Tim	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe		4″	5:33
8	18	▲10	Soler Marc	UAE Team Emirates - XRG			5:45
9	48	▲39	Plowright Jensen	Alpecin-Premier Tech			6:27
10	23	▲13	Izagirre Ion	Cofidis			6:32

Ion is sneaking into the top 10.

 

[Lequack]

People say Pog is dominating at Strade. But look at Vingegaard, he left everyone in the dust in just one stage.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Ackermann 18th today, almost as good as his actual sprint results.

You're clearly more popular than me

 

[Escarabajo]

The top 10 in GC after the first mountain top finish looks as weird as it can be. Weird stage.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

You're clearly more popular than me

I‘m just faster (than Ackermann)

 

[kingjr]

Vauquelin only 5 seconds slower than Vingegaard over the last 1.7 km, not bad.

 

[Unchained]

With Dura Ace the biggest you can push is a 34 tooth right?

 

[James M]

Ya think? He could have won this stage. Insane performance, of course the weather favours him over the climbers but it's clear both Van Dijke brothers are in some seriously good shape.

Yeah brilliant no doubt. Also good showing in omloop. Seems very strong this year, cred where creds is due.