Paris-Nice 2026, March 8-15

[Cance > TheRest]

Quite nice to see Waistband up there today. Is this his first race of the season?

 

[Red Rick]

He may take more than 45 seconds on Tim van Dijke

 

[Sciatic]

Lovely route, and couldn't be a bigger contrast to yesterday weather-wise.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

If he thinks there are 10 km left, and stops with 10 km to go, thus getting caught, that would be bad.

If he thinks there are 30 km left, and continues for another 10 km efter the finish, that would be... a bit weird.

He did continue all the way to the finish in the Vuelta when he attacked earlier than he thought, so he will probably do the same today.

 

[Tim Cahill]

How did that come up?

'Ching-hai' is pretty much correct. The actual ch sound is slightly softer than how an Englishman would say it.

He was talking about mythical July 2024 Cepeda

Schinghai lake it is

 

[canina82]

Vingegaard showing the youngsters like Toro and Seixas that the throne is still far away from them

This is something obvious tbh. Vingegaard is so underrated. Seriously, he's the second best GC rider I ever witness in my life and by a long margin.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Vingegaard showing the youngsters like Toro and Seixas that the throne is still far away from them

It is still hard for him to really show them that when he isn't racing against them.

 

[Hugh Januss]

Vingegaard with a lead of somewhere between 20 and 40 seconds?

 

[Squire]

Schinghai lake it is

Not quite. You need the 't' sound which initiates the English 'ch'.

 

[Didinho]

Ah finally some G2 attacks. Long time no see.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Vinge on the cote de saint

 

[tobydawq]

Vingegaard showing the youngsters like Toro and Seixas that the throne is still far away from them

By beating Steinhauser and Rondel?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Chase group with a plan at a level of a bunch of toddlers in a sandbox.

 

[theyoungest]

It is still hard for him to really show them that when he isn't racing against them.

Or vice versa? I don't think at this point either of them is better than Vingegaard.

 

[theyoungest]

Vingegaard is experiencing the same advantage Pogi always has when he attacks so early, which is that the group behind him doesn't cooperate so the difference in level appears bigger than it actually is.

 

[YavorD]

By beating Steinhauser and Rondel?

Indeed. If you see the field in group 2, you would think that this is some .Pro race and ask yourself "What the **** Vingegaard is doing here".

 

[Netserk]

would have been fantastic with the full cast

at least its pretty and very well filmed

 

[saunaking]

crazy race, not even Pog could win with a minute gap

 

[Sciatic]

group 2 shenanigans

 

[Squire]

VPP and Martinez role-playing Contador and Chicken. The race is suffering from a severe lack of Ayuso today.

 

[theyoungest]

Indeed. If you see the field in group 2, you would think that this is some .Pro race and ask yourself "What the **** Vingegaard is doing here".

It's not like Ayuso would have been able to follow Vingegaard here. He probably would have been in that group as well. And then suddenly it's a big name group...

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Whatever is true of the opposition, this is probably Vingegaard's most empathic win since his 2024 Itzulia crash and he can and should take heart from that. It might be too early to give up on him challenging Pogacar yet...

 

[fenns]

This is great stuff from Jonas - pulverising them. Catalunya should be good.

 

[Squire]

It's not like Ayuso would have been able to follow Vingegaard here. He probably would have been in that group as well. And then suddenly it's a big name group...

You sure? I think it's more likely that this would have been 2 up front and the same group behind.

 

[Rou]

You sure? I think it's more likely that this would have been 2 up front and the same group behind.

I'm 99% sure that Juan would have exploded.
Vingegaard deleted Lenny who is a specialist on such ramps.