Paris-Nice 2026, March 8-15

[Potomac]

I had hopes for Lamperti.

 

[Samamba]

Tejada is gone

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Nobody left to keep this together, a late attack will make it and maybe it's this one.

 

[Salvarani]

Go Tejada!

 

[Rou]

One of Vino's boys is upfront!

 

[Samamba]

Coquard back, Izagirre will ride

Godon too, Vauquelin could ride

 

[Rou]

Beautiful victory!

 

[Didinho]

Another win for Vino/other.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Just like in 2020, this finale really delivered.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Amazing attack and win from tejeda. Vino will be proud!!

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Nicolas Vinokurov finished with the chase group, the nepobaby is getting pretty legit.

 

[Didinho]

Sprinter Vingo not going for the boni seconds.

 

[Alexandre B.]

What is the purpose of Joshua Tarling apart from being a nuisance to his teammates?

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Nicolas Vinokurov finished with the chase group, the nepobaby is getting pretty legit.

Probably my only good unique CQ pick. Nice to see him punch the air as he crossed the line.

 

[yaco]

Tarling is making excellent progress. I can see him having a good classics campaign.

 

[Tim Cahill]

What is the purpose of Joshua Tarling apart from being a nuisance to his teammates?

He won them the ttt 3 days ago?

 

[Alexandre B.]

He won them the ttt 3 days ago?

Vauquelin won them the TT over Trek.

He wasn’t there to help Vauquelin on the rainy day, and was of no help to Godon who excels in this kind of stage.

 

[Potomac]

So now we wait to see what the weather does to Saturday's stage.

 

[theyoungest]

Vauquelin won them the TT over Trek.

He wasn’t there to help Vauquelin on the rainy day, and was of no help to Godon who excels in this kind of stage.

He wasn't there to help Vauquelin because he was helping Onley. If you don't like that, take it up with the Ineos directors.

 

[Netserk]

edit : the below was a mistake on tissot

new route is like 2024 but the finish is lower

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around where utelle is marked or at 7 km to go

 

[Netserk]

 

[Devil's Elbow]

It's definitely the right call to cancel Auron, it's meant to get 30 centimetres of snow tomorrow in the ski station itself. Admittedly it might have worked, but if it doesn't you have to finish in the valley and the stage is immediately ruined.

However, it's a shame that they aren't trying to go all the way up to Madone d'Utelle. Yes, at a predicted snowline of 1000 to 1300 metres (depending on which forecast you look at) it's not guaranteed you can make it work, but with the snow mainly in the morning and the temperature slightly rising in the afternoon you could always opt to move the finish down to where it is now as a plan C if things look bad in the morning.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

It's not Utelle after all, they are finishing at the planned intermediate sprint after a long false flat. Breakaway day or a sprint with the same types as today.

 

[Oldman]

Interesting Map. Fairly suprising that there are no WT cyclists from Nariño, Valle de Cauca or Santander this year.


I mean, I guess my main earlier point was that there is really no escaping the rain in Colombia. It is, if you believe the rankings, the wettest country in the world -full stop-. As the above map shows, the cycling heartland is closer to the mountains (as with most places, I guess). Where it does usually, but far from always, rain late in the day. Also, mechanics's time is pretty cheap and they are plentyful, the bikes and components are free if you're in the WT, so most pros seem to ride outside often and take advantage of the ample mountain roads and the weather that is often bad, but hardly ever so bad that indoor training looks like a better alternative. And the pretty decent local race calendar, which is full of mountain climbs and descents, is also often hit by bad weather (and I doubt the bad weather protocol has ever been triggered).

Yes, as Squire said, this does not mean that all Colombians are good bad weather riders. But and I guess this would be my second and more applicable point, I would venture that, again, since there is pretty much no escape from the rain in Colombia, contra what some posters seem to assume, most Colombian WT pros are at least pretty used to riding in the rain and the cold.

We're going down a rabbit hole and you're leading. Columbia doesn't rank in the top ten of wettest spots. Those honors go to Indian regions, Cameroon (African continent), Maui, HI, Kauai, HI-both US....Here's a real comparison: Washington State's Olympic peninsula averages 200-255 inches of rainfall a year. The Olympic Mountain range isn't tall but it's an effective barrier. Poulsbo, Washington is on the East toe of those hills and get 35 inches of rain. Seattle, a mere 20 miles East averages 35 inches of rain and they are at the same elevation. Humbolt County, CA gets 180 inches a year but we regularly trained West of there and seldom got wet after late Spring. You just don't ride on the wettest time of day in the wettest place. Rider's birthplace doesn't determine their ability unless they are exclusively riding there.

Another reality: if it's cold in either early season or key training segments most pros will do serious intervals indoors. They can gain actual strength rather than burning calories merely to keep from freezing. They will/should ride in inclement weather just to understand the impacts and preparation. This discussion began with speculation on Martinez's tough finish on that stage. He looked worn out from riding in the cold/wet and was likely both underfed and underdressed. I doubt he'll make that mistake again.

 

[Netserk]

the uploaded change to the tissot map must have been a mistake then . perhaps it was one of the options they considered

https://twitter.com/x/status/2032530833823904190

View: https://x.com/ParisNice/status/2032530833823904190