Paris-Nice 2026, March 8-15

[staubsauger]

What a terrible top-10. Just c-tier riders all across the board

Yeah really poor compared to world class riders like Sandy Casar, Antonio Colom or Jörg Jaksche which podiumed Paris-Nice before!

 

[TheKidsCallMeBoss]

Average Poglander fan

There's no point mentioning Pog in any context. It's obvious that these two aren't in the same league.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Good to see Vingo on the podium donning all the different colored jerseys, but the facial hair is a rather woeful sight.

 

[Salvarani]

Yeah really poor compared to world class riders like Sandy Casar, Antonio Colom or Jörg Jaksche which podiumed Paris-Nice before!

Those are legendary names

You know ball

 

[Extinction]

The Gavia stage should never have happened. It was completely irresponsible.

Yesterday wasn't the Gavia stage, I thought at least that much was clear. Between such irresponsibility (organizers) and having no responsibility (riders), there is a world of difference. If you didn't get this point, you merely look like a blockhead.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

There's no point mentioning Pog in any context.

That's pretty harsh. I don't like the guy much, but I still think it's perfectly okay to mention him from time to time.

 

[RedheadDane]

That's pretty harsh. I don't like the guy much, but I still think it's perfectly okay to mention him from time to time.

The Pogacar thread would definitely get weird otherwise.

 

[Alexandre B.]

If you can convince yourself that this is a good top-10, go for it. Onley and Ayuso DNF, Almeida DNS. No competition and race over at stage 4.

Wonder how he would have done against Ayuso, Seixas and Isaac. We didn't get any wiser at all on his actual shape due to this lacklustre field

If you didn't get any wiser at all on the actual shape of Jonas Vingegaard (2 stage wins, dominating all race), I don't know what you did this week, but you certainly didn't watch Paris-Nice.

 

[Red Rick]

There's no point mentioning Pog in any context. It's obvious that these two aren't in the same league.

What kind of absolute moron loses two years in a row to a guy that isn't even in the same league.

 

[Salvarani]

What kind of absolute moron loses two years in a row to a guy that isn't even in the same league.

Even worse to lose it on the last GC day and then never coming close again

 

[James M]

There's no point mentioning Pog in any context. It's obvious that these two aren't in the same league.

It only is for people completely stuck in the past and its seriously becoming worriesome for the ones considering how far fetched it is now. in reality it obviously isnt any point of doing that for sure, noone besidse some forum people even do that cause its self explonatory.

And thats just okei cause Jonas on his own is really really good and mainly just deserves praise. One thing often doesnt mean the other in reality.

 

[staubsauger]

What kind of absolute moron loses two years in a row to a guy that isn't even in the same league.

At Paris-Nice? Alberto Contador!

 

[tobydawq]

Yesterday wasn't the Gavia stage, I thought at least that much was clear. Between such irresponsibility (organizers) and having no responsibility (riders), there is a world of difference. If you didn't get this point, you merely look like a blockhead.

Great namecalling. I'm not saying that yesterday was the Gavia stage. I was simply saying that the Gavia stage shouldn't have happened and it was quite lucky that nobody died that day.

 

[TheKidsCallMeBoss]

What kind of absolute moron loses two years in a row to a guy that isn't even in the same league.

He was lucky the first time; the second time, health issues affected the outcome. I suppose that's all the success he's had against Pog in the last eight years.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Final GC:

1	1	-	Vingegaard Jonas	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	500	250	36″	25:25:11
2	2	-	Martínez Daniel Felipe	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe	400	190	10″	4:23
3	3	-	Steinhauser Georg	EF Education - EasyPost	325	160		6:07
4	4	-	Vauquelin Kévin	INEOS Grenadiers	275	140	2″	6:24
5	5	-	Martinez Lenny	Bahrain - Victorious	225	120	16″	7:31
6	6	-	Soler Marc	UAE Team Emirates - XRG	175	110		9:09
7	7	-	Izagirre Ion	Cofidis	150	100		9:19
8	8	-	Rondel Mathys	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	125	90		10:23
9	9	-	Baudin Alex	EF Education - EasyPost	100	80		10:33
10	10	-	Tejada Harold	XDS Astana Team	85	70	18″	11:40

A bit on the soft side perhaps, but Vinge beat the lot comprehensively.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Not a good edition of this race unfortunately

Kind of lost its excitement after Jonas took his 2nd stage, but it wouldn't surprise me if the stage to Uchon will eventually be a top 5 best stage of the year.

 

[Extinction]

Great namecalling. I'm not saying that yesterday was the Gavia stage. I was simply saying that the Gavia stage shouldn't have happened and it was quite lucky that nobody died that day.

But nobody said the Gavia should have happened. The point was that the extremes to which riders in the past were subjected (and they rode out of a different call to duty), make the conditions yesterday seem like a walk in the park. And yet the riders made it seem like the end of the world.

 

[AmRacer]

At Paris-Nice? Alberto Contador!

Roglic?

 

[Valv.Piti]

If you didn't get any wiser at all on the actual shape of Jonas Vingegaard (2 stage wins, dominating all race), I don't know what you did this week, but you certainly didn't watch Paris-Nice.

Lol, dominating this mediocre asf field doesnt really tell us anything

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Lol, dominating this mediocre asf field doesnt really tell us anything

Compare this showing to both Algarve and the sole GC day he did at this race before his crash last year and it should be abundantly obvious that he's in way better form right now. Of course it tells us something.

 

[Alexandre B.]

Lol, dominating this mediocre asf field doesnt really tell us anything

Winning a big race with a considerable margin doesn’t tell us anything.

That’s interesting.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Winning a big race with a considerable margin doesn’t tell us anything.

That’s interesting.

We know Jonas is way better than the competition. Not really that intruging - you know what I mean.

 

[Hugh Januss]

Lol, you people are really desperate to never give Jonas any credit. Its both funny and sad.

7th place from last years Tour de France got 4th place in this race. It was a normal Paris Nice field.

Haters gotta hate!

 

[staubsauger]

Roglic?

I was only being half serious with the point being that in 2016 nobody knew that Thomas in retrospective would become quite a handy general classification contender.

Same goes for Martinez. Maybe he becomes a fantastic pure climber on his day with a nice kick to secure points for the polka dots jersey. Sounds entirely legit to me. Then it's not a shame to lose a sprint against Martinez after he had a great day and was able to hang on.

After all that's exactly what he did to Almeida at Romandie last year!

 

[Unchained]

Haters gotta hate!

I will push the Taylor Swift lyric one step further... Lol..
Weird to me that there is a narrative that makes Roglic ( others) of little to no use unless he is capable of the podium. Might just be something I see, but from what I have known of bike racing, racers they lose way, way more than they win and there is still value in racing that doesn't result in a win.