Mar. 9, 2008 - Mar. 16, 2008
Paris-Nice
Tune in on March 9th for live coverage, race analysis, photos and much more at VeloNews.com. One of France’s most storied events, Paris-Nice is the first “real” European stage race of the season. Starting in the suburbs near Paris, the eight-day course marches south across the Massif Central and down the Rhone Valley, leaving behind dreary Paris until it reaches the exuberance of spring along France’s glittering Cote d’Azur. Dubbed the “Race to the Sun,” Sean Kelly holds the record with seven straight wins in the 1980s. These days, the race isn’t decided until the closing slog up Col d’Eze above Nice and the final sprint down the Promenade des Anglais.
Mar. 16, 2008
Paris-Nice stage 7, a Graham Watson Gallery Starting and finishing in Nice, the riders battled the local cat 1 climbs in the final stage of the 2008 Paris-Nice.
Mar. 16, 2008
Paris-Nice riders protest Van Impe test A rash of new anti-doping controls and cycling’s tightening noose around would-be cheaters is ruffling some feathers in the peloton.
Riders ...
Mar. 16, 2008
Stage 7: Rebellin wins P-N; Sanchez takes finale Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) survived a flurry of attacks to win the 66th edition of Paris-Nice on ...
Mar. 15, 2008
Paris-Nice stage 6, a Graham Watson gallery Chavanel got his redemption as Gesink lost the yellow jersey to Rebellin during stage 6. Graham Watson was there to document it all.
Mar. 15, 2008
Stage 6: Live Coverage: Paris-Nice, Stage 6 12:31 PM: Good day!Welcome ...
Mar. 15, 2008
Stage 6: Rebellin seizes lead at Paris-Nice Bright-eyed, 21-year-old Robert Gesink might have time on his side, but
Mar. 14, 2008
Stage 5, a Graham Watson Gallery Graham Watson captured the action, including Barredo's narrow victory during stage 5 of the 2008 Paris-Nice.
Mar. 14, 2008
Stage 5: Live Coverage: Paris-Nice, Stage 5 12:28 PM: Good morning and welcome!
Mar. 14, 2008
Stage 5: Barredo snatches stage 5 at Paris-Nice Carlos Barredo (Quick Step) is one of those riders who can do just about anything. He chases down breakaways for the GC captains, goes on the attack ...
Mar. 13, 2008
Stage 4, a Graham Watson Gallery Graham Watson was following the tough stage 4, finishing up the infamous Mt. Ventoux.
Mar. 13, 2008
Stage 4: Live Coverage: Paris-Nice, Stage 4 12:25 PM: Good day!And ...
Mar. 13, 2008
Stage 4: Gesink leads P-N; Evans rules Ventoux Robert Gesink (Rabobank) couldn’t have picked a bigger stage to announce himself to the world.
Holland’s first pure climber in a generation ...
Mar. 12, 2008
Paris Nice Stage 3, a Graham Watson Gallery Finally the race to the sun presents some welcome sunshine. Graham Watson was there to capture the action.
Mar. 12, 2008
Stage 3: Live Coverage: Paris-Nice, Stage 3 12:31 PM: Good day and Welcome
Mar. 12, 2008
Stage 3: Chavanel leads Paris-Nice as Carlstrom wins stage 3 A Frenchman hasn’t stood atop the Paris-Nice podium since Laurent Jalabert won the last of his three straight titles in 1997.
Mar. 11, 2008
Paris-Nice Stage 2 - A Graham Watson Gallery Another wet day at Paris-Nice and photographer Graham Watson was there to keep track of events.
Mar. 11, 2008
Live Coverage - Paris-Nice, Stage 2 - March 11, 2008 12:41 PM: Good day and
Mar. 11, 2008
Stage 2: Steegmans wins in war of attrition Crashes and nasty weather are turning the 66th Paris-Nice into a war of attrition as Gert Steegmans (Quick Step) sprinted to his second straight win ...
Mar. 10, 2008
Stage 1: Paris-Nice Stage 1: A Graham Watson gallery Paris-Nice organizers shortened Monday's stage 1 due to heavy rain and wind, but the result was one of the most exciting days in years. When the race ...
Mar. 10, 2008
Stage 1: Steegmans grabs first P-N stage One of the worst winter storms of the year ripped across central France on Monday and left the Paris-Nice peloton looking like shredded wheat in a ...
Mar. 10, 2008
Live Coverage - Paris-Nice, Stage 1 1:04 PM: Good day and
Mar. 9, 2008
Prologue: Hushovd takes Paris-Nice opener If it’s short, fast and flat, chances are good that Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) will be among the favorites in any opening prologue.
The ...
Mar. 9, 2008
Live Coverage - Paris Nice Prologue
01:47 PM: Good morning...and welcome to the ...
Mar. 8, 2008
Paris-Nice starts under a cloud Paris-Nice used to be cycling’s sparkling season kickoff, a chance for the sport to shake off the winter doldrums and click fully into gear for the ...
Feb. 13, 2008
High Road, Slipstream earn Paris-Nice bids Lost amid Wednesday’s headlines was the official release of the invited teams for the upcoming 66th edition of Paris-Nice.
The “Race to the ...
Mar. 20, 2007
Tuesday's EuroFile: Boonen and Bettini banged-up but ready for MSR; Contador relishes Paris-Nice win Quick Step-Innergetic stars Tom Boonen and Paolo Bettini promise to be in the mix at this weekend’s Milan-San Remo, but both men readily admit they ...
Mar. 18, 2007
Stage 7 Overall: Contador wins Paris-Nice with last-stage assault The future is now for Alberto Contador after the Spanish climber pulled the double at Paris-Nice on Sunday to win the final stage and claim the ...
Mar. 17, 2007
Stage 6: León Sánchez confirms, Rebellin defends in Paris-Nice The Spanish armada threw down an attack in Saturday’s brutal 200km sixth stage at Paris-Nice, but Davide Rebellin stood firm to retain the overall ...
Mar. 16, 2007
Stage 5: Popo' doubles down for Disco'; Rebellin holds lead at Paris-Nice It’s obvious Yaroslav Popovych enjoys life. The Ukraine attacker usually has a smile on his face and is quick with a joke, except when he’s on ...
Mar. 15, 2007
Stage 4: Contador scores stage, Rebellin seizes lead at Paris-Nice For the second time in two weeks, Alberto Contador delivered a big win in the 2007 season ahead of some pretty heady company. Last month at the Tour ...
Mar. 14, 2007
Stage 3: Kolobnev robs sprinters at Paris-Nice; Pellizotti keeps lead You can’t blame Tom Boonen if he shot his arms up in triumph thinking that he had won a hard-fought, rising sprint into Maurs at the end of the ...
Mar. 13, 2007
Stage 2: Pellizotti takes stage, lead at Paris-Nice The 177km second stage of the eight-day Paris-Nice started with a lot of high hopes.
David Millar was talking a wire-to-wire yellow jersey run. ...
Mar. 12, 2007
Stage 1: Nazon wins at Paris-Nice, Millar stays in yellow It was expected to be a showdown between Daniele Bennati and Tom Boonen in the first stage of Paris-Nice, but it was French sprinter Jean-Patrick ...
Mar. 11, 2007
Prologue: Millar takes Paris-Nice prologue Last year, David Millar underwent wind-tunnel testing for the first time and settled into a new, sleeker aerodynamic position that on paper should ...
Mar. 10, 2007
Paris-Nice kicks off Sunday Paris-Nice, the first major stage race of the season, gets under way on Sunday without 2006 champion Floyd Landis and the Unibet.com team.
The ...
Mar. 9, 2007
Judge rejects Unibet's appeal to race Paris-Nice Unibet.com has failed in an appeal to have Paris-Nice race organizers include them in the field for this year's race, a source told AFP on ...
Mar. 8, 2007
Thursday's Eurofile: Strong North American contingent for Paris-Nice; UCI may adopt CSC doping controls A healthy North American presence will highlight next week’s Paris-Nice with no less than eight riders from five teams represented.
The robust ...
Mar. 5, 2007
Paris-Nice as planned, UCI-ASO crisis settled ... for now It took nine hours of intense haggling, but the UCI and cycling’s biggest race organizers signed a truce Monday that will save the 2007 racing ...
Feb. 23, 2007
UCI bars teams, international commissaires from Paris-Nice The UCI fired back at rebel race organizers Friday and officially banned ProTour and second-tier continental teams from starting next month’s ...
Feb. 22, 2007
Thursday's EuroFile: Freire takes Ruta; UCI urges ProTour teams to skip Paris-Nice Freire takes Ruta by a second over CioniSpaniard Oscar Freire (Rabobank) won the final stage and the overall at the Ruta del Sol on Thursday, taking ...
Feb. 14, 2007
Wednesday's Eurofile: Big three unified as Giro issues invites; A tough Paris-Nice; Tinkoff aims for Med' The ongoing feud between the grand tours and the UCI turned nastier this week when Giro d’Italia organizers said they will guarantee invitations to ...
Feb. 1, 2007
UCI threatens ASO's hold on Paris-Nice The International Cycling Union (UCI) has threatened to stop Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) holding the upcoming Paris-Nice, unless it respects the ...
Mar. 16, 2006
2006 Paris-Nice Video Highlight Floyd Landis won more than Paris-Nice on Sunday. He secured the trust and confidence of his Phonak teammates as they look confidently toward this ...
Mar. 12, 2006
Landis triumphs at Paris-Nice Floyd Landis won more than Paris-Nice on Sunday. He secured the trust and confidence of his Phonak teammates as they look confidently toward this ...
Mar. 11, 2006
Kashechkin snags Paris-Nice stage; Landis leads Paris-Nice leader Floyd Landis was quick to tip his hat to his Phonak teammates after keeping the lid on a dangerous 19-man breakaway in Saturday’s ...
Mar. 9, 2006
Hat trick for Boonen in Paris-Nice; Floyd on cruise control There were plenty of reasons for Floyd Landis to smile Thursday after enjoying his first full day in the yellow jersey in the 193km fourth stage at ...
Mar. 8, 2006
Landis seizes lead at Paris-Nice Floyd Landis (Phonak) ground just about everyone into the asphalt in Wednesday’s hilly 168.5km third stage to capture the overall leader’s jersey ...
Mar. 7, 2006
Boonen dusts Davis again at Paris-Nice No offense to Allan Davis or anyone else in Tuesday’s finish line dash, but it’s going to take more than a good try to stop Tom Boonen.
The ...
Mar. 7, 2006
Vande Velde crashes out of Paris-Nice Christian Vande Velde (CSC) was forced to abandon the 64th Paris-Nice after crashing hard on his left shoulder in a tumble in Tuesday’s hilly ...
Mar. 6, 2006
Boonen outkicks Davis, snatches lead at Paris-Nice The rainbow jersey curse has yet to strike Tom Boonen so far this year.
The reigning world champion put down a textbook-perfect sprint to win ...
Mar. 5, 2006
Julich takes Paris-Nice prologue Defending champion Bobby Julich (Team CSC) roared to victory Sunday in the 4.8km opening prologue of the 64th Paris-Nice on a day he didn’t expect ...
Mar. 4, 2006
Saturday's EuroFile: Boonen primed for Paris-Nice; Cunego focuses on Giro; Astarloa wins Milan-Turin Tom Boonen has been enjoying some quality training sessions around his new home in Monaco and hopes to roll into Sunday’s start of Paris-Nice ready ...
Mar. 2, 2006
Thursday's EuroFile: Great expectations; Tour, Vuelta name wild-cards; Vino skips Paris-Nice Alejandro Valverde, the Spanish sensation who’s getting cartloads of hype back home, admits he’s starting to feel the pressure still four months ...
Feb. 8, 2006
Wednesday's EuroFile: New look for Paris-Nice; Tirreno-Adriatico adds TT Wide-open Paris-Nice routeHoping to live up to its name as the "Race to the Sun," Paris-Nice organizers revealed a 2006 route that skirts the snowy ...
Mar. 12, 2005
Posthuma wins at Paris-Nice; Julich in yellow Bobby Julich (Team CSC) advanced one day closer to the most important victory of his career after safely negotiating Saturday’s potentially ...
Mar. 11, 2005
Simoni wins, Julich dons yellow at Paris-Nice Bobby Julich went to bed last night joking to Team CSC roommate Jens Voigt about their prospects of snagging the maillot jaune in Friday’s 172.5km ...
Mar. 10, 2005
Cancellera wins stage, leader's jersey at Paris-Nice The winds of change blew through Paris-Nice in Thursday’s weather-shortened fourth stage as the peloton traded winter for the mistral.
Lance ...
Mar. 9, 2005
Armstrong abandons Paris-Nice Lance Armstrong has dropped out of Paris-Nice, reportedly suffering from a sore throat and fever.
"Lance woke up this morning with a sore throat and ...
Mar. 9, 2005
Reynes wins snowy stage at Paris-Nice In what was great weather to go skiing in central France on Wednesday, the Paris-Nice bicycle stage doggedly pushed on despite frigid temperatures ...
Mar. 8, 2005
Boonen takes weather-shortened stage at Paris-Nice Belgium's Tom Boonen, of the Quick Step team, on Tuesday won the second stage of the Paris-Nice cycling race, reduced to 45km between Aigueperse ...
Mar. 7, 2005
Boonen takes first stage at Paris-Nice Tom Boonen (Quick Step) won stage 1 of Paris-Nice on Monday, sprinting to victory ahead of a peloton that had been cracked into thirds by a pair of ...
Mar. 6, 2005
Voigt wows 'em at Paris-Nice prologue Jens Voigt (CSC) ripped the short, 4km prologue Sunday to win the Paris-Nice opener and earned the distinction of being the first winner on ...
Mar. 5, 2005
Saturday's EuroFile: Armstrong, ProTour set for debut at Paris-Nice; Sacchi wins Milan-Turin; second Flanders stage canceled Six-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong opens his 2005 campaign in Paris-Nice on Sunday when professional cycling enters a new era – that of ...
Mar. 15, 2003
Paris-Nice: Rodriguez wins; Tyler tries his legs; Vino' one day closer Alexandre Vinokourov pushed one day closer to delivering victory in the 61st Paris-Nice after surviving a cold, blustery day along France’s Cote ...
Mar. 13, 2003
Frigo wins Paris-Nice TT - Live Updates The fourth stage of Paris-Nice has finished in Vergeze, France. Dario Frigo has turned in a stellar time and has taken over as race ...
Mar. 13, 2003
Paris-Nice: Frigo takes over Fassa Bortolo's Dario Frigo stamped his authority on the 61st edition of Paris-Nice, winning Thursday's 16.5km individual time trial and jumping into ...
Mar. 12, 2003
Kivilev mourned at Paris-Nice The mood at Paris-Nice turned sullen Wednesday morning as riders, support staff and fans learned that Cofidis’s Andrei Kivilev had died from ...
Mar. 12, 2003
VeloNews Archive: Helmets an issue at Paris-Nice in '91 The tragic death of Andrei Kivilev at this year’s Paris-Nice is not thefirst time that helmets – specifically, whether pros should be requiredto ...
Mar. 11, 2003
Paris-Nice Stage 2 - Rebellin takes win Gerolsteiner's Davide Rebellin won the second stage of Paris-Nice, sprinting out of a lead group of six riders that escaped on the slopes of the ...
Mar. 10, 2003
Paris-Nice: Petacchi glides to win, O’Grady takes jersey Fassa Bortolo’s Alessandro Petacchi made it look easy in Monday’s firststage of the 61st Paris-Nice, and he wasn’t even feeling all ...
Mar. 10, 2003
Petacchi takes Stage 1 at Paris-Nice; O'Grady in yellow As predicted, the 191km first stage of Paris-Nice finished in a field sprint, perhaps the only opportunity for the sprinters to show their stuff in ...
Mar. 9, 2003
Mattan takes Paris-Nice prologue; Hamilton second Belgian rider Nico Mattan saw his recent time trial training sessions pay off with victory in the 4.8-kilometre prologue of the Paris-Nice stage race ...
Mar. 8, 2003
Paris-Nice kicks off Sunday The 61st edition of Paris-Nice opens Sunday with an opening prologue justoutside of Paris and ends, as the name suggests, in Nice along the ...
Oct. 28, 2002
Monday's Euro-file: Armstrong eyes Paris-Nice, hints at skipping world's; Ullrich fit and optimistic Four-time Tour de France champ Lance Armstrong told the French sports daily L’Equipe he’s still not convinced he’ll race in the 2003 road world ...
Mar. 17, 2002
Vinokurov locks up Paris-Nice; McEwen takes final stage Deutsche Telekom’s Alexandre Vinokurov rode into Nice to secure his first Paris-Nice triumph Sunday on the seventh and final stage won by ...
Mar. 16, 2002
Frigo comes in from the cold to win Paris-Nice sixth stage Defending Paris-Nice champion Dario Frigo (Tacconi) marked his return from a six-month drug ban by winning the sixth stage of the race on the climb ...
Mar. 15, 2002
Petacchi takes fifth stage of Paris-Nice Fassa Bortolo’s Alessandro Petacchi continued his winning ways when he won the hilly fifth stage of Paris-Nice after holding on to his lead amid a ...
Mar. 14, 2002
Vinokurov wins Stage 4 at Paris-Nice, takes over lead Deutsche Telekom’s Alexandre Vinokurov took the leader's jersey after sticking with an ambitious bunch that left the peloton almost 90km from the ...
Mar. 13, 2002
Paris-Nice: Jalabert takes stage; Rous takes jersey France’s national champion Didier Rous took the leader's jersey at Paris-Nice after CSC’s Laurent Jalabert won the third stage, a 147.5km race ...
Mar. 12, 2002
Paris-Nice: McEwen takes sprint into Belleville Lotto’s Aussie sprint ace Robbie McEwen won the second stage of Paris-Nice, edging out overall race leader Alessandro Petacchi in a charge to the ...
Mar. 11, 2002
Petacchi takes over at Paris-Nice Fresh off of his three-stage win streak at the Tour of Murcia, Fassa Bortolo’s Alessandro Petacchi grabbed the overall lead at Paris-Nice after ...
Mar. 10, 2002
Bodrogi takes Paris-Nice prologue Mapei's Laszlo Bodrogi won the prologue of Paris-Nice in Issy-Les-Moulineaux day, edging out Frenchman Didier Rous by 0.28sec after the 5.32km ...
Mar. 8, 2002
Preview: Paris-Nice kicks off on Sunday The race is on to find the winner of the cycling seasons first major stage race when the Paris-Nice (March 10-17) kicks off Sunday.
Italian Dario ...
Jan. 31, 2002
Fignon backpedals, sells Paris-Nice to Tour organizers After announcing last Friday that the first major stage race of the 2002 season, Paris-Nice, scheduled March 10-17, would "almost certainly be ...
Jan. 25, 2002
Paris-Nice 2002: 'Certain to be canceled' says Fignon The first major stage race of the 2002 season, Paris-Nice, scheduled March 10-17, will "certainly canceled" according to the event organizer Laurent ...
Mar. 18, 2001
Guidi caps Paris-Nice with stage win Dario Frigo became the first Italian for 55 years to win Paris-Nice on Sunday while countryman Fabrizio Guidi won the seventh and final stage. Guidi ...
Mar. 17, 2001
Frigo takes lead at Paris-Nice The Italian Fassa Bortolo team took over Paris-Nice today during the Col d'Eze time trial, with Dario Frigo winning the stage in decisive style to ...
Mar. 16, 2001
Wadecki scores for Domo at Paris-Nice The heavy back roads of the Var left no impression on the overall classification of Paris-Nice on Friday, which means that no less than 15 riders ...
Mar. 15, 2001
Zulle outsprints Azevedo at Paris-Nice Alex Zulle scored his first sprint win since he was an amateur to give new Division I squad Team Coast its first win of the season, a first step ...
Mar. 14, 2001
Mercury-Viatel stays hot at Paris-Nice Jans Koerts strengthened Mercury-Viatel’s case for a start in the Tour de France this year by giving the U.S. team its second consecutive stage win ...
Mar. 13, 2001
Van Petegem takes Paris-Nice lead Tuesday’s hilly windy stage to Saint Etienne turned the Paris-Nice classification upside down, with Peter Van Petegem outsprinting the gutsy but ...
Mar. 12, 2001
De Waele takes wet Stage 1 of Paris-Nice Crashes took their toll on a rainy Paris-Nice today, with Axel Merckx the principal victim of a 25-rider pile-up two-and-a-half kilometers from the ...
Mar. 14, 2004Vino' wins another as Jaksche wraps up Paris-Nice
Mar. 13, 2004Vino' uncorks another one at Paris-Nice
Mar. 12, 2004Menchov takes Stage 6 at Paris-Nice; Jaksche defends jersey
Mar. 11, 2004Vinokourov gets stage win at Paris-Nice
Mar. 10, 2004Paris-Nice: Stage 4 cancelled
Mar. 9, 2004Van Bon survives long breakaway to win Stage 3 at Paris-Nice
Mar. 8, 2004CSC takes charge at Paris-Nice
Mar. 6, 2004Saturday's EuroFile: Di Luca wins in Murcia, Kirsipuu in Record Dreidaagse; Rapinski hospitalized; Museeuw skips Paris-Nice
Mar. 2, 2004Tuesday's EuroFile: Sassone positive; Lining up for Murcia, Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico