Canada became the first nation to pull out of the Olympics while Australia told its athletes to plan for a rescheduling.

The Italian star is waiting to see if his Olympic dreams will be fulfilled in a season thrown into disarray.

The Italian proved he was in good form in France, but now everyone is wondering where they will be racing again.

The pandemic is on the minds of nearly everyone here, but strangely, once the race actually started, Paris-Nice seemed like just about any other bike race.

Despite the many rumors regarding the coronavirus and how it will affect professional cycling, stage four of Paris-Nice was really about racing.

Dutch races this weekend seeing increasingly-powerful line ups as teams scramble to find opportunities for riders scheduled to start northern classics.

French health authorities banned large public gatherings of more than 1,000 people, forcing Paris-Nice race officials to close off start and finish areas to the public.

Although called the 'Race to the Sun', it is easy to forget just how brutally hard Paris-Nice can be.

The Official Guide to the 2020 Giro d’Italia will be published in the May issue of VeloNews magazine

Races in Portugal and Spain provide important early season climbing and time trial tests for many marquee names.