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Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Doimo) wins the 3rd stage, Jens Voigt (Saxo Bank) takes the yellow jersey

The stage from Saint-Junien Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche to Aurillac, disturbed by the snow, was won by the young Slovakian rider (he's only 20 years old) Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Doimo). Lars Boom, who finished 27 secondes loses his yellow jersey to the oldest rider of the race, the German rider Jens Voigt of Team Saxo Bank.

A summary of the stage Saint-Junien > Aurillac

William Bonnet (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) sprints to victory in Limoges, Lars Boom keeps yellow and white

The second stage of Paris-Nice, from Contres to Limoges, was 201 kilometers long and had three climbs: the Côte de Saint-Aignan (2 km @ 3%), the Côte de Maison Neuve (1,1 km @ 6,1%) and the Côte de Nieul (2,8 km @ 3,9%). 172 riders came to the start after Fredrik Kessiakoff (Garmin-Transitions)'s abandon yesterday and with two riders who didn't start today: Simone Ponzi (Lampre-Farnese Vini) and Danilo Napolitano (Team Katusha).

The riders again had to face very low temperatures today, but Lars Boom (Rabobank), used to the cold at the cyclo-cross, is still leading the general classification. The breakaway group didn't stay ahead until the finish and only a fall in Limoges changed the casting for the final sprint which was won by William Bonnet (Bbox Bouygues Telecom).

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Greg Henderson (Team Sky) wins the first stage of Paris-Nice 2010 (Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines > Contres), Lars Boom remains the leader of all classifications

Today the riders connected Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines to Contres in 201.5 kilometers in the first stage of Paris-Nice 2010. The stage victory was for Greg Henderson (Team Sky) since, just like in the Cancer Council Classic of the Tour Down Under 2010, Henderson crossed the finish line first after the sprint.

In this article you'll find a resume of the stage and the classifications after this first stage. Lars Boom (Rabobank) will still wear the yellow leader's jersey tomorrow at the start of the stage towards Limoges. ...

Prologue Paris-Nice 2010: a surprisingly strong Lars Boom (Rabobank)!

This afternoon the prologue of Paris-Nice 2010 took place in Montfort-l'Amaury. The route of the individual time trial seemed quite simple on a map, but it proposed a paved part and the climb of the Côte de Boursouffle right from the start.

Where everyone was expecting some Spanish fireworks, it finally ended in a Dutch party with Lars Boom (Rabobank) taking not only the stage victory but also all jerseys.

The sky was clear and the sun was shining but the temperatures didn't go higher than 3 to 4 degrees Celsius. While the riders were complaing about the cold wind (I confirm, it was very cold!) at the start, which reduced the effect of their warming up, they really only felt it in the last 2 kilometers towards the finish because they had it blowing in their face there ...

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The participating riders in Paris-Nice 2010

In a few days Paris-Nice 2010 will start in Montfort-l'Amaury for 8 stages towards Nice (check out all details of the Paris-Nice 2010 route, including maps on Google Maps/Google Earth).

The 22 participating teams currently present their lists of participating riders for this 68th edition of the Race to the sun and in this article you can find the list of participants. This article will be updated with their numbers once they've been announced by the organiser of the race, A.S.O.

Caisse d'Epargne

The 2010 Paris-Nice route on Google Maps / Google Earth

A month ago I I announced the official route for Paris-Nice 2010. I presented the start and finish cities and the profiles of the mountain stages.

In this article you'll find, as usual, all details of the route including the route and time schedules (itinéraires horaires), the stage profiles of all stages and of course the route of this 68th edition of the Race to the sun on Google Maps/Google Earth!

In another article you'll soon be able to discover the 22 participating teams for Paris-Nice 2010 with their leaders and the sponsors of the race. In contrast to what was announced before, Luis Léon Sanchez (Caisse d'Epargne), who ...

The route and stage cities of Paris-Nice 2010

While the rumours were floating around since a few weeks now, A.S.O. today officially announced the cities which will receive the 68th edition of Paris-Nice in 2010.
In March 2009 I already announced that Paris-Nice 2010 would start from the Yvelines department, today we had the confirmation that the start will be in Montfort-l'Amaury, not far from the Vallée de Chevreuse.

This article will allow you to discover all details of the Paris-Nice 2010 route! This edition of Paris-Nice will take place from 7 till 14 March 2010.

> Full details, stage profiles, route- and time schedules and maps in Google Maps/Google Earth for Paris-Nice 2010 can be found here

A summary of the Paris-Nice 2010 route

Luis Léon Sanchez takes the final victory of Paris-Nice 2009, Antonio Colom wins the final stage

Under a blue sky with a bright shining sun the 8th and last stage of Paris-Nice 2009 took place today.

After the surprise he created yesterday, the Spanish rider Luis Léon Sanchez (Caisse d'Epargne) manages to take the final yellow jersey with exactly one minute on the rider from Luxembourg, Frank Schleck (Saxo Bank).

The route

Jérémy Roy gets his first stage victory - Paris-Nice 2009 fifth stage

Today the fifth stage of Paris-Nice 2009 took place between Annonay and Vallon-Pont-d'Arc.

After 204 kilometers the Française des Jeux rider honors his name by ... becoming the king of the stage!

The route

Christian Vandevelde (Garmin Slipstream) wins the fourth stage of Paris-Nice 2009

Yesterday the fourth stage of Paris-Nice 2009 took place between Vichy and Saint-Etienne.

In the 173,5 kilometers of this stage the riders discovered no less than 6 third category climbs. It was only after about 70 kilometers that a group got detached from the peloton and one of the riders of this group finally managed to win the stage.

The route