Paris-Nice

Yates says he won't vie for the overall win in Paris-Nice, instead using the French one-week race to tune up for the Giro d'Italia.

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Movistar's Nairo Quintana will make his European season debut at Paris-Nice Sunday alongside defending champ Marc Soler.

Belgian powerhouse taps Bob Jungels and Florian Sénéchal for Paris-Nice, who are both coming off wins in opening classics races.

We look ahead to Milano-Sanremo, and rank the favorites. Plus, how does MSR stack up against cycling's other monuments?

This week's Tirreno-Adriatico race got us thinking: What would Team Sky do without Chris Froome?

Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico are a prognosticator's dream. Our experts opine on the GC riders, Sanremo favorites, and more.

"The Race to the Sun" did not live up to its name on the final day of racing around Nice, but explosive racing still shone through.

The peloton faced five categorized climbs on Saturday's penultimate stage at Paris-Nice, as well as cold temperatures and rain.

Julian Alaphillippe has been close to a big victory in the last year and it appears to be just a matter of time before he has his day.

Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) won the penultimate stage of Paris-Nice on Sunday and took the lead in the general classification.

Usually it's hard to make the breakaway in big races, but in stage 6 of Paris-Nice, a few riders went off the front by accident.

Rudy Molard won his first WorldTour race in stage 6 of Paris-Nice, while Luis Leon Sanchez hung onto the yellow jersey.

To the delight of home fans, Frenchman Rudy Molard became the fourth home rider to win a stage at Paris-Nice 2018 in stage 6.

Jérôme Cousin claims a tactical win in Sisteron

Jérôme Cousin tops breakaway companion Nils Politt to claim his first WorldTour victory in Thursday's fifth stage of Paris-Nice.

Wout Poels moves into second overall at Paris-Nice with his stage 4 time trial win.

Wout Poels wins Paris-Nice's fourth stage, moving into second on GC behind Luis León Sánchez

Jonathan Hivert claims the third stage of Paris-Nice as Luis León Sánchez snatches the yellow jersey from Arnaud Démare.

Jonathan Hivert outsprints fellow attackers Luis León Sánchez and Rémy di Gregorio after jumping clear in final 20 kilometers.

Dylan Groenewegen wins the sprint in Vierzon.

Dylan Groenewegen sprints to his fifth win of 2018 in the second stage of Paris-Nice.

Tejay van Garderen was forced to abandon Paris-Nice during the opening stage on Sunday after being involved in back-to-back crashes.

The peloton faced rain, crashes, and cobbles on the opening stage of the 76th Paris-Nice, which was won by Arnaud Demare (FDJ).

Arnaud Demare took the opening stage of the 2018 Paris-Nice in a photo finish over Gorka Izagirre in Meudon on Sunday.

Wout Poels (Sky) will tackle the "Race to the Sun," which begins Sunday, for the first time in 2018.

The world’s best sprinters are bracing for the season’s first major battles in Europe next week at Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico.

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Alberto Contador lost Paris-Nice by two seconds, which begs the question: Could he have made up those two seconds with a different bike?

Stage 8 winner David de la Cruz cuts Alberto Contador's chance for third race win as Sergio Henao takes the overall victory by two seconds.

David de la Cruz wins final stage while Sergio Henao narrowly escapes late Alberto Contador rally to hold on to Paris-Nice win on Sunday.

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Two-time race winner Richie Porte claims his fifth Paris-Nice stage win as new Colombian road race champion Sergio Henao takes yellow.

Australian Richie Porte (BMC) won the penultimate stage of Paris-Nice, Saturday, while Colombian Sergio Henao (Sky) slips into yellow.

Tirreno-Adriatico and Paris-Nice each feature crucial uphill finishes on Saturday. Here's what fans should be watching for.

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Simon Yates claimed his first win of 2017, attacking alone to win a hilly stage 6 at Paris-Nice, and Julian Alaphilippe fought hard to keep the lead.

The 34-year-old Spaniard will need big rides in the three climbing stages, Friday-Sunday, that conclude the race.

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Faced with a stiff headwind, Andre Greipel out-smarts and overpowers the Paris-Nice sprinters to win stage 5.

"The Gorilla" André Greipel sprints to victory in stage 5 of Paris-Nice, beating Milano-Sanremo champion Arnaud Démare in Bourg-de-Péage.

Julian Alaphilippe claims his first win of 2017, beating Alberto Contador in Paris-Nice's individual time trial to Mont Brouilly.

Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe wins on home turf Wednesday, beating two-time Paris-Nice champ Alberto Contador and taking the overall lead.

Irishman Sam Bennett gets the better of Alexander Kristoff, Marcel Kittel, and other top sprinters in Paris-Nice stage 3.

Sam Bennett stunned the sprint heavies Tuesday, winning his first career WorldTour race in stage 3 of Paris-Nice.

Fierce, howling crosswinds ripped apart the peloton in the opening two days of racing at the annual ride through France.

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The victory is the first WorldTour triumph for the 26-year-old Italian who rides for Bahrain-Merida.

Frenchmen Arnaud Démare (FDJ) wins another Paris-Nice opener as compatriot Romain Bardet (AG2R) finds himself on the outside looking in.

Romain Bardet pleads "mea culpa" post-race via Twitter for actions resulting in his ejection from the first stage of Paris-Nice on Sunday.

Frenchman Arnaud Démare (FDJ) outsprinted compatriot Julian Alaphilippe (Quick-Step Floors) to win opening stage of Paris-Nice on Sunday.

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"The Race to the Sun" kicks off Sunday and traverses through France, from north to South, for eight days.

Paris-Nice plays host to the first major showdown of 2017 for top GC riders Contador, Bardet, Porte, and Valverde.

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The eight-day "Race to the Sun" kicks off March 5 and includes a time trial, two uphill finishes, and a new finish in Nice.

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Recently, Milano-Sanremo winners have honed form at Paris-Nice — Bouhanni and Matthews look sharp ahead of Saturday's monument.

Geraint Thomas relied on guts, his teammates, and a 54-tooth chainring to win the overall title at Paris-Nice on Sunday.

Tim Wellens takes the stage victory and Geraint Thomas seals the overall title in a nail-biting Paris-Nice finale

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Tinkoff sport director Sean Yates says TV motos helped pace Geraint Thomas in the final stage of Paris-Nice

Tim Wellens wins the final stage of Paris-Nice as Geraint Thomas takes the overall title

Geraint Thomas survives a fierce battle with Alberto Contador to win the 'Race to the Sun' as Tim Wellens nabs the final stage

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Ilnur Zakarin triumphs in the Paris-Nice queen stage as Geraint Thomas rides into the overall race lead

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Ilnur Zakarin claims the sixth stage of Paris-Nice just ahead of Geraint Thomas, who now leads the general classification

Geraint Thomas leads Paris-Nice by 15 seconds with just one stage to go

Ilnur Zakarin powers to his first win of 2016 in the sixth stage of Paris-Nice as Geraint Thomas takes control of the overall race lead

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The Paris-Nice peloton climbs the lower slopes of Mont Ventoux, giving Alexey Lutsenko a chance at glory with a solo attack.

Alexey Lutsenko's daring breakaway succeeds at Paris-Nice as Michael Matthews keeps his lead in the overall.

The Women's WorldTour goes Dutch, Paris-Nice wraps up with a climber's delight, and Tirreno offers its only mountaintop finish.

With a crafty solo attack in the final hills of Paris-Nice stage 5, Astana's Alexey Lutsenko wins the day ahead of the sprinters.

Michael Matthews might be crazy like a fox with his ambitions to win Paris-Nice despite a mountainous weekend ahead.