Paris-Nice stage 2 Live – Another probability for the sprinters

Delettre is carrying the polka-dot jersey within the break right this moment, having claimed essentially the most mointains factors yesterday. Here he’s gathering his prize yesterday.

170KM TO GO

The peloton has allowed the main trio a lead of three minutes. 

A flat tyre for Josh Tarling within the peloton, however he’ll expend no vitality rejoining with the tempo within the peloton low.

Van Lerberghe’s efforts are short-lived. He’s again within the peloton.

One rider who is not completely satisfied although is Bert Van Lerberghe. He’s additionally attacked out the peloton and is making an attempt to bridge up. 

The peloton appears completely satisfied to let this one go, and have allowed them a lead of over a minute already.

This time they’re accompanied not by Taco Van der Hoorn, however one other famend breakaway specialist of comparable calibre – Jonas Abrahamsen, who was the star of the breakaways ultimately 12 months’s Tour de France.

Three riders have attacked, together with two of them who had been up the street yesterday: Alexandre Delettre (Team TotalEnergies) and Samuel Fernández (Caja Rural – Seguros RGA).

184KM TO GO

And they’re off!

We’re down one rider at the beginning right this moment. Kasper Asgreen fell sick in a single day and has determined to tug out. It’s been a quiet begin to life at EF Education-EasyPost for the Dane, who moved from Soudal-QuickStep this 12 months.

And listed below are the riders at the beginning of the neutralised zone. They will probably be formally racing quickly.

Here’s the scene from Montesson on the stage’s begin. 

Will that be the case right this moment? While circumstances actually aren’t excellent, with rain within the air and chilly temperatures, there are not any indicators of any sturdy winds but.

Matters are hardly ever that easy at Paris-Nice, nonetheless. The uncovered roads that this stage takes place on are sometimes affected by sturdy winds, and has in previous editions produced echelon racing and crosswind chaos.

You be part of us for what is predicted to be one other day for the sprinters at Paris-Nice, with a flat parcours that includes solely a few small categorised climbs.

Hello and welcome to stage two of Paris-Nice.