Paris Nice 2016 – Stage 6 Preview
By David Hunter Nice – La Madone d’Utelle 177km Time to see if Michael Matthews can win this race!
By David Hunter Nice – La Madone d’Utelle 177km Time to see if Michael Matthews can win this race!
By David Hunter Castelnuovo Val di Cecina – Montalto di Castro 176km With few opportunities for the quick men, they must seize every chance they get. Stage 3 is their first opportunity.
By David Hunter Saint Paul Trois Châteaux – Salon de Provence 198km We enter the mountains, beginning with Mont Ventoux.
By David Hunter Camaiore – Pomarance 205km After the fun of the TTT, it’s time for the real racing to start. There is no messing around in Italy, we start with a tough stage.
By David Hunter Julienas – Romans sur Isere 193.5km The road south continues.
By David Hunter Cusset – Mont Brouilly 165.5km It’s time for the GC riders to come out to play. This will give us the early indications of form and who could potentially win the race. The climb might only be a cat 2, but it’s tough.
By David Hunter Lido di Camaiore 22.7km TTT The race begins with a flat TTT beside the sea. This length of TTT means that only a few teams will be able to win and it should be the usual suspects!
By David Hunter After the trials and tribulations of Strade, the peloton continues in Italy, with one of the hardest stage races of the year. As usual, the route offers something for everyone. The list of recent winners is very impressive: Evans, Nibali, Contador and Quintana. It tells me that you have to be a brilliant…