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Jumbo Visma riders crossing the line at Paris-Nice

Unconventional team time trial (Paris-Nice Stage 3 )

Stage 3 Dampierre-en-Burly- Dampierre-en-Burly 7 March 2023 32,2 km Results of the time trial 1 Jumbo-Visma 33:55 2 EF Education-EasyPost 0:01 3 Team Jayco AlUla 0:04 4 Groupama – FDJ 0:14 5 UAE Team Emirates 0:23 6 BORA – hansgrohe 0:25 7 Soudal – Quick Step 0:39 8 Trek – Segafredo 0:45 9 Bahrain – Victorious 0:47 10 INEOS Grenadiers 0:48 11 Team DSM 0:48 12 Movistar Team 0:50 13 Lotto Dstny 1:03 14 Cofidis 1:05 15 TotalEnergies 1:10 16 Astana Qazaqstan Team 1:13 17 Team Arkéa Samsic 1:25 18 AG2R Citroën Team 1:27 19 Alpecin-Deceuninck 1:31 20 Intermarché – Circus – Wanty 1:33 21 Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 1:39 22 Israel – Premier Tech… Read More »Unconventional team time trial (Paris-Nice Stage 3 )

Mads Pedersen wins the sprint in the second stage of Paris-Nice 2023

Mads Pedersen sprints into yellow (Paris -Nice 2023 stage 2)

Stage 2 Bazainville – Fontainebleau 6 March 2023 164 km Summary After the first stage,  Jonas Gregaard (Uno-X) was in the break again, bit this time alone. Tadej Pogacar took the 6″ time bonus again, now he is 2nd in the general classification. In the finale, Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) was faster and stronger than Olav Kooij (Jumbo-Visma) and Magnus Cort (EF Education-EasyPost) Top20 of the stage 1 136 PEDERSEN Mads TFS DEN B:10″ 00″ 2 5 KOOIJ Olav TJV NED B:06″ 3 104 NIELSEN Magnus Cort EFE DEN B:04″ 4 116 MCLAY Daniel ARK GBR 5 177 TAMINIAUX Lionel ADC BEL 6 15 MATTHEWS Michael JAY AUS B:04″ 7 107 VAN DEN BERG Marijn EFE… Read More »Mads Pedersen sprints into yellow (Paris -Nice 2023 stage 2)

Belgian road cycling national champion Tim Merlier, winner of the first stage of Paris-Nice crossing the finish line

Tim Merlier won the bunch sprint at Paris-Nice 2023 (Stage 1)

La Verrière – La Verrière 5 March 2023 169,4 km Summary As it was expected, the winner of the first stage of Paris-Nice 2023 came from a bunch sprint: Tim Merlier (Soudal-Quick Step) was the best rider in the finale. The day went down without surprise. After the peloton has chased down the two breakaway riders of the day, Paul Ourselin (TotalEnergies) and Jonas Gregaard Wilsly  (Uno-X),  basically, they started to prepare for the bunch sprint. But first, with 20 km to go, they had to climb the second 3rd category ascent of the day. Nelson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost)  launched his attack and took the maximum points, but behind him came also Tadej Pogacar (UAE… Read More »Tim Merlier won the bunch sprint at Paris-Nice 2023 (Stage 1)

Montage of Tour de France winners Tadej Pogacar (2020, 2021) and Jonas Vingegaard (2022) in their yellow jerseys

Paris-Nice 2023 stages

Paris-Nice 5-12 March 2023 Stage 1 La Verrière – La Verrière 5 March 2023 169,5 km   Stage 2 Bazainville – Fontainebleau 6 March 2023 164 km   Stage 3 Dampierre-en-Burly- Dampierre-en-Burly 7 March 32,2 km   Stage 4 Saint-Amand-Montrond – La Loge des Gardes 8 March 2023 165 km Stage 5 Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise – Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux 9 March 2023 212,5 km   Stage 6 Tourves – La Colle-sur-Loup 10 March 2023 197,5 km Stage 7 Nice – Col de la Couillole 11 March 2023 143 km     Stage 8 Nice – Nice 12 March 2023 117,5 km    

cyclists on the Arenberg cobbles at Paris-Roubaix in 2022 (ASO/Pauline Ballet)

Cycling monuments 2023 – dates, maps, additional infos

The cycling Monuments 2023: dates, maps, additional infos and historical fun facts about the most prestigious one-day races of the road cycling season. The Monuments are the five most prestigious one-day races in the road cycling calendar. They are among the oldest races still to be held after more than a century. They are usually quite long, as a memento of the good old days of road cycling. Their importance is partially based on the fact, that they rarely crossed each other in the cycling calendar even in the old days, thus the possibility, that the biggest stars gather together and compete each other was always bigger than in case of other one-day races.1 So,… Read More »Cycling monuments 2023 – dates, maps, additional infos

Black and white vintage picture about cyclists sitting at the side of a car and reading newspaper at the Tour de France 1931

What to read on PelotonTales in March

A quick overview, why it would be worth to visit PelotonTales blog frequently also in March. First of all, the 5 facts of every Tour de France series is still on.  My plan is to finish it right before Tour de France 2023 starts in July. As always, when it comes to the history of road cycling races, I try to find interesting small stories, little fascinating, funny, surprising or unbelievable moments from the past. Take a look at the posts of this category, you’ll understand what I’m talking about. There is a new special project of PelotonTales blog, Cycling Revolution, focusing a bit more on the revolutionary impact of the bicycle on the everyday life… Read More »What to read on PelotonTales in March

Part of the map of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2023

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2023

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 25 February 2023 Gent -Ninove 207,3 km Map and profil Startlist Jumbo-Visma 1 BENOOT Tiesj 2 AFFINI Edoardo 3 LAPORTE Christophe 4 TRATNIK Jan 5 VAN BAARLE Dylan 6 VAN DIJKE Tim 7 VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan Soudal – Quick Step 11 LAMPAERT Yves 12 BALLERINI Davide 13 DECLERCQ Tim 14 VAN TRICHT Stan 15 PEDERSEN Casper 16 SÉNÉCHAL Florian 17 STEIMLE Jannik Intermarché – Circus – Wanty 21 BYSTRØM Sven Erik 22 HERREGODTS Rune 23 MARIT Arne 24 PAGE Hugo 25 PLANCKAERT Baptiste 26 TEUNISSEN Mike 27 REX Laurenz Alpecin-Deceuninck 31 PHILIPSEN Jasper 32 DE BONDT Dries 33 GOGL Michael 34 KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren 35 RIESEBEEK Oscar 36 STANNARD Robert 37 VERMEERSCH… Read More »Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2023

Excerpt of the map of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2023 Women's race

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2023 Women’s Race

For the first time, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad is included into the Women’s WorldTour series. The 132,2 km long  race Gent and Ninove starts at 13:30 (CET). Program Startlist Movistar 1 VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek 2 BIANNIC Aude 3 NORSGAARD Emma 4 LIPPERT Liane 5 MACKAIJ Floortje 6 SIERRA Arlenis Fenix-Deceuninck 11 DE BAAT Kim 12 DE WILDE Julie 13 KUIJPERS Evy 14 CANT Sanne 15 SCHREMPF Carina 16 SCHWEINBERGER Christina Canyon//SRAM Racing 21 BOSSUYT Shari 22 TOWERS Alice 23 NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna 24 PALADIN Soraya 26 VAN DER DUIN Maike EF Education-TIBCO-SVB 31 BÄCKSTEDT Zoe 32 BORGHESI Letizia 33 HONSINGER Clara 34 JACKSON Alison 35 POIDEVIN Sara 36 STEPHENS Lauren FDJ – SUEZ 41 ADEGEEST Loes 42… Read More »Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2023 Women’s Race

montage picture of the five cyclist who won the first editions of the five monuments

The first monument winners

Of course, they weren’t called “monuments” those days, but here are some interesting stuff about the winners of the first editions of the five most important one-day races. Léon Houa, Liége -Bastogne-Liége (1892) Belgian cyclist Léon Houa (1867-1918) actually won the first three editions of La Doyenne. The first two of them were amateur events. Considering the first Bordeaux-Paris (1891) as important milestone in the history of road cycling races, it’s  quite remarkable, how early the organizers of Liége-Bastogne-Liége (Spa-Bastogne-Spa, according to their original plans) had the idea to create a road cycling race. It’s also remarkable, that Liége-Bastogne-Liége is still on. (Several popular races from the end of the 19th century did not survive… Read More »The first monument winners

Belgian cycling legend Eddy Merkcx sprints for the victory at Milano-Sanremo spring classic race in 1966

Most Milano-Sanremo victories

Eddy Merckx leads the list of cyclists with the most Milano-Sanremo victories with seven occasions.  Fun fact: at the time of Merckx’s big  triumphs Cipressa was not introduced to the race yet . (It happened only in 1982.) Eddy Merckx (BEL) 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976 Costante Girardengo (ITA) 1918, 1921, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1928 Gino Bartali (ITA) 1939, 1940, 1947, 1950 Erik Zabel (GER) 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001 Fausto Coppi (ITA) 1946, 1948, 1949 Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL) 1973, 1978, 1979 Óscar Freire (ESP) 2004, 2007, 2010