2021 P-N: The Final Day of Paris-Nice Turns the Race on its Head (WRITTEN)

“Yes, with all the headliners of any sort of climbing or Classics prowess away in the south at Italy’s Tirreno-Adriatico, Primoz Roglic seemed to be starting his season right cruising to a dominant Paris-Nice victory that resembled his Vuelta domination to end last season…But then we came to the final Sunday’s Stage 8.”

Tirreno-Adriatico Musings

“Thus with the overlap explained and the feud exposed, which race proves better preparation for Milan-Sanremo, Paris-Nice or Tirreno-Adriatico? The answer is not completely conclusive…But Tirreno has pulled out a few more advantages over Paris-Nice beyond producing about an equal amount of Sanremo winners. “”

Paris-Nice Musings WRITTEN

It sports one of the best nicknames in cycling “The Race to the Sun,” even if it does not always live up to such a name. And its general itinerary is always the same: perhaps it is tightly bound by its title, or perhaps it knows it has found a winning formula.