Paris-Nice

he Team Radioshack line-up for the next race, Paris-Nice (Fra), March 7-14 2010

Riders: Jani Brajkovic, Chris Horner, Levi Leipheimer, Geoffroy Lequatre, Tiago Machado, Yaroslav Popovych, Sébastien Rosseler & Gert Steegmans
Directors: Alain Gallopin & Dirk Demol

Paris–Nice, “the race to the sun”, is a professional cycling stage race held each March.

Paris–Nice is organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO). ASO also organizes other cycling races like the Tour de France and Paris-Roubaix and other sport events like Paris-Dakar and the Paris Marathon.

Paris–Nice has changed hands several times. It was run by the French cycling journalist Jean Leulliot and then, when he died, by his family. It was then taken over by the Tour de France winner, Laurent Fignon before it was passed to ASO. Since 2009, it has been one of the 24 races on the UCI’s World Calendar, contributing towards the UCI World Ranking.

Stay tuned for stage results on this page

Top Ten Results, stage 7
1.MOINARD A. COF 2h 52′ 09″
2.VOECKLER T. BTL 00′ 00″
3.VALVERDE A. GCE 00′ 03″
4.ROCHE N. ALM 00′ 03″
5.TAARAMAE R. COF 00′ 03″
6.RODRIGUEZ J. KAT 00′ 03″
7.VOIGT J. SAX 00′ 03″
8.HORNER C. RSH 00′ 03″
9.BRAJKOVIC J. RSH 00′ 03″
10.CONTADOR A. AST 00′ 03″

Final Standings after the final stage (7)
1. CONTADOR Alberto ASTANA 28h 35′ 35″
2. VALVERDE Alejandro CAISSE D’EPARGNE 28h 35′ 46″
3. SANCHEZ Luis-Leon CAISSE D’EPARGNE 28h 36′ 00″
4. KREUZIGER Roman LIQUIGAS-DOIMO 28h 36′ 01″
5. SANCHEZ Samuel EUSKALTEL – EUSKADI 28h 36′ 05″
6. VOIGT Jens TEAM SAXO BANK 28h 36′ 10″
7. RODRIGUEZ Joaquim KATUSHA TEAM 28h 36′ 12″
8. TAARAMAE Reine COFIDIS LE CREDIT EN LIGNE 28h 36′ 42″
9. PERAUD Jean-Christophe OMEGA PHARMA – LOTTO 28h 36′ 51″
10. COPPEL Jérôme SAUR-SOJASUN 28h 36′ 52″
11. ROCHE Nicolas AG2R-LA MONDIALE 28h 36′ 58″
12. BRAJKOVIC Janez TEAM RADIOSHACK 28h 37′ 32″
13. MILLAR David GARMIN – TRANSITIONS 28h 37′ 34″
14. CHAVANEL Sylvain QUICK STEP CYCLING TEAM 28h 37′ 53″
15. GERRANS Simon TEAM SKY 28h 38′ 02″
16. SCHLECK Frank TEAM SAXO BANK 28h 38′ 37″
17. SAGAN Peter LIQUIGAS-DOIMO 28h 38′ 56″
18. GAUTIER Cyril BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM 28h 39′ 02″
19. VOECKLER Thomas BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM 28h 39′ 03″
20. TONDO Xavier CERVELO TEST TEAM 28h 39′ 08″
21. RIBLON Christophe AG2R-LA MONDIALE 28h 39′ 14″
22. BOUET Maxime AG2R-LA MONDIALE 28h 40′ 23″
23. LEIPHEIMER Levi TEAM RADIOSHACK 28h 40′ 29″
24. DUQUE Leonardo COFIDIS LE CREDIT EN LIGNE 28h 40′ 34″
25. DE GREEF Francis OMEGA PHARMA – LOTTO 28h 40′ 38″
26. MINARD Sébastien COFIDIS LE CREDIT EN LIGNE 28h 40′ 43″
27. MONFORT Maxime TEAM HTC – COLUMBIA 28h 41′ 07″
28. VORGANOV Eduard KATUSHA TEAM 28h 41′ 08″
29. SANTAROMITA Ivan LIQUIGAS-DOIMO 28h 41′ 40″
30. RIGHI Daniele LAMPRE – FARNESE 28h 42′ 07″
31. CASAR Sandy FRANCAISE DES JEUX 28h 42′ 23″
32. FOFONOV Dmitriy ASTANA 28h 42′ 33″
33. DESSEL Cyril AG2R-LA MONDIALE 28h 42′ 41″
34. GUSTOV Volodymir CERVELO TEST TEAM 28h 42′ 42″
35. TROFIMOV Yury BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM 28h 44′ 07″
36. LOPEZ GARCIA David CAISSE D’EPARGNE 28h 45′ 36″
37. LE MEVEL Christophe FRANCAISE DES JEUX 28h 46′ 03″
38. KUSCHYNSKI Aleksandr LIQUIGAS-DOIMO 28h 46′ 21″
39. KOLOBNEV Alexandr KATUSHA TEAM 28h 46′ 38″
40. SORENSEN Chris TEAM SAXO BANK 28h 49′ 58″
41. DI GREGORIO Rémy FRANCAISE DES JEUX 28h 50′ 15″
42. CHAMPION Dimitri AG2R-LA MONDIALE 28h 50′ 38″
43. NAVARRO Daniel ASTANA 28h 51′ 44″
44. HUPOND Thierry SKIL-SHIMANO 28h 52′ 37″
45. TANKINK Bram RABOBANK 28h 53′ 09″
46. GRIVKO Andriy ASTANA 28h 53′ 24″
47. BOTCHAROV Alexandre KATUSHA TEAM 28h 53′ 29″
48. CUNEGO Damiano LAMPRE – FARNESE 28h 53′ 54″
49. FLORENCIO Xavier CERVELO TEST TEAM 28h 54′ 10″
50. HORNER Christopher TEAM RADIOSHACK 28h 54′ 14″
51. LEQUATRE Geoffroy TEAM RADIOSHACK 28h 54′ 25″
52. GESCHKE Simon SKIL-SHIMANO 28h 55′ 20″
53. DANIELSON Tom GARMIN – TRANSITIONS 28h 55′ 38″
54. BARREDO Carlos QUICK STEP CYCLING TEAM 28h 55′ 40″
55. PETROV Evgeni KATUSHA TEAM 28h 55′ 54″
56. HORRACH Joan KATUSHA TEAM 28h 56′ 00″
57. MACHADO Tiago TEAM RADIOSHACK 28h 56′ 10″
58. SICARD Romain EUSKALTEL – EUSKADI 28h 58′ 59″
59. LADAGNOUS Matthieu FRANCAISE DES JEUX 28h 59′ 43″
60. VELASCO Ivan EUSKALTEL – EUSKADI 29h 00′ 19″
61. DE WEERT Kevin QUICK STEP CYCLING TEAM 29h 00′ 48″
62. SULZBERGER Wesley FRANCAISE DES JEUX 29h 01′ 08″
63. FEDRIGO Pierrick BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM 29h 01′ 13″
64. DUMOULIN Samuel COFIDIS LE CREDIT EN LIGNE 29h 02′ 49″
65. CHEREL Mickael FRANCAISE DES JEUX 29h 03′ 10″
66. ROLLAND Pierre BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM 29h 03′ 55″
67. PERGET Mathieu CAISSE D’EPARGNE 29h 05′ 09″
68. PICHOT Alexandre BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM 29h 05′ 20″
69. VALJAVEC Tadej AG2R-LA MONDIALE 29h 07′ 00″
70. LOOSLI David LAMPRE – FARNESE 29h 07′ 02″
71. MARTIN Daniel GARMIN – TRANSITIONS 29h 07′ 09″
72. INTXAUSTI Benat EUSKALTEL – EUSKADI 29h 07′ 45″
73. LEWIS Craig TEAM HTC – COLUMBIA 29h 09′ 01″
74. LORENZETTO Mirco LAMPRE – FARNESE 29h 09′ 33″
75. CUMMINGS Stephen TEAM SKY 29h 10′ 08″
76. WILLEMS Frederik LIQUIGAS-DOIMO 29h 11′ 48″
77. MARTINEZ Egoi EUSKALTEL – EUSKADI 29h 12′ 43″
78. CALZATI Sylvain TEAM SKY 29h 13′ 28″
79. VANDEVELDE Christian GARMIN – TRANSITIONS 29h 13′ 33″
80. ROSSELER Sebastien TEAM RADIOSHACK 29h 13′ 56″
81. MOINARD Amaël COFIDIS LE CREDIT EN LIGNE 29h 15′ 23″
82. HOOGERLAND Johnny VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM 29h 16′ 03″
83. MARCATO Marco VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM 29h 16′ 38″
84. PETERSON Thomas GARMIN – TRANSITIONS 29h 16′ 53″
85. BONO Matteo LAMPRE – FARNESE 29h 22′ 00″
86. DELAGE Mickaël OMEGA PHARMA – LOTTO 29h 22′ 55″
87. TALABARDON Yannick SAUR-SOJASUN 29h 23′ 20″
88. THOMAS Geraint TEAM SKY 29h 23′ 33″
89. GENIEZ Alexandre SKIL-SHIMANO 29h 24′ 52″
90. LARSSON Gustav TEAM SAXO BANK 29h 27′ 33″
91. ROLLIN Dominique CERVELO TEST TEAM 29h 35′ 21″
92. VANDBORG Brian LIQUIGAS-DOIMO 29h 36′ 32″
93. MARINO Jean Marc SAUR-SOJASUN 29h 38′ 25″
94. FUGLSANG Jakob TEAM SAXO BANK 29h 38′ 42″
95. HANSEN Adam TEAM HTC – COLUMBIA 29h 43′ 44″
96. PEREIRO SIO Oscar ASTANA 29h 43′ 56″
97. VAN GOOLEN Jurgen OMEGA PHARMA – LOTTO 29h 45′ 56″

Top Ten Results, stage 6
1 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Cervélo Test Team  5:01:39
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0:00:05
3 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas – Doimo
4 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
5 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha
6 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
7 Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
8 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
9 Reine Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
10 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre – Farnese Vini

Team RadioShack on Stage 6
23 Christopher Horner (USA)
37 Jani Brajkovic (Slo)
38 Levi Leipheimer (USA)
65 Tiago Machado (Por) 0:09:11
72 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra)
101 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) 0:18:32
DNS Yaroslav Popovych (UKR)

General Classification after Stage 6
1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 25:43:24
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0:00:14
3 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas – Doimo     0:00:25
4 Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne   0:00:26
5 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi     0:00:29
6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank     0:00:34
7 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 0:00:36
8 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas – Doimo 0:00:38
9 David Millar (GBr) Garmin – Transitions       0:01:02
10 Reine Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne    0:01:06

Team RadioShack on General Classification
17 Jani Brajkovic (Slo) 0:01:56
29 Levi Leipheimer (USA) 0:03:57
54 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) 0:16:04
60 Tiago Machado (Por) 0:17:49
62 Christopher Horner (USA) 0:18:38
100 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) 0:36:40

Top Ten Results, stage 5
1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas – Doimo    3:34:15
2 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre – Farnese Vini 0:00:02
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
4 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux
5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank
6 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team
7 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskatltel – Euskadi
8 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
9 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team HTC – Columbia
10 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana

Team RadioShack Results
32 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) 0:00:25
42 Jani Brajkovic (Slo)
58 Christopher Horner (USA) 0:01:58
62 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel)  0:02:36
79 Tiago Machado (Por)
81 Levi Leipheimer (USA)
150 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) 0:16:50

General Classification after Stage 5
1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 20:41:40
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0:00:20
3 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas – Doimo 0:00:25
4 Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne  0:00:26
5 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskatltel – Euskadi  0:00:29
6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank    0:00:34
7 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha   0:00:36
8 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas – Doimo    0:00:42
9 David Millar (GBr) Garmin – Transitions   0:01:02
10 Reine Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne  0:01:06

Team RadioShack on General Classification
17 Jani Brajkovic (Slo)  0:01:56
30 Levi Leipheimer (USA) 0:03:57
52 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra)   0:06:58
64 Tiago Machado (Por) 0:08:45
93 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel)   0:18:13
95 Christopher Horner (USA)  0:18:38
125 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) 0:30:56

Top Ten Results, Stage 4

1. CONTADOR Alberto ASTANA 4h 26? 47?
2. VALVERDE Alejandro CAISSE D’EPARGNE 4h 26? 57?
3. SANCHEZ Samuel EUSKALTEL – EUSKADI 4h 26? 57?
4. RODRIGUEZ Joaquim KATUSHA TEAM 4h 27? 05?
5. VOECKLER Thomas BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM 4h 27? 07?
6. CUNEGO Damiano LAMPRE – FARNESE 4h 27? 08?
7. KREUZIGER Roman LIQUIGAS-DOIMO 4h 27? 08?
8. LE MEVEL Christophe FRANCAISE DES JEUX 4h 27? 16?
9. SANCHEZ Luis-Leon CAISSE D’EPARGNE 4h 27? 16?
10. TAARAMAE Reine COFIDIS LE CREDIT EN LIGNE 4h 27? 18?

General Classification after stage 4:

1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 17:07:23
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0:00:24
3 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas – Doimo 0:00:25
4 Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0:00:28
5 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:00:29
6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 0:00:34
7 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 0:00:36
8 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas – Doimo 0:00:54
9 David Millar (GBr) Garmin – Transitions 0:01:03
10 Reine Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 0:01:06
Top Ten Results, stage 3
1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas – Doimo  3:44:28
2 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha
3 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank  0:00:02
5 Tony Martin (Ger) Team HTC – Columbia
6 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana
7 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre – Farnese Vini      0:00:06
8 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
9 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo Test Team
10  Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team

Team RadioShack after Stage 3
35 Jani Brajkovic (Slo)
38 Levi Leipheimer (USA)
55 Tiago Machado (Por)
100 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) 0:01:17
109 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr)
121 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) 0:02:23
144 Christopher Horner (USA) 0:02:26

General Classification after Stage 3
1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank  12:40:26
2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas – Doimo  0:00:06
3 Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne     0:00:09
4 David Millar (GBr) Garmin – Transitions   0:00:12
5 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas – Doimo 0:00:14
6 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank 0:00:20
7 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana
8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack   0:00:24
9 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha  0:00:28
10  Xavier Tondo (Spa) Cervélo Test Team

Team RadioShack on General Classification
13 Jani Brajkovic (Slo) 0:00:34
76 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) 0:02:24
102 Tiago Machado (Por) 0:05:20
128 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) 0:09:29
141 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) 0:11:00
150 Christopher Horner (USA) 0:12:20

The top five for Stage 2:
1. William Bonnet (Bbox – Bouygues Telecom)
2. Peter Sagan (Liquigas)
3. Luis Leon Sanchez (Caisse d’Epargne)
4. Mirco Lorenzetto (Lampre)
5. Juan Jose Haedo (Saxo Bank)

Team Radioshack Stage 2:
38. Geoffroy Lequatre (00:00)
53. Janez Brajkovic (00:00)
63. Levi Leipheimer (00 :00)
86. Tiago Machado (00:00)
92. Yaroslav Popovych (00:00)
128. Sébastien Rosseler (00:57)
155. Christopher Horner (02:27)

General Classification after Stage 2:
1. Lars Boom (Rabobank)
2. Jens Voigt (Saxo Bank) (0:05)
3. Luis Leon Sanchez (Caisse d’Epargne) (00:10)
4. David Millar  (Garmin – Transitions)   (00:13)
5. Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) (00:15)
6. Gregory Henderson  (Team Sky) (00:20)
7. Peter Sagan  (Liquigas) (00:23)
8. Levi Leipheimer (Team RadioShack) (00:25)
9. Alberto Contador (Astana) (00:25)
10. Xavier Tondo Volpini (Cervelo Test Team) (00:29)

Overall GC standing for Team Radioshack after Stage 2:
8. Levi Leipheimer (00 :25)
16. Janez Brajkovic (00 :35)
72. Geoffroy Lequatre (01 :14)
114. Tiago Machado (05 :21)
134. Yaroslav Popovych (08 :19)
144. Sébastien Rosseler (08 :44)
161. Christopher Horner (10 :01)

Stage 1 Results
1  Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team Sky 4:22:17
2  Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre
3  Jeremy Galland (Fra) Saur Sojasun
4  Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Katusha
5  Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
6  Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
7  Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank
8  Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil
9  Dan Martin (Irl) Garmin-Transitions
10 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas Doimo

Prologue results:
1  Lars Boom (Rabobank)           10.56
2  Jens Voigt (Saxo Bank)         10.59  + 00.03
3  Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack)   11.02  + 00.06
4  Alberto Contador (Astana)      11.02  + 00.06
5  Peter Sagan (Liquigas)         11.06  + 00.10
6  Xavier Tondo (Cervelo)         11.07  + 00.11
7  David Millar (Garmin)          11.08  + 00.12
8  Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel)     11.12  + 00.16
9  Janez Brajkovic (RadioShack)   11.13  + 00.17
10 Andriy Grivko (Astana)         11.13  + 00.17