After two phases ending in bunch sprints within the 2024 version of Paris-Good, the overall classification battle will get underway on Tuesday’s stage 3 in Auxerre for the primary crew time trial of the season.
The stage is 26.9km lengthy and whereas it begins with a flat run-out alongside the Yonne River, the course has two small climbs, each of which tip as much as between 5 and 6% grades.
The primary climb comes after 5 kilometres and is the gentler of the 2, climbing about 200 metres in elevation over two kilometres. The second, the Côte de Jussy, begins after a false flat and is 2.6km lengthy, with a steeper 5.8% grade within the first half and a a lot gentler strategy to the highest.
Riders will lose all of the elevation they gained on the climb on the quick second half of the race. The groups will wish to save a bit bit for the marginally uphill ultimate kilometre.
In 2023, it was Jumbo-Visma, that led the way in which for Jonas Vingegaard, successful the stage with 23 seconds on UAE Crew Emirates of the eventual general winner Tadej Pogačar.
This 12 months, the contenders have shifted round their programmes, with Vingegaard opting to race Tirreno-Adriatico and Pogačar beginning his season with a ridiculous 80km solo assault in Strade Bianche.
Visma-Lease a Bike have Olav Kooij able to take the race lead from Groupama-FDJ’s Laurence Pithie as the highest three riders together with Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) are tied on time within the standings.
If Kooij cannot make it over the climbs, his teammate Matteo Jorgenson is correct behind within the GC, 4 seconds behind.
Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quickstep) is simply behind at six seconds, whereas Lidl-Trek have Mattias Skjelmose at eight seconds tied with Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers).
Primož Roglič (Bora-Hansgrohe) is among the many different contenders all on the identical time at 10 seconds from the highest three.
Regardless of the final result on Tuesday, the groups will undoubtedly be placing the entire newest time trial tech on show, together with Visma and their very bizarre new providing from Giro.
Observe stage 3 of Paris-Good reside with Cyclingnews.
| 1 | Israel-Premier Tech | 14:40:00 |
| 2 | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 14:44:00 |
| 3 | Astana Qazaqstan Crew | 14:48:00 |
| 4 | Lotto Dstny | 14:52:00 |
| 5 | Arkea-B&B Motels | 14:56:00 |
| 6 | Crew DSM-Firmenich PostNl | 15:00:00 |
| 7 | TotalEnergies | 15:04:00 |
| 8 | Tudor Professional Biking Crew | 15:08:00 |
| 9 | Intermarché-Wanty | 15:12:00 |
| 10 | uae Crew Emirates | 15:16:00 |
| 11 | Crew Jayco Alula | 15:20:00 |
| 12 | Cofidis | 15:24:00 |
| 13 | Decathlon AG2R la Mondiale Crew | 15:28:00 |
| 14 | Ineos Grenadiers | 15:32:00 |
| 15 | Bahrain Victorious | 15:36:00 |
| 16 | EF Schooling-Easypost | 15:40:00 |
| 17 | Lidl-Trek | 15:44:00 |
| 18 | Soudal Fast-Step | 15:48:00 |
| 19 | Movistar Crew | 15:52:00 |
| 20 | Bora-Hansgrohe | 15:56:00 |
| 21 | Crew Visma-Lease a Bike | 16:00:00 |
| 22 | Groupama-FDJ | 16:04:00 |
