Paris-Good stage 8 stay – can McNulty hold maintain of the yellow jersey?

100KM TO GO

This is the second the three leaders acquired away from the peloton. They at present lead by 1:10.

The primary wave of assaults within the peloton has seen a gaggle of three riders get a small benefit. Johan Jacobs (Movistar) who was in yesterday’s break alongside Victor Campenaerts (Lotto Dstny) and former race chief at this 12 months’s Paris-Good, Laurence Pithie (Groupama-FDJ). 

This is what McNulty needed to say forward of the stage begin to CyclingProNet.

“A mixture of the whole lot – pleasure, nervous drained however in the long run it is going to be an aggressive day so we’ll give the whole lot.”

“It has been a very powerful week. I believe everyone seems to be struggling I hope however we’ll see. It is going to be actually aggressive, particularly the final two climbs.”

“I do know he is actually motivated and he lives right here so it is nearly a house race for him. Remco can also be proper there and we all know how he races so it is going to be powerful.”

The peloton will head north out of Good alongside the Var river, earlier than turning proper at La Roquette-sur-Var and approaching the hardest inclines of the day. From then on in, there’ll barely be a flat kilometre with climbs lining the street till the descent for dwelling the place the Promenade des Anglais in Good awaits its latest champion. 

109KM TO GO

Official begin taken and simply 109km of racing separates the riders from the tip of Paris-Good 2024. The race is much from over but although. 

This is how the GC standings had been left after stage 7 courtesy of FirstCycling.

Simply 4 seconds separates McNulty and Jorgenson on the high, with Skjelmose, Evenepoel and Plapp all preventing for that podium spot. The parcours may permit for somebody decrease down to begin an actual raid if they will rise up the street with teammates, so count on everybody on this high 10 to be making an attempt one thing as we speak. 

This is McNulty wanting centered on the day forward on the race begin. 

If you’ll want to meet up with what occurred in yesterday’s summit end, here is the race report. A reminder that Brandon McNulty (UAE Group Emirates) did maintain onto yellow however that his main hole narrowed to simply 4 seconds from compatriot Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike).

Paris-Good: Aleksandr Vlasov wins stage 7 as Brandon McNulty fights to stay in yellow

Three extra riders did not take the beginning as we speak in Good: David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ), Elmar Reinders and Luka Mezgec (Jayco AlUla).

Unofficial race begin

The riders are underway from Good, with the flag drop and official racing begin to happen in round quarter-hour.

Immediately is poised for an enormous GC struggle within the mountains, with 5 categorised climbs:
– Côte de Levens (6.1 km at 5.8%) – 94km to go
– Côte de Châteauneuf (5.5 km at 4.5%) – 77km to go
– Côte de Berre-les-Alpes (6.5 km at 5.9%) – 65km to go
– Côte de Peille (6.5 km at 6.9%) – 47km to go
– Col des Quatre-Chemins (3.8 km at 8.1%) – 13km to go
Above is the place they begin on the course so look out for these markers, and they’ll additionally absorb a part of the well-known Col d’Èze the place the intermediate dash level and bonus seconds will probably be fought for. 

This is Remco Evenepoel forward of the stage begin. He’ll certainly be on the assault all through the day. 

Riders are in Good and finishing the staff presentation forward of the neutralised roll out which is round 10 minutes away now. The climate has been powerful with rain and chilly bringing poor circumstances, however the solar is poking by for the second.

Whats up and welcome to Cyclingnews’ remaining day of stay protection of Paris-Good for stage 8!