Paris-Nice stage 3 Live – the team time trial stage

With time trial specialists Edoardo Affini and Victor Campanaerts joining GC leaders Jonas Vingegaard and Matteo Jorgenson, Team Visma-Lease a Bike has a formidable line-up, that could see them take control of the GC race today. Here they were doing a recon of the course earlier.

For an idea of how big the gaps might be: in last year’s equivalent team time trial stage (which was slightly shorter, at 26.9km), over two minutes separated UAE Team Emirates in first and Intermarché – Wanty in last.

As well as being a spectacle, this team time trial is also set to have a significant impact on the GC. At 28.4km, this route has the capacity to cause potentially pivotal time gaps, especially in a stage race that is only a week long.

Today, it’s time for something that we don’t get to see too often these days in cycling – a team time trial. It’s a unique spectacle in the sport, and one of the most picture-friendly with smooth lines of matching cyclists working perfectly in harmony.

Hello and welcome to stage three of Paris-Nice.