Race organiser Christian Prudhomme has pledged to give cycling fans suspense right to the end of Paris-Nice thanks to the return of the Col d'Eze final stage time trial.
Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme speaks during the press conference to announce the Paris-Nice cycling route in Versailles, near Paris. Prudhomme has pledged to give cycling fans suspense right to the end of Paris-Nice thanks to the return of the Col d'Eze final stage time trial.
The 70th edition of the eight-stage race, held March 4-11, welcomes a number of big names including the Schleck brothers Andy and Frank, Spain's Luis Leon Sanchez, Italian duo Ivan Basso and Damiano Cunego and German Andreas Kloden.
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