Stage 1 of Paris-Nice starts in Amilly, and after 184.5 km and one small category 3 climb, finishes in Nevers. This fast stage for the sprinters includes two intermediate sprint lines.
The stage starts at 12:15 pm and finishes between 4:15-4:40 pm.
Slipstream squad
Lucas Euser
Tyler Farrar
Christophe Laurent
Trent Lowe
Dave Millar
Danny Pate
Tom Peterson
Christian Vande Velde

Despite our “high wind warning,” shortened, 93.5 km stage today, Slipstream’s GC hopes were preserved…. Barely.
Both Trent Lowe and David Millar made the final selection of 30 riders who contested the final sprint. Many of the top GC contenders were left behind by high winds that split the peloton to pieces.
However, the news wasn’t […]

Cyclingnews.com profiled David Millar and his early season goals and accomplishments to date. Said Millar: “Things have been beyond expectations, and that’s saying something! We set the bar high at Qatar and it has laid the foundations as regards the team’s morale and spirit.”

OH HAPPY DAYS!! ASO has shown why they are great bike race organizers today! They put us all back on our team buses and sent us 110 km down the road to race just the last 74 km of today’s stage. This is due to storm warnings and horrible rain and wind (up to […]

Sometimes a day at the office just doesn’t go as planned. Watch how a roadside fan captured Tyler’s day at work during the opening prologue of Paris-Nice. Bummed and banged up, Tyler is fine and did finish the prologue.
WARNING: Contains Offensive Language. NOT SUITABLE FOR MINORS and should be viewed at work cautiously.

The opening 4.6 km prologue for the 66th running of Paris-Nice is a flat and fast loop around Amilly, a small village about one hour southeast of Paris.
The first rider is scheduled to start at 12:10 pm and the last rider will finish around 2:55 pm.
Slipstream squad
Lucas Euser
Tyler Farrar
Christophe Laurent
Trent Lowe
Dave Millar
Danny Pate
Tom Peterson
Christian Vande […]

With his 10th place finish in today’s prologue, the 23-year-old Australian Trent Lowe (left) is just 1″ down in the best young rider classification, currently lead by Andrly Grivko. Overall the team put in a solid performance and is currently third in the team classification, just 3″ off of Credit Agricole.

Mother Nature ruled the results of today’s prologue with wetter, windier conditions taking over middle part of the 4.6 km course less than an hour into the event. The first 40 and the last dozen riders enjoyed drier conditions, while the rest of the riders were slowed down by slick roads and colder, denser […]