PARIS-NICE STAGE 1: STEEGMANS RIDES THE STORM

Gert Steegmans Paris Nice 2008 stage one
(Image credit: LUC CLAESSEN)

Gert Steegmans powered away in the final kilometre to take a stormlashed stage one of Paris-Nice, in which favourites Cadel Evans and Christophe Moreau lost time.

It was supposed to be the easiest stage of Paris-Nice but in fact the atrocious weather meant it has almost certainly turned out to be one of the toughest.

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STAGE 1 (NEVERS-BELLEVILLE)
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PARIS-NICE: OVERALL
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TUESDAY?S STAGE

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