Paris Nice 2011

Stage 8 was a brutal day with five categorized climbs held in cold wet conditions. "The race was fast all day, with a quality break going at the midway point," said Rigoberto following today's stage. Team Sky rode great and was able to secure Bradley Wiggin's third place in the overall standings. Read more about this short, but epic stage.  Read the race analysis & files...

Stage 7 of the Paris-Nice may just go down as one of the highlights of Rogoberto Uran's season. The Columbian riding for a British team finished third on a very hard stage which saw many abandon (22 riders did not finish). This was the hardest stage for Rigoberto and he came through shining.  Read the race analysis & files...

Stage 6 of the Paris-Nice was a 27 km individual time trial where Rigoberto placed 37th, 2:35 behind the winner Tony Martin of HTC-Highroad. Rigoberto paced the time trial perfectly and yet agai nset new power records! Team Sky had a great day as well with Bradley Wiggins finishing second, to Tony Martin (HTC), and moved up to third in the general classification.  Read the race analysis & files...

Wow! How many more days can we say this, but yet again Rigoberto set new records today. New 30-minute, 60-minute max watts and more! Rigoberto also rode incredibly well and was one of 30 guys left on the final category 1 climb today. Want to see his power and read his thoughts? Click to the next page to see it all for yourself.  Read the race analysis & files...

Yet again new best power values were recorded by Rigoberto. Today was one fast stage especially at the beginning. Rigoberto described the beginning of the stage like this, "Today the stage went from the gun and for the first 40 minutes it was full on with attacks going left right and center." Read all of Rigoberto's post-race diary comments and interact with his actual SRM power file here.  Read the race analysis & files...

Stage 1 of the 2011 Paris-Nice started out with a fast and furious race south of Paris. The sprinters were hoping for a chance at glory but a three-man breakway stole the show. Team Sky's Rigoberto Uran shares his SRM race file and it's worth noting that this little Columbian only weighs 120lbs! You have to check out the power this little guy can produce.  Read the race analysis & files...

Victory for Team Sky! Greg Henderson came through to win today's field sprint in Amilly, France. Thankfully Rigoberto Uran had an uneventful day after having crashed in stage 1. Stage 2 was an hour longer than the first stage yet the average watts were nearly the same. There was still a lot of nervousness in the peloton and yet again several crashes occurred. Read on to see Rigoberto's comments about the big victory and how well he is healing up from his crash.  Read the race analysis & files...

Stage 1 of the 2011 Paris-Nice started out with a fast and furious race south of Paris. The sprinters were hoping for a chance at glory but a three-man breakway stole the show. Team Sky's Rigoberto Uran shares his SRM race file and it's worth noting that this little Columbian only weighs 120lbs! You have to check out the power this little guy can produce.  Read the race analysis & files...