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Philippa York

Jonas Vingegaard's margin for improvement ahead of Giro d'Italia, Ineos' tactical hiccup, and the riders who shone in a brutal Paris-Nice – Philippa York analysis

Colombian Daniel Felipe Martinez of Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe, Danish Jonas Vingegaard of Team Visma-Lease a Bike and German Georg Steinhauser of EF Education-EasyPost pictured on the final podium after the final stage of 84th edition of the Paris-Nice cycling race, a race from Nice to Nice (129,2 km), on Sunday 15 March 2026. BELGA PHOTO DAVID PINTENS (Photo by DAVID PINTENS / BELGA MAG / Belga via AFP).

The dust, or rather the dirt, has settled on the 84th Paris-Nice and the first indications of the form of those who chose France over Tirreno-Adriatico are in.

Before even leaving Achères on the outskirts of the French capital to start stage 1, Jonas Vingegaard was the main favourite to win the Race to the Sun, and that he finished the week as the overall victor is no real surprise. However, his performance was probably more dominant than he could have imagined.

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