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James Moultrie

'Rain is part of the job, but when there's snow it's a bit different' – Jonas Vingegaard adamant that shortened 47km Paris-Nice stage should have been even shorter

Team Visma - Lease a Bike's Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard, wearing the overall leader yellow jersey, rides with the pack during the 7th stage of the Paris-Nice cycling race, 47 km between Le Broc and Isola-Village, on March 14, 2026. Due to deteriorating weather conditions, the route of stage 7 has been changed to a 47 km race from Le Broc to Isola. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP via Getty Images).

Jonas Vingegaard made it through the still sketchy shortened stage 7 at Paris-Nice unscathed, but he remained adamant in his opinion that the day should have been even shorter, with the slippery conditions in the final causing crashes.

It was the opinion he'd given at the start of the day, and after just over an hour of racing in the cold and wet conditions, race leader Vingegaard's opinion had only been solidified by what he saw in the final.

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