It's an important day at Paris-Nice, with stage 3 marking a team time trial that will shape the overall race as well as provide key learnings ahead of this summer's Tour de France. The team time trial has not been a common discipline in recent years but takes on new importance this year with the opening stage of the Tour de France kicking off with a TTT in Barcelona this summer. The Paris-Nice TTT today measures 23.5km, just 3.5km shorter than the Barcelona TTT at the Tour, albeit less punchy in its climbing. There's a long drag from kilometre 13 to kilometre 19, before more of a downhill run to the line.The first team is off at 15:10 local time, whilst the last team, EF Education-EasyPost and yellow jersey Luke Lamperti, will start at 16:34 CET.Four-time Tour champ Tadej Pogačar is not at Paris-Nice but two-time winner Jonas Vingegaard is, with a strong Visma-Lease a Bike line-up. Likewise, Ineos Grenadiers are here with their leadership trio for the Tour: Oscar Onley, Carlos Rodríguez, and Kévin Vauquelin. As well as dialling in cohesion for the Tour, it's a big moment for Paris-Nice as a whole and this week's GC battle. Big differences can be expected in team time trials, which will shape the race ahead of the mountains to come.
