Who will challenge Jonas Vingegaard at the Race to the Sun? Analysing the contenders for Paris-Nice

CABEZON DE LA SAL, SPAIN - SEPTEMBER 05: Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark and Team Visma | Lease a Bike - Red Leader Jersey prior to the La Vuelta - 80th Tour of Spain 2025, Stage 13 a 203.7km stage from Cabezon de la Sal to L'Angliru 1556m / #UCIWT / on September 05, 2025 in Cabezon de la Sal, Spain. (Photo by Dario Belingheri/Getty Images).

While the Classics specialists ply their trade over in Belgium, the Grand Tour contenders are due to get their engines primed for the build-up to the Tour de France in Paris-Nice, racing 1,245 kilometres from Achères to Nice.

In his third straight year of early-season disruptions, Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) is making a previously unplanned start in the Race to the Sun, having had to drop the UAE Tour from his calendar after a training crash and illness.