Greig Leach

The final climb of the opening stage of Paris Nice saw Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor) go on his near patented attack. He was quickly covered by the American, Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike) as the pair got a bit of a gap on the Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe led peloton. The move came to naught, so I suspect the Alaphilippe was just testing both his legs, and the legs of the favorites on his rival teams. He may well have learned a bit about Jorgenson.