Blog - Paris-Nice 2010

Paris-Nice 2010 starts in the Yvelines department

Today the first stage of Paris-Nice 2009 took place in Amilly.

Just before the start of the first rider, it was announced that next year the start will take place in the French department Yvelines (78).

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Indeed, a principal agreement was signed between the organiser, A.S.O., and the department for the organisation of the start and the first race day of Paris-Nice in the Yvelines department.
Christian Prudhomme, director of cycling at A.S.O. talked about falling in love with the Yvelines department, maybe leading to an engagement afterwards. The department's vice-president, Pierre Lequiller, gave some more details about the project: The city where the race will start has not been chosen yet but this will be done very soon. ...