Lars Boom is doing warm-up excercises before the delayed start - surely he's not cold, is he..?
BOOMPARISNICE
The best way to warm up is to race hard, right from the start, which is how the day began...
SCENERYPELOTONPARISNICE
Three men have got away after 30-kilometres - Nikolas Maes leads the way...
MAESESCAPEPARISNICE
Marcel Sieberg has crashed on a descent - he's cut and bruised and angry, and gets up to try and finish the stage...but without success
SIEBERGPARISNICE
Craig Lewis is rumoured to be Team Columbia's secret weapon in 2010 - will he make a show in Paris-Nice..?
LEWISPARISNICE
Today it is Caisse d'Epargne leading the chase, a hint of what is to come in Aurillac..?
CAISSEPELOTONPARISNICE
Yann Huguet is the strongest-looking escaper - he leads the way into the hills with a four minute lead...
HUGUETPARISNICE
Is Levi Leipheimer biding his time in P-N, or just training his way to form for the Tour of California..?
LEIPHEIMERPARISNICE
Simon Gerrans is Team SKY's leader here - when will he make a move..?
GERRANSSKYPARISNICE
Defending champion, Luis Leon Sanchez, seems to be cruising in this edition - will he make a move today..?
SANCHEZPARISNICE
Team Garmin has Daniel Martin in with a great chance in P-N - tomorrow is surely his day..?
MARTINGARMINPARISNICE
Huguet and Roelandts have dropped Maes and are into the last 30-kilometres with a slender lead...
Caisse d'Epargne are still doing all the work - is their a plan on the last hill..?
Nicholas Roche ignites the racing on the final climb - the Irishman looks good..!
ROCHEPARISNICE
Peter Sagan wins stage three into Aurillac - and becomes a major contender to win this Paris-Nice..! Roche finishes 3rd...
SAGANPARISNICE
Jens Voigt becomes the new race-leader after Boom lost contact on the run-in...
VOIGTPARISNICE
