Paris-Nice Stage 1: St Germain-en-Laye > Nemours, 195kms
The peloton leaves Saint Germain-en-Laye with Damien Gaudin leading the way...
Three men have escaped without any reaction - Romain Sicard leads the way south...
Europcar lead a strung-out peloton through a region of France they call Yvelines...
The Champion of France, Nacer Bouhanni, is the only rider wearing a one-piece skinsuit today - he must mean business..!
The escape pedals its way towards the halfway mark, with a seven minute lead...
Philippe Gilbert doesn't look too stressed as a BMC mechanic takes his time fixing the seat-post...
Jerome Coppel and Yoann Offredo pass the time of day under ideal conditions...
The peloton has yet to stir itself on such a nice, sunny, afternoon...
Tannick Talabardon is leading the escape now - they are maintaining a seven-minute lead as well...
Simon Clarke missed his lunch-bag, so he's had to go and collect it from his team car...
FDJ start to accelerate now, the gap to the escapers shrinks immediately...
Blanoc is also making waves at the front of the peloton...
Talabardon and Bertjan Lindeman have dropped Sicard, but they'll be caught themselves pretty soon...
Europcar resume their place at the head of the race with no escape left to chase -is Gaudin aiming to sprint for another win in Nemours..?
Alessandro Petacchi is in competiton with a skin-suited Frenchman and Lotto's Debusschere
Nacer Bouhanni wins stage one ahead of Petacchi and Viviani..!
Nacer Bouhanni becomes the new race-leader - bravo..!
