A good test for Le Mével

Christophe Le Mevel (Française Des Jeux)

Christophe Le Mevel (Française Des Jeux) (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Christophe Le Mével is having a good time in this year's Paris-Nice. The Française des Jeux stage race hopeful is not a contender for overall honours in the 'race to the sun', but was able to test his legs against top favourites such as current race leader Alberto Contador (Astana) and Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne).