Paris-Nice follows familiar formula in 2020

The route map for the 2020 Paris-Nice (Image credit: ASO)

The 2020 Paris-Nice will follow a familiar format to recent years, with early stages exposed to the wind followed by a stage 4 time trial, a summit finish on the penultimate day and a finale in the hills behind Nice.

The route for the 78th edition of the so-called ‘Race to the Sun’ was unveiled on the outskirts of Paris on Wednesday morning, and was described by Thibaut Pinot as "an open edition that will give ideas to more than one."

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