RACE REPORTS: PARIS-NICE PROLOGUE: BOOM THE BEST

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RACE REPORTS: PARIS-NICE PROLOGUE: BOOM THE BEST
Road Bike Action & AFP
March 7, 2010

(Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)

Holland's 2008 world cyclocross champion Lars Boom won the Paris-Nice cycling prologue on Sunday in an 8-kilometer time trial in the town of Monfort-l'Amaury just outside the French capital. German veteran Jens Voigt was second, three seconds behind Rabobank's Boom, while American rider Levi Leipheimer took third. Slovakia's Peter Sagan, the event's youngest competitor at 20 years old, finished in fifth place 10 seconds off the pace, while defending Paris-Nice champion Luis Leon Sanchez trailed the 24-year-old leader by 12 seconds.

"It was quite a thing for me coming from cyclo-cross. It was much colder and you need to immediately find your rhythm and adapt to the cobbled surfaces," 24-year-old Boom said.

The Dutchman admitted that while he was unlikely to finish first overall in the race, he said he was aiming to hang on to the yellow jersey until Thursday's stage. Boom won last year's Tour of Belgium and also won a stage in the Vuelta a España.

"I came to (the Paris-Nice) to compete in the one day classics, such as the Tour of Flanders and the Paris-Roubaix race," he added.

There was one casualty as Belgian rider Gert Steegmans (RadioShack)was blown off his bike by a gust of wind which resulted in him breaking his collarbone. Monday's stage sees the peloton ride off from Saint Arnoult-en-Yvelines to Contres.

Paris-Nice Prologue: Montfort-l’Amaury 8km
1. Lars Boom (Ned/Rabobank) 10:56
2. Jens Voigt (Ger/Saxo Bank) @ .03
3. Levi Leipheimer (USA/RadioShack) @ .06
4. Alberto Contador (Spa/Astana) @ s.t.
5. Peter Sagan (Svk/Liquigas-Doimo) @ 10
6. Xavier Tondo (Spa/Cervélo) @ s.t.
7. David Millar (GBr/Garmin-Transitions) @ .11
8. Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa/Caisse d'Epargne) @ .12
9. Roman Kreuziger (Cze/Liquigas-Doimo) @ .13
10. Samuel Sanchez (Spa/Euskatltel-Euskadi) @ .15

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