Paris-Nice stage 8 live – can McNulty keep hold of the yellow jersey?

Unofficial race start

The riders are underway from Nice, with the flag drop and official racing start to take place in around 15 minutes.

Today is poised for a huge GC fight in the mountains, with five categorised climbs:
– Côte de Levens (6.1 km at 5.8%) – 94km to go
– Côte de Châteauneuf (5.5 km at 4.5%) – 77km to go
– Côte de Berre-les-Alpes (6.5 km at 5.9%) – 65km to go
– Côte de Peille (6.5 km at 6.9%) – 47km to go
– Col des Quatre-Chemins (3.8 km at 8.1%) – 13km to go
Above is where they start on the course so look out for these markers, and they will also take in part of the famous Col d’Èze where the intermediate sprint point and bonus seconds will be fought for. 

Here’s Remco Evenepoel ahead of the stage start. He’ll surely be on the attack throughout the day. 

Riders are in Nice and completing the team presentation ahead of the neutralised roll out which is around 10 minutes away now. The weather has been tough with rain and cold bringing poor conditions, but the sun is poking through for the moment.

Hello and welcome to Cyclingnews’ final day of live coverage of Paris-Nice for stage 8!