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Officials cancelled the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:third stage of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Paris-Nice on Wednesd﷽ay due to significant snowfall and slippery roads. After racing through the first 100km of the 165.5km stage from Cusset to Mont Brouilly, officials neutralized the peloton with 70km to go and would attempt to restart the race with roughly 40km to go, pending the weather conditions.

ASO later confirmed on its website that th༺e stage had been cancelled.

Race organisers gave a brief statement about the weather, cancellation and race situation, noting that time will not be taken and that 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Michael Matthews (Orica-GreenEdge) will remain the ove🎉rall leader.

"The race jury a🧜nd direction decided to cancel today's third stage because of the weather conditions. The times will not be taken into account but the points scored at the first int💯ermediate sprint of the day and on the climbs completed so far will count.

ASO cycling director Christian Prudhomme added, "The road was extremely slippery and the safety was no longer guaranteed. We are sorry. That's Paris-Nice. We promise we'll come back to Mont-Brouilly. It's a pity but the r🅠iders will start again tomorrow from Julienas."

Although it is unclear whether the new Extreme Weather Protocol was officially employed to stop stage 3, it was 168澳洲5最🦋新开奖🎃结果:introduced after a series of incidents last year including extreme heat at the Tour of Oman last February. The 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Extreme Weather Protocol got its first test at the Clasica de Almeria in Spain a month ago when high winds forced the shorten⛄ing of the race.

During stage 3 at Paris-Nice, the peloton started in Cusset and covered nearly 100km in the wintery weather conditions. The riders passed over two ascents; Cote de Vernay (59.5km) and Cote de Chateauneuf (79.5km), along with one intermediate sprint in Chauffailles (84km). They also climbed the third ascent; Cote des Echarmeaux (95.5km) when the snow began falling heavily and officials ma♛de the decision to neutralize the stage.

Initially, the peloton was to stay neutralized for the n🍒ext 30km, pending weather conditions, and potentially re-start with 40km to go, however, the snow continued to fall and officials decided to cancel the stage altogether. Riders made their way to team vehicles to wrap up and get warm at the feജed zone, and team buses drove them to the finish in Mont Brouilly.

This is the second time it has snowed during Paris-Nice this week, after the peloton raced through winter weather during stage 1. Tom Boonen (Etixx-QuickStep) was very critical of the UCI and race officials' decision to allow th🅠at racing to continue. 

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