Who became the first British cyclist since Tom Simpson in 1967 to win the classic Paris Nice 'race to the sun' in March 2012?
2012 Paris–Nice 2012 Paris–Nice The 2012 Paris–Nice was the 70th running of the Paris–Nice cycling stage race, often known as the "Race to the Sun". It started on 4 March in Dampierre-en-Yvelines and ended on 11 March in Nice and consisted of eight stages, including two time trials that bookended the race. It was the second race of the 2012 UCI World Tour season. The race was won by Great Britain's Bradley Wiggins of , who took the lead on the second stage of the race and held the race leader's yellow jersey to the finish, becoming the first British rider to
1967 Paris–Nice 1967 Paris–Nice The 1967 Paris–Nice was the 25th running of the Paris–Nice cycling stage race, often known as the "Race to the Sun". It started on 8 March in Athis-Mons, south of Paris, and ended on 15 March in Nice and consisted of eight stages, including an individual time trial. A total of 96 riders from twelve teams entered the race, which was won by Briton Tom Simpson of the Peugeot-BP-Michelin team. Simpson became the first British rider to win the Paris–Nice general classification. In the other race classifications, Bernard Guyot of Pelforth-Wild-Lejeune won the mountains classification, Jean-Claude Wuillemin of