American Christian Vande Velde leaves his newly born daughter and heads to Europe as he begins his bid for a podium at the Tour de France with a warm up in the Paris-Nice race.
Although he is not exactly the new kid in town, the Garmin-Slipstream rider burst into the limelight last season when his convincing performances in the 2008 Tour, where he finished fifth overall, made him one of the riders to fear…. Details