Chavanel's overall hopes fade at Paris-Nice

Sylvain Chavanel’s hopes of overall victory at Paris-Nice evaporated on stage 4 to Belleville, when the IAM Cycling man suffered a mechanical problem shortly before the day’s decisive climb, the Côte de Mont Brouilly.

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