February 17-24 is the Tour of California, which begins with a Prologue in Palo Alto.

March 1 is the Omloop Het Volk, which kicks off the Spring Classics. With Filippo Pozzato as the defending champion, it should be a good indicator of the condition of the Cobblestone warriors.

March 2 is the Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne. Tom Boonen won last year’s edition after finishing 3rd the previous day in the Omloop.

March 8 is the Monte Paschi Eroica, potentially the next great Spring Classic. The first edition, held on October 9, 2007, was won by Alexandr Kolobnev of Team CSC. Since then, the race has been moved up to this early date to fall in line with the Spring Classics.

March 9-16 is Paris - Nice, but they have yet to release the route details, but they have released the Stages:
Prologue Sunday, March 9th 9.3 km Amilly TT
Stage 1 Monday, March 10th TBA km Amilly-Nevers
Stage 2 Tuesday, March 11th TBA km Nevers-Belleville/Saone
Stage 3 Wednesday, March 12th TBA km Fleurie-Saint-Étienne
Stage 4 Thursday, March 13th TBA km Montélimar-Mont-Serein (Ventoux)
Stage 5 Friday, March 14th TBA km Althen-des-Paluds-Sisteron
Stage 6 Saturday, March 15th TBA km Sisteron-Cannes
Stage 7 Sunday, March 16th TBA km Nice-Nice

March 12-18 is Tirreno-Adriatico, won last year by Andreas Kloden:
Stage 1 Wednesday, March 12th CIVITAVECCHIA-CIVITAVECCHIA (Km 160)
Stage 2 Thursday, March 13th CIVITAVECCHIA-GUBBIO (Km 203)
Stage 3 Friday, March 14th GUBBIO-MONTELUPONE (Km 195)
Stage 4 Saturday, March 15th PORTO RECANATI-CIVITANOVA MARCHE (Km 167)
Stage 5 Sunday, March 16th MACERATA-RECANATI (crono individuale) (Km 26)
Stage 6 Monday, March 17th CIVITANOVA MARCHE-CASTELFIDARDO (Km 196)
Stage 7 Tuesday, March 18th S. BENEDETTO DEL TRONTO-S.BENEDETTO DEL TRONTO (Km 176)

All of this will lead up to Milan-Sanremo, on March 22, which is one of the best sprinter’s races. The profile hasn’t been released yet for the 2008 Edition, but should be very similar to this. Our roving reporter, Jessie, will be there for coverage….