Blog - Paris-Nice 2013

All information about the 71st edition of the Race to the sun

Added: sunday 10 March 2013 at 16:53:00
Paris-Nice 2013: Richie Porte stronger than everyone else on the Col d'Eze!
The last stage of Paris-Nice 2013 today was the individual time trial on the Col d'Eze, which made its comeback in the Paris-Nice race route at the occasion of the 70th edition of the Race to the sun last year.

The time trial was won by Richie Porte, even though he didn't need to win it anymore to take the overall win and thus become the first Australian winner of this race and take the second victory in a row for Team Sky.
The summary of the 7th stage: individual time trial Nice > Col d'Eze
151 riders started in this individual time trial, all the way up from the center of Nice to the top of the Col d'Eze 9.6 kilometers further.

Rick Flens (Blanco Pro Cycling Team) was the first rider to start and the Dutch rider set the first time on top at 22'35".

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Added: saturday 09 March 2013 at 22:00:00
Paris-Nice 2013: order and start times in the Col d'Eze time trial
This Sunday 10 March, Paris-Nice 2013, the 71st edition already of the Race to the sun, will end with the individual time trial between Nice and the Col d'Eze.

In this article you'll find the order and the exact start times of each of the 151 remaining riders of the Paris-Nice 2013 peloton.

If you'd like to know all the details about this time trial, you can still check out the exact race route of the Nice > Col d'Eze time trial in Paris-Nice 2013
The start order and times
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Added: saturday 09 March 2013 at 16:52:00
Paris-Nice 2013: Sylvain Chavanel wins the stage in Nice in the sprint
This forelast stage of Paris-Nice 2013 was the longuest, with its 220 kilometers between Manosque and Nice. The different difficulties of today's stage thinned out the peloton chasing behind a big leading group and this selection thus battled for the sprint on the Promenade des Anglais, sprint won by Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-QuickStep).
The summary of the 6th stage of Paris-Nice 2013: Manosque > Nice
After the different abandons in yesterday's stage and the two non starting riders (Francis de Greef (Lotto-Belisol) and Alexis Vuillermoz (Sojasun)) this morning in Manosque, 163 riders started on the roads of this longuest stage of Paris-Nice 2013, 220 kilometers towards the Promenade des Anglais in Nice.

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Added: friday 08 March 2013 at 21:37:00
The 3rd time for a stage win and yellow in Paris-Nice 2013: Richie Porte first on top of the Montagne de Lure!
He was one of the favourites, he showed today he deserved that title, Richie Porte (Team Sky) arrived solo on top of the Montagne de Lure, the small sister of the Mont Ventoux, and also takes over the yellow jersey.

The last time Paris-Nice visited the Montagne de Lure, in 2009, Alberto Contador took (back) the yellow jersey on top of this mountain by winning the stage, but despite his 1'13" gap in the general classification, he didn't win the race. Porte currently heads the general classification with a 32 seconds gap on Talansky. Will he be luckier?
The summary of stage 5/ Châteauneuf-du-Pape > Montagne de Lure
176 kilometers were on the programme in today's stage between Châteauneuf-du-Pape and the summit of the Montagne de Lure with, apart from the final first category climb, a 2nd category climb early in the stage and 3 difficulties of the 3rd ...
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Added: thursday 07 March 2013 at 22:37:00
Paris-Nice 2013: Michael Albasini takes the sprint victory in Saint-Vallier
Today's stage in Paris-Nice 2013 offered a profile which could have allowed some real battling for the stage victory. However, the leading group of 7 and later 4 riders didn't manage to stay away and a group of 37 riders thus arrived at the finish for a bunch sprint.

The sprint in Saint-Vallier was won by Michael Albasini (Orica-GreenEDGE) while the yellow jersey stays on the shoulders of Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp).
The summary of stage 4/ Brioude > Saint-Vallier
199.5 kilometers seperated the start in Brioude from the finish in Saint-Vallier in the 4th stage of Paris-Nice 2013 and the riders had no less than 7 difficulties to climb.

While initially all 176 remaining riders started just before 11AM, Angelo Tulik had to leave the roads of ...
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Added: thursday 07 March 2013 at 09:12:00
Jérémy Roy: my big goal for 2013, the time trial of the French championships
At the occasion of Paris-Nice 2013, velowire.com met with Jérémy Roy to briefly discuss the 2013 season which only just started.

In this video interview you'll discover the big goal of the season of the rider from Tours, as well as some other information about his season to come.
Video interview with Jérémy Roy: progress even more in the time trial
In this interview which was done at the start of the second stage of Paris-Nice 2013 in Vimory we talk about cancelled races or stages, the fresh conditions early this season, about his good shape at the start of this season and about his role as a team mate at the service of the rest of the team in Paris-Nice. Of course we don't ...
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Added: wednesday 06 March 2013 at 22:03:00
Yet another stage victory and yellow jersey coup in Paris-Nice 2013 : Andrew Talansky takes it all in Brioude
The 3rd stage of Paris-Nice 2013 took place in the rain, with a long breakaway of 4 riders which was taken back before the finish. The sprint didn't turn out to be a bunch sprint like the past few days however since the profile of the last part of this stage allowed a small group to get away and thus have the stage winner among this small selection.

That fortunate rider's name was Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp) and since the yellow jersey group with Elia Viviani (Cannondale) himself in front finished almost 3 minutes later, the young American rider also took the yellow jersey.
The summary of the 3rd stage of Paris-Nice 2013: Châtel-Guyon > Brioude
After yesterday's abandon of Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ), Jacob Rathe (Garmin-Sharp) and Alexandre Pichot, 176 riders came to the start in Châtel-Guyon just before noon, José Ivan Gutierrez (Movistar Tea ...
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Added: tuesday 05 March 2013 at 19:31:00
Paris-Nice 2013: Marcel Kittel full gas in the straight line in Cérilly
For the second stage of Paris-Nice 2013, we again expected a bunch sprint at the finish, on a long straight line of no less than 4 kilometers towards the white line drawn on the road in Cérilly.

The rider who wore the yellow jersey, the French Champion Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ), could no longer dispute this sprint however since he crashed badly at a little bit under 60 kilometers from the finish and was taken to the hospital.

The peloton came full speed to the finish line and it was finally Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) who managed to put his hands in the sky while winning this stage.
The summary of the 2nd stage of Paris-Nice 2013 - Vimory > Cérilly
The sky was grey and it was still a bit cold in the small town of Vimory (1,134 inhabitants) when 180 riders took the start this morning. Indeed, after yesterday's abandon of Pierrick Fédrigo (FDJ), Rui Costa (M ...
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Added: monday 04 March 2013 at 18:09:00
Paris-Nice: a sprint victory for the Champion of France, Nacer Bouhanni, in Nemours
The first stage in line of Paris-Nice 2013 ended, as expected in a bunch sprint in Nemours, after 195 kilometers of racing from the start in front of the castle in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

A 3 riders strong breakaway was taken back in the local circuit around Nemours and Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ) finally won the stage, his second sprint victory this year, after the 6th stage of the Tour of Oman a few weeks ago.

Thanks to the 10 bonus seconds, the French Champion will no longer wear his bleu-white-red jersey tomorrow since he changed it for a yellow kit!
The summary of the first stage of Paris-Nice 2013: Saint-Germain-en-Laye > Nemours
Under a timid sun, the 184 riders of this 71st edition of Paris-Nice came to the start of this first stage.

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Added: sunday 03 March 2013 at 18:08:00
Damien Gaudin fastest time trialler in Houilles for the Paris-Nice 2013 prologue
As expected, the prologue in the streets of Houilles didn't lead to big time gaps due to the race route being only 2.9 kilometers long, quite winding and in a rural area.

In order to get the first yellow jersey at the end of the afternoon, a rider should thus almost rather be a sprinter than a time trial specialist. A track profile would also work out and that's what Damien Gaudin (Team Europcar) showed by winning this first part of Paris-Nice 2013.
The summary of the Paris-Nice 2013 prologue in Houilles
The first rider to start in Houilles was Marco Bandiera of the IAM Cycling team and with 3'55" he of course wrote down the first reference time.

This didn't last for long however and after several rapid changes, it was finally Borut Bozic who stopped the clock at a new reference time, at 3'40"95. Peter Velits, who started almost 45 minutes later, was the next one to ...
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