The stage film - 05/03 - 17:08

Merlier first leader on his first Paris-Nice stage


Two in the break
The real start was given to 154 riders at 13:01 under grey skies. France’s Paul Ourselin (TotalEnergies) and Denmark’s Jonas Gregaard (Uno-X) broke clear after 16 km and received the go-ahead from the peloton. Their lead topped at 3:45 at kilometre 35 and the bunch, led by Lotto Dstny and Alpecin Deceuninck riders, maintained a safe three-minute...

Sporting stakes - 06/03 - 05:37

Anything is possible... even a bunch sprint

Paris-Nice race director François Lemarchand has been trying for a number of years to make the first stage as unpredictable as possible. Climbs, corners, crosswinds, intermediate sprints placed at awkward moments in the stage – everything seems to have been designed to avoid the obvious bunch sprint. Today’s 169.5-km stage around La Verrière is no exception.

“You...

Interview - 05/03 - 17:55

Neilson Powless: “My main goal is to win something”

The goal was the stage win. We had a plan to just give it everything from the bottom to the top of that final steep climb and we were hoping to create more of a selection. I just went for it. We had some staff at the the bottom of the climb and he screamed to me to just go. I gave it everything.

It was nice to pull a jersey for an aggressive effort like this. It was just...

Interview - 05/03 - 17:46

Tim Merlier : “It’s a great pride to be part of that train”

The team was very strong and I was perfectly led out. There was a tough climb in the finale. We managed to come back just before the last climb and then I was dropped. But we were quite a few riders chasing at the front and we worked together until the finish.

It’s really a great honour and lots of pride to be in that (Soudal Quick Step) train. For me, it’s...

Sport Side

Road Kilometers Schedules Local Time
From the finish From the start 45km/h 43km/h 41km/h
FRANCE 12:45 12:45 12:45
YVELINES (78) 12:45 12:45 12:45
D13 LE MESNIL-SAINT-DENIS (D13-VC-D58) 169.4 0 12:52 12:51 12:51
D58 LÉVIS-SAINT-NOM 169.4 0 12:57 12:57 12:57
LA VERRIERE 169.4 0 13:00 13:00 13:00
Carrefour D58-VC 168.6 0.8 13:01 13:01 13:01
VC Champ-Romery (VC-D202-D149) 166.5 2.9 13:04 13:04 13:04
Carrefour VC-D202 164.1 5.3 13:07 13:07 13:08
D202 SENLISSE (D202-D149) 159.7 9.7 13:13 13:13 13:14
D149 Carrefour D149-D906 157.7 11.7 13:16 13:16 13:17
D906 CERNAY-LA-VILLE (D906-D24) 157.3 12.1 13:16 13:17 13:18
D24 Carrefour D24-D91-D24 155.6 13.8 13:18 13:19 13:20
AUFFARGIS (D24-VC-D73) 149.5 19.9 13:26 13:28 13:29
D73 Carrefour D73-D61 146.8 22.6 13:30 13:32 13:33
D61 Saint-Benoît 143.8 25.6 13:34 13:36 13:37
Carrefour D61-D906-D61 141.6 27.8 13:37 13:39 13:41
LA CELLE-LES-BORDES (D61-D72) 138.3 31.1 13:41 13:43 13:45
LA CELLE-LES-BORDES 137.4 32 13:43 13:45 13:47
D72 Les Bordes (D72-VC) 136.9 32.5 13:43 13:45 13:48
VC Carrefour VC-D149 134.1 35.3 13:47 13:49 13:52
D149 Carrefour D149-D906 131.7 37.7 13:50 13:53 13:55
D906 Bel Air 130.7 38.7 13:52 13:54 13:57
CHEVREUSE (D906-VC) 126.9 42.5 13:57 13:59 14:02
VC SAINT-RÉMY-LÈS-CHEVREUSE (VC-D938-D906-D938) 125 44.4 13:59 14:02 14:05
D938 Carrefour D938-D195 121.4 48 14:04 14:07 14:10
D195 MAGNY-LES-HAMEAUX 121.2 48.2 14:04 14:07 14:10
Romainville 116.5 52.9 14:10 14:14 14:17
Buloyer 115.5 53.9 14:12 14:15 14:19
Carrefour D195-D91 115 54.4 14:12 14:16 14:20
D91 Carrefour D91-D46 113.3 56.1 14:15 14:18 14:22
D46 SAINT-LAMBERT 112.9 56.5 14:15 14:19 14:23
MILON-LA-CHAPELLE (D46-VC) 110.8 58.6 14:18 14:22 14:26
VC Côte de MILON-LA-CHAPELLE 109.5 59.9 14:20 14:24 14:28
CHEVREUSE 108.4 61 14:21 14:25 14:29
CHEVREUSE 106.5 62.9 14:24 14:28 14:32
Carrefour VC-D91 104.8 64.6 14:26 14:30 14:34
D91 Carrefour D91-D13 104 65.4 14:27 14:31 14:36
D13 Trottigny 103.4 66 14:28 14:32 14:36
CHEVREUSE (D13-VC-D58) 101.8 67.6 14:30 14:34 14:39
D58 Les Sablons (SAINT-FORGET) 99 70.4 14:34 14:38 14:43
DAMPIERRE-EN-YVELINES (D58-D91) 97.1 72.3 14:36 14:41 14:46
D91 Carrefour D91-D13 94 75.4 14:40 14:45 14:50
D13 LE MESNIL-SAINT-DENIS (D13-D58-VC) 90.6 78.8 14:45 14:50 14:55
VC LA VERRIERE (1er passage sur la ligne d'arrivée) 89.7 79.7 14:46 14:51 14:57
Carrefour VC-D13 87.3 82.1 14:49 14:54 15:00
D13 LE MESNIL-SAINT-DENIS 86.7 82.7 14:50 14:55 15:01
LE MESNIL SAINT DENIS (D13-VC-D58) 86.3 83.1 14:51 14:56 15:02
D58 LÉVIS-SAINT-NOM 82.3 87.1 14:56 15:01 15:07
Maincourt-Sur-Yvette 81 88.4 14:58 15:03 15:09
Carrefour D58-VC 79.3 90.1 15:00 15:06 15:12
VC Champ-Romery 77.3 92.1 15:03 15:08 15:15
Carrefour VC-D202 74.9 94.5 15:06 15:12 15:18
D202 Carrefour D202-D149 70.4 99 15:12 15:18 15:25
D149 SENLISSE 70.4 99 15:12 15:18 15:25
Carrefour D149-D906 68.4 101 15:15 15:21 15:28
D906 CERNAY-LA-VILLE (D906-D24) 68 101.4 15:15 15:21 15:28
D24 Carrefour D24-D91-D24 66.3 103.1 15:17 15:24 15:31
AUFFARGIS (D24-VC-D73) 60.2 109.2 15:25 15:32 15:40
D73 Carrefour D73-D61 57.5 111.9 15:29 15:36 15:44
D61 La Ferme Blanche 55.8 113.6 15:31 15:38 15:46
Saint-Benoît 54.6 114.8 15:33 15:40 15:48
Carrefour D61-D906-D61 52.3 117.1 15:36 15:43 15:51
LA CELLE-LES-BORDES (D61-D72) 49 120.4 15:40 15:48 15:56
LA CELLE-LES-BORDES 48.1 121.3 15:42 15:49 15:57
D72 Les Bordes (D72-VC) 47.6 121.8 15:42 15:50 15:58
VC Carrefour VC-D149 44.8 124.6 15:46 15:54 16:02
D149 Carrefour D149-D906 42.4 127 15:49 15:57 16:06
D906 Bel Air 41.6 127.8 15:50 15:58 16:07
CHEVREUSE (D906-VC) 37.8 131.6 15:55 16:04 16:13
VC SAINT-RÉMY-LÈS-CHEVREUSE (VC-D938-D906-D938) 35.8 133.6 15:58 16:06 16:15
D938 Carrefour D938-D195 32.1 137.3 16:03 16:11 16:21
D195 MAGNY-LES-HAMEAUX 32 137.4 16:03 16:12 16:21
Romainville 27.2 142.2 16:09 16:18 16:28
Buloyer 26.3 143.1 16:11 16:20 16:29
Carrefour D195-D91 25.7 143.7 16:11 16:20 16:30
D91 Carrefour D91-D46 24 145.4 16:14 16:23 16:33
D46 SAINT-LAMBERT 23.6 145.8 16:14 16:23 16:33
MILON-LA-CHAPELLE (D46-VC) 21.6 147.8 16:17 16:26 16:36
VC Côte de MILON-LA-CHAPELLE 20.2 149.2 16:19 16:28 16:38
CHEVREUSE 19.1 150.3 16:20 16:30 16:40
CHEVREUSE 17.2 152.2 16:23 16:32 16:43
Carrefour VC-D91 15.5 153.9 16:25 16:35 16:45
D91 Carrefour D91-D13 14.7 154.7 16:26 16:36 16:46
D13 Trottigny 14.2 155.2 16:27 16:37 16:47
CHEVREUSE (D13-VC-D58) 12.9 156.5 16:29 16:38 16:49
D58 Les Sablons (SAINT-FORGET) 9.7 159.7 16:33 16:43 16:54
DAMPIERRE-EN-YVELINES (D58-D91) 7.8 161.6 16:35 16:45 16:56
D91 CÔTE DES 17 TOURNANTS 5.9 163.5 16:38 16:48 16:59
Carrefour D91-D13 4.7 164.7 16:40 16:50 17:01
D13 LE MESNIL-SAINT-DENIS (D13-D58-VC) 1.3 168.1 16:44 16:54 17:06
VC LA VERRIERE 0 169.4 16:46 16:56 17:08

Côte de Milon-la-Chapelle

Km 59.9 - 160m 0,5kilometre-long climb at 12% Category 3

Côte de Milon-la-Chapelle

Km 149.2 - 160m 0,5kilometre-long climb at 12% Category 3

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