2017 Paris - Nice, France

75th edition: March 5 - March 12, 2017

Paris-Nice podium history | 2016 edition | 2018 edition | Organizer's race preview | Start list
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | Stage 6 | Stage 7 | Stage 8

2017 Paris-Nice route. Total distance: 1,229.5 km

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Sunday March 12: 8th & final stage: Nice - Nice, 115.5 km

Stage 8 profile | Stage 8 photos

Rated ascents:

• Km 21.0: Côte de Levens, 6.2 km @  5.5% - cat. 2
• Km 37.0: Côte de Châteauneuf, 5.4 km @  4.4% - cat. 2
• Km 51.5: Col de Calaïson, 6.3 km @ 4.4% - cat. 2
• Km 68.0:  Côte de Peille, 6.5 km  @ 6.9% - cat. 1
• Km 100.5: Col d'Èze, 7.7 km @ 5.7% - cat. 1

David de la Cruz wins stage 8 just in front of Alberto Contador

Weather at the start & finish city of Nice, France at 1:36 PM: 16C (60F), partly cloudy with the wind from the Southeast @ 11 km/hr (7 mph). There is a 60% chance of rain this afternoon.

The race: The final stage began at 1:55 PM. 147 riders started. Four of Saturday's finishers did not start: Alexander Kristoff and Alberto Losada (Katusha), Jacopo Guarnieri (FDJ) and Tom Stamsnijder (Sunweb).

Here's the organizer's telling of today's racing:

History repeated itself on Sunday for Team Sky's Sergio Henao and Alberto Contador, who battled it out in a nail-biting final stage of Paris-Nice before the Spaniard was forced to concede defeat for two seconds. Already beaten a year ago by a slim four-second margin by another Team Sky rider, Geraint Thomas, the 2007 and 2010 winner of the Race to the Sun again failed by the blink of an eye as the British outfit conquered their fifth final victory in six years with four different riders. Sergio Henao emulated Bradley Wiggins (2012), Richie Porte (2013 and 2015), and Geraint Thomas for the most prestigious win in his career. But the Colombian champion is far from a second choice winner: attacked all day by El Pistolero Contador, he resisted bravely and kept his cool until the finish line. France's Julian Alaphilippe (Quick Step), with the green and white jerseys, and his compatriot Lilian Calmejane (Direct Energie), crowned KOM champion, completed the podium. 

147 riders left Nice's Place Massena without  Alexander Kristoff and Alberto Losada (Katusha), Jacopo Guarnieri (FDJ) and Tom Stamsnijder (Sunweb). After short-lived skirmishes, KOM leader Lilian Calmejane (Direct Energie) moved ahead at kilometer 16, followed by Jose Herrada (Movistar) and   Arnold Jeannesson (Fortuneo). The three were joined by Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal) and David De la Cruz (Quick Step) shortly before the top of Cote de Levens (Km 21, 2nd cat) on which Calmejane collected seven points. By the second climb of the day, Cote de Chateauneuf (km 37, 2nd cat), the five had been joined by 17 other riders. Calmejane strengthened his polka-dot jersey with seven more points.

At kilometer 34, the leading group included the following 24 riders:  De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal), De la Cruz (Quick Step), De Marchi (BMC), Colbrelli (Bahrain),  Domont, Frank (Ag2R), Jose Herrada, Soler, Sutherland (Movistar), Slagter, Woods (Cannondale), Lutsenko (Astana), Edet (Cofidis), Matthews (Sunweb), Ulissi, Petillil (UAE), Pauwels (Dimension Data), Mendes (Bora-Hansgrohe), Calmejane, Chavanel (Direct Energie), Jeannesson, Perichon (Fortuneo), El Fares and Pacher (Delko-Marseille). Their lead topped at 4:15.

On the third ascent, Col de Calaison (Km 51.5, 2nd cat), white jersey holder and stage 6 winner Simon Yates (Orica-Scott) was briefly dropped. Seven more points allowed Calmejane to secure the KOM jersey once and for all and take over from team-mate Antoine Duchesne, who won it a year ago.

The succession of climbs proved too demanding for several riders who called it quits, including stage 5 winner Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Marcel Kittel (Quick Step). In the first category Cote de Peille, as the leading group was scattered along the climb, Alberto Contador attacked as expected in the wheel of Trek-Segafredo team-mate Jarlinson Pantano (km 65). But Sergio Henao reacted immediately. A second attempt was not more successful, but the third finally paid off as the yellow jersey holder finally lost ground. At the summit of Cote de Peille, the 2007 and 2010 winner of the Race to the Sun was only one second short of the yellow jersey.

In the descent, while Henao was helped by team-mates Sebastian Henao and David Lopez and joined forces with second-placed overall Dan Martin (Quick Step) and green jersey Julian Alaphilippe, the leading group comprised 14 riders: De Marchi (BMC), Contador (Trek), Colbrelli (Bahrain), De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal), De la Cruz (Quick Step), Soler (Movistar), Edet (Cofidis), Matthews (Sunweb), Ulissi, Petilli (UAE), Calmenjane, Chavanel (Direct Energie) Jeannesson (Fortuneo) and El Fares (Delko). Contador led the way for most of the descent and stretched the group's lead to 50 seconds after 80 km.

On Col d'Eze, the race became a man-to-man battle between Contador, working almost alone in his group, and Henao and his team-mates, receiving little or no support. The gap between them was 40 seconds at the bottom of the climb. With 20 km to go, Contador had only his compatriots David De la Cruz and Marc Soler left with him as his lead had gone up to 55 seconds. One kilometer from the summit, Marc Soler went on his own, seeking the stage laurels. In the peloton, Henao was attacked from all sides, Dan Martin, Ion Izagirre and Julian Alaphilippe striking in turn. But the Colombian resisted bravely.

The descent was even more breath-taking as Contador showed signs of fatigue while Henao charged bravely down the hill to try and save his jersey. The Spaniard collected two seconds in the last intermediate sprint in Eze and the stage win would have awarded him ten seconds more. But his compatriot David de la Cruz, left to battle it out for stage victory in the final stretch, had no intention of missing his lifetime chance to take the stage honors. He outsprinted Contador, ruining his chances of overall victory as the chasing peloton crossed the line 21 seconds later.

Complete Results:

Stage 8 photos

115.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.03 km/hr

1	David DE LA CRUZ	Quick-Step	2hr 48min 53sec
2	Alberto CONTADOR	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
3	Marc SOLER	Movistar	@ 5sec
4	Sonny COLBRELLI	Bahrain-Merida	@ 21sec
5	Julian ALAPHILIPPE	Quick-Step	s.t.
6	Michael MATTHEWS	Sunweb	s.t.
7	Diego ULISSI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
8	Gorka IZAGIRRE	Movistar	s.t.
9	Arnold JEANNESSON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
10	Lilian CALMEJANE	Direct Energie	s.t.
11	Nicolas EDET	Cofidis	s.t.
12	Sergio Luis HENAO	Sky	s.t.
13	Daniel MARTIN	Quick-Step	s.t.
14	Ilnur ZAKARIN	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
15	Simon YATES	Orica-Scott	s.t.
16	Jakob FUGLSANG	Astana	s.t.
17	Warren BARGUIL	Sunweb	s.t.
18	Richie PORTE	BMC	s.t.
19	Jon IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
20	Jarlinson PANTANO	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
21	Simone PETILLI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+1:02
22	Sylvain CHAVANEL	Direct Energie	+1:14
23	Sam OOMEN	Sunweb	s.t.
24	Rory SUTHERLAND	Movistar	+1:14
25	Alessandro DE MARCHI	BMC	+1:29
26	Quentin PACHER	Delko Marseille Provence	+2:30
27	José MENDES	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
28	Julien EL FARES	Delko Marseille Provence	+2:33
29	Michael WOODS	Cannondale Drapac	+2:54
30	Serge PAUWELS	Dimension Data	s.t.
31	Mikael CHEREL	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
32	Mathias FRANK	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
33	Jose HERRADA LOPEZ	Movistar	s.t.
34	Oliver NAESEN	Ag2r La Mondiale	+3:25
35	Romain HARDY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
36	Eduardo SEPULVEDA	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
37	Pierre Roger LATOUR	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
38	CYRIL GAUTIER	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
39	Simon GESCHKE	Sunweb	s.t.
40	Danilo WYSS	BMC	s.t.
41	Tsgabu GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
42	Mikel NIEVE	Sky	s.t.
43	Alexey LUTSENKO	Astana	s.t.
44	Thomas DE GENDT	Lotto Soudal	+6:13
45	Ben SWIFT	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
46	Rudy MOLARD	FDJ	s.t.
47	Philippe GILBERT	Quick-Step	s.t.
48	Mauro FINETTO	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
49	Simon GERRANS	Orica-Scott	s.t.
50	Patrick KONRAD	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
51	Jan POLANC	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
52	MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN	Astana	s.t.
53	Jan BÁRTA	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
54	Tony GALLOPIN	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
55	NICHOLAS ROCHE	BMC	s.t.
56	Imanol ERVITI	Movistar	s.t.
57	Victor DE LA PARTE	Movistar	s.t.
58	David LOPEZ GARCIA	Sky	s.t.
59	Michal GOLAS	Sky	s.t.
60	Philip DEIGNAN	Sky	s.t.
61	Jens KEUKELEIRE	Orica-Scott	s.t.
62	Tanel KANGERT	Astana	s.t.
63	AMAEL MOINARD	BMC	s.t.
64	Axel DOMONT	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
65	Davide VILLELLA	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
66	SEBASTIAN HENAO	Sky	s.t.
67	André GREIPEL	Lotto Soudal	+8:47
68	Tom-Jelte SLAGTER	Cannondale Drapac	+8:47
69	Kristian SBARAGLI	Dimension Data	+12:15
70	Christopher JUUL JENSEN	Orica-Scott	s.t.
71	Enrico GASPAROTTO	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
72	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	s.t.
73	Jack BAUER	Quick-Step	+12:40
74	Lars Ytting BAK	Lotto Soudal	+14:33
75	Magnus Cort NIELSEN	Orica-Scott	s.t.
76	Stijn VANDENBERGH	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
77	Jesus HERRADA LOPEZ	Movistar	s.t.
78	Tosh VAN DER SANDE	Lotto Soudal	+16:37
79	Moreno HOFLAND	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
80	Cyril LEMOINE	Cofidis	s.t.
81	Fabio SABATINI	Quick-Step	s.t.
82	Juraj SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	+16:37
83	Baptiste PLANCKAERT	Katusha Alpecin	+16:38
84	Tony MARTIN	Katusha Alpecin	+16:39
85	Roy CURVERS	Sunweb	+16:40
86	Geoffrey SOUPE	Cofidis	+16:41
87	Jelle WALLAYS	Lotto Soudal	+16:42
88	Adam HANSEN	Lotto Soudal	+16:43
89	Christian KNEES	Sky	+16:44
90	Luka PIBERNIK	Bahrain-Merida	+16:45
91	Adrien PETIT	Direct Energie	+16:46
92	WINNER ANACONA	Movistar	+16:47
93	Benjamin KING	Dimension Data	+16:48
94	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	Astana	+16:49
95	Romain COMBAUD	Delko Marseille Provence	+16:50
96	Delio FERNANDEZ	Delko Marseille Provence	+16:51
97	Evaldas SISKEVICIUS	Delko Marseille Provence	+16:52
98	Florian SENECHAL	Cofidis	+16:53
99	Manuele MORI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+16:54
100	John DEGENKOLB	Trek-Segafredo	+16:55
101	Nikias ARNDT	Sunweb	+16:56
102	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	+16:57
103	Federico ZURLO	UAE Abu Dhabi	+16:58
104	Gregory RAST	Trek-Segafredo	+16:59
105	Luke ROWE	Sky	+16:60
106	Dylan TEUNS	BMC	+16:61
107	Yves LAMPAERT	Quick-Step	+16:62
108	Haimar ZUBELDIA	Trek-Segafredo	+16:63
109	Thomas LEEZER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+16:64
110	Bram TANKINK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+16:65
111	Mickael DELAGE	FDJ	+16:66
112	Laurent PICHON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+16:67
113	Olivier LE GAC	FDJ	+16:68
114	Arnaud GERARD	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+16:69
115	Pierre ROLLAND	Cannondale Drapac	+16:70
116	Timo ROOSEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+16:71
117	Gatis SMUKULIS	Delko Marseille Provence	+18:42
118	Maarten WYNANTS	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+20:56
119	Julien SIMON	Cofidis	s.t.
120	Sven erik BYSTRØM	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
121	REMY DI GREGORIO	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
122	Kristijan KOREN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
123	Youcef REGUIGUI	Dimension Data	s.t.
124	Robert Thomas WAGNER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
125	Mitch DOCKER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
126	Dylan GROENEWEGEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
127	Natnael BERHANE	Dimension Data	s.t.
128	Ignatas KONOVALOVAS	FDJ	s.t.

Final GC after stage 8:

• Final GC leader: Sergio Henao (Sky)
• Points classification winner: Julian Alaphilippe (Quick Step Floors)
• Mountains classification winner: Lilian Calmejane (Direct Energie)
• Young rider classification winner: Julian Alaphilippe (Quick Step Floors)
• Team classificaton winner: Quick Step Floors

1,233.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.34 km/hr

1	Sergio Luis HENAO	Sky	29:50:29
2	Alberto CONTADOR	Trek-Segafredo	@ 2sec
3	Daniel MARTIN	Quick-Step	@ 30sec
4	Gorka IZAGIRRE	Movistar	+1:00
5	Julian ALAPHILIPPE	Quick-Step	+1:22
6	Ilnur ZAKARIN	Katusha Alpecin	+1:34
7	Jon IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	+1:41
8	Warren BARGUIL	Sunweb	+4:07
9	Simon YATES	Orica-Scott	+4:39
10	Tony GALLOPIN	Lotto Soudal	+9:14
11	Richie PORTE	BMC	+14:26
12	Jakob FUGLSANG	Astana	+18:07
13	Philippe GILBERT	Quick-Step	+19:33
14	Sam OOMEN	Sunweb	+20:08
15	Romain HARDY	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+20:25
16	Rudy MOLARD	FDJ	+20:53
17	Jarlinson PANTANO	Trek-Segafredo	+25:07
18	NICHOLAS ROCHE	BMC	+30:49
19	Oliver NAESEN	Ag2r La Mondiale	+31:55
20	Mauro FINETTO	Delko Marseille Provence	+33:25
21	Sylvain CHAVANEL	Direct Energie	+35:07
22	Mathias FRANK	Ag2r La Mondiale	+35:14
23	David DE LA CRUZ	Quick-Step	+36:07
24	Marc SOLER	Movistar	+36:23
25	Mikel NIEVE	Sky	+38:30
26	Patrick KONRAD	Bora-hansgrohe	+41:14
27	Diego ULISSI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+43:09
28	Bram TANKINK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+43:39
29	Jose HERRADA	Movistar	+44:04
30	Jens KEUKELEIRE	Orica-Scott	+45:47
31	Nicolas EDET	Cofidis	+47:01
32	Michael MATTHEWS	Sunweb	+47:59
33	CYRIL GAUTIER	Ag2r La Mondiale	+48:09
34	Arnold JEANNESSON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+48:46
35	Jan BÁRTA	Bora-hansgrohe	+48:48
36	Haimar ZUBELDIA	Trek-Segafredo	+50:33
37	Julien EL FARES	Delko Marseille Provence	+51:04
38	Victor DE LA PARTE	Movistar	+51:52
39	Tanel KANGERT	Astana	+52:01
40	Thomas DE GENDT	Lotto Soudal	+52:08
41	Mikael CHEREL	Ag2r La Mondiale	+53:30
42	Tsgabu GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	+53:41
43	Quentin PACHER	Delko Marseille Provence	+55:20
44	SEBASTIAN HENAO	Sky	+57:24
45	Lilian CALMEJANE	Direct Energie	+58:00
46	Danilo WYSS	BMC	+58:52
47	Yves LAMPAERT	Quick-Step	+59:05
48	Alexey LUTSENKO	Astana	+59:11
49	Pierre Roger LATOUR	Ag2r La Mondiale	+59:55
50	Tosh VAN DER SANDE	Lotto Soudal	+1:01:07
51	Imanol ERVITI	Movistar	+1:03:39
52	Sonny COLBRELLI	Bahrain-Merida	+1:04:18
53	Simon GESCHKE	Sunweb	+1:04:50
54	Michael WOODS	Cannondale Drapac	+1:05:14
55	Simone PETILLI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+1:05:31
56	AMAEL MOINARD	BMC	+1:05:56
57	Serge PAUWELS	Dimension Data	+1:06:47
58	André GREIPEL	Lotto Soudal	+1:06:56
59	Eduardo SEPULVEDA	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+1:07:25
60	Jelle WALLAYS	Lotto Soudal	+1:07:32
61	Davide VILLELLA	Cannondale Drapac	+1:07:38
62	Rory SUTHERLAND	Movistar	+1:08:09
63	Ben SWIFT	UAE Abu Dhabi	+1:10:23
64	Alessandro DE MARCHI	BMC	+1:10:33
65	Christopher JUUL JENSEN	Orica-Scott	+1:10:34
66	Laurent PICHON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+1:11:54
67	Enrico GASPAROTTO	Bahrain-Merida	+1:11:59
68	Axel DOMONT	Ag2r La Mondiale	+1:12:06
69	Kristijan KOREN	Cannondale Drapac	+1:12:40
70	WINNER ANACONA	Movistar	+1:13:00
71	Jack BAUER	Quick-Step	+1:13:48
72	MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN	Astana	+1:14:58
73	Magnus Cort NIELSEN	Orica-Scott	+1:15:06
74	Simon GERRANS	Orica-Scott	+1:15:16
75	Kristian SBARAGLI	Dimension Data	+1:15:39
76	Philip DEIGNAN	Sky	+1:15:41
77	Christian KNEES	Sky	+1:16:04
78	Michal GOLAS	Sky	+1:16:26
79	Romain COMBAUD	Delko Marseille Provence	+1:18:10
80	Pierre ROLLAND	Cannondale Drapac	+1:18:17
81	Luke ROWE	Sky	+1:18:25
82	Timo ROOSEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+1:20:37
83	Jan POLANC	UAE Abu Dhabi	+1:20:44
84	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	+1:20:59
85	Lars Ytting BAK	Lotto Soudal	+1:21:18
86	Delio FERNANDEZ	Delko Marseille Provence	+1:21:47
87	Sven erik BYSTRØM	Katusha Alpecin	+1:22:16
88	John DEGENKOLB	Trek-Segafredo	+1:22:33
89	Baptiste PLANCKAERT	Katusha Alpecin	+1:22:40
90	Geoffrey SOUPE	Cofidis	+1:22:53
91	Nikias ARNDT	Sunweb	+1:25:13
92	Luka PIBERNIK	Bahrain-Merida	+1:25:33
93	Tony MARTIN	Katusha Alpecin	+1:25:46
94	Thomas LEEZER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+1:26:15
95	Manuele MORI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+1:26:17
96	Dylan TEUNS	BMC	+1:26:30
97	David LOPEZ	Sky	+1:28:26
98	José MENDES	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:28:54
99	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+1:29:58
100	Natnael BERHANE	Dimension Data	+1:30:43
101	Roy CURVERS	Sunweb	+1:31:07
102	Moreno HOFLAND	Lotto Soudal	+1:31:16
103	Olivier LE GAC	FDJ	+1:31:31
104	Cyril LEMOINE	Cofidis	+1:31:41
105	Benjamin KING	Dimension Data	+1:31:47
106	Evaldas SISKEVICIUS	Delko Marseille Provence	+1:32:32
107	Florian SENECHAL	Cofidis	+1:32:49
108	Stijn VANDENBERGH	Ag2r La Mondiale	+1:33:00
109	Julien SIMON	Cofidis	+1:33:23
110	Ignatas KONOVALOVAS	FDJ	+1:35:41
111	Adam HANSEN	Lotto Soudal	+1:36:50
112	Mitch DOCKER	Orica-Scott	+1:37:08
113	REMY DI GREGORIO	Delko Marseille Provence	+1:37:25
114	Robert Thomas WAGNER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+1:37:41
115	Maarten WYNANTS	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+1:37:47
116	Dylan GROENEWEGEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+1:40:46
117	Jesus HERRADA	Movistar	+1:41:25
118	Gatis SMUKULIS	Delko Marseille Provence	+1:43:04
119	Tom-Jelte SLAGTER	Cannondale Drapac	+1:44:25
120	Arnaud GERARD	Fortuneo-Vital Concept	+1:44:52
121	Adrien PETIT	Direct Energie	+1:45:03
122	Mickael DELAGE	FDJ	+1:46:11
123	Gregory RAST	Trek-Segafredo	+1:46:32
124	Fabio SABATINI	Quick-Step	+1:46:37
125	Juraj SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:47:08
126	Youcef REGUIGUI	Dimension Data	+1:51:58
127	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	Astana	+1:56:03
128	Federico ZURLO	UAE Abu Dhabi	+2:05:49

Stage 8 profile:

Stage 8 photos:

Another day of climbing. © ASO/A.Broadway

Sergio Henao was able to keep his lead to the end, but just by 2 seconds. © ASO/A.Broadway

David de la Cruz wins the final stage. © ASO/A.Broadway

The final podium, from left: Alberto Contdaor (2nd), Sergio Henao & Daniel Martin (3rd). © ASO/A.Broadway

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Saturday, March 11: Stage 7, Nice - Col de la Couillole, 177 km

Stage 7 profile

Rated ascents:

• Km 10.0: Côte de Gattières, 4.5 km @ 4.8% - cat. 2
• Km 29.5: Col de Vence, 9.7 km @ 6.6% - cat. 1
• Km 140.0: Col Saint-Martin (La Colmiane), 7.5 km @ 7.2% - cat. 1
• Km 177.0: Col de la Couillole, 15.7 km @ 7.1% - cat. 1

Richie Porte wins stage 7. © ASO/A.Broadway

Weather at the start city of Nice at 1:38 PM local time: 18C (64F), sunny with the wind from the ESE @ 18 km/hr (11 mph)

The Race: 154 riders started at 12:35 PM.

Here's the organizer's story of the day's racing:

Richie Porte (BMC) avenged his woes in the beginning of Paris-Nice with a spectacular stage win at Col de la Couillole, the highest ever finish of the Race to the Sun on Saturday. While the Australian, who lost more than 15 minutes in the echelons, rain and wind of the first two stages, was no threat overall, Colombian Sergio Henao (Sky) made the best of the day's three first-category climbs to finish fourth in the stage and take the yellow jersey away from Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe (Quick Step), who lost touch early in the 15-km-long last ascent. On the line, 2013 and 2015 winner Porte won ahead of another revengeful champion, Alberto Contador (Trek-Segafredo), and Ireland's Dan Martin, who also complete the GC podium.

154 riders left Nice for the mountains of Mercantour without Stefan Kruijswijk (LottoNL-Jumbo), Dan McLay (Fortuneo) and Joe Dombrowski (Cannondale), who called it quits. With the 2nd category Cote de Gattieres early in the stage at kilometer 10, five men broke clear looking for KOM points. Among them were the two leaders of the mountain classification, Axel Domont (Ag2R) and Lilian Calmejane (Direct Energie), along with Jan Polanc (UAE), Omar Fraile (Dimension Data), Lilian and Delio Fernandez (Delko-Marseille-Provence). Calmejane beat Domont at the top as the break was leading the bunch by 3:30.

Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fortuneo) chased behind the six and joined them after 24 km as their lead had gone up to 4:30. Calmejane broke clear two kilometers from the top of Col de Vence to collect 10 points at the top, followed by Domont. The breakaway then split but regrouped in the descent. The peloton was 3:45 at the top and the gap remained stable in the valley until Calmejane moved once again at kilometer 110. Behind the Frenchman, the group splintered. Fraile was the first to lose touch, followed by Perichon and Polanc, and then Domont and Fernandez.  The peloton tackled Col St Martin 3:15 behind Calmejane.

In the climb, as Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) tried to part company with the bunch, Team Sky chased down the former escapees. Calmejane reached the top 1:10 before the pack and collected ten more points to take the KOM jersey away from Domont. In the last kilometer Tony Gallopin(Lotto-Soudal), second overall, began to show signs of weakness. In the descent, Mauro Finetto (Delko-Marseille-Provence) tried to chase behind Calmejane but flatted. At the bottom of Col de la Couillole, the new polka-dot jersey holder led Cyril Gautier (Ag2R), Quentin Pacher (Delko-Marseille) and Diego Ulissi (UAE) by 20 seconds and the pack by 45 seconds.

Pacher and Ulissi found themselves in front with 14 km to go with Sebastian Henao (Sky) setting the tempo at the front of the bunch for his cousin Sergio. Jarlinson Pantano (Trek-Segafredo) raised the tempo in the bunch and the pace became too high for race leader Julian Alaphilippe (Quick Step), who lost ground 10.5 km from the line as well as second-placed Tony Gallopin. As Ulissi was chased down, Richie Porte (BMC), Jarlinson Pantano (Trek), Alberto Contador (Trek), Ilnur Zakarin (Katusha), Ion Izaguirre (Bahrain), Dan Martin (Quick Sttep), Pierre Latour (Ag2R), Victor De la Parte, Gorka  Izagirre and Marc Soler (Movistar), Sergio Henao and Mikel Nieve(Sky) and Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) found themselves in the front.

Jarlinson Pantano twice raised the tempo in the climb and only Henao, Contador, Porte, Martin, Jon Izagirre and Fuglsang could stay with him in the five last kilometers. Richie Porte twice tested his companions before bearing the deceasing blow with 3 km to go. The Australian steadily increased his lead to clinch his fifth stage victory in the race. Behind him Alberto Contador parted with Henao to go for second place while Dan Martin sprinted in the last stretch to overtake the Colombian and take third place. Overall, Henao leads Martin by 30 seconds, Contador by 31 and looks ideally placed to give Team Sky their fifth Paris-Nice victory in six years. Julian Alaphilippe salvaged 5th place, 1:22 behind.

Results:

177 kilometers raced at an average speed of 35.214 km/hr

1	PORTE Richie	BMC	05h 01' 35''
2	CONTADOR Alberto	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 00' 21''
3	MARTIN Daniel	QUICK STEP	+ 00' 32''
4	HENAO Sergio	SKY	s.t.
5	IZAGUIRRE Jon	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 00' 55''
6	FUGLSANG Jakob	ASTANA	+ 01' 07''
7	LATOUR Pierre-Roger	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01' 11''
8	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 01' 21''
9	SOLER Marc	MOVISTAR	s.t.
10	IZAGUIRRE Gorka	MOVISTAR	s.t.
11	NIEVE Mikel	SKY	+ 02' 03''
12	DE LA PARTE Victor	MOVISTAR	+ 02' 11''
13	BARGUIL WARREN	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 02' 17''
14	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	QUICK STEP	+ 02' 40''
15	PANTANO Jarlinson	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
16	OOMEN Sam	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
17	EDET Nicolas	COFIDIS	+ 03' 18''
18	WOODS Michael	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 04' 04''
19	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
20	KONRAD Patrick	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 04' 20''
21	YATES Simon	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
22	DE LA CRUZ David	QUICK STEP	+ 05' 36''
23	ULISSI Diego	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
24	COMBAUD Romain	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 06' 49''
25	FINETTO Mauro	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
26	NAESEN Oliver	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
27	ROCHE Nicolas	BMC	s.t.
28	BARTA Jan	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
29	BERHANE Natnael	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
30	HENAO Sebastian	SKY	s.t.
31	CHEREL Mikael	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 07' 34''
32	HERRADA LOPEZ José	MOVISTAR	+ 08' 12''
33	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 08' 18''
34	GILBERT Philippe	QUICK STEP	s.t.
35	HARDY Romain	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 08' 40''
36	MOLARD Rudy	FDJ	+ 08' 54''
37	PICHON Laurent	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
38	GAUTIER Cyril	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
39	EL FARES Julien	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
40	JEANNESSON Arnold	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 09' 15''
41	FRANK Mathias	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 09' 35''
42	ANACONA Winner	MOVISTAR	+ 09' 51''
43	CHAVANEL Sylvain	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 09' 58''
44	ROLLAND Pierre	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 10' 00''
45	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	+ 10' 13''
46	VILLELLA Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 11' 20''
47	ZUBELDIA Haimar	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
48	GRMAY Tsgabu	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
49	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 12' 11''
50	GASPAROTTO Enrico	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 12' 57''
51	PACHER Quentin	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
52	TANKINK Bram	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 13' 51''
53	KEUKELEIRE Jens	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
54	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
55	CALMEJANE Lilian	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 15' 48''
56	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 17' 58''
57	BAUER Jack	QUICK STEP	s.t.
58	LEMOINE Cyril	COFIDIS	+ 18' 01''
59	GOGL Michael	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
60	DOMONT Axel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 19' 15''
61	MOINARD Amaël	BMC	+ 20' 44''
62	SUTHERLAND Rory	MOVISTAR	s.t.
63	DEIGNAN Philip	SKY	s.t.
64	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	+ 20' 48''
65	MORI Manuele	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 24' 30''
66	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
67	VANDENBERGH Stijn	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
68	BAK Lars Ytting	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
69	KING Benjamin	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
70	TULIK ANGÉLO	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
71	LAMPAERT Yves	QUICK STEP	s.t.
72	SBARAGLI Kristian	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
73	LUTSENKO Alexey	ASTANA	s.t.
74	VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael	ASTANA	s.t.
75	ROOSEN Timo	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
76	DI GREGORIO Rémy	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
77	ERVITI Imanol	MOVISTAR	s.t.
78	DUCHESNE Antoine	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
79	MENDES José	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
80	HERRADA LOPEZ Jesus	MOVISTAR	s.t.
81	ARNDT Nikias	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
82	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
83	PAUWELS Serge	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
84	SMUKULIS Gatis	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
85	GESCHKE Simon	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
86	PETILLI Simone	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
87	MATTHEWS Michael	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 26' 38''
88	GOLAS Michal	SKY	+ 28' 24''
89	WYSS Danilo	BMC	s.t.
90	COLBRELLI Sonny	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 29' 00''
91	BOLE Grega	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
92	SEPULVEDA Eduardo	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 29' 55''
93	LOPEZ David	SKY	+ 30' 34''
94	FERNANDEZ Delio	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
95	PERICHON Pierre-Luc	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 31' 02''
96	WALLAYS Jelle	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
97	KRISTOFF Alexander	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
98	MARTIN Tony	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
99	THEUNS Edward	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 31' 15''
100	SAGAN Juraj	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 33' 34''
101	ZURLO Federico	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
102	POLANC Jan	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
103	SIMON Julien	COFIDIS	s.t.
104	GERARD Arnaud	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
105	BENNETT Sam	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
106	CURVERS Roy	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
107	LE GAC Olivier	FDJ	s.t.
108	ROWE Luke	SKY	s.t.
109	GERRANS Simon	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
110	SABATINI Fabio	QUICK STEP	s.t.
111	KITTEL Marcel	QUICK STEP	s.t.
112	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
113	WAGNER Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
114	MORICE Julien	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
115	HAYMAN Mathew	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
116	LEEZER Thomas	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
117	DOCKER Mitchell	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
118	SWIFT Ben	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
119	SLAGTER Tom Jelte	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
120	KNEES Christian	SKY	s.t.
121	DELAGE Mickaël	FDJ	s.t.
122	TEUNS Dylan	BMC	s.t.
123	SENECHAL Florian	COFIDIS	s.t.
124	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
125	REGUIGUI Youcef	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
126	TLEUBAYEV Ruslan	ASTANA	s.t.
127	GREIPEL André	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
128	SOUPE GEOFFREY	COFIDIS	s.t.
129	DEGENKOLB John	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
130	ALBASINI Michael	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
131	WYNANTS Maarten	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
132	BRESCHEL Matti	ASTANA	s.t.
133	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
134	HOFLAND Moreno	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
135	VENTOSO Francisco	BMC	s.t.
136	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
137	PIBERNIK Luka	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
138	FARRAR Tyler	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
139	NIELSEN Magnus Cort	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
140	PETIT Adrien	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
141	STAMSNIJDER Tom	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
142	BOZIC Borut	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
143	HALLER Marco	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
144	WAEYTENS ZICO	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
145	BYSTRÖM Sven Erik	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
146	SARREAU Marc	FDJ	s.t.
147	MORKOV Michael	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
148	KONOVALOVAS Ignatas	FDJ	s.t.
149	GUARNIERI Jacopo	FDJ	s.t.
150	CIMOLAI Davide	FDJ	+ 33' 44''
151	KOLAR Michael	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 41' 52''

GC after Stage 7:

• GC leader: Sergio Henao (Sky)
• Points classification leader: Julian Alaphilippe (Quick Step Floors)
• Mountains classification leader Lilian Calmejane (Direct Energie)
• Young rider classification leader: Julian Alaphilippe (Quick Step Floors), jersey worn by Simon Yates (Orica Scott)
• Team classification leader: Quick Step Floors

1,118 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.375 km/hr

1	HENAO Sergio	SKY	27hr 1min 15sec
2	MARTIN Daniel	QUICK STEP	+ 00' 30''
3	CONTADOR Alberto	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 00' 31''
4	IZAGUIRRE Gorka	MOVISTAR	+ 01' 00''
5	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	QUICK STEP	+ 01' 22''
6	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 01' 34''
7	IZAGUIRRE Jon	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 01' 41''
8	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 03' 22''
9	BARGUIL WARREN	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 04' 07''
10	YATES Simon	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 04' 39''
11	GILBERT Philippe	QUICK STEP	+ 13' 41''
12	PORTE Richie	BMC	+ 14' 26''
13	MOLARD Rudy	FDJ	+ 15' 01''
14	HARDY Romain	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 17' 21''
15	FUGLSANG Jakob	ASTANA	+ 18' 07''
16	OOMEN Sam	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 19' 15''
17	ROCHE Nicolas	BMC	+ 24' 57''
18	PANTANO Jarlinson	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 25' 07''
19	TANKINK Bram	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 27' 23''
20	FINETTO Mauro	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 27' 33''
21	NAESEN Oliver	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 28' 51''
22	FRANK Mathias	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 32' 41''
23	CHAVANEL Sylvain	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 34' 14''
24	ZUBELDIA Haimar	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 34' 17''
25	KONRAD Patrick	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 35' 22''
26	NIEVE Mikel	SKY	+ 35' 26''
27	DE LA CRUZ David	QUICK STEP	+ 36' 40''
28	SOLER Marc	MOVISTAR	+ 36' 46''
29	KEUKELEIRE Jens	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 39' 55''
30	HERRADA LOPEZ José	MOVISTAR	+ 41' 31''
31	LAMPAERT Yves	QUICK STEP	+ 42' 49''
32	BARTA Jan	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 42' 56''
33	ULISSI Diego	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 43' 09''
34	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 44' 51''
35	GAUTIER Cyril	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 45' 05''
36	DE LA PARTE Victor	MOVISTAR	+ 46' 00''
37	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	+ 46' 09''
38	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 46' 18''
39	EDET Nicolas	COFIDIS	+ 47' 01''
40	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 47' 20''
41	MATTHEWS Michael	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 48' 02''
42	JEANNESSON Arnold	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 48' 46''
43	EL FARES Julien	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 48' 52''
44	GRMAY Tsgabu	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 50' 37''
45	CHEREL Mikael	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 50' 57''
46	WALLAYS Jelle	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 51' 16''
47	HENAO Sebastian	SKY	+ 51' 32''
48	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 52' 05''
49	PACHER Quentin	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 53' 11''
50	PICHON Laurent	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 55' 38''
51	WYSS Danilo	BMC	+ 55' 48''
52	KRISTOFF Alexander	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 55' 55''
53	LUTSENKO Alexey	ASTANA	+ 56' 07''
54	ANACONA GOMEZ Winner	MOVISTAR	+ 56' 44''
55	LATOUR Pierre-Roger	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 56' 51''
56	ERVITI Imanol	MOVISTAR	+ 57' 47''
57	CALMEJANE Lilian	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 58' 00''
58	GREIPEL André	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 58' 30''
59	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 58' 40''
60	KNEES Christian	SKY	+ 59' 48''
61	KITTEL Marcel	QUICK STEP	+ 59' 49''
62	MOINARD Amaël	BMC	+ 01h 00' 04''
63	GASPAROTTO Enrico	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 01h 00' 05''
64	HALLER Marco	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 01h 00' 33''
65	NIELSEN Magnus Cort	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 01h 00' 54''
66	BAUER Jack	QUICK STEP	+ 01h 01' 29''
67	BENNETT Sam	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 01h 01' 31''
68	BYSTRÖM Sven Erik	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 01h 01' 41''
69	VILLELLA Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 01h 01' 46''
70	GESCHKE Simon	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
71	COMBAUD Romain	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 01h 01' 54''
72	ROLLAND Pierre	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 01h 02' 01''
73	ROWE Luke	SKY	+ 01h 02' 09''
74	WOODS Michael	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 01h 02' 41''
75	GOGL Michael	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 01h 03' 11''
76	SBARAGLI Kristian	DIMENSION DATA	+ 01h 03' 45''
77	CIMOLAI Davide	FDJ	+ 01h 04' 13''
78	PAUWELS Serge	DIMENSION DATA	+ 01h 04' 14''
79	COLBRELLI Sonny	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 01h 04' 18''
80	ROOSEN Timo	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 01h 04' 21''
81	SEPULVEDA Eduardo	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
82	SWIFT Ben	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 01h 04' 31''
83	ALBASINI Michael	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 01h 04' 43''
84	PETILLI Simone	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 01h 04' 50''
85	HAYMAN Mathew	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 01h 05' 09''
86	FERNANDEZ Delio	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 01h 05' 31''
87	DOMONT Axel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01h 06' 14''
88	DEGENKOLB John	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 01h 06' 17''
89	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 01h 06' 24''
90	SOUPE GEOFFREY	COFIDIS	+ 01h 06' 37''
91	BAK Lars Ytting	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 01h 07' 06''
92	SUTHERLAND Rory	MOVISTAR	+ 01h 07' 16''
93	ARNDT Nikias	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 01h 08' 57''
94	VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael	ASTANA	+ 01h 09' 06''
95	PIBERNIK Luka	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 01h 09' 17''
96	GERRANS Simon	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 01h 09' 24''
97	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	+ 01h 09' 25''
98	MARTIN Tony	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 01h 09' 30''
99	DEIGNAN Philip	SKY	+ 01h 09' 49''
100	LEEZER Thomas	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 01h 09' 59''
101	MORI Manuele	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 01h 10' 01''
102	BERHANE Natnael	DIMENSION DATA	+ 01h 10' 08''
103	TEUNS Dylan	BMC	+ 01h 10' 14''
104	GOLAS Michal	SKY	+ 01h 10' 34''
105	STAMSNIJDER Tom	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 01h 10' 47''
106	THEUNS Edward	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 01h 12' 38''
107	SIMON Julien	COFIDIS	+ 01h 12' 48''
108	GUARNIERI Jacopo	FDJ	+ 01h 14' 15''
109	TULIK ANGÉLO	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01h 14' 28''
110	CURVERS Roy	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 01h 14' 51''
111	POLANC Jan	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 01h 14' 52''
112	HOFLAND Moreno	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 01h 15' 00''
113	KONOVALOVAS Ignatas	FDJ	+ 01h 15' 06''
114	LE GAC Olivier	FDJ	+ 01h 15' 15''
115	LEMOINE Cyril	COFIDIS	+ 01h 15' 25''
116	KING Benjamin	DIMENSION DATA	+ 01h 15' 31''
117	SARREAU Marc	FDJ	+ 01h 15' 34''
118	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 01h 16' 16''
119	DUCHESNE Antoine	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01h 16' 21''
120	SENECHAL Florian	COFIDIS	+ 01h 16' 33''
121	DOCKER Mitchell	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 01h 16' 33''
122	DI GREGORIO Rémy	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 01h 16' 50''
123	BRESCHEL Matti	ASTANA	+ 01h 17' 04''
124	WAGNER Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 01h 17' 06''
125	WYNANTS Maarten	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 01h 17' 12''
126	PERICHON Pierre-Luc	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 01h 18' 04''
127	VANDENBERGH Stijn	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01h 18' 48''
128	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 01h 20' 11''
129	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 01h 20' 34''
130	LOPEZ David	SKY	+ 01h 22' 34''
131	SMUKULIS Gatis	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 01h 24' 43''
132	MORICE Julien	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01h 25' 14''
133	MENDES José	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 01h 26' 45''
134	HERRADA Jesus	MOVISTAR	+ 01h 27' 13''
135	BOLE Grega	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 01h 27' 52''
136	GERARD Arnaud	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 01h 28' 36''
137	VENTOSO Francisco	BMC	+ 01h 28' 36''
138	PETIT Adrien	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01h 28' 47''
139	WAEYTENS ZICO	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 01h 29' 23''
140	MORKOV Michael	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 01h 29' 55''
141	DELAGE Mickaël	FDJ	+ 01h 29' 55''
142	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 01h 30' 16''
143	SABATINI Fabio	QUICK STEP	+ 01h 30' 21''
144	SAGAN Juraj	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 01h 30' 52''
145	REGUIGUI Youcef	DIMENSION DATA	+ 01h 31' 23''
146	BOZIC Borut	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 01h 31' 27''
147	SLAGTER Tom Jelte	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 01h 35' 59''
148	TLEUBAYEV Ruslan	ASTANA	+ 01h 39' 47''
149	KOLAR Michael	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 01h 43' 10''
150	FARRAR Tyler	DIMENSION DATA	+ 01h 47' 14''
151	ZURLO Federico	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 01h 49' 33''

Stage 7 profile:

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Friday, March 10: Stage 6, Aubagne - Fayence, 193.5 km

Stage 6 profile | Stage 6 photos

Rated ascents:

• Km 13.0: Col de l'Espigoulier, 8.9 km @ 5.6% - cat. 1
• Km 116.0: Côte des Tuilières, 2.2 km @ 7.8% - cat. 2
• Km 131.5: Côte du Mont Méaulx, 1.5 km @ 4.3% - cat. 3
• Km 146.0: Col de Bourigaille, 5.5 km @ 6.1% - cat. 1
• Km 174.5: Col de Bourigaille, 8.1 km @ 5.9% - cat. 1
• Km 193.5: Fayence, 1.3 km @ 9.8% - cat. 2

Simon Yates wins stage 6

Weather at the finish town of Fayence at 2:30 PM, local time: Sunny, 23C (73F), wind from the south at 10 km/hr (6mph).

The race: 163 riders stated stage 6 at 11:55 AM. Eric Baska (Bora-hansgrohe) did not start and early in the stage Dimitri Claeys (Cofidis) quit.

Here's the organizer's race summary:

Simon Yates left the contenders for final victory to their waiting game to attack 20 km from the line and win the 6th stage of Paris-Nice in Fayence on Friday. The Briton surged shortly before the top of the first category Col de Bourigaille, never to be seen again by the leading favorites, who waited for the final "wall" of Fayence to battle it out. The final climb revealed the current strengths and weaknesses and race leader Julian Alaphilippe (Quick Step), so impressive two days ago at Mont Brouilly, could not react when Colombian Sergio Henao (Sky) surged to take second place ahead of 2013 and 2015 winner Richie Porte (BMC). Alaphilippe was 4th and maintained a 36-seconds lead over Tony Gallopin overall, with Henao third, a further 10 seconds adrift.

163 riders left Aubagne in the sun without Slovakia's Erik Baska (Bora-Hansgrohe). Four men shot to the the lead at kilometer 4: Ben King (Dimension Data), Cyril Lemoine (Cofidis), Winner Anacona (Movistar) and Delio Fernandez (Delko-Marseille). They were reeled in five kilometers further down the road. Cyril Gautier (Ag2R) tried his luck in turn one kilometer from the top of Col de l'Espigoulier (km 13) but was chased down before the summit. The ten points at the top went to France's Arnold Jeannesson (Fortuneo), ahead of Lilian Calmejane (Direct Energie). The sprint in Plan d'Aups (Km 24) was won by stage 3 winner Sam Bennett (Bora Hansgrohe) ahead of Michael Matthews (Sunweb).

In the plain, Michael Albasini (Orica-Scott), Gautier, Jesus Herrada (Movistar), Alexey Lutsenko  (Astana), King and Calmejane tried to move again but were quickly chased down. The decisive break took shape on the junction at kilometer 44 and it included eight riders:  Alessandro De Marchi (BMC), Axel Domont (Ag2R),  Winner Anacona and Jose Herdada (Movistar), Michael Valgren (Astana) Ben Swift(UAE), Sylvain Chavanel (Direct Energie) and Eduardo Sepulveda (Fortuneo). Their lead topped at five minutes after 80 kilometers. Domont, already in the longest break of stage 5, was first at the top of Cote des Tuilieres (km 116, 2nd cat). The Frenchman collected four more points on Cote de Mont Meaulx (km 131.5).

In Seillans, the adopted home of Belgian legend Fred de Bruyne, Alberto Contador (Trek-Segafredo), Sergio Henao (Sky) and Dan Martin (Quick Step) briefly tried to shake the peloton at the foot of Col de Bourigaille (1st category). The reaction of the pack was merciless on the front group, who quickly lost Chavanel while Sepulveda and De Marchi were left on their own in the lead. The Argentine was first at the top of the climb and picked 10 points ahead of the Italian. The two fought bravely in spite of a chase led by Sergio Henao's Team Sky team-mates but they finally laid down the arms with 21 km to go.

Shortly before the summit of the second ascent of Bourigaille, Simon Yates (Orica-Scott) attacked and reached the top in the front, with a 10 seconds lead over the chasing group, which only comprised 14 riders but all the leading favorites - Alaphilippe and Dan Martin, Henao and Mikel Nieve, Contador, Richie Porte (BMC), Jakob Fuglsang (Astana), Warren Barguil (Sunweb)…  At the bottom of the final climb, Yates led his chasers by nearly 50 seconds and had secured his stage win. Richie Porte attacked twice to try and take his rivals off guard but the most impressive move came from Sergio Henao, who raised the tempo under the red flame to finish 17 seconds behind Yates ahead of Porte and Alaphilippe.

Saturday's 177-km penultimate stage to Col de la Couillole looks more decisive than ever.

Complete Results:

Stage 6 photos

193.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.785 km/hr

1	YATES Simon	ORICA-SCOTT	04h 37' 51''
2	HENAO Sergio	SKY	+ 00' 17''
3	PORTE Richie	BMC	+ 00' 26''
4	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	QUICK STEP	+ 00' 29''
5	MARTIN Daniel	QUICK STEP	s.t.
6	IZAGUIRRE Jon	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 00' 32''
7	FUGLSANG Jakob	ASTANA	s.t.
8	CONTADOR Alberto	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
9	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
10	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
11	ULISSI Diego	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 00' 39''
12	IZAGUIRRE Gorka	MOVISTAR	s.t.
13	BARGUIL WARREN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
14	KONRAD Patrick	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 00' 58''
15	OOMEN Sam	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 01' 05''
16	ROCHE Nicolas	BMC	+ 01' 41''
17	NIEVE Mikel	SKY	+ 02' 24''
18	POLANC Jan	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 03' 47''
19	EDET Nicolas	COFIDIS	+ 03' 50''
20	PANTANO Jarlinson	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
21	SEPULVEDA Eduardo	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 04' 19''
22	MOINARD Amaël	BMC	+ 04' 33''
23	FINETTO Mauro	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 04' 47''
24	SOLER Marc	MOVISTAR	+ 05' 03''
25	TEUNS Dylan	BMC	+ 05' 07''
26	CALMEJANE Lilian	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 05' 28''
27	GESCHKE Simon	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 05' 34''
28	GAUTIER Cyril	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 05' 47''
29	GILBERT Philippe	QUICK STEP	s.t.
30	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	+ 05' 52''
31	PAUWELS Serge	DIMENSION DATA	+ 05' 58''
32	BARTA Jan	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 06' 03''
33	NAESEN Oliver	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
34	GRMAY Tsgabu	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
35	MATTHEWS Michael	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 06' 09''
36	ZUBELDIA Haimar	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
37	SBARAGLI Kristian	DIMENSION DATA	+ 06' 17''
38	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 06' 22''
39	HENAO Sebastian	SKY	+ 06' 22''
40	MOLARD Rudy	FDJ	s.t.
41	ARNDT Nikias	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
42	KEUKELEIRE Jens	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 06' 35''
43	PETILLI Simone	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 06' 42''
44	WYSS Danilo	BMC	+ 06' 48''
45	FRANK Mathias	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
46	DE LA PARTE Victor	MOVISTAR	+ 06' 53''
47	HARDY Romain	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 08' 30''
48	CHEREL Mikael	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
49	SIMON Julien	COFIDIS	+ 08' 32''
50	EL FARES Julien	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
51	PACHER Quentin	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 08' 43''
52	CHAVANEL Sylvain	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 08' 49''
53	TANKINK Bram	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
54	GASPAROTTO Enrico	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 09' 06''
55	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 09' 14''
56	WOODS Michael	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 09' 23''
57	ANACONA GOMEZ Winner	MOVISTAR	+ 09' 35''
58	ROLLAND Pierre	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 09' 45''
59	TULIK ANGÉLO	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 09' 49''
60	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	+ 10' 14''
61	VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael	ASTANA	+ 12' 11''
62	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 12' 47''
63	MORI Manuele	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 13' 51''
64	SWIFT Ben	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
65	SUTHERLAND Rory	MOVISTAR	s.t.
66	DE LA CRUZ David	QUICK STEP	+ 14' 19''
67	PICHON Laurent	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 15' 31''
68	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
69	MARTIN Tony	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
70	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
71	SLAGTER Tom Jelte	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
72	SOUPE GEOFFREY	COFIDIS	s.t.
73	LEEZER Thomas	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
74	LUTSENKO Alexey	ASTANA	s.t.
75	VILLELLA Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
76	DEIGNAN Philip	SKY	s.t.
77	DOMONT Axel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
78	PERICHON Pierre-Luc	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
79	HERRADA LOPEZ José	MOVISTAR	+ 15' 49''
80	DI GREGORIO Rémy	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 18' 08''
81	DUCHESNE Antoine	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
82	REGUIGUI Youcef	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
83	ALBASINI Michael	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
84	LE GAC Olivier	FDJ	s.t.
85	LATOUR Pierre-Roger	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
86	KING Benjamin	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
87	FERNANDEZ Delio	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
88	PIBERNIK Luka	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
89	GERRANS Simon	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
90	STAMSNIJDER Tom	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
91	ERVITI Imanol	MOVISTAR	s.t.
92	LOPEZ David	SKY	s.t.
93	WALLAYS Jelle	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
94	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
95	LAMPAERT Yves	QUICK STEP	s.t.
96	COLBRELLI Sonny	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 18' 26''
97	HAYMAN Mathew	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 18' 39''
98	BYSTRÖM Sven Erik	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 23' 28''
99	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
100	THEUNS Edward	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
101	KNEES Christian	SKY	s.t.
102	VENTOSO Francisco	BMC	s.t.
103	COMBAUD Romain	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
104	DELAGE Mickaël	FDJ	s.t.
105	MORICE Julien	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
106	SARREAU Marc	FDJ	s.t.
107	HOFLAND Moreno	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
108	BOLE Grega	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
109	GERARD Arnaud	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
110	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
111	FRAILE Omar	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
112	SMUKULIS Gatis	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
113	PETIT Adrien	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
114	CURVERS Roy	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
115	KRISTOFF Alexander	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
116	ROOSEN Timo	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
117	GREIPEL André	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
118	BAK Lars Ytting	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
119	BERHANE Natnael	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
120	SABATINI Fabio	QUICK STEP	s.t.
121	BAUER Jack	QUICK STEP	s.t.
122	WYNANTS Maarten	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
123	KITTEL Marcel	QUICK STEP	s.t.
124	VANDENBERGH Stijn	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
125	JEANNESSON Arnold	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
126	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
127	DOCKER Mitchell	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
128	MORKOV Michael	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
129	BENNETT Sam	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
130	HALLER Marco	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
131	COQUARD Bryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
132	GOLAS Michal	SKY	s.t.
133	GOGL Michael	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
134	DEMARE Arnaud	FDJ	s.t.
135	DEGENKOLB John	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
136	WAEYTENS ZICO	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
137	BRESCHEL Matti	ASTANA	s.t.
138	KONOVALOVAS Ignatas	FDJ	s.t.
139	MENDES José	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
140	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
141	HERRADA Jesus	MOVISTAR	s.t.
142	ROWE Luke	SKY	s.t.
143	CIMOLAI Davide	FDJ	+ 23' 41''
144	GUARNIERI Jacopo	FDJ	+ 23' 44''
145	NIELSEN Magnus Cort	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
146	LEMOINE Cyril	COFIDIS	+ 23' 46''
147	TLEUBAYEV Ruslan	ASTANA	+ 23' 56''
148	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 24' 29''
149	WAGNER Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
150	BOZIC Borut	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 24' 33''
151	DOMBROWSKI Joseph	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 24' 35''
152	SENECHAL Florian	COFIDIS	+ 24' 47''
153	FARRAR Tyler	DIMENSION DATA	+ 24' 51''
154	KOLAR Michael	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 25' 04''
155	SAGAN Juraj	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
156	ZURLO Federico	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
157	MC LAY DANIEL	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.

GC after Stage 6:

• GC leader: Julian Alaphilippe (Quick Step)
• Points classification leader: Arnaud Demare (FDJ)
• Mountains classification leader: Axel Dumont (Ag2r)
• Young rider classification leader: Julian Alaphilppe (Quick Step), jersey worn by Simon Yates (Orica-Scott)
• Team classification leader: Quick Step Floors

941 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.826 km/hr

1	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	QUICK STEP	21h 58' 22''
2	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 00' 36''
3	HENAO Sergio	SKY	+ 00' 46''
4	IZAGUIRRE Gorka	MOVISTAR	+ 00' 57''
5	MARTIN Daniel	QUICK STEP	+ 01' 20''
6	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 01' 31''
7	CONTADOR Alberto	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 01' 34''
8	YATES Simon	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 01' 37''
9	IZAGUIRRE Jon	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 02' 04''
10	BARGUIL WARREN	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 03' 08''
11	GILBERT Philippe	QUICK STEP	+ 06' 41''
12	MOLARD Rudy	FDJ	+ 07' 25''
13	HARDY Romain	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 09' 59''
14	TANKINK Bram	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 14' 50''
15	PORTE Richie	BMC	+ 15' 54''
16	OOMEN Sam	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 17' 53''
17	FUGLSANG Jakob	ASTANA	+ 18' 18''
18	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 18' 51''
19	ROCHE Nicolas	BMC	+ 19' 26''
20	LAMPAERT Yves	QUICK STEP	+ 19' 37''
21	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 19' 49''
22	WALLAYS Jelle	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 21' 32''
23	FINETTO Mauro	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 22' 02''
24	MATTHEWS Michael	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 22' 42''
25	NAESEN Oliver	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 23' 20''
26	PANTANO Jarlinson	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 23' 45''
27	ZUBELDIA Haimar	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 24' 15''
28	FRANK Mathias	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 24' 24''
29	DEMARE Arnaud	FDJ	+ 24' 28''
30	CHAVANEL Sylvain	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 25' 34''
31	KRISTOFF Alexander	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 26' 11''
32	GREIPEL André	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 26' 14''
33	KEUKELEIRE Jens	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 27' 22''
34	KNEES Christian	SKY	+ 27' 32''
35	KITTEL Marcel	QUICK STEP	+ 27' 33''
36	HALLER Marco	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 28' 17''
37	NIELSEN Magnus Cort	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 28' 38''
38	WYSS Danilo	BMC	+ 28' 42''
39	BENNETT Sam	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 29' 15''
40	BYSTRÖM Sven Erik	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 29' 25''
41	ROWE Luke	SKY	+ 29' 53''
42	CIMOLAI Davide	FDJ	+ 31' 47''
43	SWIFT Ben	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 32' 15''
44	KONRAD Patrick	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 32' 20''
45	DE LA CRUZ David	QUICK STEP	+ 32' 22''
46	ALBASINI Michael	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 32' 27''
47	HAYMAN Mathew	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 32' 53''
48	LUTSENKO Alexey	ASTANA	+ 32' 55''
49	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 33' 58''
50	DEGENKOLB John	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 34' 01''
51	SOUPE GEOFFREY	COFIDIS	+ 34' 21''
52	ERVITI Imanol	MOVISTAR	+ 34' 35''
53	HERRADA José	MOVISTAR	+ 34' 37''
54	NIEVE Mikel	SKY	+ 34' 41''
55	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 34' 47''
56	SEPULVEDA Eduardo	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 35' 44''
57	FERNANDEZ Delio	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 36' 19''
58	COLBRELLI Sonny	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 36' 36''
59	SOLER Marc	MOVISTAR	+ 36' 43''
60	PIBERNIK Luka	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 37' 01''
61	GERRANS Simon	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 37' 08''
62	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	+ 37' 14''
63	BARTA Jan	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 37' 25''
64	GAUTIER Cyril	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 37' 29''
65	LEEZER Thomas	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 37' 43''
66	TEUNS Dylan	BMC	+ 37' 58''
67	STAMSNIJDER Tom	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 38' 31''
68	GESCHKE Simon	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 38' 34''
69	ULISSI Diego	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 38' 51''
70	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 39' 18''
71	MARTIN Tony	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 39' 46''
72	SIMON Julien	COFIDIS	+ 40' 32''
73	SBARAGLI Kristian	DIMENSION DATA	+ 40' 33''
74	GRMAY Tsgabu	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 40' 35''
75	MOINARD Amaël	BMC	+ 40' 38''
76	JEANNESSON Arnold	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 40' 49''
77	PAUWELS Serge	DIMENSION DATA	+ 41' 02''
78	ROOSEN Timo	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 41' 09''
79	EL FARES Julien	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 41' 16''
80	PACHER Quentin	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 41' 32''
81	PETILLI Simone	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 41' 38''
82	GUARNIERI Jacopo	FDJ	+ 41' 59''
83	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 42' 00''
84	CURVERS Roy	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 42' 35''
85	POLANC Jan	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 42' 36''
86	THEUNS Edward	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 42' 41''
87	HOFLAND Moreno	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 42' 44''
88	KONOVALOVAS Ignatas	FDJ	+ 42' 50''
89	LE GAC Olivier	FDJ	+ 42' 59''
90	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 43' 12''
91	SARREAU Marc	FDJ	+ 43' 18''
92	GOLAS Michal	SKY	+ 43' 28''
93	CALMEJANE Lilian	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 43' 33''
94	BAK Lars Ytting	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 43' 54''
95	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 44' 00''
96	SENECHAL Florian	COFIDIS	+ 44' 17''
97	DOCKER Mitchell	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
98	CHEREL Mikael	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 44' 41''
99	BRESCHEL Matti	ASTANA	+ 44' 48''
100	BAUER Jack	QUICK STEP	+ 44' 49''
101	WAGNER Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 44' 50''
102	WYNANTS Maarten	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 44' 56''
103	EDET Nicolas	COFIDIS	+ 45' 01''
104	DE LA PARTE Victor	MOVISTAR	+ 45' 07''
105	ARNDT Nikias	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 45' 45''
106	VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael	ASTANA	+ 45' 54''
107	HENAO Sebastian	SKY	+ 46' 01''
108	GOGL Michael	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 46' 28''
109	MORI Manuele	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 46' 49''
110	SUTHERLAND Rory	MOVISTAR	+ 47' 50''
111	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 47' 55''
112	PICHON Laurent	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 48' 02''
113	ANACONA Winner	MOVISTAR	+ 48' 11''
114	DOMONT Axel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 48' 19''
115	PERICHON Pierre-Luc	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 48' 22''
116	GASPAROTTO Enrico	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 48' 26''
117	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	+ 49' 55''
118	DEIGNAN Philip	SKY	+ 50' 23''
119	COQUARD Bryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 51' 03''
120	TULIK ANGÉLO	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 51' 16''
121	VILLELLA Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 51' 44''
122	KING Benjamin	DIMENSION DATA	+ 52' 19''
123	MORICE Julien	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 52' 58''
124	DUCHESNE Antoine	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 53' 09''
125	LOPEZ GARCIA David	SKY	+ 53' 18''
126	ROLLAND Pierre	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 53' 19''
127	DI GREGORIO Rémy	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 53' 38''
128	VANDENBERGH Stijn	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 55' 36''
129	GERARD Arnaud	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 56' 20''
130	VENTOSO Francisco	BMC	s.t.
131	COMBAUD Romain	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 56' 23''
132	PETIT Adrien	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 56' 31''
133	LATOUR Pierre-Roger	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 56' 58''
134	WAEYTENS ZICO	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 57' 07''
135	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 57' 22''
136	MORKOV Michael	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 57' 39''
137	DELAGE Mickaël	FDJ	+ 57' 39''
138	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 58' 00''
139	SABATINI Fabio	QUICK STEP	+ 58' 05''
140	SAGAN Juraj	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 58' 36''
141	LEMOINE Cyril	COFIDIS	+ 58' 42''
142	REGUIGUI Youcef	DIMENSION DATA	+ 59' 07''
143	BOZIC Borut	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 59' 11''
144	WOODS Michael	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 59' 55''
145	BOLE Grega	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 01h 00' 10''
146	SMUKULIS Gatis	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 01h 01' 31''
147	KOLAR Michael	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 01h 02' 36''
148	FRAILE Omar	DIMENSION DATA	+ 01h 03' 14''
149	MENDES José	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 01h 03' 33''
150	SLAGTER Tom Jelte	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 01h 03' 43''
151	HERRADA Jesus	MOVISTAR	+ 01h 04' 01''
152	BERHANE Natnael	DIMENSION DATA	+ 01h 04' 37''
153	TLEUBAYEV Ruslan	ASTANA	+ 01h 07' 31''
154	MC LAY DANIEL	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 01h 08' 20''
155	FARRAR Tyler	DIMENSION DATA	+ 01h 14' 58''
156	ZURLO Federico	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 01h 17' 17''
157	DOMBROWSKI Joseph	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 01h 22' 44''

Stage 6 profile:

Stage 6 photos:

As the race has moved south, the weather has improved. This shot is just after the Col de l'Espigoulie. © ASO/A.Broadway

One of the best, Belgian champion Philippe Gilbert. © ASO/A.Broadway

GC leader Julian Alaphilippe came through this hilly stage with his lead intact. © ASO/A.Broadway

Simon Yates takes off. © ASO/A.Broadway

And wins the stage.

Yates celebrates. © ASO/A.Broadway

Stage winner Simon Yates. © ASO/A.Broadway

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Thursday, March 9: Stage 5, Quincié-en-Beaujolais - Bourg-de-Péage, 199.5 km

Stage 5 profile | Stage 5 photos

André Greipel wins stage 5. © ASO/A.Broadway

Rated ascents:

• Km 98.0: Côte de Givors, 4.3 km @ 4.2% - cat. 3
• Km 152.5: Côte de Saint-Uze, 2.7 km @ 6.5% - cat. 2

Weather at the finishing town of Bourg-de-Péage at 2:23 PM local time: 16C (60F), cloudy, with the wind from the NNE at 21 km/hr (13 mph).

The race: This is the 2017 edition's longest stage. All 166 riders who finished yesterday's stage started stage 5, at 11:55 AM. Early in the stage Stef Clement (LottoNL-Jumbo) and Laurens de Vreese (Astana) abandoned.

Here's the stage story as told by the race organizer:

Andre Greipel timed his move to perfection to win the a textbook bunch sprint at the end of Paris-Nice stage 5 in Bourg-de-Peage on Thursday. The German champion, already crowned in a stage of the Race to the Sun in 2015, waited for the last minute to make his effort against strong headwind to upstage stage 1 winner Arnaud Demare (FDJ) and Ducth champion Dylan Groenewegen (LottoNL-Jumbo). France's Julian Alaphilippe (Quick Step) retained his yellow jersey and his 33-seconds lead over compatriot Tony Gallopin ahead of three grueling hilly stages at the weekend.

The start was given to 166 riders at 11:55 but Stef Clement (Lotto NL-Jumbo) gave up after only a few kilometres. Local rider Axel Domont (Ag2R) surged after 6.5 km with Natnael Berhane (Dimension Data) and Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fortuneo). The three were joined by  Lilian Calmejane (Direct Energie), Federico Zurlo (UAE) and Remy di Gregorio (Delko-Marseille) at kilometre 8 and the peloton let them go. Their lead went up to 7:30 after 50 km. Katusha and FDJ took the reins of the pack and the gap decreased to 4:20 on the sprint line in Brindas (km 70) as the pace remained reasonably slow, slightly under 40 kph

The first intermediate sprint was won by Domont, in front of Calmejane and Perichon. Calmejane went for the KOM points on the Cote de Givors (Km 101.5) while Domont was again fastest at the sprint in Serrieres (km 133.5) when the gap with the chasing pack and settled at 3:30. Perichon collected seven points at the top Cote de Saint-Uze, protecting his team-mate Romian Hardy's polka-dot jersey. In the climb, Zurlo was unable to stay with his breakaway companions while Calmejane also lost ground in the descent after missing a corner. The gap had gone down under two minutes with 40 km to go.

Di Gregorio, Domont, Perichon and Berhane held hardly a minute with 30 km to go as Katusha, Quick Step and FDJ were taking turns at the front of the peloton. With 18 km to go, a crash by Davide Formolo (Cannondale) split the peloton, trapping race leader Alaphilippe for a kilometer before the pack regrouped. Sensing the pack on the breakaway's heels, Di Gregorio attacked at the 15-km mark and parted company with his former companions.

But his move was short-lived and the peloton reeled the four in at kilometer 187. The stage was set for the scheduled bunch sprint and teams FDJ, Direct Energie and Lotto-Soudal all worked hard for the best positions in the slightly uphill last stretch. Green jersey holder Arnaud Demare launched the sprint from afar alongside Dutch champion Dylan Groenewegen but it is Andre Greipel who made the right decision by surging on the opposite side of the road to upstage them and snatch his second stage victory in Paris-Nice after the one he clinched in St Amand-Montrond two years ago.

Complete Results:

Stage 5 photos

199.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.210 km/hr

1	GREIPEL André	LOTTO SOUDAL	4hr 43min 35sec
2	DEMARE Arnaud	FDJ	s.t.
3	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
4	MATTHEWS Michael	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
5	DEGENKOLB John	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
6	NIELSEN Magnus Cort	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
7	KITTEL Marcel	QUICK STEP	s.t.
8	COQUARD Bryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
9	COLBRELLI Sonny	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
10	BENNETT Sam	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
11	SBARAGLI Kristian	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
12	NAESEN Oliver	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
13	SWIFT Ben	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
14	MC LAY DANIEL	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
15	TLEUBAYEV Ruslan	ASTANA	s.t.
16	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
17	KRISTOFF Alexander	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
18	SOUPE GEOFFREY	COFIDIS	s.t.
19	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	QUICK STEP	s.t.
20	LAPORTE Christophe	COFIDIS	s.t.
21	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
22	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
23	MOLARD Rudy	FDJ	s.t.
24	KEUKELEIRE Jens	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
25	FINETTO Mauro	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
26	BARGUIL WARREN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
27	HALLER Marco	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
28	VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael	ASTANA	s.t.
29	HENAO Sergio	SKY	s.t.
30	PETIT Adrien	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
31	KNEES Christian	SKY	s.t.
32	HARDY Romain	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
33	GILBERT Philippe	QUICK STEP	s.t.
34	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
35	BYSTRÖM Sven Erik	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
36	YATES Simon	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
37	ERVITI Imanol	MOVISTAR	s.t.
38	BRESCHEL Matti	ASTANA	s.t.
39	VANDENBERGH Stijn	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
40	LATOUR Pierre-Roger	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
41	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
42	IZAGUIRRE Jon	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
43	OOMEN Sam	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
44	PACHER Quentin	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
45	KONRAD Patrick	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
46	PIBERNIK Luka	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
47	GUARNIERI Jacopo	FDJ	s.t.
48	MARTIN Daniel	QUICK STEP	s.t.
49	IZAGUIRRE Gorka	MOVISTAR	s.t.
50	DOCKER Mitchell	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
51	MORKOV Michael	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
52	BAUER Jack	QUICK STEP	s.t.
53	PICHON Laurent	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
54	CURVERS Roy	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
55	CONTADOR Alberto	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
56	MENDES José	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
57	GASPAROTTO Enrico	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
58	PETILLI Simone	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
59	WALLAYS Jelle	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
60	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
61	SIMON Julien	COFIDIS	s.t.
62	POLANC Jan	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
63	COMBAUD Romain	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
64	PANTANO Jarlinson	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
65	CALMEJANE Lilian	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
66	BARTA Jan	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
67	ROCHE Nicolas	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
68	ROLLAND Pierre	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
69	PORTE Richie	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
70	ULISSI Diego	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
71	THEUNS Edward	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
72	TANKINK Bram	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
73	ANACONA Winner	MOVISTAR	s.t.
74	VENTOSO Francisco	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
75	LAMPAERT Yves	QUICK STEP	s.t.
76	ARNDT Nikias	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
77	FORMOLO Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
78	ROOSEN Timo	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
79	HERRADA José	MOVISTAR	s.t.
80	GAUTIER Cyril	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
81	DE LA PARTE Victor	MOVISTAR	s.t.
82	CHEREL Mikael	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
83	FERNANDEZ Delio	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
84	ZUBELDIA Haimar	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
85	CHAVANEL Sylvain	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
86	HERRADA Jesus	MOVISTAR	s.t.
87	NIEVE Mikel	SKY	s.t.
88	ROWE Luke	SKY	s.t.
89	HAYMAN Mathew	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
90	KING Benjamin	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
91	GERRANS Simon	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
92	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	s.t.
93	EL FARES Julien	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
94	DELAGE Mickaël	FDJ	s.t.
95	LOPEZ David	SKY	s.t.
96	JEANNESSON Arnold	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
97	GOLAS Michal	SKY	s.t.
98	SEPULVEDA Eduardo	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
99	DOMONT Axel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
100	GRMAY Tsgabu	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
101	WYSS Danilo	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
102	FUGLSANG Jakob	ASTANA	s.t.
103	PAUWELS Serge	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
104	BAK Lars Ytting	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
105	SAGAN Juraj	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
106	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
107	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
108	EDET Nicolas	COFIDIS	s.t.
109	KONOVALOVAS Ignatas	FDJ	s.t.
110	FRANK Mathias	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
111	FRAILE Omar	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
112	ALBASINI Michael	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
113	BOLE Grega	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
114	DI GREGORIO Rémy	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
115	SABATINI Fabio	QUICK STEP	s.t.
116	GERARD Arnaud	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
117	MOINARD Amaël	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
118	DE LA CRUZ David	QUICK STEP	s.t.
119	LUTSENKO Alexey	ASTANA	s.t.
120	HENAO Sebastian	SKY	s.t.
121	MORI Manuele	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
122	PERICHON Pierre-Luc	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
123	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
124	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
125	HOFLAND Moreno	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
126	SARREAU Marc	FDJ	s.t.
127	REGUIGUI Youcef	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
128	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
129	SOLER Marc	MOVISTAR	s.t.
130	SENECHAL Florian	COFIDIS	@ 27sec
131	TULIK ANGÉLO	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
132	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 00' 29''
133	DEIGNAN Philip	SKY	s.t.
134	BERHANE Natnael	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
135	WYNANTS Maarten	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
136	TEUNS Dylan	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
137	CLAEYS Dimitri	COFIDIS	s.t.
138	WAGNER Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
139	STAMSNIJDER Tom	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
140	GESCHKE Simon	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
141	DUCHESNE Antoine	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
142	SUTHERLAND Rory	MOVISTAR	s.t.
143	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
144	WAEYTENS ZICO	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 00' 35''
145	BOZIC Borut	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
146	LEEZER Thomas	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 00' 46''
147	MORICE Julien	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01' 04''
148	CIMOLAI Davide	FDJ	+ 01' 12''
149	GOGL Michael	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 01' 18''
150	VILLELLA Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 01' 22''
151	LEMOINE Cyril	COFIDIS	+ 02' 17''
152	LE GAC Olivier	FDJ	+ 02' 35''
153	MARTIN Tony	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 07' 02''
154	SLAGTER Tom Jelte	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 07' 44''
155	WOODS Michael	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
156	SMUKULIS Gatis	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 09' 27''
157	FARRAR Tyler	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
158	GUARDINI Andrea	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
159	CRADDOCK Lawson	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
160	ZURLO Federico	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
161	MINALI Riccardo	ASTANA	s.t.
162	KOLAR Michael	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 14' 20''
163	BASKA Erik	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
164	DOMBROWSKI Joseph	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.

GC after Stage 5:

• GC leader: Julian Alaphilippe (Quick Step Floors)
• Points classification leader: Arnaud Demare (FDJ)
• Mountains classification leader: Romain Hardy (Fortuneo-Vital Concept)
• Young rider classification leader: Julian Alaphilippe (Quick Step Floors), jersey worn by Simon Yates (Orica-Scott)
• Team classification leader: Quick Step Floors

747.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.124 km/hr

1	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	QUICK STEP	17h 20' 02''
2	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 00' 33''
3	IZAGUIRRE Gorka	MOVISTAR	+ 00' 47''
4	HENAO Sergio	SKY	+ 01' 05''
5	MARTIN Daniel	QUICK STEP	+ 01' 20''
6	GILBERT Philippe	QUICK STEP	+ 01' 24''
7	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 01' 28''
8	DEMARE Arnaud	FDJ	+ 01' 29''
9	CONTADOR Alberto	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 01' 31''
10	MOLARD Rudy	FDJ	+ 01' 32''
11	HARDY Romain	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 01' 58''
12	LAMPAERT Yves	QUICK STEP	+ 01' 58''
13	IZAGUIRRE Jon	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 02' 01''
14	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 02' 10''
15	YATES Simon	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 02' 16''
16	FORMOLO Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 02' 18''
17	BARGUIL WARREN	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 02' 58''
18	KRISTOFF Alexander	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 03' 12''
19	GREIPEL André	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 03' 15''
20	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 03' 49''
21	WALLAYS Jelle	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 03' 53''
22	KNEES Christian	SKY	+ 04' 33''
23	KITTEL Marcel	QUICK STEP	+ 04' 34''
24	HALLER Marco	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 05' 18''
25	NIELSEN Magnus Cort	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 05' 23''
26	BENNETT Sam	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 06' 19''
27	BYSTRÖM Sven Erik	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 06' 26''
28	TANKINK Bram	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 06' 30''
29	ROWE Luke	SKY	+ 06' 54''
30	CIMOLAI Davide	FDJ	+ 08' 35''
31	DEGENKOLB John	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 11' 02''
32	HAYMAN Mathew	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 14' 43''
33	ALBASINI Michael	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 14' 48''
34	PORTE Richie	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 16' 01''
35	ERVITI Imanol	MOVISTAR	+ 16' 56''
36	MATTHEWS Michael	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 17' 04''
37	CHAVANEL Sylvain	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 17' 14''
38	OOMEN Sam	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 17' 17''
39	FINETTO Mauro	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 17' 44''
40	NAESEN Oliver	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 17' 46''
41	JEANNESSON Arnold	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 17' 50''
42	LUTSENKO Alexey	ASTANA	+ 17' 53''
43	FRANK Mathias	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 18' 05''
44	ROOSEN Timo	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 18' 10''
45	ROCHE Nicolas	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 18' 14''
46	FUGLSANG Jakob	ASTANA	+ 18' 15''
47	DE LA CRUZ David	QUICK STEP	+ 18' 32''
48	ZUBELDIA Haimar	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 18' 35''
49	COLBRELLI Sonny	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 18' 39''
50	FERNANDEZ Delio	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 18' 40''
51	GUARNIERI Jacopo	FDJ	+ 18' 44''
52	SWIFT Ben	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 18' 53''
53	HERRADA José	MOVISTAR	+ 19' 17''
54	SOUPE GEOFFREY	COFIDIS	+ 19' 19''
55	PIBERNIK Luka	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 19' 22''
56	LAPORTE Christophe	COFIDIS	+ 19' 27''
57	GERRANS Simon	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 19' 29''
58	CURVERS Roy	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 19' 36''
59	THEUNS Edward	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 19' 42''
60	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 19' 45''
61	HOFLAND Moreno	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
62	KONOVALOVAS Ignatas	FDJ	+ 19' 51''
63	SENECHAL Florian	COFIDIS	+ 19' 59''
64	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 20' 13''
65	SARREAU Marc	FDJ	+ 20' 19''
66	PANTANO Jarlinson	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 20' 24''
67	GOLAS Michal	SKY	+ 20' 29''
68	WAGNER Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 20' 50''
69	STAMSNIJDER Tom	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 20' 52''
70	BAK Lars Ytting	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 20' 55''
71	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 21' 01''
72	KEUKELEIRE Jens	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 21' 16''
73	DOCKER Mitchell	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 21' 18''
74	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 21' 40''
75	BRESCHEL Matti	ASTANA	+ 21' 49''
76	BAUER Jack	QUICK STEP	+ 21' 50''
77	WYNANTS Maarten	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 21' 57''
78	WYSS Danilo	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 22' 23''
79	LEEZER Thomas	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 22' 41''
80	GOGL Michael	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 23' 29''
81	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 23' 55''
82	MARTIN Tony	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 24' 44''
83	LE GAC Olivier	FDJ	+ 25' 20''
84	COQUARD Bryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 28' 04''
85	MORICE Julien	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 29' 59''
86	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	+ 31' 51''
87	KONRAD Patrick	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
88	BARTA Jan	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
89	SEPULVEDA Eduardo	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 31' 56''
90	SOLER Marc	MOVISTAR	+ 32' 09''
91	GAUTIER Cyril	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 32' 11''
92	SIMON Julien	COFIDIS	+ 32' 29''
93	VANDENBERGH Stijn	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 32' 37''
94	NIEVE Mikel	SKY	+ 32' 46''
95	PICHON Laurent	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 33' 00''
96	EL FARES Julien	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 33' 13''
97	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 33' 15''
98	DOMONT Axel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 33' 17''
99	PACHER Quentin	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 33' 18''
100	TEUNS Dylan	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 33' 20''
101	PERICHON Pierre-Luc	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
102	GERARD Arnaud	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 33' 21''
103	VENTOSO Francisco	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
104	COMBAUD Romain	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 33' 24''
105	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 33' 25''
106	MORI Manuele	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 33' 27''
107	GESCHKE Simon	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 33' 29''
108	PETIT Adrien	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 33' 32''
109	SAGAN Juraj	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 34' 01''
110	WAEYTENS ZICO	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 34' 08''
111	VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael	ASTANA	+ 34' 12''
112	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 34' 23''
113	SUTHERLAND Rory	MOVISTAR	+ 34' 28''
114	MORKOV Michael	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 34' 40''
115	DELAGE Mickaël	FDJ	s.t.
116	KING Benjamin	DIMENSION DATA	+ 34' 40''
117	SBARAGLI Kristian	DIMENSION DATA	+ 34' 45''
118	GRMAY Tsgabu	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 35' 01''
119	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
120	SABATINI Fabio	QUICK STEP	+ 35' 06''
121	BOZIC Borut	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 35' 07''
122	DEIGNAN Philip	SKY	+ 35' 21''
123	PETILLI Simone	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 35' 25''
124	LEMOINE Cyril	COFIDIS	+ 35' 25''
125	DUCHESNE Antoine	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 35' 30''
126	PAUWELS Serge	DIMENSION DATA	+ 35' 33''
127	LOPEZ David	SKY	+ 35' 39''
128	DI GREGORIO Rémy	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 35' 59''
129	MOINARD Amaël	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 36' 34''
130	CHEREL Mikael	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 36' 40''
131	VILLELLA Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 36' 42''
132	BOLE Grega	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 37' 11''
133	SMUKULIS Gatis	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 38' 32''
134	CALMEJANE Lilian	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 38' 34''
135	ULISSI Diego	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 38' 41''
136	DE LA PARTE Victor	MOVISTAR	+ 38' 43''
137	ANACONA Winner	MOVISTAR	+ 39' 05''
138	POLANC Jan	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 39' 18''
139	LATOUR Pierre-Roger	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 39' 19''
140	CLAEYS Dimitri	COFIDIS	+ 39' 30''
141	GASPAROTTO Enrico	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 39' 49''
142	ARNDT Nikias	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 39' 52''
143	HENAO Sebastian	SKY	+ 40' 08''
144	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 40' 13''
145	FRAILE Omar	DIMENSION DATA	+ 40' 15''
146	MENDES José	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 40' 34''
147	HERRADA Jesus	MOVISTAR	+ 41' 02''
148	REGUIGUI Youcef	DIMENSION DATA	+ 41' 28''
149	BERHANE Natnael	DIMENSION DATA	+ 41' 38''
150	EDET Nicolas	COFIDIS	+ 41' 40''
151	TULIK ANGÉLO	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 41' 56''
152	CRADDOCK Lawson	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 42' 53''
153	MC LAY DANIEL	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 43' 45''
154	ROLLAND Pierre	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 44' 03''
155	TLEUBAYEV Ruslan	ASTANA	+ 44' 04''
156	MINALI Riccardo	ASTANA	+ 47' 12''
157	SLAGTER Tom Jelte	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 48' 41''
158	FARRAR Tyler	DIMENSION DATA	+ 50' 36''
159	WOODS Michael	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 51' 01''
160	ZURLO Federico	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 52' 42''
161	GUARDINI Andrea	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 59' 44''

Stage 5 profile:

Stage 5 photos:

Kilometer Zero, time to race. © ASO/A.Broadway

FDJ put a lot of horsepower at the front. © ASO/A.Broadway

André Greipel wins another race. © ASO/A.Broadway

Another shot of the race finish

Greipel celebrates his stage win. © ASO/A.Broadway

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Wednesday, March 8: Stage 4, Beaujeu - Mont Brouilly 14.5 km individual time trial

Stage 4 map & profile | Stage 4 photos

Rated ascent:

• Km 14.5, Mont Brouilly, 3 km @ 7.7% - cat. 2

Julian Alaphilippe racing to his stage win and GC leadership. Photo © ASO/A.Broadway

Weather at Régnié-Durette (mid-way in the route) at 2:30 PM, local time: 9C (48F), cloudy, wind from the SSE @ 8 km/hr (5 mph), 35% chance of light rain.

The race: Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing.

France's Julian Alaphilippe went up a gear in his career with his exciting victory in the 14.5-km time trial to Mont-Brouilly on Wednesday. The 24-year-old Quick Step leader, one of cycling's most promising prospects, snatched his first Paris-Nice stage and his first yellow jersey in great style, beating Alberto Contador by 19 seconds and another French hopeful, Tony Gallopin (Loto-Soudal), by 20 seconds. Overall, the Frenchman holds a comfortable 33 seconds lead over Gallopin with Spain's Gorka Izaguirre (Movistar) third, 47 seconds adrift. Contador is 8th in the GC, 1:31 behind the new leader.

Andrea Guardini (UAE) was first in action but was overtaken in the climb by Joe Dombrowski (Cannondale). The first fastest time to hold a little longer was the one clocked by Nikias Arndt (Sunweb) in 22:50. The German proved in the climb to Mont Brouilly he was more than just a fast sprinter. It took nearly an hour and a half to see former Vuelta red jersey holder David de la Cruz improve his mark on 22:24. Kazakh Alexey Lutsenko (Astana), at that stage fastest at the bottom of the climb, also bettered Arndt's time in 22:33.

Among the favorites at the start, four-times time trial world champion Tony Martin (Katusha) had to be content with trailing De la Cruz by 19 seconds in 22:53. Australia's Michael Matthews (Sunweb) was far more convincing, scoring the fastest time on the flat section in 14 minutes exactly before flattering slightly on the hill and finish on the heels of De la Cruz in 22:26. His compatriot Richie Porte was probably too cautious before the ascent. While he was 51 seconds off the pace at the bottom, the 2013 and 2015 Paris-Nice winner was only five seconds behind De la Cruz on the line. He eventually took the 10th place.

Alberto Contador paced his effort much better. Third at the 11.4-km mark, the 2007 and 2010 winner of the Race to the Sun smashed the opposition in the ascent, improving De la Cruz's mark by 26 seconds. It seemed enough for the Spaniard to clinch his 6th stage victory in the Race to the Sun, especially after Tony Gallopin and Gorka Izaguirre both finished one second behind him.

But Alaphilippe rapidly set the record straight. As his rivals were holding their breath in anticipation, the Frenchman was the fastest by far at the 11.4-km mark and he did not falter in the ascent, finally winning his first major time trial by an impressive 19-second margin. Starting last, stage 1 winner and yellow jersey holder Arnaud Demare (FDJ) did his best, finishing 1:41 off the pace in 47th place.

Complete Results:

Stage 4 photos

14.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.185 km/hr

1	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	QUICK-STEP	21' 39''
2	CONTADOR Alberto	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 00' 19''
3	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 00' 20''
4	IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka	MOVISTAR	s.t.
5	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 00' 33''
6	DE LA CRUZ David	QUICK-STEP	+ 00' 45''
7	MATTHEWS Michael	SUNWEB	+ 00' 47''
8	HENAO MONTOYA Sergio	SKY	+ 00' 48''
9	IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Jon	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 00' 49''
10	PORTE Richie	BMC	+ 00' 50''
11	LUTSENKO Alexey	ASTANA	+ 00' 54''
12	OOMEN Sam	SUNWEB	+ 00' 59''
13	MARTIN Daniel	QUICK-STEP	+ 01' 03''
14	YATES Simon	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 01' 04''
15	LAMPAERT Yves	QUICK-STEP	s.t.
16	FORMOLO Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 01' 06''
17	ARNDT Nikias	SUNWEB	+ 01' 11''
18	CALMEJANE Lilian	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01' 12''
19	GILBERT Philippe	QUICK-STEP	+ 01' 13''
20	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
21	MARTIN Tony	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 01' 14''
22	MOLARD Rudy	FDJ	+ 01' 15''
23	ULISSI Diego	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 01' 16''
24	EDET Nicolas	COFIDIS	s.t.
25	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	+ 01' 17''
26	FUGLSANG Jakob	ASTANA	+ 01' 17''
27	KONRAD Patrick	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
28	BARTA Jan	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
29	DE LA PARTE GONZALEZ Victor	MOVISTAR	+ 01' 18''
30	ERVITI Imanol	MOVISTAR	+ 01' 21''
31	SEPULVEDA Eduardo	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 01' 22''
32	CHAVANEL Sylvain	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01' 25''
33	PANTANO Jarlinson	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
34	FINETTO Mauro	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 01' 26''
35	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
36	NAESEN Oliver	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01' 28''
37	JEANNESSON Arnold	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 01' 32''
38	FRANK Mathias	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01' 34''
39	HERRADA LOPEZ José	MOVISTAR	s.t.
40	SOLER GIMENEZ Marc	MOVISTAR	+ 01' 35''
41	GAUTIER Cyril	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01' 37''
42	CLEMENT Stef	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 01' 38''
43	ROOSEN Timo	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 01' 39''
44	VILLELLA Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
45	GRMAY Tsgabu Gebremaryam	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 01' 39''
46	ANACONA GOMEZ Winner	MOVISTAR	+ 01' 40''
47	DEMARE Arnaud	FDJ	+ 01' 41''
48	FRAILE Omar	DIMENSION DATA	+ 01' 42''
49	HARDY Romain	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 01' 43''
50	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 01' 45''
51	BARGUIL WARREN	SUNWEB	+ 01' 47''
52	TEUNS Dylan	BMC	+ 01' 51''
53	GESCHKE Simon	SUNWEB	+ 01' 52''
54	POLANC Jan	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 01' 53''
55	ROCHE Nicolas	BMC	s.t.
56	SIMON Julien	COFIDIS	+ 01' 55''
57	SUTHERLAND Rory	MOVISTAR	+ 01' 56''
58	MENDES José	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 01' 57''
59	GASPAROTTO Enrico	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 01' 58''
60	PAUWELS Serge	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
61	LATOUR Pierre-Roger	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01' 59''
62	ALBASINI Michael	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 02' 01''
63	DEGENKOLB John	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 02' 02''
64	VANDENBERGH Stijn	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 02' 03''
65	CRADDOCK Lawson	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 02' 09''
66	FERNANDEZ CRUZ Delio	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
67	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 02' 10''
68	NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel	SKY	+ 02' 12''
69	EL FARES Julien	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 02' 13''
70	ZUBELDIA Haimar	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 02' 17''
71	PETILLI Simone	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 02' 18''
72	PACHER Quentin	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
73	KING Benjamin	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
74	NIELSEN Magnus Cort	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 02' 19''
75	KNEES Christian	SKY	s.t.
76	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	s.t.
77	WYSS Danilo	BMC	+ 02' 24''
78	KEUKELEIRE Jens	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 02' 25''
79	HERRADA LOPEZ Jesus	MOVISTAR	s.t.
80	PICHON Laurent	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 02' 26''
81	TANKINK Bram	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
82	BERHANE Natnael	DIMENSION DATA	+ 02' 28''
83	COLBRELLI Sonny	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 02' 31''
84	LEMOINE Cyril	COFIDIS	+ 02' 34''
85	SWIFT Ben	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 02' 35''
86	COMBAUD Romain	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 02' 37''
87	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 02' 40''
88	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 02' 41''
89	GREIPEL André	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
90	HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian	SKY	+ 02' 43''
91	DE VREESE LAURENS	ASTANA	+ 02' 46''
92	COQUARD Bryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
93	GERARD Arnaud	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 02' 47''
94	VENTOSO Francisco	BMC	s.t.
95	PERICHON Pierre-Luc	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
96	MORICE Julien	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 02' 48''
97	SOUPE GEOFFREY	COFIDIS	s.t.
98	ROLLAND Pierre	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 02' 49''
99	DOMONT Axel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
100	WAEYTENS ZICO	SUNWEB	+ 02' 50''
101	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 02' 51''
102	DI GREGORIO Rémy	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 02' 52''
103	WALLAYS Jelle	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 02' 53''
104	MORI Manuele	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
105	DEIGNAN Philip	SKY	s.t.
106	PETIT Adrien	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 02' 58''
107	BRESCHEL Matti	ASTANA	s.t.
108	MOINARD Amaël	BMC	+ 03' 01''
109	TULIK ANGÉLO	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
110	GERRANS Simon	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 03' 02''
111	PIBERNIK Luka	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 03' 04''
112	SLAGTER Tom Jelte	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
113	DOMBROWSKI Joseph	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
114	KRISTOFF Alexander	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 03' 05''
115	CIMOLAI Davide	FDJ	s.t.
116	SMUKULIS Gatis	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 03' 09''
117	BAK Lars Ytting	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
118	LAPORTE Christophe	COFIDIS	s.t.
119	KITTEL Marcel	QUICK-STEP	s.t.
120	SENECHAL Florian	COFIDIS	+ 03' 14''
121	THEUNS Edward	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 03' 15''
122	CURVERS Roy	SUNWEB	+ 03' 18''
123	STAMSNIJDER Tom	SUNWEB	s.t.
124	WOODS Michael	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 03' 19''
125	ZURLO Federico	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
126	HAYMAN Mathew	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 03' 22''
127	KONOVALOVAS Ignatas	FDJ	+ 03' 24''
128	TLEUBAYEV Ruslan	ASTANA	+ 03' 26''
129	SAGAN Juraj	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 03' 27''
130	HOFLAND Moreno	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
131	BOZIC Borut	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 03' 32''
132	CHEREL Mikael	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 03' 33''
133	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
134	WAGNER Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 03' 35''
135	WYNANTS Maarten	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 03' 37''
136	VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael	ASTANA	+ 03' 38''
137	LOPEZ GARCIA David	SKY	+ 03' 40''
138	BYSTRÖM Sven Erik	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 03' 41''
139	GUARNIERI Jacopo	FDJ	+ 03' 43''
140	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 03' 47''
141	SARREAU Marc	FDJ	+ 03' 48''
142	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 03' 49''
143	DOCKER Mitchell	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 03' 49''
144	CLAEYS Dimitri	COFIDIS	+ 03' 52''
145	LE GAC Olivier	FDJ	+ 03' 56''
146	ROWE Luke	SKY	+ 03' 56''
147	GOLAS Michal	SKY	+ 03' 58''
148	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 04' 00''
149	REGUIGUI Youcef	DIMENSION DATA	+ 04' 03''
150	MORKOV Michael	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 04' 06''
151	DELAGE Mickaël	FDJ	s.t.
152	SBARAGLI Kristian	DIMENSION DATA	+ 04' 11''
153	LEEZER Thomas	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 04' 12''
154	HALLER Marco	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
155	BENNETT Sam	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 04' 18''
156	DUCHESNE Antoine	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 04' 27''
157	SABATINI Fabio	QUICK-STEP	+ 04' 32''
158	KOLAR Michael	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 04' 37''
159	GOGL Michael	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
160	MINALI Riccardo	ASTANA	+ 04' 38''
161	GUARDINI Andrea	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 04' 42''
162	BOLE Grega	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 04' 50''
163	FARRAR Tyler	DIMENSION DATA	+ 04' 58''
164	MC LAY DANIEL	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 05' 05''
165	BASKA Erik	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 05' 23''
166	BAUER Jack	QUICK-STEP	+ 05' 54''

GC after Stage 4:

• GC leader: Julian Alaphilippe (Quick Step Floors)
• Points classification leader: Julian Alaphilippe (Quick Step Floors), jersey worn by Arnaud Demare (FDJ)
• Mountains classification leader: Romain Hardy (Fortuneo-Vital Concept)
• Young rider classifcation leader: Julian Alaphilippe (Quick Step Floors), jersey worn by Simon Yates (Orica-Scott)
• Team classification leader: Quick Step Floors

548 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.466 km/hr

1	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	QUICK-STEP	12h 36' 27''
2	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 00' 33''
3	IZAGUIRRE Gorka	MOVISTAR	+ 00' 47''
4	HENAO Sergio	SKY	+ 01' 05''
5	MARTIN Daniel	QUICK-STEP	+ 01' 20''
6	GILBERT Philippe	QUICK-STEP	+ 01' 24''
7	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 01' 28''
8	CONTADOR Alberto	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 01' 31''
9	MOLARD Rudy	FDJ	+ 01' 32''
10	DEMARE Arnaud	FDJ	+ 01' 35''
11	HARDY Romain	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 01' 58''
12	LAMPAERT Yves	QUICK-STEP	s.t.
13	IZAGUIRRE IJon	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 02' 01''
14	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 02' 10''
15	YATES Simon	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 02' 16''
16	FORMOLO Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 02' 18''
17	BARGUIL WARREN	SUNWEB	+ 02' 58''
18	KRISTOFF Alexander	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 03' 12''
19	GREIPEL André	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 03' 25''
20	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 03' 49''
21	WALLAYS Jelle	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 03' 53''
22	KNEES Christian	SKY	+ 04' 33''
23	KITTEL Marcel	QUICK-STEP	+ 04' 34''
24	HALLER Marco	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 05' 18''
25	NIELSEN Magnus Cort	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 05' 23''
26	BENNETT Sam	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 06' 19''
27	BYSTRÖM Sven Erik	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 06' 26''
28	TANKINK Bram	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 06' 30''
29	ROWE Luke	SKY	+ 06' 54''
30	CIMOLAI Davide	FDJ	+ 07' 23''
31	DEGENKOLB John	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 11' 02''
32	HAYMAN Mathew	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 14' 43''
33	ALBASINI Michael	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 14' 48''
34	PORTE Richie	BMC	+ 16' 01''
35	ERVITI Imanol	MOVISTAR	+ 16' 56''
36	MATTHEWS Michael	SUNWEB	+ 17' 04''
37	CHAVANEL Sylvain	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 17' 14''
38	OOMEN Sam	SUNWEB	+ 17' 17''
39	MARTIN Tony	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 17' 42''
40	FINETTO Mauro	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 17' 44''
41	NAESEN Oliver	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 17' 46''
42	JEANNESSON Arnold	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 17' 50''
43	LUTSENKO Alexey	ASTANA	+ 17' 53''
44	FRANK Mathias	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 18' 05''
45	ROOSEN Timo	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 18' 10''
46	ROCHE Nicolas	BMC	+ 18' 14''
47	FUGLSANG Jakob	ASTANA	+ 18' 15''
48	DE LA CRUZ David	QUICK-STEP	+ 18' 32''
49	ZUBELDIA Haimar	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 18' 35''
50	COLBRELLI Sonny	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 18' 39''
51	FERNANDEZ Delio	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 18' 40''
52	GUARNIERI Jacopo	FDJ	+ 18' 44''
53	SWIFT Ben	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 18' 53''
54	HERRADA José	MOVISTAR	+ 19' 17''
55	SOUPE GEOFFREY	COFIDIS	+ 19' 19''
56	PIBERNIK Luka	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 19' 22''
57	LAPORTE Christophe	COFIDIS	+ 19' 27''
58	GERRANS Simon	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 19' 29''
59	SENECHAL Florian	COFIDIS	+ 19' 32''
60	CURVERS Roy	SUNWEB	+ 19' 36''
61	THEUNS Edward	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 19' 42''
62	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 19' 44''
63	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 19' 45''
64	HOFLAND Moreno	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
65	KONOVALOVAS Ignatas	FDJ	+ 19' 51''
66	SARREAU Marc	FDJ	+ 20' 19''
67	WAGNER Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 20' 21''
68	STAMSNIJDER Tom	SUNWEB	+ 20' 23''
69	PANTANO Jarlinson	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 20' 24''
70	GOLAS Michal	SKY	+ 20' 29''
71	BAK Lars Ytting	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 20' 55''
72	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 21' 01''
73	KEUKELEIRE Jens	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 21' 16''
74	DOCKER Mitchell	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 21' 18''
75	WYNANTS Maarten	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 21' 28''
76	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 21' 40''
77	BRESCHEL Matti	ASTANA	+ 21' 49''
78	BAUER Jack	QUICK-STEP	+ 21' 50''
79	LEEZER Thomas	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 21' 55''
80	GOGL Michael	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 22' 11''
81	WYSS Danilo	BMC	+ 22' 23''
82	LE GAC Olivier	FDJ	+ 22' 45''
83	KOLAR Michael	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 23' 41''
84	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 23' 59''
85	COQUARD Bryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 28' 04''
86	MORICE Julien	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 28' 55''
87	SMUKULIS Gatis	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 29' 05''
88	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	+ 31' 51''
89	KONRAD Patrick	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
90	BARTA Jan	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
91	SEPULVEDA Eduardo	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 31' 56''
92	SOLER GIMENEZ Marc	MOVISTAR	+ 32' 09''
93	GAUTIER Cyril	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 32' 11''
94	CLEMENT Stef	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 32' 12''
95	SIMON Julien	COFIDIS	+ 32' 29''
96	VANDENBERGH Stijn	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 32' 37''
97	NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel	SKY	+ 32' 46''
98	TEUNS Dylan	BMC	+ 32' 51''
99	PICHON Laurent	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 33' 00''
100	GESCHKE Simon	SUNWEB	s.t.
101	LEMOINE Cyril	COFIDIS	+ 33' 08''
102	EL FARES Julien	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 33' 13''
103	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 33' 15''
104	PACHER Quentin	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 33' 18''
105	GERARD Arnaud	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 33' 21''
106	VENTOSO Francisco	BMC	s.t.
107	PERICHON Pierre-Luc	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
108	DOMONT Axel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 33' 23''
109	COMBAUD Romain	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 33' 24''
110	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 33' 25''
111	CRADDOCK Lawson	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 33' 26''
112	MORI Manuele	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 33' 27''
113	PETIT Adrien	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 33' 32''
114	WAEYTENS ZICO	SUNWEB	+ 33' 33''
115	DE VREESE LAURENS	ASTANA	+ 33' 58''
116	SUTHERLAND Rory	MOVISTAR	+ 33' 59''
117	SAGAN Juraj	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 34' 01''
118	VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael	ASTANA	+ 34' 12''
119	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 34' 23''
120	BOZIC Borut	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 34' 32''
121	MORKOV Michael	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 34' 40''
122	DELAGE Mickaël	FDJ	+ 34' 40''
123	KING Benjamin	DIMENSION DATA	+ 34' 40''
124	SBARAGLI Kristian	DIMENSION DATA	+ 34' 45''
125	DEIGNAN Philip	SKY	+ 34' 52''
126	DUCHESNE Antoine	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 35' 01''
127	GRMAY Tsgabu Gebremaryam	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
128	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
129	SABATINI Fabio	QUICK-STEP	+ 35' 06''
130	VILLELLA Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 35' 20''
131	PETILLI Simone	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 35' 25''
132	PAUWELS Serge	DIMENSION DATA	+ 35' 33''
133	LOPEZ GARCIA David	SKY	+ 35' 39''
134	DI GREGORIO Rémy	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 35' 59''
135	MOINARD Amaël	BMC	+ 36' 34''
136	CHEREL Mikael	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 36' 40''
137	BOLE Grega	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 37' 11''
138	MINALI Riccardo	ASTANA	+ 37' 45''
139	CALMEJANE Lilian	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 38' 37''
140	ULISSI Diego	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 38' 41''
141	DE LA PARTE GONZALEZ Victor	MOVISTAR	+ 38' 43''
142	CLAEYS Dimitri	COFIDIS	+ 39' 01''
143	ANACONA GOMEZ Winner	MOVISTAR	+ 39' 05''
144	POLANC Jan	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 39' 18''
145	LATOUR Pierre-Roger	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 39' 19''
146	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	+ 39' 44''
147	GASPAROTTO Enrico	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 39' 49''
148	ARNDT Nikias	SUNWEB	+ 39' 52''
149	HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian	SKY	+ 40' 08''
150	FRAILE Omar	DIMENSION DATA	+ 40' 15''
151	MENDES José	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 40' 34''
152	SLAGTER Tom Jelte	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 40' 57''
153	HERRADA LOPEZ Jesus	MOVISTAR	+ 41' 02''
154	BERHANE Natnael	DIMENSION DATA	+ 41' 09''
155	FARRAR Tyler	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
156	REGUIGUI Youcef	DIMENSION DATA	+ 41' 28''
157	TULIK ANGÉLO	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 41' 29''
158	BASKA Erik	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 41' 34''
159	EDET Nicolas	COFIDIS	+ 41' 40''
160	WOODS Michael	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 43' 17''
161	ZURLO Federico	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
162	MC LAY DANIEL	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 43' 45''
163	ROLLAND Pierre	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 44' 03''
164	TLEUBAYEV Ruslan	ASTANA	+ 44' 04''
165	DOMBROWSKI Joseph	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 44' 18''
166	GUARDINI Andrea	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 50' 17''

Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 photos:

Andrea Guardini was the first rider off. © ASO/A.Broadway

Just another bikie headed down the road. Laurent Pichon pushes the big gear. © ASO/A.Broadway

Overnight race leader Arnaud Demare © ASO/A.Broadway

Julian Alaphilippe headed to his stage win and GC leadership

And Alaphilippe gets to start stage 5 in yellow.

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Tuesday, March 7: Stage 3, Chablis - Chalon-sur-Saône, 190 km

Stage 3 profile | Stage 3 photos

Rated ascents:

• Km 128.0: Côte de Grandmont, 2.4 km @ 4.9% - cat 3
• Km 164.5: Côte de Charrecey, 2.1 km @ 6.7% - cat 2

Sam Bennett wins Paris-Nice stage 3

Weather: Windy at the start city of Chablis. The start was delayed by five minutes because of a strong tailwind. At the finishing town of Chalon-sur-Saône at 1:54 PM local time it is 9C (48F), cloudy with a WNW wind of 14 km/hr (9 mph). There is a 45% chance of rain at 3 PM.

The race: All 167 classified stage 2 finishers started today at 12:06. BMC said that though Richie Port lost 15 minutes in stage two and is no longer a GC contender, he is motivated by the prospect of winning the stage 4 time trial.

Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing.

Ireland's Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgroghe) snatched the most significant victory in his career to date when he overpowered a world-class field of sprinters in the 190-km third stage of Paris-Nice on Tusday. The 26-year-old Bora-Hansgrohe rider surged at the right time to upstage Norway's Alexander Kristoff (Katusha), Germany's John Degenkolb (Trek) and Marcel Kittel (Quick Step) while Australia's Michael Matthews was fifth. France's Arnaud Demare (FDJ) had to settle for sixth but he retain his overall leader's yellow jersey before a decisive time trial in Mont Brouilly on Wednesday.

The start was given at 12:06 to 167 riders. Three men broke from the gun, Pierre-Roger Latour (Ag2R), Benjamin King (Dimension Data) and Romain Combaud (Delko-Marseille). Their lead rapidly increased and reached 6:50 shortly before the first intermediate sprint of the day in Epoisses (Km 55). Combaud took the three points on the line ahead of Latour and King. Led by Demare's FDJ team-mates, the peloton was content with controlling the break and the gap kept rising to reach eight minutes at kilometer 86.  

After the feeding zone, the peloton reacted thanks to Alexander Kristoff's Katusha team-mates and the three saw their lead go down to 3:30 at the top of the 3rd category Cote de Granmont (Km 128), on which King collected four points. The gap had melted down to he minute when the three tackled the 2nd category Cote de Charrecey, 25 km from the finish. Pierre Latour surged 500 metres from the summit to pick the seven points and joined forces with Combaud in the descent as King lost ground. The American was joined in the chase by France's Nicolas Edet (Cofidis), but both were reeled in with 20 km to go.

South African champion Reinardt Janse van Rensburg was forced out of the race after crashing heavily in the middle of the bunch. At the second intermediate sprint in Mercurey (Km 173), won by Latour ahead of Combaud and Michael Matthews (Sunweb), the lead of the two Frenchmen was 35 seconds. The bunch was led in succession by Direct Energie, Lotto Soudal, FDJ, Katusha and Quick Step riders in the last 15 km.

Latour and Combaud did not falter but finally had to lay the arms under the red flame as the sprinter teams moved up a gear. Katusha and Quick Step led the way for Kristoff and Kittel while Demare found himself blocked near the barriers on the left side of the road. But none of them could react when Bennett produced his effort, surging with 150 metres left to outwit the opposition and score his first win of the season.

Complete Results:

Stage 3 photos

190 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.030 km/hr

1	BENNETT Sam	BORA-HANSGROHE	4hr 31min 14sec
2	KRISTOFF Alexander	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
3	DEGENKOLB John	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
4	KITTEL Marcel	QUICK STEP	s.t.
5	MATTHEWS Michael	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
6	DEMARE Arnaud	FDJ	s.t.
7	GREIPEL André	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
8	LAPORTE Christophe	COFIDIS	s.t.
9	SBARAGLI Kristian	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
10	NIELSEN Magnus Cort	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
11	MC LAY DANIEL	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
12	NAESEN Oliver	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
13	COQUARD Bryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
14	SARREAU Marc	FDJ	s.t.
15	MINALI Riccardo	ASTANA	s.t.
16	POLANC Jan	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
17	ROOSEN Timo	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
18	SOUPE GEOFFREY	COFIDIS	s.t.
19	HENAO Sergio	SKY	s.t.
20	KEUKELEIRE Jens	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
21	REGUIGUI Youcef	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
22	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	QUICK STEP	s.t.
23	COLBRELLI Sonny	BAHRAIN - MERIDA	s.t.
24	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
25	BARGUIL WARREN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
26	KNEES Christian	SKY	s.t.
27	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
28	THEUNS Edward	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
29	SABATINI Fabio	QUICK STEP	s.t.
30	HAYMAN Mathew	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
31	SWIFT Ben	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
32	GILBERT Philippe	QUICK STEP	s.t.
33	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
34	MOLARD Rudy	FDJ	s.t.
35	HARDY Romain	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
36	DELAGE Mickaël	FDJ	s.t.
37	DUCHESNE Antoine	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
38	LEMOINE Cyril	COFIDIS	s.t.
39	MORKOV Michael	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
40	FORMOLO Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
41	ULISSI Diego	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
42	MARTIN Daniel	QUICK STEP	s.t.
43	TANKINK Bram	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
44	HOFLAND Moreno	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
45	YATES Simon	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
46	SENECHAL Florian	COFIDIS	s.t.
47	WOODS Michael	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
48	ERVITI Imanol	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
49	KONRAD Patrick	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
50	GAUTIER Cyril	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
51	IZAGUIRRE Jon	BAHRAIN - MERIDA	s.t.
52	KONOVALOVAS Ignatas	FDJ	s.t.
53	FINETTO Mauro	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
54	CONTADOR Alberto	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
55	IZAGUIRRE Gorka	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
56	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
57	CLEMENT Stef	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
58	GUARNIERI Jacopo	FDJ	s.t.
59	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
60	GOLAS Michal	SKY	s.t.
61	OOMEN Sam	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
62	PANTANO Jarlinson	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
63	GERRANS Simon	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
64	LAMPAERT Yves	QUICK STEP	s.t.
65	DOMONT Axel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
66	PICHON Laurent	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
67	GERARD Arnaud	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
68	VENTOSO Francisco	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
69	ROCHE Nicolas	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
70	PIBERNIK Luka	BAHRAIN - MERIDA	s.t.
71	CHAVANEL Sylvain	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
72	PORTE Richie	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
73	CHEREL Mikael	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
74	WYSS Danilo	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
75	SEPULVEDA Eduardo	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
76	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	s.t.
77	CURVERS Roy	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
78	PETILLI Simone	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
79	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
80	ZURLO Federico	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
81	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
82	PETIT Adrien	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
83	VANDENBERGH Stijn	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
84	KOLAR Michael	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
85	WALLAYS Jelle	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
86	CALMEJANE Lilian	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
87	BARTA Jan	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
88	FERNANDEZ Delio	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
89	TULIK ANGÉLO	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
90	SOLER Marc	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
91	BRESCHEL Matti	ASTANA	s.t.
92	JEANNESSON Arnold	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
93	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
94	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
95	PERICHON Pierre-Luc	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
96	SIMON Julien	COFIDIS	s.t.
97	WAGNER Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
98	HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian	SKY	s.t.
99	DE LA PARTE Victor	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
100	LATOUR Pierre-Roger	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
101	SAGAN Juraj	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
102	DI GREGORIO Rémy	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
103	ANACONA Winner	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
104	NIEVE Mikel	SKY	s.t.
105	FRANK Mathias	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
106	VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael	ASTANA	s.t.
107	ZUBELDIA Haimar	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
108	MORI Manuele	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
109	BAUER Jack	QUICK STEP	+ 00' 18''
110	COMBAUD Romain	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
111	WAEYTENS ZICO	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 00' 23''
112	PACHER Quentin	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 00' 26''
113	EL FARES Julien	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
114	EDET Nicolas	COFIDIS	s.t.
115	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
116	MOINARD Amaël	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
117	TEUNS Dylan	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
118	GASPAROTTO Enrico	BAHRAIN - MERIDA	s.t.
119	BOZIC Borut	BAHRAIN - MERIDA	s.t.
120	LUTSENKO Alexey	ASTANA	+ 00' 28''
121	SLAGTER Tom Jelte	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
122	PAUWELS Serge	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
123	ROWE Luke	SKY	+ 00' 32''
124	STAMSNIJDER Tom	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 00' 34''
125	GESCHKE Simon	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
126	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
127	VILLELLA Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
128	HALLER Marco	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 00' 36''
129	MARTIN Tony	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
130	DE VREESE LAURENS	ASTANA	+ 00' 38''
131	MORICE Julien	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 00' 39''
132	TLEUBAYEV Ruslan	ASTANA	+ 00' 40''
133	FUGLSANG Jakob	ASTANA	s.t.
134	BYSTRÖM Sven Erik	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
135	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
136	CRADDOCK Lawson	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 00' 43''
137	DOCKER Mitchell	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 00' 59''
138	CIMOLAI Davide	FDJ	+ 01' 01''
139	GRMAY Tsgabu	BAHRAIN - MERIDA	+ 01' 03''
140	FRAILE Omar	DIMENSION DATA	+ 01' 08''
141	HERRADA Jesus	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 01' 12''
142	HERRADA José	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
143	MENDES José	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
144	SMUKULIS Gatis	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
145	ROLLAND Pierre	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 01' 16''
146	BERHANE Natnael	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
147	LE GAC Olivier	FDJ	s.t.
148	DOMBROWSKI Joseph	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
149	GOGL Michael	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
150	LEEZER Thomas	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
151	ARNDT Nikias	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
152	ALBASINI Michael	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 01' 22''
153	DEIGNAN Philip	SKY	+ 01' 25''
154	LOPEZ David	SKY	s.t.
155	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
156	BAK Lars Ytting	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
157	WYNANTS Maarten	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
158	SUTHERLAND Rory	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 01' 29''
159	DE LA CRUZ David	QUICK STEP	+ 01' 49''
160	KING Benjamin	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
161	CLAEYS Dimitri	COFIDIS	+ 02' 02''
162	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 03' 41''
163	GUARDINI Andrea	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 05' 37''
164	BASKA Erik	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
165	FARRAR Tyler	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
166	BOLE Grega	BAHRAIN - MERIDA	s.t.

GC after Stage 3:

• GC leader after Stage 3: Arnaud Demare (FDJ)
• Points classification leader: Arnaud Demare (FDJ), but jersey is worn by John Degenkolb (Trek-Segafredo)
• Mountains classification leader: Romain Hardy (Fortuneo-Vital Concept)
• Young rider classification leader: Julian Alaphilippe (Quick Step)
• Team classification leader: Quick Step Floors

533.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 44.415 km/hr

1	DEMARE Arnaud	FDJ	12hr 14mn 42sec
2	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	QUICK STEP	@ 6sec
3	KRISTOFF Alexander	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 00' 13''
4	GILBERT Philippe	QUICK STEP	+ 00' 17''
5	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 00' 19''
6	HARDY Romain	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 00' 21''
7	HENAO Sergio	SKY	+ 00' 23''
8	MOLARD Rudy	FDJ	s.t.
9	MARTIN Daniel	QUICK STEP	s.t.
10	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 00' 31''
11	IZAGUIRRE Gorka	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 00' 33''
12	GREIPEL André	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 00' 50''
13	LAMPAERT Yves	QUICK STEP	+ 01' 00''
14	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 01' 01''
15	WALLAYS Jelle	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 01' 06''
16	HALLER Marco	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 01' 12''
17	BARGUIL WARREN	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 01' 17''
18	FORMOLO Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 01' 18''
19	IZAGUIRRE Jon	BAHRAIN - MERIDA	s.t.
20	YATES Simon	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
21	CONTADOR Alberto	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
22	KITTEL Marcel	QUICK STEP	+ 01' 31''
23	BENNETT Sam	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 02' 07''
24	KNEES Christian	SKY	+ 02' 20''
25	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 02' 42''
26	BYSTRÖM Sven Erik	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 02' 51''
27	ROWE Luke	SKY	+ 03' 04''
28	NIELSEN Magnus Cort	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 03' 10''
29	TANKINK Bram	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 04' 10''
30	CIMOLAI Davide	FDJ	+ 04' 24''
31	DEGENKOLB John	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 09' 06''
32	HAYMAN Mathew	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 11' 27''
33	ALBASINI Michael	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 12' 53''
34	GUARNIERI Jacopo	FDJ	+ 15' 07''
35	PORTE Richie	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 15' 17''
36	ERVITI Imanol	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 15' 41''
37	CHAVANEL Sylvain	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 15' 55''
38	BAUER Jack	QUICK STEP	+ 16' 02''
39	COLBRELLI Sonny	BAHRAIN - MERIDA	+ 16' 14''
40	MATTHEWS Michael	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 16' 23''
41	HOFLAND Moreno	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 16' 24''
42	FINETTO Mauro	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
43	LAPORTE Christophe	COFIDIS	s.t.
44	SWIFT Ben	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
45	OOMEN Sam	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
46	NAESEN Oliver	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
47	SENECHAL Florian	COFIDIS	s.t.
48	CURVERS Roy	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
49	PIBERNIK Luka	BAHRAIN - MERIDA	s.t.
50	ZUBELDIA Haimar	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
51	JEANNESSON Arnold	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
52	ROCHE Nicolas	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 16' 27''
53	THEUNS Edward	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 16' 33''
54	GERRANS Simon	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
55	KONOVALOVAS Ignatas	FDJ	s.t.
56	MARTIN Tony	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 16' 34''
57	ROOSEN Timo	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 16' 37''
58	GOLAS Michal	SKY	s.t.
59	FERNANDEZ Delio	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
60	SARREAU Marc	FDJ	s.t.
61	SOUPE GEOFFREY	COFIDIS	s.t.
62	FRANK Mathias	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
63	WAGNER Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 16' 52''
64	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 16' 59''
65	FUGLSANG Jakob	ASTANA	+ 17' 04''
66	LUTSENKO Alexey	ASTANA	+ 17' 05''
67	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 17' 11''
68	STAMSNIJDER Tom	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
69	DOCKER Mitchell	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 17' 35''
70	GOGL Michael	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 17' 40''
71	LEEZER Thomas	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 17' 49''
72	HERRADA LOPEZ José	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
73	BAK Lars Ytting	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 17' 52''
74	DE LA CRUZ David	QUICK STEP	+ 17' 53''
75	WYNANTS Maarten	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 17' 57''
76	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 18' 13''
77	LE GAC Olivier	FDJ	+ 18' 55''
78	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 18' 57''
79	KEUKELEIRE Jens	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
80	BRESCHEL Matti	ASTANA	s.t.
81	PANTANO Jarlinson	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 19' 05''
82	KOLAR Michael	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 19' 10''
83	WYSS Danilo	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 20' 05''
84	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
85	COQUARD Bryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 25' 24''
86	SMUKULIS Gatis	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 26' 02''
87	MORICE Julien	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 26' 13''
88	SBARAGLI Kristian	DIMENSION DATA	+ 30' 40''
89	CLEMENT Stef	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
90	SABATINI Fabio	QUICK STEP	s.t.
91	VENTOSO Francisco	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
92	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
93	DUCHESNE Antoine	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
94	DOMONT Axel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
95	VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael	ASTANA	s.t.
96	PICHON Laurent	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
97	VANDENBERGH Stijn	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
98	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	s.t.
99	DELAGE Mickaël	FDJ	s.t.
100	KONRAD Patrick	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
101	LEMOINE Cyril	COFIDIS	s.t.
102	MORKOV Michael	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
103	GAUTIER Cyril	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
104	PETIT Adrien	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
105	GERARD Arnaud	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
106	SEPULVEDA Eduardo	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
107	BARTA Jan	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
108	MORI Manuele	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
109	SOLER Marc	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
110	NIEVE Mikel	SKY	s.t.
111	SIMON Julien	COFIDIS	s.t.
112	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
113	SAGAN Juraj	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
114	PERICHON Pierre-Luc	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
115	WAEYTENS ZICO	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 30' 49''
116	COMBAUD Romain	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 30' 53''
117	EL FARES Julien	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 31' 06''
118	PACHER Quentin	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
119	TEUNS Dylan	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
120	BOZIC Borut	BAHRAIN - MERIDA	s.t.
121	GESCHKE Simon	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 31' 14''
122	DE VREESE LAURENS	ASTANA	+ 31' 18''
123	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 31' 20''
124	CRADDOCK Lawson	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 31' 23''
125	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 32' 05''
126	LOPEZ GARCIA David	SKY	s.t.
127	DEIGNAN Philip	SKY	s.t.
128	SUTHERLAND Rory	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 32' 09''
129	BOLE Grega	BAHRAIN - MERIDA	+ 32' 27''
130	KING Benjamin	DIMENSION DATA	+ 32' 28''
131	MINALI Riccardo	ASTANA	+ 33' 13''
132	CHEREL Mikael	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
133	DI GREGORIO Rémy	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
134	PETILLI Simone	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
135	GRMAY Tsgabu	BAHRAIN - MERIDA	+ 33' 28''
136	MOINARD Amaël	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 33' 39''
137	PAUWELS Serge	DIMENSION DATA	+ 33' 41''
138	VILLELLA Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 33' 47''
139	CLAEYS Dimitri	COFIDIS	+ 35' 15''
140	FARRAR Tyler	DIMENSION DATA	+ 36' 17''
141	BASKA Erik	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
142	LATOUR Pierre-Roger	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 37' 26''
143	POLANC Jan	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 37' 31''
144	ULISSI Diego	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
145	REGUIGUI Youcef	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
146	DE LA PARTE Victor	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
147	ANACONA Winner	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
148	HENAO Sebastian	SKY	s.t.
149	CALMEJANE Lilian	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
150	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
151	GASPAROTTO Enrico	BAHRAIN - MERIDA	+ 37' 57''
152	SLAGTER Tom Jelte	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 37' 59''
153	TULIK ANGÉLO	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 38' 34''
154	FRAILE Omar	DIMENSION DATA	+ 38' 39''
155	MENDES José	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 38' 43''
156	HERRADA Jesus	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
157	MC LAY DANIEL	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 38' 46''
158	ARNDT Nikias	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 38' 47''
159	BERHANE Natnael	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
160	WOODS Michael	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 40' 04''
161	ZURLO Federico	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
162	EDET Nicolas	COFIDIS	+ 40' 30''
163	TLEUBAYEV Ruslan	ASTANA	+ 40' 44''
164	ROLLAND Pierre	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 41' 20''
165	DOMBROWSKI Joseph	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
166	GUARDINI Andrea	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 45' 41''

Stage 3 profile:

Stage 3 photos:

The day's first serious break: Romain Combaud (Delko Marseille), Pierre-Roger Latour (Ag2r), Benjamin King (Dimension Data). Photo © ASO/A.Broadway

Race leader Arnaud Demare (right, in yellow) rides with Sylvain Chavanel. Photo © ASO/A.Broadway

FDJ leads the peloton at about km 70. The break is more than 6 minutes up the road.

The peloton goes through Semur-en-Auxois.

Ultimately the peloton came together and Sam Bennett prevailed.

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Monday, March 6: Stage 2, Rochefort en Yvelines - Amilly, 195 km

Stage 2 profile | Photos

Rated ascent:

• Km 10.5, Côte des Granges-le-Roi, 1.5 km @ 3.1% - cat 3

Sonny Colbrelli wins Paris-Nice stage 2

Weather: At the finish city of Amilly at 2:05 PM, local time, it is 7C (44F), wind from the WNW @ 23 km/hr (14 mph). Raining, sometimes very hard. Strong gusts of wind are breaking the peloton into echelons. There is snow falling slightly to the west in Orleans.

The race: The start was given at 12:02 to 171 riders. Michael Schaer (BMC), Matteo Bono (UAD) and Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) gave up in stage 1. Romain Bardet (Ag2R) was disqualified and Jonathan Hivert (Direct Energie) finished after the time limit. Maxime Bouet (Fortuneo) & Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis) quit partway through the stage.

Here's the organizer's telling of the stage story:

Sonny Cobrelli handed his new Bahrain-Merida team their first World Tour victory when he surged early in the final stretch to snatch the 195-km second stage of Paris-Nice ahead of John Degenkolb (Trek-Segafredo) and race leader Arnaud Demare (FDJ), winner of the first stage on Sunday. The 26-year-old Itlaian might not be as well-known as the two other riders on the podium but he boldly held them at bay in another wet, eventful stage which saw 2013 and 2015 winner Richie Porte lose considerable ground. Several pre-race favourites also struggled, like Frances' Nacer Bouhanni, who called it quits on the road from Rochefort-en-Yvelines.

The start was given in the rain to 171 riders. Nine riders –  Romain Hardy (Fortuneo), Julien Simon (Cofidis), Sam Oomen (Sunweb), Kristijan Koren (Cannondale), Oliver Naesen (Ag2R), Marc Soler (Movistar), Manuele Mori (UAE), Natnael Berhane (Dimension Data), Delio Fernandez (Delko-Marseille) – broke clear after 6 km. The break included KOM leader Hardy, who reached the top of the only climb of the day, Cote des Granges-le-Roi (3rd cat), in the front, collecting four more points. The move was short-lived as the nine were reined in after 28 kilometers by a nervous peloton. Splits took place in the bunch with most of the race leaders and jersey-holders staying safely in the front group. The first sprint of the day in Pussay (Km 31.5) went to John Degenkolb (Trek-Segafredo) ahead of Julian Alaphilippe, who took two seconds off yellow jersey holder Arnaud Demare (FDJ). 

Among the first riders trapped in the days echelons were France's Bryan Coquard (Direct Energie) and Pierre Rolland (Cannondale). As the pace was frantic (49.8 kph), pre-race favorites Richie Porte (BMC) and Simon Yates (Orica) were unable to stay in the front group and drifted at the back (km 54).

A first bunch of 22 riders emerged, involving all the in-form riders of this early Paris-Nice: Degenkolb (Trek), Kristoff (Katusha), Gallopin, Greipel (Lotto-Soudal), Alaphilippe, Kittel (Quick Step), Gorka Izaguirre (Movistar), Roosen, Wynants (Lotto-Jumbo), Demare, Molard, Sarreau (FDJ), Lutsenko (Astana), Laporte, Lemoine (Cofidis), Barguil, Oomen (Sunweb), Swift (UAE), Bennett (Bora) and Siskevicius (Delko). GC contenders like Alberto Contador (Trek-Segafredo) or Dan Martin (Quick Step) were in a group trailing the leaders by 45 seconds at km 65.

Dan Martin was dropped in turn at kilometer 80 as the leading group stabilized and involved the following 22 riders: Degenkolb (Trek), Zakarin, Kristoff and Bystrom (Katusha), Alaphilippe and Kittel (Quick Step), Docker (Orica-Scott), Gallopin (Lotto-Soudal), Roosen and Wynants (Lotto-Jumbo), Henao and Rowe (Sky), Demare, Cimolai, Konovalovas and Sarreau (FDJ), Laporte, Senechal and Soupe (Cofidis), Swift (UAE), Bennett (Bora) and Siskevicius (Delko-Marseille). After 100 km, the Contador group was two minutes off the pace as Richie Porte was 2:30 further back.

After a long chase, the peloton regrouped at kilometer 138 while six men charged ahead. They were Bystrom, Gallopin, Wynants, Sarreau, Soupe and Siskevicius. Geoffrey Soupe was rapidly dropped but his five companions were joined by Philippe Gilbert at kilometer 142. Sarreau punctured shortly afterwards and was reined in. The second sprint of the day in St Germain-des-Prés (Km 156.5) went to Philippe Gilbert, ahead of Tony Gallopin and Maarten Wynants. With 20 km to go, as the gap had been cut down to 30 seconds, Gilbert surged and went on his own.

The Belgian champion took his lead up to 45 seconds, a gap he maintained with 10 km to go. He was finally chased down  with 6 km left as the sprinters teams were taking turns at the front of the pack. The stage was set for a bunch sprint, without Frenchman Nacer Bouhanni who called it quits after two days of struggle. Arnaud Demare quickly found himself in the front in the wake of his last team-mate, but the yellow jersey holder was taken off his guard by Colbrelli, who made his effort with 400 metres left and held his ground until the finish line.

Complete Results:

Stage 2 photos

195 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.830 km/hr

1	COLBRELLI Sonny	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	4hr 20min 59sec
2	DEGENKOLB John	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
3	DEMARE Arnaud	FDJ	s.t.
4	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
5	LAPORTE Christophe	COFIDIS	s.t.
6	BRESCHEL Matti	ASTANA	s.t.
7	NAESEN Oliver	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
8	GREIPEL André	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
9	KRISTOFF Alexander	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
10	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
11	BENNETT Sam	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
12	MATTHEWS Michael	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
13	HARDY Romain	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
14	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
15	SWIFT Ben	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
16	SENECHAL Florian	COFIDIS	s.t.
17	BARGUIL WARREN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
18	FINETTO Mauro	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
19	OOMEN Sam	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
20	KITTEL Marcel	QUICK STEP	s.t.
21	PIBERNIK Luka	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
22	JEANNESSON Arnold	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
23	FORMOLO Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
24	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
25	WALLAYS Jelle	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
26	GILBERT Philippe	QUICK STEP	s.t.
27	KEUKELEIRE Jens	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
28	MARTIN Daniel	QUICK STEP	s.t.
29	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
30	HENAO Sergio	SKY	s.t.
31	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	QUICK STEP	s.t.
32	MOLARD Rudy	FDJ	s.t.
33	CURVERS Roy	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
34	HOFLAND Moreno	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
35	IZAGUIRRE Jon	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
36	CONTADOR Alberto	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
37	IZAGUIRRE Gorka	MOVISTAR	s.t.
38	GOGL Michael	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
39	NIELSEN Magnus Cort	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
40	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
41	YATES Simon	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
42	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
43	BYSTRÖM Sven Erik	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
44	ZUBELDIA Haimar	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
45	FUGLSANG Jakob	ASTANA	s.t.
46	THEUNS Edward	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 00' 09''
47	KNEES Christian	SKY	s.t.
48	KONOVALOVAS Ignatas	FDJ	s.t.
49	LEEZER Thomas	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
50	LAMPAERT Yves	QUICK STEP	s.t.
51	GERRANS Simon	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
52	WYNANTS Maarten	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
53	HAYMAN Mathew	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
54	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
55	KOLAR Michael	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 00' 13''
56	ALBASINI Michael	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
57	GOLAS Michal	SKY	s.t.
58	TANKINK Bram	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
59	FRANK Mathias	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
60	FERNANDEZ Delio	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
61	CIMOLAI Davide	FDJ	s.t.
62	HERRADA José	MOVISTAR	s.t.
63	SARREAU Marc	FDJ	s.t.
64	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
65	LUTSENKO Alexey	ASTANA	s.t.
66	HALLER Marco	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
67	SOUPE GEOFFREY	COFIDIS	s.t.
68	ROWE Luke	SKY	s.t.
69	ROOSEN Timo	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
70	STAMSNIJDER Tom	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
71	WAGNER Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 00' 28''
72	DOCKER Mitchell	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 07' 17''
73	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 14' 16''
74	VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael	ASTANA	s.t.
75	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
76	DUCHESNE Antoine	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
77	DI GREGORIO Rémy	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
78	CLEMENT Stef	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
79	SBARAGLI Kristian	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
80	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
81	KING Benjamin	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
82	CHAVANEL Sylvain	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
83	DE VREESE LAURENS	ASTANA	s.t.
84	SABATINI Fabio	QUICK STEP	s.t.
85	CHEREL Mikael	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
86	BAK Lars Ytting	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
87	GESCHKE Simon	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
88	VENTOSO Francisco	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
89	CRADDOCK Lawson	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
90	MORICE Julien	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
91	PETIT Adrien	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
92	VILLELLA Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
93	CLAEYS Dimitri	COFIDIS	s.t.
94	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	s.t.
95	PAUWELS Serge	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
96	BAUER Jack	QUICK STEP	s.t.
97	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
98	PICHON Laurent	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
99	LE GAC Olivier	FDJ	s.t.
100	DELAGE Mickaël	FDJ	s.t.
101	DE LA CRUZ David	QUICK STEP	s.t.
102	COMBAUD Romain	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
103	PORTE Richie	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
104	DOMONT Axel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
105	LEMOINE Cyril	COFIDIS	s.t.
106	PETILLI Simone	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
107	BOLE Grega	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
108	GAUTIER Cyril	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
109	BOZIC Borut	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
110	MORI Manuele	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
111	VANDENBERGH Stijn	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
112	GUARNIERI Jacopo	FDJ	s.t.
113	PACHER Quentin	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
114	NIEVE Mikel	SKY	s.t.
115	LOPEZ David	SKY	s.t.
116	WYSS Danilo	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
117	ERVITI Imanol	MOVISTAR	s.t.
118	BARTA Jan	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
119	SOLER GIMENEZ Marc	MOVISTAR	s.t.
120	EL FARES Julien	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
121	SEPULVEDA Eduardo	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
122	SUTHERLAND Rory	MOVISTAR	s.t.
123	DEIGNAN Philip	SKY	s.t.
124	FARRAR Tyler	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
125	TEUNS Dylan	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
126	SAGAN Juraj	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
127	KONRAD Patrick	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
128	BASKA Erik	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
129	MOINARD Amaël	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
130	PANTANO Jarlinson	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
131	MINALI Riccardo	ASTANA	s.t.
132	GERARD Arnaud	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
133	MORKOV Michael	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
134	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
135	MARTIN Tony	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
136	PERICHON Pierre-Luc	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
137	ROCHE Nicolas	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
138	SIMON Julien	COFIDIS	s.t.
139	TLEUBAYEV Ruslan	ASTANA	+ 21' 07''
140	SLAGTER Tom Jelte	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
141	POLANC Jan	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 21' 07''
142	ARNDT Nikias	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 21' 07''
143	ANACONA Winner	MOVISTAR	+ 21' 07''
144	ROLLAND Pierre	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 21' 07''
145	MENDES José	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 21' 07''
146	LATOUR Pierre-Roger	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 21' 07''
147	WOODS Michael	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 21' 07''
148	DE LA PARTE Victor	MOVISTAR	+ 21' 07''
149	FRAILE Omar	DIMENSION DATA	+ 21' 07''
150	HENAO Sebastian	SKY	+ 21' 07''
151	ULISSI Diego	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 21' 07''
152	ZURLO Federico	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 21' 07''
153	HERRADA Jesus	MOVISTAR	+ 21' 07''
154	DOMBROWSKI Joseph	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 21' 07''
155	GASPAROTTO Enrico	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 21' 07''
156	GUARDINI Andrea	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 21' 07''
157	TULIK ANGÉLO	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 21' 07''
158	CALMEJANE Lilian	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 21' 07''
159	SMUKULIS Gatis	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 21' 07''
160	REGUIGUI Youcef	DIMENSION DATA	+ 21' 07''
161	EDET Nicolas	COFIDIS	+ 21' 07''
162	WAEYTENS ZICO	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 21' 07''
163	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 21' 07''
164	GRMAY Tsgabu	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 21' 07''
165	BERHANE Natnael	DIMENSION DATA	+ 21' 07''
166	COQUARD Bryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 21' 07''
167	MC LAY DANIEL	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 21' 07''

GC after Stage 2:

• GC leader: Arnaud Demare (FDJ)
• Points classification leader: Arnaud Demare (FDJ) - jersey worn by Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Merida)
• Mountains classification leader: Romain Hardy (Fortuneo-Vital Concept)
• Team classification leader: Quick Step Floors

343.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 44.469 km/hr

1	DEMARE Arnaud	FDJ	7hr 43min 28sec
2	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	QUICK STEP	@ 6sec
3	GILBERT Philippe	QUICK STEP	+ 00' 17''
4	KRISTOFF Alexander	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 00' 19''
5	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
6	HARDY Romain	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 00' 21''
7	MARTIN Daniel	QUICK STEP	+ 00' 23''
8	HENAO Sergio	SKY	s.t.
9	MOLARD Rudy	FDJ	s.t.
10	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 00' 31''
11	IZAGUIRRE Gorka	MOVISTAR	+ 00' 33''
12	HALLER Marco	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 00' 36''
13	GREIPEL André	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 00' 50''
14	LAMPAERT Yves	QUICK STEP	+ 01' 00''
15	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 01' 01''
16	WALLAYS Jelle	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 01' 06''
17	BARGUIL WARREN	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 01' 17''
18	FORMOLO Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 01' 18''
19	CONTADOR Alberto	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
20	IZAGUIRRE Jon	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
21	YATES Simon	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
22	KITTEL Marcel	QUICK STEP	+ 01' 31''
23	BYSTRÖM Sven Erik	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 02' 11''
24	BENNETT Sam	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 02' 17''
25	KNEES Christian	SKY	+ 02' 20''
26	ROWE Luke	SKY	+ 02' 32''
27	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 02' 42''
28	NIELSEN Magnus Cort	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 03' 10''
29	CIMOLAI Davide	FDJ	+ 03' 23''
30	TANKINK Bram	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 04' 10''
31	DEGENKOLB John	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 09' 10''
32	HAYMAN Mathew	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 11' 27''
33	ALBASINI Michael	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 11' 31''
34	GUARNIERI Jacopo	FDJ	+ 15' 07''
35	PORTE Richie	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 15' 17''
36	ERVITI Imanol	MOVISTAR	+ 15' 41''
37	BAUER Jack	QUICK STEP	+ 15' 44''
38	CHAVANEL Sylvain	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 15' 55''
39	MARTIN Tony	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 15' 58''
40	DE LA CRUZ David	QUICK STEP	+ 16' 04''
41	COLBRELLI Sonny	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 16' 14''
42	MATTHEWS Michael	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 16' 24''
43	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
44	FINETTO Mauro	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
45	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
46	HOFLAND Moreno	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
47	OOMEN Sam	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
48	SWIFT Ben	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
49	FUGLSANG Jakob	ASTANA	s.t.
50	ZUBELDIA Haimar	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
51	LAPORTE Christophe	COFIDIS	s.t.
52	CURVERS Roy	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
53	SENECHAL Florian	COFIDIS	s.t.
54	NAESEN Oliver	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
55	PIBERNIK Luka	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
56	GOGL Michael	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
57	JEANNESSON Arnold	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
58	BAK Lars Ytting	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 16' 27''
59	ROCHE Nicolas	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
60	WYNANTS Maarten	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 16' 32''
61	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 16' 33''
62	GERRANS Simon	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
63	LEEZER Thomas	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
64	THEUNS Edward	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
65	KONOVALOVAS Ignatas	FDJ	s.t.
66	DOCKER Mitchell	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 16' 36''
67	FERNANDEZ Delio	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 16' 37''
68	GOLAS Michal	SKY	s.t.
69	ROOSEN Timo	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
70	FRANK Mathias	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
71	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
72	STAMSNIJDER Tom	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
73	HERRADA José	MOVISTAR	s.t.
74	SOUPE GEOFFREY	COFIDIS	s.t.
75	SARREAU Marc	FDJ	s.t.
76	LUTSENKO Alexey	ASTANA	s.t.
77	WAGNER Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 16' 52''
78	LE GAC Olivier	FDJ	+ 17' 39''
79	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 18' 13''
80	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 18' 57''
81	BRESCHEL Matti	ASTANA	s.t.
82	KEUKELEIRE Jens	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
83	PANTANO Jarlinson	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 19' 05''
84	KOLAR Michael	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 19' 10''
85	WYSS Danilo	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 20' 05''
86	SMUKULIS Gatis	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 24' 50''
87	COQUARD Bryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 25' 24''
88	MORICE Julien	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 25' 34''
89	BOLE Grega	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 26' 50''
90	WAEYTENS ZICO	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 30' 26''
91	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 30' 40''
92	CLEMENT Stef	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
93	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
94	SBARAGLI Kristian	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
95	VENTOSO Francisco	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
96	VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael	ASTANA	s.t.
97	DE VREESE LAURENS	ASTANA	s.t.
98	SABATINI Fabio	QUICK STEP	s.t.
99	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
100	DOMONT Axel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
101	VANDENBERGH Stijn	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
102	DUCHESNE Antoine	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
103	EL FARES Julien	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
104	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	s.t.
105	MORI Manuele	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
106	KING Benjamin	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
107	PICHON Laurent	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
108	PACHER Quentin	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
109	PETIT Adrien	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
110	COMBAUD Romain	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
111	SOLER Marc	MOVISTAR	s.t.
112	BARTA Jan	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
113	TEUNS Dylan	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
114	KONRAD Patrick	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
115	CRADDOCK Lawson	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
116	SEPULVEDA Eduardo	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
117	GERARD Arnaud	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
118	NIEVE Mikel	SKY	s.t.
119	GESCHKE Simon	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
120	LEMOINE Cyril	COFIDIS	s.t.
121	BOZIC Borut	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
122	DELAGE Mickaël	FDJ	s.t.
123	FARRAR Tyler	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
124	LOPEZ David	SKY	s.t.
125	GAUTIER Cyril	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
126	BASKA Erik	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
127	SIMON Julien	COFIDIS	s.t.
128	MORKOV Michael	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
129	SAGAN Juraj	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
130	SUTHERLAND Rory	MOVISTAR	s.t.
131	DEIGNAN Philip	SKY	s.t.
132	PERICHON Pierre-Luc	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
133	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
134	GRMAY Tsgabu	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 32' 25''
135	DI GREGORIO Rémy	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 33' 13''
136	CHEREL Mikael	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
137	VILLELLA Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
138	PAUWELS Serge	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
139	CLAEYS Dimitri	COFIDIS	s.t.
140	PETILLI Simone	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
141	MINALI Riccardo	ASTANA	s.t.
142	MOINARD Amaël	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
143	POLANC Jan	UAE ABU DHABI	+ 37' 31''
144	ULISSI Diego	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
145	LATOUR Pierre-Roger	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
146	SLAGTER Tom Jelte	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
147	ANACONA Winner	MOVISTAR	s.t.
148	FRAILE Omar	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
149	ARNDT Nikias	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
150	DE LA PARTE Victor	MOVISTAR	s.t.
151	GASPAROTTO Enrico	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
152	MENDES José	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
153	HENAO Sebastian	SKY	s.t.
154	REGUIGUI Youcef	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
155	CALMEJANE Lilian	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
156	HERRADA Jesus	MOVISTAR	s.t.
157	BERHANE Natnael	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
158	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
159	TULIK ANGÉLO	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 38' 34''
160	MC LAY DANIEL	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 38' 46''
161	TLEUBAYEV Ruslan	ASTANA	+ 40' 04''
162	ROLLAND Pierre	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
163	WOODS Michael	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
164	GUARDINI Andrea	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
165	EDET Nicolas	COFIDIS	s.t.
166	ZURLO Federico	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
167	DOMBROWSKI Joseph	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.

Stage 2 profile:

Stage 2 photos:

At the sign-in race leader Arnaud Demare is bundled up for a cold, wet, windy day of racing. Photo © ASO/A.Broadway

Indeed, the wind broke the pelton into echelons. Photo © ASO/A.Broadway

Race leader Demare is at the front of a wet, cold peloton. Photo © ASO/A.Broadway

Philippe Gilbert took off from a late break, but was caught in the closing kilometers. Photo © ASO/A.Broadway

...allowing Sonny Colbrelli to win the stage and Demare to retain the GC lead.

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Sunday, March 5: Stage 1, Bois-d'Arcy - Bois-d'Arcy, 148.5 km
Stage 1 Photos

Arnaud Demare wins the first stage of Paris-Nice. Photo © ASO/A.Broadway

Rated ascents:

• Km 19.5 - Cote de Senlisse, 1.1 km @ 5.5%, (3rd cat)
• Km 97.5 - Cote de Senlisse, 1.1 km @ 5.5%, (3rd cat)

Weather at Bois-d'Arcy, 3:00 PM local time: Cloudy, 8C (46F), wind from the WSW at 22 km/hr (14 mph). Rain fell on the riders as the stage started and hard gusts of wind at times broke the peloton into echelons.

The race: Here's the organizer's stage summary.

Milan-San Remo holder Arnaud Demare showed he was perfectly ready to defend his crown when he won the 148.5-km first stage of Paris-Nice like he did a year ago, ahead of fellow-Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe. The FDJ team leader caught his compatriot in the final kilometre, when the young Frenchman tried to outwit the sprinters, to finally snatch the stage win and lead a French clean sweep of jerseys. Demare holds top spot with a four seconds lead over Alaphilippe, who took a consolation white jersey as the best young rider in the race. The polka dot garment is on the back of Romain Hardy (Fortuneo), who was part of the day's early breakaway. The short stage was a real mini-classic in which the wind played a major role, splitting the bunch into several echelons which saw some of the main pre-race favorites like Alberto Contador (Trek), Richie Porte (BMC) or Romain Bardet (Ag2R) lose serious ground.   

The start was given in the rain and wind at 13:26 to the whole 176 riders on the entry list. After five kilometres,

Kristijan Koren (Cannondale-Drapac), Sylvain Chavanel (Direct Energie), Romain Hardy (Fortuneo-Vital Concept) and Gatis Smukulis (Delko-Marseille-KTM) broke clear and their gap quickly increased. It reached four minutes at the top of the Cote de Senlisse (km 19.5), on which Hardy collected four points.

The lead of the four topped at six minutes shortly before kilometer 41, when gusts of wind caused the peloton to split in several bunches. A group of 26 riders – including six Quick Step and six FDJ riders –  emerged thanks to the echelon.
They were Haller, Kristoff,  Jon Izaguirre, Bole, Gallopin Greipel, Van der Sande, Wallays, Martin, Alaphilippe Bauer, Gilbert, Kittel, Lampart, Gorka Izaguirre, Henao, Rowe, Demare, Cimolai, Guarnieri, Le Gac, Molard, Sarreau, Lemoine, Coquard and Tulik. Most of the leaders, including Richie Porte (BMC) and Alberto Contador (Trek-Segafredo), found themselves in the second part of the peloton, lying 40 seconds behind the first chasing group. France's Romain Bardet (Ag2R), Pierre Rolland (Cannondale-Drapac) and Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis) were even further back but they managed to fight their way back into the Contador group.

Chavanel won the first intermediate sprint in Beynes (km 55), ahead of Koren and Hardy.

Bouhanni was later dropped again and caught in a third chasing group also including Michael Matthews (Sunweb).

The four escapees were caught after 82.5 km by the 23 riders in the leading chasing group. At that stage, the group featuring Contador, Porte and Bardet were 55 seconds adrift. The gap remained stable at around one minute and even increased in the finale as the leading bunch lost several elements. With 20 km left in the stage, Bardet crashed along with Michael Schar (BMC) and Steven Kruijswijk (Lotto-NL). While none of the riders were injured, the incident further hampered the chase's chances to return. The second intermediate sprint (km 132.5), won by Philippe Gilbert, slightly broke the leading group's momentum.

In the finale, Kittel, Coquard and Greipel lost touch, leaving Arnaud Demare (FDJ) and Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) as the only two sprinters to battle it out for final victory. But Alaphilippe attacked boldly under the red flame to try and take them off-guard. Only Demare was able to react and beat his young compatriot on the line, with Kristoff settling for third place.

Overall, Bardet and Porte already trail Demare by 57 seconds, while Contador, who squandered time in the last two kilometers, is now 1:14 adrift.

Complete Results:

Stage 1 Photos

148.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.953 km/hr

1	DEMARE Arnaud	FDJ	3hr 22min 43sec
2	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	QUICK STEP	s.t.
3	KRISTOFF Alexander	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	@ 9sec
4	GILBERT Philippe	QUICK STEP	s.t.
5	HARDY Romain	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
6	MARTIN Daniel	QUICK STEP	s.t.
7	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
8	HALLER Marco	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
9	HENAO Sergio	SKY	s.t.
10	MOLARD Rudy	FDJ	s.t.
11	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 00' 19''
12	IZAGUIRRE Gorka	MOVISTAR	s.t.
13	GREIPEL André	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 00' 37''
14	LAMPAERT Yves	QUICK STEP	s.t.
15	GUARNIERI Jacopo	FDJ	s.t.
16	PORTE Richie	BMC	+ 00' 47''
17	BARDET Romain	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
18	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
19	WALLAYS Jelle	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 00' 52''
20	BARGUIL WARREN	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 01' 03''
21	CONTADOR Alberto	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 01' 04''
22	FORMOLO Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
23	IZAGUIRRE Jon	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
24	YATES Simon	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
25	ERVITI Imanol	MOVISTAR	+ 01' 11''
26	BAUER Jack	QUICK STEP	+ 01' 14''
27	KITTEL Marcel	QUICK STEP	+ 01' 17''
28	CHAVANEL Sylvain	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01' 28''
29	MARTIN Tony	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
30	DE LA CRUZ David	QUICK STEP	+ 01' 34''
31	KNEES Christian	SKY	+ 01' 57''
32	BAK Lars Ytting	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
33	ROCHE Nicolas	BMC	s.t.
34	BYSTRÖM Sven Erik	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
35	BENNETT Sam	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 02' 03''
36	ROWE Luke	SKY	+ 02' 05''
37	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 02' 28''
38	CIMOLAI Davide	FDJ	+ 02' 56''
39	NIELSEN Magnus Cort	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
40	SMUKULIS Gatis	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 03' 09''
41	LE GAC Olivier	FDJ	s.t.
42	TANKINK Bram	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 03' 43''
43	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
44	COQUARD Bryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 04' 03''
45	PANTANO Jarlinson	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 04' 35''
46	WYSS Danilo	BMC	+ 05' 35''
47	WAEYTENS ZICO	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 09' 05''
48	DEGENKOLB John	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
49	DOCKER Mitchell	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
50	ALBASINI Michael	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 11' 04''
51	GRMAY Tsgabu	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
52	HAYMAN Mathew	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
53	MORICE Julien	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
54	BOLE Grega	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 12' 20''
55	HOFLAND Moreno	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 16' 10''
56	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
57	CLEMENT Stef	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
58	FERNANDEZ Delio	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
59	MATTHEWS Michael	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
60	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
61	ULISSI Diego	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
62	VENTOSO Francisco	BMC	s.t.
63	FINETTO Mauro	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
64	BOUHANNI Nacer	COFIDIS	s.t.
65	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
66	SBARAGLI Kristian	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
67	POLANC Jan	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
68	DOMONT Axel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
69	VANDENBERGH Stijn	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
70	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
71	LATOUR Pierre-Roger	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
72	COLBRELLI Sonny	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
73	EL FARES Julien	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
74	OOMEN Sam	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
75	GOLAS Michal	SKY	s.t.
76	DE VREESE LAURENS	ASTANA	s.t.
77	WAGNER Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
78	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
79	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
80	FUGLSANG Jakob	ASTANA	s.t.
81	VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael	ASTANA	s.t.
82	SABATINI Fabio	QUICK STEP	s.t.
83	SLAGTER Tom Jelte	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
84	MORI Manuele	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
85	FRAILE Omar	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
86	ROOSEN Timo	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
87	ZUBELDIA Haimar	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
88	GASPAROTTO Enrico	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
89	DE LA PARTE Victor	MOVISTAR	s.t.
90	ANACONA Winner	MOVISTAR	s.t.
91	TEUNS Dylan	BMC	s.t.
92	BOUET Maxime	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
93	ARNDT Nikias	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
94	SOLER GIMENEZ Marc	MOVISTAR	s.t.
95	KONRAD Patrick	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
96	PACHER Quentin	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
97	BARTA Jan	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
98	GERARD Arnaud	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
99	PICHON Laurent	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
100	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	s.t.
101	GERRANS Simon	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
102	CURVERS Roy	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
103	HENAO Sebastian	SKY	s.t.
104	MENDES José	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
105	LEEZER Thomas	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
106	SEPULVEDA Eduardo	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
107	SIMON Julien	COFIDIS	s.t.
108	SWIFT Ben	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
109	DUCHESNE Antoine	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
110	COMBAUD Romain	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
111	FARRAR Tyler	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
112	THEUNS Edward	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
113	MORKOV Michael	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
114	WYNANTS Maarten	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
115	BASKA Erik	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
116	KING Benjamin	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
117	FRANK Mathias	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
118	NIEVE Mikel	SKY	s.t.
119	REGUIGUI Youcef	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
120	PETIT Adrien	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
121	STAMSNIJDER Tom	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
122	LOPEZ GARCIA David	SKY	s.t.
123	GOGL Michael	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
124	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
125	BOZIC Borut	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
126	CALMEJANE Lilian	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
127	LAPORTE Christophe	COFIDIS	s.t.
128	SOUPE GEOFFREY	COFIDIS	s.t.
129	LEMOINE Cyril	COFIDIS	s.t.
130	SENECHAL Florian	COFIDIS	s.t.
131	HERRADA José	MOVISTAR	s.t.
132	GAUTIER Cyril	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
133	BERHANE Natnael	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
134	SAGAN Juraj	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
135	DELAGE Mickaël	FDJ	s.t.
136	SARREAU Marc	FDJ	s.t.
137	PIBERNIK Luka	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
138	CRADDOCK Lawson	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
139	LUTSENKO Alexey	ASTANA	s.t.
140	NAESEN Oliver	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
141	SUTHERLAND Rory	MOVISTAR	s.t.
142	PERICHON Pierre-Luc	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
143	HERRADA Jesus	MOVISTAR	s.t.
144	DEIGNAN Philip	SKY	s.t.
145	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
146	GESCHKE Simon	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
147	KONOVALOVAS Ignatas	FDJ	s.t.
148	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	s.t.
149	JEANNESSON Arnold	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
150	TULIK ANGÉLO	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 17' 13''
151	MC LAY DANIEL	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 17' 25''
152	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 18' 43''
153	KOLAR Michael	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 18' 43''
154	HERNANDEZ Jesus	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
155	DI GREGORIO Rémy	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
156	TLEUBAYEV Ruslan	ASTANA	s.t.
157	MINALI Riccardo	ASTANA	s.t.
158	EDET Nicolas	COFIDIS	s.t.
159	PAUWELS Serge	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
160	KEUKELEIRE Jens	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
161	GUARDINI Andrea	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
162	VILLELLA Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
163	WOODS Michael	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
164	CHEREL Mikael	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
165	MOINARD Amaël	BMC	s.t.
166	ROLLAND Pierre	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
167	BRESCHEL Matti	ASTANA	s.t.
168	PETILLI Simone	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
169	DOMBROWSKI Joseph	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
170	ZURLO Federico	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
171	CLAEYS Dimitri	COFIDIS	s.t.
172	BONIFAZIO Niccolo	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 18' 49''

GC after Stage 1:

• GC leader: Arnaud Demare (FDJ)
• Mountains classification leader: Romain Hardy (Fortuneo-Vital Concept)
• Points classification leader: Arnaud Demare (FDJ), but the green jersey will be worn by Alexander Kristoff (Katusha Alpecin)
• Team classification leader: Quick Step Floors

1	DEMARE Arnaud	FDJ	3hr 22min 33sec
2	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	QUICK STEP	@ 4sec
3	KRISTOFF Alexander	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 00' 15''
4	GILBERT Philippe	QUICK STEP	+ 00' 16''
5	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 00' 17''
6	HARDY Romain	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 00' 18''
7	MARTIN Daniel	QUICK STEP	+ 00' 19''
8	HALLER Marco	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
9	HENAO Sergio	SKY	s.t.
10	MOLARD Rudy	FDJ	s.t.
11	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 00' 27''
12	IZAGUIRRE Gorka	MOVISTAR	+ 00' 29''
13	GREIPEL André	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 00' 46''
14	LAMPAERT Yves	QUICK STEP	+ 00' 47''
15	GUARNIERI Jacopo	FDJ	s.t.
16	PORTE Richie	BMC	+ 00' 57''
17	BARDET Romain	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
18	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
19	WALLAYS Jelle	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 01' 02''
20	BARGUIL WARREN	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 01' 13''
21	CONTADOR Alberto	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 01' 14''
22	FORMOLO Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
23	IZAGUIRRE Jon	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
24	YATES Simon	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
25	ERVITI Imanol	MOVISTAR	+ 01' 21''
26	BAUER Jack	QUICK STEP	+ 01' 24''
27	KITTEL Marcel	QUICK STEP	+ 01' 27''
28	CHAVANEL Sylvain	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01' 35''
29	MARTIN Tony	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 01' 38''
30	DE LA CRUZ David	QUICK STEP	+ 01' 44''
31	KNEES Christian	SKY	+ 02' 07''
32	BAK Lars Ytting	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
33	ROCHE Nicolas	BMC	s.t.
34	BYSTRÖM Sven Erik	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
35	BENNETT Sam	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 02' 13''
36	ROWE Luke	SKY	+ 02' 15''
37	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 02' 38''
38	CIMOLAI Davide	FDJ	+ 03' 06''
39	NIELSEN Magnus Cort	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
40	SMUKULIS Gatis	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 03' 19''
41	LE GAC Olivier	FDJ	s.t.
42	TANKINK Bram	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 03' 53''
43	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
44	COQUARD Bryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 04' 13''
45	PANTANO Jarlinson	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 04' 45''
46	WYSS Danilo	BMC	+ 05' 45''
47	WAEYTENS ZICO	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 09' 15''
48	DEGENKOLB John	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
49	DOCKER Mitchell	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
50	ALBASINI Michael	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 11' 14''
51	GRMAY Tsgabu	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
52	HAYMAN Mathew	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
53	MORICE Julien	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
54	BOLE Grega	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 12' 30''
55	HOFLAND Moreno	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 16' 20''
56	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
57	CLEMENT Stef	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
58	FERNANDEZ Delio	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
59	MATTHEWS Michael	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
60	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
61	ULISSI Diego	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
62	VENTOSO Francisco	BMC	s.t.
63	FINETTO Mauro	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
64	BOUHANNI Nacer	COFIDIS	s.t.
65	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
66	SBARAGLI Kristian	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
67	POLANC Jan	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
68	DOMONT Axel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
69	VANDENBERGH Stijn	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
70	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
71	LATOUR Pierre-Roger	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
72	COLBRELLI Sonny	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
73	EL FARES Julien	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
74	OOMEN Sam	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
75	GOLAS Michal	SKY	s.t.
76	DE VREESE LAURENS	ASTANA	s.t.
77	WAGNER Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
78	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
79	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
80	FUGLSANG Jakob	ASTANA	s.t.
81	VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael	ASTANA	s.t.
82	SABATINI Fabio	QUICK STEP	s.t.
83	SLAGTER Tom Jelte	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
84	MORI Manuele	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
85	FRAILE Omar	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
86	ROOSEN Timo	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
87	ZUBELDIA Haimar	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
88	GASPAROTTO Enrico	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
89	DE LA PARTE Victor	MOVISTAR	s.t.
90	ANACONA Winner	MOVISTAR	s.t.
91	TEUNS Dylan	BMC	s.t.
92	BOUET Maxime	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
93	ARNDT Nikias	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
94	SOLER Marc	MOVISTAR	s.t.
95	KONRAD Patrick	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
96	PACHER Quentin	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
97	BARTA Jan	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
98	GERARD Arnaud	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
99	PICHON Laurent	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
100	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	s.t.
101	GERRANS Simon	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
102	CURVERS Roy	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
103	HENAO Sebastian	SKY	s.t.
104	MENDES José	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
105	LEEZER Thomas	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
106	SEPULVEDA Eduardo	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
107	SIMON Julien	COFIDIS	s.t.
108	SWIFT Ben	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
109	DUCHESNE Antoine	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
110	COMBAUD Romain	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
111	FARRAR Tyler	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
112	THEUNS Edward	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
113	MORKOV Michael	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
114	WYNANTS Maarten	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
115	BASKA Erik	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
116	KING Benjamin	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
117	FRANK Mathias	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
118	NIEVE Mikel	SKY	s.t.
119	REGUIGUI Youcef	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
120	PETIT Adrien	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
121	STAMSNIJDER Tom	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
122	LOPEZ GARCIA David	SKY	s.t.
123	GOGL Michael	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
124	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
125	BOZIC Borut	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
126	CALMEJANE Lilian	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
127	LAPORTE Christophe	COFIDIS	s.t.
128	SOUPE GEOFFREY	COFIDIS	s.t.
129	LEMOINE Cyril	COFIDIS	s.t.
130	SENECHAL Florian	COFIDIS	s.t.
131	HERRADA José	MOVISTAR	s.t.
132	GAUTIER Cyril	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
133	BERHANE Natnael	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
134	SAGAN Juraj	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
135	DELAGE Mickaël	FDJ	s.t.
136	SARREAU Marc	FDJ	s.t.
137	PIBERNIK Luka	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
138	CRADDOCK Lawson	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
139	LUTSENKO Alexey	ASTANA	s.t.
140	NAESEN Oliver	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
141	SUTHERLAND Rory	MOVISTAR	s.t.
142	PERICHON Pierre-Luc	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
143	HERRADA Jesus	MOVISTAR	s.t.
144	DEIGNAN Philip	SKY	s.t.
145	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
146	GESCHKE Simon	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
147	KONOVALOVAS Ignatas	FDJ	s.t.
148	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	s.t.
149	JEANNESSON Arnold	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
150	TULIK ANGÉLO	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 17' 23''
151	MC LAY DANIEL	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 17' 35''
152	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	+ 18' 53''
153	KOLAR Michael	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
154	HERNANDEZ Jesus	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
155	DI GREGORIO Rémy	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE	s.t.
156	TLEUBAYEV Ruslan	ASTANA	s.t.
157	MINALI Riccardo	ASTANA	s.t.
158	EDET Nicolas	COFIDIS	s.t.
159	PAUWELS Serge	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
160	KEUKELEIRE Jens	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
161	GUARDINI Andrea	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
162	VILLELLA Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
163	WOODS Michael	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
164	CHEREL Mikael	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
165	MOINARD Amaël	BMC	s.t.
166	ROLLAND Pierre	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
167	BRESCHEL Matti	ASTANA	s.t.
168	PETILLI Simone	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
169	DOMBROWSKI Joseph	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
170	ZURLO Federico	UAE ABU DHABI	s.t.
171	CLAEYS Dimitri	COFIDIS	s.t.
172	BONIFAZIO Niccolo	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 18' 59''

Stage 1 photos:

The racers got hit with some late winter rain. Photo © ASO/A.Broadway

The peloton races past the Chateau des Menuls. Photo © ASO/A.Broadway

Arnaud Demare nails it. Photo © ASO/A.Broadway

Arnaud Demare will start stage 2 in yellow. Photo © ASO/A.Broadway

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Organizer's Race Preview:

The diagonal course awaiting the Paris-Nice peloton from 5 to 12 March will provide several opportunities for sprinters, but the leading role will be reserved to climbers, who would do well to hit the road in good shape. The time trial to Mont Brouilly and, in particular, the weekend trilogy in Provence will provide a clear picture of who will shine in the 2017 season.

The elite of world cycling is always enthusiastic, hungry for success and a bit solemn when it heads to the Paris area (Yvelines, specifically, since 2010) for the start of Paris–Nice. This year's return to competition will feature a loop stage around Bois-d'Arcy which should lead to the first of several victories for the top sprinters of the peloton. Even though echelons or a successful breakaway are plausible outcomes on the road which will take the peloton first to Amilly and then to Chalon-sur-Saône, the next two stages offer the fast men a couple of opportunities to strike back. Whether it is a German, French or Australian sprinter who is wearing it, the yellow jersey is likely to change hands after stage 4. After a thick blanket of snow frustrated its debut in 2016, the riders will tackle Mont Brouilly one by one at the end of a 14.5 km individual time trial. The final 3 kilometres, with an average gradient of 7.7%, will separate the wheat from the chaff.

Following this sensational battle, the stage to Bourg-de-Péage will offer climbers a short respite before the high-stakes trilogy. The final confrontation starts with a stage to Fayence, which has already left a mark on the race —this is where Alberto Contador said goodbye to victory in 2009. The next day, the Race to the Sun will celebrate its 75th edition with a new record. At 1,678 m, the Col de la Couillole will take the peloton higher than any other climb in the history of the race. The final climb, just shy of 16 kilometres long, comes at the end of a 60 km sequence including the Col de Saint-Martin, a mountain which also featured in the famous Nice–Pra-Loup stage of the 1975 Tour de France where Bernard Thévenet ended Eddy Merckx's hegemony. Although the traditional finish on Promenade des Anglais has been moved in respect of the memorial period declared by local authorities, the finish line will still be on the coast (quai des États-Unis). It will come at the end of a thrilling up-and-down stage around the Nice hinterland. The Col d'Èze, the final climb of the race, could well decide the winner.

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Start list with back numbers, March 4, 2017:

	BMC RACING TEAM / USA
	Sporting managers: LEDANOIS Yvon / PIVA Valerio
1	PORTE Richie
2	DE MARCHI Alessandro
3	MOINARD Amaël
4	ROCHE Nicolas
5	SCHÄR Michael
6	TEUNS Dylan
7	VENTOSO Francisco
8	WYSS Danilo
	TREK - SEGAFREDO / USA
	Sporting managers: DE JONGH Steven / POPOVYCH Yaroslav
11	CONTADOR Alberto
12	DEGENKOLB John
13	GOGL Michael
14	HERNANDEZ BLAZQUEZ Jesus Alberto
15	PANTANO Jarlinson
16	RAST Gregory
17	THEUNS Edward
18	ZUBELDIA Haimar
	TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN / SUI
	Sporting managers: AZEVEDO José / MIKHAILOV Gennady
21	ZAKARIN Ilnur
22	BYSTRÖM Sven Erik
23	HALLER Marco
24	KRISTOFF Alexander
25	LOSADA Alberto
26	MARTIN Tony
27	MORKOV Michael
28	PLANCKAERT Baptiste
	BAHRAIN - MERIDA / BRN
	Sporting managers: MAUDUIT Philippe / MORSCHER Harald
31	IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Jon
32	BOLE Grega
33	BONIFAZIO Niccolo
34	BOZIC Borut
35	COLBRELLI Sonny
36	GASPAROTTO Enrico
37	GRMAY Tsgabu Gebremaryam
38	PIBERNIK Luka
	ORICA - SCOTT / AUS
	Sporting managers: LAPAGE Laurenzo / MC PARTLAND David
41	YATES Simon
42	ALBASINI Michael
43	DOCKER Mitchell
44	GERRANS Simon
45	HAYMAN Mathew
46	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher
47	KEUKELEIRE Jens
48	NIELSEN Magnus Cort
	LOTTO SOUDAL / BEL
	Sporting managers: FRISON Herman / WAUTERS Marc
51	GALLOPIN Tony
52	BAK Lars Ytting
53	DE GENDT Thomas
54	GREIPEL André
55	HANSEN Adam
56	HOFLAND Moreno
57	VAN DER SANDE Tosh
58	WALLAYS Jelle
	QUICK - STEP FLOORS / BEL
	Sporting managers: HOLM Brian / STEELS Tom
61	MARTIN Daniel
62	ALAPHILIPPE Julian
63	BAUER Jack
64	DE LA CRUZ David
65	GILBERT Philippe
66	KITTEL Marcel
67	LAMPAERT Yves
68	SABATINI Fabio
	AG2R LA MONDIALE / FRA
	Sporting managers: JURDIE Julien / GOUBERT Stephane
71	BARDET Romain
72	CHEREL Mikael
73	DOMONT Axel
74	FRANK Mathias
75	GAUTIER Cyril
76	LATOUR Pierre-Roger
77	NAESEN Oliver
78	VANDENBERGH Stijn
	MOVISTAR TEAM / ESP
	Sporting managers: ARRIETA Jose Luis / LAGUIA Jose Luis
81	DE LA PARTE GONZALEZ Victor
82	ANACONA GOMEZ Winner
83	ERVITI Imanol
84	HERRADA LOPEZ Jesus
85	HERRADA LOPEZ José
86	IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka
87	SOLER GIMENEZ Marc
88	SUTHERLAND Rory
	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO / NED
	Sporting managers: VERHOEVEN Nico / MAASSEN Frans
91	KRUIJSWIJK Steven
92	CLEMENT Stef
93	GROENEWEGEN Dylan
94	LEEZER Thomas
95	ROOSEN Timo
96	TANKINK Bram
97	WAGNER Robert
98	WYNANTS Maarten
	TEAM SKY / GBR
	Sporting managers: KNAVEN Servais / PORTAL Nicolas
101	HENAO MONTOYA Sergio
102	DEIGNAN Philip
103	GOLAS Michal
104	HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian
105	KNEES Christian
106	LOPEZ GARCIA David
107	NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel
108	ROWE Luke
	FDJ / FRA
	Sporting managers: BRICAUD Thierry / GUESDON Frédéric
111	DEMARE Arnaud
112	CIMOLAI Davide
113	DELAGE Mickaël
114	GUARNIERI Jacopo
115	KONOVALOVAS Ignatas
116	LE GAC Olivier
117	MOLARD Rudy
118	SARREAU Marc
	CANNONDALE DRAPAC TEAM / USA
	Sporting managers: WEGELIUS Charles / KLIER Andreas
121	ROLLAND Pierre
122	CRADDOCK Lawson
123	DOMBROWSKI Joseph
124	FORMOLO Davide
125	KOREN Kristijan
126	SLAGTER Tom Jelte
127	VILLELLA Davide
128	WOODS Michael
	ASTANA PRO TEAM / KAZ
	Sporting managers: FOFONOV Dmitriy / SEDOUN Dmitri
131	FUGLSANG Jakob
132	BRESCHEL Matti
133	DE VREESE LAURENS
134	KANGERT Tanel
135	LUTSENKO Alexey
136	MINALI Riccardo
137	TLEUBAYEV Ruslan
138	VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael
	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS / FRA
	Sporting managers: ROUS Didier / JONROND Jean-Luc
141	BOUHANNI Nacer
142	CLAEYS Dimitri
143	EDET Nicolas
144	LAPORTE Christophe
145	LEMOINE Cyril
146	SENECHAL Florian
147	SIMON Julien
148	SOUPE GEOFFREY
	TEAM SUNWEB / GER
	Sporting managers: BENNEKOU Morten / VAN DONGEN Arthur
151	MATTHEWS Michael
152	ARNDT Nikias
153	BARGUIL WARREN
154	CURVERS Roy
155	GESCHKE Simon
156	OOMEN Sam
157	STAMSNIJDER Tom
158	WAEYTENS ZICO
	UAE ABU DHABI / UAE
	Sporting managers: SCIREA Mario / PEDRAZZINI Simone
161	ULISSI Diego
162	BONO Matteo
163	GUARDINI Andrea
164	MORI Manuele
165	PETILLI Simone
166	POLANC Jan
167	SWIFT Ben
168	ZURLO Federico
	TEAM DIMENSION DATA / RSA
	Sporting managers: FERNANDEZ Bingen / HEYNDERRICKX Jean-Pierre
171	PAUWELS Serge
172	BERHANE Natnael
173	FARRAR Tyler
174	FRAILE Omar
175	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt
176	KING Benjamin
177	REGUIGUI Youcef
178	SBARAGLI Kristian
	BORA - HANSGROHE / GER
	Sporting managers: POMER Christian / ZEMKE Jens
181	BARTA Jan
182	BASKA Erik
183	BENNETT Sam
184	BUCHMANN Emanuel
185	KOLAR Michael
186	KONRAD Patrick
187	MENDES José
188	SAGAN Juraj
	DIRECT ENERGIE / FRA
	Sporting managers: ENGOULVENT Jimmy / LEBRETON Lylian
191	COQUARD Bryan
192	CALMEJANE Lilian
193	CHAVANEL Sylvain
194	DUCHESNE Antoine
195	HIVERT Jonathan
196	MORICE Julien
197	PETIT Adrien
198	TULIK ANGÉLO
	FORTUNEO - VITAL CONCEPT / FRA
	Sporting managers: HINAULT Sébastien / CAER Yvon
201	MC LAY DANIEL
202	BOUET Maxime
203	GERARD Arnaud
204	HARDY Romain
205	JEANNESSON Arnold
206	PERICHON Pierre-Luc
207	PICHON Laurent
208	SEPULVEDA Eduardo
	DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE KTM / FRA
	Sporting managers: ROSTAING Frédéric / ZAIKOV Hristo
211	FINETTO Mauro
212	COMBAUD Romain
213	DI GREGORIO Rémy
214	EL FARES Julien
215	FERNANDEZ CRUZ Delio
216	PACHER Quentin
217	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas
218	SMUKULIS Gatis