Paris – Nice 2013

Paris – Nice 2013
Racing series	UCI WorldTour
Host country	France
Competition period	March 3-10, 2013
Stages	7 + 1 prolog
overall length	1174 km
Starting field	184 in 23 teams (of which 151 arrived at the finish)
winner
Overall rating	1. Richie Porte 29:59:47 h 2. Andrew Talansky +0: ​​55 3. Jean-Christophe Péraud +1: 21
Team evaluation	Katusha Alpecin 90:06:49 h
Scoring jerseys
Overall rating	Richie Porte
Scoring	Sylvain Chavanel
Mountain scoring	Johann Tschopp
Young talent evaluation	Andrew Talansky
course
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Final result after the 7th stage

	Richie Porte	29:59:47 h (39.138 km / h)
2.	Andrew Talansky	+ 00:55 min
3.	Jean-Christophe Péraud	+ 01:21 min
4th	Tejay van Garderen	+ 1:44 min
5.	Sylvain Chavanel	+ 1:47 min
6th	Simon Špilak	+ 1:48 min
7th	Diego Ulissi	+ 1:54 min
8th.	Lieuwe Westra	+ 2:17 min
9.	Andreas Klöden	+ 2:22 min
10.	Thibaut Pinot	+ 2:28 min
	Sylvain Chavanel	88 P.
2.	Andrew Talansky	86 P.
3.	Richie Porte	68 P.
	Johann Tschopp	54 P.
2.	Richie porte }	27 P.
3.	Thierry Hupond	24 p.
	Andrew Talansky	30:00:42 h
2.	Tejay van Garderen	+ 00:49 min
3.	Diego Ulissi	+ 00:59 min
	Katusha	90:06:49 h
2.	Ag2r	+ 01:23 min
3.	RadioShack Leopard	+ 03:38 min

The 71st long-distance cycle trip from Paris to Nice took place from March 3 to 10, 2013. The stage race is part of the UCI WorldTour and was within this the second race after the Tour Down Under . The total distance of the race was 1174 kilometers. As in 2012, the race ended with a mountain time trial on the Col d'Èze .

Attendees

ProTeams Ag2r (ALM) Team Argos-Shimano (ARG) Astana Pro Team (AST) Blanco (BLA) BMC Racing Team (BMC) Cannondale Pro Cycling (CAN) Euskaltel Euskadi (EUS) FDJ (FDJ) Garmin Sharp (GRS) Katusha (KAT)	Lampre-Merida (LAM) Lotto Belisol (LTB) Movistar (MOV) Omega Pharma-Quick Step (OPQ) Orica GreenEdge (OGE) RadioShack Leopard (RLT) Team Saxo-Tinkoff (TST) Sky ProCycling (SKY) Vacansoleil-DCM (VCD)
Professional Continental Teams Cofidis, Solutions Crédits (COF) Team Europcar (EUC)	IAM Cycling (IAM) Sojasun (SOJ)

The 19 ProTeams as well as the French Professional Continental teams Cofidis , Team Europcar , Saur-Sojasun and the Swiss Team IAM Cycling , who received a wildcard from the organizer, were entitled to start. Among the 184 drivers, Andreas Klöden was only one of the earlier winners.

Favorites

Since most of the top drivers did not make a start this year, there were numerous favorites for the overall victory. In the fight for the coveted Maillot Jaune , Robert Gesink , Jakob Fuglsang , Tejay van Garderen , Ivan Basso , Mikel Nieve , Thomas De Gendt , Maxime Monfort and Denis Menschow were named as favorites.

Stages

As in the previous year, the "Race to the Sun" began with a prologue, which this time was carried out 15 km northeast of Paris in Houilles . This was followed by two relatively flat sections to the south. On the next two stages, the riders had to cross several mountains in the Massif Central before the queen stage ended on March 8th with a first category finish on the Montagne de Lure . The drivers reached Nice on the penultimate stage . As in the previous year, the race was decided by a mountain time trial on the Col d'Èze.

Stage overview

stage	Day	Start finish	Type	km	Stage winner	Yellow jersey
P	3 March	Houilles - Houilles		002.9	Damien Gaudin	Damien Gaudin
1.	4th of March	Saint-Germain-en-Laye - Nemours		195	Nacer Bouhanni	Nacer Bouhanni
2.	5. March	Vimory - Cérilly		200.5	Marcel Kittel	Elia Viviani
3.	6th March	Châtel-Guyon - Brioude		170	Andrew Talansky	Andrew Talansky
4th	7th March	Brioude - Saint-Vallier		199.5	Michael Albasini
5.	8th of March	Suze-la-Rousse - Sisteron		176	Richie Porte	Richie Porte
6th	9th March	Manosque - Nice		220	Sylvain Chavanel
7th	March 10th	Nice - Col d'Eze		009.6	Richie Porte

Ratings in the course of the tour

Time credits for the overall ranking were given to the first three drivers when they reached the finish (10, 6 and 4s) and intermediate sprints (3, 2 and 1s).

Points for the sprint there was at target arrivals for the first 20 drivers (25, 22, 20, 18, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1) and for intermediate sprints for the first three drivers (3, 2, 1).

Depending on the difficulty of the ascent, a different number of points were awarded for the mountain rating at the mountain peaks : 1st category (10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1), 2nd category (7, 5, 3, 2, 1) and 3rd category (4, 2, 1).

All drivers born after January 1st, 1988 fought for the white jersey of the best young professional.

For the team classification , the time of the best three drivers of a team was added up at each stage.

The table shows the leader in the respective classification after the respective stage.

stage	Overall rating	Green jersey	Mountain scoring	Young talent evaluation	Team evaluation
P	Damien Gaudin	Damien Gaudin	not forgiven	Wilco Kelderman	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
1	Nacer Bouhanni	Sylvain Chavanel	Bert-Jan Lindeman	Nacer Bouhanni
2	Elia Viviani	Elia Viviani		Elia Viviani
3	Andrew Talansky		Martijn Keizer	Andrew Talansky	Astana Pro Team
4th			Johann Tschopp
5	Richie Porte	Andrew Talansky			Katusha
6th		Sylvain Chavanel
7th
winner	Richie Porte	Sylvain Chavanel	Johann Tschopp	Andrew Talansky	Katusha

Race course and result

Richie Porte in the yellow jersey on the last stage of the mountain time trial

Richie Porte was the first Australian winner from Paris-Nice. As in the previous year, the winner came from the British SKY team . By winning the 5th stage on the Montagne de Lure , the Australian was able to win the yellow jersey of Andrew Talansky , which he did not give up until the end. On the final ascent of the 5th stage, Talansky tried several times unsuccessfully to break away from the group with the favorites. When Porte attacked about 1.5 km from the finish, no driver could follow and he won the stage with a 26-second lead over Russian Denis Menshov . With the victory in Nice on the 6th stage, Sylvain Chavanel was able to conquer the green jersey, which he was able to defend until the end. He prevailed against Philippe Gilbert in the final sprint of the main field of 59 drivers . The final mountain time trial on the Col d'Èze was won by Richie Porte, who also secured the overall victory. Talansky came in second both on the Col d'Èze and in the overall standings. He was also the best junior long-distance driver. Dominik Nerz , as the best German in this ranking, came in 6th place, 1:38 minutes behind. Johann Tschopp from the Swiss Continental Team IAM Cycling won the mountain classification . The best German was the winner of 2000 Andreas Klöden with a gap of 2:22 minutes in 9th place.

Web links

Commons : Paris-Nice 2013  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website (French and English)
• Paris – Nice 2013 in the database of Radsportseiten.net

proof

1. ↑ Paris - Nice - Climbing to the Sun ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on de.eurosport.yahoo.com on March 2, 2013, accessed on March 6, 2013 
2. ↑ Porte drives Talansky out of the yellow jersey radsport-news.com from March 8, 2013
3. ↑ Chavanel sprints Gilbert down radsport-news.com from March 9, 2013
4. ^ Porte like Wiggins a year ago radsport-news.com of March 10, 2013