Paris – Nice 2016

Paris – Nice 2016
General
output	74. Paris – Nice
Racing series	UCI WorldTour 2016 2nd UWT
Stages	7 + P
date	March 6-13, 2016
overall length	1,122.1 km
Host country	France
begin	Conflans-Sainte-Honorine
target	Nice
Teams	22nd
Driver at the start	175
Driver at the finish	131
Average speed	40.886 km / h
Result
winner	Geraint Thomas ( Sky )
Second	Alberto Contador ( Tinkoff )
Third	Richie Porte ( BMC Racing Team )
Scoring	Michael Matthews ( Orica-GreenEDGE )
Mountain scoring	Antoine Duchesne ( Direct Energy )
Team evaluation	Movistar
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The 74th Paris – Nice long-distance journey took place from March 6th to 13th, 2016. The stage race was part of the UCI WorldTour 2016 and within this the second race after the Tour Down Under . The total distance of the race was 1,290 kilometers.

Nacer Bouhanni , who crossed the finish line of the second stage first, was subsequently downgraded to third place. In the final sprint he pushed Michael Matthews off.

Geraint Thomas ( Sky ) won the race to the sun with a four-second lead over Alberto Contador ( Tinkoff ) . Richie Porte ( BMC ) took third place, 12 seconds behind.

Participating teams

The 18 UCI WorldTeams are automatically entitled to start . In addition, four UCI Professional Continental Teams were invited by the organizer Amaury Sport Organization .

18 UCI WorldTeams						4 UCI Professional Continental Teams
ALM	Ag2r La Mondiale	FDJ	FDJ	LTS	Lotto Fix All 1	COF	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
AST	Astana Pro Team	TGA	Team Giant-Alpecin	MOV	Movistar team	DMP	Delko Marseille Provence KTM
BMC	BMC Racing Team	I AM	IAM Cycling	OGE	Orica GreenEdge	THE	Direct energy
CPT	Cannondale	CAT	Team Katusha	SKY	Team Sky	FVC	Fortuneo Vital Concept
DDD	Team Dimension Data	LAM	Lampre-Merida	TNK	Tinkoff
EQS	Etixx-Quick Step	TLJ	Team Lotto NL-Jumbo	TFS	Trek-Segafredo

¹The Belgian team Lotto Soudal will contest the race in a new jersey and under the name Lotto Fix All . Fix All is a product of the sponsor Soudal .

Stages

stage	date	Stage locations	type	Length (km)	Stage winner	Overall leader
prolog	6th Mar	Conflans-Sainte-Honorine		6.1	Michael Matthews	Michael Matthews
1st stage	7th Mar	Condé-sur-Vesgre - Vendôme		198	Arnaud Démare	Michael Matthews
2nd stage	March 8	Contres - Commentry		213.5	Michael Matthews	Michael Matthews
3rd stage	9 Mar	Cusset - Mont Brouilly		168	Stage canceled	Michael Matthews
4th stage	10 Mar	Juliénas - Romans-sur-Isère		195.5	Nacer Bouhanni	Michael Matthews
5th stage	11th Mar	Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux - Salon-de-Provence		198	Alexei Lutsenko	Michael Matthews
6th stage	March 12	Nice - Madone d'Utelle		177	Ilnur Sakarin	Geraint Thomas
7th stage	13 Mar	Nice - Nice		134	Tim Wellens	Geraint Thomas

• The third stage was initially interrupted due to heavy sleet after 93 km and then canceled later.

Ratings

stage	Overall rating	Green jersey	Mountain scoring	Team evaluation
P	Michael Matthews ( OGE )	Michael Matthews ( OGE )	not forgiven	Movistar team
1			Ion Izagirre ( MOV )
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4th			Evaldas Šiškevičius ( DMO )
5			Jesús Herrada ( MOV )	Astana Pro Team
6th	Geraint Thomas ( Sky )		Antoine Duchesne ( DEN )	Team Sky
7th				Movistar team

• For the first time since 2002 there is no junior competition.

Bottom line

Overall rating
	Geraint Thomas	Team Sky	27h 26 '40 "
2	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff	+ 4 "
3	Richie Porte	BMC Racing Team	+ 12 "
4th	Ilnur Zakarin	Team Katusha	+ 20 "
5	Ion Izagirre	Movistar team	+ 37 "
6th	Sergio Henao	Team Sky	+ 44 "
7th	Simon Yates	Orica GreenEdge	+ 44 "
8th	Tony Gallopin	Lotto Soudal	+ 51 "
9	Romain Bardet	Ag2r La Mondiale	+1 '00 "
10	Rui Alberto Costa	Lampre-Merida	+1 '06 "

Scoring
	Michael Matthews	Orica GreenEdge	53 P.
2	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff	23 p.
3	Ben Swift	Team Sky	22 p.
Mountain scoring
	Antoine Duchesne	Direct energy	78 P.
2	Jesús Herrada	Movistar team	51 P.
3	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Soudal	49 P.
Team evaluation
1	Movistar team		82h 30 '40 "
2	Astana Pro Team		+ 41 "
3	Team Sky		+ 3 '01 "

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The winners of the rating jerseys

The Welshman Geraint Thomas won his second tour of the year after the Volta ao Algarve .

The two-time stage winner Michael Matthews won the points classification as in the previous year .

Antoine Duchesne won the mountain classification .

Web links

Commons : Paris-Nice 2016  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website (French / English)
• Paris – Nice 2016 in the ProCyclingStats.com database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 74. Paris-Nice - Matthews is happy about "two out of three", Bouhanni is punished. radsport-news.com, March 8, 2016, accessed March 2, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Lotto Soudal to become Lotto Fix ALL for Paris-Nice - Belgian team changes sponsor and colors for French stage race. cyclingnews.com, March 1, 2016, accessed March 2, 2016 . 
3. ↑ 74. Paris-Nice: 3rd stage canceled due to snowfall - Prudhomme: "The safety of the drivers was no longer guaranteed". radsport-news.com, March 9, 2016, accessed March 9, 2016 .