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PARIS-NICE. First big meeting of the year for the cycling season with the kick-off in Paris Nice this weekend.

[Mis à jour le 2 mars 2022 à 11h50] For this 80th edition of Paris-Nice, the best cyclists will be present. Primoz Roglic will try to erase his disappointment from last year when the last Vuelta winner, in the lead, fell twice during the last stage finishing 15th overall. Among the other favorites, Nairo Quintana, winner of the Tour de la Provence will start as Maximilian Schachmann who will try to win a third consecutive title, a series last achieved 25 years ago by Laurent Jalabert. As for the sprinters, Fabio Jakobsen, Sam Bennett, Bryan Coquard, Sonny Colbrelli, Jasper Philipsen or Dylan Groenewegen will be there.

Here are the main entries for the race:

  • Bora-Hansgrohe: Schachmann (Germany), Grossschartner (Aut), Vlasov (Rus), Bennett (Irl)
  • Team BikeExchange-Jayco: Groenewegen (Hol), S.Yates (Gbr)
  • Bahrain Victorious: Colbrelli (Ita), Sanchez (Esp), Teuns (Bel)
  • Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl: Jakobsen (Hol), Sénéchal (Fra), Stybar (Rtc)
  • Lotto Soudal: Gilbert, De Gendt (Bel)
  • Intermarché-Wanty Gobert Materials: Taaramäe (East)
  • Alpecin-Fenix: Philipsen (Bel), Vine (Aus)
  • UAE Team Emirates: McNulty (Usa), Gaviria (Col), Trentino (Ita)
  • EF Education-Easypost: Bisseger (Sui), Doull (Gbr)
  • Trek-Segafredo: Mollema (Hol), Pedersen (Dan), Stuyven (Bel)
  • Movistar Team: Garcia Cortina (Spain), Jorgenson (USA)
  • AG2R Citroën Team: Champoussin, Paret-Peintre (Fra), O’Connor (Aus)
  • Cofidis: Martin, Coquard (Fra), I.Izagirre (Spain)
  • Groupama-FDJ: Gaudu, Madouas (Fra), Küng (Sui)
  • TotalEnergies: Boasson Hagen (Nor), Latour, Turgis (Fra)
  • Team Arkéa-Samsic: Capiot (Bel), Quintana (Col)
  • B&B Hotels-KTM: Bonnamour, Hivert (Fra)
  • Israel Start-Up Nation: Schmidt (Dan)
  • Astana-Qazaqstan: Lutsenko (Ukr), De la Cruz (Spain)
  • Jumbo-Visma: Roglic (Slo), Kruijswijk (Hol), Van Aert (Bel), Dennis (Aus), Laporte (Fra)
  • Team DSM: Kragh Andersen (Dan), Bol (Hol), Degenkolb (G)
  • Ineos-Grenadiers: Ganna (Ita), A.Yates (Gbr), Martinez (Col)

As every year, the race will take place over a week from Sunday March 6, 2022 to Sunday March 13, 2022.

The route of this 80 edition of Paris-Nice was officially unveiled on Wednesday January 5, here are the details of the route:

This Paris-Nice 2022 should benefit from a double broadcast on French television, on France 3 and Eurosportwith, in the comments, Alexandre Pasteur, Laurent Jalabert and Marion Rousse on one side, and Guillaume Di Grazia, Jacky Durand, David Moncoutié and Steve Chainel on the other.

The Primoz Roglic incident finally benefited the German Maximilian Schachmann, already crowned last year and who won this Paris-Nice 2021 ahead of Alexander Vlasov and Ion Izagirre:



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