2018 Paris–Nice
| 2018 UCI World Tour, race 6 of 37 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dates | 4–11 March 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 1,198.9 km (745.0 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 30h 22' 41" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2018 Paris–Nice was a road cycling stage race that took place between 4 and 11 March 2018 in France. It was the 76th edition of the Paris–Nice and the sixth event of the 2018 UCI World Tour.[1][2]
The race was won on the final day by the Movistar Team's Marc Soler from Spain.[3] Having started the final stage 37 seconds down on race leader Simon Yates (Mitchelton–Scott) in sixth place overall, Soler attacked around halfway into the stage along with compatriot David de la Cruz (Team Sky); the duo joined Omar Fraile (Astana) at the head of the race, and the trio managed to stay clear of the rest of the field by the time they reached Nice. As de la Cruz and Fraile contested stage honours, Soler finished third – acquiring four bonus seconds on the finish in addition to three gained at an earlier intermediate sprint – and with a 35-second gap to Yates and the remaining general classification contenders, it was enough to give Soler victory over Yates by four seconds. The podium was completed by Bahrain–Merida's Gorka Izagirre, moving ahead of teammate and brother Ion Izagirre due to bonus seconds won on the final day, 14 seconds behind Soler, who also won the white jersey as best young rider.
Lotto–Soudal won the two other jerseys on offer in the race; Tim Wellens won the green jersey for the points classification, taking five top-ten finishes over the course of the week, while Thomas De Gendt was the winner of the mountains classification. With the performances of the Izagirre brothers, Bahrain–Merida were the winners of the teams classification.
Teams
[edit]As Paris–Nice is a UCI World Tour event, all eighteen UCI WorldTeams were invited automatically and obliged to enter a team in the race. Four UCI Professional Continental teams competed, completing the 22-team peloton.[4] Paris–Nice is the first race for Groupama–FDJ under this nomenclature, as French insurance company Groupama signed a co-naming sponsorship deal with the team.[5]
UCI WorldTeams
UCI Professional Continental teams
Route
[edit]The route of the 2018 Paris–Nice was announced on 9 January 2018.[6]
| Stage | Date | Route | Distance | Type | Winner | |
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| 1 | 4 March | Chatou to Meudon | 135 km (84 mi) |  | Hilly stage |  Arnaud Démare (FRA) |
| 2 | 5 March | Orsonville to Vierzon | 187.5 km (117 mi) |  | Flat stage |  Dylan Groenewegen (NLD) |
| 3 | 6 March | Bourges to Châtel-Guyon | 210 km (130 mi) | | Hilly stage | Jonathan Hivert (FRA) |
| 4 | 7 March | La Fouillouse to Saint-Étienne | 18.4 km (11 mi) |  | Individual time trial | Wout Poels (NED) |
| 5 | 8 March | Salon-de-Provence to Sisteron | 165 km (103 mi) | | Flat stage | Jérôme Cousin (FRA) |
| 6 | 9 March | Sisteron to Vence | 198 km (123 mi) |  | Medium-mountain stage | Rudy Molard (FRA) |
| 7 | 10 March | Nice to Valdeblore La Colmiane | 175 km (109 mi) |  | Mountain stage |  Simon Yates (GBR) |
| 8 | 11 March | Nice to Nice | 110 km (68 mi) | | Medium-mountain stage |  David de la Cruz (ESP) |
Stages
[edit]Stage 1
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