PROS – Paris-Nice 2023: route, maps and stage profiles, climbs and TV broadcast times for the 81st edition

Paris-Nice 2023 starts on Sunday 5 March, from La Verrière, and finishes on Sunday 12 March in Nice. The route of 8 stages, including a time trial, offers a total of 1 201 km, 16 050 m of elevation gain and two fine summit finishes (Loge des Gardes on stage 4 and Col de la Couillole on stage 7). Primoz Roglic’s crown is up for grabs, as the defending champion is not on the start line. The battle promises to be a great one, with several Tour de France winners in the field, Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard, Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar and Colombia’s Egan Bernal. The race can also count on Britain’s Simon Yates and the French riders David Gaudu and Romain Bardet to open hostilities and upset the predictions. Top sprinters will also get the chance to rub shoulders, with Arnaud Démare, Michael Matthews, Sam Bennett and Bryan Coquard. Find the maps, profiles, climbs and final kilometres of each stage, along with the TV broadcast times and the entrants for this 81st edition of the Race to the Sun.

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How to follow Paris-Nice 2023 on TV?

Paris-Nice 2023 can be watched live every day on France 3 and Eurosport 2 from 3 pm, and from 1 pm on Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 March. On commentary, Alexandre Pasteur, Laurent Jalabert and Marion Rousse on France 3, and Guillaume Di Grazia, Jacky Durand, David Moncoutié and Steve Chainel on Eurosport 2.

The Paris-Nice 2023 route

Maps, profiles, climbs and final km of each stage

Sunday 5 March – Stage 1 – La Verrière > La Verrière (169.5 km – 1 650 m elevation gain)

Monday 6 March – Stage 2 – Bazainville > Fontainebleau (164 km – 1 000 m elevation gain)

Tuesday 7 March – Stage 3 – Dampierre-en-Burly > Dampierre-en-Burly (32.2 km – 150 m elevation gain)

Wednesday 8 March – Stage 4 – Saint-Amand-Montrond > La Loge des Gardes (165 km – 2 600 m elevation gain)

Thursday 9 March – Stage 5 – Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise > Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux (212.5 km – 2 050 m elevation gain)

Friday 10 March – Stage 6 – Tourves > La-Colle-sur-Loup (197.5 km – 2 750 m elevation gain)

Saturday 11 March – Stage 7 – Nice > Col de la Couillole (143 km – 3 500 m elevation gain)

Sunday 12 March – Stage 8 – Nice > Nice (117.5 km – 2 350 m elevation gain)

The leaders’ jerseys and 2022 winners

The main entrants (22 teams)

Germany

BORA-hansgrohe : Schachmann (Ger), Bennett (Irl)

Australia

Team Jayco AlUla : S.Yates (Gbr), Matthews, Hamilton (Aus)

Bahrain

Bahrain Victorious : Haig (Aus), Mäder (Sui)

Belgium

Soudal Quick Step : Asgreen (Dan), Cavagna (Fra), Merlier (Bel)

Lotto Dstny : De Lie, T.De Gendt (Bel), Sweeny (Aus)

Intermarché-Circus-Wanty : Calmejane, Page (Fra) 

Alpecin-Fenix : Kragh Andersen (Dan), Groves (Aus)

United Arab Emirates

UAE Team Emirates : Pogacar (Slo), Majka (Pol), Trentin (Ita), Wellens (Bel)

United States

EF Education-Easypost : Powless (Usa), Cort (Dan), Bisseger (Sui)

Trek-Segafredo : Pedersen, Skjelmose (Dan)                                 

Spain

Movistar Team : Garcia Cortina (Esp), Jorgenson (Usa)

France

AG2R Citroën Team : Paret-Peintre (Fra), Dewulf, Naesen (Bel)

Cofidis : Coquard, Thomas (Fra), I.Izagirre (Esp)

Groupama-FDJ : Gaudu, Démare (Fra), Küng (Sui) 

TotalEnergies : Boasson Hagen (Nor), Latour, Turgis (Fra)

Team Arkea-Samsic : Champoussin, Vauquelin (Fra)

Israel

Israel-Premier Tech : Houle (Dan), Van Asbroeck (Bel)

Kazakhstan 

Astana Qazaqstan Team : Sanchez, De la Cruz (Esp)

Norway

Uno-X Pro Cycling Team : Kristoff, Tiller (Nor)

Netherlands

Jumbo-Visma : Vingegaard (Dan), Dennis (Aus), Laporte (Fra), Foss (Nor)

Team DSM : Bardet (Fra), Degenkolb (Ger)

United Kingdom

Ineos Grenadiers : Bernal, Martinez (Col), Fraile (Esp), Hayter (Gbr)

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