The Paris-Nice, version 2022, will start from Mantes-la-Ville on March 6, and will end on the Promenade des Anglais, in Nice, on March 13. In the meantime, the runners will spend their entire day on the 9th on the Bourbonnais grounds, which will host the traditional midweek stopwatch.
Domérat will be the starting city and Montluçon the finishing city. The route was presented yesterday morning in Versailles by Christian Prudhomme, the director of cycling at Amaury Sport Organization.
1. A peloton of 154 riders on the starting line
Twenty-two teams will start this Paris-Nice: the eighteen UCI WorldTeams, the first two teams in the UCI ProTeams ranking in 2021, namely Alpecin-Fenix (Belgium) and Team Arkéa – Samsic (France) and two guests, B&B Hotels-KTM (France) and Total Energies (France).
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The peloton will be made up of 154 riders including Primoz Roglic, victorious in three stages in 2021 then victim of a fall on the last day of the race where he lost everything. Egan Bernal, winner of the Tour de France in 2019 and Paris Nice the same year should be his most serious rival.
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It will also be necessary to beware of the German Maximilian Schachmann, winner of the last two editions. For the party to be beautiful, all that is missing is the double world champion, Julian Alaphilippe, whose participation all Bourbonnais are hoping for.
2. A short but demanding 13.4 km time trial
The fourth stage of Paris-Nice crosses three municipalities: Domérat city start (avenue Victor-Hugo), Prémilhat (the intermediate stop will be located at the Etang de Sault) and Montluçon city finish (avenue Aristide-Briand, just after the Arnaud-Beltrame roundabout).
The climax of the stage, both literally and figuratively, will undoubtedly be the rue de Buffon and its 700 meters at an average of 8%. “ASO was looking for a time trial that was open with a little difficulty. There, the layout is perfect for that ”, analyzes Forian Vachon, the former professional rider.
Florian Vachon, the former professional rider from Montluçonnais, believes that it will be necessary to be strong to win the time trial.
If the distance is rather reminiscent of a Tour de France prologue, the Montluçonnais believes that gaps can be made. “For the contenders for the general classification, this will be the first showpiece. The course is far from easy, it will go very, very quickly. Even if we focus on Buffon and the start at Domérat, there will be a very easy part in the middle, with the descent to Sault, the passage to Sault and to get Buffon’s foot.
It will be necessary to be strong. There are leaders who could lose the general classification on this stage
Florian Vachon (former professional rider)
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3. Elected officials, in Montluçon and Domérat, ready to work double
For Frédéric Laporte, this 100% Bourbonnaise stage is a godsend. “We were very interested in the idea of having a local stage that could enhance our territory. With the images from France Télé, we are sure to be well served ”. The mayor of Montluçon believes that it is important to position oneself on events like Paris-Nice which “have national and international repercussions”.
When we go to see the runners appear at the start of the Buffon hill, it will be extremely spectacular
Frédéric Laporte (mayor of Montluçon)
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“And it will be a Wednesday when we can mobilize a lot of children along the route”. Also present at the press conference, Pascale Lescurat says she is delighted to welcome Paris-Nice to her town for the first time.
“For us, this is historic, even completely unexpected” ?! The mayor of Domérat does not intend to spare his efforts to make this Paris-Nice a great cycling festival. “With our cultural service, we plan to set up a whole series of activities from Sunday to Sunday. We will do certain things in partnership with the municipality of Montluçon and others that we will organize ourselves ”.
Fabrice Redon
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