Paris - Nice 2016

Race details

Route

74th Paris - Nice

Competition

UCI World Tour 2016 2.UWT

Stages

eight

Dates

March 6 - 13, 2016

Distance

1,122.1 km

A country

France

Start place

Conflans Sainte Honorine

Finish place

Nice

Teams

22

Racers started

175

Finished the riders

131

average speed

40.886 km / h

Winners

Winner

Geraint Thomas ( Sky )

Second

Alberto Contador ( Tinkoff )

Third

Richie Port ( BMC Racing )

Spectacled

Michael Matthews ( Orica-GreenEDGE )

Mountain

Antoine Duchenne ( Direct Énergie )

Time team

Movistar

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Documentation

The 74th edition of Paris - Nice - a multi-day road race on the roads of France . The race was held from March 6 to March 13, 2016 as part of the UCI 2016 World Tour . The winner in a bitter struggle was the British cyclist Geraint Thomas from the team “ Team Sky ” ^[1] .

Members

22 teams took part in the race. Automatically, 18 teams from the UCI WorldTeam category received invitations to the race. The organizers also provided special invitations ( wild card ) 4 for professional continental teams. A total of 175 riders went to the start. 131 athletes reached the finish line of the competition.

WorldTeams (18)

AG2R La Mondiale
Astana
BMC racing
Cannondale
Dimension Data
Etixx-Quick Step
Fdj
Giant alpecin
Iam
Katusha
Lampre-merida
Lotto nl-jumbo
Lotto-soudal
Movistar
Orica-GreenEDGE
Sky
Tinkoff
Trek-segafredo

Professional Continental Teams (4)

Cofidis
Delko-Marseille Provence-KTM
Direct énergie
Fortuneo-vital concept

Russian participants

Team Katusha : Pavel Kochetkov (56), Sergey Lagutin (61), Ilnur Zakarin ( 4th place in the overall standings + victory in stage 6 )

Tinkoff : Yuri Trofimov (49)

Route

The race route was presented on December 17, 2015. It included 8 stages with a total length of 1,122.1 kilometers. The start of the competition was in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine , and the finish was traditionally in Nice . The first stage was held as a prologue in the format of an individual separate race . ^[2]

Stage	date	Route	Length (km)	Winner	General classification leader
Prologue	6 mar	Conflans Sainte Honorine - Conflans Sainte Honorine	6.1	Michael Matthews	Michael Matthews
one	Mar 7	Conde-sur-Vegre - Vendome	198	Arno Demar	Michael Matthews
2	Mar 8	Counter - Commentry	213.5	Michael Matthews	Michael Matthews
3	Mar 9	Kusset - Mount Bruyey	168	stage cancellation	Michael Matthews
four	10 mar	Julienas - Roman-sur-Isère	195.5	Nasser Buhanni	Michael Matthews
five	Mar 11	Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateau - Salon-de-Provence	198	Alexey Lutsenko	Michael Matthews
6	12 mar	Nice - Madone d'Utelle	177	Ilnur Zakarin	Geraint Thomas
7	Mar 13	Nice - Nice	134	Tim Wellens	Geraint Thomas

Race Course

Prologue

Stage Results
Racer		Team	Time
1st	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEDGE	7 '30
2nd	Tom Dumoulin	Giant alpecin	+ 1
3rd	Patrick Bevin	Cannondale	+ 2
4th	Jesus Errada	Movistar	+ 6
5th	Ion Isagirre	Movistar	+ 6
6th	Liuwe Vestra	Astana	+ 7
7th	Geraint Thomas	Sky	+ 7
8th	Dris devenins	Iam	+ 8
9th	Sylvain Chavanel	Direct énergie	+ 9
10th	Jerome Koppel	Iam	+ 9

Source: ProCyclingStats

General classification
Racer		Team	Time
1st	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEDGE	7 '30
2nd	Tom Dumoulin	Giant alpecin	+ 1
3rd	Patrick Bevin	Cannondale	+ 2
4th	Jesus Errada	Movistar	+ 6
5th	Ion Isagirre	Movistar	+ 6
6th	Liuwe Vestra	Astana	+ 7
7th	Geraint Thomas	Sky	+ 7
8th	Dris devenins	Iam	+ 8
9th	Sylvain Chavanel	Direct énergie	+ 9
10th	Jerome Koppel	Iam	+ 9

Source: ProCyclingStats

Stage 1

Stage Results
Racer		Team	Time
1st	Arno Demar	Fdj	4h 29 '53
2nd	Ben swift	Sky	+ 0
3rd	Nasser Buhanni	Cofidis	+ 0
4th	Adrian Petit	Direct énergie	+ 0
5th	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEDGE	+ 0
6th	Tom Bonen	Etixx-Quick Step	+ 0
7th	Sep Wanmarke	Lottonl-jumbo	+ 0
8th	Simon Geshke	Giant alpecin	+ 0
9th	Jonas Van Genechten	Iam	+ 0
10th	Geraint Thomas	Sky	+ 0

Source: ProCyclingStats

General classification
Racer		Team	Time
1st	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEDGE	4h 37 '30
2nd	Tom Dumoulin	Giant alpecin	+ 3
3rd	Patrick Bevin	Cannondale	+ 4
4th	Ion Isagirre	Movistar	+ 8
5th	Geraint Thomas	Sky	+ 8
6th	Liuwe Vestra	Astana	+ 9
7th	Dris devenins	Iam	+ 10
8th	Richie port	BMC racing	+ 12
9th	Arno Demar	Fdj	+ 14
10th	Wilko Kelderman	Lottonl-jumbo	+ 15

Source: ProCyclingStats

Stage 2

Stage Results
Racer		Team	Time
1st	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEDGE	5h 04 '26
2nd	Niccolo Bonifacio	Trek-segafredo	+ 0
3rd	Nasser Buhanni	Cofidis	+ 0
4th	Alexander Kristoff	Katusha	+ 1
5th	Arno Demar	Fdj	+ 1
6th	Ben swift	Sky	+ 1
7th	Andre Greipel	Lotto-soudal	+ 1
8th	Wouter Wippert	Cannondale	+ 1
9th	Adrian Petit	Direct énergie	+ 1
10th	Jonas Van Genechten	Iam	+ 1

Source: ProCyclingStats

General classification
Racer		Team	Time
1st	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEDGE	9h 41 '46
2nd	Tom Dumoulin	Giant alpecin	+ 14
3rd	Patrick Bevin	Cannondale	+ 19
4th	Ion Isagirre	Movistar	+ 19
5th	Geraint Thomas	Sky	+ 19
6th	Liuwe Vestra	Astana	+ 24
7th	Dris devenins	Iam	+ 25
8th	Arno Demar	Fdj	+ 25
9th	Rafal Mike	Tinkoff	+ 27
10th	Richie port	BMC racing	+ 27

Source: ProCyclingStats

Stage 3

Cyclists shortly after the start of the third stage

The third stage was to go along a route of 168 kilometers in the east direction from Kusset in Allie to the ascent to Mont Bruy in Rhone . During the first 120 kilometers, the riders overcame five categorical climbs, then drove into the mountain range with two ascents to Monbruy, a 3-km climb of 7.7% with the last 1000 meters - 9.3%. ^[3]

A group of sixteen riders went ahead early. Alexis Gujard (AG2R La Mondiale) attacked with Laurent Didier (Trek – Segafredo) and Alexei Lutsenko (Astana). They were joined by Jesus Errada (Movistar) and Thomas De Gendt (Lotto – Soudal), as the rest of the group was caught by a peloton . ^[4] The stage took place in cold winter conditions, with an increase in the amount of snow falling and freezing temperatures down to -5 ° C. At the top of the third climb, there was a food zone where, taking into account climatic conditions, the race becoming too slippery, the race was neutralized. It was originally intended to resume the race after descent from the top, 42 kilometers before the finish. But after a few minutes due to lack of material and technical means for transporting riders, sports directors decided to neutralize the entire stage completely. The results were not taken into account in the general classification, but points for intermediate sprints and mountain bonuses were awarded, which were challenged. ^[5] ^[6]

Stage 4

Stage Results
Racer		Team	Time
1st	Nasser Buhanni	Cofidis	4h 42 '20
2nd	Edward Tons	Trek-segafredo	+ 0
3rd	Andre Greipel	Lotto-soudal	+ 0
4th	Alexander Kristoff	Katusha	+ 0
5th	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEDGE	+ 0
6th	Ben swift	Sky	+ 0
7th	Nicholas Mas	Etixx-Quick Step	+ 0
8th	Tony gallopen	Lotto-soudal	+ 0
9th	Youssef Regigi	Dimension Data	+ 0
10th	Roy Curvers	Giant alpecin	+ 0

Source: ProCyclingStats

General classification
Racer		Team	Time
1st	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEDGE	14h 24 '15
2nd	Tom Dumoulin	Giant alpecin	+ 14
3rd	Patrick Bevin	Cannondale	+ 19
4th	Ion Isagirre	Movistar	+ 19
5th	Geraint Thomas	Sky	+ 19
6th	Liuwe Vestra	Astana	+ 24
7th	Dris devenins	Iam	+ 25
8th	Rafal Mike	Tinkoff	+ 27
9th	Richie port	BMC racing	+ 27
10th	Tim Wellens	Lotto-soudal	+ 28

Source: ProCyclingStats

Stage 5

Stage Results
Racer		Team	Time
1st	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana	5h 00 '26
2nd	Alexander Kristoff	Katusha	+ 21
3rd	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEDGE	+ 21
4th	Davide Chimolay	Lampre-merida	+ 21
5th	Sep Wanmarke	Lottonl-jumbo	+ 21
6th	Peter Serry	Etixx-Quick Step	+ 21
7th	Vicente Reines	Iam	+ 21
8th	Leonardo Duque	Delko-Marseille Provence-KTM	+ 21
9th	Oliver Nasen	Iam	+ 21
10th	Arnold Jeannesson	Cofidis	+ 21

Source: ProCyclingStats

General classification
Racer		Team	Time
1st	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEDGE	19h 24 '58
2nd	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana	+ 6
3rd	Tom Dumoulin	Giant alpecin	+ 18
4th	Patrick Bevin	Cannondale	+ 23
5th	Ion Isagirre	Movistar	+ 23
6th	Geraint Thomas	Sky	+ 23
7th	Liuwe Vestra	Astana	+ 28
8th	Dris devenins	Iam	+ 29
9th	Rafal Mike	Tinkoff	+ 31
10th	Richie port	BMC racing	+ 31

Source: ProCyclingStats

Stage 6

Stage Results
Racer		Team	Time
1st	Ilnur Zakarin	Katusha	4h 45 '11
2nd	Geraint Thomas	Sky	+ 0
3rd	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff	+ 1
4th	Richie port	BMC racing	+ 7
5th	Sergio Henao	Sky	+ 10
6th	Simon Yates	Orica-GreenEDGE	+ 10
7th	Rui Costa	Lampre-merida	+ 31
8th	Romain Barde	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 31
9th	Ion Isagirre	Movistar	+ 31
10th	Tony gallopen	Lotto-soudal	+ 31

Source: ProCyclingStats

General classification
Racer		Team	Time
1st	Geraint Thomas	Sky	24h 10 '26
2nd	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff	+ 15
3rd	Ilnur Zakarin	Katusha	+ 20
4th	Richie port	BMC racing	+ 21
5th	Tom Dumoulin	Giant alpecin	+ 32
6th	Ion Isagirre	Movistar	+ 37
7th	Sergio Henao	Sky	+ 39
8th	Simon Yates	Orica-GreenEDGE	+ 44
9th	Tony gallopen	Lotto-soudal	+ 51
10th	Romain Barde	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1 '00

Source: ProCyclingStats

Stage 7

Stage Results
Racer		Team	Time
1st	Tim Wellens	Lotto-soudal	3h 16 '09
2nd	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff	+ 0
3rd	Richie port	BMC racing	+ 0
4th	Tony gallopen	Lotto-soudal	+ 5
5th	Simon Yates	Orica-GreenEDGE	+ 5
6th	Arnold Jeannesson	Cofidis	+ 5
7th	Rui Costa	Lampre-merida	+ 5
8th	Jesus Errada	Movistar	+ 5
9th	Romain Barde	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 5
10th	Ion Isagirre	Movistar	+ 5

Source: ProCyclingStats

Classification Leaders

Stage	Winner	General	Spectacled	Mountain	Team
P	Michael Matthews	Michael Matthews	Michael Matthews	not played out	Movistar team
one	Arno Demar			Ion Isagirre
2	Michael Matthews
3	stage canceled
four	Nasser Buhanni			Evaldas Siskevicius
five	Alexey Lutsenko			Jesus Errada	Astana Pro Team
6	Ilnur Zakarin	Geraint Thomas		Antoine Duchenne	Team sky
7	Tim Wellens	Geraint Thomas		Antoine Duchenne	Movistar team
Total		Geraint Thomas	Michael Matthews	Antoine Duchenne	Movistar team

Final position


Classification winners: Geraint Thomas (general), Michael Matthews (points) and Antoine Duchenne (mountain)

General classification
Racer		Team	Time
1st	Geraint Thomas	Sky	27h 26 '40
2nd	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff	+ 4
3rd	Richie port	BMC racing	+ 12
4th	Ilnur Zakarin	Katusha	+ 20
5th	Ion Isagirre	Movistar	+ 37
6th	Sergio Henao	Sky	+ 44
7th	Simon Yates	Orica-GreenEDGE	+ 44
8th	Tony gallopen	Lotto-soudal	+ 51
9th	Romain Barde	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1 '00
10th	Rui Costa	Lampre-merida	+ 1 '07

Source: ProCyclingStats Cycling Quotient Cycling Archives

Spectacle classification
Racer		Team	Glasses
1st	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEDGE	53 points
2nd	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff	23 points
3rd	Ben swift	Sky	22 points
4th	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana	18 points
5th	Geraint Thomas	Sky	18 points
6th	Richie port	BMC racing	16 points
7th	Jesus Errada	Movistar	16 points
8th	Ilnur Zakarin	Katusha	15 points
9th	Tim Wellens	Lotto-soudal	15 points
10th	Tom Dumoulin	Giant alpecin	12 points

Mountain classification
Racer		Team	Glasses
1st	Antoine Duchenne	Direct énergie	78 points
2nd	Jesus Errada	Movistar	51 points
3rd	Thomas de Gendt	Lotto-soudal	49 points
4th	Arno Kurtay	Fdj	20 points
5th	Evaldas Siskevicius	Delko-Marseille Provence-KTM	18 points
6th	Tim Wellens	Lotto-soudal	16 points
7th	Ilnur Zakarin	Katusha	14 points
8th	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff	14 points
9th	Florian Washon	Fortuneo-vital concept	13 points
10th	Cyril Gauthier	AG2R La Mondiale	12 points

Team time classification
Team		Time
1st	Movistar	14h 02 '32
2nd	Astana	+ 41
3rd	Sky	+ 3 '11
4th	Cannondale	+ 5 '33
5th	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 10 '53
6th	Lampre-merida	+ 13 '28
7th	Lotto-soudal	+ 21 '05
8th	Tinkoff	+ 21 '59
9th	Katusha	+ 24 '10
10th	Lottonl-jumbo	+ 24 '11

Notes

↑ PARIS - NICE 2016: GRAINTH THOMAS - RACE WINNER , veloclub.su (March 14, 2016). Date of treatment March 17, 2019.
↑ The route of the multi-day race Paris-Nice-2016 , velolive.com (December 17, 2015). Date of treatment March 19, 2019.
↑ Roadbook, 2016 , pp. 27-30.
↑ Paris-Nice: Matthews remains in control after snow forces stage 3 cancellation , Cyclingnews.com , Immediate Media Company (March 9, 2016). Archived on April 15, 2016. Date of appeal April 15, 2016.
↑ Paris-Nice stage 3 canceled due to snow , Cyclingnews.com , Immediate Media Company (March 9, 2016). Date of appeal April 15, 2016.
↑ Paris-Nice stage three canceled due to adverse weather conditions , Cycling Weekly , Time Inc. UK (March 9, 2016). Date of appeal April 15, 2016.

Links

Official site
Paris - Nice 2016 at FirstCycling
Paris - Nice 2016 at CQ ranking
Paris - Nice 2016 at ProCyclingStats
Paris - Nice 2016 at Cycling Archives

[1] PARIS - NICE 2016: GRAINTH THOMAS - RACE WINNER , veloclub.su (March 14, 2016). Date of treatment March 17, 2019.

[2] The route of the multi-day race Paris-Nice-2016 , velolive.com (December 17, 2015). Date of treatment March 19, 2019.

[_89283f363ccaa0d8-3] Roadbook, 2016 , pp. 27-30.

[cn-s3-report-4] Paris-Nice: Matthews remains in control after snow forces stage 3 cancellation , Cyclingnews.com , Immediate Media Company (March 9, 2016). Archived on April 15, 2016. Date of appeal April 15, 2016.

[5] Paris-Nice stage 3 canceled due to snow , Cyclingnews.com , Immediate Media Company (March 9, 2016). Date of appeal April 15, 2016.

[6] Paris-Nice stage three canceled due to adverse weather conditions , Cycling Weekly , Time Inc. UK (March 9, 2016). Date of appeal April 15, 2016.