A new champion will be crowned at one of the most prestigious races on the cycling calendar as France plays host to the 71st edition of Paris-Nice.
Stages
Prologue: Sunday, March 3 - Houilles individual time trial, 2.9km - map and profile | report
Result / general classification
1 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Europcar, 3:37
2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +1sec
3 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM, same time
4 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Blanco, +2
5 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ, st
6 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +3
7 Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack - Leopard, st
8 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana, st
9 Sebastien Turgot (Fra) Europcar, +4
10 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana, +5
Stage 1: Monday, March 4 - Saint-Germain-en-Laye to Nemours, 195km - map and profile | report
Result
1 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ, 4:47.24
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Merida, same time
3 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale, st
4 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto-Belisol, st
5 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling, st
6 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Blanco, st
7 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar, st
8 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica-GreenEDGE, st
9 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana, st
10 Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM
General classification
1 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ, 4:51.01
2 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Europcar, same time
3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +1sec
4 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM, st
5 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale, st
6 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Merida, +2
7 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Blanco, st
8 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ, st
9 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +3
10 Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack-Leopard, st
Stage 2: Tuesday, March 5 - Vimory to Cerilly, 200.5km - map and profile | report
Result
1 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Argos-Shimano, 5:42.18
2 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale, same time
3 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica-GreenEDGE, st
4 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana, st
5 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R, st
6 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, st
7 Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM, st
8 Jens Debusschere (Bel) - Lotto-Belisol, st
9 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar, st
10 Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack, st
General classification
1 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale, 10:33:11
2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +7sec
3 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Europcar, +8sec
4 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM, +9sec
5 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Merida, +10
6 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Blanco, st
7 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ, +11sec
8 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, st
9 Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack-Leopard, st
10 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana
Stage 3: Wednesday, March 6 - Chatel-Guyon to Brioude, 170.5km - map and profile | report
Result
1 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Sharp, 4:06.15
2 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Europcar, same time
3 Gorka Izaguirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi, st
4 David Lopez (Spa) Team Sky, st
5 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky, st
6 Romain Bardet (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale, st
7 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana, st
8 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Sojasun, +7secs
9 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana, st
10 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale
General classification
1 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Sharp, 14:39.36
2 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana, +3secs
3 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Europcar, same time
4 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +4
5 Gorka Izaguirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi, +5
6 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM, +6
7 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky, +7
8 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +8
9 David Lopez (Spa) Team Sky, +9
10 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Sojasun, +12
Stage 4: Thursday, March 7 - Brioude to Saint-Vallier, 199.5km - map and profile | report
Result
1 Michael Albasini (Sui) Orica-GreenEDGE, 4:55.41
2 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana, same time
3 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, st
4 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana, st
5 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida, st
6 Andrew Talanksy (USA) Garmin-Sharp, st
7 Romain Bardet (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale, st
8 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-GreenEDGE, st
9 Andreas Kloden (Ger) RadioShack-Leopard, st
10 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Katusha
General classification
1 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Sharp, 19:35.17
2 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana, +3secs
3 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +4
4 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, same time
5 Gorka Izaguirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi, +5
6 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM, +6
7 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky, +7
8 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana, +13
9 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale, st
10 Bart Le Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Belisol, +15
Stage 5: Friday, March 8 - Chateauneuf-du-Pape to La Montagne de Lure, 176km - map and profile | report
Result
1 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky, 4:50:54
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha, +26secs
3 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Sharp, +33
4 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC, same time
5 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida, st
6 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM, st
7 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale, st
8 Nairo Quintana (Spa) Movistar, st
9 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha, st
10 Michelli Scarponi (Ita) Lampre Merida, st
General classification
1 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky, 24:26:08
2 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Sharp, +32secs
3 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM, +42, 4 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale, +49secs
5 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC, +52
6 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +53
7 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha, same time
8 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida, +54
9 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-Merida, st
10 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +56
Stage 6: Saturday, March 9 - Manosque to Nice, 220km - map and profile | report
Stage six result
1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, 5:14.23
2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC, same time
3 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar, st
4 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale, st
5 Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack-Leopard, st
6 Julien Simon (Fra) Sojasun, st
7 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana, st
8 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling, st
9 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Sojasun, st
10 Alberto Losada (Spa) Katusha, st
General classification
1 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky, 29:40.31
2 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Sharp, +32secs
3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +42
4 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM, +42
5 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale, +49
6 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC, +52
7 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +53
8 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha, +53
9 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida, +54
10 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana, +1.06
Stage 7: Sunday, March 10 - Nice to Col d'Eze, 9.6km individual time trial - map and profile | report
Stage seven result
1 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky, 19:16
2 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Sharp, +23secs
3 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar, +27
4 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale, +32
5 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC, +52
6 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha, +55
7 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida, +1.00
8 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-Merida, +1.03
9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +1.05
10 Ion Izaguirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi, +1.06
Final general classification
1 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky, 29:59.47
2 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Sharp, +55secs
3 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale, +1.21
4 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC, +1.44
5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +1.47
6 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha, +1.48
7 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida, +1.54
8 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM, +2.17
9 Andreas Kloden (Ger) RadioShack-Leopard, +2.22
10 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +2.28
Teams and riders
Ag2r-La Mondiale: Romain Bardet (Fra), Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra), Maxime Bouet (Fra), Mikael Cherel (Fra), Samuel Dumoulin (Fra), Huber Dupont (Fra), Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr), Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra).
Argos-Shimano: Warren Barguil (Fra), Roy Curvers (Ned), Koen de Kort (Ned), Yann Huguet (Fra), Thierry Hupond (Fra), Marcel Kittel (Ger), Tom Stansnijder (Ned), Tom Veelers (Ned).
Astana: Borut Bozic (Slo), Jakob Fuglsang (Den), Francesco Gavazzi (Ita), Andriy Grivko (Ukr), Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz), Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz), Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel), Egor Silin (Rus).
Blanco: Stef Clement (Ned), Robert Gesink (Ned), Wilco Kelderman (Ned), Steven Kruijswijk (Ned), Mark Renshaw (Aus), Bram Tankink (Ned), David Tanner (Aus), Maarten Tjallingii (Ned).
BMC: Brent Bookwalter (USA), Mathias Frank (Sui), Philippe Gilbert (Bel), Amael Moinard (Fra), Steve Morabito (Sui), Dominik Nerz (Ger), Daniel Oss (Ita), Tejay van Garderen (USA).
Cannondale: Ivan Basso (Ita), Maura da Dalto (Ita), Alessandro de Marchi (Ita), Lucas Haedo (Arg), Edward King (USA), Paolo Longo (Ita), Daniele Ratto (Ita), Elia Viviani (Ita).
Cofidis: Yoann Bagot (Fra), Jerome Coppel (Fra), Egoitz Garcia (Spa), Christophe le Mevel (Fra), Romain Lemarchand (Fra), Daniel Navarro (Spa), Rein Taaramae (Est), Romain Zingle (Bel).
Europcar: Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra), Jerome Cousin (Fra), Yohann Gene (Fra), Davide Malacarne (Ita), Angelo Tulik (Fra), Sebastien Turgot (Fra), David Veilleux (Can), Thomas Voeckler (Fra).
Euskaltel-Euskadi: Mikel Astarloza (Spa), Ion Izaguirre (Spa), Gorka Izaguirre (Spa), Jure Kocjan (Slo), Mikel Nieve (Spa), Ruben Perez (Spa), Romain Sicard (Fra), Gorka Verdugo (Spa).
FDJ: Nacer Bouhanni (Fra), Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra), Alexandre Geniez (Fra), Arnold Jeannesson (Fra), Laurent Mangel (Fra), Laurent Pichot (Fra), Jeremy Roy (Fra), Geoffrey Soupe (Fra).
Garmin-Sharp: Jack Bauer (NZ), Alex Howes (USA), Andreas Klier (Ger), Martijn Maaskant (Ned), David Millar (GB), Andrew Talansky (USA), Johan van Summeren (Bel), Fabian Wegmann (Ger).
IAM Cycling: Matthias Brandle (Aut), Martin Elmiger (Sui), Heinrich Haussler (Aus), Sebastien Hinault (Fra), Dominic Klemme (Ger), Thomas Lovkvist (Swe), Gustav Larsson (Swe), Johann Tschopp (Sui).
Katusha: Xavier Florencio (Spa), Alexander Kristoff (Nor), Alberto Losada (Spa), Denis Menchov (Rus), Gatis Smukulis (Lat), Simon Spilak (Slo), Yury Trofimov (Rus), Eduard Vorganov (Rus).
Lampre-Merida: Mattia Cattaneo (Ita), Kristijan Durasek (Cro), Elia Favilli (Ita), Manuele Mori (Ita), Andrea Palini (Ita), Alessandro Petacchi (Ita), Diego Ulissi (Ita), Luca Wackermann (Ita).
Lotto-Belisol: Lars Bak (Den), Dirk Bellemakers (Ned), Gaetan Bille (Bel), Bart de Clercq (Bel), Francis de Greef (Bel), Jens Debusschere (Bel), Dennis Vanendert (Bel), Frederik Willems (Bel).
Movistar: Rui Costa (Por), Imanol Erviti (Spa), Jose Gutierrez (Spa), Jesus Herrada (Spa), Vladimir Karpets (Rus), Javier Moreno (Spa), Ruben Plaza (Spa), Nairo Quintana (Col).
Omega Pharma - Quick-Step: Tom Boonen (Bel), Sylvain Chavanel (Fra), Kevin de Weert (Bel), Nikolas Maes (Bel), Gianni Meersman (Bel), Jerome Pineau (Fra), Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel), Peter Velits (Svk).
Orica-GreenEDGE: Michael Albasini (Sui), Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn), Simon Clarke (Aus), Mitchell Docker (Aus), Simon Gerrans (Aus), Leigh Howard (Aus), Jens Keukeleire (Bel), Michael Matthews (Aus).
RadioShack-Leopard: Jan Bakelants (Bel), Matthew Busche (USA), Tony Gallopin (Fra), Markel Irizar (Spa), Robert Kiserlovski (Cro), Andreas Kloden (Ger), Maxime Monfort (Bel), Jens Voigt (Ger).
Saxo-Tinkoff: Matti Breschel (Den), Roman Kreuziger (Cze), Anders Lund (Den), Michael Morkov (Den), Nicolas Roche (Irl), Nicki Sorensen (Den), Rory Sutherland (Aus), Oliver Zaugg (Sui).
Sojasun: Anthony Delaplace (Fra), Julien El Fares (Fra), Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra), Jonathan Hivert (Fra), Cyril Lemoine (Fra), Remi Pauriol (Fra), Julien Simon (Fra), Evaldas Siskevicius (Lit).
Team Sky: Ian Boswell (USA), Vasil Kiryienka (Blr), David Lopez (Spa), Danny Pate (USA), Richie Porte (Aus), Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr), Jonathan Tiernan-Locke (GB), Xabier Zandio (Spa).
Vacansoleil-DCM: Kris Boeckmans (Bel), Thomas de Gendt (Bel), Romain Feillu (Fra), Bjorn Leukemans (Bel), Bert Jan Lindeman (Ned), Nikita Novikov (Rus), Frederik Veuchelen (Bel), Lieuwe Westra (Ned).
