Who wins Paris–Nice 2021?
There is no odds at Paris–Nice 2021 yet, but we have found odds at Tour de France 2020.
Who wins Paris–Nice 2020?
Paris - Nice 2020
Paris-Nice has an official tour for its 78th edition, which is celebrated between the 8th and 15th of March. The first European test of the UCI World Tour calendar presents a similar path to that of recent years, although with some novelties and with three big stages for the fight for the general classification: the fourth, a time trial of only 15 kilometers, the seventh, with a finish line in Valdeblore La Colmiane (16.km at 6.3% average slope), and the eighth, with departure and arrival in Nice, but with several changes from the classic route.
The first stage offers a circuit with a sawtooth profile around the town of Plaisir and that holds a final trap: the Neauphle-le-Château level, 1.4km to 7.8% of average slope and is crowned at about 5km finish, a great opportunity for the most explosive cyclists.
The next two stages seem designed for sprinters, but the cold, rain and roads exposed to the strong wind, characteristic of Paris-Nice for its location on the calendar, can favor fan formation and an unexpected battle between favorites.
The fourth quarter is the only one of the time trial discipline in the next edition. With departure and arrival in Saint-Amand-Montrond, the hometown of Julian Alaphilippe (the French idol will be in the bunch, and of the only 15.4km with two dimensions in the first half, it seems little to open up great differences between the candidates to the general classification.
The fifth day, the longest of the race, with 227km between Gannat and the Côte-Saint-André, and the sixth, with a 160km leg-breaker route, six big climbs, and many others without categorizing, are unpredictable and open the fan for adventurers or outsiders before the decisive weekend.
The climbers will have their day on Saturday, March 14 with the arrival high at Valdeblore La Colmiane, a ski resort located in the Maritime Alps and keeping the goal at 1,500 meters altitude. The final climb, from 16.3km to 6.3% of average slope, does not have large slopes, but it is long and constant.
For the last day, the classic stage with departure and arrival in Nice, presents several novelties on a hard and attractive 113.5km layout, for the bravest.