Paris-Nice 2024: The most important facts in brief
- Date: 3-10 March, 8 stages
- Distance~ 1200 kilometres
- StartLes Mureaux (Paris), GoalNice
- ProfileThree mountain stages, including two mountain finishes, three hilly stages, one team time trial, one flat stage
- UCI category: World Tour
- Premiere: 1933, 82nd edition
- All information about the route and TV broadcast
- All results at a glance
- More about the route change on stage 7
Paris-Nice is traditionally the first major tour highlight of the season. Although there are already two World Tour races on the UCI calendar in January and February with the Tour Down Under and the UAE Tour, the first big test of strength for the cyclists usually takes place in France and at the Paris-Nice, which is held in parallel and starts one day later. Tirreno-Adriatico over the stage.
Paris-Nice 2024: Primoz Roglic's debut for Bora-Hansgrohe
In 2024, Paris-Nice will be held from 3 to 10 March. The Start list has some big names like Remco Evenepoel (Soudal - Quick Step) or Primoz Roglic (Bora-Hansgrohe), who is making his debut for the German team. The overall victory should only go to these two stars. Last year's winner Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), on the other hand, will not be in the race.
Paris-Nice 2024: The route with all stages & elevation profiles at a glance
The route of Paris-Nice 2024 offers a small foretaste of part of the Tour de France route. More than 1000 kilometres are on the agenda, spread over eight stages. There are also more than 17,000 metres in altitude.
Stage 1 | Sunday, 3 March 2024 | Les Mureaux - Les Mureaux | 157.7 kilometres - 1750 vertical metres
The Tour has not started directly in Paris for many years. However, it has recently been a good tradition to start in a suburb of the metropolis. Les Mureaux in the north-west of the capital will be the venue for stage 1 in 2024. After an anti-clockwise lap of around 100 kilometres, the finish line will be crossed for the first time.
The second lap is about half as long, leading over the same two short climbs in the final 12 kilometres before the finish, which have the potential to tear a field apart at over ten per cent at the top. The first 1750 metres of climbing are completed here. The last of these are still waiting on the home straight, because if you want to win, you have to put in an easy uphill sprint.
Stage 2 | Monday, 4 March | Thoiry - Montargis | 179 kilometres - 1200 vertical metres
While the sprinters will have a tough time on the first stage, stage 2 should be a clear-cut affair. However, Thoiry, not far from Versailles, is also the only section where a bunch sprint is the most likely outcome. On the way south-east to Montargis, only small waves await. However, the section will be susceptible to wind, the organisers have revealed. Nevertheless, the fast men will hardly want to have their chances ruined by breakaways.
Stage 3 | Tuesday, 5 March | Auxerre - Auxerre | 26.9 kilometres (team time trial) - 330 vertical metres
Stage 3 of Paris-Nice 2024 is one of the rarer team time trials on the race calendar and was already on last year's programme. and made headlines with the changed mode. This should also come into play again over the 26.9 kilometres around Auxerre. The time for the team, i.e. for the daily classification, stops after the first rider of each team. For the overall classification, each rider is timed individually.
There are 330 metres in altitude to overcome, mainly spread over three small climbs, the last of which is on the home straight.
Start times of the teams in the team time trial
- 14:40:00 Israel-Premier Tech
- 14:44:00 Alpecin-Deceuninck
- 14:48:00 Astana Qazaqstan Team
- 14:52:00 Lotto-Dstny
- 14:56:00 Arkea-B&B Hotels
- 15:00:00 Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
- 15:04:00 TotalEnergies
- 15:08:00 Tudor Pro Cycling Team
- 15:12:00 Intermarche-Wanty
- 15:16:00 UAE Team Emirates
- 15:20:00 Team Jayco-AlUla
- 15:24:00 Cofidis
- 15:28:00 Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
- 15:32:00 Ineos Grenadiers
- 15:36:00 Bahrain-Victorious
- 15:40:00 EF Education EasyPost
- 15:44:00 Lidl Trek
- 15:48:00 Soudal - Quick Step
- 15:52:00 Movistar
- 15:56:00 Bora-Hansgrohe
- 16:00:00 Visma | Lease a Bike
- 16:04:00 Groupama-FDJ
Stage 4 | Wednesday, 6 March | Chalon-sur-Saone - Mont Brouilly | 183 kilometres - 3300 vertical metres
After the short detour to Auxerre, framed by longer transfers, the route continues into the Beaujoulais wine-growing region between the Massif Central and the Jura. But there are also plenty of hills here, so that with 3300 metres of altitude and the arrival at the Mont Brouilly vineyard, the climbers really get their chance for the first time.
From Chalon-sur-Saone, the route heads south over several category 2 climbs. The penultimate hurdle is the Col du Fut d'Avenas - even a one. All of the climbs are rather unrhythmic and have gradients well into double figures at the top. This also applies to the final Mont Brouilly, which was last on the plan in 2016 but had to be cancelled due to heavy snowfall.
This year, however, it is his turn twice, as he crosses the summit and thus the finish line for the first time after just 144 kilometres. However, the decision is not made until around 40 kilometres later.
- Sharp start: 12:00
- Destination: ~ 16:21 - 16:49
Stage 5 | Thursday, 7 March | Saint-Sauveur-de-Montagut - Sisteron | 193.5 kilometres - 2175 vertical metres
After another transfer, stage 5 begins in Saint-Sauveur-de-Montagut in the eastern foothills of the Massif Central. From there, the route heads south-east towards the foothills of the Alps to Sisteron. On the way there, four category 3 climbs and 2175 metres in altitude await, the finish is on a small wave and is passed for the first time a good ten kilometres before the finish.
If the breakaways don't feel compelled to pursue bigger targets on the long but gentle uphill sections, the sprinters could strike again here.
- Sharp start: 11:55
- Destination: ~ 16:19 - 16:45
Stage 6 | Friday, 8 March | Sisteron - La-Colle-sur-Loup | 198.2 kilometres - 2475 vertical metres
The finish of the previous day is the start of stage 6. From Sisteron, the longest stage of the tour, it's almost 200 kilometres to La Colle-sur-Loup, a small community near Nice. This is where the sixth stage was supposed to end last year. But unpredictable winds led to the cancellation of the stage.
Apart from the start, which offers just under 70 kilometres to the first major hurdle of the day, the stage is very reminiscent of last year's cancelled stage. It should be one for breakaways. This is because almost all of the 2475 metres in altitude are covered in the middle section of the day, with the last 22 kilometres almost exclusively downhill.
- Sharp start: 11:50
- Destination: ~ 16:20 - 16:47
Stage 7 | Saturday, 9th March | Nice - Madone d'Utelle | 103.7 kilometres - 2000 metres of ascent
The final weekend of Paris-Nice 2024 was actually supposed to start with the queen stage of the tour. The plan was for 173 kilometres to the mountain finish in Auron. However, bad weather thwarted the organisers' plans. The stage was changed and now ends with a mountain finish on the Madone d'Utelle. You can find out more about the new route here.
Stage 8 | Sunday, 10 March | Nice - Nice | 109.3 kilometres - 2350 vertical metres
The final day around Nice will be short but intense. Another 2350 metres in altitude await on the almost 110 kilometres. And here, too, parts of the route that have to be covered in the Tour will be ridden again - but then on the 21st stage in the individual time trial.
Between La Turbie and the Col d'Eze, the same course is taken under the wheels. But while the up to ten per cent steep climb could be the biggest hurdle in the Tour time trial, it is just one of many that could shake up the classification in Paris-Nice. Here, the Col des Quatre Chemins, around nine kilometres before the finish and up to 16 per cent steep, should decide the weal and woe. Because after that it's all downhill, the very last kilometres are flat. Lost time is almost impossible to make up. And in the recent past, it was often only seconds that separated the winner from his rivals in the overall standings.
- Sharp start: 12:05
- Destination: ~ 14:41 - 14:58
Paris-Nice 2024 today: TV broadcast & live stream
In Germany, the Paris-Nice 2024 long-distance race will take place at Eurosport broadcast. The race will be broadcast on Eurosport 2 at weekends and on Eurosport 1 during the week. discovery+ (via paid subscription) will also offer a live stream of all stages.
The TV broadcast times at a glance
- Stage 1: Sunday, 3 March | 15:10 - 17:00 Eurosport 2
- Stage 2: Monday, 4 March | 15:45 - 16:45 Eurosport 1
- Stage 3: Tuesday, 5 March | 15:45 - 16:45 Eurosport 1
- Stage 4: Wednesday, 6 March | 15:45 - 16:45 Eurosport 1
- Stage 5: Thursday, 7 March | 15:45 - 16:45 Eurosport 1
- Stage 6: Friday, 8 March | 15:45 - 16:45 Eurosport 1
- Stage 7: Saturday, 9 March | 13:25 - 15:15 Eurosport 2
- Stage 8: Sunday, 10 March | 13:05 - 15:00 Eurosport 2
Paris-Nice 2024: Participants - the start list
Bora-Hansgrohe
- 1 Primoz Roglic
- 2 Nico Denz
- 3 Marco Haller
- 4 Bob Jungels
- 5 Matteo Sobrero
- 6 Danny van Poppel
- 7 Aleksandr Vlasov
Groupama-FDJ
- 11 David Gaudu
- 12 Sven Erik Byström
- 13 Kevin Geniets
- 14 Quentin Pacher
- 15 Laurence Pithie
- 16 Clement Russo
- 17 Samuel Watson
Soudal - Quick Step
- 21 Remco Evenepoel
- 22 Mattia Cattaneo
- 23 Yves Lampaert
- 24 Gianni Moscon
- 25 Casper Pedersen
- 26 Ilan van Wilder
- 27 Louis Vervaeke
UAE Team Emirates
- 31 Joao Almeida
- 32 Finn Fisher-Black
- 33 Felix Großschartner
- 34 Brandon McNulty
- 35 Nils Politt
- 36 Marc Soler
- 37 Jay Vine
Visma | Lease a Bike
- 41 Matteo Jorgenson
- 42 Edoardo Affini
- 43 Koen Bouwman
- 44 Wilco Kelderman
- 45 Olav Kooij
- 46 Tim van Dijke
- 47 Mick van Dijke
Ineos Grenadiers
- 51 Egan Bernal
- 52 Jonathan Castroviejo
- 53 Laurens De Plus
- 54 Omar Fraile
- 55 Carlos Rodriguez
- 56 Joshua Tarling
- 57 Ben Turner
Lidl Trek
- 61 Mads Pedersen
- 62 Julien Bernard
- 63 Tim Declercq
- 64 Ryan Gibbons
- 65 Otto Vergaerde
- 66 Mattias Skjelmose
- 67 Jasper Stuyven
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
- 71 Felix Gall
- 72 Bruno Armirail
- 73 Sam Bennett
- 74 Dries De Bondt
- 75 Dorian Godon
- 76 Oliver Naesen
- 77 Aurelien Paret-Peintre
Team Jayco-AlUla
- 81 Michael Matthews
- 82 Luke Durbridge
- 83 Dylan Groenewegen
- 84 Chris Harper
- 85 Luka Mezgec
- 86 Lucas Plapp
- 87 Elmar Reinders
Cofidis
- 91 Ion Izagirre
- 92 Bryan Coquard
- 93 Nicolas Debeaumarche
- 94 Alexis Gougeard
- 95 Gorka Izagirre
- 96 Anthony Perez
- 97 Benjamin Thomas
Bahrain-Victorious
- 101 Pello Bilbao
- 102 Santiago Buitrago
- 103 Kamil Gradek
- 104 Jack Haig
- 105 Dusan Rajovic
- 106 Jasha Sütterlin
- 107 Fred Wright
Arkea-B&B Hotels
- 111 Arnaud Demare
- 112 Clement Champoussin
- 113 Ewen Costiou
- 114 Donavan Grondin
- 115 Thibault Guernalec
- 116 Lukasz Owsian
- 117 Miles Scotson
Lotto-Dstny
- 121 Arnaud De Lie
- 122 Cedric Beullens
- 123 Victor Campenaerts
- 124 Jasper De Buyst
- 125 Pascal Eenkhoorn
- 126 Mathijs Paasschens
- 127 Brent van Moer
EF Education EasyPost
- 131 Rigoberto Uran
- 132 Stefan Bissegger
- 133 Owain Doull
- 134 Andrea Piccolo
- 135 Jonas Rutsch
- 136 Harrison Sweeny
- 137 Michael Valgren
Astana Qazaqstan Team
- 141 Alexey Lutsenko
- 142 Samuele Battistella
- 143 Anthon Charmig
- 144 Christian Scaroni
- 145 Rüdiger Selig
- 146 Harold Tejada
- 147 Dmitriy Gruzdev
Movistar
- 151 Ruben Guerreiro
- 152 Jon Barrenetxea
- 153 William Barta
- 154 Remi Cavagna
- 155 Johan Jacobs
- 156 Mathias Norsgaard
- 157 Albert Torres
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
- 161 Fabio Jakobsen
- 162 Tobias Lund Andresen
- 163 Nils Eekhoff
- 164 Gijs Leemreize
- 165 Timo Roosen
- 166 Martijn Tusveld
- 167 Julius van den Berg
Alpecin-Deceuninck
- 171 Kaden Groves
- 172 Maurice Ballerstedt
- 173 Silvan Dillier
- 174 Seal Ghys
- 175 Jason Osborne
- 176 Edward Planckaert
- 177 Luca Vergallito
Israel-Premier Tech
- 181 Jakob Fuglsang
- 182 Pascal Ackermann
- 183 Guillaume Boivin
- 184 Hugo Hofstetter
- 185 Hugo Houle
- 186 Michael Schwarzmann
- 187 Rick Zabel
Intermarche-Wanty
- 191 Gerben Thijssen
- 192 Lilian Calmejane
- 193 Dries De Pooter
- 194 Madis Mihkels
- 195 Adrien Petit
- 196 Roel van Sintmaartensdijk
- 197 Georg Zimmermann
TotalEnergies
- 201 Mathieu Burgaudeau
- 202 Steff Cras
- 203 Sandy Dujardin
- 204 Jordan Jegat
- 205 Pierre Latour
- 206 Anthony Turgis
- 207 Dries van Gestel
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
- 211 Michael Storer
- 212 Arvid de Kleijn
- 213 Arthur Kluckers
- 214 Rick Pluimers
- 215 Matteo Trentin
- 216 Yannis Voisard
- 217 Maikel Zijlaard
