Paris-Nice 2023
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| Date | March 5-12, 2023 |
| Distance | 1201.1 kilometres |
| Start | La Verrière |
| Finish | Nice |
| Previous edition | Paris-Nice 2022 |
| Overall Winner | Tadej Pogacar |
| Points classification winner | Tadej Pogacar |
| Mountains classification winner | Jonas Gregaard |
| Best young rider | Tadej Pogacar |
| Best team | Jayco-AlUla |
Paris-Nice 2023 Results







Stage 1: Tim Merlier (Soudal-Quickstep) won the first stage of the 2023 Paris-Nice in a bunch sprint, taking his fourth sprint victory of the season in the process.
Tadej Pogacar gained a vital six-second time bonus on a minor climb of the Côte de Milon-la-Chapelle, continuing his Tour de France rivalry with Jonas Vingegaard by starting the race in fourth place in the general classification.
Stage 2: A crash disrupted the lead-out trains of what should have been a stage for the pure sprinters. Instead, Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) powered to the stage win and leader's jersey.
Stage 3: A new format for the team time trial failed in its goal of breaking up the Jumbo-Visma team's dominance on stage 3 of Paris-Nice. The Dutch superteam kept three riders together, with leader Jonas Vingegaard crossing the line first to stop the clock at 33:55.
However, coming in as the last team, EF Education-EasyPost blew out their time trial specialists to launch Magnus Cort into the finishing stretch and the Dane gained just enough time to snatch the race lead, with Jumbo-Visma stacking the top 10.
Stage 4: Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) made his statement on the stage 4 summit finish at Paris-Nice. He outsprinted David Gaudu atop the 6.7% climb atop La Loge des Gardes and moved into the overall lead by 10 seconds over the Frenchman. Vingegaard is in third place but some 44 seconds down.
Stage 5: Pogačar remained in the race lead after the sprint stage to Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, where Olav Kooij (Jumbo-Visma) powered past Pedersen to take the win.
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Stage 6: High winds forced organisers to cancel the stage from Tourves to La Colle-sur-Loup
Stage 7: Pogačar extended his race lead, out-sprinting David Gaudu and Jonas Vingegaard on the queen stage to the Col de la Couillole.
Stage 8: Tadej Pogačar completed his utter domination of the 2023 Paris-Nice, escaping on the final climb of the last stage, the Col d'Èze, and soloing in for the stage win and sealing the overall victory.
| Stage | Stage Winner | GC Leader |
|---|---|---|
| Stage 1 | Tim Merlier | Tim Merlier |
| Stage 2 | Mads Pedersen | Mads Pedersen |
| Stage 3 | Team Jumbo-Visma | Magnus Cort |
| Stage 4 | Tadej Pogacar | Tadej Pogacar |
| Stage 5 | Olav Kooij | Tadej Pogacar |
| Stage 6 | Row 5 - Cell 1 | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
| Stage 7 | Tadej Pogacar | Tadej Pogacar |
| Stage 8 | Tadej Pogacar | Tadej Pogacar |
| Stage | Points | Mountains | Youth | Team | Combativity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage 1 | Tim Merlier | Neilson Powless | Tadej Pogacar | Trek-Segafredo | Paul Ourselin |
| Stage 2 | Mads Pedersen | Jonas Gregaard | Tadej Pogacar | EF Education-EasyPost | Jonas Gregaard |
| Stage 3 | Mads Pedersen | Jonas Gregaard | Kelland O'Brien | Jumbo-Visma | Row 2 - Cell 5 |
| Stage 4 | Tadej Pogacar | Jonas Gregaard | Tadej Pogacar | Jayco-AlUla | Lilian Calmejane |
| Stage 5 | Tadej Pogacar | Jonas Gregaard | Tadej Pogacar | Jayco-AlUla | Sandy Dujardin |
| Stage 6 | Row 5 - Cell 1 | Row 5 - Cell 2 | Row 5 - Cell 3 | Row 5 - Cell 4 | Row 5 - Cell 5 |
| Stage 7 | Tadej Pogacar | Jonas Gregaard | Tadej Pogacar | Jayco-AlUla | Kobe Goossens |
| Stage 8 | Tadej Pogacar | Jonas Gregaard | Tadej Pogacar | Jayco-AlUla | Wout Poels |

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