2021 Paris–Nice

The 2021 Paris–Nice was a road cycling stage race held between 7 and 14 March 2021 in France. It was the 79th edition of Paris–Nice and the fourth race of the 2021 UCI World Tour.^[1]

2021 Paris–Nice

2021 UCI World Tour, race 4 of 29
Race details
Dates	7–14 March 2021
Stages	8
Distance	1,173.8 km (729.4 mi)
Winning time	28h 49' 51"
Results
Winner  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) (Bora–Hansgrohe)   Second  Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS) (Astana–Premier Tech)   Third  Ion Izagirre (ESP) (Astana–Premier Tech) Points  Primož Roglič (SLO) (Team Jumbo–Visma) Mountains  Anthony Perez (FRA) (Cofidis) Youth  Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS) (Astana–Premier Tech)   Team Astana–Premier Tech
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Teams

Twenty-three teams participated in the race, including all nineteen UCI WorldTeams and four UCI ProTeams. Each team entered seven riders, for a total of 161 riders, of which 127 finished the race.^[2]

UCI WorldTeams

• AG2R Citroën Team
• Astana–Premier Tech
• Bora–Hansgrohe
• Cofidis
• Deceuninck–Quick-Step
• EF Education–Nippo
• Groupama–FDJ
• Ineos Grenadiers
• Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux
• Israel Start-Up Nation
• Lotto–Soudal
• Movistar Team
• Team Bahrain Victorious
• Team BikeExchange
• Team DSM
• Team Jumbo–Visma
• Team Qhubeka Assos
• Trek–Segafredo
• UAE Team Emirates

UCI ProTeams

• Alpecin–Fenix
• Arkéa–Samsic
• B&B Hotels p/b KTM
• Total Direct Énergie

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[3]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	7 March	Saint-Cyr-l'École to Saint-Cyr-l'École	166 km (103 mi)		Hilly stage	Sam Bennett (IRL)
2	8 March	Oinville-sur-Montcient to Amilly	188 km (117 mi)		Flat stage	Cees Bol (NED)
3	9 March	Gien to Gien	14.4 km (8.9 mi)		Individual time trial	Stefan Bissegger (SUI)
4	10 March	Chalon-sur-Saône to Chiroubles	188 km (117 mi)		Hilly stage	Primož Roglič (SLO)
5	11 March	Vienne to Bollène	203 km (126 mi)		Flat stage	Sam Bennett (IRL)
6	12 March	Brignoles to Biot	202.5 km (125.8 mi)		Hilly stage	Primož Roglič (SLO)
7	13 March	Nice Le Broc[N 1] to Valdeblore La Colmiane	166.5 km (103.5 mi) 119.2 km (74.1 mi)		Mountain stage	Primož Roglič (SLO)
8	14 March	Nice Le Plan du Var to Nice Levens[N 1]	110.5 km (68.7 mi) 92.7 km (57.6 mi)		Hilly stage	Magnus Cort (DEN)
Total		1,238.9 km (769.8 mi) 1,173.8 km (729.4 mi)

Stages

Stage 1

7 March 2021 — Saint-Cyr-l'École to Saint-Cyr-l'École, 166 km (103 mi)^[5]

Stage 1 Result[6][7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Sam Bennett (IRL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 3h 51' 38" 2  Arnaud Démare (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 0" 3  Mads Pedersen (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 0" 4  Jasper Philipsen (BEL) Alpecin–Fenix + 0" 5  Bryan Coquard (FRA) B&B Hotels p/b KTM + 0" 6  Pascal Ackermann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 7  Phil Bauhaus (GER) Team Bahrain Victorious + 0" 8  Christophe Laporte (FRA) Cofidis + 0" 9  André Greipel (GER) Israel Start-Up Nation + 0" 10  Rudy Barbier (FRA) Israel Start-Up Nation + 0"

General classification after Stage 1[6][7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Sam Bennett (IRL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 3h 51' 28" 2  Arnaud Démare (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 4" 3  Michael Matthews (AUS) Team BikeExchange + 5" 4  Mads Pedersen (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 6" 5  Tiesj Benoot (BEL) Team DSM + 8" 6  Ben Swift (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 9" 7  Jasper Stuyven (BEL) Trek–Segafredo + 9" 8  Jasper Philipsen (BEL) Alpecin–Fenix + 10" 9  Bryan Coquard (FRA) B&B Hotels p/b KTM + 10" 10  Pascal Ackermann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 10"

Stage 2

8 March 2021 — Oinville-sur-Montcient to Amilly, 188 km (117 mi)^[8]

Stage 2 Result[9][10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Cees Bol (NED) Team DSM 4h 27' 59" 2  Mads Pedersen (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 0" 3  Michael Matthews (AUS) Team BikeExchange + 0" 4  Bryan Coquard (FRA) B&B Hotels p/b KTM + 0" 5  Sam Bennett (IRL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 0" 6  John Degenkolb (GER) Lotto–Soudal + 0" 7  Pascal Ackermann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 8  Phil Bauhaus (GER) Team Bahrain Victorious + 0" 9  Jasper Philipsen (BEL) Alpecin–Fenix + 0" 10  Rudy Barbier (FRA) Israel Start-Up Nation + 0"

General classification after Stage 2[9][10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Michael Matthews (AUS) Team BikeExchange 8h 19' 23" 2  Mads Pedersen (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 4" 3  Sam Bennett (IRL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 4" 4  Cees Bol (NED) Team DSM + 4" 5  Arnaud Démare (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 8" 6  André Greipel (GER) Israel Start-Up Nation + 11" 7  Tiesj Benoot (BEL) Team DSM + 12" 8  Florian Vermeersch (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 12" 9  Jasper Stuyven (BEL) Trek–Segafredo + 13" 10  Ben Swift (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 13"

Stage 3

9 March 2021 — Gien to Gien, 14.4 km (8.9 mi) (ITT)^[11]

Stage 3 Result[12][13] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Stefan Bissegger (SUI) EF Education–Nippo 17' 34" 2  Rémi Cavagna (FRA) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 0" 3  Primož Roglič (SLO) Team Jumbo–Visma + 6" 4  Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates + 9" 5  Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN) Team DSM + 10" 6  Rohan Dennis (AUS) Ineos Grenadiers + 13" 7  Christophe Laporte (FRA) Cofidis + 13" 8  Dylan van Baarle (NED) Ineos Grenadiers + 14" 9  Yves Lampaert (BEL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 16" 10  Patrick Bevin (NZL) Israel Start-Up Nation + 16"

General classification after Stage 3[12][13] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Stefan Bissegger (SUI) EF Education–Nippo 8h 37' 11" 2  Rémi Cavagna (FRA) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 0" 3  Primož Roglič (SLO) Team Jumbo–Visma + 6" 4  Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates + 9" 5  Michael Matthews (AUS) Team BikeExchange + 9" 6  Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN) Team DSM + 10" 7  Mads Pedersen (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 12" 8  Christophe Laporte (FRA) Cofidis + 13" 9  Dylan van Baarle (NED) Ineos Grenadiers + 14" 10  Yves Lampaert (BEL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 15"

Stage 4

10 March 2021 — Chalon-sur-Saône to Chiroubles, 188 km (117 mi)^[14]

Stage 4 Result[15][16] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Primož Roglič (SLO) Team Jumbo–Visma 4h 49' 36" 2  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 12" 3  Guillaume Martin (FRA) Cofidis + 12" 4  Tiesj Benoot (BEL) Team DSM + 12" 5  Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS) Astana–Premier Tech + 12" 6  Lucas Hamilton (AUS) Team BikeExchange + 12" 7  David Gaudu (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 16" 8  Quentin Pacher (FRA) B&B Hotels p/b KTM + 16" 9  Pierre Latour (FRA) Total Direct Énergie + 16" 10  Ion Izagirre (ESP) Astana–Premier Tech + 16"

General classification after Stage 4[15][16] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Primož Roglič (SLO) Team Jumbo–Visma 13h 26' 40" 2  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 35" 3  Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates + 37" 4  Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS) Astana–Premier Tech + 41" 5  Ion Izagirre (ESP) Astana–Premier Tech + 43" 6  Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Movistar Team + 58" 7  Tiesj Benoot (BEL) Team DSM + 1' 05" 8  Lucas Hamilton (AUS) Team BikeExchange + 1' 09" 9  Luis León Sánchez (ESP) Astana–Premier Tech + 1' 11" 10  Pierre Latour (FRA) Total Direct Énergie + 1' 12"

Stage 5

11 March 2021 — Vienne to Bollène, 203 km (126 mi)^[17]

Stage 5 Result[18][19] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Sam Bennett (IRL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 5h 16' 01" 2  Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic + 0" 3  Pascal Ackermann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 4  Phil Bauhaus (GER) Team Bahrain Victorious + 0" 5  Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA) Team Qhubeka Assos + 0" 6  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 7  Bryan Coquard (FRA) B&B Hotels p/b KTM + 0" 8  Christophe Laporte (FRA) Cofidis + 0" 9  Rudy Barbier (FRA) Israel Start-Up Nation + 0" 10  Danny van Poppel (NED) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 0"

General classification after Stage 5[18][19] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Primož Roglič (SLO) Team Jumbo–Visma 18h 42' 46" 2  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 31" 3  Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates + 37" 4  Ion Izagirre (ESP) Astana–Premier Tech + 40" 5  Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS) Astana–Premier Tech + 41" 6  Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Movistar Team + 56" 7  Tiesj Benoot (BEL) Team DSM + 1' 04" 8  Lucas Hamilton (AUS) Team BikeExchange + 1' 08" 9  Luis León Sánchez (ESP) Astana–Premier Tech + 1' 11" 10  Pierre Latour (FRA) Total Direct Énergie + 1' 12"

Stage 6

12 March 2021 — Brignoles to Biot, 202.5 km (125.8 mi)^[20]

Stage 6 Result[21][22] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Primož Roglič (SLO) Team Jumbo–Visma 4h 40' 22" 2  Christophe Laporte (FRA) Cofidis + 0" 3  Michael Matthews (AUS) Team BikeExchange + 0" 4  Dylan Teuns (BEL) Team Bahrain Victorious + 0" 5  Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA) AG2R Citroën Team + 0" 6  Lucas Hamilton (AUS) Team BikeExchange + 0" 7  Bryan Coquard (FRA) B&B Hotels p/b KTM + 0" 8  Quentin Pacher (FRA) B&B Hotels p/b KTM + 0" 9  Sergio Henao (COL) Team Qhubeka Assos + 0" 10  Krists Neilands (LAT) Israel Start-Up Nation + 0"

General classification after Stage 6[21][22] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Primož Roglič (SLO) Team Jumbo–Visma 23h 22' 53" 2  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 41" 3  Ion Izagirre (ESP) Astana–Premier Tech + 50" 4  Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS) Astana–Premier Tech + 51" 5  Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Movistar Team + 1' 08" 6  Tiesj Benoot (BEL) Team DSM + 1' 14" 7  Lucas Hamilton (AUS) Team BikeExchange + 1' 16" 8  Luis León Sánchez (ESP) Astana–Premier Tech + 1' 21" 9  Pierre Latour (FRA) Total Direct Énergie + 1' 21" 10  Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA) AG2R Citroën Team + 1' 23"

Stage 7

13 March 2021 — Nice Le Broc to Valdeblore La Colmiane, 166.5 km (103.5 mi) 119.2 km (74.1 mi)^{[23][N 1]}

Stage 7 Result[24][25] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Primož Roglič (SLO) Team Jumbo–Visma 3h 09' 18" 2  Gino Mäder (SUI) Team Bahrain Victorious + 2" 3  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 5" 4  Lucas Hamilton (AUS) Team BikeExchange + 8" 5  Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS) Astana–Premier Tech + 10" 6  Tiesj Benoot (BEL) Team DSM + 10" 7  Guillaume Martin (FRA) Cofidis + 15" 8  Ion Izagirre (ESP) Astana–Premier Tech + 15" 9  Harm Vanhoucke (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 22" 10  Jai Hindley (AUS) Team DSM + 27"

General classification after Stage 7[24][25] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Primož Roglič (SLO) Team Jumbo–Visma 26h 32' 01" 2  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 52" 3  Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS) Astana–Premier Tech + 1' 11" 4  Ion Izagirre (ESP) Astana–Premier Tech + 1' 15" 5  Tiesj Benoot (BEL) Team DSM + 1' 34" 6  Lucas Hamilton (AUS) Team BikeExchange + 1' 34" 7  Guillaume Martin (FRA) Cofidis + 2' 06" 8  Steven Kruijswijk (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 2' 07" 9  Jack Haig (AUS) Team Bahrain Victorious + 2' 10" 10  Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Movistar Team + 2' 21"

Stage 8

14 March 2021 — Nice Le Plan du Var to Nice Levens, 110.5 km (68.7 mi) 92.7 km (57.6 mi)^{[26][N 1]}

Stage 8 Result[27][28] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Magnus Cort (DEN) EF Education–Nippo 2h 16' 58" 2  Christophe Laporte (FRA) Cofidis + 0" 3  Pierre Latour (FRA) Total Direct Énergie + 0" 4  Dylan Teuns (BEL) Team Bahrain Victorious + 0" 5  Warren Barguil (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic + 0" 6  Dylan van Baarle (NED) Ineos Grenadiers + 0" 7  Ion Izagirre (ESP) Astana–Premier Tech + 0" 8  Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Movistar Team + 0" 9  Yves Lampaert (BEL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 0" 10  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0"

General classification after Stage 8[27][28] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe 28h 49' 51" 2  Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS) Astana–Premier Tech + 19" 3  Ion Izagirre (ESP) Astana–Premier Tech + 23" 4  Lucas Hamilton (AUS) Team BikeExchange + 41" 5  Tiesj Benoot (BEL) Team DSM + 42" 6  Guillaume Martin (FRA) Cofidis + 1' 14" 7  Jack Haig (AUS) Team Bahrain Victorious + 1' 18" 8  Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Movistar Team + 1' 29" 9  Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA) AG2R Citroën Team + 1' 31" 10  Gino Mäder (SUI) Team Bahrain Victorious + 1' 32"

Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team classification	Combativity award
1	Sam Bennett	Sam Bennett	Sam Bennett	Fabien Doubey	Jasper Philipsen	Israel Start-Up Nation	Fabien Doubey
2	Cees Bol	Michael Matthews			Florian Vermeersch		Michael Matthews
3	Stefan Bissegger	Stefan Bissegger			Stefan Bissegger	Deceuninck–Quick-Step	not awarded
4	Primož Roglič	Primož Roglič	Primož Roglič	Anthony Perez	Brandon McNulty	Astana–Premier Tech	Julien Bernard
5	Sam Bennett		Sam Bennett				Oliver Naesen
6	Primož Roglič		Primož Roglič		Aleksandr Vlasov		Kenny Elissonde
7	Primož Roglič						Gino Mäder
8	Magnus Cort	Maximilian Schachmann					Warren Barguil
Final		Maximilian Schachmann	Primož Roglič	Anthony Perez	Aleksandr Vlasov	Astana–Premier Tech	Not awarded

• On stage 2, Mads Pedersen, who was third in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because first-placed Sam Bennett wore the yellow jersey as the leader of the general classification and second-placed Arnaud Démare wore the jersey of the French national road race champion.
• On stage 4, Brandon McNulty, who was second in the young rider classification, wore the white jersey, because first-placed Stefan Bissegger wore the yellow jersey as the leader of the general classification.
• On stages 5, 7, and 8, Sam Bennett, who was second in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because first-placed Primož Roglič wore the yellow jersey as the leader of the general classification.

Final classification standings

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the general classification		Denotes the winner of the young rider classification
	Denotes the winner of the points classification		Denotes the winner of the team classification
	Denotes the winner of the mountains classification		Denotes the winner of the combativity award

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)^[27][28]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Maximilian Schachmann (GER)	Bora–Hansgrohe	28h 49' 51"
2	Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS)	Astana–Premier Tech	+ 19"
3	Ion Izagirre (ESP)	Astana–Premier Tech	+ 23"
4	Lucas Hamilton (AUS)	Team BikeExchange	+ 41"
5	Tiesj Benoot (BEL)	Team DSM	+ 42"
6	Guillaume Martin (FRA)	Cofidis	+ 1' 14"
7	Jack Haig (AUS)	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 1' 18"
8	Matteo Jorgenson (USA)	Movistar Team	+ 1' 29"
9	Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA)	AG2R Citroën Team	+ 1' 31"
10	Gino Mäder (SUI)	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 1' 32"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)^[27][28]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Primož Roglič (SLO)	Team Jumbo–Visma	57
2	Sam Bennett (IRL)	Deceuninck–Quick-Step	39
3	Christophe Laporte (FRA)	Cofidis	34
4	Michael Matthews (AUS)	Team BikeExchange	28
5	Maximilian Schachmann (GER)	Bora–Hansgrohe	26
6	Lucas Hamilton (AUS)	Team BikeExchange	21
7	Bryan Coquard (FRA)	B&B Hotels p/b KTM	21
8	Mads Pedersen (DEN)	Trek–Segafredo	21
9	Magnus Cort (DEN)	EF Education–Nippo	15
10	Stefan Bissegger (SUI)	EF Education–Nippo	15

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)^[27][28]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Anthony Perez (FRA)	Cofidis	67
2	Julien Bernard (FRA)	Trek–Segafredo	26
3	Primož Roglič (SLO)	Team Jumbo–Visma	20
4	Fabien Doubey (FRA)	Total Direct Énergie	20
5	Kenny Elissonde (FRA)	Trek–Segafredo	15
6	Maximilian Schachmann (GER)	Bora–Hansgrohe	14
7	Oliver Naesen (BEL)	AG2R Citroën Team	7
8	Victor Campenaerts (BEL)	Team Qhubeka Assos	6
9	Dylan van Baarle (NED)	Ineos Grenadiers	5
10	Warren Barguil (FRA)	Arkéa–Samsic	5

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–10)^[27][28]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS)	Astana–Premier Tech	28h 50' 10"
2	Lucas Hamilton (AUS)	Team BikeExchange	+ 22"
3	Matteo Jorgenson (USA)	Movistar Team	+ 1' 10"
4	Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA)	AG2R Citroën Team	+ 1' 12"
5	Gino Mäder (SUI)	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 1' 13"
6	Harm Vanhoucke (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	+ 1' 22"
7	Jai Hindley (AUS)	Team DSM	+ 2' 17"
8	Neilson Powless (USA)	EF Education–Nippo	+ 5' 18"
9	Dorian Godon (FRA)	AG2R Citroën Team	+ 20' 38"
10	Matteo Sobrero (ITA)	Astana–Premier Tech	+ 23' 56"

Team classification

Final team classification (1–10)^[27][28]

Rank	Team	Time
1	Astana–Premier Tech	86h 32' 39"
2	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 3' 02"
3	AG2R Citroën Team	+ 7' 12"
4	Cofidis	+ 21' 37"
5	Team Jumbo–Visma	+ 23' 54"
6	Movistar Team	+ 26' 12"
7	Team Qhubeka Assos	+ 29' 53"
8	Trek–Segafredo	+ 41' 37"
9	Team DSM	+ 42' 15"
10	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 42' 38"