2023 Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var

The 2023 Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var was a road cycling stage race that took place between 17 and 19 February 2023 in the departments of Alpes-Maritimes and Var in southeastern France. The race is rated as a category 2.1 event on the 2023 UCI Europe Tour calendar, and is the 55th edition of the Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var.^[1]

2023 Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var

2023 UCI Europe Tour
The final podium of the race
Race details
Dates	17–19 February 2023
Stages	3
Distance	497.24 km (309.0 mi)
Winning time	11h 37' 58"
Results
Winner  Kévin Vauquelin (FRA) (Arkéa–Samsic)   Second  Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA) (AG2R Citroën Team)   Third  Neilson Powless (USA) (EF Education–EasyPost) Points  Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (DEN) (Trek–Segafredo) Mountains  David Gaudu (FRA) (Groupama–FDJ) Youth  Kévin Vauquelin (FRA) (Arkéa–Samsic)   Team Groupama–FDJ
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Teams

Seven of the 18 UCI WorldTeams, four UCI ProTeams, and seven UCI Continental teams make up the 18 teams that are participating in the race.^[2] Each team entered a full squad of seven riders, for a total of 140 riders who started the race.

UCI WorldTeams

• AG2R Citroën Team
• Arkéa–Samsic
• Cofidis
• EF Education–EasyPost
• Groupama–FDJ
• Team DSM
• Trek–Segafredo

UCI ProTeams

• Bingoal WB
• Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
• Team TotalEnergies
• Uno-X Pro Cycling Team

UCI Continental Teams

• Astana Qazaqstan Development Team
• Go Sport–Roubaix–Lille Métropole
• Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling
• Lotto–Dstny Development Team
• Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur
• St. Michel–Mavic–Auber93
• CIC U Nantes Atlantique

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[3]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
1	17 February	Saint-Raphaël to Ramatuelle	187.04 km (116.22 mi)		Hilly stage	Kévin Vauquelin (FRA)
2	18 February	Mandelieu to Azur Arena Antibes	178.9 km (111.2 mi)		Intermediate stage	Mattias Skjelmose (DEN)
3	19 February	Villefranche-sur-Mer to Vence	131.3 km (81.6 mi)		Mountain stage	Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA)
Total			497.24 km (308.97 mi)

Stages

Stage 1

17 February 2023 – Saint-Raphaël to Ramatuelle, 187.04 km (116.22 mi)^[4]

Stage 1 Result (1–10)[5] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Kévin Vauquelin (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic 4h 23' 07" 2  Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education–EasyPost + 5" 3  Kevin Geniets (LUX) Groupama–FDJ + 5" 4  Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA) AG2R Citroën Team + 9" 5  Bryan Coquard (FRA) Cofidis + 25" 6  Anthony Turgis (FRA) Team TotalEnergies + 25" 7  Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic + 25" 8  Anthony Perez (FRA) Cofidis + 25" 9  Marco Tizza (ITA) Bingoal WB + 25" 10  Clément Russo (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic + 25"

General classification after Stage 1 (1–10)[5] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Kévin Vauquelin (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic 4h 22' 57" 2  Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education–EasyPost + 9" 3  Kevin Geniets (LUX) Groupama–FDJ + 11" 4  Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA) AG2R Citroën Team + 19" 5  Julien Bernard (FRA) Trek–Segafredo + 31" 6  Bryan Coquard (FRA) Cofidis + 35" 7  Anthony Turgis (FRA) Team TotalEnergies + 35" 8  Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic + 35" 9  Anthony Perez (FRA) Cofidis + 35" 10  Marco Tizza (ITA) Bingoal WB + 35"

Stage 2

18 February 2023 – Mandelieu to Azur Arena Antibes, 178.9 km (111.2 mi)^[6]

Stage 2 Result (1–10)[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (DEN) Trek–Segafredo 4h 06' 20" 2  Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education–EasyPost + 0" 3  Kévin Vauquelin (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic + 0" 4  Anthony Turgis (FRA) Team TotalEnergies + 0" 5  Benjamin Thomas (FRA) Cofidis + 0" 6  David Gaudu (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 0" 7  Clément Venturini (FRA) AG2R Citroën Team + 0" 8  Sam Watson (GBR) Groupama–FDJ + 0" 9  Romain Bardet (FRA) Team DSM + 0" 10  Andrea Piccolo (ITA) EF Education–EasyPost + 0"

General classification after Stage 2 (1–10)[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Kévin Vauquelin (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic 8h 29' 13" 2  Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education–EasyPost + 7" 3  Kevin Geniets (LUX) Groupama–FDJ + 14" 4  Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA) AG2R Citroën Team + 23" 5  Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 27" 6  Anthony Turgis (FRA) Team TotalEnergies + 39" 7  Marco Tizza (ITA) Bingoal WB + 39" 8  Romain Bardet (FRA) Team DSM + 39" 9  Andrea Piccolo (ITA) EF Education–EasyPost + 39" 10  Sam Watson (GBR) Groupama–FDJ + 39"

Stage 3

19 February 2023 – Villefranche-sur-Mer to Vence, 131.3 km (81.6 mi)^[8]

Stage 3 Result (1–10)[9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA) AG2R Citroën Team 3h 08' 45" 2  Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 5" 3  Kévin Vauquelin (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic + 5" 4  Romain Bardet (FRA) Team DSM + 5" 5  Anthony Perez (FRA) Cofidis + 5" 6  Kevin Geniets (LUX) Groupama–FDJ + 5" 7  Mathias Bregnhøj (DEN) Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling + 5" 8  Torstein Træen (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 5" 9  Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education–EasyPost + 5" 10  Felix Gall (AUT) AG2R Citroën Team + 5"

General classification after Stage 3 (1–10)[9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Kévin Vauquelin (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic 11h 36' 58" 2  Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA) AG2R Citroën Team + 7" 3  Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education–EasyPost + 10" 4  Kevin Geniets (LUX) Groupama–FDJ + 19" 5  Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 26" 6  Felix Gall (AUT) AG2R Citroën Team + 42" 7  David Gaudu (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 43" 8  Romain Bardet (FRA) Team DSM + 44" 9  Anthony Perez (FRA) Cofidis + 44" 10  Torstein Træen (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 44"

Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team classification	Combativity award
1	Kévin Vauquelin	Kévin Vauquelin	Kévin Vauquelin	Julien Bernard	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa–Samsic	Maël Guégan
2	Mattias Skjelmose Jensen		Mattias Skjelmose Jensen	Mathieu Burgaudeau		Groupama–FDJ
3	Aurélien Paret-Peintre			David Gaudu
Final		Kévin Vauquelin	Mattias Skjelmose Jensen	David Gaudu	Kévin Vauquelin	Groupama–FDJ

Current classification standings

Legend
	Denotes the leader of the general classification		Denotes the leader of the mountains classification
	Denotes the leader of the points classification		Denotes the leader of the young rider classification

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Kévin Vauquelin (FRA)	Arkéa–Samsic	11h 36' 58"
2	Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA)	AG2R Citroën Team	+ 7"
3	Neilson Powless (USA)	EF Education–EasyPost	+ 10"
4	Kevin Geniets (LUX)	Groupama–FDJ	+ 19"
5	Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (DEN)	Trek–Segafredo	+ 26"
6	Felix Gall (AUT)	AG2R Citroën Team	+ 42"
7	David Gaudu (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	+ 43"
8	Romain Bardet (FRA)	Team DSM	+ 44"
9	Anthony Perez (FRA)	Cofidis	+ 44"
10	Torstein Træen (NOR)	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	+ 44"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (DEN)	Trek–Segafredo	30
2	Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA)	AG2R Citroën Team	24
3	Kévin Vauquelin (FRA)	Arkéa–Samsic	24
4	Neilson Powless (USA)	EF Education–EasyPost	22
5	Jean-Louis Le Ny (FRA)	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	10
6	Julien Bernard (FRA)	Trek–Segafredo	8
7	Bryan Coquard (FRA)	Cofidis	6
8	Kevin Geniets (LUX)	Groupama–FDJ	6
9	Mads Østergaard Kristensen (DEN)	Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling	6
10	Felix Gall (AUT)	AG2R Citroën Team	4

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	David Gaudu (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	34
2	Romain Bardet (FRA)	Team DSM	18
3	Romain Grégoire (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	16
4	Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA)	AG2R Citroën Team	16
5	Mathieu Burgaudeau (FRA)	Team TotalEnergies	12
6	Marco Brenner (GER)	Team DSM	12
7	Julien Bernard (FRA)	Trek–Segafredo	10
8	Hugh Carthy (GBR)	EF Education–EasyPost	10
9	Alexander Cepeda (ECU)	EF Education–EasyPost	10
10	Victor Lafay (FRA)	Cofidis	8

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Kévin Vauquelin (FRA)	Arkéa–Samsic	11h 37' 58"
2	Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (DEN)	Trek–Segafredo	+ 26"
3	Romain Grégoire (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	+ 1' 29"
4	Lennert Van Eetvelt (BEL)	Lotto–Dstny	+ 1' 29"
5	Thomas Gachignard (FRA)	St. Michel–Mavic–Auber93	+ 1' 38"
6	Max Poole (GBR)	Team DSM	+ 8' 30"
7	Jordan Jegat (FRA)	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	+ 10' 00"
8	Harold Martín López (ECU)	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 10' 00"
9	Bastien Tronchon (FRA)	AG2R Citroën Team	+ 11' 41"
10	Martin Urianstad (NOR)	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	+ 12' 24"

Team classification

Final team classification (1–10)

Rank	Team	Time
1	Groupama–FDJ	34h 55' 49"
2	AG2R Citroën Team	+ 50"
3	Trek–Segafredo	+ 2' 55"
4	EF Education–EasyPost	+ 7' 25"
5	Cofidis	+ 9' 29"
6	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	+ 13' 30"
7	Arkéa–Samsic	+ 14' 57"
8	Team DSM	+ 16' 51"
9	Team TotalEnergies	+ 19' 20"
10	Bingoal WB	+ 19' 34"