Paris-Nice 2017

[gooner]

Route announced.

Stage 1 - Bois-d'Arcy / Bois-d'Arcy 148.5 km
Stage 2 - Rochefort-en-Yvelines / Amilly 192.5 km
Stage 3 - Chablis / Chalon-sur-Saône 190 km
Stage 4 - Beaujeu / Mont Brouilly 14.5 km
Stage 5 - Quincié-en-Beaujolais / Bourg-de-Péage 199.5 km
Stage 6 - Aubagne / Fayence 192 km
Stage 7 -Nice / Col de la Couillole 177 km
Stage 8 - Nice / Nice 115.5 km

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[rune1107]

Stage 6 looks interesting. Anyone know who will do P-N this year?

 

[Alexandre B.]

Stage 6 looks interesting. Anyone know who will do P-N this year?

Thomas, Contador, Porte, Bardet, Ion Izagirre

 

[LaFlorecita]

Really like this route

 

[dacooley]

geraint thomas will easily win this bike race

 

[Brullnux]

Stage 6 looks interesting. Anyone know who will do P-N this year?

It looks interesting until you see the average gradients. 8.2km @ 5.9% is gonna have some trouble actually creating a selection. Same with 5km at 6%. And why is 1.7km at 4.3% even categorised?

 

[rune1107]

Stage 6 looks interesting. Anyone know who will do P-N this year?

It looks interesting until you see the average gradients. 8.2km @ 5.9% is gonna have some trouble actually creating a selection. Same with 5km at 6%. And why is 1.7km at 4.3% even categorised?

Don't know the climbs very well, but you could hope for some steep ramps on the penultimate climbs. But yeah you're right. It doesn't bode well with the gradients..

 

[Ferminal]

It's fairly uncomfortable racing if it's anything like the mythical 2012 Haut Var stage into Fayence.

This looks good from what we can see.

 

[barmaher]

I think this is a very good route. The last stage offers possibilities, too.

 

[MatParker117]

Could be a good route for Poels.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Nice route. Col de Couillole looks like a proper HC climb!

 

[Red Rick]

Really like this route

Haha sure you do.

To be honest, it's very good. What was the last time PN had such a big MTF? 2008?

 

[LaFlorecita]

Really like this route

Haha sure you do.

To be honest, it's very good. What was the last time PN had such a big MTF? 2008?

Haha what?

 

[Red Rick]

Really like this route

Haha sure you do.

To be honest, it's very good. What was the last time PN had such a big MTF? 2008?

Haha what?

It's perfect for Alberto. That's why. TT ends on a steepish climb. Big MTF. If he has the same shape as last year, he'll be the massive favorite.

 

[portugal11]

Contador could take yellow in the time trial

 

[yaco]

Seems to be a balanced route - Should suit Contador if he is in shape - Though he may try to work into shape in 2017.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Re:

Seems to be a balanced route - Should suit Contador if he is in shape - Though he may try to work into shape in 2017.

Its not overly balanced, no.

That said, it seems like a very nice route. I like the Fayence stage - isn't it pretty similar to the one Betancur won in 2014? Lets hope he will be motivated.

The big danger obviously is snow on the MTF. I can already feel the anger when the organisation for pussyass riders will have that stage cancelled.....

 

[portugal11]

Re: Re:

Seems to be a balanced route - Should suit Contador if he is in shape - Though he may try to work into shape in 2017.

Its not overly balanced, no.

That said, it seems like a very nice route. I like the Fayence stage - isn't it pretty similar to the one Betancur won in 2014? Lets hope he will be motivated.

The big danger obviously is snow on the MTF. I can already feel the anger when the organisation for pussyass riders will have that stage cancelled.....

I have that feeling too... i won't stand thomas winning again because the organisation cancelled a stage

 

[Flamin]

The Nice stage is better again compared to last year, with now less flat between Peille and Eze, but I'm afraid the race will be locked after the hard MTF (if not cancelled).

Would have preferred the ITT to be flat(tish) with such a MTF but the route looks pretty good anyway.

 

[Red Rick]

Re: Re:

Seems to be a balanced route - Should suit Contador if he is in shape - Though he may try to work into shape in 2017.

Its not overly balanced, no.

Yeah, TT probably should've been 18ish km of flat for it to be balanced. I kinda think racing on the big MTF will be tamer for it.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Any clue to what stages 3 and 5 will look like? I assume stages 1 and 2 will be flat.

 

[May0maniac]

With this kind of route Quintana could actually try to win Paris - Nice, another big one week stage race on his palmares.

 

[Escarabajo]

If Quintana and Contador care about the Tour they should take a different perspective to racing. Not ride for the fans but for themselves.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Re:

With this kind of route Quintana could actually try to win Paris - Nice, another big one week stage race on his palmares.

Its definitely a possibility and it just got a whole lot more viable, but he seems to prefer T-A which is understandable in a Giro-year (Bennati said that they most likely would go with Quintana). Also, Contador and Porte will be at Paris-Nice (which I consider the best 1 week racers with Quintana), so the competition won't be as stiff.

 

[Tonton]

I like the route and praise the race organizers for giving Mont Brouilly another shot. That being said, it could end up cancelled like it was last year. And with that in mind, the Col de la Couillole at close to 1700m, the second week in March, that's a bit too much of a gamble IMO.