The wait for road cycling fans to see the highly anticipated battle between Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard seems to be finally over. As the 6th event of ongoing UCI World Tour is scheduled to begin as Paris Nice 2023 from this Sunday.
Preview
Paris Nice is a long-running professional road cycling race held in France. It is currently sanctioned by Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), under their UCI World Tour. The upcoming edition of the Paris Nice event will mark the 81st annual hosting of the event. It will also be counted as the sixth stage of the ongoing 2023 UCI World Tour.
The race stage will be held on 8 different stages over the course of 8 days. 18 UCI WorldTeams and four UCI ProTeams will participate in the upcoming event. Participants will have to cross a total of 1201.1 km distance in the French tracks of this year.
Paris Nice 2023 is one of the most hyped events of the current UCI season. As fans will witness a high-voltage road cycling battle between Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates – red corner) and Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma – blue corner).
Pogacar is considered one of the best cyclists of his generation. And recently on Tour de France, Vingegaard dramatically put a stop to the winning streak of the Slovenian. Fans are eager to see their rematch in the upcoming stage of the UCI World Tour.
All the necessary information on 81st Paris Nice’s schedule, stages, tv, and live stream details are listed below.
When will be Paris Nice 2023 be held?
- Date: Sunday, March 5, 2023
- Time: 06:45 a.m. ET
The upcoming edition of Paris Nice is scheduled to start on Sunday, March 5, 2023. The first stage race will start at around 06:45 a.m. ET. The event will be held in France over the duration of 8 days.
Paris Nice 2023 Schedule:
| Stage | Date | Time (ET) |
| 1 | Sunday, March 5, 2023 | 06:45 a.m. |
| 2 | Monday, March 6, 2023 | 07:00 a.m. |
| 3 | Tuesday, March 7, 2023 | 08:15 a.m. |
| 4 | Wednesday, March 8, 2023 | 06:40 a.m. |
| 5 | Thursday, March 9, 2023 | 05:35 a.m. |
| 6 | Friday, March 10, 2023 | 05:50 a.m. |
| 7 | Saturday, March 11, 2023 | 05:00 a.m. |
| 8 | Sunday, March 12, 2023 | 05:55 a.m. |
Where will the Cycling event be held?
- Location: Paris, France
As the name suggests, Paris Nice 2023 will be held in Paris, France. It will be 8 stage-based event. The first stage will start in Paris and ends in Nice.
The event is also called the Race to the Sun as it is held every year in first half of March. Therefore, the race even begins in the cold winter weather of Le Verriere and ends in the spring sunshine of Nice.
Majority of the race stages are flat surface roads. However, there are mountain and hilly areas in the final 3 stage. Also, the 3rd stage at Dampierre-en-Burly is a team-based time trial stage.
Paris Nice 2023 Stages:
Below is the officially announced stage description for the upcoming UCI event –
| Stage | Route | Distance |
| 1 | Le Verriere to La Verriere | 169.4 km |
| 2 | Bazainville to Fontainebleau | 163.7 km |
| 3 | Dampierre-en-Burly to Dampierre-en-Burly | 32.2 km |
| 4 | Saint-Amand-Montrond to La Loge des Gardes | 164.7 km |
| 5 | Saint-Symphorein-sur-Coise to Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateux | 212.4 km |
| 6 | Tourves to La Colle-sur-Loup | 197.4 km |
| 7 | Nice to Col de la Couillole | 142.9 km |
| 8 | Nice to Nice | 118.4 km |
How to watch the Cycling event?
- Eurosport
Eurosport will provide live tv broadcast of the upcoming Paris Nice 2023 via Eurosport 2 channel in the UK and other European countries.
How to Live Stream Paris Nice 2023?
- Discovery+
- FloBikes
- GCN
Discovery+ is the official live-stream distributor of the UCI events in the UK. As such the upcoming edition of Paris Nice will be available to watch on the platform. In the USA, FloBIkes will provide a daily live stream of the event through their TV app. For international viewers, UCI’s official streaming platform GCN (Global Cycling Network) will live stream the event. Fans with an $8.99 GCN+ subscription will be able to access the live stream along with the huge UCI cycling library.
