2015 Paris–Nice

Cycling race September 2019 2015 Paris–Nice 2015 UCI World Tour 2 28 Paris-Nice 2015.svg Route of the 2015 Paris–Nice 300 8–15 March 2015 8 1141 km 29h 10' 41" Richie Porte SKY 2015 AUS yellow Michał Kwiatkowski OPQ 2015 POL Simon Špilak KAT 2015 SLO Thomas De Gendt LTB 2015 BEL polkadot Michael Matthews OGE 2015 AUS green Michał Kwiatkowski OPQ 2015 POL white SKY 2015 2014 2016 The 2015 Paris–Nice was the 73rd edition of the Paris–Nice stage race. It took place from 8 to 15 March and was the second race of the 2015 UCI World Tour following the Tour Down Under.http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-confirm-worldtour-calendar-2015 UCI confirm WorldTour Calendar 2015 4 January 2015 Cyclingnews.comhttp://www.uci.ch/road/calendar/detail#date=20150301&view=list&categ=257&country=0&classc=0 2015 UCI Calendar 4 January 2015 UCI The race was a return to the traditional format of Paris−Nice after an unorthodox course in 2014. It started in Yvelines, west of Paris, with a prologue time trial; the course then moved south through France with several stages suitable for sprinters. The decisive part of the race began on stage four with a summit finish at the Col de la Croix de Chaubouret; stage six also had a mountainous route. The race ended after seven days with the climb of the Col d'Èze outside Nice. The 2014 champion, Carlos Betancur (ALM 2015), chose not to defend his title. The early lead in the race was taken by Michał Kwiatkowski (OPQ 2015) in the prologue; he kept the lead until stage three, when Michael Matthews took over the race lead through time bonuses. Stage four was won by Richie Porte (SKY 2015), while Kwiatkowski took back the race lead. On stage six, a chaotic stage in rainy conditions, Tony Gallopin (LTB 2015) won and took over the race lead, but he was unable to defend his lead in the final-day time trial. Porte, the 2013 champion, won the general classification as well as two stages. Kwiatkowski finished second overall, with Simon Špilak (KAT 2015) on the same time in third place. The points classification was won by Matthews, who had four top-ten finishes as well as his stage win. The mountains classification was won by Thomas De Gendt (LTB 2015 yes). Kwiatkowski won the young riders classification as the best rider born after 1 January 1990. The teams classification was won by SKY 2015 y. Teams As Paris–Nice was a UCI World Tour event, all 17 UCI WorldTeams were invited automatically and were obliged to send a squad. Three Professional Continental teams received wildcard invitations.ASO announces five wildcard teams invited to 2015 Tour de France http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/01/news/aso-announces-five-wildcard-teams-invited-tour-de-france_358189 VeloNews 16 March 2015 14 January 2015 4 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151004053044/http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/01/news/aso-announces-five-wildcard-teams-invited-tour-de-france_358189 dead 2015 UCI WorldTeams ALM AST BMC OPQ FDJ IAM LAM LTB MOV OGE GRS GIA KAT BEL SKY TTS TFR 2015 UCI Professional Continental teams BSE COF EUC Pre-race favourites Paris–Nice overlapped with another UCI World Tour race, Tirreno–Adriatico. In 2015, the Italian race attracted the main Grand Tour riders, such as Alberto Contador (TTS 2015), Chris Froome (SKY 2015), Vincenzo Nibali (AST 2015) and Nairo Quintana (MOV 2015). Only one former Grand Tour champion, Bradley Wiggins (SKY 2015 yes), chose to compete in Paris–Nice. http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/paris-nice-2015/preview Paris–Nice preview: Porte, van Garderen and Talansky target victory 6 March 2015 8 March 2015 Cyclingnews.com Immediate Media Company Woodpower Zeb The favourites for the race included the 2013 champion, Richie Porte (SKY 2015 yes), the 2011 champion, Tony Martin (OPQ 2015 ) and the 2014 world champion, Michał Kwiatkowski (OPQ 2015 y). Other riders considered to have a chance of victory included Geraint Thomas (SKY 2015 y), who had just won the Volta ao Algarve, Romain Bardet and Jean-Christophe Péraud (both ALM 2015), Tejay van Garderen (BMC 2015), Andrew Talansky (GRS 2015) and Rui Costa (LAM 2015). http://roadcyclinguk.com/racing/previews/paris-nice-2015-preview-route-riders-contenders.html Paris-Nice preview: eight riders who could win the 2015 race 5 March 2015 9 March 2015 Road Cycling UK Henrys Colin https://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme-sur-route/Article/Ici-ou-la-bas/42583 https://web.archive.org/web/20150309072639/http://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme-sur-route/Article/Ici-ou-la-bas/42583 dead 9 March 2015 Ici ou là-bas.... 8 March 2015 9 March 2015 L'Équipe Bouvet Philippe Paris–Nice was also raced by many classics riders preparing for the Spring Classics and especially Milan–San Remo, which followed just a few days later. Riders expected to feature on the flatter days included classics specialists such as Alexander Kristoff (KAT 2015), John Degenkolb (GIA 2015), Arnaud Démare (FDJ 2015) and Philippe Gilbert (BMC 2015 y) and sprinters like Nacer Bouhanni (COF 2015) and André Greipel (LTB 2015). Route The previous edition had been an unusual race with no time trials or summit finishes, but the 2015 edition of the race was a return to the traditional form: the race began with a prologue individual time trial near Paris; this was followed by a series of road stages south through France, including one summit finish; the race ended with a mountain time trial on the Col d'Èze. The race, known as the "race to the Sun", was seen as a mini-Tour de France, where riders needed to be both competent time-trialists and capable of climbing mountains. The key stages were expected to be the summit finish on the Col de la Croix de Chaubouret on stage 4 and the concluding time trial on the Col d'Èze. http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/paris-nice-2015-preview-160692 Paris-Nice 2015 preview 4 March 2015 9 March 2015 Cycling Weekly Time Inc. UK Puddicombe Stephen +Stage characteristics and winnershttp://www.cyclingnews.com/races/paris-nice-2015 Paris-Nice 2015 3 February 2015 26 February 2015 Cyclingnews.comStageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinnerP8 March Maurepas 6.7 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Individual time trial Michał Kwiatkowski POL19 March Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse to Contres 192 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Flat stage Alexander Kristoff NOR210 March ZooParc de Beauval to Saint-Amand-Montrond 172 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Flat stage André Greipel GER311 March Saint-Amand-Montrond to Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 179 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Flat stage Michael Matthews AUS412 March Varennes-sur-Allier to Croix de Chaubouret 204 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Mountain stage Richie Porte AUS513 March Saint-Étienne to Rasteau 192 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Hilly stage Davide Cimolai ITA614 March Vence to Nice 181.5 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Mountain stage Tony Gallopin FRA715 March Nice to Col d'Èze 9.6 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Individual time trial Richie Porte AUS Stages Prologue 8 March 2015 — Maurepas to Maurepas, 6.7 km 1 on, individual time trial (ITT) thumb|Route of the prologue thumb|Michał Kwiatkowski riding in the prologue, wearing the jersey of the national time trial champion of Poland. The race began with a prologue individual time trial in the Yvelines department. The 6.7 km 1 off on prologue was flat, with three major turns.Paris — Nice 2015 - Prologue http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Paris_nice_2015_Stage_1-profiles ProCyclingStats 9 March 2015 The riders included four of the top five of previous year's world time trial championships in Bradley Wiggins (SKY 2015), Tony Martin (OPQ 2015), Tom Dumoulin (GIA 2015) and Rohan Dennis (BMC 2015).Benson Daniel Paris–Nice: Kwiatkowski wins prologue http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/paris-nice-2015/prologue/results Cyclingnews.com 9 March 2015 8 March 2015 The first rider to set off in the race was Daniel McLay (BSE 2015). Dylan van Baarle (GRS 2015) was the leader for a significant period, with a time of 8' 04". The lead was briefly held by Giacomo Nizzolo (TFR 2015) and Tiago Machado (KAT 2015). Their times were beaten by Dennis, who recorded a time of 7' 40". Dennis held the lead for an hour and a half, until he was beaten by Michał Kwiatkowski by less than a second. Kwiatkowski's time was enough to beat all the other riders.Westemeyer Susan Live report http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/paris-nice-2015/prologue/live-report Cyclingnews.com 13 July 2015 8 March 2015 He therefore took the yellow jersey of the overall leader, as well as the green jersey of the points leader and the white jersey of the best young rider. The absence of categorised climbs meant that no polka-dot jersey was awarded.Kwiatkowski, a world champion in yellow http://www.letour.com/paris-nice/2015/us/prologue/news/flm/kwiatkowski-a-world-champion-in-yellow.html letour.com Amaury Sport Organisation 9 March 2015 8 March 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402123637/http://www.letour.com/paris-nice/2015/us/prologue/news/flm/kwiatkowski-a-world-champion-in-yellow.html 2 April 2015 dead Prologue result and General classification after Prologue 1 Michał Kwiatkowski POL OPQ 2015 7' 40" yellow General classificationgreen Points classificationwhite Young rider classification 2 Rohan Dennis AUS BMC 2015 + 0" 3 Tony Martin GER EQS 2015 + 7" 4 Luis León Sánchez ESP AST 2015 + 10" 5 Lars Boom NED AST 2015 + 10" 6 John Degenkolb GER GIA 2015 + 10" 7 Sylvain Chavanel FRA IAM 2015 + 10" 8 Michael Matthews AUS OGE 2015 + 12" 9 Tom Dumoulin NED GIA 2015 + 13" 10 Geraint Thomas GBR SKY 2015 + 14" Stage 1 9 March 2015 — Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse to Contres, 192 km 1 on thumb|upright|Alexander Kristoff, photographed at the 2015 Tour de France, winner of stage 1 The first road stage of the race took the riders over an almost entirely flat 192 km 1 off on course south from Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse to Contres. There was one climb in the day's racing – the Côte de Bel Air – after 3 km 1 off.Paris — Nice 2015 - Stage 1 http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Paris_nice_2015_Stage_2-profiles ProCyclingStats 9 March 2015 The first breakaway of the day came from Jonathan Hivert (BSE 2015). He attacked alone and took both maximum mountain points and the victory at the first intermediate sprint. Despite at one point having a lead of nearly four minutes, he sat up and was caught by the peloton.Wesetmayer Susan Paris–Nice: Kristoff wins bunch sprint in Contres http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/paris-nice-2015/stage-1/results Cyclingnews.com 9 March 2015 Michael Matthews (OGE 2015), in eighth place after the prologue, took second place in the intermediate sprint to win two bonus seconds, moving him to ten seconds behind Michał Kwiatkowski, while John Degenkolb (GIA 2015 y) took a second for finishing third.Wynn Nigel Alexander Kristoff wins Paris–Nice stage one http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/alexander-kristoff-wins-paris-nice-stage-one-161409 Cycling Weekly 9 March 2015 9 March 2015 The next significant move was made by Hivert's teammate, Anthony Delaplace, who broke away with Thomas Voeckler (EUC 2015). The two remained in the breakaway for most of the rest of the stage, which was raced at a very slow pace. Delaplace and Voeckler had a lead of over six minutes, but the peloton gradually chased them down. With 25 km 0 off remaining, they had about a minute's lead and Voeckler forced an acceleration. Their lead extended to over 1' 40" with 15 km 0 off remaining, and they won the final intermediate sprint. Geraint Thomas (SKY 2015) took the bonus second for third place. The breakaway still had over 40 seconds' lead with 5 km 0 off remaining, but were caught by the sprinters' teams 1.5 km 1 off from the finish line.Powlison Spencer Kristoff crushes Paris–Nice stage 2 sprint http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/03/news/road/kristoff-crushes-paris-nice-stage-2-sprint_362531 VeloNews 9 March 2015 9 March 2015 Degenkolb was the first rider to start the sprint in a disorganised finale to the stage, but he was not able to maintain his speed and finished outside the top ten. The stage was won by Alexander Kristoff (KAT 2015) ahead of Nacer Bouhanni (COF 2015) and Bryan Coquard (EUC 2015). Kwiatkowski therefore maintained his lead in the general, points and youth classifications, while Hivert took the polka dot jersey of the mountains classification. 18 km 0 off from the end of the stage, Tom Boonen clashed wheels while riding at the back of the peloton. He fell on his shoulder and, after receiving medical attention, abandoned the race with a suspected broken collarbone.Tom Boonen out of Paris–Nice with possible fractured collarbone http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/tom-boonen-out-of-paris-nice-with-possible-fractured-collarbone-161454 Cycling Weekly 9 March 2015 9 March 2015 That evening, it was announced that, though his collarbone was not broken, he had suffered a dislocation in his shoulder and would miss the Spring Classics season, including his principal targets at Paris–Roubaix and the Tour of Flanders.UPDATE: Boonen out of classics with AC shoulder joint dislocation http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/03/news/boonen-suffers-shoulder-sprain-paris-nice_362617 VeloNews 9 March 2015 9 March 2015September 2026 InternetArchiveBot Stage 1 result 1 Alexander Kristoff NOR KAT 2015 5h 15' 18" 2 Nacer Bouhanni FRA COF 2015 + 0" 3 Bryan Coquard FRA EUC 2015 + 0" 4 Heinrich Haussler AUS IAM 2015 + 0" 5 Giacomo Nizzolo ITA TFR 2015 + 0" 6 José Joaquín Rojas ESP MOV 2015 + 0" 7 Moreno Hofland NED BEL 2015 + 0" 8 Niccolò Bonifazio ITA LAM 2015 + 0" 9 Ben Swift GBR SKY 2015 + 0" 10 Michael Matthews AUS OGE 2015 + 0"General classification after stage 1 1 Michał Kwiatkowski POL OPQ 2015 5h 22' 58" yellow General classificationgreen Points classificationwhite Young rider classification 2 Rohan Dennis AUS BMC 2015 + 0" 3 Tony Martin GER EQS 2015 + 7" 4 John Degenkolb GER GIA 2015 + 9" 5 Luis León Sánchez ESP AST 2015 + 10" 6 Lars Boom NED AST 2015 + 10" 7 Michael Matthews AUS OGE 2015 + 10" 8 Sylvain Chavanel FRA IAM 2015 + 10" 9 Tom Dumoulin NED GIA 2015 + 13" 10 Geraint Thomas GBR SKY 2015 + 13" Stage 2 10 March 2015 — ZooParc de Beauval (Saint-Aignan) to Saint-Amand-Montrond, 172 km 1 on thumb|upright|André Greipel, photographed in 2014, winner of stage two The second road stage was a 172 km 1 off on route from the ZooParc de Beauval to the town of Saint-Amand-Montrond. The first part of the route was a 127 km 0 off on route southeast. The riders then entered a finishing circuit; they first rode the final 8 km 0 off of the circuit, before doing a complete 45 km 0 off on lap. The route was again mostly flat, with just one categorised climb. This was the Côte de la Tour and came as part of the finishing circuit.Paris — Nice 2015 - Stage 2 http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Paris_nice_2015_Stage_2_Saint_Amand_Montrond-profiles The first breakaway of the day was formed by Arnaud Gérard (BSE 2015), who escaped alone and earned a lead of over eight minutes, with the peloton riding slowly behind. Gerard won both intermediate sprints. On the first, Alexander Kristoff (KAT 2015) took second place to win two bonus seconds. John Degenkolb(GIA 2015), who had come third and won a one-second bonus in the first sprint, took second place in the second sprint ahead of Michael Matthews (OGE 2015).Paris–Nice: Greipel wins in Saint-Amand-Montrond http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/paris-nice-2015/stage-2/results Cyclingnews.com 11 March 2015 10 March 2015 The chase was led by COF 2015 and EUC 2015 and Gerard had less than a minute's lead at the Côte de la Tour. Philippe Gilbert (BMC 2015), Jonathan Hivert (BSE 2015 yes) and Laurens De Vreese (AST 2015) attacked over the climb, with Hivert winning a point for the mountains classification and maintaining his lead in the competition. The race came back together with approximately 38 km 0 off left to race.Wynn Nigel André Greipel wins Paris–Nice stage two http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/andre-greipel-wins-paris-nice-stage-two-161661 Cycling Weekly 11 March 2015 10 March 2015 The following period of racing was relatively calm, without attacks and with GRS 2015 controlling the pace. With 9.2 km 1 off remaining, however, Tony Martin (OPQ 2015) attacked and was joined by Geraint Thomas (SKY 2015), Lars Boom (AST 2015 y) and Matti Breschel (TTS 2015). Breschel suffered a puncture and dropped out of the move, but Martin, Thomas and Boom continued their breakaway attempt. Several riders, including Rui Costa (LAM 2015), made unsuccessful attempts to bridge across to the leading group. The chase in the main peloton was led by LTB 2015 and the leading group was caught with 1.5 km 1 off remaining.Powlison Spencer Lotto–Soudal delivers Greipel to stage 2 win at Paris–Nice http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/03/news/road/lotto-soudal-delivers-greipel-stage-2-win-paris-nice_362726 VeloNews 11 March 2015 10 March 2015 The first team to move forward in the sprint was OGE 2015 y, with IAM 2015 following soon afterwards. Greg Henderson, however, was the penultimate man in the LTB 2015 y train; his lead-out brought André Greipel to a perfect position to open his sprint. Arnaud Démare (FDJ 2015) came close, but Greipel was able to win the stage. Degenkolb took third place and, with bonus seconds taken into account, was just two seconds behind Michał Kwiatkowski. Stage 2 result 1 André Greipel GER LOT 2015 4h 30' 18" 2 Arnaud Démare FRA FDJ 2015 + 0" 3 John Degenkolb GER GIA 2015 + 0" 4 Michael Matthews AUS OGE 2015 + 0" 5 José Joaquín Rojas ESP MOV 2015 + 0" 6 Nacer Bouhanni FRA COF 2015 + 0" 7 Moreno Hofland NED BEL 2015 + 0" 8 Alexander Kristoff NOR KAT 2015 + 0" 9 Jonas van Genechten BEL IAM 2015 + 0" 10 Niccolò Bonifazio ITA LAM 2015 + 0"General classification after stage 2 1 Michał Kwiatkowski POL OPQ 2015 9h 53' 16" yellow General classificationwhite Young rider classification 2 Rohan Dennis AUS BMC 2015 + 0" 3 John Degenkolb GER GIA 2015 + 2" 4 Tony Martin GER EQS 2015 + 7" 5 Michael Matthews AUS OGE 2015 + 9" 6 Luis León Sánchez ESP AST 2015 + 10" 7 Lars Boom NED AST 2015 + 10" 8 Sylvain Chavanel FRA IAM 2015 + 10" 9 Tom Dumoulin NED GIA 2015 + 13" 10 Geraint Thomas GBR SKY 2015 + 13" Stage 3 11 March 2015 — Saint-Amand-Montrond to Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule, 179 km 0 on thumb|upright|Michael Matthews, photographed in 2013, winner of stage three The third stage started where stage two had ended, Saint-Amand-Montrond, and took the riders over a 179 km 0 off on route to the finish line in Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule. The route started with a 146.5 km 1 off on route, initially heading south-east before turning north in the final part of the stage. The riders then entered another finishing circuit. They first rode the final 13 km 0 off of the circuit, then did an entire 19.5 km 1 off on lap. There was a short climb and two corners in the final kilometre of the stage. http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Paris_nice_2015_Stage_3_Saint_Pourcain_sur_Sioule-profiles Paris — Nice 2015 - Stage 3 11 March 2015 The first break of the day was formed by Philippe Gilbert (BMC 2015) and Florian Vachon (BSE 2015) after 9 km 0 off. Bradley Wiggins (SKY 2015) and Antoine Duchesne (EUC 2015) attempted to bridge across to the leading pair; Wiggins was first to drop back, while Duchesne was never able to get closer than two minutes to the pair ahead. Bob Jungels (TFR 2015) took third place in the first intermediate sprint. At the first mountains sprint, Gilbert crossed the line first to win four points and take the lead of the mountains classification. Following repeated attacks from the peloton behind, Gilbert and Vachon were joined after 74 km 0 off by Thomas Voeckler (EUC 2015 y). Gilbert then won the two other third-category climbs, earning a nine-point lead in the classification. http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/paris-nice-2015/stage-3/results Paris–Nice: Matthews wins stage 3 11 March 2015 11 March 2015 Cyclingnews.com Immediate Media Company O'Shea Sadhbh With 50 km 0 off remaining, Gilbert, Vachon and Voeckler still had a five-minute lead, with the sprinters' teams joining Michał Kwiatkowski's OPQ 2015 y team in chasing the breakaway down. With 20 km 0 off left to race, the lead was cut to 43 seconds, and Gilbert dropped out of the break with 17 km 0 off remaining. Vachon was next to drop out of the leading group; Voeckler was then joined by Paolo Tiralongo (AST 2015). Voeckler himself then fell back, while Tiralongo was joined by ALM 2015 riders Jan Bakelants and Romain Bardet. This group of three riders held a gap of approximately 16 seconds, but were chased down by the peloton. http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/michael-matthews-wins-paris-nice-stage-three-and-takes-overall-lead-161799 Michael Matthews wins Paris–Nice stage three and takes overall lead 11 March 2015 11 March 2015 Cycling Weekly Time Inc. UK Puddicombe Stephen The sprint was led by OGE 2015 in support of Michael Matthews, for whom the short hill before the finish line was ideal. LAM 2015 tried and failed to come past them in the final kilometre. With 500 m 0 on to go, OGE 2015 yes still had four riders at the head of the peloton. Matthews was able to hold on for the win, despite a late challenge from Davide Cimolai (LAM 2015 y) and Giacomo Nizzolo (TFR 2015 y). http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/03/news/road/matthews-sprints-overall-lead-paris-nice_362881 Matthews sprints into overall lead at Paris–Nice 11 March 2015 11 March 2015 VeloNews Powlison SpencerSeptember 2026 InternetArchiveBot Thanks to the bonus seconds he won on the line, Matthews took over the overall lead in the race, as well as the leadership of the points and young rider classifications. Stage 3 result 1 Michael Matthews AUS OGE 2015 4h 32' 12" 2 Davide Cimolai ITA LAM 2015 + 0" 3 Giacomo Nizzolo ITA TFR 2015 + 0" 4 Alexander Kristoff NOR KAT 2015 + 0" green Points classification 5 José Joaquín Rojas ESP MOV 2015 + 0" 6 Matti Breschel DEN SAX 2015 + 0" 7 Moreno Hofland NED BEL 2015 + 0" 8 Nacer Bouhanni FRA COF 2015 + 0" 9 Bryan Coquard FRA EUC 2015 + 0" 10 Arnaud Démare FRA FDJ 2015 + 0"General classification after stage 3 1 Michael Matthews AUS OGE 2015 14h 25' 27" yellow General classificationgreen Points classificationwhite Young rider classification 2 Michał Kwiatkowski POL OPQ 2015 + 1" 3 Rohan Dennis AUS BMC 2015 + 1" 4 John Degenkolb GER GIA 2015 + 3" 5 Tony Martin GER EQS 2015 + 8" 6 Luis León Sánchez ESP AST 2015 + 11" 7 Sylvain Chavanel FRA IAM 2015 + 11" 8 Tom Dumoulin NED GIA 2015 + 14" 9 Geraint Thomas GBR SKY 2015 + 14" 10 Philippe Gilbert BEL BMC 2015 + 14" polkadot Mountains classification Stage 4 12 March 2015 — Varennes-sur-Allier to Col de la Croix de Chaubouret, 204 km 1 on thumb|upright|Richie Porte, photographed at the 2015 Tour de France, winner of stage four The fourth stage of the race was the longest of the race: a 204 km 1 off on route from Varennes-sur-Allier to the Col de la Croix de Chaubouret, the only summit finish in the race. The route was hilly throughout, with two second-category and five third-category climbs before the final ascent. The Col de la Croix de Chaubouret was the highest point in the race at 1201 m 0 on, making this the queen stage of the 2015 Paris–Nice. It was a 10 km 0 off on climb averaging 6.7%, with some sections at 9%.Paris — Nice 2015 - Stage 4 http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Paris_nice_2015_Stage_4_Croix_de_Chaubouret-profiles ProCyclingStats 14 March 2015 The early break was formed by Antoine Duchesne (EUC 2015), Thomas De Gendt (LTB 2015) and Chris Anker Sørensen (TTS 2015). They earned a lead of more than eight minutes, with De Gendt winning the first seven mountain sprints of the day. This won him enough points to put him in the lead of the mountains classification. Duchesne was dropped on the first second-category climb of the day, the Côte de La Gimond, which came after 152 km 0 off. Work in the main peloton from OGE 2015 had reduced the deficit significantly and, on the Côte de La Gimond, ALM 2015 drove hard to split the peloton in two. Rafał Majka (TTS 2015 y) was among the riders temporarily distanced, though his teammates were able to bring him back into the main group.Porte climbs to stage 4 win at Paris–Nice http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/03/news/road/porte-climbs-stage-4-win-paris-nice_362985 VeloNews 14 March 2015 12 March 2015 13 March 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150313220627/http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/03/news/road/porte-climbs-stage-4-win-paris-nice_362985 deadParis–Nice: Porte wins atop Croix de Chaubouret http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/paris-nice-2015/stage-4/results Cyclingnews.com 14 March 2015 13 March 2015 As they crossed the Col de La Gachet with 29 km 0 off remaining, De Gendt and Sørensen had a lead of two minutes; this was reduced to less than a minute 3.5 km 1 off later at the summit of the penultimate climb of the day, the Côte de la Croix Blanche. Andrew Talansky (GRS 2015) and Majka both suffered mechanical problems around the summit of this climb. OPQ 2015 continued to chase the breakaway down and they were caught with 13 km 0 off remaining. At the base of the Col de la Croix de Chaubouret, SKY 2015 and the BMC 2015 came to the head of the peloton. Sky's Lars Petter Nordhaug led the peloton through the first 4 km 1 off of the climb, dropping Michael Matthews (OGE 2015 y) along the way. Warren Barguil (GIA 2015) crashed at the base of the climb; though he eventually finished the stage, he was unable to return to the main group. After Nordhaug pulled off, his teammate Nicolas Roche took over. His turn at the head of the group caused several riders to be distanced, including Talansky, Majka and Wilco Kelderman (BEL 2015). With 3 km 1 off remaining, Roche pulled off and Geraint Thomas (SKY 2015 y) attacked the small group of leaders. He gained a small lead and was joined by Jakob Fuglsang (AST 2015) and Simon Špilak (KAT 2015). Tejay van Garderen (BMC 2015) and Rubén Fernández (MOV 2015) attempted to bridge across, but Fernández, while looking at the group behind, cycled straight into van Garderen and crashed. Richie Porte (SKY 2015 y) covered this move. He was again able to follow as Michał Kwiatkowski attacked. When Kwiatkowski had caught Thomas' group inside the final kilometre, Porte himself attacked. Thomas, his teammate, was the only rider able to follow him and they finished first and second on the stage. Kwiatkowski finished third, eight seconds behind.Porte in pole position at Paris–Nice http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/porte-in-pole-position-at-paris-nice Cyclingnews.com 14 March 2015 13 March 2015 With the time bonuses won on the stage, Kwiatkowski was able to re-take the race lead; he was one second ahead of Porte with Thomas a further two seconds back.Paris — Nice 2015 - Stage 4 http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Paris___Nice_2015_Stage_4_General_Classification ProCyclingStats 14 March 2015 Stage 4 result 1 Richie Porte AUS SKY 2015 5h 18' 39" 2 Geraint Thomas GBR SKY 2015 + 0" 3 Michał Kwiatkowski POL OPQ 2015 + 8" 4 Jakob Fuglsang DEN AST 2015 + 8" 5 Tejay van Garderen USA BMC 2015 + 17" 6 Rui Costa POR LAM 2015 + 24" 7 Tony Gallopin FRA LOT 2015 + 24" 8 Fabio Aru ITA AST 2015 + 24" 9 Rafael Valls ESP LAM 2015 + 24" 10 Simon Špilak SLO KAT 2015 + 24"General classification after stage 4 1 Michał Kwiatkowski POL OPQ 2015 19h 44' 11" yellow General classificationwhite Young rider classification 2 Richie Porte AUS SKY 2015 + 1" 3 Geraint Thomas GBR SKY 2015 + 3" 4 Tejay van Garderen USA BMC 2015 + 27" 5 Jakob Fuglsang DEN AST 2015 + 32" 6 Tony Gallopin FRA LOT 2015 + 38" 7 Rui Costa POR LAM 2015 + 41" 8 Gorka Izagirre ESP MOV 2015 + 44" 9 Tiago Machado POR KAT 2015 + 50" 10 Rafael Valls ESP LAM 2015 + 51" Stage 5 13 March 2015 — Saint-Étienne to Rasteau, 192.5 km 1 on thumb|Davide Cimolai celebrating his victory of in the fifth stage. The fifth stage of the race was a 192.5 km 1 off on route that started in Saint-Étienne, travelled south and ended in Rasteau. The course began with a first-category climb, the Col de la Republique, but the remainder of the stage was generally flat. Three categorised climbs were located in the second half of the stage (two third category and one second), with the final climb 8.5 km 0 off from the stage finish. The final 500 m 0 on were uphill. http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Paris_nice_2015_Stage_5_Rasteau-profiles Paris — Nice 2015 - Stage 5 14 March 2015 The break was formed on the first-category climb that began the day's racing. Thomas De Gendt (LTB 2015), who had taken the lead of the mountains classification on stage four, attacked again. He was joined by Andrew Talansky (GRS 2015), Romain Sicard (EUC 2015), Egor Silin (KAT 2015) and Paweł Poljański (TTS 2015). De Gendt won the mountain sprint on this climb and on all the other climbs of the day. The group was never allowed more than a four-minute lead, since Talansky was only 2' 51" behind Michał Kwiatkowski, the general classification leader. http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/paris-nice-2015/stage-5/results Paris–Nice: Cimolai wins stage 5 in Rasteau 13 March 2015 14 March 2015 Cyclingnews.com Immediate Media Company http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/news-shorts-talansky-joins-decisive-stage-5-breakaway-in-paris-nice News shorts: Talansky joins decisive stage 5 breakaway in Paris–Nice 13 March 2015 14 March 2015 Cyclingnews.com Immediate Media Company The chase was led by Kwiatkowski's OPQ 2015 team, who were joined by COF 2015 with 60 km 0 off remaining. With 20 km 0 off remaining and the gap at 1' 30", SKY 2015's Bradley Wiggins moved to the front of the peloton. After Wiggins had reduced the gap, the BMC 2015 took up the pace-setting. Sicard and Poljański dropped out of the leading group on the final climb and, with less than 5 km 0 off remaining and a lead of 25 seconds, an attack from De Gendt distanced Talansky too. OGE 2015 were now leading the chase behind but, with 3 km 0 off left, the leading pair still had a 30-second lead. With 1 km 1 off remaining, a final attack from De Gendt dropped Silin. De Gendt attempted to hold on for a solo victory, but he was unable to avoid the sprinters' teams. As he was caught, Bryan Coquard (EUC 2015 y) opened his sprint. Davide Cimolai (LAM 2015), however, was able to come past him in the final metres to take his second win of the year. Coquard finished second, with Michael Matthews (OGE 2015 y) winning further points for the green jersey by finishing third. http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/03/news/road/cimolai-takes-paris-nice-stage-5-de-gendt-caught-inside-final-kilometer_363229 Cimolai takes Paris–Nice stage 5 after De Gendt caught inside final kilometer 13 March 2015 14 March 2015 VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc. 15 March 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150315223522/http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/03/news/road/cimolai-takes-paris-nice-stage-5-de-gendt-caught-inside-final-kilometer_363229 dead http://roadcyclinguk.com/racing/reports/paris-nice-2015-davide-cimolai-sprints-stage-five-win.html Paris-Nice 2015: Davide Cimolai sprints to stage five win 13 March 2015 14 March 2015 RoadCyclingUK Mpora Henrys Colin The top 10 of the general classification remained unchanged after the stage. Stage 5 result 1 Davide Cimolai ITA LAM 2015 4h 12' 09" 2 Bryan Coquard FRA EUC 2015 + 0" 3 Michael Matthews AUS OGE 2015 + 0" green Points classification 4 Nacer Bouhanni FRA COF 2015 + 0" 5 José Joaquín Rojas ESP MOV 2015 + 0" 6 Alexander Kristoff NOR KAT 2015 + 0" 7 Matti Breschel DEN SAX 2015 + 0" 8 Daniel McLay GBR BSE 2015 + 0" 9 Samuel Dumoulin FRA ALM 2015 + 0" 10 Sylvain Chavanel FRA IAM 2015 + 0"General classification after stage 5 1 Michał Kwiatkowski POL OPQ 2015 23h 56' 20" yellow General classificationwhite Young rider classification 2 Richie Porte AUS SKY 2015 + 1" 3 Geraint Thomas GBR SKY 2015 + 3" 4 Tejay van Garderen USA BMC 2015 + 27" 5 Jakob Fuglsang DEN AST 2015 + 32" 6 Tony Gallopin FRA LOT 2015 + 38" 7 Rui Costa POR LAM 2015 + 41" 8 Gorka Izagirre ESP MOV 2015 + 44" 9 Tiago Machado POR KAT 2015 + 50" 10 Rafael Valls ESP LAM 2015 + 51" Stage 6 14 March 2015 — Vence to Nice, 181.5 km 1 on thumb|General classification leader Michał Kwiatkowski climbing the Col de Vence fr Col de Vence (Alpes-Maritimes). The final road stage of the race was a 181.5 km 1 off on route starting in Vence and ending on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice. The route was mountainous throughout: it included three first-category climbs and three second-category climbs. The summit of the final climb, the Côte de Peille, came with 27 km 0 off remaining, as the riders descended into Nice down the Col d'Èze. The end of the descent came with approximately 2 km 1 off remaining, with a flat run to the finishing line.Paris — Nice 2015 - Stage 6 http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Paris_nice_2015_Stage_6_nice-profiles ProCyclingStats 15 March 2015Cyclisme. Paris–Nice : le coup de force de Gallopin http://www.leparisien.fr/sports/paris-nice-le-coup-de-force-de-gallopin-14-03-2015-4603903.php leparisien.fr 15 March 2015 fr 14 March 2015 A large breakaway escaped in the early part of the stage. This included 31 riders, representing a variety of teams but not SKY 2015 or OPQ 2015. Tim Wellens (LTB 2015) was the best placed rider on general classification, 1' 25" behind Michał Kwiatkowski; he was the virtual leader of the race through much of the day. Wellens' teammate Thomas De Gendt was also in the breakaway: he won the first two climbs of the day to increase his lead in the mountains classification.Paris–Nice: Gallopin wins stage 6 and takes race lead http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/paris-nice-2015/stage-6/results Cyclingnews.com 15 March 2015 14 March 2015 The first major attacks came with about 60 km 0 off remaining: Kwiatkowski attacked with three teammates (Tony Martin, Julian Alaphilippe and Michał Gołaś), briefly gaining a lead of half a minute. SKY 2015 y were able to catch them. After the next climb, the Col Saint-Roch, the same four riders attacked, with Tony Gallopin (LTB 2015 y) following. They again gained a half-minute lead, while Sky had just one domestique left to help Richie Porte and Geraint Thomas. OPQ 2015 y were unable to continue their pressure, however, on the Côte de Peille, Gallopin attacked after sensing that Kwiatkowski was vulnerable. Near the top of the climb, Porte and Thomas caught Kwiatkowski's group, then attacked them and left them behind. They were joined by several riders, including Simon Špilak (KAT 2015) and Jakob Fuglsang (AST 2015).Puddicombe Stephen Tony Gallopin takes dramatic stage win at Paris–Nice http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/tony-gallopin-takes-dramatic-win-at-paris-nice-162243 Cycling Weekly 15 March 2015 14 March 2015 At the summit of the final climb, therefore, Gallopin had a lead over the Porte and Thomas group, with Kwiatkowski struggling in another group behind. On the descent, however, Porte and Thomas both crashed in separate incidents; they were recaptured by Kwiatkowski's group. After the final stage, Porte attributed these crashes to over-inflated tyres. http://www1.skysports.com/cycling/news/12040/9761078/richie-porte-says-second-paris-nice-title-is-sweeter-than-first Richie Porte says second Paris–Nice title is 'sweeter' than the first 15 March 2015 15 March 2015 Skysports.com) Gallopin won the final intermediate sprint and the bonus seconds, ahead of the chasing group that was led by Rui Costa (LAM 2015) and Fuglsang. Gallopin, however, was able to extend his lead throughout the long descent. He won the stage solo, more than 30 seconds ahead of the first chasing group. Porte and Thomas were over a minute behind, with Kwiatkowski losing an additional two seconds on the finish line. Gallopin, who had been 38" behind Kwiatkowski, took the race lead. He was now 36" ahead of Porte, with Kwiatkowski, Thomas, Fuglsang and Costa within six seconds of him. Gallopin said after the stage that, while he hoped to defend his yellow jersey in the final stage time trial on the Col d'Èze, it would be difficult to stay ahead of Porte. Stage 6 result 1 Tony Gallopin FRA LTB 2015 4h 52' 57" 2 Simon Špilak SLO KAT 2015 + 32" 3 Rui Costa POR LAM 2015 + 32" 4 Jakob Fuglsang DEN AST 2015 + 32" 5 Rafael Valls ESP LAM 2015 + 35" 6 Michael Valgren DEN TTS 2015 + 1' 00" 7 Tim Wellens BEL LTB 2015 + 1' 00" 8 Sylvain Chavanel FRA IAM 2015 + 1' 00" 9 Arthur Vichot FRA FDJ 2015 + 1' 00" 10 Nicolas Edet FRA COF 2015 + 1' 00"General classification after stage 6 1 Tony Gallopin FRA LTB 2015 28h 49' 42" yellow General classification 2 Richie Porte AUS SKY 2015 + 36" 3 Michał Kwiatkowski POL OPQ 2015 + 37" white Young rider classification 4 Geraint Thomas GBR SKY 2015 + 38" 5 Jakob Fuglsang DEN AST 2015 + 38" 6 Rui Costa POR LAM 2015 + 42" 7 Simon Špilak SLO KAT 2015 + 53" 8 Rafael Valls ESP LAM 2015 + 1' 01" 9 Gorka Izagirre ESP MOV 2015 + 1' 19" 10 Tim Wellens BEL LTB 2015 + 2' 00" Stage 7 15 March 2015 — Nice to Col d'Èze, 9.6 km 1 on thumb|Stage seven route The 2015 Paris–Nice concluded with a mountain time trial on the Col d'Èze. The 9.6 km 1 off on course began in Nice and had an average gradient of 4.7%. The steepest part of the climb came in the early stages: the second kilometre had an average gradient of 8.5%. The intermediate timing point came at the Col des Quatre Chemins, 4 km 0 off from the finish. The final 1.5 km 1 off towards the summit of the Col d'Èze were contested on a false flat.Paris — Nice 2015 - Stage 7 http://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?id=149858&c=8 ProCyclingStats 16 March 2015 This time trial was the traditional final stage of Paris–Nice, though it was absent from the 2014 edition. The last time the course was used, in the last stage of the 2013 Paris–Nice, the stage was won by Richie Porte (SKY 2013), securing his overall race victory.http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/14110/Paris-Nice-Richie-Porte-confirms-overall-victory-with-dominant-Col-dEze-victory.aspx Richie Porte confirms overall victory with dominant Col d'Èze victory Ben Atkins 10 March 2013 16 March 2015 VeloNation VeloNation LLC As was customary in time trial stages, the riders set off in reverse order from where they were ranked in the general classification at the end of the previous stage.http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/Rulesandregulation/16/82/39/2-ROA-20150205-E_English.pdf UCI CYCLING REGULATIONS UCI 16 March 2015 48 https://web.archive.org/web/20150331210455/http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/Rulesandregulation/16/82/39/2-ROA-20150205-E_English.pdf 31 March 2015 The race was held in rainy and windy conditions.Richie Porte wins final ITT to take Paris–Nice title http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/03/news/richie-porte-wins-final-itt-take-paris-nice-title_363428 VeloNews 16 March 2015 15 March 2015 14 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151214034418/http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/03/news/richie-porte-wins-final-itt-take-paris-nice-title_363428 dead thumb|Richie Porte, the national time trial champion of Australia, winner of stage seven and the general classification. The first major news of the day was that Bradley Wiggins (SKY 2015 y), who had won the stage in the 2012 Paris–Nice and who was the reigning world time trial champion, would not start the stage. He had been in 103rd place overnight, more than 56 minutes behind race leader Tony Gallopin.Richie Porte takes Paris–Nice overall victory http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/paris-nice-2015/stage-7/results Cyclingnews.com 16 March 2015 15 March 2015 The first rider to set off was Stijn Vandenbergh (OPQ 2015), who recorded a time of 23' 37". Alexander Kristoff (KAT 2015) completed the course in 22' 11" and led the race for a while. Sérgio Paulinho (TTS 2015) briefly took over the lead, before he was overtaken by Thomas De Gendt (LTB 2015), whose time was 21' 19". Rein Taaramäe (COF 2015) recorded a better time, but was immediately beaten by the next rider, Andrew Talansky (GRS 2015). Talansky's time was 21' 00"; he led until former world time trial champion Tony Martin (OPQ 2015 y) became the first rider to complete the course in under 21 minutes. Martin was the leader of the stage until the final few riders completed the course.Benson Daniel Paris — Nice 2015: Stage 7 As It Happened http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/paris-nice-2015/stage-7/live-report Cyclingnews.com 16 March 2015 15 March 2015 Simon Špilak (KAT 2015 y) was the first of the general classification contenders to beat Martin; his time was 20' 36". This was enough to beat many of the other contenders for the overall classification: Rui Costa (LAM 2015), Geraint Thomas (SKY 2015 y) and Michał Kwiatkowski (OPQ 2015 y) all finished behind Špilak. Porte, in second place overnight, was the only rider able to beat Špilak's time: Porte was 11 seconds ahead at the intermediate time check and finished the stage 13 seconds ahead. The final rider to set off was Gallopin (LTB 2015 y). Gallopin was 36 seconds ahead of Porte overnight and expressed hope that he would be able to defend his lead and take overall victory. Immediately after he set off, however, he was nervous and uncomfortable on his bike. Gallopin, like most of the riders, was riding a conventional road bike with aero bars attached. At the intermediate time check, he was already 58 seconds behind Porte; he lost another 41 seconds in the second part of the stage. His time of 22' 02" meant he finished 29th on the stage and lost the yellow jersey. He dropped to sixth place overall.News shorts: No excuses for Gallopin at Paris–Nice http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/news-shorts-no-excuses-for-gallopin-at-paris-nice Cyclingnews.com 16 March 2015 Porte therefore won both the stage and the overall victory in the race, his first general classification victory since he won Paris–Nice in 2013.Richie Porte http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider.php?id=140611&c=3&statistic=pro_wins ProCyclingStats 16 March 2015 Kwiatkowski's fifth place on the stage was enough to ensure both second place overall (30 seconds behind Porte) and victory in the young rider classification. Špilak finished on the same overall time as Kwiatkowski in third place, with Costa also on the same time in fourth. Stage 7 result 1 Richie Porte AUS SKY 2015 20' 23" 2 Simon Špilak SLO KAT 2015 + 13" 3 Rui Costa POR LAM 2015 + 24" 4 Tony Martin GER OPQ 2015 + 29" 5 Michał Kwiatkowski POL OPQ 2015 + 29" white Young rider classification 6 Andrew Talansky USA GRS 2015 + 37" 7 Geraint Thomas GBR SKY 2015 + 39" 8 Ion Izagirre ESP MOV 2015 + 50" 9 Tim Wellens BEL LTB 2015 + 54" 10 Gorka Izagirre ESP MOV 2015 + 55"Final general classification 1 Richie Porte AUS SKY 2015 29h 10' 41" yellow General classification 2 Michał Kwiatkowski POL OPQ 2015 + 30" white Young rider classification 3 Simon Špilak SLO KAT 2015 + 30" 4 Rui Costa POR LAM 2015 + 30" 5 Geraint Thomas GBR SKY 2015 + 41" 6 Tony Gallopin FRA LTB 2015 + 1' 03" 7 Jakob Fuglsang DEN AST 2015 + 1' 05" 8 Rafael Valls ESP LAM 2015 + 1' 24" 9 Gorka Izagirre ESP MOV 2015 + 1' 38" 10 Tim Wellens BEL LTB 2015 + 2' 18" Classification leadership table thumb|upright|Michael Matthews, awarded the green jersey as leader of the points classification after stage five In the 2015 Paris–Nice, four jerseys were awarded. The general classification was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses were awarded to the first three finishers on road stages (stages 1–6): the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders respectively. Bonus seconds were also awarded to the first three riders at intermediate sprints (three seconds for the winner of the sprint, two seconds for the rider in second and one second for the rider in third. The leader of the general classification received a yellow jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2015 Paris–Nice, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race. + Points for stage victory Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points awarded 15 12 9 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The second classification was the points classification. Riders were awarded points for finishing in the top ten in a stage. Unlike in the points classification in the Tour de France, the winners of all stages were awarded the same number of points. Points were also won in intermediate sprints; three points for crossing the sprint line first, two points for second place, and one for third. The leader of the points classification was awarded a green jersey. There was also a mountains classification, for which points were awarded for reaching the top of a climb before other riders. Each climb was categorised as either first, second, or third-category, with more points available for the more difficult, higher-categorised climbs. For first-category climbs, the top seven riders earned points; on second-category climbs, five riders won points; on third-category climbs, only the top three riders earned points. The leadership of the mountains classification was marked by a white jersey with red polka-dots. The fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey. Only riders born after 1 January 1990 were eligible; the young rider best placed in the general classification was the leader of the young rider classification. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists in a team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest cumulative time.Règlement particulier http://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cyclisme/paris-nice/2015/PNC15_LR_REGLMENTS_FR_BD.pdf L'Équipe 15 March 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150315194722/http://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cyclisme/paris-nice/2015/PNC15_LR_REGLMENTS_FR_BD.pdf 15 March 2015 fr PDF Stage Winner General classificationyellow General classification Points classificationgreen Points classification Mountains classificationpolkadot Mountains classification Young rider classificationwhite Young rider classification Teams classificationyellow number Team classification P Michał Kwiatkowski Michał Kwiatkowski Michał Kwiatkowski Not awarded Michał Kwiatkowski BMC 2015 1Alexander Kristoff Jonathan Hivert 2 André Greipel Alexander Kristoff 3 Michael Matthews Michael Matthews Michael Matthews Philippe Gilbert Michael Matthews 4 Richie Porte Michał Kwiatkowski Thomas De Gendt Michał Kwiatkowski AST 2015 5 Davide Cimolai 6 Tony Gallopin Tony Gallopin SKY 2015 7 Richie Porte Richie Porte Final Richie Porte Michael Matthews Thomas De GendtMichał Kwiatkowski SKY 2015 References 30em External links http://www.letour.fr/paris-nice/2015/us/ Category:Paris–Nice Paris-Nice Category:March 2015 sports events in France