| Paris Nice 2013
2013 Paris-Nice
Mar 5: Paris-Nice, Stage 2: Vimory - Cérilly, 200.5 km
Yellow Jersey holder Nacer Bouhanni crashes out, Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) outwits rivals to take stage. Second place Elia Viviani (Cannondale) takes over as race leader.
Overnight leader Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ) crashed out of the Paris Nice today. Bouhanni, who took over the race lead at the end of stage 1, came down in one of the small villages after either hitting a white line or skidding on something on the road. He sustained injuries to the face and hand and was forced to abandon. The stage was won by Marcel Kittel outsprinting Elia Viviani and Leigh Howard (Orica-Greenedge).
Bouhanni's crash, at km 143, was one of a number of incidents suffered on the 200.5km stage as a tightly packed peloton raced into a headwind as it headed almost due South. A report from the race doctor stated, "Nacer has a deep wound in the lip and a hand trauma. He's staying with us until the end of the stage and then going to hospital for further checks." Earlier, at km 125 a big crash brought down Ian Boswell (SKY), Alexandre Pichot (EUC), prologue winner Damien Gaudin (EUC), Geoffrey Soupe (FDJ) and a few BMC riders. Pichot later abandoned.
Viviani's second spot was enough for him to take the race lead with a 7" lead over Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) with Damien Gaudin (Europcar) just a second further back in third. He is the thrid race leader in so many days. Damien Gaudin surprised a quite few pundits by taking the prologue on Sunday while Bouhanni's stage win on Monday saw him take over the race lead. With Bouhanni and Gaudin going down Vivianni will no doubt be hoping there isn't a race leader's curse at work.
Stage 3 is 170.5km between Châtel-Guyon and Brioude. It is a fairly lumpy course with a 733m Cat 2. climb to Cote de Mauvagnat 15km form the finish.
2013 Paris Nice Stage 3 route© ASO 2013
Stage 2 Results - Top 20
| 1 |
Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano |
5:42:18 |
| 2 |
Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale |
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| 3 |
Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica GreenEdge |
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| 4 |
Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team |
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| 5 |
Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale |
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| 6 |
Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team |
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| 7 |
Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team |
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| 8 |
Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol |
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| 9 |
Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team |
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| 10 |
Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack Leopard |
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| 11 |
Grégory Rast (Swi) RadioShack Leopard |
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| 12 |
Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Merida |
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| 13 |
Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar |
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| 14 |
Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ |
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| 15 |
Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team |
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| 16 |
Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team |
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| 17 |
Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale |
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| 18 |
Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi |
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| 19 |
Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha |
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| 20 |
Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin Sharp |
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General Classification - After Stage 2 - Top 15
| 1. |
VIVIANI Elia |
CANNONDALE |
10h 33' 11'' |
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| 2. |
CHAVANEL Sylvain |
OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP |
10h 33' 18'' |
+ 00' 07'' |
| 3. |
GAUDIN Damien |
TEAM EUROPCAR |
10h 33' 19'' |
+ 00' 08'' |
| 4. |
WESTRA Lieuwe |
VACANSOLEIL-DCM |
10h 33' 20'' |
+ 00' 09'' |
| 5. |
PETACCHI Alessandro |
LAMPRE - MERIDA |
10h 33' 21'' |
+ 00' 10'' |
| 6. |
KELDERMAN Wilco |
BLANCO PRO CYCLING TEAM |
10h 33' 21'' |
+ 00' 10'' |
| 7. |
SOUPE GEOFFREY |
FDJ |
10h 33' 21'' |
+ 00' 10'' |
| 8. |
VELITS Peter |
OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP |
10h 33' 22'' |
+ 00' 11'' |
| 9. |
GALLOPIN Tony |
RADIOSHACK LEOPARD |
10h 33' 22'' |
+ 00' 11'' |
| 10. |
BOZIC Borut |
ASTANA PRO TEAM |
10h 33' 22'' |
+ 00' 11'' |
| 11. |
TURGOT Sébastien |
TEAM EUROPCAR |
10h 33' 23'' |
+ 00' 12'' |
| 12. |
SMUKULIS Gatis |
KATUSHA TEAM |
10h 33' 24'' |
+ 00' 13'' |
| 13. |
GRIVKO Andriy |
ASTANA PRO TEAM |
10h 33' 24'' |
+ 00' 13'' |
| 14. |
HERRADA LOPEZ Jesus |
MOVISTAR TEAM |
10h 33' 24'' |
+ 00' 13'' |
| 15. |
MAES Nikolas |
OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP |
10h 33' 24'' |
+ 00' 13'' |
March 4: Stage 1: Saint-Germain-en-Laye - Nemours, 195km
Results - top 15
| 1 |
Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ |
4:47:24 |
| 2 |
Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Merida |
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| 3 |
Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling |
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| 4 |
Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol |
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| 5 |
Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling |
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| 6 |
Mark Renshaw (Aus) Blanco Pro Cycling Team |
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| 7 |
Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team |
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| 8 |
Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge |
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| 9 |
Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team |
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| 10 |
Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team |
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| 11 |
Nikolas Maes (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step |
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| 12 |
Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step |
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| 13 |
Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team |
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| 14 |
Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar |
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| 15 |
Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale |
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March 3: Prologue - Results - top 15
| 1 |
Damien Gaudin (Fra) Team Europcar |
0:03:37 |
| 2 |
Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team |
0:00:01 |
| 3 |
Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team |
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| 4 |
Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Blanco |
0:00:02 |
| 5 |
Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ |
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| 6 |
Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team |
0:00:03 |
| 7 |
Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack Leopard |
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| 8 |
Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team |
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| 9 |
Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar |
0:00:04 |
| 10 |
Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team |
0:00:05 |
| 11 |
Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale |
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| 12 |
Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team |
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| 13 |
Nikolas Maes (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team |
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| 14 |
Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Sojasun |
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| 15 |
Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team |
0:00:06 |
Race Route for 2013
2013 Paris Nice route© ASO 2013
Links
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