Paris-Nice 2023 start list: Final line-ups for the 81st Race to the Sun

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published 4 March 2023

Paris-Nice will returns for 2023 as the first WorldTour European stage race of the season, with a stellar line-up expected for the 81st edition of the Race to the Sun.

Last year's event was dominated by Jumbo-Visma as they held the yellow jersey from the first stage through Christophe Laporte, then Wout van Aert, then eventual winner Primož Roglic. It was also a race dominated by illness, with just 59 riders finishing the eight stages, less than half the peloton, thanks to a non-Covid bug.

There's already some serious GC talent confirmed on the Paris-Nice 2023 start list; it will be the first meeting between Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) and the man he beat into second Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) since Paris last July. Add in former winner Max Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe), Simon Yates (Jayco AlUla), David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ), Ben O'Connor (AG2R Citroën), Dani Martínez (Ineos Grenadiers) and Romain Bardet (DSM), and there will be a serious battle for the top ten, let alone the overall.

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Adam is Cycling Weekly’s news editor – his greatest love is road racing but as long as he is cycling, he's happy. Before joining CW in 2021 he spent two years writing for Procycling. He's usually out and about on the roads of Bristol and its surrounds.

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