Paris-Nice (2017) Photos March 5 - 12

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FORTUNEO - VITAL CONCEPT during the teams sign in for Stage 1 in Bois d'Arcy	Nacer BOUHANNI (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONSCREDITS) during the teams presentation/sign in	Bryan COQUARD (DIRECT ENERGIE)
Nacer BOUHANNI (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS)	André GREIPEL (LOTTO SOUDAL)	Alberto CONTADOR (TREAK - SEGAFREDO)
Richie PORTE (BMC RACING TEAM)	Dropping the flag on Stage 1 in Bois d'Arcy
Break with Sylvain CHAVANEL (DIRECT ENERGIE), Gatis SMUKULIS (DELKO MARSEILLE), Kristijan KOREN (CANNONDALE DRAPAC TEAM), Romain HARDY (FORTUNEO - VITAL CONCEPT)		Evaldas SISKEVEVICIUS (DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE KTM)
Marcel Kittel	Problème technique - Ruslan TLEUBAYEV (ASTANA PRO TEAM)	Youcef REGUIGUI (TEAM DIMENSION DATA)
Alberto CONTADOR (TREAK - SEGAFREDO) missed the split	Sonny COLBRELLI (BAHRAIN - MERIDA)
Mikael CHEREL (AG2R LA MONDIALE)		Sylvain CHAVANEL (DIRECT ENERGIE)
	War of attrition ends in Bois d'Arcy with two riders left standing; Arnaud DEMARE (FDJ) beats Julian ALAPHLIPPE (QUICK - STEP FLOORS)	Alberto Contador missed the split and finished 1:04 back of the stage winner and 55s back of Dan Martin
Arnaud DEMARE (FDJ) celebrates an epic start to this year's Paris-Nice	Your Stage 1 winner, Arnaud DEMARE (FDJ)	And first race leader, Arnaud DEMARE (FDJ)
		2nd today and best young rider, Julian ALAPHILIPPE (QUICK - STEP FLOORS)

Stage 2:  Rochefort-en-Yvelines → Amilly, 193 km  Full Results and Report

Julien SIMON (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS) provides his thoughts on today's weather in Rochefort-en-Yveline	Marcel KITTEL (QUICK - STEP FLOORS)	Race leader, Arnaud DEMARE (FDJ) enjoyed this sort of weather yesterday
Dropping the flag on Stage 2 in Rochefort-en-Yveline
Cold, wet and windy: Echelons formed early on again today
		The five men break with about 40 km to go
		20 km to go: Solo (unsuccessful) attack by Philippe GILBERT (QUICK - STEP FLOORS)
Sonny COLBRELLI (BAHRAIN - MERIDA) jumped first with about 150m to go	Sonny COLBRELLI (BAHRAIN - MERIDA) wins 4:20:59 ahead of 2nd John DEGENKOLB (TREK - SEGAFREDO), 3rd Arnaud DEMARE (FDJ) and 4th Dylan GROENEWEGEN (LOTTO NL - JUMBO)	Julien EL FARES (DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE KTM)
Your Stage 2 winner, Sonny COLBRELLI (BAHRAIN - MERIDA)	Arnaud DEMARE (FDJ) extended his race lead to 6s
	It’s the greatest victory of my career. It’s incredible. I managed a perfect sprint and to beat riders like Degenkolb or even Kittel just shows that. Of course I have Milan- San Remo in mind. Everyone knows that Paris-Nice is the perfect preparation for that race. But it’s not over yet, I still want to manage things this week

Stage 3:  Chablis → Chalon-sur-Saône, 190 km  Full Results and Report

		Sam BENNETT (BORA - HANSGROHE) wins Stage 3 ahead of 2nd Alexander KRISTOFF (KATUSHA ALPECIN), 3rd John DEGENKOLB (TREK - SEGAFREDO) and 4th Marcel KITTEL (QUICK - STEP FLOORS)
	Your Stage 3 winner, Sam BENNETT (BORA - HANSGROHE), celebrates the biggest win of his career
6th today but retains his 6s lead, Arnaud DEMARE (FDJ)

Stage 4:  Beaujeu → Mont Brouilly, 14.5 km  Full Results and Report

21st Tony MARTIN (KATUSHA ALPECIN) + 1:14	10th Richie PORTE (BMC RACING) + 50s
A big cheer from the French crowd meant Alberto Contador Spain Trek Segafredo was coming (fast)	2nd Alberto CONTADOR (TREK - SEGAFREDO) + 19s
		9th Jon IZAGUIRRE (BAHRAIN - MERIDA) + 49s
5th Ilnur ZAKARIN (KATUSHA ALPECIN) + 33s		8th Sergio HENAO (SKY) + 48s
3rd Tony GALLOPIN (LOTTO SOUDAL) + 20s and 2nd overall + 33s	1st Julian ALAPHILIPPE (QUICK - STEP FLOORS) 14.5 km in 21:39 and now 1st overall by 33s
	No longer the race leader, 47th Arnaud DEMARE (FDJ) + 1:41	Your Stage 4 winner, Julian ALAPHILIPPE (QUICK - STEP FLOORS)
And new race leader, Julian ALAPHILIPPE (QUICK - STEP FLOORS)

Stage 5:  Quincié-en-Beaujolais → Bourg-de-Péage, 200 km  Full Results and Report

Stage 5 start in Beaujolais wine country	Nico Roche Ireland BMC	Alberto Contador attracts his usual cluster of reporters for a pre-race sound bit
	Stage 5 rollout	Today's break
Lilian Calmejane (Direct Energie), Axel Domont (AG2R), Natnael Berhane (Dimension Data), Pierre-Luc Périchon, Pierre-Luc Périchon (Fortuneo-Vital Concept), Rémy Di Grégorio (Delko Marseille Provence KTM)	The peloton 4 minutes later	Lots of smiles and joking gives you an indication of the threat the break posing
		Contador and Pantano
	The slight rise with 150m and the sprint finish	The sprint finish in full flight in Bourg-de-Péage
	Greipel surging into the lead
André GREIPEL (LOTTO SOUDAL) wins Stage 5 ahead of 2nd Arnaud DEMARE (FDJ), 3rd Dylan GROENEWEGEN (LOTTO NL - JUMBO), 4th Michael MATTHEWS (SUNWEB) and 5th John DEGENKOLB (TREK - SEGAFREDO)	The margin of victory
	Your Stage 5 winner, André GREIPEL (LOTTO SOUDAL)
	Julian ALAPHILIPPE (QUICK - STEP FLOORS) maintains his 33s overall lead

Stage 6:  Aubagne → Fayence, 192 km  Full Results and Report

Stage 7:  Nice → Col de la Couillole, 192 km  Full Results and Report

	This was the best part of Julian ALAPHILIPPE's (QUICK - STEP FLOORS) day. Iy was all uphill from here
Sergio HENAO (SKY) would exchange his Colombian RR Champ's jersey for the Yellow Jersey by the end of the day	Alberto Contador in sync with the rest of his Trek team
This isn't a good sign from the race leader
	The attack that stuck with several kms to go by Richie Porte
1st Richie PORTE (BMC RACING) 5:01:35	2nd Alberto CONTADOR (TREK - SEGAFREDO) + 21s	Alberto Contador moves up to 3rd overall + 31s
3rd Daniel MARTIN (QUICK - STEP FLOORS) + 32s and 4th Sergio HENAO (SKY), the new race leader	5th Jon IZAGUIRRE (BAHRAIN - MERIDA) + 55s	6th Jakob FUGLSANG (ASTANA) + 1:07
Best face of the day, 7th Pierre Roger LATOUR (AG2R LA MONDIALE) + 1:11		14th Julian ALAPHILIPPE (QUICK - STEP FLOORS) + 2:40, slipping him from 1st to 5th on GC
		Your Stage 7 winner, Richie PORTE (BMC RACING)
New race leader, Sergio HENAO (SKY) by 30s over Dan Martin and 31s over Alberto Contador heading into the final stage

Stage 8:  Nice → Nice, 116 km  Full Results and Report