Paris-Nice to go ahead as Race Organizers extend Invites
The 78th edition of Paris-Nice will take place with 19 teams with 8 riders. Peter Sagan, Elia Viviani, Wout van Aert, Michael Woods and Romain Barde to take part
Considering the exceptional circumstances, additional invitations have been extended to two UCI ProTeams; B&B Hotels-Vital Concept and Circus-Wanty Gobert.
With the agreement of the Union Cycliste Internationale and after consultation with the participating teams, the organisers have decided to increase the amount of riders per team from seven to eight.
The lineups and the list of participants will be published the day before the first stage, following the Sporting Directors’ meeting. Even though the full team lineups have not yet been officially announced, the presence of Peter Sagan, Elia Viviani, Wout van Aert, Michael Woods and Romain Bardet has been confirmed, despite not being in the initial lists.
The new signups add to a strong roster of riders already in line to start the race such as Thibaut Pinot, Julian Alaphilippe, Nairo Quintana, Primoz Roglic, Warren Barguil, Sergio Higuita as well as some of the strongest candidates for stage wins; Caleb Ewan, Sam Bennett and World Champion Mads Pedersen.
The 19 teams expected at the start (05/03)
Bahrain-McLaren
Deceuninck-Quick Step
Lotto-Soudal
Circus-Wanty Gobert
AG2R La Mondiale
Cofidis
Groupama-FDJ
B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
Total Direct Energie
Team Arkéa-Samsic
Nippo Delko Provence
Bora-Hansgrohe
Team Sunweb
Israel Start-Up Nation
Team Jumbo-Visma
NTT Pro Cycling Team
Movistar Team
EF Pro Cycling
Trek-Segafredo