Paris-Nice queen stage 7 shortened again to just 47km of racing as ‘inconceivable’ conditions that already forced organisers to cut mountaintop finale in Auron continue
Riders will race only 47km on stage 7 of Paris-Nice, the organisers announced on Saturday morning, with heavy rain at the start in Nice forcing the second alteration of the queen stage.
Racing will get underway in Pont Louis Nucera at 13:45 local time in France, with the first 73km of the shortened route to Isola village being completed on the team buses in a convoy.
“As weather conditions have deteriorated further compared with yesterday’s forecast, the race organisers have decided to make additional changes to the route for stage 7, in consultation with the Alpes-Maritimes prefecture, the UCI race jury, and representatives of the teams and of the riders,” read a post on the race’s live updates.
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“To avoid the sections made dangerous by rain in the first part of the route, riders will be transferred in their team buses to a new start location on the Louis Nucéra bridge, at Le Broc. After a 2.5 kilometre transfer, the official start will be given at kilometre 73 of the original route. The finish line remains in Isola-Village, at the end of a route now reduced to 47 kilometres.”
“To ensure riders’ safety, the decision to modify the route for stage 7 was made in agreement with the city of Nice, the Métropole Nice Côte d’Azur, the Alpes-Maritimes prefecture, the municipalities of Auron and Isola, and in consultation with the panel of commissaires from the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), as well as representatives of the teams (A.I.G.C.P) and riders (C.P.A).
The peloton was initially scheduled to compete across 138.7km from Nice to the mountaintop finish at the ski station of Auron. The field will now race the first 120.4km of that course, which includes two climbs: Côte de Carros at the 14.8km mark and Côte de Bouyon at the 24km mark.
He now leads the general classification into the penultimate stage with 3:22 ahead of Daniel Felipe Martínez (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) and 5:50 ahead of Georg Steinhauser (EF Education-EasyPost).
⚠️ LE PARCOURS DE LA 7e ÉTAPE DE PARIS-NICE MODIFIÉ ⚠️ Les équipes d’organisation de Paris-Nice ont observé tout au long de la semaine l’évolution des conditions climatiques dans le département des Alpes-Maritimes. Les prévisions les plus récentes rendent inenvisageables une… pic.twitter.com/tzlWvX9YJYMarch 13, 2026
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