Land of the Games in 2024, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines will be the land of cyclists for the first time in 2023. The venue for the last leg of the next Tour de France has already been chosen on Sunday 23 July, in front of the National Velodrome in Montigny-le-Bretonnay, Yvelines, which will also serve as the starting point for the Paris-Nice cycling race. The course was inaugurated this Thursday at noon at Versailles in the honorable salons of the Hôtel du Département.
On Sunday, March 5, the stars of the international peloton will meet in front of La Verriere Town Hall for the 81st edition of Race to the Sun. The first leg will pass (for the first time) through the popular city of 6,000 people with two loops in the Chevreuse Valley for a total distance of 169.4 km. The course will take twice the dreaded coast of Mylon-la-Chapelle (20% passes), then the famous coast of 17 turns over Dampierre.
The next day, the village of Bazenville (1500 inhabitants), in turn, will have the honor of starting the second stage. The finish will be judged at Place Saint-Nicolas in Fontainebleau (Seine-et-Marne), after a detour on the plain of Houdan and then a pass at Essonne.
Nearly 8 million viewers
Since 2010, Paris-Nice departs annually from Yvelines, in accordance with a partnership signed by the department with ASO, the company organizing the event, and renewed two years ago until 2025.
Last year, the first two stages started in Mantes-la-Ville, and then in the village of Offargy. This is a good place for the department, as Paris-Nice draws about 8 million spectators each year. French televisions.
STEPS. Sunday 5 March, Stage 1 : Verrieres > Verrieres, 169.4 km
Monday 6 March, Stage 2 : Bazenville > Fontainebleau, 163.7 km
Tuesday, March 7, Stage 3 : Dampierre-en-Burly > Dampierre-en-Burly (team time trial), 32.2 km
Wednesday March 8, stage 4 : Saint-Amand-Montron > Chapel of the Guards, 164.7 km
Thursday March 9, Stage 5 : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise > Saint-Paul-Trois-Château, 212.4 km
Friday 10 March, stage 6 : Tour > La Colle-sur-Loup, 197.4 km
Saturday March 11, Stage 7 : Nice > Col de la Cuyol, 142.9 km
Sunday March 12, Stage 8 : Nice > Nice, 118.4 km
Source: Le Parisien
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