Stage 2
Bazainville – Fontainebleau
6 March 2023
164 km
Summary
After the first stage, Jonas Gregaard (Uno-X) was in the break again, bit this time alone. Tadej Pogacar took the 6″ time bonus again, now he is 2nd in the general classification.
In the finale, Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) was faster and stronger than Olav Kooij (Jumbo-Visma) and Magnus Cort (EF Education-EasyPost)
Top20 of the stage
1 136 PEDERSEN Mads TFS DEN B:10″ 00″
2 5 KOOIJ Olav TJV NED B:06″
3 104 NIELSEN Magnus Cort EFE DEN B:04″
4 116 MCLAY Daniel ARK GBR
5 177 TAMINIAUX Lionel ADC BEL
6 15 MATTHEWS Michael JAY AUS B:04″
7 107 VAN DEN BERG Marijn EFE NED
8 192 BOL Cees AST NED
9 85 RENARD Alexis COF FRA
10 62 DEMARE Arnaud GFC FRA
11 211 KRISTOFF Alexander UXT NOR
12 82 COQUARD Bryan COF FRA
13 32 ALVES OLIVEIRA Rui Filipe UAD POR
14 141 MERLIER Tim SOQ BEL
15 167 TURGIS Anthony TEN FRA
16 2 AFFINI Edoardo TJV ITA
17 47 VAN POPPEL Danny BOH NED
18 55 EEKHOFF Nils DSM NED
19 23 NARVAEZ PRADO Jhonatan IGD ECU
20 42 BENNETT Sam BOH IRL
Top10 in overall
1 136 PEDERSEN Mads TFS DEN 7h19’35” 00″
2 31 POGACAR Tadej UAD SLO 7h19’37” 02″
3 141 MERLIER Tim SOQ BEL 7h19’39” 04″
4 5 KOOIJ Olav TJV NED 7h19’43” 08″
5 42 BENNETT Sam BOH IRL
6 15 MATTHEWS Michael JAY AUS 7h19’45” 10″
7 104 NIELSEN Magnus Cort EFE DEN
8 161 LATOUR Pierre TEN FRA
9 95 GODON Dorian ACT FRA 7h19’47” 12″
10 7 VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan TJV BEL
Previously at Paris-Nice 2023
Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick Step) won the bunch sprint in the first stage of the race.
He leads the general classification ahead of Sam Bennett (Bora-hansgrohe) and Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), who collected the valuable 6″ time bonus with 6 km to go.