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{{Short description|French multi-day road cycling race}}
{{redirect-distinguish|Race to the Sun|Race the Sun (disambiguation){{!}}Race the Sun}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2012}}
{{Infobox cycling race
| name          = Paris–Nice
| current_event = 2025 Paris–Nice
| image         = [[File:Paris-Nice logo.svg|200px]]
| date          = March
| region        = France
| english       = 
| localnames    = 
| nickname      = ''La course au soleil'' {{in lang|fr}}<br/>''The Race to the Sun'' {{in lang|en}}
| discipline    = [[Road bicycle racing|Road]]
| competition   = [[UCI World Tour]]
| type          = [[Stage race (cycling)|Stage race]]
| organiser     = [[Amaury Sport Organisation]]
| director      = [[Christian Prudhomme]]
| first         = {{start date|1933}}
| number        = 83 (as of 2025)
| last          = 
| firstwinner   = {{flagathlete|[[Alphonse Schepers]]|BEL}}
| mostwins      = {{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Sean Kelly (cyclist)|Sean Kelly]]|IRL}} ''(7 wins)''}}
| mostrecent    = {{flagathlete|[[Matteo Jorgenson]]|USA}}
}}

'''Paris–Nice'''  is a professional [[road bicycle racing|cycling stage race]] in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in [[Nice]] or on the [[Col d'Èze]] overlooking the city.<ref name="Paris–Nice" /> The event is nicknamed ''The Race to the Sun'', as it runs in the first half of March, typically starting in cold and wintry conditions in the French capital before reaching the spring sunshine on the [[Côte d'Azur]].<ref name="preview">{{cite web|last1=Woodpower|first1=Zeb|title=Preview|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/paris-nice/preview/|website=[[Cycling News]]|access-date=3 December 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208080827/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/paris-nice/preview/|archive-date=8 December 2015}}</ref> The hilly course in the last days of the race favours stage racers who often battle for victory. 

Paris–Nice is part of the [[UCI World Tour]] and is the competition's first stage race in Europe each season, starting one day before its Italian counterpart, the [[Tirreno–Adriatico|Tirreno-Adriatico]]/Race of the Two Seas.<ref name="Paris–Nice" /> It is organized by [[Amaury Sport Organisation|ASO]], which also manages most other French World Tour races, most notably the [[Tour de France]] and [[Paris–Roubaix]]. The roll of honour features some of cycling's greatest riders, including French riders [[Louison Bobet]], [[Jacques Anquetil]] and [[Laurent Jalabert]], [[Low Countries|Low Country]] riders [[Eddy Merckx]] and [[Joop Zoetemelk]] who each won the race three times, and Spaniards [[Miguel Induráin]] and [[Alberto Contador]].<ref name="Paris–Nice" >{{cite web|title=Paris–Nice|url=http://www.uci.ch/road/news/article/paris-nice-168458/|website=[[Union Cycliste Internationale|UCI]]|access-date=3 December 2015}}</ref> The most successful rider is Ireland's [[Sean Kelly (cyclist)|Sean Kelly]], who claimed seven consecutive victories in the 1980s.

During the [[2003 Paris–Nice|2003 edition]], Kazakh rider [[Andrey Kivilev]] died as a result of a head injury sustained in a crash.<ref name="Kivilev dies">{{cite web|last1=Jones|first1=Jeff|title=Kivilev dies of injuries|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news/?id=2003/mar03/mar12news2|website=Cycling News|access-date=3 December 2015}}</ref><ref name="Andrei Kivilev">{{cite web|title=Andrei Kivilev: September 21, 1973 - March 12, 2003|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/features/?id=2003/kivilev|website=Cycling News|access-date=3 December 2015}}</ref> His death prompted [[Union Cycliste Internationale|UCI]] to mandate the use of helmets in all competitions of cycling, except for the last part of a race with an uphill finish. The rule was later changed to require helmets at all times. 

==History==

===Creation===
[[File:1933 Paris-Nice.png|thumb|180px|right|Route of the [[1933 Paris–Nice|inaugural edition]] of Paris–Nice, won by Belgian [[Alphonse Schepers]].]]
Paris–Nice was created in 1933 by Parisian [[media mogul]] Albert Lejeune, in order to promote his Paris-based newspaper ''Le Petit Journal'' and Nice-based paper ''Le Petit Niçois''.<ref name="History">{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.letour.fr/paris-nice/2016/us/history/|website=letour.fr|publisher=ASO|access-date=7 December 2015}}</ref> The race linked the French capital with the fashionable seaside city of [[Nice]] on France's Mediterranean coast. It was held in March, at the end of winter, as one of the earliest French [[road bicycle racing|bike races]] on the calendar, immediately following the [[Six-day racing]] season on the [[Track Cycling|track]].

The first Paris–Nice comprised six stages and was promoted as ''Les Six Jours de la Route'' ({{Langx|en|Six Days of the Road}}). The first stage ran from Paris to [[Dijon]] and, with a distance of 312&nbsp;km, remained the longest stage in the history of Paris–Nice. As most mountain roads were still impassable because of its early calendar date, the route avoided the Alps and primarily followed the lower [[Rhône Valley]], with the only significant climbs on the last day on the outskirts of Nice. The [[1933 Paris–Nice|inaugural edition]] was won by Belgian [[Alphonse Schepers]], who wore the leader's jersey from the first until the last day.<ref>{{cite web|title=Paris - Nice 1933|url=http://www.siteducyclisme.net/voorloopfiche.php?wedstrijdvoorloopid=868|website=siteducyclisme.net|access-date=7 December 2015|language=fr}}</ref>

The race was a success and was continued annually until 1939. Other newspapers from [[Southern France]], ''Lyon Républicain'' and ''Marseille-Matin'', partnered with Lejeune's titles to sponsor the race. In 1939, ''Ce Soir'' and ''Le Petit Nice'' were joined by ''[[L'Auto]]''. [[Maurice Archambaud]] became the first two-fold winner. In 1940, the race was cancelled for the duration of World War II. Race founder Lejeune was sentenced to death and executed after the [[liberation of France]] in 1945.

In 1946 ''Ce Soir'' again organized the first post-war race, but although the event was a commercial success, the newspaper dropped its sponsorship and the race was discontinued between 1947 and 1950.<ref name="History"/>

===The Race to the Sun===
In 1951 the race was revived as ''Paris-Côte d'Azur'' by Jean Medecin, the mayor of Nice, who wanted to promote tourism to his fast-growing city and the entire [[Côte d'Azur]].<ref name="History"/> It was organized by weekly magazine ''Route et Piste''. The name ''Paris–Nice'' was restored in 1954. The event's status grew in the 1950s from an early-season preparation and training race to an event in its own right, spawning illustrious winners as [[Louison Bobet]] and [[Jacques Anquetil]]. In 1957 journalist Jean Leulliot, race director since 1951, bought the event with his company ''Monde Six'' and became Paris–Nice's new organizer.{{refn|group=N|Jean Leulliot died in 1982. His daughter Josette succeeded him as head of Monde Six and race organizer.}}

[[File:Jacques Anquetil 1963.jpg|thumb|upright|left|[[Jacques Anquetil]] won the race five times, often dueling with [[Raymond Poulidor]].]]
In 1959 the race was run as ''Paris–Nice–Rome'', with a separate classification from Paris to Nice, a second from Nice to Rome in Italy and a third overall. The excessive length of the race — {{convert|1955|km}} in 11 days — was criticized, and the formula was not repeated. In 1966 Paris–Nice was the scene of a rivalry between French cycling icons [[Jacques Anquetil]] and [[Raymond Poulidor]], whose legendary emulation divided French cycling fans for a decade. Anquetil won his fifth and final Paris–Nice, surpassing Poulidor on the final stage to Nice.<ref>{{cite web|title=Paris-Nice1966|url=http://www.siteducyclisme.net/voorloopfiche.php?wedstrijdvoorloopid=934|website=siteducyclisme.net|access-date=7 December 2015|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Guillerminet|first1=Roger|title=Roger Pingeon|date=2005|location=Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire|pages=63–68|language=fr}}</ref>

In 1969, the final stage was moved from the seaside promenade in Nice to the top of the [[Col d'Èze]] hill overlooking the city. Young [[Eddy Merckx]] won the final [[Individual Time Trial|time trial]] and won his first of three consecutive Paris–Nices. Raymond Poulidor was once again runner-up; Jacques Anquetil completed the stellar podium in his last showdown. In 1972 ''eternal second'' Poulidor ended the ''Cannibal's'' streak by winning the final time trial and narrowly finishing ahead of Merckx.<ref>{{cite web|title=Paris-Nice 1972|url=http://www.siteducyclisme.net/voorloopfiche.php?wedstrijdvoorloopid=968|website=siteducyclisme.net|access-date=7 December 2015}}</ref> The next year, he repeated this feat at the age of 37.

In the 1980s Ireland's [[Glossary of cycling#all-rounder|all-round]] specialist [[Sean Kelly (cyclist)|Sean Kelly]] won the race seven consecutive times from 1981 the winning record to date. The ''Race to the Sun'' produced several other foremost winners in the 1990s, notably Spanish [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tour]] specialist [[Miguel Induráin]] and Swiss [[Tony Rominger]]. French allrounder [[Laurent Jalabert]] won the race three consecutive times, the last time in 1997, and is still the last French winner to date.<ref name="History"/>{{refn|group=N|The official site erroneously states Jalabert as a seven-fold winner.}} In 2000, former cyclist [[Laurent Fignon]] took over the organisation of the race from the Leulliot family. In 2002, he sold Paris–Nice to [[Amaury Sport Organisation|ASO]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Fignon|first1=Valérie|title=Laurent|date=2013|publisher=Grasset|page=180}}</ref>

===World Tour Race===
[[File:Davide Rebellin, Paris-Nice 2008.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Davide Rebellin]] in the yellow leader's jersey with the peloton climbing the [[Col d'Èze]] in [[2008 Paris–Nice|2008]].]]
The 2003 race was marred by the death of Kazakh rider [[Andrei Kivilev]] after a crash on the second stage.<ref name="Kivilev dies"/><ref name="Andrei Kivilev"/> Kivilev did not wear a helmet and died that night as a result of brain trauma. The following day the [[peloton]], led by Kivilev's [[Cofidis (cycling team)|Cofidis]] team, neutralized the third stage.<ref>{{cite web|title=Stage 3 neutralised after Kivilev's death|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2003/mar03/parisnice03/?id=results/stage3|website=Cyclingnews|access-date=9 December 2015}}</ref> Racing resumed the next day, and in the fifth stage to the [[Mont Faron]], Kivilev's friend and compatriot [[Alexander Vinokourov]] produced a solo victory and crossed the line holding a picture of his late friend.<ref>{{cite web|title=Emotional Vinokourov does it for Kivilev|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2003/mar03/parisnice03/?id=results/stage5|website=Cyclingnews|access-date=9 December 2015}}</ref>

In [[2005 Paris–Nice]] was included in the inaugural [[UCI Pro Tour]], but was at the center of a dispute between [[Union Cycliste Internationale|UCI]] and [[Amaury Sport Organisation|ASO]] just before the [[2008 Paris–Nice|2008 edition]]. On 7 March 2008, two days before the start, UCI president [[Pat McQuaid]] announced that all teams starting the race would be suspended by the UCI. That day, the teams' association (AIGCP) decided by a majority-against-minority vote to participate in the race.{{refn|group=N|Meanwhile, the [[Court of Arbitration for Sport]], to which the ProTour teams referred the case, declared itself unable to judge the legality of any penalties that might be taken against riders or teams.}}<ref>{{cite web|last1=decaluwé|first1=Brecht|title=UCI says Paris–Nice agreement not unanimous|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-says-paris-nice-agreement-not-unanimous/|website=cyclingnews|access-date=7 December 2015}}</ref> The issue was eventually resolved and since [[2011 Paris–Nice]] serves as the European opening race of the [[UCI World Tour]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Paris-Nice 2011 Tony Martin wins race to the sun after Thomas Voeckler claims second stage on Cote-dAzur|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/8379105/Paris-Nice-2011-Tony-Martin-wins-race-to-the-sun-after-Thomas-Voeckler-claims-second-stage-on-Cote-dAzur.html|website=telegraph.co.uk|access-date=7 December 2015}}</ref>

In [[2012 Paris–Nice|2012]] England's [[Bradley Wiggins]] won the race, as part of his build-up to the [[Tour de France]].<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/mar/11/bradley-wiggins-wins-paris-nice|title=Bradley Wiggins wins Paris–Nice|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=11 March 2012|access-date=7 December 2015|agency=[[Reuters]]}}</ref> Wiggins was the ninth rider who won the ''Race to the Sun'' prior to winning the Tour de France. In the last ten years, Spaniard [[Alberto Contador]] and Australian [[Richie Porte]] have won the race twice.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/21733911|title=Team Sky's Richie Porte becomes first Australian Paris–Nice winner|publisher=BBC Sport|date=10 March 2013|access-date=7 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www1.skysports.com/cycling/news/12040/9761078/richie-porte-says-second-paris-nice-title-is-sweeter-than-first|title=Richie Porte says second Paris–Nice title is 'sweeter' than the first|date=15 March 2015|access-date=7 December 2015|website=[[Skysports.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Richie Porte wins final ITT to take Paris–Nice title|url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/03/news/richie-porte-wins-final-itt-take-paris-nice-title_363428|website=Velo News|access-date=3 December 2015}}</ref>

The [[2020 Paris–Nice]] was the last international cycling event, as well as the last sporting event in France, before mass gatherings came to a halt due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. The race was held with buffer zones to restrict public access and was reduced to seven stages as a response to the worsened situation in the early weeks of March.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Longa |first1=Jonny |title=Paris–Nice will hold rest of race 'behind closed doors' because of coronavirus |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/paris-nice-will-hold-rest-of-race-behind-closed-doors-because-of-coronavirus-451185 |website=cyclingweekly.com |access-date=13 May 2020 }}</ref> German [[Maximilian Schachmann|Max Schachmann]] won the overall classification after leading the race since the first stage.<ref name="Result-S7">{{cite news|title=Schachmann holds on to win Paris–Nice|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/paris-nice-2020/stage-7/results/|publisher=CyclingNews|date=14 March 2020|access-date=14 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="PN-ranks">{{cite web|url=https://www.paris-nice.fr/en/rankings|title=Official classifications of Paris–Nice|work=Paris–Nice|publisher=[[Amaury Sport Organisation|ASO]]|access-date=14 March 2020}}</ref>

==Route==
[[File:Paris-Nice 2015.svg|thumb|220px|left|Route of the [[2015 Paris–Nice]]]]
For many decades, the route of Paris–Nice has developed a traditional and recognizable format. The race starts on Sunday, most often with a prologue [[individual time trial|time trial]] near Paris, followed by a series of road stages southwards across France. Due to France's geography, the early stages are usually flat and suited for sprinters, before moving further south towards the [[Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur|Provence]] region. The latter, southern part of Paris–Nice normally contains several hilly to mountainous stages, which are the decisive portions of the race. The final stage on Sunday is either a road stage finishing on Nice's Promenade des Anglais or an uphill time trial on the [[Col d'Èze]] just outside [[Nice]]. Known as ''The Race to the Sun'', Paris–Nice is often considered a mini-[[Tour de France]], where riders need to be both competent time-trialists and capable of climbing mountains.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/paris-nice-2015-preview-160692|title=Paris-Nice 2015 preview|date=4 March 2015|access-date=8 December 2015|work=[[Cycling Weekly]]|last=Puddicombe|first=Stephen}}</ref>

Despite this format, some editions occasionally had more unorthodox courses. The [[2014 Paris–Nice|2014 edition]] was an unusual race with no time trials or summit finishes. In [[2015 Paris–Nice|2015]] organizers returned to the traditional format, starting in [[Yvelines]], west of Paris, before moving south. The key stages were the summit finish to the [[Col de la Croix de Chaubouret]] in France's [[Massif Central]] on stage 4 and the concluding time trial on Col d'Eze.<ref name=":0"/> The [[2016 Paris–Nice|2016 edition]] included dirt road sectors in the first stage of the race and a passage on the lower slopes of [[Mont Ventoux]] in the fifth stage.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Farrand|first1=Stephen|title=2016 Paris-Nice to visit the Ventoux and includes dirt roads|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/2016-paris-nice-to-visit-the-ventoux-and-includes-dirt-roads/|website=[[Cycling News]]|access-date=18 December 2015}}</ref>

===Starts===
Until 1962, the race began in the city of Paris. Since 1963, organizers have usually preferred to start in smaller towns and suburbs on the outskirts of Paris or even well outside the French capital.<ref name="guide">{{cite web|title=Guide historique de Paris–Nice|url=http://www.letour.fr/paris-nice/2013/docs/guide_historique_fr.pdf|website=letour.fr|access-date=3 December 2015|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208044747/http://www.letour.fr/paris-nice/2013/docs/guide_historique_fr.pdf|archive-date=8 December 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Most editions started in the Paris region of [[Île-de-France]], including nine from [[Issy-les-Moulineaux]] and six from [[Fontenay-sous-Bois]]. In 1982, the race started with a prologue in [[Mouscron|Luingne]], Belgium; the event's only foreign start. Four other municipalities outside the Île-de-France have hosted the start: [[Villefranche-sur-Saône]] in 1988, [[Châteauroux]] in 1996, [[Nevers]] in 2001 and [[Amilly, Loiret|Amilly]] in 2008.<ref name="guide"/> The last time Paris–Nice started in Paris was in 2000, with a prologue in the [[Bois de Vincennes]].<ref>{{cite news|title=67th Paris - Nice - 2.HC. France, March 5 - 12, 2000|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/2000/mar00/parisnice001.shtml|access-date=9 December 2015|agency=cyclingnews.be}}</ref>

===Finishes===
[[File:Nice foreshore along Quai des États-Unis.jpg|thumb|right|Paris–Nice traditionally finishes on the [[Promenade des Anglais]].]]
{{Update|date=April 2022}}
Paris–Nice has always finished in Nice and has only had three different finish locations on its territory. The seven pre-war editions finished on the ''Quai des États-Unis'' (Quay of the United States), before moving to the illustrious [[Promenade des Anglais]] (Promenade of the English) in 1946.<ref name="guide"/> From 1969 to 1995 the race finished with a time trial up the [[Col d'Èze]], except in 1977 when landslides had blocked the road.<ref name="guide"/> The Col d'Èze is a 9&nbsp;km climb, starting from Nice and climbing to 507 m altitude. It is named after the village of Èze, part of the [[Municipalities of France|municipality]] of Nice. [[Sean Kelly (cyclist)|Sean Kelly]] won the Col d'Èze time trial five times in his seven-year dominance.

In 1996, the finish was moved back to the Promenade des Anglais because of the low number of spectators on Col d'Èze and to take advantage of funding from the city of Nice. In 1996 and 1997 the final stage was a flat time trial in the streets of Nice, won by [[Chris Boardman]] and [[Viatcheslav Ekimov]] respectively. From 1998 to 2011, the final stage was a road race – usually on a hilly terrain with the climbs of the Col d'Èze and [[La Turbie]] – starting and ending in Nice. In recent years the race often returns to a final Col d'Èze time trial stage. [[Bradley Wiggins]] set a new climbing record in [[2012 Paris–Nice|2012]] of 19' 12" on his way to overall victory.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Galagher|first1=Brendan|title=Paris-Nice 2012: Bradley Wiggins beats Lieuwe Westra in time trial to win race for the first time|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/9136980/Paris-Nice-2012-Bradley-Wiggins-beats-Lieuwe-Westra-in-time-trial-to-win-race-for-the-first-time.html|website=The Telegraph|access-date=9 December 2015}}</ref>

From 1998 to 2011, the concluding stage evolved into a road race on hilly terrain, incorporating climbs like the Col d'Èze and La Turbie, starting and ending in Nice. The [[Col d'Èze]] time trial made a notable return in 2012, where Bradley Wiggins set a new climbing record of 19 minutes and 12 seconds, propelling him to overall victory. climbing-records.com

In recent editions, the Col d'Èze has continued to feature prominently. For instance, in the 2025 Paris–Nice, Matteo Jorgenson delivered [https://freepress24.gr/ig-cycling-touring-races-i-elliniki-naftilia/ a remarkable performance] by dropping all competitors on the Col d'Èze while wearing the yellow jersey, solidifying his overall win. 

The Col d'Èze remains an iconic and challenging ascent, symbolizing the climactic battles that define the [https://pullingturns.com/paris-nice-race/ "Race to the Sun."]

=={{anchor|Jerseys}}Jersey colours==
[[File:Clement lhotellerie PN2008.JPG|thumb|upright|right|[[Clément Lhotellerie]], polka dot jersey in the [[2008 Paris–Nice|2008 race]].]]

Since 2008, the overall leader has worn a yellow jersey. At the creation of the race in 1933, the leader's jersey was blue and gold, evoking the Mediterranean sunny sky. In 1946, the leader's jersey was green. In 1951, the organization opted for a yellow jersey with orange piping; before changing to all-white from 1955 to 2001. In 2002, after the race was obtained by [[Amaury Sport Organization|ASO]], the leader's jersey was yellow and white, before changing it to yellow in 2008, reflecting the Tour de France leader's jersey. In 2018, the yellow jersey features a white bar (same style as the [[Critérium du Dauphiné]] yellow jersey).

The [[points classification]] leader's jersey has been green since 2008. It was green from 1954 to 1984, and there was no points classification from 1985 to 1996. The points jersey was pink and purple in 2000 and 2001, and green and white from 2002 to 2007.

The [[King of the Mountains]] jersey has white with red polka dots, as in the Tour de France, since the race's takeover by ASO. The classification was introduced in 1952 and the jersey colour changed several times. In the 1970s it was yellow and red; later, it was white and purple. In 1984 the jersey became yellow and blue (the colors of sponsor [[Crédit Lyonnais]]); the following year, it was blue. Agrigel became its sponsor in 1990, and changed the colors to yellow and blue.

The best young rider's jersey was introduced in 2002, when it was blue and white. It has been white since 2007.

==Winners==
[[File:Sean Kelly, Tour de France 2009.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Sean Kelly (cyclist)|Sean Kelly]] ''(pictured in 2009)'' won Paris–Nice seven consecutive times from 1982 to 1988.]]
{{Cycling past winner start}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1933 Paris–Nice|1933]]|name={{sortname|Alphonse|Schepers}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=[[La Française (cycling team)|La Française]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1934 Paris–Nice|1934]]|name={{sortname|Gaston|Rebry}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=[[Alcyon (cycling team)|Alycon]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1935 Paris–Nice|1935]]|name={{sortname|René|Vietto||Vietto, Rene}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=[[Helyett–Hutchinson]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1936 Paris–Nice|1936]]|name={{sortname|Maurice|Archambaud}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=[[Mercier–Hutchinson]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1937 Paris–Nice|1937]]|name={{sortname|Roger|Lapébie||Lapebie, Roger}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=[[Mercier–Hutchinson]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1938 Paris–Nice|1938]]|name={{sortname|Jules|Lowie}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=Pélissier-Mercier–Hutchinson}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1939 Paris–Nice|1939]]|name={{sortname|Maurice|Archambaud}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=[[Mercier–Hutchinson]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1946 Paris–Nice|1946]]|name={{sortname|Fermo|Camellini}}|nat=ITA|natvar=1861|team=Olmo}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1951 Paris–Nice|1951]]|name={{sortname|Roger|Decock}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=Bertin}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1952 Paris–Nice|1952]]|name={{sortname|Louison|Bobet}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=Stella-Huret}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1953 Paris–Nice|1953]]|name={{sortname|Jean-Pierre|Munch}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=Arliguie–Hutchinson}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1954 Paris–Nice|1954]]|name={{sortname|Raymond|Impanis}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=[[Mercier–BP–Hutchinson]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1955 Paris–Nice|1955]]|name={{sortname|Jean|Bobet}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=[[L. Bobet–BP–Hutchinson]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1956 Paris–Nice|1956]]|name={{sortname|Fred De|Bruyne}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=[[Mercier–BP–Hutchinson]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1957 Paris–Nice|1957]]|name={{sortname|Jacques|Anquetil}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=[[Helyett (cycling team)|Helyett]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1958 Paris–Nice|1958]]|name={{sortname|Fred De|Bruyne}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=[[Carpano (cycling team)|Carpano]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1959 Paris–Nice|1959]]|name={{sortname|Jean|Graczyck}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=[[Helyett (cycling team)|Helyett]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1960 Paris–Nice|1960]]|name={{sortname|Raymond|Impanis}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=[[Faema (cycling team, 1955–1962)|Faema]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1961 Paris–Nice|1961]]|name={{sortname|Jacques|Anquetil}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=[[Helyett–Fynsec]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1962 Paris–Nice|1962]]|name={{sortname|Joseph|Planckaert}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=[[Flandria–Faema]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1963 Paris–Nice|1963]]|name={{sortname|Jacques|Anquetil}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=[[Saint-Raphaël (cycling team)|St.Raphael–Gitane]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1964 Paris–Nice|1964]]|name={{sortname|Jan|Janssen}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team=[[Pelforth–Sauvage–Lejeune|Pelforth–Sauvage]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1965 Paris–Nice|1965]]|name={{sortname|Jacques|Anquetil}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=[[Ford France (cycling team)|Ford–Gitane]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1966 Paris–Nice|1966]]|name={{sortname|Jacques|Anquetil}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=[[Ford France (cycling team)|Ford–Hutchinson]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1967 Paris–Nice|1967]]|name={{sortname|Tom|Simpson}}|nat=GBR|natvar=|team=[[Peugeot–BP–Michelin]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1968 Paris–Nice|1968]]|name={{sortname|Rolf|Wolfshohl}}|nat=FRG|natvar=|team=[[Bic (cycling team)|Bic]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1969 Paris–Nice|1969]]|name={{sortname|Eddy|Merckx}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=[[Faemino–Faema|Faema]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1970 Paris–Nice|1970]]|name={{sortname|Eddy|Merckx}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=[[Faemino–Faema|Faemino]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1971 Paris–Nice|1971]]|name={{sortname|Eddy|Merckx}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=[[Molteni (cycling team)|Molteni]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1972 Paris–Nice|1972]]|name={{sortname|Raymond|Poulidor}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=[[Gan–Mercier–Hutchinson]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1973 Paris–Nice|1973]]|name={{sortname|Raymond|Poulidor}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=[[Gan–Mercier–Hutchinson]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1974 Paris–Nice|1974]]|name={{sortname|Joop|Zoetemelk}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team=[[Gan–Mercier–Hutchinson]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1975 Paris–Nice|1975]]|name={{sortname|Joop|Zoetemelk}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team=[[Gan–Mercier–Hutchinson]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1976 Paris–Nice|1976]]|name={{sortname|Michel|Laurent}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=[[Miko–de Gribaldy]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1977 Paris–Nice|1977]]|name={{sortname|Freddy|Maertens}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=[[Flandria–Faema]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1978 Paris–Nice|1978]]|name={{sortname|Gerrie|Knetemann}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|TIR|1978}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1979 Paris–Nice|1979]]|name={{sortname|Joop|Zoetemelk}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team=[[Miko–Mercier]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1980 Paris–Nice|1980]]|name={{sortname|Gilbert|Duclos-Lassalle}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=[[Peugeot–Esso–Michelin]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1981 Paris–Nice|1981]]|name={{sortname|Stephen|Roche}}|nat=IRL|natvar=|team=[[Peugeot–Esso–Michelin]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1982 Paris–Nice|1982]]|name={{sortname|Sean|Kelly|Sean Kelly (cyclist)}}|nat=IRL|natvar=|team=[[Sem–France Loire]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1983 Paris–Nice|1983]]|name={{sortname|Sean|Kelly|Sean Kelly (cyclist)}}|nat=IRL|natvar=|team=[[Sem–France Loire]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1984 Paris–Nice|1984]]|name={{sortname|Sean|Kelly|Sean Kelly (cyclist)}}|nat=IRL|natvar=|team=[[Skil–Sem–Reydel]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1985 Paris–Nice|1985]]|name={{sortname|Sean|Kelly|Sean Kelly (cyclist)}}|nat=IRL|natvar=|team=[[Skil–Sem–Reydel]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1986 Paris–Nice|1986]]|name={{sortname|Sean|Kelly|Sean Kelly (cyclist)}}|nat=IRL|natvar=|team=[[Kas–Mavic]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1987 Paris–Nice|1987]]|name={{sortname|Sean|Kelly|Sean Kelly (cyclist)}}|nat=IRL|natvar=|team=[[Kas (cycling team)|Kas]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1988 Paris–Nice|1988]]|name={{sortname|Sean|Kelly|Sean Kelly (cyclist)}}|nat=IRL|natvar=|team=[[Kas–Mavic]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1989 Paris–Nice|1989]]|name={{sortname|Miguel|Induráin}}|nat=ESP|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|GCE|1989}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1990 Paris–Nice|1990]]|name={{sortname|Miguel|Induráin}}|nat=ESP|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|GCE|1990}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1991 Paris–Nice|1991]]|name={{sortname|Tony|Rominger}}|nat=SUI|natvar=|team=[[Toshiba (cycling team)|Toshiba]]}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1992 Paris–Nice|1992]]|name={{sortname|Jean-François|Bernard}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|GCE|1992}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1993 Paris–Nice|1993]]|name={{sortname|Alex|Zülle||Zulle, Alex}}|nat=SUI|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|ONC|1993}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1994 Paris–Nice|1994]]|name={{sortname|Tony|Rominger}}|nat=SUI|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|MAP|1994}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1995 Paris–Nice|1995]]|name={{sortname|Laurent|Jalabert}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|ONC|1995}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1996 Paris–Nice|1996]]|name={{sortname|Laurent|Jalabert}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|ONC|1996}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1997 Paris–Nice|1997]]|name={{sortname|Laurent|Jalabert}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|ONC|1997}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1998 Paris–Nice|1998]]|name={{sortname|Frank|Vandenbroucke|Frank Vandenbroucke (cyclist)}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|MAP|1998}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1999 Paris–Nice|1999]]|name={{sortname|Michael|Boogerd}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|RAB|1999}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2000 Paris–Nice|2000]]|name={{sortname|Andreas|Klöden||Kloden, Andreas}}|nat=GER|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|THR|2000}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2001 Paris–Nice|2001]]|name={{sortname|Dario|Frigo}}|nat=ITA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|FAS|2001}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2002 Paris–Nice|2002]]|name={{sortname|Alexandre|Vinokourov}}|nat=KAZ|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|THR|2002}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2003 Paris–Nice|2003]]|name={{sortname|Alexandre|Vinokourov}}|nat=KAZ|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|THR|2003}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2004 Paris–Nice|2004]]|name={{sortname|Jörg|Jaksche||Jaksche, Jorg}}|nat=GER|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|SAX|2004}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2005 Paris–Nice|2005]]|name={{sortname|Bobby|Julich}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|SAX|2005}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2006 Paris–Nice|2006]]|name={{sortname|Floyd|Landis}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|PHO|2006}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2007 Paris–Nice|2007]]|name={{sortname|Alberto|Contador}}|nat=ESP|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|DSC|2007}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2008 Paris–Nice|2008]]|name={{sortname|Davide|Rebellin}}|nat=ITA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|GST|2008}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2009 Paris–Nice|2009]]|name={{sortname|Luis León|Sánchez||Sanchez, Luis Leon}}|nat=ESP|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|GCE|2009}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2010 Paris–Nice|2010]]|name={{sortname|Alberto|Contador}}|nat=ESP|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|AST|2010}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2011 Paris–Nice|2011]]|name={{sortname|Tony|Martin|Tony Martin (cyclist)}}|nat=GER|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|THR|2011}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2012 Paris–Nice|2012]]|name={{sortname|Bradley|Wiggins}}|nat=GBR|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|SKY|2012}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2013 Paris–Nice|2013]]|name={{sortname|Richie|Porte}}|nat=AUS|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|SKY|2013}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2014 Paris–Nice|2014]]|name={{sortname|Carlos|Betancur}}|nat=COL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|ALM|2014}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2015 Paris–Nice|2015]]|name={{sortname|Richie|Porte}}|nat=AUS|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|SKY|2015}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2016 Paris–Nice|2016]]|name={{sortname|Geraint|Thomas}}|nat=GBR|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|SKY|2016}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2017 Paris–Nice|2017]]|name={{sortname|Sergio|Henao}}|nat=COL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|SKY|2017}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2018 Paris–Nice|2018]]|name={{sortname|Marc|Soler}}|nat=ESP|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|MOV|2018}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2019 Paris–Nice|2019]]|name={{sortname|Egan|Bernal}}|nat=COL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|SKY|2019a}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2020 Paris–Nice|2020]]|name={{sortname|Maximilian|Schachmann}}|nat=GER|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|BOH|2020}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2021 Paris–Nice|2021]]|name={{sortname|Maximilian|Schachmann}}|nat=GER|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|BOH|2021}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2022 Paris–Nice|2022]]|name={{sortname|Primož|Roglič}}|nat=SLO|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|TJV|2022}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2023 Paris–Nice|2023]]|name={{sortname|Tadej|Pogačar}}|nat=SLO|team={{UCI team code|UAE|2023}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2024 Paris–Nice|2024]]|name={{sortname|Matteo|Jorgenson}}|nat=USA|team={{UCI team code|TJV|2024}}}}
{{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2025 Paris–Nice|2025]]|name={{sortname|Matteo|Jorgenson}}|nat=USA|team={{UCI team code|TJV|2025}}}}
{{Cycling past winner end}}

===Multiple winners===
''Riders in italics are active.''

{| class="wikitable"
! Wins
! Rider
! Editions
|-
| align=center | '''7''' || {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Sean Kelly (cyclist)|Seán Kelly]] || [[1982 Paris–Nice|1982]], [[1983 Paris–Nice|1983]], [[1984 Paris–Nice|1984]], [[1985 Paris–Nice|1985]], [[1986 Paris–Nice|1986]], [[1987 Paris–Nice|1987]], [[1988 Paris–Nice|1988]]
|-
| align=center | '''5''' || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jacques Anquetil]] || [[1957 Paris–Nice|1957]], [[1961 Paris–Nice|1961]], [[1963 Paris–Nice|1963]], [[1965 Paris–Nice|1965]], [[1966 Paris–Nice|1966]]
|-
| align=center rowspan= 3 | '''3''' || {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Eddy Merckx]] || [[1969 Paris–Nice|1969]], [[1970 Paris–Nice|1970]], [[1971 Paris–Nice|1971]]
|-
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Joop Zoetemelk]] || [[1974 Paris–Nice|1974]], [[1975 Paris–Nice|1975]], [[1979 Paris–Nice|1979]]
|-
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Laurent Jalabert]] || [[1995 Paris–Nice|1995]], [[1996 Paris–Nice|1996]], [[1997 Paris–Nice|1997]]
|-
| align=center rowspan= 11 | '''2''' || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Maurice Archambaud]] || [[1936 Paris–Nice|1936]], [[1939 Paris–Nice|1939]]
|-
|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Raymond Impanis]] || [[1954 Paris–Nice|1954]], [[1960 Paris–Nice|1960]]
|-
|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Fred De Bruyne]] || [[1956 Paris–Nice|1956]], [[1958 Paris–Nice|1958]]
|-
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Raymond Poulidor]] || [[1972 Paris–Nice|1972]], [[1973 Paris–Nice|1973]]
|-
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Miguel Induráin]] || [[1989 Paris–Nice|1989]], [[1990 Paris–Nice|1990]]
|-
|{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Tony Rominger]] || [[1991 Paris–Nice|1991]], [[1994 Paris–Nice|1994]]
|-
|{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Alexander Vinokourov]] || [[2002 Paris–Nice|2002]], [[2003 Paris–Nice|2003]]
|-
|''{{flagicon|ESP}}'' [[Alberto Contador]] || [[2007 Paris–Nice|2007]], [[2010 Paris–Nice|2010]]
|-
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Richie Porte]] || [[2013 Paris–Nice|2013]], [[2015 Paris–Nice|2015]]
|-
|{{flagicon|GER}} ''[[Maximilian Schachmann]]'' || [[2020 Paris–Nice|2020]], [[2021 Paris–Nice|2021]]
|-
|{{flagicon|USA}} ''[[Matteo Jorgenson]]'' || [[2024 Paris–Nice|2024]], [[2025 Paris–Nice|2025]]
|}

===Wins per country===
{| class="wikitable"
! Wins !! Country
|-
| align=center | 21 || {{FRA}}
|-
| align=center | 14 || {{BEL}}
|-
| align=center | 8 || {{IRL}}
|-
| align=center | 6 || {{GER}} (including {{FRG}})<br />{{NED}}<br />{{ESP}}
|-
| align=center | 4 || {{USA}}
|-
| align=center | 3 || {{COL}}<br />{{GBR2}}<br />{{ITA}}<br />{{SUI}}
|-
| align=center | 2 || {{AUS}}<br />{{KAZ}}<br />{{SLO}}
|}

==Trivia==
* The youngest winner of Paris–Nice was [[René Vietto]] in 1935, at the age of 21.<ref name="History"/>
* The oldest winner was [[Raymond Poulidor]] in 1973, at the age of 37.<ref name="History"/>
* France holds the record of most wins per nation, but no Frenchman has been victorious since [[Laurent Jalabert]] in 1997.<ref name="History"/>
* Twelve winners on the roll of honour have also won the [[Tour de France]] in their careers: [[Louison Bobet]], [[Jacques Anquetil]], [[Jan Janssen]], [[Eddy Merckx]], [[Joop Zoetemelk]], [[Stephen Roche]], [[Miguel Induráin]], [[Alberto Contador]], [[Bradley Wiggins]], [[Geraint Thomas]], [[Egan Bernal]] and [[Tadej Pogačar]]. All bar Pogacar won their first or only Paris–Nice before they had won the Tour de France.

==Notes==
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==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{official website|http://www.letour.fr/us/homepage_horscoursePNC.html}}
* {{Cycling archives race|362}}
* [https://freepress24.gr/ig-cycling-touring-races-i-elliniki-naftilia/ Remarkable Performance]
* [https://pullingturns.com/paris-nice-race/ "Race to the Sun."]

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