Highlights and best moments: Paris - Nice 2024 Stage 2 between Thoiry and Montargis
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3 years ago

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Our coverage of Stage 2 of the Paris - Nice 2024 between Thoiry and Montargis comes to an end.

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Next stage

The third day of Paris Nice is the team time trial in the city of Auxerre, a test of approximately 27 kilometers that will greatly demand the capabilities of each squad. There will be an intermediate point at kilometer 14, after climbing two steep climbs above 3.5% and the end of the course will also be another steep climb of 3.1%.

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Top 10 - Overall ranking

This is the top 10 of stage 2:
Top 10 - Overall Ranking
Pos. Rider (Country / Team) Time
1 Laurence Pithie (New Zealand / Groupama - FDJ) 08h 17'20"
2 Mads Pedersen (Denmark / LIDL-Trek) + 00'00"
3 Olav Kooij (Netherlands / Team Visma - Lease a Bike) + 00'00"
4 Matteo Jorgenson (United States / Team Visma - Lease a Bike) + 00'04"
5 Remco Evenepoel (Belgium / Soudal Quick - Step) + 00'06"
6 Egan Bernal (Colombia / INEOS Grenadiers) + 00'08"
7 Mattias Skjelmose (Denmark / LIDL-Trek) + 00'08"
8 Kaden Groves (Australia / Alpecin - Deceunink) + 00'10"
9 Sam Bennett (Ireland / Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) + 00'10"
10 Jon Barrenetxea (Spain / Movistar) + 00'10"

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Top 10 - Stage 2

This is the top 10 of stage 2:
Top 10 - Stage 2
Pos. Rider (Country / Team) Time
1 Arvid De Kleijn (Netherlands / TUDOR Pro Cycling) 04h 41'02"
2 Laurence Pithie (New Zealand / Groupama - FDJ) + 00'00"
3 Dylan Groenewegen (Netherlands / Jayco AlUla) + 00'00"
4 Danny Van Poppel (Netherlands / BORA - Hansgrohe) + 00'00"
5 Gerben Thijssen (Belgium / Intermarché - Wanty) + 00'00"
6 Sam Bennett (Ireland / Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) + 00'00"
7 Dries Van Gestel (Belgium / TotalEnergies) + 00'00"
8 Mads Pedersen (Denmark / LIDL-Trek) + 00'00"
9 Pascal Ackermann (Germany / Israel - Premier Tech) + 00'00"
10 Matteo Sobrero (Italy / BORA - Hansgrohe) + 00'00"

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Victory for Arvid De Kleijn!

Triumph for Arvid De Kleijn! The Tudor Pro Cycling Team celebrates on behalf of the Dutchman, who won Laurence Pithie and a Dylan Groenewegen.

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Last kilometer

The end of the race is coming. The teams' trains are activated to launch their sprinters.

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3 km to go

There are 3 kilometers to the end of the stage. We are already in the "protection" zone for the riders in case of a fall between now and the finish.

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8 km to go

The pace of the peloton starts to pick up. The final part of the day is coming.

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Falling

Lukasz Owsian (Arkea) crashed in a corner with 11 kilometers to go. Although he was not physically affected, he needs the assistance of his team to repair his bike.

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13 km to go

While Madis Mikhels returns to the peloton, Bob Jungels suffers a mechanical breakdown.

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15 km to go

The peloton is still riding very calmly. This will give Madis Mikhels time to get back without too much trouble.

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Falling

With 18 kilometers to go there was a crash in the peloton. Madis Mikhels (Intermarché-Wanty) went to the ground, although it was not serious.

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3️⃣ Côte de Villeconin

This is how the positions were in the second mountain pass of the day:
  1. Mathieu Burgaudeau (TotalEnergies) - 6 pts
  2. Pierre Latour (TotalEnergies) - 4 pts
  3. Jonas Rutsch (EF Education - Easypost) - 2 pts

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3️⃣ Côte des Mesnuls

This is how the positions were at the first mountain pass of the day:
  1. Jonas Rutsch (EF Education - Easypost) - 3 pts
  2. Mathieu Burgaudeau (TotalEnergies) - 2 pts
  3. Lilian Calmejane (Intermarché-Wanty) - 1 pt

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25 km to go

It's still quiet in the peloton for now. It will be time for the teams to position themselves to enter the final part of the stage. At the front are the riders of Bahrain Victorious, Alpecin - Deceunink and LIDL-Trek.

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30 km to go

The peloton remains grouped together. The average speed is 37.1 km/h. None of the teams take the baton to try to move the race now.

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Jonas Rutsh, leader in the mountains

Germany's Jonas Rutsch made the most of a long breakaway on the first stage with EF-Easypost teammate Stefan Bissegger and Frenchman Mathieu Burgaudeau to take the KOM jersey with eight points, one more than Burgaudeau. Remco Evenepoel is third, with six points, after scoring on the final climb yesterday.

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Olav Kooij, leader in three classifications

Olav Kooij swapped his Visma-Lease a Bike yellow jersey for the yellow and white leader’s jersey of Paris-Nice thanks to his win in stage 1 in Les Mureaux. As a result, the Dutchman holds all the distinctive jerseys at the start of stage 2 except the polka-dot. With a four-seconds lead over Dane Mads Pedersen and his American team-mate Matteo Jorgenson.

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Carreer status

There are 40 kilometers to go before the end of the day. The riders have already contested the two mountain prizes as planned, and now the peloton is running calm and grouped for the end of the day.

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3 years ago

Welcome back

We are ready to bring you the actions of stage 2 of the Paris - Nice 2024, which takes place between Thoiry and Montargis. We invite you to follow along with us the incidents of this day.

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In a few moments we will share with you the opening moments of stage 2 of the Paris - Nice 2024, as well as the latest information from the course between Thoiry and Montargis. Don't miss any details of the race with VAVEL's minute-by-minute coverage.

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How to watch Paris - Nice 2024 Stage 2 Stream on TV and Online?

If you want to watch the Stage 2 of the Paris - Nice 2024 on TV, your options is NBC Sports and TV5 Monde.

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What time is Stage 2 of the Paris - Nice 2024?

This is the start time for Stage 2 of the Paris - Nice on March 4th, 2024 in several countries:

Argentina: 11:00 AM on ESPN and Star +
Bolivia: 10:00 AM on ESPN and Star +
Brazil: 11:00 AM on ESPN and Star +
Chile: 10:00 AM on ESPN and Star +
Colombia: 9:00 AM on Caracol TV, ESPN and Star +
Ecuador: 9:00 AM on Teleamazonas, ESPN and Star +
USA (ET): 10:00 AM on NBC Sports and TV5 Monde
Spain: 4:00 PM on RTVE and Eurosport
Mexico: 8:00 AM on ESPN and Star +
Paraguay: 10:00 AM on ESPN and Star +
Peru: 9:00 AM on ESPN and Star +
Uruguay: 11:00 AM on ESPN and Star +
Venezuela: 10:00 AM on ESPN and Star +

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Stage 2 route

Stage 2 of the Paris-Nice 2024 brings a couple of climbs to add to the mountain classification. The remaining 100+ kilometers after the second pass are on flat terrain.

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Summary of the previous stage

Olav Kooij (Visma-Lease a Bike), who had already won a stage last year in Paris-Nice, did the same last Sunday by beating pre-race favorite Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) at the finish line in Les Mureaux.

The Dutchman, one of the few sprinters able to stay in the lead despite the hilly terrain, made the most of the day to take the yellow jersey ahead of Monday's sprint stage in Montargis.

In-form New Zealander Laurence Pithie was third on the 157.7 km course, where the overall contenders dueled at the finish, with Remco Evenepoel showing great ambition on the last two hills of the day.

Other stage laurels went to Germany's Jonas Rutsch (EF-Esaypost), who took the KOM lead thanks to points scored in the day's three-man breakaway.

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3 years ago

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