2013 Paris–Nice
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The 2013 Paris–Nice was the 71st running of the Paris–Nice cycling stage race, often known as the Race to the Sun. It started on 3 March in Houilles and ended on 10 March in Nice and consisted of eight stages, including a race-commencing prologue and a race-concluding mountain individual time trial. It was the second race of the 2013 UCI World Tour season.
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Dates | 3–10 March 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stages | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 1,174 km (729.5 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winning time | 29h 59' 47" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The race was won by Australia's Richie Porte of Team Sky,[1] who took the lead after winning the race's queen stage – the fifth stage – to La Montagne de Lure, and also won the final time trial at Col d'Èze, to become the first Australian rider to win the race.[2] Porte won the general classification by 55 seconds over runner-up Andrew Talansky (Garmin–Sharp),[3] who was winner of the race's third stage. Talansky also won the white jersey for the young rider classification,[3] as he was the highest placed rider born in 1988 or later. Ag2r–La Mondiale's Jean-Christophe Péraud completed the podium,[4] 26 seconds behind Talansky and 81 seconds down on Porte.[1]
In the race's other classifications, Omega Pharma–Quick-Step's Sylvain Chavanel was the winner of the green jersey for the points classification,[5] amassing the highest number of points during stages at intermediate sprints and stage finishes, and Johann Tschopp was the winner of the mountains classification for the IAM Cycling team,[3] who were making their World Tour début at the race.[6] Team Katusha were the winners of the teams classification on their World Tour return,[7] having missed the Tour Down Under after temporarily losing their World Tour status before successfully appealing the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.[8]