It's an important day at Paris-Nice, with stage 3 marking a team time trial that will shape the overall race as well as provide key learnings ahead of this summer's Tour de France. The team time trial has not been a common discipline in recent years but takes on new importance this year with the opening stage of the Tour de France kicking off with a TTT in Barcelona this summer. The Paris-Nice TTT today measures 23.5km, just 3.5km shorter than the Barcelona TTT at the Tour, albeit less punchy in its climbing. There's a long drag from kilometre 13 to kilometre 19, before more of a downhill run to the line.The first team is off at 15:10 local time, whilst the last team, EF Education-EasyPost and yellow jersey Luke Lamperti, will start at 16:34 CET.Four-time Tour champ Tadej Pogačar is not at Paris-Nice but two-time winner Jonas Vingegaard is, with a strong Visma-Lease a Bike line-up. Likewise, Ineos Grenadiers are here with their leadership trio for the Tour: Oscar Onley, Carlos Rodríguez, and Kévin Vauquelin. As well as dialling in cohesion for the Tour, it's a big moment for Paris-Nice as a whole and this week's GC battle. Big differences can be expected in team time trials, which will shape the race ahead of the mountains to come.
Paris-Nice stage 3 TTT start times
Team |
Start Time |
|---|---|
Picnic-PostNL |
15:10 CET / 14:10 GMT / 10:10 ET |
Jayco-AlUla |
15:14 CET / 14:14 GMT / 10:14 ET |
Pinarello-Q36.5 |
15:18 CET / 14:18 GMT / 10:18 ET |
Groupama-FDJ United |
15:22 CET / 14:22 GMT / 10:22 ET |
UAE Team Emirates-XRG |
15:26 CET / 14:26 GMT / 10:26 ET |
TotalEnergies |
15:30 CET / 14:30 GMT / 10:30 ET |
Visma-Lease a Bike |
15:34 CET / 14:34 GMT / 10:34 ET |
Bahrain Victorious |
15:38 CET / 14:38 GMT / 10:38 ET |
Movistar |
15:42 CET / 14:42 GMT / 10:42 ET |
Soudal-QuickStep |
15:46 CET / 14:46 GMT / 10:46 ET |
Cofidis |
15:50 CET / 14:50 GMT / 10:50 ET |
Decathlon CMA CGM |
15:54 CET / 14:54 GMT / 10:54 ET |
Lotto-Intermarché |
15:58 CET / 14:58 GMT / 10:58 ET |
Alpecin-Premier Tech |
16:02 CET / 15:02 GMT / 11:02 ET |
Uno-X Mobility |
16:06 CET / 15:06 GMT / 11:06 ET |
Tudor Pro Cycling |
16:10 CET / 15:10 GMT / 11:10 ET |
Lidl-Trek |
16:14 CET / 15:14 GMT / 11:14 ET |
Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe |
16:18 CET / 15:18 GMT / 11:18 ET |
XDS-Astana |
16:22 CET / 15:22 GMT / 11:22 ET |
Ineos Grenadiers |
16:26 CET / 15:26 GMT / 11:26 ET |
NSN Cycling Team |
16:30 CET / 15:30 GMT / 11:30 ET |
EF Education-EasyPost |
16:34 CET / 15:34 GMT / 11:34 ET |
