Saturday 05 March 2016 at 19h23

Tomorrow, Paris-Nice 2016 will start with the 6.1 kilometer long prologue in the streets of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, followed by 7 stages in line which will bring the riders to the usual finish in Nice (see the Paris-Nice 2016 race route on Google Maps).

Except unexpected circumstances, 175 riders will come to the start (22 teams of 8 riders each, except for Lotto-Soudal which has one less) tomorrow and in this article you'll find all of them, including their bib numbers, but also the start order and -times of the prologue in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine.

The participants list of Paris-Nice 2016

175 riders coming from 35 different countries (the main nationalities are: 40 French riders, 16 Belgian riders, 16 Spanish riders, 15 Dutch riders and 8 Italian riders) will get off the start ramp starting at 11.44AM tomorrow morning.

The youngest rider will be the Norwegian Odd Christian Eiking (FDJ) who will discover Paris-Nice for the first time at 21 years old, while the oldest rider will be the Italian Matteo Tosatto (Tinkoff) who will celebrate his 42nd anniversary in two months!

The big names of Paris-Nice 2016 will probably be Richie Porte (BMC Racing Team), Alberto Contador (Tinkoff) and why not Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale).

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BMC Racing Team

Richie PorteAs last year's winner, Richie Porte will have bib number 1, this time for his new team BMC Racing Team (last year he won Paris-Nice for Team Sky).

He will get help from several experimented riders:

1 - PORTE Richie Australia
2 - BURGHARDT Marcus Germany
3 - GILBERT Philippe Belgium
4 - HERMANS Ben Belgium
5 - MOINARD Amaël France
6 - SCHÄR Michael Switzerland
7 - VELITS Peter Slovakia
8 - WYSS Danilo Switzerland

Team Katusha

Simon ŠpilakFor Katusha Simon Špilak will wear the first bib number and in this team we'll also find the sprinter Alexander Kristoff, who already won 5 stages this season (!):

11 - ŠPILAK Simon Slovenia
12 - BYSTRÖM Sven Erik Norway
13 - GUARNIERI Jacopo Italy
14 - KOCHETKOV Pavel Russia
15 - KRISTOFF Alexander Norway
16 - LAGUTIN Sergey Russia
17 - MORKOV Michael Denmark
18 - ZAKARIN Ilnur Russia

Lampre-Merida

Rui CostaThe former World Champion, Rui Costa, will be the leader of the Lampre-Merida team in this 74th edition of Paris-Nice. In this team we'll also find the brother of the Portuguese rider, Mario Costa:

21 - FARIA DA COSTA Rui Portugal
22 - FARIA DA COSTA Mario Portugal
23 - BONO Matteo Italy
24 - CIMOLAI Davide Italy
25 - GRMAY Tsgabu Gebremaryam Ethiopia
26 - KUMP Marko Slovenia
27 - MEINTJES Louis South-Africa
28 - PIBERNIK Luka Slovenia

Team Sky

Geraint ThomasThe team which won Paris-Nice several times will start the Race to the sun without Richie Porte who thus now rides for BMC, and its leader will be Geraint Thomas:

31 - THOMAS Geraint Great-Britain
32 - BOSWELL Ian United States
33 - HENAO MONTOYA Sergio Colombia
34 - NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel Spain
35 - ROCHE Nicolas Ireland
36 - ROWE Luke Great-Britain
37 - STANNARD Ian Great-Britain
38 - SWIFT Ben Great-Britain

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Lotto-Soudal

In the Belgian Lotto-Soudal team there's one missing rider because despite the fact that Marcel Sieberg was on his way to Paris-Nice yesterday the name of the German rider is finally not on the start list.

Tony Gallopin will try to get a good place in the general classification for the Belgian team but the team also counts on André Greipel who will try his chance in the sprint.

Don't try to find the Lotto-Soudal team in red in this Paris-Nice 2016 because for one week the team will change its kit for a grey/blue kit with the Fix ALL brand instead of Soudal (one of the brands of the Soudal group) as shown by Tony Gallopin in this video:


41 - GALLOPIN Tony France
42 - BAK Lars Ytting Denmark
43 - DE GENDT Thomas Belgium
44 - GREIPEL André Germany
45 - HANSEN Adam Australia
46 - VANENDERT Jelle Belgium
47 - WELLENS Tim Belgium

AG2R La Mondiale

Romain BardetRomain Bardet is definitely the leader of the AG2R La Mondiale team, mainly after his good performance on the Green Mountain in the Tour of Oman. The French rider ecognises that the Madone d'Utelle will be the decisive finish in this Paris-Nice 2016, but he could also try his chance on the Mont Brouilly!

Except for Ben Gastauer, the team is entirely French:

51 - BARDET Romain France
52 - CHEREL Mikael France
53 - DOMONT Axel France
54 - GASTAUER Ben Luxembourg
55 - GAUTIER Cyril France
56 - GOUGEARD Alexis France
57 - LATOUR Pierre-Roger France
58 - VUILLERMOZ Alexis France

Orica-GreenEDGE

Michael MatthewsBling, the surname for Michael Matthews who won in Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule last year, will be the leader of the Australian Orica-GreenEDGE team:

61 - MATTHEWS Michael Australia
62 - ALBASINI Michael Switzerland
63 - BEWLEY Sam New Zealand
64 - DOCKER Mitchell Australia
65 - IMPEY Daryl South-Africa
66 - NIELSEN Magnus Cort Denmark
67 - TXURRUKA ANSOLA Amets Spain
68 - YATES Simon Great-Britain

Tinkoff

Alberto ContadorIn the Tinkoff team we find the third favourite of the race, Alberto Contador. He can count on several riders who know Paris-Nice quite well:

71 - CONTADOR Alberto Spain
72 - KISERLOVSKI Robert Croatia
73 - MAJKA Rafal Poland
74 - PAULINHO Sergio Portugal
75 - POLJANSKI Pawel Poland
76 - TOSATTO Matteo Italy
77 - TROFIMOV Yury Russia
78 - VALGREN Michael Denmark

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Etixx-QuickStep

Tom BoonenIn the Belgian team we'll see whether Tom Boonen is back in shape for the sprint but the team will probably mainly count on Marcel Kittel in case of a sprint finish. The team also has Niki Terpstra on the start list:

81 - BOONEN Tom Belgium
82 - DE LA CRUZ David Spain
83 - KITTEL Marcel Germany
84 - MAES Nikolas Belgium
85 - SABATINI Fabio Italy
86 - SERRY Pieter Belgium
87 - TERPSTRA Niki The Netherlands
88 - VANDENBERGH Stijn Belgium

FDJ

Arthur VichotArthur Vichot will be the leader of the French FDJ team and will try to get a good place in the general classification. In the team we also find the sprinter Arnaud Démare:

91 - VICHOT Arthur France
92 - COURTEILLE Arnaud France
93 - DELAGE Mickaël France
94 - DEMARE Arnaud France
95 - EIKING Odd Christian Norway
96 - HOELGAARD Daniel Norway
97 - KONOVALOVAS Ignatas Lithuania
98 - REZA Kévin France

Movistar Team

Jon IzaguirreThe Movistar team will come to the start with a completely Spanish team:

101 - IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Jon Spain
102 - ERVITI Imanol Spain
103 - FERNANDEZ Ruben Spain
104 - HERRADA LOPEZ Jesus Spain
105 - HERRADA LOPEZ José Spain
106 - IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka Spain
107 - LOBATO Juan Jose Spain
108 - ROJAS Jose Joaquin Spain

Astana Pro Team

Luis Leon SanchezThe Astana team will start Paris-Nice 2016 with some known names like Luis Leon Sanchez, Lars Boom or Lieuwe Westra:

111 - SANCHEZ Luis-Leon Spain
112 - BOOM Lars The Netherlands
113 - FOMINYKH Daniil Kazakhstan
114 - GRUZDEV Dmitriy Kazakhstan
115 - KANGERT Tanel Estonia
116 - LUTSENKO Alexey Kazakhstan
117 - ROSA Diego Italy
118 - WESTRA Lieuwe The Netherlands

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Team Giant-Alpecin

Tom DumoulinThe German Giant-Alpecin team will count on its big talent Tom Dumoulin who will be accompanied by 3 other Dutch riders, one German rider, one Chinese, one Swedish rider and and Austrian:

121 - DUMOULIN Tom The Netherlands
122 - CURVERS Roy The Netherlands
123 - DE KORT Koen The Netherlands
124 - GESCHKE Simon Germany
125 - JI Cheng China
126 - LUDVIGSSON Tobias Sweden
127 - PREIDLER Georg Austria
128 - TEN DAM Laurens The Netherlands

Cofidis, solutions crédits

Nacer BouhanniIn the Cofidis team, the sprinter Nacer Bouhanni is a good candidate for a stage victory in a sprint! Except for the always smiling Luis Angel Mate Mardones, all his team mates are French:

131 - BOUHANNI Nacer France
132 - COUSIN Jérome France
133 - JEANNESSON Arnold France
134 - LAPORTE Christophe France
135 - LEMOINE Cyril France
136 - MATE MARDONES Luis Angel Spain
137 - SIMON Julien France
138 - SOUPE Geoffrey France

Cannondale

Pierre RollandThe Cannondale team has put the French rider Pierre Rolland as its leader for a multi-national team:

141 - ROLLAND Pierre France
142 - BEVIN Patrick New Zealand
143 - BRESCHEL Matti Denmark
144 - CRADDOCK Lawson United States
145 - SLAGTER Tom Jelte The Netherlands
146 - TALANSKY Andrew United States
147 - VAN BAARLE Dylan The Netherlands
148 - WIPPERT Wouter The Netherlands

Trek-Segafredo

Frank Schleck151 - SCHLECK Frank Luxembourg
152 - BEPPU Fumiyuki Japan
153 - BONIFAZIO Niccolo Italy
154 - DIDIER Laurent Luxembourg
155 - FELLINE Fabio Italy
156 - RAST Gregory Switzerland
157 - THEUNS Edward Belgium
158 - VAN POPPEL Boy The Netherlands

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Direct Energie

Sylvain ChavanelThe Direct Energie team is almost completely French, except for Antoine Duchesne who's used to doing Paris-Nice, with Sylvain Chavanel as its leader:

161 - CHAVANEL Sylvain France
162 - CALMEJANE Lilian France
163 - DUCHESNE Antoine Canada
164 - PETIT Adrien France
165 - PICHOT Alexandre France
166 - QUEMENEUR Perrig France
167 - TULIK Angelo France
168 - VOECKLER Thomas France

Dimension Data

Serge PauwelsThe UCI WorldTeam Dimension Data (formerly known as MTN-Qhubeka) will come with the Belgian rider Serge Pauwels as its leader:

171 - PAUWELS Serge Belgium
172 - BRAMMEIER Mattew Ireland
173 - FARRAR Tyler United States
174 - HAAS Nathan Australia
175 - JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques South-Africa
176 - REGUIGUI Youcef Algeria
177 - TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel Eritrea
178 - THOMSON Jay South-Africa

Team Lotto NL-Jumbo

Wilco KeldermanThe Dutch Lotto NL-Jumbo team will see the Dutch rider Wilco Kelderman accompanied by 3 of his compatriotes, a New-Zealander, two Belgian and one German riders:

181 - KELDERMAN Wilco The Netherlands
182 - BENNETT George New Zealand
183 - CAMPENAERTS Victor Belgium
184 - KRUIJSWIJK Steven The Netherlands
185 - MARTENS Paul Germany
186 - TANKINK Bram The Netherlands
187 - VAN EMDEN Jos The Netherlands
188 - VANMARCKE Sep Belgium

IAM Cycling

Jérôme CoppelThe Swiss team will come with a French rider who could get a good spot right from the start in tomorrow's prologue of Paris-Nice 2016, Jérôme Coppel:

191 - COPPEL Jérôme France
192 - BRANDLE Matthias Austria
193 - DENIFL Stephan Austria
194 - DEVENYNS Dries Belgium
195 - LAENGEN Vegard Stake Norway
196 - NAESEN Oliver Belgium
197 - REYNES Vicente Spain
198 - VAN GENECHTEN Jonas Belgium

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Fortuneo-Vital Concept

Chris Anker Sörensen201 - SORENSEN Chris Anker Denmark
202 - DELAPLACE Anthony France
203 - FEDRIGO Pierrick France
204 - LOUBET Julien France
205 - MCLAY Daniel Great-Britain
206 - PERICHON Pierre-Luc France
207 - TRONET Steven France
208 - VACHON Florian France

Delko Marseille Provence-KTM

Rémy Di Gregorio211 - DI GREGORIO Rémy France
212 - COMBAUD Romain France
213 - DIAZ Daniel Argentina
214 - DUQUE Leonardo Colombia
215 - FERNANDEZ Delio Spain
216 - HUPOND Thierry France
217 - PACHER Quentin France
218 - SISKEVICIUS Evaldas Lithuania

The start order and -times for the prologue of Paris-Nice 2016 (Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, Sunday 6 March 2016)

Hereunder you'll find the start order and -times for the 175 riders for the prologue of Paris-Nice 2016 in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, tomorrow Sunday 6 March 2016 (to open it, click on the image and click on the arrows in the lower right corner to zoom in on it):

The start order and -times for the prologue of Paris-Nice 2016

door Thomas Vergouwen
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  1. Ik wil even kwijt dat ik dit een duidelijk artikel vind, met informatie waar je wat aan hebt.

    | Peter de Waard | Sunday 06 March 2016 om 09h20

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