Paris-Nice 2007

|} The race cyclist with stages Paris-Nice took place of the 11 to the March 18th 2007.

Context

Since the beginning of the season 2007, a conflict exists between the organizers of the 3 large turns (ASO, Unipublic and RCS Sport) and the international Union cyclist. The visible consequences are it not selection of the Swedish team Unibet.com for the tests organized by the 3 above-named entities. Thus the previous month the beginning of the race with the sun is very agitated in press releases where ASO refuses the participation of Unibet.com while referring in the French law whereas the UCI tries to be essential by calling the teams UCI Pro Turn to boycott the test.

The Race

; Prolog

the ex-outlaw of the group David Millar makes a return crashing to pieces by gaining the prolog of the " race with the soleil" version 2007. The British is fastest in the streets of Issy-les-Moulineaux, right in front of surprising Czech the Roman Kreuziger () and French Sebastien Jolly ().

; 1st stage

the race was first of all marked by a long escape left kilometer 0. In his center one found 4 men: Romain Feillu (Agritubel), Christophe Laurent (), Herve Duclos-Lassalle () and Iban Velasco (). Nevertheless the stage will finish with the sprint. That made five years, since the last victory of Laurent Jalabert, that French had not taken a lead in a stage of Paris-Nice. Jean-Patrick Nazon put an end has this long food shortage while gaining, at the end of a roundly carried out sprint, the 1st stage of Paris-Nice

; 2nd stage

the race was first of all marked by an escape left kilometer 0 of 17 runners taken again with kilometer 44. Against barrel launched by Stephan Trough () and followed by three runners: Thomas Voeckler (), Murilo Fischer () and Philippe Gilbert (). The escape lasted 120 kilometers before Thomas Voeckler was not taken again with 500 meters of the line. It is the moment chosen by Franco Pellizotti () to accelerate in final false-dish going up to go to seek the victory. The Italian takes occasion consequently the yellow jersey and white of leader.

; 3rd stage

Left with kilometer 2, four runners will be the principal organizers of the race: the former champion of France Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel), the Italian Fabio Baldato (Lampre), the German Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner) and the Russian Alexandr Kolobnev (CSC). The men of head will count up to 10 ' 20" in advance with approximately 130 kilometers of the arrival. A very not justified group allows Kolobnev to leave the group of head in the descent towards Maurs. The Russian will keep a dozen seconds in advance on the finishing line to sign its more nice success at the professionals.

; 4th stage

the three organizers of the day, Sandy Casar (French of the Plays), Amaël Moinard (Cofidis) and Dimitriy Muravyev (Astana), carried out the race during 150 kilometers before yielding in the slopes of the final rise of the coast of the assembled Cross-New known as “Laurent Jalabert”. The runner of the team Discovery Channel Alberto Contador appears strongest to leave to one kilometer and half of the top and to resist the return of Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) which finishes with 2" to gain the victory. The Italian endorses, on his side, the shirt of leader of general classification.

; 5th stage

It is by an individual exploit that Yaroslav Popovych () gained the stage of Manosque. Escaped in a group of thirteen runners, where also David Zabriskie appeared () in kilometer 9, the Ukrainian runner released his/her companions of escaped in the last rise and while resisting only the group in the last ten kilometers.

; 5th stage

Luis Leon Sánchez () is essential after having been one of the organizers of the day with Sylvain Chavanel () since kilometer 33. The French who played the whole for the whole in the last of the nine difficulties of the day, did not hold in the final one of stage imposed by Alberto Contador. Shine Leon Sánchez who has succeeds in following the train of Contador countered with 4 kilometers of the line to impose itself by preserving a few seconds in advance on the group what enables him from now on to be 3rd to the general.

; 6th stage

the team controlled the race all the day and lived it up throughout the four rises of the day what has allowed Alberto Contador to be put on orbit in the best way and could place its attack in the last twenty kilometers to allocate the stage as a recluse to Nice and to become the Spanish second , after Miguel Indurain, to gain Paris-Nice.

Classifications of the stages

Evolution of the classifications

Committed teams

Sources and references

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