Male Team 29 May
Mercan'Tour Classic
168.2 Kilometers
Most of the race will be broadcast live on Eurosport (13.00 CEST).
Back after two years’ absence is the Movistar Team at the Mercan’Tour Classic, in a prelude, for some of their riders, to the two WorldTour stageraces they will be tackling in the month of June. As it’s always been the case in this race, it’s a tough mountain course, with 4,000m elevation in just 168 kilometers.
The long, irregular Baisse de Cabanette (20.4km at 4.6%) on the first half of the course precedes two usual features of Paris-Nice in recent years into the second part: La Colmiane (16.8km, 5,4%) and La Couillole (15.8km at 7,3%), overcome with just over 13km from the uphill finish in Valberg.