Paris-Nice Queen stage 7 shortened to 109km due to 'unfavourable' weather conditions with two climbs removed
Penultimate stage modified from 147.8km to 🅰109.3km, but the planned final ascent to Auron stays the same

The route for the Queen stage 7 of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Paris-Nice 2025 has been mod🍰ified and shortened due to adverse weather conditions in the Alpes-Maritimes department, with two climbs removed and the distance cut from 147.8km to 109.3km, race organisers ASO announced on Friday.
Both the C&ocir༒c;te de Belvéd&e🍰grave;re (3.3km at 5.7%) and the Col de La Colmiane (7.5km at 7.1%) were originally due to feature but will now be bypassed, due to worries over descending off the latter.
The riders will instead head through the Var and Tinée Valleys before rejoining the original route for the final 32.5km. The planned stage finish in Auron has been preserved, with the day still set to b✅e decided on the 7.3km ascent, which averages a 7.2% gradient.
"The organizers of Paris-Nice have been closely monitoring the weather conditions in the Alpes-Maritimes department throughout the week. These conditions remain unfavorable for Saturday, particularly at hi꧙gher altitudes," read an ASO press release on Friday morning.
"To ensure the riders' safety, the decision to modify the route of꧅ stage 7 has been made in agreement with the city of Nice, the Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur, the Alpes-Maritimes prefecture, and in consultation with the panel of commiss🌜aires from the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), as well as representatives of the teams and riders (A.I.G.C.P, C.P.A)."
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Grim weather has alr✤eady played a role in the 2025 edition of Paris-Nice when racing was r𝕴esumed after being neutralised on stage 4 amid snow falling and freezing temperatures.
With mixe▨d opinions from riders over whether that stage should have contin♐ued, ASO has instead moved to reduce the risk and concerns over safety by ensuring that a potentially dangerous 20km descent off the Colmiane in 🐈rain and snow is not taken.
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This is the second year in a row that the penultimate stage of 🔴Paris-Nice has been modified, with staಞge 7 last year also planned to finish in Auron.
With heavy snow in the region in 2024, that s🍷tage finish was completely modified, and the day instead finished up the Madone d'Utelle, where Aleksandr Vlasov (Red Bull-Bora💝-Hansgrohe) took the victory ahead of Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep).

James Moultrie is a gold-standard NCTJ journalist who joined Cyclingnews as a News Writer in 2023 after originally contributing as a freelancer for eight months, during which time he also wrote for Eurosport, Rouleur and Cycling Weekly. Prior to joining the team he reported on races such as Paris-Roubaix and the Giro d’Italia Donne for Eurosport and𝔍 has interviewed some of the sport’s top riders in Chloé Dygert, Lizzie Deignan and Wout van Aert. Outside of cycling, he spends the majority of his time watching other sports &ndash🍬; rugby, football, cricket, and American Football to name a few.
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