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Paris-Nice is back on Sunday, March 8, and so is Jonas Vingegaard in what will be one of the most hotly anticipated debuts of 2026.
The grand tour galáctico kickstarts his season Sunday at the “Race to the Sun” after a spell of injury and illness, and he won’t be offered an easy start to his audacious Giro-Tour season.
João Almeida, Juan Ayuso, and a GC triple threat from Ineos Grenadiers will also be elbowing for victory at the prestigious French race.
Biniam Girmay headlines the stage-hunters in a premium WorldTour event that’s surprisingly short of top sprinters.
Two-time Paris-Nice champion Matteo Jorgenson won’t be defending his title after he tweaked his calendar to take an Italian pathway through the spring. The U.S. star will instead be racing at the overlapping Tirreno-Adriatico stage-race.
Believe it or not, the team time trial on stage 3 of this year’s Paris-Nice will be a must-watch.
The 24km test will follow the “ASO method” of allocating GC times. Riders will be awarded their own time at the line, rather than teams being blanket-applied the time of their fourth or fifth finisher.
The format will next be used at the grand départ of the Tour de France, making Tuesday’s stage a crucial dry-run of team dynamics and pacing strategies.
Be sure to also tune in for the hilly double-whammy on the final weekend of the 8-day race.
A summit finish on Saturday and a multi-climb canter around Nice on Sunday will determine who takes the distinctive golden trophy.
How to watch Paris-Nice 2026
Live broadcasts will be hosted worldwide, and highlights packages will be available to a wider array of networks. Information for key territories can be found below.
Stages typically finish at around 1700 CET, although stage 7 to the summit of Auron is scheduled to wrap up at around 1500 CET.
Paris-Nice: Sunday March 8 – Sunday March 15
Stage 1: Achères – Carrieres-sous-Poissy: 171km
Stage 2: Épône – Montargis: 187km
Stage 3 (TTT): Cosne-Cours-Sur-Loire – Pouilly-Sur-Loire: 24km
Stage 4: Bourges – Uchon: 195km
Stage 5: Cormoranche-sur-Saône – Colombier-Le-Vieux: 205km
Stage 6: Barbentane – Apt: 179.3km
Stage 7: Nice – Auron: 138.7km
Stage 8: Nice – Nice: 145km
How to watch Paris-Nice 2026:
- USA: NBC Sport
- Canada: FloBikes
- UK: TNT Sports / Discovery+
- Australia: SBS
- Worldwide: Eurosport, TV2, Teledeporte, RAI, NOS, RTL, Supersport, and more.
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