Jedna od najpoznatijih jednotjednih utrka Paris – Nice ove godine obilježit će svoje 76. izdanje i biti prvi pravi test za Grand Tour vozače u novoj sezoni.
Ovogodišnje izdanje vozit će se u periodu od 4. do 11. ožujka, neposredno nakon klasika Strade Bianche. Utrka kroz Francusku preklapa se s talijanskim Tirreno – Adriatico i završava svega šest dana prije monumenta Milano-San Remo.
Prošlogodišnju titulu branit će Kolumbijac Sergio Henao, a zajedno s njim Team Sky predvodit će Wout Poels. Glavni konkurenti u borbi za pobjednu u generalnom poretku biti će im Ilnur Zakarin (Katusha-Alpecin), dvojac iz Mitchelton-Scotta Esteban Chaves i Simon Yates, Astanin Jakob Fuglsang i najbolji brdaš prošlogodišnjeg Tour de Francea Warren Barguil (Fortuneo-Samsic).
Sprinteri će također tražiti svoju šansu, a konkurencija će zaista biti snažna budući da nastupaju Alexander Kristoff (UAE Emirates), zelena majica Tour de Francea Michael Matthews (Sunweb), Andre Greipel (Lotto Soudal), pobjednik Dubai Toura Elia Viviani (QuickStep Floors), Nacer Bouhani (Cofidis) te Dylan Groenewegen (Lotto NL-Jumbo), osvajač klasika Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne.
Team Sky: Sergio Henao, David de la Cruz, David Lopez Garcia, Wout Poels, Diego Rosa, Ian Stannard, Dylan van Baarle
UAE Emirates: Daniel Martin, Sven Erik Bystrom, Rui Costa, Alexander Kristoff, Ben Swift, Rory Sutherland, Oliveiro Troia
Bahrain Merida: Gorka Izagirre, Manuele Boaro, Ivan Cortina, Jon Izagirre, Antonio Nibali, Luka Pibernik, Heinrich Haussler
QuickStep Floors: Julian Aplaphilippe, Tim Declercq, Dries Devenyns, Yves Lampaert, Michael Morkov, Fabio Sabatini, Elia Viviani
Katusha-Alpecin: Ilnur Zakarin, Ian Boswell, Marco Haller, Nils Politt, Pavel Kochetkov, Maurits Lammertink, Tiago Machado
Mitchelton-Scott: Simon Yates, Esteban Chaves, Alex Edmondson, Mathew Hayman, Christopher Juul Jensen, Roman Kreuziger, Matteo Trentin
Ag2r La Mondiale: Tony Gallopin, Mickael Cherel, Alex Domont, Cyril Gautier, Oliver Naesen, Stijn Vandenbergh, Alexis Vuillermoz
BMC Racing: Tejay van Garderen, Alessandro De Marchi, Jean Pierre Drucker, Simon Gerrans, Nicolas Roche, Jurgen Roelandts, Dylan Teuns
Trek-Segafredo: Bauke Mollema, Julien Bernard, Koen de Kort, John Degenkolb, Markel Irizar Aranburu, Jarlinson Pantano, Grégory Rast
Astana Pro Team: Jakob Fuglsang, Omar Fraile Matarranza, Dmitriy Gruzdev, Hugo Houle, Magnus Cort, Luis León Sánchez, Michael Valgren Andersen
Lotto Soudal: Tim Wellens, Lars Ytting Bak, Jasper De Buyst, Thomas De Gent, Andre Greipel, Marcel Sieberg, Jelle Wallays
FDJ Groupama: Arnaud Demare, Mickael Delage, Jacopo Guarnieri, Ignatas Konovalovas, Olivier Le Gac, Rudy Molard, Ramon Sinkeldam
Movistar: Carlos Barbero Cuesta, Richard Carapaz, Héctor Carretero, Imanol Erviti Ollo, Dayer Uberney Quintana Rojas, Eduardo Sepúlveda, Marc Soler
Fortuneo-Samsic: Warren Barguil, Maxime Bouet, Anthony Delaplace, Kevin Ledanois, Amael Moinard, Pierre-Luc Perichon, Laurent Pichon
Lotto NL-Jumbo: Robert Gesink, Lars Boom, Dylan Groenewegen, Amund Grondahl Jansen, Tom Leezer, Paul Martens, Timo Roosen
Team Sunweb: Sam Oomen, Phil Bauhaus, Roy Curvers, Chris Hamilton, Mike Teunissen, Edward Theuns, Louis Vervaeke
Cofidis: Jesus Herrada Jopez, Nacer Bouhani, Nicolas Edet, Jose Herrada Lopez, Christope Laporte, Cyril Lemoine, Bert Van Lerberghe
Education First-Cannondale: Pierre Rolland, Matti Breschel, Lawson Craddock, Mitchell Docker, Sebastian Landeveldt, Daniel McLay, Thomas Scully
Dimension Data: Tom Jelte Slagter, Natnael Berhane, Ryan Gibbons, Ben King, Serge Pauwels, Jay Robert Thomson, Johann Van Zyl
Bora-Hansgrohe: Sam Bennett, Erik Baška, Felix Großschartner, Patrick Konrad, Pawel Poljanski, Juraj Sagan, Michael Scwarzmann
Direct Energie: Lilian Calmejane, Thomas Boudat, Sylvain Chavanel, Jérôme Cousin, Fabien Grellier, Jonathan Hivert, Angelo Tulik
Delko Marseille Provence KTM: Romain Combaud, Rémy Di Grégorio, Julien El Farès, Delio Fernández Cruz, Brenton Jones, Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz, Evaldas Siskevicius
