Paris-Nice 2026, live at EITB, starting on Sunday
Course au Soleil (Race of the Sun) will depart from Acheres, the city that will host the race for the first time and arrive in Nice a week later. The broadcast can be followed live on ETB1 and eitb.eus.
The 84th edition of 'La Course au Soleil', Paris-Nice 2026, will depart from Acheres on Sunday, March 8, and arrive in Nice a week later. The race can be followed live on ETB1 and eitb.eus.
TheDanish cyclist Jonas Vingegaard Visma-Lease a Bike s will be on the way out. Da cyclist will debut this season, as he suffered a fall of Malagan agan, after which he fell ill.
On the occasion of the French municipal elections, the English Walk will host the departure of the seventh stage on Saturday, March 14, and the winner, Matteo Jorgenson's successor (winner in 2024 and 2025), will be crowned the next day at the Riviera Stadium.
In addition to the 18 World Tour teams and the three best ranked ProTeams (Cofidis, Pinarello – Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team and Tudor Pro Cycling Team), the organization has invited TotalEnergies.
Almost every year, the tropela meets at the Promenade des Anglais, but in 2026, on the occasion of the municipal elections, the 84th edition of the Paris-Nice race will have a new stage to crown the winner of the Race of the Sun: the rendezvous will be at the Riviera stadium on Sunday, March 15.
The first stagewill allow the competition, around Carrieres-sous-Poissy and Cote de Chanteloup-les-Vignes, with the emblematic ascent to Polymultipliee.
From the next day, the platoon will cross the plains of Gâtinais, an ideal place to seek wind protection. The sprinters will be eager to shine between Epone and Montargis (stage 2), before the candidates for general become protagonists.
Leading the way out of the Tour de France, the clock for teams between Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire and Pouilly-sur-Loire (3rd stage) will be a test for cyclists.
Then the cyclists will head to the roads of Morvan, known for the 2021 Tour de France. This time, the climb to Uchon will not only enter the route, but will be the destination that will decide the winner of the stage and probably the new leader of the race.
Stage 5, the longest of the week, also has the highest positive disparity, designed to tire cyclists on their way to Colombier-le-Vieux.
The next day, an exciting race is expected at Apt (6th stage), with a climb over the last five kilometers.
This weekend the platoon will return to the English Promenade to begin the 7th stage , towards Auron, where Michael Storeroffered an extraordinary show in the spring of 2025.
Finally, the 8th and final stage will begin and end in Nice.
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