Australijczyk Michael Matthews (Orica-GreenEdge) po wygranej na prologu został liderem 74. edycji Paryż-Nicea.
25-latek na 6-kilometrowej trasie wyprzedził w podparyskim Conflans–Sainte-Honorine o sekundę Holendra Toma Dumoulina (Giant-Alpecin) i o 2 sekundy Nowozelandczyka Patricka Bevina (Cannondale).
Dla Matthewsa to dopiero pierwszy start w sezonie 2016, a drugi w karierze wygrany etap “wyścigu ku słońcu”.
Rafał Majka (Tinkoff) zanotował 17. czas i sklasyfikowany został ze stratą 14 sekund. Drugi z Polaków – Paweł Poljański (także Tinkoff) – zajął 65. miejsce, notując 28 sekund straty.
Najlepiej z faworytów wypadł Brytyjczyk Geraint Thomas (Team Sky), który na mecie zanotował 7 sekund straty. 10 sekund stracił Richie Porte (BMC), 13 sekund Wilco Kelderman (LottoNL – Jumbo), a 15 sekund Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal). Słabiej poszło Alberto Contadorowi (Tinkoff), który wykręcił 26. czas i do lidera traci 17 sekund.
1 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 07:39 2 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 00:01 3 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale Pro Cycling 00:02 4 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team 00:06 5 Jon Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team 6 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 00:07 7 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 8 Dries Devenyns (Bel) IAM Cycling 00:08 9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie 00:09 10 Jerome Coppel (Fra) IAM Cycling 11 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 00:10 12 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 00:13 13 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Alpecin 14 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 15 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 00:14 16 Gorka Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team 17 Rafał Majka (Pol) Tinkoff Team 18 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 19 Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling 00:15 20 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEdge 21 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 22 Lars Boom (Ned) Astana Pro Team 23 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 24 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 00:16 25 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal 26 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 27 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff Team 28 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling 00:18 29 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team 30 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha 00:19 31 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx - Quick-Step 32 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 00:20 33 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-GreenEdge 34 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 35 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) FDJ 36 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sky 00:21 37 Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica-GreenEdge 00:22 38 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Etixx - Quick-Step 39 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie 40 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 41 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ 42 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale Pro Cycling 43 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 00:23 44 Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 45 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 46 Julien Loubet (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 47 Lawson Craddock (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling 48 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 00:24 49 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 50 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 51 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 00:25 52 Tom Boonen (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 53 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 54 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 55 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 56 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 57 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky 00:26 58 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 59 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Cannondale Pro Cycling 60 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie 00:27 61 Oliver Naesen (Bel) IAM Cycling 62 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) IAM Cycling 63 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 64 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 65 Paweł Poljański (Pol) Tinkoff Team 00:28 66 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 67 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 68 Pierre-Roger Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 69 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 70 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 71 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-GreenEdge 00:29 72 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 73 José Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team 74 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 75 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 00:30 76 Juan Jose Lobato (Spa) Movistar Team 77 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Direct Energie 78 Diego Rosa (Ita) Astana Pro Team 00:31 79 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky 80 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 81 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ 82 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 83 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 84 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha 85 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky 86 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin 00:32 87 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Etixx - Quick-Step 88 Rui Costa (Por) Lampre - Merida 89 Bram Tankink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 00:33 90 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Direct Energie 91 Michael Valgren (Den) Tinkoff Team 00:34 92 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 93 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 94 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) FDJ 00:35 95 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica-GreenEdge 96 Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 97 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 98 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ 99 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Tinkoff Team 100 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Tinkoff Team 101 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 00:36 102 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 00:37 103 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha 104 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 105 Vicente Reynes (Spa) IAM Cycling 106 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 107 Stefan Denifl (Aut) IAM Cycling 108 Florian Vachon (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 109 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 00:38 110 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre - Merida 111 Simon Spilak (Slo) Team Katusha 112 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky 00:39 113 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Katusha 114 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 115 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale Pro Cycling 116 Sven Erik Bystr?m (Nor) Team Katusha 117 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 00:40 118 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie 119 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 00:41 120 Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data 121 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ 122 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 123 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 00:42 124 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 125 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie 126 Mario Costa (Por) Lampre - Merida 00:43 127 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal 128 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 129 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff Team 130 Steven Tronet (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 131 David De La Cruz (Spa) Etixx - Quick-Step 132 Kévin Reza (Fra) FDJ 00:44 133 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Orica-GreenEdge 134 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 00:45 135 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Direct Energie 136 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 137 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Tinkoff Team 138 Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team 139 Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 00:46 140 Grégory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo 141 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 142 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 143 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 00:47 144 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre - Merida 145 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) IAM Cycling 00:48 146 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 147 Matti Breschel (Den) Cannondale Pro Cycling 00:49 148 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 149 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 00:50 150 Wouter Wippert (Ned) Cannondale Pro Cycling 00:51 151 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Dimension Data 152 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Lampre - Merida 153 Daniel Diaz (Arg) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 00:52 154 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Team Katusha 155 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 00:53 156 Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 00:54 157 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data 00:55 158 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 159 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 160 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo 00:56 161 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 162 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Merida 00:57 163 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 00:58 164 Marko Kump (Slo) Lampre - Merida 00:59 165 Matt Brammeier (Irl) Dimension Data 01:00 166 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 01:01 167 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) Dimension Data 01:02 168 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 01:04 169 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data 170 Cheng Ji (Chn) Team Giant-Alpecin 01:05 171 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 01:07 172 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Lampre - Merida 01:08 173 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 01:12 174 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 01:25 175 Leonardo Duque (Col) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 01:31