Paris-Nice 2025 Route stage 8: Nice

Paris-Nice 2025 Route stage 8: Nice - Nice

Sunday, 16 March – The final stage of Paris-Nice is a hilly race covering 119.9 kilometres. The route packs in nearly 2,400 metres of elevation gain, with the steep Col des Quatre Chemins marking the final climb. A 9-kilometre descent follows, leading to the finish line on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice.

The stage kicks off with a long stretch of false flat before the Col de la Porte ramps things up. The climb stretches for 7 kilometres at an average gradient of 7.2%. At the summit, they riders have covered a little over 50 kilometres.

Right after the descent, the Côte de Peille throws in 6.5 kilometres at 6.9%. A 16-kilometre descent then takes the riders to Èze, where they turn right to tackle the local col. From this side, the Col d’Èze is short and sharp: 1.6 kilometres at 8.1%. Bonus seconds are up for grabs at the summit’s intermediate sprint.

From the Col d’Èze, the riders descend into Nice. At the Boulevard de Riquier, they turn right to tackle the brutal Col des Quatre Chemins – 3.6 kilometres long with an average gradient of 8.8%. The third kilometre alone reaches a punishing 13.5%. From the top, a fast 9-kilometre descent leads to the finish on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice.

The Quatre Chemins climb is essentially the lower part of the Col d’Èze ascent from Nice. In 2022 and 2023, the route went all the way to the top, but now the riders turn off earlier to head straight to the finish.

Last year, the route from the Côte de Peille onwards was identical to this year’s. On that climb, yellow jersey Brandon McNulty had already been dropped, leaving the fight for overall victory between Remco Evenepoel and Matteo Jorgenson. Evenepoel launched an attack on the Côte de Peille, but Jorgenson stuck to his wheel like glue. The American shadowed him all the way to the finish on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, where Evenepoel won the sprint and Jorgenson secured the overall victory.

The first three riders across the line gain time bonuses of 10, 6 and 4 seconds, while the intermediate sprint at the Col d’Èze offers 6, 4 and 2 seconds.

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Another interesting read: results 8th stage + final GC 2025 Paris-Nice.