Novel format to spice up Tuesday's Paris-Nice team time trial

Jumbo-Visma during the team time trial at the UAE Tour
Jumbo-Visma during the team time trial at the UAE Tour (Image credit: Dario BelingheriGetty Images)

The organisers of Paris-Nice have made a subtle change to the rules for the team time trial, with Tuesday's 32.7-kilometre test in Dampierre-en-Burly being timed on the first rider of a team to cross the finish line, rather than the fourth, as is traditional.

The intended effect is to avoid another situation where a team stacks the top of the general classification, as Jumbo-Visma did in 2022 with Wout van Aert, Primož Roglič and Christophe Laporte monopolizing the top 10 after the individual time trial.

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Paris-Nice 2023 stage 3 TTT start times
TeamStart time
Lotto Dstny14:57:00
Israel-Premier Tech15:00:00
Bahrain Victorious15:03:00
Jayco AlUla15:06:00
Alpecin-Deceuninck15:09:00
Ineos Grenadiers15:12:00
Intermarché-Circus-Wanty15:15:00
Astana Qazaqstan15:18:00
Uno-X15:21:00
AG2R Citroën15:24:00
Arkéa-Samsic15:27:00
Team DSM15:30:00
Bora-Hansgrohe15:33:00
UAE Team Emirates15:36:00
Groupama-FDJ 15:39:00
Movistar15:42:00
TotalEnergies15:45:00
Jumbo-Visma15:48:00
Cofidis15:51:00
Soudal-Quickstep15:54:00
EF Education-EasyPost15:57:00
Trek-Segafredo16:00:00
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