Stage 1 was a flat race over 201.5km from Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines to Contres. The roads were narrow in several places, and this causes the peloton to stretch out. Several crashes rippled through the peloton which further helped the leaders. Caisse d’Epargne made a break, but several others reacted and a leading group of 17 riders made a break. This group included the polka jersey, Alejando Valverde as well as Lars Boom (the yellow jersey), Greg Henderson and Jens Voigt.

Though Lars Boom was leading in the polka-dot classification, he was wearing the yellow jersey, so the next placed man wears the polka-dot.

Alberto Contador, trapped at the back of the peloton, was involved in a crash in the final kilometres, but a team-mate quickly handed over his bicycle and Contador made a supreme effort to and finished the race only 17 seconds behind.

Greg Henderson made a superb sprint finish, taking the line by not much more than the width a wheel rim.

Lars Boom and Jens Voigt are both on 36 points (Voigt will wear the green jersey). Henderson is now on 25. The polkadot competition is unchanged with Lars Boom is in the lead, but Valverde will wear the jersey as Boom will wear the more prestigious yellow.

Lars Boom is also leading the white jersey youth competition – here Kreuziger will wear the Jersey.

Position	Rider	Team	Time
1	Lars Boom	Rabobank	4:33:11
2	Jens Voigt	Team Saxo Bank	0:00:05
3	David Millar	Garmin – Transitions	0:00:13
4	Luis-Leon Sanchez	Caisse d’Epargne	0:00:14
5	Roman Kreuziger	Liquigas – Doimo	0:00:15
6	Gregory Henderson	Sky Professional Cycling Team	0:00:20
7	Levi Leipheimer	Team RadioShack	0:00:25
8	Alberto Contador	Astana
9	Peter Sagan	Liquigas – Doimo	0:00:29
10	Xavier Tondo	Cervélo Test Team
11	Alejandro Valverde	Caisse d’Epargne	0:00:31
12	Grega Bole	Lampre – Farnese Vini	0:00:32
13	Samuel Sanchez	Euskaltel – Euskadi	0:00:34
14	Cyril Lemoine	Saur – Sojasun	0:00:35
15	Janez Brajkovic	Team RadioShack
16	Andriy Grivko	Astana
17	Laurent Mangel	Saur – Sojasun	0:00:36
18	Rémi Pauriol	Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne	0:00:38
19	Geraint Thomas	Sky Professional Cycling Team	0:00:39
20	Joaquim Rodriguez	Team Katusha	0:00:41
21	Serguei Ivanov	Team Katusha	0:00:42
22	Jean-Christophe Peraud	Omega Pharma – Lotto
23	Alexandr Kolobnev	Team Katusha
24	Tony Martin	Team HTC – Columbia	0:00:43
25	Christophe Riblon	AG2R La Mondiale	0:00:45
26	Reine Taaramae	Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne	0:00:46
27	José Ivan Gutierrez	Caisse d’Epargne
28	Bram Tankink	Rabobank	0:00:47
29	Koos Moerenhout	Rabobank
30	Simon Gerrans	Sky Professional Cycling Team	0:00:48
31	Jürgen Roelandts	Omega Pharma – Lotto	0:00:49
32	Maxime Bouet	AG2R La Mondiale
33	Jérôme Coppel	Saur – Sojasun	0:00:50
34	Gustav Larsson	Team Saxo Bank
35	Jimmy Engoulvent	Saur – Sojasun	0:00:51
36	Hayden Roulston	Team HTC – Columbia	0:00:52
37	Maxime Monfort	Team HTC – Columbia	0:00:53
38	André Greipel	Team HTC – Columbia
39	Matthieu Ladagnous	Française des Jeux
40	Marco Marcato	Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team	0:00:54
41	Sylvain Chavanel	Quick Step
42	Luis Pasamontes	Caisse d’Epargne
43	William Bonnet	Bbox Bouygues Telecom
44	Mirco Lorenzetto	Lampre – Farnese Vini
45	Romain Sicard	Euskaltel – Euskadi	0:00:55
46	Nicolas Roche	AG2R La Mondiale
47	Sandy Casar	Française des Jeux	0:00:56
48	Julien El Fares	Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne	0:00:57
49	Johnny Hoogerland	Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
50	Heinrich Haussler	Cervélo Test Team	0:00:58
51	Sébastien Minard	Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne	0:00:59
52	Jos Van Emden	Rabobank	0:01:00
53	Gorka Verdugo	Euskaltel – Euskadi
54	Cyril Gautier	Bbox Bouygues Telecom	0:01:01
55	Francis De Greef	Omega Pharma – Lotto
56	Thomas Voeckler	Bbox Bouygues Telecom
57	Sébastien Turgot	Bbox Bouygues Telecom
58	Matthew Harley Goss	Team HTC – Columbia	0:01:02
59	Carlos Barredo	Quick Step
60	David Lopez Garcia	Caisse d’Epargne	0:01:03
61	Xavier Florencio	Cervélo Test Team	0:01:05
62	Thierry Hupond	Skil – Shimano	0:01:06
63	Frank Schleck	Team Saxo Bank	0:01:07
64	Dmitriy Fofonov	Astana
65	Dominique Rollin	Cervélo Test Team	0:01:08
66	Philippe Gilbert	Omega Pharma – Lotto
67	Adam Hansen	Team HTC – Columbia
68	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	Omega Pharma – Lotto
69	Kevin De Weert	Quick Step	0:01:10
70	Alexandre Pichot	Bbox Bouygues Telecom	0:01:11
71	Leonardo Duque	Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
72	Ivan Santaromita	Liquigas – Doimo
73	Koen De Kort	Skil – Shimano	0:01:12
74	Eduard Vorganov	Team Katusha
75	Daniel Martin	Garmin – Transitions
76	Marcel Sieberg	Team HTC – Columbia	0:01:13
77	Thomas Peterson	Garmin – Transitions
78	Christophe Le Mevel	Française des Jeux	0:01:14
79	Geoffroy Lequatre	Team RadioShack
80	Albert Timmer	Skil – Shimano
81	Kevin Seeldrayers	Quick Step
82	Daniel Lloyd	Cervélo Test Team	0:01:15
83	Jeremy Galland	Saur – Sojasun
84	Cyril Dessel	AG2R La Mondiale
85	Evgeni Petrov	Team Katusha
86	Gorazd Stangelj	Astana	0:01:16
87	Simon Geschke	Skil – Shimano
88	Koldo Fernandez	Euskaltel – Euskadi
89	Volodymir Gustov	Cervélo Test Team	0:01:17
90	Vicente Garcia Acosta	Caisse d’Epargne	0:01:18
91	Yury Trofimov	Bbox Bouygues Telecom
92	Jérôme Pineau	Quick Step	0:01:19
93	Romain Feillu	Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
94	Julien Loubet	AG2R La Mondiale
95	Juan Jose Haedo	Team Saxo Bank	0:01:20
96	Joan Horrach	Team Katusha	0:01:21
97	Yannick Talabardon	Saur – Sojasun	0:01:24
98	Mickaël Delage	Omega Pharma – Lotto
99	Maxim Gourov	Astana	0:01:25
100	Alexandre Botcharov	Team Katusha	0:01:28
101	Frederik Willems	Liquigas – Doimo	0:01:29
102	Juan Jose Cobo Acebo	Caisse d’Epargne	0:01:30
103	Aliaksandr Kuchynski	Liquigas – Doimo	0:01:31
104	Tom Leezer	Rabobank	0:01:32
105	Laurent Didier	Team Saxo Bank
106	Borut Bozic	Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team	0:01:34
107	Egoi Martinez	Euskaltel – Euskadi	0:01:36
108	Nicolas Maes	Quick Step	0:01:38
109	Stéphane Auge	Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne	0:01:39
110	Francesco Chicchi	Liquigas – Doimo	0:01:40
111	Daniele Righi	Lampre – Farnese Vini	0:01:47
112	Jimmy Casper	Saur – Sojasun	0:01:50
113	Tom Veelers	Skil – Shimano
114	Mickael Cherel	Française des Jeux	0:01:52
115	Alberto Ongarato	Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team	0:01:54
116	Tiago Machado	Team RadioShack	0:05:21
117	Tom Danielson	Garmin – Transitions	0:05:22
118	Amaël Moinard	Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne	0:05:29
119	Arnaud Gerard	Française des Jeux	0:05:32
120	David Le Lay	AG2R La Mondiale	0:05:35
121	Chris Sorensen	Team Saxo Bank	0:05:38
122	Dario David Cioni	Sky Professional Cycling Team	0:05:47
123	Ted King	Cervélo Test Team	0:05:57
124	Rémy Di Gregorio	Française des Jeux	0:06:03
125	Wesley Sulzberger	Française des Jeux	0:06:08
126	Wouter Weylandt	Quick Step	0:06:27
127	Christopher Horner	Team RadioShack	0:07:34
128	Svein Tuft	Garmin – Transitions
129	Richie Porte	Team Saxo Bank	0:07:36
130	Jens Mouris	Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team	0:07:37
131	Benat Intxausti	Euskaltel – Euskadi	0:07:41
132	Craig Lewis	Team HTC – Columbia	0:07:43
133	Sébastien Rosseler	Team RadioShack	0:07:47
134	Mauro Finetto	Liquigas – Doimo
135	Sylvain Calzati	Sky Professional Cycling Team
136	Pierrick Fedrigo	Bbox Bouygues Telecom
137	Jakob Fuglsang	Team Saxo Bank	0:07:54
138	Stephen Cummings	Sky Professional Cycling Team	0:07:55
139	Dennis Van Winden	Rabobank
140	Christian Vande Velde	Garmin – Transitions	0:07:56
141	Tadej Valjavec	AG2R La Mondiale	0:07:57
142	Yann Huguet	Skil – Shimano	0:07:58
143	Brian Vandborg	Liquigas – Doimo
144	Joost Posthuma	Rabobank	0:07:59
145	Kjell Carlström	Sky Professional Cycling Team	0:08:03
146	David Loosli	Lampre – Farnese Vini
147	Dimitri Champion	AG2R La Mondiale	0:08:04
148	Rick Flens	Rabobank	0:08:05
149	Brice Feillu	Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
150	Kévin Van Impe	Quick Step	0:08:06
151	Jean Marc Marino	Saur – Sojasun	0:08:10
152	Samuel Dumoulin	Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne	0:08:13
153	Damiano Cunego	Lampre – Farnese Vini	0:08:14
154	Alexandre Geniez	Skil – Shimano	0:08:15
155	Daniel Navarro	Astana	0:08:16
156	Jurgen Van Goolen	Omega Pharma – Lotto	0:08:17
157	Yaroslav Popovych	Team RadioShack	0:08:19
158	Matteo Bono	Lampre – Farnese Vini
159	Anthony Geslin	Française des Jeux	0:08:20
160	Pierre Rolland	Bbox Bouygues Telecom	0:08:21
161	Mathieu Perget	Caisse d’Epargne	0:08:22
162	Christian Meier	Garmin – Transitions	0:08:23
163	Serge Pauwels	Sky Professional Cycling Team	0:08:30
164	Bjorn Leukemans	Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team	0:08:32
165	Alessandro Spezialetti	Lampre – Farnese Vini
166	Mikel Nieve	Euskaltel – Euskadi	0:08:33
167	Simone Ponzi	Lampre – Farnese Vini
168	Benjamin Noval Gonzalez	Astana	0:08:34
169	Joaquin Novoa Menedez	Cervélo Test Team	0:08:35
170	Ivan Velasco	Euskaltel – Euskadi	0:08:43
171	Oscar Pereiro Sio	Astana	0:08:45
172	Roy Curvers	Skil – Shimano	0:09:20
173	Daniel Moreno Fernandez	Omega Pharma – Lotto	0:09:21
174	Danilo Napolitano	Team Katusha	0:11:27
Table Built: Tuesday, 09 March 2010 06:44 UK

Paris-Nice 2010 Stage 1 Results

By Murk | Published: March 9, 2010

Position	Rider	Team	Time
1	Lars Boom	Rabobank	4:33:11
2	Jens Voigt	Team Saxo Bank	0:00:05
3	David Millar	Garmin – Transitions	0:00:13
4	Luis-Leon Sanchez	Caisse d’Epargne	0:00:14
5	Roman Kreuziger	Liquigas – Doimo	0:00:15
6	Gregory Henderson	Sky Professional Cycling Team	0:00:20
7	Levi Leipheimer	Team RadioShack	0:00:25
8	Alberto Contador	Astana
9	Peter Sagan	Liquigas – Doimo	0:00:29
10	Xavier Tondo	Cervélo Test Team
11	Alejandro Valverde	Caisse d’Epargne	0:00:31
12	Grega Bole	Lampre – Farnese Vini	0:00:32
13	Samuel Sanchez	Euskaltel – Euskadi	0:00:34
14	Cyril Lemoine	Saur – Sojasun	0:00:35
15	Janez Brajkovic	Team RadioShack
16	Andriy Grivko	Astana
17	Laurent Mangel	Saur – Sojasun	0:00:36
18	Rémi Pauriol	Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne	0:00:38
19	Geraint Thomas	Sky Professional Cycling Team	0:00:39
20	Joaquim Rodriguez	Team Katusha	0:00:41
21	Serguei Ivanov	Team Katusha	0:00:42
22	Jean-Christophe Peraud	Omega Pharma – Lotto
23	Alexandr Kolobnev	Team Katusha
24	Tony Martin	Team HTC – Columbia	0:00:43
25	Christophe Riblon	AG2R La Mondiale	0:00:45
26	Reine Taaramae	Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne	0:00:46
27	José Ivan Gutierrez	Caisse d’Epargne
28	Bram Tankink	Rabobank	0:00:47
29	Koos Moerenhout	Rabobank
30	Simon Gerrans	Sky Professional Cycling Team	0:00:48
31	Jürgen Roelandts	Omega Pharma – Lotto	0:00:49
32	Maxime Bouet	AG2R La Mondiale
33	Jérôme Coppel	Saur – Sojasun	0:00:50
34	Gustav Larsson	Team Saxo Bank
35	Jimmy Engoulvent	Saur – Sojasun	0:00:51
36	Hayden Roulston	Team HTC – Columbia	0:00:52
37	Maxime Monfort	Team HTC – Columbia	0:00:53
38	André Greipel	Team HTC – Columbia
39	Matthieu Ladagnous	Française des Jeux
40	Marco Marcato	Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team	0:00:54
41	Sylvain Chavanel	Quick Step
42	Luis Pasamontes	Caisse d’Epargne
43	William Bonnet	Bbox Bouygues Telecom
44	Mirco Lorenzetto	Lampre – Farnese Vini
45	Romain Sicard	Euskaltel – Euskadi	0:00:55
46	Nicolas Roche	AG2R La Mondiale
47	Sandy Casar	Française des Jeux	0:00:56
48	Julien El Fares	Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne	0:00:57
49	Johnny Hoogerland	Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
50	Heinrich Haussler	Cervélo Test Team	0:00:58
51	Sébastien Minard	Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne	0:00:59
52	Jos Van Emden	Rabobank	0:01:00
53	Gorka Verdugo	Euskaltel – Euskadi
54	Cyril Gautier	Bbox Bouygues Telecom	0:01:01
55	Francis De Greef	Omega Pharma – Lotto
56	Thomas Voeckler	Bbox Bouygues Telecom
57	Sébastien Turgot	Bbox Bouygues Telecom
58	Matthew Harley Goss	Team HTC – Columbia	0:01:02
59	Carlos Barredo	Quick Step
60	David Lopez Garcia	Caisse d’Epargne	0:01:03
61	Xavier Florencio	Cervélo Test Team	0:01:05
62	Thierry Hupond	Skil – Shimano	0:01:06
63	Frank Schleck	Team Saxo Bank	0:01:07
64	Dmitriy Fofonov	Astana
65	Dominique Rollin	Cervélo Test Team	0:01:08
66	Philippe Gilbert	Omega Pharma – Lotto
67	Adam Hansen	Team HTC – Columbia
68	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	Omega Pharma – Lotto
69	Kevin De Weert	Quick Step	0:01:10
70	Alexandre Pichot	Bbox Bouygues Telecom	0:01:11
71	Leonardo Duque	Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
72	Ivan Santaromita	Liquigas – Doimo
73	Koen De Kort	Skil – Shimano	0:01:12
74	Eduard Vorganov	Team Katusha
75	Daniel Martin	Garmin – Transitions
76	Marcel Sieberg	Team HTC – Columbia	0:01:13
77	Thomas Peterson	Garmin – Transitions
78	Christophe Le Mevel	Française des Jeux	0:01:14
79	Geoffroy Lequatre	Team RadioShack
80	Albert Timmer	Skil – Shimano
81	Kevin Seeldrayers	Quick Step
82	Daniel Lloyd	Cervélo Test Team	0:01:15
83	Jeremy Galland	Saur – Sojasun
84	Cyril Dessel	AG2R La Mondiale
85	Evgeni Petrov	Team Katusha
86	Gorazd Stangelj	Astana	0:01:16
87	Simon Geschke	Skil – Shimano
88	Koldo Fernandez	Euskaltel – Euskadi
89	Volodymir Gustov	Cervélo Test Team	0:01:17
90	Vicente Garcia Acosta	Caisse d’Epargne	0:01:18
91	Yury Trofimov	Bbox Bouygues Telecom
92	Jérôme Pineau	Quick Step	0:01:19
93	Romain Feillu	Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
94	Julien Loubet	AG2R La Mondiale
95	Juan Jose Haedo	Team Saxo Bank	0:01:20
96	Joan Horrach	Team Katusha	0:01:21
97	Yannick Talabardon	Saur – Sojasun	0:01:24
98	Mickaël Delage	Omega Pharma – Lotto
99	Maxim Gourov	Astana	0:01:25
100	Alexandre Botcharov	Team Katusha	0:01:28
101	Frederik Willems	Liquigas – Doimo	0:01:29
102	Juan Jose Cobo Acebo	Caisse d’Epargne	0:01:30
103	Aliaksandr Kuchynski	Liquigas – Doimo	0:01:31
104	Tom Leezer	Rabobank	0:01:32
105	Laurent Didier	Team Saxo Bank
106	Borut Bozic	Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team	0:01:34
107	Egoi Martinez	Euskaltel – Euskadi	0:01:36
108	Nicolas Maes	Quick Step	0:01:38
109	Stéphane Auge	Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne	0:01:39
110	Francesco Chicchi	Liquigas – Doimo	0:01:40
111	Daniele Righi	Lampre – Farnese Vini	0:01:47
112	Jimmy Casper	Saur – Sojasun	0:01:50
113	Tom Veelers	Skil – Shimano
114	Mickael Cherel	Française des Jeux	0:01:52
115	Alberto Ongarato	Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team	0:01:54
116	Tiago Machado	Team RadioShack	0:05:21
117	Tom Danielson	Garmin – Transitions	0:05:22
118	Amaël Moinard	Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne	0:05:29
119	Arnaud Gerard	Française des Jeux	0:05:32
120	David Le Lay	AG2R La Mondiale	0:05:35
121	Chris Sorensen	Team Saxo Bank	0:05:38
122	Dario David Cioni	Sky Professional Cycling Team	0:05:47
123	Ted King	Cervélo Test Team	0:05:57
124	Rémy Di Gregorio	Française des Jeux	0:06:03
125	Wesley Sulzberger	Française des Jeux	0:06:08
126	Wouter Weylandt	Quick Step	0:06:27
127	Christopher Horner	Team RadioShack	0:07:34
128	Svein Tuft	Garmin – Transitions
129	Richie Porte	Team Saxo Bank	0:07:36
130	Jens Mouris	Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team	0:07:37
131	Benat Intxausti	Euskaltel – Euskadi	0:07:41
132	Craig Lewis	Team HTC – Columbia	0:07:43
133	Sébastien Rosseler	Team RadioShack	0:07:47
134	Mauro Finetto	Liquigas – Doimo
135	Sylvain Calzati	Sky Professional Cycling Team
136	Pierrick Fedrigo	Bbox Bouygues Telecom
137	Jakob Fuglsang	Team Saxo Bank	0:07:54
138	Stephen Cummings	Sky Professional Cycling Team	0:07:55
139	Dennis Van Winden	Rabobank
140	Christian Vande Velde	Garmin – Transitions	0:07:56
141	Tadej Valjavec	AG2R La Mondiale	0:07:57
142	Yann Huguet	Skil – Shimano	0:07:58
143	Brian Vandborg	Liquigas – Doimo
144	Joost Posthuma	Rabobank	0:07:59
145	Kjell Carlström	Sky Professional Cycling Team	0:08:03
146	David Loosli	Lampre – Farnese Vini
147	Dimitri Champion	AG2R La Mondiale	0:08:04
148	Rick Flens	Rabobank	0:08:05
149	Brice Feillu	Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
150	Kévin Van Impe	Quick Step	0:08:06
151	Jean Marc Marino	Saur – Sojasun	0:08:10
152	Samuel Dumoulin	Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne	0:08:13
153	Damiano Cunego	Lampre – Farnese Vini	0:08:14
154	Alexandre Geniez	Skil – Shimano	0:08:15
155	Daniel Navarro	Astana	0:08:16
156	Jurgen Van Goolen	Omega Pharma – Lotto	0:08:17
157	Yaroslav Popovych	Team RadioShack	0:08:19
158	Matteo Bono	Lampre – Farnese Vini
159	Anthony Geslin	Française des Jeux	0:08:20
160	Pierre Rolland	Bbox Bouygues Telecom	0:08:21
161	Mathieu Perget	Caisse d’Epargne	0:08:22
162	Christian Meier	Garmin – Transitions	0:08:23
163	Serge Pauwels	Sky Professional Cycling Team	0:08:30
164	Bjorn Leukemans	Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team	0:08:32
165	Alessandro Spezialetti	Lampre – Farnese Vini
166	Mikel Nieve	Euskaltel – Euskadi	0:08:33
167	Simone Ponzi	Lampre – Farnese Vini
168	Benjamin Noval Gonzalez	Astana	0:08:34
169	Joaquin Novoa Menedez	Cervélo Test Team	0:08:35
170	Ivan Velasco	Euskaltel – Euskadi	0:08:43
171	Oscar Pereiro Sio	Astana	0:08:45
172	Roy Curvers	Skil – Shimano	0:09:20
173	Daniel Moreno Fernandez	Omega Pharma – Lotto	0:09:21
174	Danilo Napolitano	Team Katusha	0:11:27
Table Built: Tuesday, 09 March 2010 06:44 UK