Arnaud Gérard
Sports Director
Paris-Nice is the ‘first big event’ of the season. The first major stage race on the WorldTour calendar. All the stages are contested, but in this race the intensity often goes up several notches. It's often the benchmark race at the start of the year. The condensed nature of the stages also gives all the riders a chance to express themselves, whether they're sprinters, rouleurs, daredevils or climbers, with the final weekend between Nice and Auron, and the traditional Nice-Nice stage. Arnaud Démare will be our trump card for the sprint finishes, and for the general classification and the other stages, we'll be able to rely on Ewen Costiou, 17th overall in 2024 in his first time on the ‘Course au Soleil’, and Raúl García Pierna. They will be backed up by a group of experienced sailors including Florian Sénéchal, Thibault Guernalec and Miles Scotson. Pierre Thierry, for his part, will be discovering the event with no doubt a great appetite, linked to his youth and his desire to do well.
