The day after a team time trial which left the main leaders in less than a minute, the peloton will have a meeting in the mountains, for the fourth stage of this Paris-Nice 2024 . Behind the UAE Team Emirates, led by Brandon McNulty and Joao Almeida, Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quick Step, 8th, 18 seconds behind McNulty), Egan Bernal (Ineos, 10th, 20 seconds), or even Primoz Roglic (Bora -hansgrohe, 28th, at 54 seconds) are in ambush.
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First Frenchman, Aurélien Paret-Peintre (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) is 39 seconds behind.
David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) is one minute and one second behind the American.
This Wednesday, throughout the 183 kilometers of the course, these big names will tackle five passes, in addition to the final climb.
Four category 2 passes are on the program, to begin with, before a first-class summit, the Col du Fût d'Avenas, just over twenty kilometers from the finish.
The runners will thus pass through the Côte du Mont-Saint-Vincent, the Col de Boubon, the Côté de Vauxrenard, the Mont Brouilly, before, therefore, the Col du Fût d'Avenas.
It is Mont Brouilly which will be crossed again to conclude.
It remains to be seen who will go first in this very beautiful panel.
The fourth stage of Paris-Nice 2024 will be followed from Wednesday March 6, at 3:10 p.m. on France TV, and at 3:45 p.m. on Eurosport 2.