A little historyThe significant dates of Paris-Nice• 1933 Alphonse SCHEPERS (Belgium) 1.257 km Albert Lejeune, Director of the Petit Journal, creates Paris-Nice, nicknamed the "race to the sun". The start of the first stage is given on March 14th at 5am in Paris (Place d'Italia - 13th arrondissement). The race is run every year until 1939. • 1934 Gaston REBRY (Belgium) 1.156 km • 1935 René VIETTO (France) 1.296 km • 1936 Maurice ARCHAMBAUD (France) 1.222 km • 1937 Roger LAPEBIE (France) 1.265 km • 1938 Jules LOWIE (Belgium) 1.142 km • 1939 Maurice ARCHAMBAUD (France) 892 km • 1946 Fermo CAMELLINI (Italia) 1.273 km The race is organized for one year. Fermo Camellini wins ahead of Maurice De Muer. • 1951 Roger DECOCK (Belgium) 1.117,5 km The journalist Jean Leulliot repurchases the race, which becomes for three years Paris-Côte d'Azur. • 1952 Louison BOBET (France) 1.234 km • 1953 Jean-Pierre MUNCH (France) 1.124 km • 1954 Raymond IMPANIS (Belgium) 1.048 km • 1955 Jean BOBET (France) 1.140 km • 1956 Fred DE BRUYNE (Belgium) 1.074 km • 1957 Jacques ANQUETIL (France) 1.207 km • 1958 Fred DE BRUYNE (Belgium) 1.215 km • 1959 Jean GRACZYCK (France) 1.955 km Rome welcomes the last stage of the longest Paris-Nice (1.955 km). • 1960 Raymond IMPANIS (Belgium) 1.264 km • 1961 Jacques ANQUETIL (France) 1.262 km • 1962 Joseph PLANCKAERT (Belgium) 1.532 km • 1963 Jacques ANQUETIL (France) 1.407 km • 1964 Jan JANSSEN (Netherlands) 1 524 km After a fall in the descent of the treacherous Col de Téghine, Poulidor gives up. Having won the time-trial and defeated Anquetil, he was about to capture the race. • 1965 Jacques ANQUETIL (France) 1.295 km  • 1966 Jacques ANQUETIL (France) 1.309 kmAnquetil dethrones Poulidor on the last day. The rivalry between the two champions reaches a climax and divides the French people in two. • 1967 Tom SIMPSON (Great Britain) 1.104 km • 1968 Rolf WOLFSHOHL (Germany) 1.461 km • 1969 Eddy MERCKX (Belgium) 1.200 km For the very first time, the race ends up at the top of the col d'Eze. This time-trial is won by Eddy Merckx. • 1970 Eddy MERCKX (Belgium) 1.459 km • 1971 Eddy MERCKX (Belgium) 1.128 km Third success in a row for Eddy Merckx. • 1972 Raymond POULIDOR (France) 1.129 km 36-year-old Raymond Poulidor defeats Eddy Merckx in the col d'Eze, establishes a new record for the climb and wins Paris-Nice as he runs it for the 13th time. He wins again in 1973. • 1973 Raymond POULIDOR (France) 850 km • 1974 Joop ZOETEMELK (Netherlands) 1.267 km • 1975 Joop ZOETEMELK (Netherlands) 1.318 km • 1976 Michel LAURENT (France) 1.205 km • 1977 Freddy MAERTENS (Belgium) 1.219 km • 1978 Gerrie KNETEMANN (Netherlands) 1.154 km • 1979 Joop ZOETEMELK (Netherlands) 1.079 km • 1980 Gilbert DUCLOS-LASSALLE (France) 1.037 km • 1981 Stephen ROCHE (Ireland) 1.110 km • 1982 Sean KELLY (Irlande) 1.186 km Josette Leulliot takes over the responsability of the race after the death of her father Jean. • 1983 Sean KELLY (Ireland) 1.161 km • 1984 Sean KELLY (Ireland) 1.123 km • 1985 Sean KELLY (Ireland) 1.187 km • 1986 Sean KELLY (Ireland) 1.216 km • 1987 Sean KELLY (Ireland) 1.173 km Jacques Anquetil, five-time-winner, is for the last time the race director of Paris-Nice. • 1988 Sean KELLY (Ireland) 1 018 km The Irish man Sean Kelly wins his seventh Paris-Nice in a row and establishes the record of success. • 1989 Miguel INDURAIN (Spain) 1.111 km • 1990 Miguel INDURAIN (Spain) 1.110 km • 1991 Tony ROMINGER (Switzerland) 957 km • 1992 Jean-François BERNARD (France) 1.110 km • 1993 Alex ZÜLLE (Switzerland) 1.200 km • 1994 Tony ROMINGER (Switzerland) 1.407 km • 1995 Laurent JALABERT (France) 1.117,5 km Laurent Jalabert wins the first of his three consecutive Paris-Nice. • 1996 Laurent JALABERT (France) 1.303 km • 1997 Laurent JALABERT (France) 1.135 km • 1998 Franck VANDENBROUCKE 1.295 km • 1999 Michaël BOOGERD (Netherlands) 1.216 km • 2000 Andreas KLÖDEN (Germany) 1.254 km Laurent Fignon, who bought it the previous year, manages the race for the first time. • 2001 Dario FRIGO (Italia) 1.212 km • 2002 Alexandre VINOKOUROV (Kazakhstan) 1.194 km A.S.O repurchases Paris-Nice. • 2003 Alexandre VINOKOUROV (Kazakhstan) 1.094 km • 2004 Jorg JAKSCHE (Germany) 1.305,7 km • 2005 Bobby JULICH (USA) 947 km |
