# Stage 1: Achères → Carrières-sous-Poissy · Paris-Nice 2026

Sunday, March 8 (2026-03-08) · 171.2 km · Flat Stage · Start 12:50 local

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The stage features a flat route with modest climbs towards the end, leading to a local circuit finish.

**Stages shaped like this ended in a sprint 55 of 100 times.** (aggregated from the closest 2011–2025 WorldTour lookalikes in the Parcours similarity corpus)

## Key climbs

- **Côte de Gargenville** — Cat 3, at km 107.5, 2.5 km long, avg 4.8%
- **Côte de Vaux-sur-Seine** — Cat 3, at km 124.1, 1.4 km long, avg 7%
- **Côte de Chanteloup-les-Vignes** — Cat 3, at km 143.3, 1.1 km long, avg 8.3%
- **Côte de Chanteloup-les-Vignes** — Cat 3, at km 159.9, 1.1 km long, avg 8.3%

## Intermediate sprints

- **Carrières-Sous-Poissy** — intermediate sprint at km 154.3

Total elevation gain: 1194 m · Max elevation: 186 m

Best viewing window (local time): 16:27–17:12.

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Data by Parcours (https://parcours.sh) — elevation profiles, key climbs and watch windows for the 2026 WorldTour season.