# Stage 2: Épône → Montargis · Paris-Nice 2026

Monday, March 9 (2026-03-09) · 187 km · Flat Stage · Start 12:45 local

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A flat stage ideal for sprinters, with rolling terrain early on and three climbs for mountain points.

**Stages shaped like this ended in a sprint 60 of 100 times.** (aggregated from the closest 2011–2025 WorldTour lookalikes in the Parcours similarity corpus)

## Key climbs

- **Côte des Mesnuls** — Cat 3, at km 30.3, 1.3 km long, avg 5.6%
- **Côte de Villeconin** — Cat 3, at km 81, 1 km long, avg 6.1%
- **Côte du Pressoir** — Cat 3, at km 114.5, 1 km long, avg 6.5%

## Intermediate sprints

- **Fromont** — intermediate sprint at km 140.9

Total elevation gain: 1125 m · Max elevation: 190 m

Best viewing window (local time): 16:26–17:11.

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