| 2023 UCI Europe Tour | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dates | 17–19 February 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 497.24 km (309.0 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2023 Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var was a road cycling stage race that took place between 17 and 19 February 2023 in the departments of Alpes-Maritimes and Var in southeastern France. The race is rated as a category 2.1 event on the 2023 UCI Europe Tour calendar, and is the 55th edition of the Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var. [1]
Seven of the 18 UCI WorldTeams, four UCI ProTeams, and seven UCI Continental teams make up the 18 teams that are participating in the race. [2] Each team entered a full squad of seven riders, for a total of 140 riders who started the race.
UCI WorldTeams
UCI ProTeams
UCI Continental Teams
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Stage winner | |
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| 1 | 17 February | Saint-Raphaël to Ramatuelle | 187.04 km (116.22 mi) |  | Hilly stage |  Kévin Vauquelin (FRA) |
| 2 | 18 February | Mandelieu to Azur Arena Antibes | 178.9 km (111.2 mi) |  | Intermediate stage |  Mattias Skjelmose (DEN) |
| 3 | 19 February | Villefranche-sur-Mer to Vence | 131.3 km (81.6 mi) |  | Mountain stage | Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA) |
| Total | 497.24 km (308.97 mi) | |||||
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| Stage | Winner | General classification  | Points classification  | Mountains classification  | Young rider classification  | Team classification | Combativity award |
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| 1 | Kévin Vauquelin | Kévin Vauquelin | Kévin Vauquelin | Julien Bernard | Kévin Vauquelin | Arkéa–Samsic | Maël Guégan |
| 2 | Mattias Skjelmose Jensen | Mattias Skjelmose Jensen | Mathieu Burgaudeau | Groupama–FDJ | |||
| 3 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | David Gaudu | |||||
| Final | Kévin Vauquelin | Mattias Skjelmose Jensen | David Gaudu | Kévin Vauquelin | Groupama–FDJ | ||
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|---|---|---|---|
 | Denotes the leader of the general classification |  | Denotes the leader of the mountains classification |
 | Denotes the leader of the points classification |  | Denotes the leader of the young rider classification |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kévin Vauquelin (FRA) | Arkéa–Samsic | 11h 36' 58" |
| 2 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA) | AG2R Citroën Team | + 7" |
| 3 |  Neilson Powless (USA) | EF Education–EasyPost | + 10" |
| 4 |  Kevin Geniets (LUX) | Groupama–FDJ | + 19" |
| 5 | Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (DEN) | Trek–Segafredo | + 26" |
| 6 |  Felix Gall (AUT) | AG2R Citroën Team | + 42" |
| 7 | David Gaudu (FRA) | Groupama–FDJ | + 43" |
| 8 | Romain Bardet (FRA) | Team DSM | + 44" |
| 9 | Anthony Perez (FRA) | Cofidis | + 44" |
| 10 |  Torstein Træen (NOR) | Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | + 44" |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (DEN) | Trek–Segafredo | 30 |
| 2 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA) | AG2R Citroën Team | 24 |
| 3 | Kévin Vauquelin (FRA) | Arkéa–Samsic | 24 |
| 4 | Neilson Powless (USA) | EF Education–EasyPost | 22 |
| 5 | Jean-Louis Le Ny (FRA) | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | 10 |
| 6 | Julien Bernard (FRA) | Trek–Segafredo | 8 |
| 7 | Bryan Coquard (FRA) | Cofidis | 6 |
| 8 | Kevin Geniets (LUX) | Groupama–FDJ | 6 |
| 9 | Mads Østergaard Kristensen (DEN) | Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling | 6 |
| 10 | Felix Gall (AUT) | AG2R Citroën Team | 4 |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Gaudu (FRA) | Groupama–FDJ | 34 |
| 2 | Romain Bardet (FRA) | Team DSM | 18 |
| 3 | Romain Grégoire (FRA) | Groupama–FDJ | 16 |
| 4 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA) | AG2R Citroën Team | 16 |
| 5 | Mathieu Burgaudeau (FRA) | Team TotalEnergies | 12 |
| 6 |  Marco Brenner (GER) | Team DSM | 12 |
| 7 | Julien Bernard (FRA) | Trek–Segafredo | 10 |
| 8 |  Hugh Carthy (GBR) | EF Education–EasyPost | 10 |
| 9 |  Alexander Cepeda (ECU) | EF Education–EasyPost | 10 |
| 10 | Victor Lafay (FRA) | Cofidis | 8 |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kévin Vauquelin (FRA) | Arkéa–Samsic | 11h 37' 58" |
| 2 | Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (DEN) | Trek–Segafredo | + 26" |
| 3 | Romain Grégoire (FRA) | Groupama–FDJ | + 1' 29" |
| 4 |  Lennert Van Eetvelt (BEL) | Lotto–Dstny | + 1' 29" |
| 5 | Thomas Gachignard (FRA) | St. Michel–Mavic–Auber93 | + 1' 38" |
| 6 | Max Poole (GBR) | Team DSM | + 8' 30" |
| 7 | Jordan Jegat (FRA) | CIC U Nantes Atlantique | + 10' 00" |
| 8 | Harold Martín López (ECU) | Astana Qazaqstan Team | + 10' 00" |
| 9 | Bastien Tronchon (FRA) | AG2R Citroën Team | + 11' 41" |
| 10 | Martin Urianstad (NOR) | Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | + 12' 24" |
| Rank | Team | Time |
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| 1 | Groupama–FDJ | 34h 55' 49" |
| 2 | AG2R Citroën Team | + 50" |
| 3 | Trek–Segafredo | + 2' 55" |
| 4 | EF Education–EasyPost | + 7' 25" |
| 5 | Cofidis | + 9' 29" |
| 6 | Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | + 13' 30" |
| 7 | Arkéa–Samsic | + 14' 57" |
| 8 | Team DSM | + 16' 51" |
| 9 | Team TotalEnergies | + 19' 20" |
| 10 | Bingoal WB | + 19' 34" |
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