The 2007 Paris–Nice was the 65th edition of the Paris–Nice cycle race and was held from 11 March to 18 March 2007. The race started in Issy-les-Moulineaux and finished in Nice. The race was part of the 2007 UCI ProTour. The race was won by Spaniard Alberto Contador riding for the , who going into the final stage was six seconds behind Davide Rebellin from . Contador broke away on the Col d'Eze, the last climb of the race, to claim both the stage victory along the Promenade des Anglais and the overall race victory.
Teams Twenty teams, containing a total of 160 riders, participated in the race:
Route +Stage characteristics and winners Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner P 11 March Issy-les-Moulineaux Individual time trial 1 12 March Cloyes-sur-le-Loir to Buzançais Flat stage 2 13 March Vatan to Limoges Flat stage 3 14 March Limoges to Maurs Hilly stage 4 15 March Maurs to Mende Medium mountain stage 5 16 March Sorgues to Manosque Hilly stage 6 17 March Brignoles to Cannes Medium mountain stage 7 18 March Nice to Nice Mountain stage
Stages Prologue 11 March 2007 — Issy-les-Moulineaux, (ITT) CyclistTeamTime1 6' 01"2 + 1"3 + 2"
Stage 1 12 March 2007 — Cloyes-sur-le-Loir to Buzançais, CyclistTeamTime1 4h 29' 39"2Team Milram s.t.3 s.t.
Stage 2 13 March 2007 — Vatan to Limoges, CyclistTeamTime1 3h 57' 36"2 + 2"3 + 2"
Stage 3 14 March 2007 — Limoges to Maurs, CyclistTeamTime1 4h 59' 35"2 + 12"3 + 12"
Stage 4 15 March 2007 — Maurs to Mende, CyclistTeamTime1 4h 07' 26"2 + 2"3 + 12"
Stage 5 16 March 2007 — Sorgues to Manosque, CyclistTeamTime1 4h 11' 51"2 + 14"3 + 14"
Stage 6 17 March 2007 — Brignoles to Cannes, CyclistTeamTime1 4h 46' 32"2 Team Milram + 28"3 Jérôme Pineau + 28"
Stage 7 18 March 2007 — Nice, CyclistTeamTime1 3h 15' 47"2 + 19"3 + 19"
Final standings
General classification CyclistTeamTime1 29h 55' 22"2 + 26"3 + 42"4 + 49"5 + 57"6 + 1' 00"7 + 1' 01"8 + 1' 08"9 + 1' 12"10 + 1' 22"
Mountains classification CyclistTeamPoints165242336
Points classification CyclistTeamPoints190281380
Best Young Rider CyclistTeamTime129h 55' 22"2 + 42"3 + 2' 20"
Best Team TeamCountryTime1 89h 49' 06"2 + 3' 50"3 + 5' 26"
Jersey progress
Stage(Winner)General ClassificationMountains ClassificationPoints ClassificationYoung Rider ClassificationTeam Classification Prologue (ITT)(David Millar) David Millar no award David Millar Roman Kreuziger Stage 1(Jean-Patrick Nazon) Romain Feillu Daniele Bennati Stage 2(Franco Pellizotti) Franco Pellizotti Stéphane Augé Stage 3(Alexandre Kolobnev) Heinrich Haussler Stage 4(Alberto Contador) Davide Rebellin Alberto Contador Stage 5(Yaroslav Popovych) Stage 6(Luis León Sánchez) Thomas Voeckler Franco Pellizotti Stage 7(Alberto Contador) Alberto Contador
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