The 2021 Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var was a
road cycling stage race
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that took place between 19 and 21 February 2021 in the
French
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departments
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of
Alpes-Maritimes
Alpes-Maritimes (; oc, Aups Maritims; it, Alpi Marittime, "Maritime Alps") is a department of France located in the country's southeast corner, on the Italian border and Mediterranean coast. Part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, it ...
and
Var. The race was rated as a 2.1 event as part of the
2021 UCI Europe Tour
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and was the 53rd edition of the
Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var cycling race.
Italian rider
Gianluca Brambilla of won the race, with Canadian rider
Michael Woods of in second and Brambilla's Dutch teammate
Bauke Mollema
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in third. Mollema won the first stage, beating a reduced peloton in a sprint up the third ascent of the Col de Gourdon and taking the first leader's jersey.
Woods, who had finished fourth on the first stage only one second behind Mollema, won on the short but steep final climb in Fayence on stage two with enough of a margin over Mollema, who had finished second, to take over the leader's jersey.
Heading into the final stage, Brambilla had managed to keep pace with the race leaders; despite being in 17th place, he was only 13 seconds behind Woods. Brambilla was a part of the third stage's main breakaway group of 16 riders, but as the group began to disintegrate on the last categorized climb, the Col de la Madone, he attacked, with only
Valentin Madouas
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able to follow. With around 11 kilometers left, he attacked again, and this time Madouas was unable to keep up. Brambilla pushed on over the last climb, the uncategorized Col de Nice, and managed to hold on for the stage win. Despite Woods' best efforts to maintain his lead, he and Mollema finished in a group 18 seconds behind Brambilla, giving the Italian the overall win.
Teams
Eleven of the nineteen
UCI WorldTeams, eight
UCI ProTeams, and three
UCI Continental teams made up the twenty-two teams that participated in the race. Each team could enter a roster of up to seven riders, but the only teams not to enter the maximum allowed roster were , , , and ; each of these teams entered six riders.
From a total of 150 riders, 117 finished the race.
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Route
Stages
Stage 1
;19 February 2021 –
Biot to
Gourdon,
Stage 2
;20 February 2021 –
Fayence to Fayence,
Stage 3
;21 February 2021 –
Blausasc
Blausasc (; it, Blausasco) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department
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to Blausasc,
Classification leadership table
Final classification standings
General classification
Points classification
Mountains classification
Young rider classification
Team classification
References
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External links
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Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var
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