2024 Tour de France

The 2024 Tour de France is the upcoming 111th edition of the Tour de France. It will start in Florence, Italy on 29 June, and will finish in Nice, France on the 21 July. The race will not finish in Paris for the first time in its history, owing to preparations for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

2024 Tour de France
2024 UCI World Tour, race 25 of 35
Race details
Dates29 June - 21 July

Route and stages

In December 2022, Amaury Sport Organisation announced that Italy will host the Grand Départ for the first time.[1][2] 2024 will be the 100th anniversary of the first Italian winner of the Tour, Ottavio Bottecchia in 1924.[1] The route will also visit the microstate of San Marino, making it the 15th country to be visited by a Tour stage.[1] It was also announced in December 2022 that the race will not finish in Paris, owing to preparations for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Instead, the tour will finish in Nice with an individual time trial—the last time a time trial was the final stage in the Tour was in 1989.[3][4]

In October 2023, the full route was announced by Christian Prudhomme.[5] The route was described as "tough" by riders, with particular concern regarding the gravel tracks on stage 9 and limited opportunities for sprinters.[6]

Stage characteristics[7]
Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner
1 29 June Florence to Rimini (Italy) 206 km (128 mi) Hilly stage
2 30 June Cesenatico to Bologna (Italy) 200 km (120 mi) Hilly stage
3 1 July Piacenza to Turin (Italy) 229 km (142 mi) Flat stage
4 2 July Pinerolo (Italy) to Valloire 138 km (86 mi) Mountain stage
5 3 July Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to Saint-Vulbas 177 km (110 mi) Flat stage
6 4 July Mâcon to Dijon 163 km (101 mi) Flat stage
7 5 July Nuits-Saint-Georges to Gevrey-Chambertin 25 km (16 mi) Individual time trial
8 6 July Semur-en-Auxois to Colombey-les-Deux-Églises 176 km (109 mi) Flat stage
9 7 July Troyes 199 km (124 mi) Hilly stage
8 July Orléans Rest day
10 9 July Orléans to Saint-Amand-Montrond 187 km (116 mi) Flat stage
11 10 July Évaux-les-Bains to Le Lioran 211 km (131 mi) Mountain stage
12 11 July Aurillac to Villeneuve-sur-Lot 204 km (127 mi) Flat stage
13 12 July Agen to Pau 171 km (106 mi) Flat stage
14 13 July Pau to Saint-Lary-Soulan (Pla d'Adet) 152 km (94 mi) Mountain stage
15 14 July Loudenvielle to Plateau de Beille 198 km (123 mi) Mountain stage
15 July Gruissan Rest day
16 16 July Gruissan to Nîmes 187 km (116 mi) Flat stage
17 17 July Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux to SuperDévoluy 178 km (111 mi) Mountain stage
18 18 July Gap to Barcelonnette 179 km (111 mi) Hilly stage
19 19 July Embrun to Isola 2000 145 km (90 mi) Mountain stage
20 20 July Nice to Col de la Couillole 133 km (83 mi) Mountain stage
21 21 July Monaco to Nice 34 km (21 mi) Individual time trial
Total 3,492 km (2,170 mi)

References
  1. "2024 Grand Départ: First time's a charm for Italy". www.letour.fr. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  2. "Tour de France 2024 to start in Italy for first time in history of race (+ video)". road.cc. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  3. "2024 Tour de France to end in Nice due to Paris Olympics". The Globe and Mail. 1 December 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  4. "A time trial from Monaco to Nice to wrap up the 2024 Tour de France". www.letour.fr. 3 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  5. Farrand, Stephen (25 October 2023). "Tour de France 2024 route". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  6. Whittle, Jeremy (25 October 2023). "Nice finish to tough Tour de France 2024 route as race misses Paris for first time". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  7. "Official route of Tour de France 2024". www.letour.fr. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
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