2023-10-25 17:04:42
The details of the Tour de France 2024, which will be held from June 29 to July 21, were revealed by Christian Prudhomme, boss of the Tour, in front of nearly 4,000 spectators at the Palais des Congrès in Paris.
Christian Prudhomme, boss of the Tour, reveals the route of the Tour 2O24 which will end for the very first time on the Promenade des Anglais, in Nice. @ASO – Etienne Coudret
The 111th edition of the Tour de France consists of a series of firsts starting with the Grand Départ which will be given for the first time in Italy.
Italy hosts a Grand Départ for the first time
The Tour de France takes off for the first time from the Italian peninsulae, on the roads of this blessed and historic land of cycling. One hundred years exactly following Ottavio Bottecchia was the first transalpine rider to register his name on the Tour list, the peloton will connect the homeland of Gino Bartali, champion among the Righteous, to that of Marco Pantani, the unforgettable idolized Pirate, to then come and pay homage to the campionissimo Fausto Coppi. Three stages traced through sumptuous landscapes.
Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises welcomes an arrival
If twelve stage cities will host the Tour for the first time, including five Italian cities, it is Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises, the village of General de Gaulle which focuses the attention. The Tour de France had already passed there in 1960. Jacques Goddet, then director of the Tour, had the riders stopped, the head of state congratulated the leaders of the peloton by shaking their hands.
For the third time in a row, the north-west of France, Brittany and Normandy, is excluded.
An arrival far from Paris
After 110 editions celebrated at the Parc des Princes, at the Cipale velodrome in the Bois de Vincennes or on the Avenue des Champs-Elysées, the Tour de France will end for the first time far from Paris in 2024, due to the organization of the Olympic Games in the capital, with a 21st stage which will be judged in Nice on July 21. For this exceptional finale on the edge of the Mediterranean, itIt is a time trial which will decide between the contenders for the title, thirty-five years following Greg LeMond’s coup stripping Laurent Fignon of the Yellow Jersey with an advantage of eight seconds, while the stage from the day before will be traced on the suspenseful roads of the Nice hinterland. Those most attentive to the details of the history of the Tour de France will point out that the winner of the first edition in 1903, Maurice Garin, although celebrated at the Parc des Princes, inaugurated the prize list of the event by crossing the finish line final traced in Ville d’Avray. The public gathered once more at the velodrome to celebrate the heroes of the Grande Boucle in 1904 and 1905, the race itself having also ended a handful of kilometers from the capital. However, the arrival of the 2024 Tour scheduled for Nice represents a great first, the Tour peloton having never finished its route far from Paris.
To note
In 2024, the Tour will pass by the highest paved road in France with the Bonnette peak, at an altitude of 2,802 m. in the Mercantour massif. It has only been crossed four times by the Tour, in 1962, 1964, 1993 and 2008.
Steps
1st stage (June 29): Florence – Rimini (206 km)
Stage 2 (June 30) : Cesenatico – Bologna (200 km)
3rd stage (July 1): Piacenza – Turin (229 km)
4th stage (July 2): Pinerolo – Valloire (138 km)
5th stage (July 3): Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne – Saint-Vulbas (177 km)
6th stage (July 4): Mâcon – Dijon (163 km)
7th stage (July 5): Nuits-Saint-Georges – Gevrey-Chambertin (25 km, clm)
8th stage (July 6): Semur-en-Auxois – Colombey-les-deux-Églises (176 km)
9th stage (July 7): Troyes – Troyes (199 km)
10th stage (July 9): Orléans – Saint-Amand-Montrond (187 km)
11th stage (July 10): Évaux-les-Bains – Le Lioran (211 km)
12th stage (July 11): Aurillac – Villeneuve-sur-Lot (204 km)
13th stage (July 12): Agen – Pau (171 km)
14th stage (July 13): Pau – Saint-Lary-Soulan (152 km)
15th stage (July 14): Loudenvielle – Plateau de Beille (198 km)
16th stage (July 16): Gruissan – Nîmes (187 km)
17th stage (July 17): Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux – Superdévoluy (178 km)
18th stage (July 18): Gap – Barcelonnette (179 km)
19th stage (July 19): Embrun – Isola 2000 (145 km)
20th stage (July 20): Nice – Col de la Couillole (133 km)
21st stage (July 21): Monaco – Nice (34 km, clm)
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