A few days before the Tour de France route is revealed, on Wednesday October 25, we already know five stages and rumors are circulating about the probable route.
The route of the 2024 edition of Tour de France will be revealed in the coming days, on October 25 exactly from the Palais des Congrès in Paris and if we already know that the arrival will be in Nice due to the Olympic Games in Paris, the rest of the route is still to be determined. But according to our colleagues from Dauphiné, the Tour de France will pass through the departments of the Alps twice. The first passage will be coming back from Italy with an arrival and departure in Savoie, then the second will take the direction of the final arrival in Nice with three days between the Hautes-Alpes and the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence . In detail, the fourth stage will leave from Pinerolo to go to Valloire. The runners will then pass through Montgenèvre to return to France before heading towards the Lautaret and Galibier passes as indicated once again by the Dauphiné. The start of the fifth stage will be in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne for a transition stage. We could then attend a team time trial before passing through the Pyrenees, in Saint-Lary-Soulan and the Plateau de Beille in particular.
The route of the Tour de France 2024
After 110 editions concluded in Paris with very often a fairly boring stage promised to sprinters, this Tour de France 2024 offers a breath of fresh air with a time trial on July 21 in Nice and a final mountain stage the day before. The 20th stage will resemble a Paris-Nice stage with the arrival at the top of the Col de la Couillole. In detail, the stage will start from Nice and will see a series of four climbs: the Col de Braus (10 km at 6.6%), the Col de Turini (20.7 km at 5.7%), the Col de la Colmiane (7.5 km at 7.1%) then the Col de la Couillole (15.7 km at 7.1%), all in “only” 132 km. Enough to shake up the general classification 24 hours from the finish.
The next day, no stroll on the Promenade des Anglais. For the most nostalgic, it will be the first time that the Tour ends on a time trial since the outcome of 1989 when the Frenchman Laurent Fignon lost the yellow jersey by eight seconds, the smallest gap in history, against the American Greg Lemond. The stage will take place between Monaco and Nice, a 35 kilometer long route with several climbs such as the Turbie (8.1 km at 5.6%) then a portion of the Col d’Eze (1.6 km at 8.1 %) before the long descent towards the Promenade des Anglais in Nice.
“We are all super happy that the Olympic Games are taking place in France and Paris. It’s great for everyone, French sport and beyond. But it was completely impossible to finish the Tour in Paris, the forces police and gendarmerie will have enough work not to add to it. There is a form of evidence, common sense. The Côte d’Azur will offer us an exceptional setting from an aesthetic point of view, the place the best known by foreigners in France after Paris. Starting from Nice and its metropolis, we will use this completely different terrain throughout the weekend, this will allow us to offer a final fireworks display which will be fantastic” had explained Christian Prudhomme to the Team.
The route in detail:
Saturday June 29 – Stage 1: Florence-Firenze / Rimini (0km)
Sunday June 30 – Stage 2: Cesenatico / Bologna (0km)
Monday July 1 – Step 3: Piacenza / Turin (0km)
Tuesday July 2 – Stage 4: (0 km)
Wednesday July 3 – Stage 5: (0 km)
Thursday July 4 – Stage 6: (0 km)
Friday July 5 – Stage 7: (0 km)
Saturday July 6 – Stage 8: (0 km)
Sunday July 7 – Stage 9: (0 km)
1st day off – Monday July 8
Tuesday July 9 – Stage 10: (0 km)
Wednesday July 10 – Stage 11: (0 km)
Thursday July 11 – Stage 12: (0 km)
Friday July 12 – Stage 13: (0 km)
Saturday July 13 – Stage 14: (0 km)
Sunday July 14 – Stage 15: (0 km)
2nd rest day – Monday July 15
Tuesday July 16 – Stage 16: (0 km)
Wednesday July 17 – Stage 17: (0 km)
Thursday July 18 – Stage 18: (0 km)
Friday July 19 – Stage 19: (0 km)
Saturday July 20 – Stage 20: Nice / Col de la Couillole (132 km)
Sunday July 21 – Stage 21: Monaco / Nice (35 km)
What date for the 2024 Tour de France?
The Tour de France 2024 will take place from Saturday June 29 to Sunday July 21, 2024.
Which departure city for the 2024 Tour de France?
For this very special edition, the Tour de France will start from Italy for the first time in its history. “The Tour started from all the countries bordering France. He even left the Netherlands six times, which does not have a common border with France. But he has never left Italy yet. There is a kind of incongruity that will disappear.” commented Christian Prudhomme in December 2022. In total, there will be three stages in Italy to launch the 2024 edition. The first stage will take place on June 29 and will connect Florence to Rimini. It is “a mid-mountain or even mountain stage with a positive altitude difference of 3700 meters”according to Christian Prudhomme.
The second, designed for punchers, will start from Cesenatico and end on a final circuit in Bologna via Imola where Julian Alaphilippe won his first world champion title in 2020. Finally, the third, promised to the sprinters, will go from Piacenza to Turin. The fourth stage should also take off in Italy and then arrive on French territory.