2024 Tour de France Femmes

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2024 Tour de France Femmes
2024 UCI Women's World Tour, race 22 of 28
Race details
Dates12–18 August
Stages8
Distance946.3 km (588.0 mi)
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The 2024 Tour de France Femmes (officially Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift) will be the third edition of the Tour de France Femmes. The race will take place from 12 to 18 August 2024 and will be the 22nd race in the 2024 UCI Women's World Tour calendar. The race is organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), which also organises the men's Tour de France.

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Teams

22 teams will participate in the race. [1] The teams were announced on 24 April 2024. [1] All 15 UCI Women's WorldTeams were automatically invited. They were joined by seven UCI Women's Continental Teams – the two best 2023 UCI Women's Continental Teams (Cofidis Women Team and Tashkent City Women Professional Cycling Team) received an automatic invitation, and the other five teams were selected by ASO, the organisers of the Tour. [1]

UCI Women's WorldTeams

UCI Women's Continental Teams

Route

Stage 8 will finish at the top of Alpe d'Huez; 13.8 km (8.6 mi) long, it has an average gradient of 7.9% and features twenty-one hairpin turns. Alpe d'Huez, France (7957045090).jpg
Stage 8 will finish at the top of Alpe d'Huez; 13.8 km (8.6 mi) long, it has an average gradient of 7.9% and features twenty-one hairpin turns.

Due to the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics taking place immediately after the 2024 Tour de France, the 2024 edition will not take place immediately after the men's tour. [2] Instead, it will take place in the short gap between the Olympic Games and the 2024 Summer Paralympics in mid-August. [2] [3]

In July 2023, it was announced that the Tour de France Femmes would have its first Grand Départ outside France — with three stage starts in the Netherlands, starting in Rotterdam. [2] [4] It was rumoured that the race would have a summit finish on Alpe d'Huez, [5] with Cycling News noting that race organisers ASO seemed "keen to include at least one very famous climb" in each edition of the race. [6]

In October 2023, the full route was announced by race director Marion Rousse. [7] It will comprise seven days of racing with eight stages, covering a total of 946 kilometres (588 mi). The first three stages will take place in the Netherlands, with two stages taking place on 13 August, a shorter stage followed by an individual time trial. [7] The race will head south towards Belgium using roads used by other classic cycling races such as the Amstel Gold Race and Liège–Bastogne–Liège. Entering France, the race will continue south heading towards the two final stages in the Alps, with the race culminating with a summit finish at Alpe d'Huez at an elevation of 1,850 m (6,070 ft). [7] [8]

Global Cycling Network stated that the route seemed "practically tailor-made for the strengths, preferences and origins" of defending champion Demi Vollering. [9] Vollering welcomed the route, noting the stages in her home country of the Netherlands and stating that she “always wanted to ride [Alpe d'Huez]". [9] [10]

Stage characteristics [8]
StageDateCourseDistanceType
1 12 August Rotterdam to The Hague (Netherlands)124 km (77 mi)Plainstage.svgFlat stage
2 13 August Dordrecht to Rotterdam (Netherlands)67 km (42 mi)Plainstage.svgFlat stage
3 13 AugustRotterdam (Netherlands)6.3 km (3.9 mi) Time Trial.svg Individual time trial
4 14 August Valkenburg (Netherlands) to Liège (Belgium)122 km (76 mi)Hillystage.svgHilly stage
5 15 August Bastogne (Belgium) to Amnéville 150 km (93 mi)Plainstage.svgFlat stage
6 16 August Remiremont to Morteau 160 km (99 mi)Hillystage.svgHilly stage
7 17 August Champagnole to Le Grand-Bornand 167 km (104 mi)Mountainstage.svgMountain stage
8 18 AugustLe Grand-Bornand to Alpe d'Huez 150 km (93 mi)Mountainstage.svgMountain stage
Total946.3 km (588.0 mi)

Race overview

Due to the proximity of the Olympic Games, several riders are skipping the Tour – including 2023 points classification winner Lotte Kopecky. [11]

Classification leadership

Classification leadership by stage
StageWinnerGeneral classification
Jersey yellow.svg		Points classification
Jersey green Epic Series.svg		Mountains classification
Jersey polkadot.svg		Young rider classification
Jersey white.svg		Team classification
Jersey yellow number.svg		Combativity award
Jersey red number.svg
1
2
3 no award
4
5
6
7
8 no award
Final

Classification standings

Legend
Jersey yellow.svgDenotes the leader of the general classification Jersey polkadot.svgDenotes the leader of the mountains classification
Jersey green Epic Series.svgDenotes the leader of the points classification Jersey white.svgDenotes the leader of the young rider classification
Jersey yellow number.svgDenotes the leader of the team classification Jersey red number.svgDenotes the winner of the combativity award

General classification

Points classification

Mountains classification

Young rider classification

Team classification

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