| 2024 UCI World Tour, race 25 of 35 | |
|---|---|
 Route of the 2024 Tour de France | |
| Race details | |
| Dates | 29 June–21 July 2024 |
The 2024 Tour de France will be the 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 (or near) Paris for the first time since its inception, owing to preparations for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
22 teams will take part in the race. All 18 UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited. They were joined by 4 UCI ProTeams: the two highest placed UCI ProTeams in 2023 (Lotto–Dstny and Israel–Premier Tech), along with Uno-X Mobility and Team TotalEnergies who were selected by Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), the organisers of the Tour. [1] The teams were announced on 18 January 2024. [1]
UCI WorldTeams
UCI ProTeams
In December 2022, Amaury Sport Organisation announced that Italy will host the Grand Départ , for the first time. [2] [3] 2024 will be the 100th anniversary of the first Italian victory in the Tour, won by Ottavio Bottecchia in 1924. [2] The route will also visit the microstate of San Marino, making it the 14th country to be visited by a Tour stage. [2] 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. [4] [5]
In October 2023, the full route was announced by Christian Prudhomme. [6] The route was described as "tough" by riders, with particular concern regarding the gravel tracks on stage 9 and limited opportunities for sprinters. [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 to 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) | ||||||
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