LIVE. Tour de France Women 2024: the first attacks! The first stage live

While France is recovering from the end of the Olympics, it is already time for the women's Tour de France with the first stage

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13:37 – First abandonment

The first ère à leaving the Tour de France route is Oubek Ekaterina Knebeleva, from the Tashkent City team.

13:31 – Nouvelle exit attempt

Seven runners try to break away from the peloton, but çaccelerates& again to resume the escape attempt.

1:30 p.m. – Two runners left behind

Two riders from the Tashkent City team, invited to the Tour de France, have been dropped while the peloton is still going strong.

13:23 – Less than 100 kilometers remaining

The peloton has dropped below 100 kilometers before the finish in The Hague, and no one has managed to come out for the moment.

13:15 – Breakaway finished

The peloton accelerated and the three leading riders were caught under the acceleration of DSM-Firmenich and Lidl-Trek.

three competitors benefited from from a climb to the opportunity of a bridge to be the first attackers of this Tour de France. We find Gaia Masetti for the AG Insurance-Soudal team, Agnieska Skalniak (Canyon//Sram Racing) and Iurani Blanco Calbet (Laboral Kutxa)

13:07 – No escape for the moment

Çit's driving hard &agrave ; at the front of the peloton with the FDJ-Suez still setting the pace, and no one wants or can get away since the start about twenty kilometers ago.

13:03 – First distanced runner

 Natalie Grinczer of Team Roland is already in the cars, while there are more than 100 kilometers left in this first stage.

12:59 – The FDJ at the front

The FDJ-Suez team moves to the front of the pack and leads the way, while Demi Vollering lags a little behind.

12:54 – Already riders in difficulty

On a wide road, the leading teams do not want to be trapped by the wind and the peloton is in single file, with some riders losing a few meters at the back.

12:49 – A very sustained pace

À As soon as the riders are released by the race director's car, the peloton accelerates and the leading teams want to stay in place.

Delayed by a few minutes while all the competitors re-joined the peloton, the real start was finally given by the race director Marion Rousse in the streets of Rotterdam.

12:42 – Puncture for Elena Pironne

The Italian is at the back of the peloton. À a kilometer from the real start, we could see it delayed.

12:36 – Mechanical problem for Yara Kastelijn

The former stage winner on the Tour de France calls her car while we are still in the fictional setting of this first stage.

12:31 – Two Lotto-Dstny riders delayed

Two cyclists from the Lotto-Dstny team were caught in the crash and are waiting for their car due to a mechanical problem. They are Thalita de Jong and Maureen Arens

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Yes, there is life after the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and it starts with the women's Tour de France which begins this Monday, August 12th in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The route promises to be grandiose and exciting. After sprints in the Netherlands, the peloton will head to the grounds of the Amstel Gold Race and the Doyenne des Classiques Liège Bastogne Liège. The final stages promise a grand finale with a decisive battle in the Alps, starting with a stage at Le Grand-Bornand and its 3,100 metres of positive elevation gain. The next day, the queen stage of 150 km will take them from the Col du Glandon to the legendary ascent of Alpe d'Huez. Demi Vollering, at home for this start, seems untouchable. The defending champion is the big favourite to succeed her own title. This season, she has won the Vuelta, the Tour of the Basque Country, the Tour of Burgos and the Tour of Switzerland… Basically, all the races she has participated in. Without Lotte Kopecky, the suspense should not be very great.

The dates of the women's Tour de France

The race, postponed due to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, will be held from August 12 to 18, and will consist of eight stages.

The entrants

Discover the list of all the entrants in the women's Tour de France.

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Map and route of the women's Tour de France

Here is the map and route of the women's Tour de France with a final finish on the French side de l'Alpe d'Huez

Les stages of the Tour de France women

• 1st stage on August 12: Rotterdam – The Hague (124km)
• 2nd stage on August 13: Dordrecht – Rotterdam (67km)
• 3rd stage on August 13: Rotterdam – Rotterdam (6 ,3km)
• 4th stage on 14 August: Valkenburg – Liège (122km)
• 5th stage 15 août : Bastogne – Amnéville (150km)
• 6th stage on 16 août : Remiremont – Morteau (160km)
• 7th stage on August 17: Champagnole – Le Grand Bornand (167km)
• 8th stage on 18 août : Le Grand Bornand – Alpe d'Huez (1520km)