Tour de France 2024: start date, detailed map and all the stages!

The Tour de France is approaching, discover the details of the stages.

Tick ​​tock… This year, you won't have to wait until the beginning of July to see the Tour de France riders, but until the end of June, on the 29th, to attend the big d& Start of the most beautiful race in the world due to the Olympic Games on July 26. This year, once is not customary, the departure will be at the start of the day. abroad on the foreign side from Florence in Italy. 3 stages will take place in Italy, including an arrival on the Italian side. from Turin on July 1 before returning to France the next day. Serious things will happen very quickly with the Col du Galibier which is planned from the 4th stage.

The Center à honor before the Pyrenees

After the first rest day on July 8, the Tour will descend towards the Pyrenees, crossing Loiret, Cher, Creuse, Cantal and then Lot-et-Garonne between the 10th and 12th stages. In detail, the 10th will connect Orléans and Saint-Amand-Montrond, the 11th Evaux-les-Bains and Lioran, and the 12th Aurillac and Villeneuve-sur-Lot. The 13th stage will take place between Agen and Pau. The 14th stage will finally be mountainous, between Pau and Pla d'Adet à Saint-Lary-Soulan. The 15th stage, on the day of the national holiday of July 14, will connect Loudenvielle in the Hautes-Pyrenees to the Beille plateau, passing through the Peyresourde and Portillon passes in particular. July 15 will be the second and final rest day.

The Southern Alps in the grand finale

The runners will leave from Gruissan in Aude to arrive at Nˆmes after a stage which could be windy along the coast. Serious things will resume the next day with an arrival at the airport. Super Dévoluy in the Hautes-Alpes. The 18th stage will connect Gap & Barcelonnette, before arriving at Isola2000 the next day.

Two new final stages

After 110 editions concluded  é 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 step will look like this. a stage from Paris-Nice with arrival at the top of the Col de la Couillole. In detail, the stage will launch from Nice and will see four consecutive climbs: Col de Braus (10km  6.6 %), Col de Turini (20.7 km &5.7  %), the Col de la Colmiane (7.5 km & 7.1 %) then the Col de la Couillole (15.7 km & 7.1 %). nbsp;%), all in " only " 132 km. Enough to shake up the general ranking 24 hours from arrival. The next day, no stroll on the Promenade des Anglais. For the more nostalgic, this will be the first time that the Tour has ended on a stopwatch since the outcome of 1989 where the Frenchman Laurent Fignon had lost the yellow jersey by eight seconds, the narrowest gap in history, against the Frenchman Laurent Fignon. 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 à Nice.

What about favorites ?

Remco Evenepoel, Primoz Roglic, Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard are announced on the start line of this Tour de France. But for the last city, there still remains a doubt. Since his very heavy fall during the Tour of the Basque Country last April, the Dane has started his race. a real time trial to try to be one of the best. level for the Grande Boucle. If he trains, the time is still not right. decision making. The big favorite for this edition is for the moment Tadej Pogacar, impressively facilitating during his victory at the Giro last May and who is aiming for the double. for the first time in his career.

What are the dates for Tour de France 2024 ?

The Tour de France 2024 will take place from Saturday June 29 to Sunday July 21, 2024.

Tour de France map

Here is the Tour de France map with a strong southern accent for this 2024 edition

The profile of the 21 steps

Here are the 21 stages of the Tour de France 2024 with all the cities which will host the start or finish of a ' ;eacute;step.

• Saturday June 29 – Stage 1: Florence-Firenze/Rimini
• Sunday June 30 – Stage 2: Cesenatico/Bologna
• Monday July 1 – Step 3: Piacenza/Turin
• Tuesday July 2 – Stage 4: Pinerolo/Valloire
• Wednesday July 3 – Step 5: Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne/Saint Vulbas
• Thursday July 4 – Step 6: Mâcon/Dijon
• Friday July 5 – Stage 7: Gevrey-Chambertin/Nuits-Saint-Georges (time trial)
• Saturday July 6 – Step 8: Semur-en-Auxois/Colombey-les-Deux-Églises
• Sunday July 7 – Stage 9: Troyes/Troyes
• 1st day of rest – Monday July 8
• Tuesday July 9 – Stage 10: Orléans/Saint-Amand-Montrond
• Wednesday July 10 – Stage 11: Evaux-les-Bains/Le Lioran
• Thursday July 11 – Step 12: Aurillac/Villeneuve-sur-Lot
• Friday July 12 – Step 13: Agen/Pau
• Saturday July 13 – Stage 14: Pau/Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d'Adet
• Sunday July 14 – Step 15: Loudenvielle/Plateau de Beille
• 2nd day of rest – Monday July 15
• Tuesday July 16 – Step 16: Gruissan /N&icir;mes
• Wednesday July 17 – Stage 17: Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux/SuperDévoluy
• Thursday July 18 – Stage 18: Gap/Barcelonnette
• Friday July 19 – Step 19: Embrun/Isola2000
• Saturday July 20 – Stage 20: Nice/Col de la Couillole (132km)
• Sunday July 21 – Stage 21: Monaco/Nice (35km)