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He Tour de France 2024 will present its complete route this Wednesdayboth with regard to the men’s race, which will compete in its 111th edition next year, as well as the women’s race, which will reach its thirty-first edition. Specifically, the men’s test It will begin on Saturday, June 29, in Florence, and will end on Sunday, July 21 in Nice, with a time trial. It will be the first time in history that the Tour de France does not end in Pariswhere The next Olympic Games start on July 26which is something that determines both the dates of the race, given that it starts a week earlier than usual, and the place where it ends, which will not be the capital of France.

What has already been revealed about the route is that the 2024 Tour de France It will pass through the Alps twice, which will also be in the Pyrenees and in the Massif Central and, in addition to the last stage, will have another time trial.

The final stage will begin in Monaco and will have a 35 kilometer route, with two mountain peaks, La Turbie and the Col d’Èze. The last time the Tour de France ended with a time trial was in 1989, when the American Greg LeMond, in a day for history, managed to don the final yellow jersey by just eight seconds, against the Frenchman Laurent Fignon.

In the previous stages, the final fireworks near Nice will be marked by well-known climbs of Paris-Nice, with passes such as the Col de Braus and Turini, before the finish at Couillole; A few days before, the platoon will have made its second visit to the Alps, this time in its southernmost part.

Before, the participants will have done a first visit to the Alpsin the northernmost area, shortly after starting an edition that, for the first time, will begin in Italy, where three complete stages will be held, one hundred years after Ottavio Bottecchia became the first Italian cyclist to win the Tour.

The grand departure from Florence will give way to visits to Rimini, the end of the first day, Bologna, where the second will end, and Turin, the goal of the third. The fourth stage, which will mark the return of the race to France, will also start from Turin.

The 2024 Tour de France will begin its journey in France in the Alps, with two mountainous stages that will end in Valloire and Saint-Vulbas, and with ascents to classics such as Lautaret and Galibier, if the leaks are confirmed, before descending to Burgundy-Franche-Comté. That region will host several days, including a possible time trial in the seventh stage, between Gevrey and Nuits-Saint-Georges, three days before the first day of rest.

The race will then head to the Loire, an appetizer for the journey through the Massif Central, with an finish in Le Lorian, which already hosted a finish in 2016; there will be climbs to Pas de Peyrol, Col de Perthus and Font de Cère.

On the way to the south, the passage through the Pyrenees It foresees two days of high mountains and ascents to Saint-Lary, in the westernmost part, and Plateau de Beille, in the easternmost part, before the second day of rest, in Narbonne. The Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur crossing will be the appetizer of a new entry into the Alps, this time from the south, with an arrival at the Super-Dévoluy ski resort and another in Barcelonette, in the landscapes designed by the famous Serres-Ponçon lake.

With no time for recovery, the cyclists will head towards the Mediterranean, which they will reach in its most mountainous part, with a finish in Isola 2000, an unprecedented port as a stage finale in the Tour de France since Tony Rominger’s victory in 1993. Only the two days on the heights of Nice will then remain, to put the cherry on top of a peculiar edition.

In addition, The route of the women’s event of the 2024 Tour de France will also be presented on Wednesday. Goes herestart Monday August 12and is going to end six days later, on Sunday the 18th.

Source: Eitb

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