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Tour de France 2024: Stage-by-Stage
The 111th edition of the Tour de France is coming to Australian screens, with all the action from the French Grand Tour LIVE and FREE on SBS and SBS On Demand from June 29.
Published 16 June 2024 11:40am
Updated 25 June 2024 2:33pm
By SBS Sport
Source: SBS
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The world's most famous cycling race is returning in 2024 and on offer from June 29 - July 21.
It's a Tour of firsts, with Italy hosting the Grand Depart for the first time, and the race not finishing in Paris for the first time in 110 editions due to the clash with the 2024 Paris Olympics.
How many stages are there in the Tour de France 2024?
There are 21 stages in the 2024 Tour de France.
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Stage-by-Stage guide to the Tour de France on SBS
Stage 1 - Florence to Rimini (205km) - Saturday, June 29
It's set to be an action-packed start to racing at this year's Tour, with the first stage bound to test the climbing legs of the major contenders.
There are over 3,800 metres of vertical ascent on the day, a major obstacle, although the final summit of the day, the Côte de Saint-Marin, lies 25 kilometres from the finish and may dissuade decisive attacks.
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Stage 2 - Cesenatico to Bologna (200km) - Sunday, June 30
Another day, another long stage to welcome the riders to the 2024 Tour de France. It's set to be a hilly affair, likely to come down to a fight between the puncheurs and the climbing sprinters.
The route is largely flat, but it is punctuated by a number of short, sharp climbs that culminate in a circuit finale to close the stage. The riders cross the line in Bologna to enter two laps of a 19km circuit that feature a double-punch of ascents before an easier run back to the finish.
The climb to the sanctuary of San Luca (1.9km at 10.6%) and the climb to Montalbano (1km at 5.4%) are only separated by a short 1.5km descent. The final kilometres of each lap are either descending or flat and will give the peloton a chance to catch any attackers.
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Stage 3 - Piacenza to Turin (225km) - Monday, July 1
Another long day in the saddle should be more straightforward for riders than the previous stages.
There are three classified climbs on the course, but none will trouble majorly and the sprinters will be marking this one as a nailed-on bunch sprint finish.
Stage 3 Profile
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Stage 4 - Pinerolo to Valloire (138km) - Tuesday, July 2
The Tour leaves Italy with a short journey to the mountains, though it shouldn't be wanting for action!
The famous climb of the Col du Galibier (23km, 5.1%) dominates Stage 4, with the monster ascent set to be the first showdown for the general classification contenders. The stage finishes after a 19-kilometre descent from the summit to the village finish in Valloire.
Nairo Quintana was the solo winner in 2019, the only time the Tour de France has previously concluded in the town.
Stage 4 Profile
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Stage 5 – Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to Saint Vulbas (177km) - Wednesday, July 3
The fifth stage of the Tour de France sees the riders in for an easier day in the saddle, but they should be alert for the potential for crosswinds throughout. The 177-kilometre route wends its way from Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to a likely bunch sprint in Saint-Vulbas.
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Stage 6 - Mâcon to Dijon (164km) - Thursday, July 4
This stage is flat, really flat, so much that the profile really isn't necessary to get an idea of the stage. The race heads north, and the sprinters should again be contemplating a stage victory.
The Tour de France last finished in Dijon in 1997. That day, Bart Voskamp was faster than Jan Heppner in a two-up sprint, but both were relegated and Mario Traversoni, the winner of the sprint behind, was declared the stage winner.
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Stage 7 - Nuits-Saint-Georges to Gevrey-Chambertin (25km) - Friday, July 5
The profile belies the difficulty of the climb mid-stage, the Côte de Reulle-Vergy (1.5km, 6.5%) but it will still be a race for the top riders against the clock.
The Tour de France has never before visited Gevrey-Chambertin, a first for the town situated in the hills of Burgundy.
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Stage 8 - Semur-en-Auxois to Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises (176km) - Saturday, July 6
A stage that has a breakaway win written all over it, with a hilly profile that will make it hard for most sprinters to win the finish, but not difficult enough to be a selective battle for the general classification.
Expect a fierce battle for the initial breakaway of the day, with plenty of tactical games between the teams featuring attacking riders and opportunists.
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Stage 9 - Troyes to Troyes (199km) - Sunday, July 7
There are 14 gravel sectors on this looping route for a total of 32 kilometres. They end with still 50 kilometres left to race, so any carnage caused in the dusty parts will have a chance to reform.
There is over 2,000 metres of climbing across the route, less difficult than Strade Bianche, but tougher than similar races Tro Bro Leon or Paris-Tours in terms of vertical gain.
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Rest Day - Monday, July 8
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Stage 10 - Orléans to Saint-Amand-Montrond (187km), Tuesday, July 9
The route is virtually flat. Echelons are the only potential difficulty, and the finishing town does have form for this, like in the last finish here in 2013 when Mark Cavendish won a reduced bunch sprint.
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Stage 11 - Évaux-les-Bains to Le Lioran (211km) - Wednesday, July 10
What starts as a relatively easy day for the peloton ends with a significant sting in the tail, despite the race not reaching the true 'high mountains'.
Instead, the succession of the Col de Neronne (3.8km, 9.1%), Pas de Peyrol (5.4km, 8.1%), Col du Perthus (4.4km at 7.9%,) and Col de Font de Cère (3.3km, 5.9%) will form a torturous final 45 kilometres of the stage. The Col de Font de Cère summits with 2.5 kilometres to go, with a descent before a kick up towards the finish line, which should make for an exciting finale.
Greg van Avermaet won on a very similar finish in 2016, going on later in the season to be crowned the Olympic champion.
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Stage 12 - Aurillac to Villeneuve-sur-Lot (204km) - Thursday, July 11
The early climbing in the stage will hurt the pure sprinters and may open up the opportunities for a breakaway on this stage through the Causses du Quercy National Park, finishing in Villeneuve-sur-Lot.
German sprinter Andre Greipel was the last Tour de France stage winner at the destination, taking out the bunch sprint.
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Stage 13 - Agen to Pau (171km) - Friday, July 12
It's off to a veteran of the Tour de France, with Pau adding to its record of 63 finishes and 66 race starts with another finish in the town at the foot of the Pyrenees.
There are some rolling hills in the finale, but the sprinters would be very disappointed to miss out here, with the final 23 kilometres essentially flat.
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Stage 14 - Pau to Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d'Adet (152km) - Saturday, July 13
In a celebration of the first finish atop the Pla d’Adet 50 years ago, the race will return to the top of the Pyrenean mountain. Back in 1974, Mathieu van der Poel’s grandfather, Raymond Poulidor, climbed to triumph.
After a straightforward, flat start to the stage, riders will have to tackle the infamous Col du Tourmalet (19km, 7.4%) and the Hourquette d’Ancizan (8.2km, 5.1%) before finishing on Pla d’Adet (10.6km, 7.9%), above the village of Saint-Lary-Soulan.
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Stage 15 - Loudenvielle to Plateau de Beille (198km) - Sunday, July 14
Bastille Day - the French national holiday is always a significant day during the Tour de France, and one where the French riders look to excel.
The GC battle could really click into the gear on this stage with a rest day just around the corner. The first half of the race features the Col de Peyresourde (6.9km, 7.8%), Col de Menté (9.3km, 9.1%) and Col de Portet-d’Aspet (4.3km, 9.7%) before the Col d’Agnes (10km, 8.2%) and the climb to the line stand out in the second half.
The ascent to the finish is the Plateau de Beille (15.8km, 7.9%), last conquered in the Tour de France in 2015 by Joaquim Rodríguez, who won from a breakaway.
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Rest Day - Monday, July 15
Stage 16 - Gruissan to Nîmes (189km) - Tuesday, July 16
The final week of the Tour de France opens with a 188.6-kilometre test from Gruissan to Nîmes.
It will be a bit of respite for the climbers as a predominantly flat stage, but a similar situation in 2021 didn't stop it from being a ruthless start, with a flying pace eventually seeing a winning breakaway jump clear, with Nils Politt taking the victory.
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Stage 17 - Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux to Superdévoluy (178km) - Wednesday, July 17
The finishing quartet of climbs ends on a new introduction to Tour de France summit finishes, with the Côte de Superdévoluy hosting its first stage finish.
The traditional Tour town of Gap will again be the entrance to the Alps after a largely flat and false-flat start to the stage. After the town, the riders enter the Col Bayard (6.8km, 7.3%). Then comes a climb to Poligny (1.4km, 6.3%), with the ascent of the Col du Noyer (7.5km, 8.4%) beginning moments later.
From the summit, there are just under 12 kilometres left to race, with a descent into the comparatively easy finishing climb of the Côte de Superdévoluy (3.8km, 5.9%) to end the day's racing.
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Stage 18 - Gap to Barcelonnette (179km) - Thursday, July 18
The quintessential medium mountains stage, there are no climbs beyond a category 3 for the mountains jersey, but with six climbs on the agenda, all the main sprinters will be taken out of the run for the win.
With the final categorised climb topping out with still 41 kilometres to race, it's not one for the general classification contenders, so expect a breakaway to take the stage honours.
Barcelonnette never before hosted a Tour de France stage finish, and Gap will add to it's previous total of 47 hosted starts or finishes of Le Tour.
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Stage 19 - Embrun to Isola 2000 (145km) - Friday, July 19
It's set to be the highest point of the Tour de France on Stage 19, with a day of either climbing or descending for almost all of the 145-kilometre route. The Col de Vars (18.8, 5.7) and the Cime de la Bonette (22.9km, 6.9%) will see the peloton climb to 2,802 metres above sea level.
The short fork road amidst the barren landscape, branching off from the one the 2024 riders will traverse atop the Cime de la Bonette, is, in fact, the highest point the Tour de France has ever reached in history.
The only time the Isola 2000 (16.1km, 7.1%) climb has been tackled in Tour history was after an ascent of the Cime de la Bonette in 1993, when Tony Rominger took the stage honours.
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Stage 20 - Nice to Col de la Couillole (133km) - Saturday, July 20
A shark's tooth profile is the setting for the penultimate stage, on a route taken almost directly from a Paris-Nice racebook, though perhaps in reverse.
The 133km route includes climbs of, in order: the Col de Braus (10km, 6.6%), Col de Turini (20.7km, 5.7%), and Col de la Colmiane (7.5km, 7.1%), before the summit finish atop the Col de la Couillole (15.7km, 7.1%).
The final climb has yet to appear as a finishing one for the Tour de France, but it has featured in recent years at Paris-Nice, with Australian Richie Porte winning in 2017 and Tadej Pogacar in 2023.
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Stage 21 - Monaco to Nice (34km) - Sunday, July 21
The Tour de France has never finished anywhere other than Paris over the course of its 121-year history, but the Olympics being held in Paris less than a week after the Tour will put an end to the 110-edition streak.
The time trial will be the first to conclude a Tour de France since 1989 when Greg Lemond famously overhauled Laurent Fignon's 50-second lead with the then-fastest Tour de France time trial performance in history to win the race overall by 8 seconds.
The 33.7 kilometre route in 2024 will be a lot more mountainous, as the riders head off from Monaco and tackle two climbs. La Turbie (8.1km, 5.6%) is up first and is the most significant, with a sharp jolt to the top of the Col d’Éze (1.6km, 8.1%) following before the riders racing against the clock plunge down towards the Côte d'Azur.
The scenic finish to the Tour will see the riders race along the Promenade des Anglais and meet the Mediterranean, only to make a U-turn and return to the city centre and finish on Avenue Jean Médecin, where the Tour winner will finally be decided.
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