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Tour de France won’t finish in Paris for first time in more than a century because of the Olympics

This photo provided by the Tour de France organizer ASO (Amaury Sport Organisation) shows the roadmap of the men’s 2024 Tour de France cycling race. The race will start in Florence, Italy, on June 29, 2024, to end in Nice, southern France on July 21, 2024. (ASO via AP)

This photo provided by the Tour de France organizer ASO (Amaury Sport Organisation) shows the roadmap of the women’s 2024 Tour de France cycling race. The race will start in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on Aug. 12 2024 to end in Alps d’Huez, French Alps, on Aug. 18, 2024. (ASO via AP)

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PARIS (AP) — The final stage of next year’s Tour de France will be held outside Paris for the first time since 1905 because of a clash with the Olympics, moving instead to the French Riviera.

Because of security and logistical reasons, the French capital won’t have its traditional Tour finish on the Champs-Elysees. The race will instead conclude in Nice on July 21. Just five days later, Paris will open the Olympics.

The race will start in Italy for the first time with a stage that includes more than 3,600 meters of climbing. High mountains will be on the 2024 schedule as soon as the fourth day in a race that features two individual time trials and four summit finishes.

There are a total of seven mountain stages on the program, across four mountain ranges, according to the route released Wednesday.

The race will kick off in the Italian city of Florence on June 29 and will take riders to Rimini through a series of hills and climbs in the regions of Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna. That tricky start could set the scene for the first skirmishes between the main contenders.

Riders will first cross the Alps during Stage 4, when they will tackle the 2,642-meter Col du Galibier.

“The Tour peloton has never climbed so high, so early,” Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme said.

And it will just be just a taste of what’s to come since the total vertical gain of the 111th edition of the Tour reaches 52,230 meters.

The next big moment for two-time defending champion Jonas Vingegaard and his rivals will be Stage 7 for the first time trial in the Bourgogne vineyards. The first rest day will then come after a stage in Champagne presenting several sectors on white gravel roads for a total of 32 kilometers that usually provide for spectacular racing in the dust.

Tour riders will then head south to the Massif Central and the Pyrenees, then return to the Alps for a pair of massive stages with hilltop finishes, at the Isola 2000 ski resort then the Col de la Couillole, a 15.7-kilometer (9.7-mile) ascent at an average gradient of 7.1%.

There should be suspense right until the very end because the last stage, traditionally a victory parade in Paris for the race leader until the final sprint takes shape, will be a 34-kilometer (21.1-mile) time trial between Monaco and Nice.

“Everyone remembers the last occasion the Tour finished with a time trial, when Greg LeMond stripped the yellow jersey from the shoulders of Laurent Fignon on the Champs-Elysees in 1989, by just eight seconds,” Prudhommne said. “Thirty-five years later, we can but dream of a similar duel.”

There are eight flat stages for the sprinters, leaving plenty of opportunities for Mark Cavendish to try to become the outright record-holder for most career stage wins at the sport’s biggest race.

The route for the third edition of the women’s Tour will take the peloton from the Dutch city of Rotterdam, starting Aug. 12, to the Alpe d’Huez resort. The race will feature eight stages and a total of 946 kilometers.

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Tour de France 2023 stage-by-stage guide: Route maps and profiles for all 21 days

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The 2023 Tour de France has all the ingredients of a classic: two leading protagonists ready to tear lumps out of each other in reigning champion Jonas Vingegaard and the deposed Tadej Pogacar; entertaining multi-talented stage hunters Wout van Aert, Mathieu van der Poel, Julian Alaphilippe and Tom Pidcock; the great Mark Cavendish chasing a historic 35th stage win; all facing a brutal route with 56,000m of climbing and four summit finish.

The Tour began in the Spanish Basque country on Saturday 1 July, where Adam Yates edged twin brother Simon to win the opening stage, and these hilly routes will throw open the yellow jersey to a wide range of contenders. The race crosses the French border for some flat stages and an early jaunt into the high Pyrenees, where the Col du Tourmalet awaits. The peloton takes on the Puy de Dome volcano on its journey across France towards the Jura Mountains and the Alps, and it is in the mountains that this Tour will ultimately be decided. It all ends on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on Sunday 23 July.

Here is a stage-by-stage guide to how the race will unfold.

Stage 1: Bilbao to Bilbao, 182km

The 2023 Tour de France starts outside Bilbao’s iconic Guggenheim Museum, and winds north to the Bay of Biscay coastline before returning to the city where the stage winner will take the yellow jersey. This 182km opening stage is a hilly route with 3,000m of climbing featuring five categorised ascents, of which the final two are sharp and testing: they are tough enough to shake off the dedicated sprinters and open up early glory for the best puncheurs – those riders with the legs to get over short climbs and the power to surge away on the other side.

The profile of this stage is a great choice by organisers as it could suit just about anyone, from the speed of Wout van Aert to the climbing strength Tom Pidcock or Simon Yates – even two-time champion Tadej Pogacar.

• Jumbo’s Death Star and Pidcock’s dog: Inside the Tour de France’s Grand Depart

Stage 2: Vitoria Gastiez to Saint Sebastian, 209km

The peloton will head east from Bilbao, touching more picturesque Basque coastline before arriving at the finish in San Sebastian. At more than 200km this is the longest stage of the 2023 Tour and, with the sizeable Jaizkibel climb (8.1km, 5.3% average gradient) shortly before the finish, this is even more tough on the legs than the first day. Another puncheur with the climbing strength to get over the steeper hills can capitalise, like two-time world champion Julian Alaphilippe.

• ‘ Coup du kilometre’: How to win a Tour de France stage hiding in plain sight

Stage 3: Amorebieta to Bayonne, 187km

Stage three starts in Spain and ends in France, and the finale in Bayonne is ripe for a bunch sprint. Mark Cavendish will get his first shot of this race at trying to win a historic 35th Tour de France stage, but he will be up against a stacked field including former QuickStep teammate Fabio Jakobsen and the awesome speed of Wout van Aert. It will be fascinating to get a first glimpse of how the power riders stack up.

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Stage 4: Dax to Nogaro, 182km

Another flat day and an even faster finish in store on the Circuit Paul Armagnac, a race track in Nogaro. The 800m home straight will almost certainly tee up a showdown between the Tour’s serious fast men.

• Cavendish falls short as Philipsen wins crash-laden sprint

Stage 5: Pau to Laruns, 163km

The first major mountains of the Tour come a little earlier than usual, as the peloton heads up into the high Pyrenees on day five. The Col de Soudet (15km, 7.2%) is one of the toughest climbs of the race and rears up halfway through this 163km route from Pau to Laruns. The category one Col de Marie Blanque (7.7km, 8.6%) guards the finish 20km out, and holds bonus seconds for those first over the top to incentivise the major contenders to come to the fore and fight it out.

• Hindley grabs the yellow jersey as Vingegaard punishes Pogacar

Stage 6: Tarbes to Cauterets, 145km

This has the potential to be a thrilling day: the 145km route takes on the double trouble of the category one Col d’Aspin (12km, 6.5%) followed by the monstrous hors categorie Tourmalet (17.1km, 7.3%), before a fast ascent and a final climb to the summit finish at Cauterets (16km, 5.4%).

It is a day with several possible outcomes. The general classification contenders could fight it out in a showdown to the summit. Then again, a breakaway could be allowed to escape which would open up victory – and perhaps the yellow jersey – to an outsider. The last time the Tour finished in Cauterets in 2015, breakaway specialist Rafal Majka surged clear of his fellow escapers to win. Keep an eye on Ineos’s Tom Pidcock, who could use the long, fast descent from the Tourmalet summit to speed to the front, as he did before winning atop Alpe d’Huez last year.

• Pogacar responds to send message to Vingegaard

Stage 7: Mont de Marsan to Bordeaux, 170km

The first week of racing finishes in the Tour’s second most visited city, Bordeaux, and it’s a third flat day for the sprinters to contest. Much will depend on who has best preserved their legs through the high mountains when they come to this tight, technical finish on the banks of the Garonne river in the city centre.

• Philipsen pips Cavendish in thrilling finish to deny Brit all-time record

Stage 8: Libourne to Limoges, 201km

A long, hilly day will see the peloton head 201km east from Libourne outside Bordeaux to Limoges. The lumpy stage should suit a puncheur but it is not a particularly taxing set of climbs – only three are categorised and the toughest of those is just 2.8km at 5.2%. So could a determined team carry their sprinter to the finish and the stage win? Look out for Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel, superstars with the all-round talent to conquer the climbs and still finish fast.

• Cavendish crashes out to end Tour de France record hopes

Stage 9: Saint-Leonard-de-Noblat to Puy de Dome, 184km

The final stage before the relief of the first rest day is relatively flat and gentle – until a brutal finish atop the iconic Puy de Dome volcano, a 13.3km drag at a gruelling 7.7% average gradient that last appeared in the Tour in 1988. The summit finish will require a serious climber’s legs to clinch the stage win, and the general classification contenders may well let a breakaway get ahead and fight for that prize.

• Woods takes win as Pogacar hits back at Vingegaard

Rest day: Clermont-Ferrand, Monday 10 July.

Stage 10: Parc Vulcania to Issoire, 167km

The race resumes in the centre of France from Vulcania – a volcano-themed amusement park – where riders will embark on a hilly 167km route through the Volcans d’Auvergne regional park, finishing down in the small town of Issiore. With five categorised climbs, including the sizeable Col de Guery (7.8km at 5%) and the Croix Saint-Robert (6km at 6.3%), it will be a draining ride with virtually no sustained flat sections, and a long descent to the finish town. It looks like a good day to plot something in the breakaway, as the big GC contenders save their legs for bigger challenges to come.

• Bilbao dedicates emotional stage win to late Gino Mader

Stage 11: Clermont Ferrand to Moulins, 180km

The final flat stage before the hard Alpine climbs will present an opportunity for those fast men who managed to haul themselves through the Pyrenees to get here – although there is still some climbing to be done including three category-four leg-sappers along the 180km route. The day begins in the university city of Clermont-Ferrand before the riders wind north and then east to Moulins, a small town on the Allier river. Any breakaway is likely to be reeled by those teams with dedicated sprinters eyeing their only opportunity for a stage win between the two rest days.

• Philipsen continues flat-stage dominance even without van der Poel

Stage 12: Roanne to Belleville-en-Beaujolais, 169km

The race caravan will shift east to start stage 12 in Roanne in the Loire region, before taking a 169km route to Belleville, situated on the Saone river north of Lyon. This has been categorised as a hilly or medium mountain stage, but it might feel harder than that by the time the peloton reaches the foot of the fifth categorised climb of the day, the Col de la Croix Rosier (5.3km at 7.6%). That should be enough to put off the best puncheurs like Van der Poel and Van Aert, because the stage winner will need strong climbing legs. The GC riders will want to conserve energy, so expect a breakaway to stay clear and fight amongst themselves.

• Izagirre solos to victory

Stage 13: Chatillon-Sur-Chalaronne to Grand Colombier, 138km

The first of three brutal stages that could decide the destiny of this year’s yellow jersey is only relatively short – 138km – but will provide a stern enough test to reveal any weaknesses in the major contenders. The peloton will enjoy a relatively flat and gentle first 75km from Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne before entering the Jura Mountains. A short climb and fast descent precedes the big climax: all 17.4km (7.1%) of the Grand Colombier providing an epic summit finish. This could be another day for a breakaway away to get free, but the overall contenders like Pogacar and Vingegaard will also fancy stage glory and the chance to stamp their authority on the race.

• Kwiatkowski wins as Pogacar eats into Vingegaard’s lead

Stage 14: Annemasse to Morzine, 152km

Part two of this triple header of mountain stages sees the peloton ride into the Alps with a 152km route from Annemasse to Morzine ski resort. Three tough category one climbs line the road to the hors categorie Col de Joux Plane (11.6km at 8.5%), a brutally steep grind where bonuses await the first few over the top – and stage victory is the prize at the bottom. This is another potential spot for yellow jersey fireworks.

• Rodriguez wins first Tour stage as Pogacar thwarted by motorbike

Stage 15: Les Gets to Saint Gervais, 180km

The last ride before the final rest day will take the peloton further east into the Alps, towards the French border with Italy. The 179km route is almost constantly up and down, with a fast descent before the final two climbs, and the summit finish atop Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc will require strong climbing legs once more.

• Pogacar and Vingegaard in stalemate as Poels wins stage

Rest day: Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc, Monday 17 July.

Stage 16: Individual time trial from Passy to Combloux, 22km

This year’s home stretch begins with the only time trial of the race: a short, relatively flat 22km from Passy to Combloux in the shadow of Mont Blanc. The route includes one categorised climb, the steep but short Cote de Domancy (2.5km at 9.4%). There is an opportunity here to make up crucial seconds for those that need them.

• Vingegaard takes control of yellow jersey

Stage 17: Saint Gervais to Courchevel, 166km

Put Wednesday 19 July in the diary: this will surely be the most brutal day of the entire Tour de France and it could be decisive. The 166km route features four big climbs, the last of which offers up this year’s Souvenir Henri Desgrange for the first rider over the highest point of the race. To get there the riders must endure a 28.1km slog averaging 6% gradient to the top of the Col de la Loze, towering in the clouds 2,304m above sea level. There are bonus seconds up here too, before a short descent down to the finish at Courchevel.

A breakaway will probably form, but can they last the distance? Whatever happens up the road, the fight for the yellow jersey will be fierce – only the strongest handful of riders will be able to stand the pace and this will likely be the day that the 2023 winner is effectively crowned.

• Vingegaard dominates to put seal on Tour de France

Stage 18: Moutiers to Bourg en Bresse, 186km

After a potentially explosive stage 17, stage 18 is classified as “hilly” but is really a relatively sedate 185km which the sprinters are likely to contest if their teams can haul in the inevitable breakaway. The big question is whether there will be many sprinters left in the peloton after such a demanding set of stages in the Alps. For those fast men still in the race, the descent into Bourg-en-Bresse precedes a technical finish, with roundabouts and a sharp corner before a swinging right-hand turn on to the home straight where the stage will be won and lost.

• Breakaway stays away as Asgreen takes win

Stage 19: Moirans-en-Montagne to Poligny, 173km

Another flat day gives a further opportunity for those sprinters left in the field, as the peloton travels 173km from Moirans, near Grenoble, north to Poligny. The general classification contenders will be happy to rest their legs before one final push to Paris.

• Matej Mohoric takes photo finish to win stage 19

Stage 20: Belfort to Le Markstein, 133km

The final competitive stage of the Tour is a 133km ride from Belfort to Le Markstein ski resort in the Vosges mountains, and it offers just enough for one final attack to steal the yellow jersey, should the overall win still be on the line. The last two climbs of the day are both steep category one ascents: first the Petit Ballon (9.3km, 8.1%) followed by the Col du Platzerwasel (7.1km at 8.4%). Whoever is wearing yellow just needs to hang on to the wheel of their fiercest rival here, and that should be enough to see them home.

• Chapeau, Thibaut Pinot

Stage 21: Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines to Paris Champs-Elysees, 115km

As is tradition, the peloton will transfer to Paris and ride a truce to the Champs-Elysees. The stage will start at France’s national velodrome, home of cycling for the 2024 Paris Olympics. It will finish with one final sprint: Cavendish has won four times in Paris and it would be a fitting way to end the race that has defined his career if he were to repeat the feat one last time. And once the race is done, the winner of the 2023 Tour de France will be crowned.

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Tour de France Route Steers Clear of Olympics, and Paris

The 2024 Summer Games have pushed the iconic bike race out of its traditional finish in Paris. The Tour will instead end in Nice, in the south of France.

By Victor Mather

Everything makes way for the Olympics. Even an event as important to the host nation as the Tour de France.

Because the 2024 Summer Games will be taking over Paris starting on July 26, the men’s Tour de France — the world’s most famous cycling race — will relocate its traditional finish this year, ending not in Paris but in Nice on July 21. The women’s race, an eight-stage event that typically starts just after the end of the three-week men’s race, will be pushed back to Aug. 12, after the Olympics conclude on Aug. 11.

Race organizers announced the routes on Wednesday at the Palais des Congrès in Paris.

🤩 Here it is, the official route of the #TDF2024 ! 🤩 Voici le parcours officiel du #TDF2024 ! pic.twitter.com/3ORf31AS4T — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) October 25, 2023

Ending the race somewhere other than Paris is a major departure. After decades of finishing at the Parc des Princes Stadium near the Bois de Boulogne as well as the Bois de Vincennes, the Tour in 1975 began a tradition of concluding with several laps on the Champs-Élysées. The day often provides some of the race’s most iconic images: riders racing loops in a tight pack, crowds of spectators jamming the streets, the famous Arc de Triomphe as a backdrop.

When the Olympics comes to town, though, they fill a city’s hotels, restaurants, roads, stadiums and arenas, and dominate the attention of most sports fans and the security services. For those reasons, major sporting events, even in non-Olympic sports, are mostly kept away from host cities in the weeks surrounding the Games. In 1996, for example, the Atlanta Braves baseball team embarked on a 17-game, 20-day road trip while the Summer Olympics went on in their home city.

The Tour plans a different route every year, and it had previously announced some of this year’s featured changes, including the finish in Nice and a start in Italy. In between, the route this year will include the usual collection of flat roads, high mountain climbs and stages that blend both of those challenges — and a few new ones.

It is not uncommon for the Tour to begin in another country; it has done so six times in the last 10 years. Next year, the men’s Tour will start in Italy for the first time since its inception in 1903. The opening stage will travel east from Florence to Rimini on June 29, with Stages 2 and 3 in Italy as well before the race enters France.

There, riders will begin climbing in the Alps almost immediately with Stage 4, which features the grueling ascent of the Col du Galibier.

In Stage 9, near Troyes, riders who normally race on paved roads will face an unusual challenge: 14 sections — totaling just under 20 miles — of racing over white gravel roads in the countryside.

The Tour will reach the Pyrenees in the southwest of France on Stage 14, a day that includes a climb of the Col du Tourmalet, and eventually return to several extremely difficult days in the Alps.

Notable is Stage 19 in which riders, back near the Italian border, will climb three tough mountains, including the Col de la Bonette-Restefond, which at 9,193 feet is the highest point of the 2024 Tour and the highest paved through road in Europe. The peloton then will finish with a trip up to the ski resort Isola 2000.

The 21st and final stage will be the hilly time trial from Monaco to Nice. It will be the first time since 1989 that the Tour will close with a time trial. That year, on a dramatic final day, the American Greg LeMond overcame a 50-second deficit to Laurent Fignon and won the race’s overall title by eight seconds, the closest margin in history.

The women’s race will begin in the Netherlands, home of the defending champion, Demi Vollering, and then travel to Belgium before entering France.

From there, the race’s final three stages will travel south down the eastern side of France before finishing on the eighth and final stage with a potentially spectacular, and decisive, climb up the 21 switchbacks of L’Alpe d’Huez.

Some of the top women will face the Tour, among the biggest events on the women’s cycling calendar, only after competing for their countries in the Paris Games. Many of the men’s riders, meanwhile, will go straight from the Tour to the Olympics, though in both cases success in one of the events does not preclude success in the other: At the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia followed a Tour de France win with a bronze medal in the Olympic road race.

Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark has won the men’s Tour de France the past two years.

The 2024 Tour will be broadcast on NBC channels and streamed on Peacock for viewers in the United States.

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Inside the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics

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Ahead of the Olympics, the global agency tasked with policing doping in sports is facing a growing crisis  as it fends off allegations it helped cover up the positive tests of elite Chinese swimmers .

Undocumented workers played a larger and more dangerous role  in delivering the Games than the Macron administration acknowledges.

A Guide to the Games

More ‘Open’ Signs: With millions of visitors expected in Paris, many shopkeepers, bakers and restaurateurs are forgoing their annual summer vacations .

A New Gastronomic Course: In the Olympic dining hall near Paris, carbon imprint will outweigh cassoulet as chefs consider the environmental impact of French cuisine. There won’t even be French fries .

Escaping the Games: Even if you’re visiting France for the Games, you may want to take a cultural break like a local. Here are some suggestions .

Everything you need to know about cycling in France your independent guide

Tour de France 2024 route: Stage-by-stage guide

The 2024 tour de france will take place from  june 29 to july 21 – and it will be a truly unique event, starting in italy and finishing – for the first time – somewhere other than paris . .

• Finding accommodation for the Tour de France
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The 2024 Tour de France will be the 11th edition of the great race – and there are  few sure things in life: birth, death, taxes and the Tour de France ending on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. But not in 2024. For the first time, the race will finish in Nice – on the south coast of France – instead of Paris thanks to the 2024 Olympics Games, which start in Paris on July 26. 

The Tour runs from Saturday , June 29 to Sunday, July 21, so it was decided that authorities in Paris would have enough on their hands with the Olympics to handle the logistics of another major spectator event.

But it's not just the finish that will be new for 2024: the start – the Grand Depart – will be held in Italy for the first time. The Tour de France is back on Giro d'Italia territory for the 12th time but it's the first time the race has started this side of the border. 

The full route will be announced later in 2023 and details stage maps are usually then released each May online and  in the official race program (we'll post links to that once it's available) .

We have this page for Tour de France road closure information , which we also update with 2024 information after the 2023 race is done and dusted.

See here for accommodation near the route (again, it will be updated once we know the full 2024 route).

Where to find more useful information: the Official 2024 Tour de France Race Guide is the place to go. We'll include links here when it's available

Stage 1: saturday, june 29 - florence to rimini, 205km.

After leaving Florence, the peloton will roll through Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna to a seaside finale in Rimini. There will be some 3700 metres of climbing today. The route also dips into  the principality of San Marino, taking to 14 the number of countries that have hosted the Tour .

Stage 2: Sunday, June 30 -  Cesenatico to Bologna, 200km  

Say two starting near the station in Cesenatico – the final resting place of Marco Pantani. It's then on to another tough day of climbing on the road to Bologna .

Stage 3: Monday, July 1 –  Piacenza to Turin, 225km   

Today will be a day for the sprinters  in Turin, the capital of Piedmont – a regular sprint finish on the Giro d'Italia .   

Stage 4: Tuesday, July 2 – Pinerolo to Valloire,  138km   

The Tour goes up with its first giant on the road: the Galibier at 2642m.  

Stage 5: Wednesday, July 3 – St-Jean-de-Maurienne to Saint-Vulbas, 177km

A sprint finish.

Stage 6: Thursday, July 4 – Macon to Dijon, 163km

A sprint finish with an 800m final stretch .

Stage 7: Friday, July 5 –  Nuits-Saint-Georges to Gevrey-Chambertin,  25km Individual Time Trial

An ITT through the vineyards of Burgundy.

Stage 8: Saturday, July 6 – Semur-en-Auxois to Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises, 176km

Five climbs in the first part of the stage could put a strain on some sprinters' legs.

Stage 9: Sunday, July 7 –  Troyes to Troyes, 199km

Fourteen sectors of white roads, 32km in total onto the gravel and dust.

Rest day: Monday, July 8 –  Orleans

Stage 10: Tuesday, July 9 – Orleans to  Saint-Amand-Montrond , 187km

The wind could play a major role, like in 2013 when unexpected echelons marked the stage .

Stage 11: Wednesday, July 10 –  Évaux-les-Bains to Le Lioran,  211km

Some 4350m of vertical gain, Néronne, the Puy Mary Pas de Peyrol, Pertus, Font de Cère.

Stage 12: Thursday, July 11 – Aurillac to  Villeneuve-sur-Lot , 204km

The breakaway triumphed in Villeneuve in both 1996 and 2000 .

Stage 13: Friday, July 12 – Agen to Pau, 171km  

Pau, a Tour regular is here again.

Stage 14: Saturday, July 13 – Pau to Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d'Adet, 152km

The first day in the Pyrenees, and a real challenge with famous climbs on the menu .

Stage 15: Sunday, July 14 –  Loudenvielle to Plateau de Beille, 198km

Six climbs and 4850m of climbing for Bastille Day .

Rest day: Monday, July 15 –  Gruissan

Stage 16: tuesday, july 16 –  gruissan to nimes, 187km.

The sprinters may be heavily tipped for success, but the Mistral can blow fiercely at this time of year and break up the peloton.

Stage 17: Wednesday, July 17 – Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux to Superdévoluy , 178km

An ideal route for a large breakaway, but the climbers will also have a chance to shine .

Stage 18: Thursday, July 18 – Gap to Barcelonnette , 179km

Breakaway? Sprinters? It's anyone's guess .

Stage 19: Friday, July 19 –  Embrun to  Isola 2000, 145km  

The ultimate giant is back on the Tour: the Cime de la Bonette and its 2802m of altitude .

Stage 20: Saturday, July 20 -  Nice to Col de la Couillole, 132km

This will be a  mountainous stage from the coast at Nice inland to Col de la Couillole.

This stage doubles as L'Etape du Tour sportive route on July 7. ( See the full route map here ).

Stage 21: Sunday, July 21 - Monaco to Nice individual time trial, 35km   

A break with tradition and an enforced finish in Nice, on the southern coast of France, due to the 2024 Olympics taking over the capital, Paris this week. The  21st and final stage will be contested in a 35km individual time trial from the glitzy streets of Monaco to Place Masséna in Nice. For the first time in a long time, the last stage may not be purely ceremonial. The yellow jersey could be won – or lost – today. 

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Paris 2024 reveals routes of Olympic road cycling events

On Tuesday, 4 July, Paris 2024 revealed the routes of the road race and time trial cycling events for the Olympic Games. For the first time in Olympic history, women and men will share the same course for the time trial. 

From the sidelines of Stage 4 of the Tour de France, Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet revealed that the cycling routes for the next Olympic Games are aligned to the Paris 2024 Games philosophy of spectacular, challenging and open to all.

Distinctive in length – 273km for the men and 158km for the women – the road race courses will be challenging for their rolling profile, a final climb up Montmartre and their technical nature, with cobbled streets and tightly winding sections to negotiate on the last part of the course before returning to the Trocadéro.

The courses are also special for bringing the Games to the more undiscovered areas of Ile-de-France, the region that encompasses Paris, with the Val-de-Marne département hosting the time trials and the Essonne département, the road races.

“Road cycling races in cities are exceptional, and they are free access events for the fans," commented Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet. "We’ll have a combination of a great show and great sporting event. It’s also the longest race in the history of the Olympic Games. It will be a difficult race with a very exciting final.”

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Paris 2024 road Cycling route for Men

The Paris 2024 road race route

From the first loops to the chevreuse valley.

On Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 August 2024, starting from the Trocadéro, the men's and women's pelotons will go on a 5km procession to take in the Eiffel Tower, the Seine, Les Invalides and the Latin Quarter before the official start of the race on Rue Gay-Lussac in the 5th arrondissement. Athletes will then leave Paris, to return later in the afternoon.

For the first time in the history of the Games there will be an equal number of men and women participants with 90 men and 90 women racers going through the Hauts-de-Seine département via the Côte des Gardes hill (1.9km at 6%) in Meudon. Further on, they will catch a glimpse of the Château de Versailles, shining a global spotlight on this exceptional architectural icon that also serves as an Olympic and Paralympic competition venue.

Later, the Chevreuse Valley presents some challenging terrain for the men's and women's pelotons. Côte de Port-Royal (1km at 5%), Côte de Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse (1.3km at 6.3%) and Côte de Châteaufort (900m at 5.7%) with its memorial stone in honour of Jacques Anquetil, the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times. A succession of tough inclines follow topped off by Côte de Cernay-la-Ville (1.1km at 3.9%) for the women, and Côte de Senlisse (1.3km at 5.3%), Côte d'Herbouvilliers (850m at 5.7%), and Côte de Bièvres (1.2km at 6.5%) for the men. These all present great opportunities for spectators to watch the racers pass by at a slower pace.

These first loops in the western part of the wider Parisian region, covering 225km for the men and 110km for the women, will also give spectators a glimpse of the other Olympic and Paralympic venues: the Golf National and the Vélodrome National in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, home of the French Cycling Federation.

La Butte Montmartre: ramping things up

The return into the capital, which goes past the Louvre, its Pyramid and the Opéra Garnier, heralds the final 50km of the race. No strangers to the Champs-Elysées in July at Le Tour, this time the men's and women's pelotons will head to the north-east of Paris where they will find a final segment of 18.4km, with technical bends and a tough cobbled climb on the Butte Montmartre (1km at 6.5%).

After two laps, the leading contenders will wage their final battle on the third ascent of the Butte Montmartre up towards the Sacré Coeur basilica, the last ramp before their downhill finale. The final 9.5km will take them onto Pont d’Iéna bridge, the setting for a 230m sprint finish towards the Trocadéro.

At the end of Pont d’Iéna and after 158km for the women and 273km for the men, iconic scenes will unfold as Olympic champions will be crowned and medals distributed with athletes raising their arms aloft to the backdrop of the Eiffel Tower.

"Spectators and television viewers will be amazed by magnificent sites such as the Palace of Versailles, the Chevreuse Valley, the Bois de Vincennes, the Invalides and the Eiffel Tower. We are also proud that road cycling brings the Games to new territories such as Val-de-Marne and Essonne," said Tony Estanguet , President of Paris 2024.

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Paris 2024 road Cycling route for Women

The Paris 2024 time trial route

The road cycling time trials will be held one week before the first road race and also offer a host of new features. For the first time in the history of the Games, the 35 men and 35 women riders will be presented with the same course and the same distance . On Saturday 27 July 2024, the athletes will set off one by one from the Esplanade des Invalides for 32.4km of virtually incline-free terrain.

After the Saint-Germain-des-Prés district, they will cross the Seine on Pont de Sully to reach Place de la Bastille. On reaching the Bois de Vincennes, the nods to sporting history begin. The Vélodrome Jacques Anquetil will be the first to be saluted for its monumental past: the venue hosted the Paris 1924 Games and was the finish line of the Tour de France from 1968 to 1974. The time trial course will then proceed to the Polygone de Vincennes, an extremely popular spot for Parisian cycling enthusiasts. Finally, the Institut National du Sport, de l'Expertise et de la Performance (INSEP) will signal the turnaround point.

The racers will reach the halfway point after a brief foray into the Val-de-Marne municipalities that border the capital. Leaving the Bois de Vincennes through its château, riders will return to Place de la Bastille, after Place de Nation, and rejoin the roads they took earlier in the opposite direction. The day after the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony, the Pont Alexandre III bridge will once again take centre stage as the finish line for this race against the clock.

“I really like this individual time trial route," said Vittoria Guazzini , Italian cyclist and two-time U23 time trial world champion in 2021 and 2022. "I particularly like the profile, because lately we’ve been seeing a lot of time trials that are a bit hilly. I think this one reflects the main objective of the time trial, which is to go fast. I believe that this is the right course for an Olympic Games. There are long straights where you can push hard, and a few corners where you can perhaps recover a little. It’s a good balance between some technical sections and straight lines!”

Paris 2024 road cycling time trial route

Paris 2024 road cycling schedule

Saturday 27 july, start invalides, paris - finish pont alexandre iii, paris.

14h30 – 16h00 : Women's individual time trial

16h30 – 18h00 : Men's individual time trial

Saturday 3 August

• 11h00 - 18h15 : Men's road race

Sunday 4 August 

• 14h00 - 18h45 : Women's road race

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What is the history of the Tour de France?

The Tour de France takes place every year during the summer over a period of three weeks. Géo Lefèvre , a sports journalist, was the initiator of the event. He put forward the idea of creating a Tour de France by bicycle in 1902.

In 1903, Henri Desgrange , a cycle racer and editor of the Parisian sports daily L'Auto, created the Tour de France, also known as the Grande Boucle . At first, the Tour was held for a surprising reason, namely to boost the image of the newspaper L'Auto.

Henri Desgrange was the organiser of the Tour until 1936. He imposed a strong discipline, which contributed greatly to making the event a legend. Originally, the riders were not allowed any form of external assistance on the road and had to repair their bikes themselves in case of a technical incident.

A monument to Henri Desgrange has been erected at the top of the Col du Galibier and a Henri-Desgrange prize is awarded each year during the Tour to the cyclist who crosses the summit first.

The beginnings of the Tour de France

The night stages were abolished in 1905. This year saw the appearance of the first stage on the hills: those of the Alsace balloon.

The Tour made its first foray into a border country in 1906 and crossed the Franco-German border.

The first passages in the mountain ranges took place in 1910 in the Pyrenees and in 1911 in the Alps.

For the first time, in 1926, the Tour started in the provinces, in Evian, Haute-Savoie.

In 1930, the famous publicity caravan was born. This line of unusual vehicles passes by about an hour before the cyclists and distribute all kinds of objects, much to the delight of the spectators.

Finally, the best climber prize and a half-stage individual time trial were created in 1933.

A media event

From the outset, the Tour de France was an event that was closely followed by the media, particularly the written press. In 1930, listeners were treated to the first live radio report by Jean Antoine and Alex Virot. Radio, which was then able to give live results, replaced the newspaper.

From the end of the 1940s, television took over. In order to ensure proper monitoring of the race, all sorts of means were used. The first live coverage of an Alpine summit was limited to a still shot of the pass. It was not until the 1960s that live television reports allowed the viewer to be at the heart of the race, thanks to cameras mounted on motorbikes and relayed by plane or helicopter.

What are the different jerseys?

Some accomplishment or positions in the races are rewarded by a yellow, green, white with red dots or white jersey.

The yellow jersey

An allegory of the Tour, the yellow jersey was created in 1919. This jersey rewards the best rider in the general classification , the one who has the best time in all stages combined. The jersey is yellow because the newspaper l'Auto was yellow. The yellow jersey has become the emblem of the Tour and remains the dream of many professional riders.

The green jersey

The green jersey was not always green. In 1968, it was replaced by a red jersey (as for the leader of the Vuelta, the Tour of Spain). A change that did not please, because the following year the jersey returned to its usual green colour.

This jersey rewards the best riders, by points, at the finish of each stage . It prioritises sprint finishes , with many more points awarded than at the finish of a mountain stage. Intermediate sprints have been added to the race with additional points awarded for several years.

The white jersey with red spots

Created in 1975, this jersey is awarded to the best climber in the Tour de France . It rewards riders who finish at the top of the mountain passes (or climbs listed in the classification), with the same points system as for the green jersey.

This classification appeared in 1933, at which time it was not yet represented by the white jersey with red spots. The number of points varies according to the difficulty of the pass. Thus, the "out of category" passes are harder than the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th category passes.

The white jersey

This is awarded to the best rider under 25 years of age in the competition . This classification is based on the general classification. Created in 1975 (at the same time as the polka dot jersey), it disappeared between 1989 and 1999, then reappeared in 2000.

Route of the 2022 Tour de France

The 2022 Tour de France runs from Friday 1 to Sunday 24 July 2022 . For its 109th edition, it will include 21 stages for a total distance of approximately 3228 kilometres . The route includes 6 flat stages, 6 mountain stages, 7 hilly stages and 2 individual time trial stages.

The 21st and final stage of the Tour de France 2022 awaits you on Sunday 24 July 2022 on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées for the final sprint .

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Whether you're a cycling fan or just curious, come and watch the riders of the Tour de France 2023 pass through Paris and the Ile-de-France region for the last time ! The final stage of the Grande Boucle leaves from Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines , during a veritable celebration in this city of cycling, which hosts the Vélodrome national , this Sunday, July 23, 2023 ! The race will finish at the end of the day, once again on the Champs-Elysées . But in the meantime, the cyclists will be covering part of the Ile-de-France region, and you can come and cheer them on near you!

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The Hauts-de-Seine , Yvelines and Paris departments are the main ones involved. If you live in Plaisir, Elancourt, Montigny-le-Bretonneux or Versailles, the Tour de France will pass through your area, before continuing on to the Hauts-de-Seine, via Chaville or Meudon . The riders will then return to the capital via the Quai d'Issy, before completing an 8-lap circuit that ends on the Champs-Elysées !

In addition, numerous road closures and restrictions are expected this Sunday, so prefer public transport to avoid congested areas.

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Tour de France 2018 Route stage 21: Houilles - Paris

A Champs-Élysées victory should be on the resume of the greatest sprinters. Mark Cavendish took four stage wins in Paris, yet it’s been five editions since his last win. In 2013 and 2014 Marcel Kittel powered to victory, while another German was fastest in 2015 and 2016: André Greipel. Last year, young gun Dylan Groenewegen bested the field.

The first three riders on the line win time bonuses of 10, 6 and 4 seconds. The intermediate sprint (at kilometre 76) does not come with a time bonus, it’s a sprint for green jersey points.

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Wonderful shots of the dam with the Dam Busters music. Absolutely beautiful. Thanks.

Hey! when are ther rider expected to head to Paris! What time?

Hi Nicklas, you can find the scheduled times below the text.

For the start of Stage 21 in Houilles, TDF official website shows start as Houilles and Départ réel about 600m away from Houilles center. What is the best place to view the start of the stage? Where will the trucks and riders be setup pre-race? I plan to arrive out to Houilles around 12:00 to walk around? Thank you.

Hi Eric, the best spot is probably the center, at the beginning of the neutral zone. That would be a big square, and often that is place where the trucks and busses are parked.

where would be the best place to stand in paris to watch the final stage with two children in your experience ?

Hi that would probably be along the Champs-Élysées. You can see the riders several times if you have a good spot. But it may be crowded.

HI i will be in Paris for the final stage… Where do we find out what time they might arrive into Paris. I will watch for the Rue de Rivoli

Hi Kate, the exact time is not known yet, but the last few years the finish was in the evening. So they may arrive in Paris around 4 or 5 in the afternoon. We know more when the official time schedule is published.

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Before revealing next year’s Tour de France route, tour organizer ASO started the reveal event in the Palais des Congres in Paris by thanking Denmark and Copenhagen for arranging a magnificent start of this year’s Tour de France. ASO was grateful to be able to have the Tour begin in Copenhagen, because it is the most cycling-friendly city in the world and ASO wants cycling sport to appeal to a wider audience and contribute to making more people ride bikes as part of their daily lives.

The  grand depart  in Denmark reached viewing rates of 74% and the 2022 Tour was won by Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard (Team Jumbo-Visma) and many tour riders were greatly impressed with the number of spectators along the roads of Denmark cheering on the peloton and celebrating GC home favorite Vingegaard and Denmark’s Magnus Cort (Team EF Education-EasyPost) who wore the polka-dot jersey because of his early lead in the mountains classification.

Tour de France 2023 will take place from July 1 to July 23 and will be 3,404 kilometers long. The 2023 Tour de France will begin in Bilbao – the largest city of the Basque Country, challenge riders to compete in twenty-one inspiring stages, before reaching its conclusion in an extraordinary sunset finish on the Champs-Élysées Avenue in Paris. Riders will contest 1 individual time trial, 6 flat stages, 6 hilly stages, and 8 mountain stages. 

The Tour de France route has been designed to appeal as much as possible to climbers, with more mountain stages and fewer individual time trial kilometers. It will attract climbers who are unable to compete with time trial specialists such as current Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma), Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma), Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), and world champion Remco Evenepoel (Team Soudal-QuickStep).

The Tour de France organizers have chosen a spectacular start week for next year’s Tour and the nine stages before the first rest day will be unusually challenging for the riders.

Stage 1 will start in front of the Guggenheim Museum and take the riders on a loop route from Bilbao to Bilbao and the Tour de France 2023 will remain in the Basque Country for stage 2 from Vitoria-Gasteiz to San Sebastian / Donostia. With its 209-kilometer distance, it will be the longest stage of the 2023 Tour.

The Tour de France will travel to France in stage 3, that takes the riders from Amorebieta-Etxano to Bayonne in southwestern France, close to the Pyrenees. The flat stage should offer opportunities for the first battle between the sprinters of the 2023 Tour.

Stage 4 from Dax to Nogaro (182 kilometers) is designed to be an additional opportunity for the sprint aces in the Tour peloton, including the impatient sprinters who failed to make their mark in stage 3. There’s only room for one winner per sprint stage and by now many will be desperate to show their great skills in the final sprint battle before the mountains. This time on the Nogaro circuit also known as the  Paul Armagnac motorsport race track,  named after Armagnac who tragically died in a training accident in 1962.

Pau will welcome riders for the start of stage 5 and the riders will challenge the Col de Soudet before descending into the valley, only to be faced with a climb to the top of the Col de Marie Blanque before reaching the finish town of Laruns.

Stage 7 begins in Mont-de-Marsan, located on the borders of the Landes Forest and halfway between the Pyrenees and the Atlantic Ocean. Mont-de-Marsan is known as the town of the three rivers because la Douze, le Midou and la Midouze meet near the city center and the city attracts many contemporary art fans because of its Sculptures Festival and museum in an ancient Romanesque Chapel. The stage takes the riders on a 170-kilometer flat ride to Bordeaux and the route has a mouth-watering appeal to sprinters, because as the saying goes: when a Tour stage finishes in Bordeaux, a sprinter will win it and delicious wine shall be served.

Stage 9 will start in Saint Leonard de Noblat, hometown of French former cycling star Raymond Poulidor, known as  the eternal second . The 184-kilometer stage will finish with a challenging 13.3-kilometer climb to Puy de Dôme (7.7% average gradient, 12,2% max) – the place where Poulidor fought a furious battle against Jacques Anquetil in the 1964 Tour de France. 

Stage 13 takes place on  Bastille Day  (French National Day) and is a challenging 138-kilometer mountain stage from Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne. The whole stage will take place in the Ain department and will conclude on the legendary Grand Colombier climb - a stunning finish location with its mountains and lake views (17.4-kilometer climb, 7.1% average gradient). Perhaps a Frenchman will prevail to the great joy of the celebrating home crowd? Though often climbed in the Tour, it is only the second time in race history that a stage finishes on the Grand Colombier.

On Stage 14 the riders bid hello to an additional mountain stage, this time on a 152-kilometer route from Annemasse, near Lake Geneva, to Morzine les Portes du Soleil. The route includes four categorized climbs, including the Col de la Ramaz (13.9-kilometer; 7.1% average gradient) and the famous Col de Joux Plane (11.6-km; 8.5%), before a fast and risky descend to Morzine. 

Stage 15 will be the final stage before the final rest day of the 2023 Tour and the 180-kilometer stage will also be mountainous. The start location is Les Gets Les Portes du Soleil and the route takes the Tour de France peloton through Haute-Savoie upwards to Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc and includes three categorized climbs along the way. General classification riders will likely attempt to use the 17% gradients on the Amerands/Le Bettex climb to make a difference and advance in the overall rankings while hoping to gain a spot on the podium in Paris.

Following Monday’s well-deserved and much needed rest day 2 in Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc, stage 16 offers the only individual time trial of Tour de France 2023. The mountainous route from Passy is 22-kilometers long and culminates on the climb to Combloux. 

Stage 17 is a day to mark in the calendar. The 166-kilometer stage is a significant and possibly decisive challenge from Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc to Courchevel. The stage offers more than 5,000 meters of vertical gain. Riders will contest the Col des Saisies (13.3-kilometer; 5.3%), the Cormet de Roselend (19.9-kilometer; 6%), the Cote de Longefoy (6.6-kilometer; 7.6%), and combat the exhausting 28.4-kilometer Col de la Loze climb (6% average gradient) before reaching Courchevel. Though the Tour general classification challengers will not take off and disappear into thin air, the final meters will be contested on the 18% incline of the altiport runway. 

Stage 19 is the  lakes stage  taking the riders along a scenic route in terrain dominated by beautiful lakes. 

Stage 20 offers the final chances for riders to shine before the Tour reaches Paris. The 133-kilometer stage from Belfort to Le Markstein Fellering offers a mountainous route in the Vosges Mountains with no less than 5 mountaintop crossings, including the 11.5-kilometer Ballon d’Alsace (5.3%), the 5.2-kilometer Col de la Croix des Moinats (7%), the challenging 9.3-kilometer Petit Ballon with its average gradient of 8.1%, and the 7.1-kilometer Col du Platzerwasel (8.4%). This will be the final chance for general classification challengers to gain valuable time and advance in the rankings before the sprinters are expected to dominate the final parade stage to Paris. Look for teams who have yet to win a stage to send riders into long breakaways to try to prevent Tour disaster.

Next year’s Tour de France route will not include a team time trial.

The Tour de France race will celebrate its 120th anniversary in 2023 and the route has been designed with more climbing and less time trials to honor and pay tribute to the pioneers of the 1903 Tour who tried their luck on the twisty roads of both the French and Spanish/Basque parts of the Pyrenees. The 2023 Tour will feature no less than 30 climbs of category 2 or above.

Commenting on next year’s Tour de France route, former Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) said it is an interesting route with appealing elements for him. He said he is happy with the challenging and demanding route and will await actions from other general classification favorites before deciding if he should approach next year’s race more conservatively than he did this year. It will also depend on who will choose to compete in the Tour de France and who will opt for next year’s Giro d’Italia or Vuelta a Espana instead. He believes the time trial will be a furious challenge between the general classification favorites.

AG2R-Citroen Team Manager Vincent Lavenu was pleased with the route and the reduced number of time trials. Lavenu told Roadcycling.com he is looking forward to a Tour that will be dominated by battles in the mountains. His team was unfortunately very affected by crashes and Covid-19 in this year’s race.

“Our AG2R-Citroën team can play a big part in a Tour de France like this with our riders Ben O’Connor and Aurelien Paret-Peintre. Our Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region will be honored, and it is always an essential region to ride through. The 2023 Tour has some unique features, including the return to Puy de Dome (where Anquetil fought Poulidor in 1964) which is very symbolic,” Lavenu said.

“It’s a very hard Tour de France route and you can see this from the opening weekend, which is going to be very nervous with all those hard and steep climbs in the Basque Country,” Soudal-QuickStep sports director Wilfried Peeters explained to Roadcycling.com. “Then, as the race progresses, many big climbs will make their presence felt on this relentless route, making things tougher and more complicated. The fast men should have some stages for themselves, but also the puncheurs will get their fair number of chances, maybe more than in recent years. Overall, it’s a very demanding Tour de France.”

Defending Tour de France champion Vingegaard disappointingly did not take part in the Tour de France route presentation in Paris.

During the event it was announced that ASO has teamed up with Netflix to produce an 8-episode series Tour de France story that will take viewers behind the scenes of the Tour de France with content and experiences never seen before.

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— le classement de la 6e étape, — le classement général.

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Evenepoel, le jaune lui va si bien

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Romain Grégoire frustré

— le classement de la 3e étape.

Gee fait coup double

Cort Nielsen nouveau leader

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Godon, le romantique que «vous devriez tous aimer»

A la découverte du parcours 2024

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Verhaeren, de la natation française à Visma-Lease a bike

— «je ne comprends pas grand-chose au vélo».

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Une équipe «qui fait peur», même pour son leader Pogacar

How to watch the Tour de France live stream 2024

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The wait is nearly over for the biggest bike race of the year, the Tour de France 2024 . Like us, you'll probably be wanting to tune in and watch, so we've put together a comprehensive guide to exactly how you can watch everything from live coverage to highlights of this iconic Grand Tour.

It should be an exciting battle for overall victory, with four potential winners all vying for the maillot jaune. Reigning champion Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease A Bike), Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quick Step) and Primož Roglič (Bora-Hansgrohe) are the men most likely, although newly-anointed Giro d'Italia champion Pogačar is the only rider to have come through the early season unscathed. The other three have missed training time after tangling with each other in the same crash in Itzulia Basque Country in April.

Vingegaard was the worst affected , and in early June there was still a question mark over whether he would definitely be at the Tour de France.

There are plenty of sprinting opportunities scattered throughout the race. Last year's green jersey Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) will be the man to beat, pushed hard others including Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) and Fabio Jakobsen (dsm-firmenich-PostNL). Many eyes will also be on Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan), who returns for his last Tour de France in the hope of finally beating the all-time 35-stage-win record that he is currently tied on with Eddy Merckx.

The final stage sees the race make way for the Paris Olympic Games and finish outside the capital for the first time in history, with a time trial from Monaco to Nice.

When is the Tour de France? 

The Tour de France will begin in Florence on June 29, and finish three weeks later on July 21 in Nice. Individual stages will be broadcast in full on Discovery+ .  

Check your chosen streaming service in your territory for broadcast times of individual stages. 

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How to watch the Tour de France for free 

The Tour de France is free to watch in Australia on SBS On Demand .

Streaming services are often geo-restricted, so if you're an Aussie away from home, make sure to use a VPN to watch your free Tour de France live stream from abroad.

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How to watch the Tour de France live stream in the UK

Eurosport.co.uk and discovery+ are the homes of cycling in the UK. Subscriptions are £6.99 per month. There's also an annual plan for discovery+ at £59.99, if you're after the full race calendar of live streams.

How to watch the Tour de France live stream in the USA

Bike racing fans in the US will be able to watch the Tour de France on the FloBikes platform. The TV app is available on Roku, Fire TV, Chromecast and Apple TV, as well as on Android and iOS. Subscriptions cost $150 per year. 

Watch Tour de France 2024 live stream on FLOBikes in USA

FloBikes boasts an impressive bill of live racing throughout the season, including the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and more. A monthly subscription will cost you $30 while a yearly account will set you back $150 ($12.50 per month).

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Paris: les routes à éviter lors de la visite de Joe Biden et Volodymyr Zelensky

Des centaines de kilomètres de bouchons. La venue en France du président américain Joe Biden et de son homologue ukrainien Volodymyr Zelensky pour le 80ème anniversaire du Débarquement ont provoqué la pagaille sur les routes en Île-de-France . La faute à un impressionnant dispositif de sécurité pour le locataire de la Maison Blanche et son immense cortège.

Cette pagaille sur les routes devrait se poursuivre en région parisienne ce vendredi 7 juin et jusqu'au départ du président américain, dimanche 9 juin. La préfecture de police de Paris a publié une série d’arrêtés pour détailler les périmètres de protection qui seront établis. Voici la liste des secteurs à éviter, jour par jour.

Vendredi 7 juin

Depuis jeudi soir, 18 heures, un périmètre dans le 8e arrondissement s'étend du 59 rue de Courcelles à la rue Monceau et inclut l'allée Louis de Funès, dans le cadre de la visite du président ukrainien. L'arrêté est en vigueur jusqu'à 21h30, ce vendredi.

Lors de sa visite, Volodymyr Zelensky se rendra à 9 heures aux Invalides, avant un discours quelques minutes plus tard à l'Assemblée nationale . Après un entretien avec Yaël Braun-Pivet, le président ukrainien rejoindra Sébastien Locornu à Versailles, sur le site de l’entreprise militaire KNDS.

Dans l'après-midi, il traversera la Seine pour tenir une conférence de presse avec Anne Hidalgo à 14 heures depuis l'Hôtel de Ville. Ce n'est qu'en fin de journée qu'il se rendra à l'Élysée et s'entretiendra avec Emmanuel Macron.

Concernant Joe Biden, le président américain sera dans le Calvados. Mais "des perturbations de circulation seront à prévoir autour de la pause méridienne et en fin d’après-midi sur le boulevard périphérique entre Porte d'Asnières et porte d'Orléans", ainsi que sur l'autoroute A6, annonce la préfecture.

Samedi 8 juin

Après la Normandie, Joe Biden va se concentrer sur Paris pour sa visite d'Etat. Celle-ci doit débuter par un accueil protocolaire à l'Arc de Triomphe, où lui et Emmanuel Macron doivent participer à une cérémonie de ravivage de la flamme et de dépôt de gerbe sur la tombe du Soldat inconnu, le samedi 8 juin vers 11 heures, selon des sources diplomatiques.

De nombreuses rues autour des Champs-Élysées seront comprises dans le périmètre de sécurité établi par la préfecture et qui sera en vigueur entre 7h30 et 14 heures.

Joe Biden sera ensuite reçu à l'Élysée, avec un dîner d'État prévu en fin de journée . Un nouveau périmètre de sécurité sera mis en place de 14 heures et 23 heures dans les rues autour du palais présidentiel.

Dimanche 9 juin

Par ailleurs, plusieurs périmètres de protection ont été mis en place dans Paris, par la préfecture de police. Le 9e arrondissement est particulièrement concerné par cette mesure, dont le périmètre concerne une zone entre la rue Scribe, la place Charles Garnier et le boulevard des Capucines.

La circulation y est interdite depuis ce mercredi et jusqu'à dimanche et les piétons "auront obligation, pour accéder par les points de pré-filtrage et de filtrage ou circuler à l'intérieur du périmètre, de se soumettre, à la demande des agents autorisés, à l'inspection visuelle et à la fouille des bagages", ont précisé plus tôt dans la semaine, les autorités.

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Tour de France 2024 - Stage 21 preview

July 21, 2024: Monaco - Nice, 33.7km

Stage 21 Mountains

Stage 21 time checks.

For the first time in history, the Tour de France will conclude outside of Paris due to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, which begin just a week later.

The 111th edition will end with a 33.7 hilly time trial from Monaco to Nice and should create a tense finish to three weeks of racing. After leaving the start gate situated on the Formula 1 start grid in Monaco, the route will climb La Turbie (8.1km at 5.7%) and then go up the summit of the uncategorized Col d'Eze (1.6km at 8.1%) before a long but technical descent to Nice. The final five kilometres will follow the Quai des Etats-Unis and then an out-and-back on the Promenade des Anglais before turning left for the finish in Place Masséna, 

The last occasion the Tour finished with a time trial was memorable when Greg LeMond stripped the Yellow Jersey from the shoulders of Laurent Fignon on the Champs-Élysées in 1989, by just eight seconds. Only time will tell if a similar duel will take place 35 years later in Nice.

• La Turbie (8.1km at 5.7%), cat. 2, km 11.2
• Kilometre 11.2
• Kilometre 17.1
• Kilometre 28.6

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