1 is an important number in the Tour de France 2024.
The 2024 Tour de France will determine the #1 bicyclist in the world. This year’s competition is the 111th edition.
And there’s 1 big change: the finish line is closer to the Cannes Film Festival than it is the Eiffel Tower.
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Tour de France 2024: What to know
Planning to visit Paris for the 2024 Tour de France? Think again.
When is the Tour de France 2024?
The 2024 Tour de France will begin on June 29, 2024, and end on July 21, 2024. Although the event takes place across 23 days, there are only 21 stages in the Tour de France. July 6th and July 15th are not race days.
Where is the Tour de France 2024?
The 2024 Tour de France will take place in Italy and France. The initial stages of the race are in Italy, though most stages take place throughout France.
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What is the 2024 Tour de France route?
The Tour de France 2024 takes place along a 2,100-mile route that weaves through Tuscany, Italy, up into France’s Grand Est region, then into the edge of the Pyrenees, until finally riding back down to Monaco and the French Riviera.
Why isn’t the 2024 Tour de France finishing in Paris?
The Champs-Elysees in Paris will be mighty quiet at the conclusion of the Tour de France 2024 because this race isn’t headed to the City of Light for the first time in over a century. The reason? Another major sporting event is taking place in Paris this summer...
What is a stage at Tour de France?
Stages in the Tour de France are daily routes. The 2024 Tour de France is a multi-day event, with each day hosting a stage. Cyclists not only race to have the best overall time for the Tour de France, but also attempt to finish first for each stage. The Tour de France 2024 will feature 4 hilly stages, 8 flat stages, 7 mountain stages, and 2 individual timed trials.
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What is the Tour de France schedule?
The scheduled stages for the Tour de France 2024 are:
- Stage 1 (June 29): Florence to Rimini, HILLY
- Stage 2 (June 30): Cesenatico to Bologna, HILLY
- Stage 3 (July 01): Piacenza to Turin, FLAT
- Stage 4 (July 02): Pinerolo to Valloire, MOUNTAIN
- Stage 5 (July 03): Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to Saint-Vulbas, FLAT
- Stage 6 (July 04): Mâcon to Dijon, FLAT
- Stage 7 (July 05): Nuits-Saint-Georges to Gevrey-Chambertin, INDIVIDUAL TT
- Stage 8 (July 06): Semur-en-Auxois to Colombey-les-Deux-Églises, FLAT
- Stage 9 (July 07): Troyes to Troyes, HILLY
- Rest Day (July 08): Orléans
- Stage 10 (July 09): Orléans to Saint-Amand-Montrond, FLAT
- Stage 11 (July 10): Évaux-les-Bains to Le Lioran, MOUNTAIN
- Stage 12 (July 11): Aurillac to Villeneuve-sur-Lot, FLAT
- Stage 13 (July 12): Agen to Pau, FLAT
- Stage 14 (July 13): Pau to Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d’Adet, MOUNTAIN
- Stage 15 (July 14): Loudenvielle to Plateau de Beille, MOUNTAIN
- Rest Day (July 15): Gruissan
- Stage 16 (July 16): Gruissan to Nimes, FLAT
- Stage 17 (July 17): Saint-Paul-Trois-Château to SuperDévoluy, MOUNTAIN
- Stage 18 (July 18): Gap to Barcelonnette, HILLY
- Stage 19 (July 19): Embrun to Isola 2000, MOUNTAIN
- Stage 20 (July 20): Nice to Col de la Couillole, MOUNTAIN
- Stage 21 (July 21): Monaco to Nice, INDIVIDUAL TT
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Take your own Tour de France by train
Among the many awesome amenities you’ll find on European trains is that your bicycle is often included in your ticket price. However, if your calves are tired and you’d rather see the 2024 Tour de France route by train, here are the stations and timetables to recreate the route as close to the starting and finishing lines as possible.
- Stage 1: Firenze Santa Maria Novella to Rimini, ~ 2h 21m
- Stage 2: Cesenatico to Bologna Centrale, ~ 1h 39m
- Stage 3: Piacenza to Torino Porta Nuova, ~ 2h 17m
- Stage 4: Pinerolo to St-Michel-Valloire, ~ 8h 3m
- Stage 5: St-Jean-de-Maurienne—Arvan to La Valbonne, ~ 6h 49m
- Stage 6: Mâcon Ville to Dijon Ville, ~ 1h 13m
- Stage 7: Nuits-St-Georges to Gevrey-Chambertin, ~ 10m
- Stage 8: Montbard to Chaumont, ~ 2h 40m
- Stage 9: Troyes to Orléans Centre (Rest Day city), ~ 3h 39m
- Stage 10: Orléans Centre to St-Amand-Montrond—Orval, ~ 2h 46m
- Stage 11: Montluçon to Le Lioran, ~ 4h 53m
- Stage 12: Aurillac to Penne, ~ 7h 18m
- Stage 13: Agen to Pau, ~ 3h 52m
- Stage 14: Pau to Capvern, ~ 1h 7m
- Stage 15: Capvern to Les Cabannes, ~ 4h 16m
- Stage 16: Narbonne to Nîmes Centre, ~ 1h 22m
- Stage 17: Pierrelatte to Gap, ~ 4h 0m
- Stage 18: Gap to Embrun, ~ 40m
- Stage 19/20: Embrun to Nice Ville, ~ 7h 3m
- Stage 21: Monaco-Monte-Carlo to Nice Ville, ~ 21m
Better yet: purchase a Eurail two-country pass so you can take unlimited travel through France and Italy. If you’re keen to just try one or two legs of this journey, download the Trainline app and we’ll keep you on course.
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