Tour de France 2024: The most important facts in brief
- Date: 29 June - 21 July
- 8 flat stages
- 4 hilly stages
- 7 mountain stages with four mountain finishes
- 2 Individual time trials
- The start list
- All stages in the live ticker
- TV broadcast & live stream
- All results at a glance
All stages with elevation profiles at a glance
Stage 1 | Saturday, 29th June: Florence - Rimini | 206 kilometres | 3600 metres elevation gain
Stage 2 | Sunday, 30 June: Cesenatico - Bologna | 199.2 kilometres | 1850 vertical metres
Map & climbs of the 2nd stage
Stage 3 | Monday, 1 July: Piacenza - Turin | 230.8 kilometres | 1100 vertical metres
Stage 4 | Tuesday, 2 July: Pinerolo - Valloire | 139.6 kilometres | 3600 vertical metres
Map & climbs of the 4th stage
Stage 5 | Wednesday, 3 July: Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne - Saint-Vulbas | 177.4 kilometres | 1050 vertical metres
Stage 6 | Thursday, 4 July: Macon - Dijon | 163.5 kilometres | 1000 metres of ascent
Stage 7 | Friday, 5 July: Nuits-Saint-Georges - Gevrey-Chambertin | 25.3 kilometres (individual time trial)
Stage 8 | Saturday, 6 July: Semur-en-Auxois - Colombey-les-deux-Eglises | 183.4 kilometres | 2400 vertical metres
Stage 9 | Sunday, 7 July: Troyes - Troyes | 199 kilometres | 2000 metres altitude difference
Stage 10 | Tuesday, 9 July: Orleans - Saint-Amand-Montrond | 187.3 kilometres | 950 vertical metres
Stage 11 | Wednesday, 10 July: Evaux-les-Bains - Le Lioran | 211 kilometres | 4350 vertical metres
Map & climbs of the 11th stage
Stage 12 | Thursday, 11 July: Aurillac - Villeneuve-sur-Lot | 203.6 kilometres | 2200 vertical metres
Stage 13 | Friday, 12 July: Agen - Pau | 165.3 kilometres | 2000 vertical metres
Stage 14 | Saturday, 13 July: Pau - Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d'Adet | 152 kilometres | 4000 vertical metres
Map & climbs of the 14th stage
Stage 15 | Sunday, 14 July: Loudenvielle - Plateau de Beille | 197.7 kilometres | 4800 vertical metres
Map & climbs of the 15th stage
Stage 16 | Tuesday, 16 July: Gruissan - Nimes | 188.6 kilometres | 1200 vertical metres
Stage 17 | Wednesday, 17 July: Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux - Superdevoluy | 177.8 kilometres | 2850 vertical metres
Map & climbs of the 17th stage
Stage 18 | Thursday, 18 July: Gap - Barcelonnette | 179.5 kilometres | 3100 vertical metres
Stage 19 | Friday, 19 July: Embrun - Isola 2000 | 144.6 kilometres | 4400 vertical metres
Map & climbs of the 19th stage
Stage 20 | Saturday, 20 July: Nice - Col de la Couillole | 132.8 kilometres | 4600 vertical metres
Map & climbs of the 20th stage
Stage 21 | Sunday, 21 July: Monaco - Nice | 34 kilometres (individual time trial) | 650 metres altitude difference
The route of the Tour de France 2024 in detail
On 25 October 2023, the route of the 2024 Tour de France for men and the Tour de France Femmes was officially unveiled at the Palais des Congres in Paris. The 21 stages will take the riders over around 3,500 kilometres from Florence to the finish in Nice.
The Highlights of the route are the Col du Galibier on stage four, stage nine, where it's a good 32 kilometres over 14 gravel sectors around Troyes, the Pyrenean double with the Col du Tourmalet on stage 14 and the tough mountain arrival on the Plateau de Beille the next day, the 19th stage with the Col de la Bonette at over 2800 metres altitude and the grand finale around Nice with a mountain arrival and the concluding individual time trial.
On the seventh day, there will be the first individual time trial over 25 kilometres between Nuits-Saint-Georges and Gevrey-Chambertin. That makes a total of 59 kilometres in the battle against the clock at the 2024 Tour de France - in 2023 there were only 22 kilometres.
Tour de France 2024: Grand Depart in Florence
The first three stages of the 2024 Tour de France were unveiled back in December 2022. Florence was awarded the contract by the organiser, the Amaury Sports Organisation (A.S.O.), to host the start.
100 years after the first Italian overall victory by Ottavio Bottecchia in the Tour de France, Italy has a Grand Depart for the first time. Stage 1 is hilly, partly mountainous over the Apennines, and leads from Florence to Rimini. The second day leads from Cesenatico to Bologna - also hilly. The third stage from Piacenza to Turin should then be something for the sprinters.
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The really high peaks await on the fourth day: from Pinerolo, where Fausto Coppi once won an epic mountain stage in 1949, the route leads to Sestriere and over the Col de Montgenevre back to France, where the Col du Galibier awaits at an altitude of 2642 metres. However, the pass is tackled from the somewhat easier side via the Col du Lautaret. After a rapid descent, the finish is in Valloire.
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Stages five and six should then be something for the sprinters again, before the time trial specialists get their money's worth for the first time. 25 kilometres against the clock are on the programme on 5 July.
14 gravel sectors on the 9th stage
The arrival in Colombey-les-deux-Eglises on day eight is predestined for another bunch sprint. Stage nine will be a headache for all classification riders. 14 sectors or 32 kilometres of gravel await on the white roads around Troyes. Crashes, defects, a bad day; there can be big surprises here.
On the first rest day, which is held in Orleans, the beaten riders of the gravel adventure have time to lick their wounds. The second week then begins with another possible sprint stage. But watch out! Wind edges are possible on the way to Saint-Amand Montrond. Alejandro Valverde can tell you a thing or two about it. In 2013, the last time the Tour de France arrived in the small town of 10,000 inhabitants, the Spaniard finished almost 10 minutes behind stage winner Mark Cavendish and lost all chances of a Tour podium.
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From the spa town of Evaux-les-Bains, a difficult stage leads through the Massif Central the next day. It goes up and down: Neronne, Pas de Peyrol, Pertus and Font de Cere are on the day's menu before reaching the finish in the Le Lioran ski resort.
On stages 12 and 13, the classification riders may be able to take a breather, while the sprinters are likely to get another chance on the way towards the Pyrenees. The Tourmalet awaits on the next day a classic of the Tour de France on the peloton. The 14th stage is garnished by Hourcette d'Ancizan and Pla d'Adet, where the finish is located. It is likely to be the first of two battles between the favourites in the Pyrenees.
Queen's stage to the Plateau de Beille
But that's not all the climbing this weekend. On the Sunday of the second week of the Tour, the route leads up to the Col de Peyresourde from the start, followed by the Col de Mente, Col de Portet-d'Aspet, Col d'Agnes and the mountain arrival on the Plateau de Beille. With 4800 metres of climbing over 198 kilometres, this is probably the most difficult day of the Tour de France 2024.
The second rest day follows in Gruissan. The finish on Tuesday in Nimes is made for a bunch sprint. Only the mistral wind could cause some hectic in the peloton. The Tour of France is approaching the Alps again. Another mountain finish awaits in Superdevoluy - albeit not the toughest of the Tour de France 2024. The 18th stage to Barcelonnette offers breakaway riders favourable terrain before the big finish of the Tour de France 2024.
Tour de France 2024 leads to an altitude of over 2800 metres
On Friday 19 July, the riders will climb the roof of the Tour of France: the Col de la Bonette, or more precisely the Cime de Bonette at an altitude of 2802 metres. All three climbs lead to an altitude of over 2000 metres - not every Tour favourite is comfortable with that.
This is not the last climb of the Tour de France 2024. Stage 20 includes the Col de Braus, Col de Turini, Col de la Comain and the mountain finish on the Col de la Couillole in the hinterland of Nice before the Tour de France 2024 ends on the Cote d'Azur on Sunday 21 July.
Grand finale in Nice: 1989 reloaded?
Like the start in Florence, the finish was already decided before the route was unveiled in October 2023. There is also a novelty here: for the first time in the history of the Tour, the most important cycling race in the world will not finish in Paris. As the French capital is hosting the 2024 Olympic Games, the grand finale will take place in Nice with an individual time trial over 34 kilometres, which will start in Monaco.
Fans and organisers are hoping for a similarly dramatic finale as in 1989, the last time the Tour of France ended with an individual time trial. Back then, Greg LeMond snatched the yellow jersey from Laurent Fignon by eight seconds on the Champs Elysees. Will we see a similarly close finish in 2024?
Video of the 2024 Tour de France route
The women's route for the Tour de France Femmes 2024 was also presented on the same day as the men's route. Here is an overview of all the stages.
Route of the Tour de France 2025 & 2026
The start location for the 2025 men's Tour de France has also already been decided. After three foreign starts in a row, the "Grand Boucle" will start in France again next year. Lille in the north of the country was awarded the contract by the A.S.O. for the Grand Depart. The first three stages were presented at the end of November.
The first section around Lille probably belongs to the sprinters, while stage two is already relatively hilly and resembles a classics profile. The third day will take the riders to Dunkerque, where the sprinters should normally strike again. Stage four is scheduled to start in Amiens, with the rest of the route of the Tour de France 2025 to be published by the organisers in October. We have summarised more details on the first stages here.
One year later, on the other hand, the event will once again take place abroad. Barcelona was awarded the contract for the 2026 Grand Depart. On 18 June, the A.S.O. announced the first details of the launch in the 1992 Olympic city.
