From Florence to Nice, from June 29 to July 21, 2024, the Tour will experience its 111th edition. Between novelty and tradition. An aesthetic, romantic, athletic edition which hopes to bring the suspense as far as possible with a time trial set on the last day (for the first time since 1989 and the unforgettable LeMond-Fignon duel separated by 8 eternal seconds) between Monaco and Nice. Overview of publishing by the numbers:
1st departure from Italy. From Florence.
1st arrival outside Paris. Due to the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games (July 26-August 11), the epilogue of the Grande Boucle will take place in Nice.
2 time trials. Only one time trial appeared on the route last year, two are set up this year (one for specialists; the last for the strong men in the general classification). 59 km in total (25 km between Nuits-Saint-Gerorges and Gevrey-Chambertin during the 7th stage; plus 34 km during the 21st and final Monaco-Nice stage).
2 days of rest (Orléans, July 8 and Gruissan, July 15).
2.3 million euros in prize money (including 500,000 euros for the winner).
4 massifs: Apennines, Alps (Italian and French), Massif Central and Pyrenees.
4 summit arrivals: Saint-Lary-Soulan-Plat d’Adet, Plateau de Beille, Isola 2000, Col de la Couillole (Lioran and Superdevoluy are not considered summit arrivals, the harshest passes being before) .
4 countries crossed: Italy, San Marino, Monaco and France (7 regions and 30 departments will be visited).
4 hilly stages.
7 mountain stages.
8 plain stages.
12 new towns (out of 39): Florence, Rimini, Cesenatico, Bologna, Plaisance, Saint-Vulbas, Gevrey-Chambertin, Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises, Evaux-les-Bains, Gruissan, Superdévoluy, Col de la Couillole.
14 sectors of white paths (the longest being 4.2 km; for 32.2 km in total) during the 9th stage around Troyes.
21 steps.
26th Great departure from abroad (the 1st from Amsterdam in 1954).
27 passes on the program (30 in 2023, 23 in 2022, 27 in 2021).
111th edition of the Tour.
133 km for the shortest stage, the 20th Nice-col de Couillole stage.
176 runners (22 teams of 8 runners).
229 km for the longest stage (3rd stage: Plaisance-Turin).
300 candidate cities (including 50 abroad).
2802 m The roof of the Tour, the summit of the Col de la Bonnette, back on the map for the first time since 2008. The highest asphalt road in France (above Iseran). Paved in 1960-61, the Col de la Bonnette was included on the Tour route in 1962 (Bahamontes took the lead), then put back in 1964. Then very shortly after (Rominger-Indurain 1993, then 2008).
3492 km. Total mileage.
4800 m the highest altitude difference over a day, during the 15th stage Loudenvielle-Plateau de Beille (4600 m for the 19th stage Embrun-Isola 2000; 4350 m for the 11th stage Evaux-les-Bains-Le Lioran).
52,230 m, the total positive altitude difference (in total 3,500 m less altitude difference than last year, for a Tour less mountainous than in 2023). 90,000 euros, the amount that communities must pay to host a start
130,000 euros, the amount paid by communities to receive an arrival.
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