He Tour de France 2024 It will begin this Sunday with the initial stage that will be held on Italian soil. The race, which will take place from June 29 to Sunday July 21, will bring together the best cyclists in the peloton WorldTour in the most important race on the UCI calendar.
For this opportunity, the twenty-one days that will be held on French and Italian soil will have relevant participation by Colombians. There will be a total of five coffee cyclists who will take the game. However, to date only three are safe on their teams’ roster.
The two main figures on the side of the tricolor riders will be Egan Bernal and Rigoberto Urán. For the Zipaquieño runner of the INEOS It will be the opportunity to stand out in a competition where he was already champion and is looking for another great performance. While the country of Education First will seek to be of great help to the Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz, leader of his squad.
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Other notable names in the race will be top-level figures, they will be Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard, Primorz Roglic, Remco Evenepoel, among others. Stars that will make the competition one of the most disputed in recent editions.
On the Colombian side, another of the men who will appear on the starting line will be Santiago Buitrago. He pedalist who represented the Bahrain Victorious It will be one of the cards to try to find a good position in the general classification and stage victories.
It is expected that national cyclists will have a prominent role in the stages of the last week. There will be two days of high mountains with several first-class climbs and a special category finish to round off the penultimate day of the race.
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There will be a total of 21 stages that will be competed by more than 170 cyclists. There between the days there will be seven mountain climbs that will have several ascents the French Alps and the Pyrenees.
