These are the 21 stages

The 2024 Tour de France will have a total of 3,492 km and 52,230 meters of elevation gain, with 8 flat stages, 7 mountain and 4 medium mountain, in addition to having two time trials individual stages of 25 and 34 km, and 32.2 kilometres of dirt roads on the 9th day.

The route will be varied and with new aspects. The race will cross Italy, San Marino, France and Monaco, and Four mountain ranges will be climbed: Apennines, Alps (French and Italian), Pyrenees and Massif Central, with a total of 27 major ports (Special Category, 1st or 2nd category) and four high finishes: Saint-Lary-Soulan, Plateau de Beille, Isola 2000 and Col de la Couillole.

It will be a less mountainous Tour than in past editions but it will have a explosive start on Italian soil. It will begin this Saturday the 29th with a stage between Florence and Rimini with 3,600 meters of accumulated elevation gain and seven 2nd and 3rd category passes through the Apennines, and the next day another six 3rd and 4th category passes will be faced, with a double climb in the final part to the explosive San Luca height (1.9 km at 10.6%). And to top off the tough start to the Tour, on the 4th day -in which cyclists will go from Italy to France- a will be uploaded Hors Categorie like the Galibier, 23 km at 5.1%, reaching the top at 2,642 metres above sea level and just 19 km from the finish line in Valloire, which will be reached after a rapid descent. In addition, Sestrières and Montgenevere will be climbed beforehand – both in 2nd category – on a day that could mark the first differences between the favourites.

The next key quote will come in the 7th stage, with a 25.3 kilometer time trial between Nuits-Saint-Geroges and Gevrey-Chambertin, which includes a 1.5 km climb at 6% in its central section. Another important novelty will be the gravel sections similar to those of the Italian classic Strade Bianche in the 9th stage (Troyes-Troyes), where they wait for Champagne 14 unpaved sections with a total of 32.2 kilometers.

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The first day of rest will recharge the batteries of a peloton that will face an explosive 11th stage in the Central Massif, between the volcanoes of Auvergne, with up to four ascents in its final stretch, the last reaching The Lioran, 3.3 km at 5.8% average gradient. A classic within the Tour that, after two days of transition, will land in the Pyrenees with two summit finishes, one in the 14th stage in Saint-Lary-Soulan (10.6 km at 7.9%) after having climbed the mythical Tourmalet and the Hourquette d’Ancizan, and another in the 15th in the endless Plateau de Beille, from 15.8 kilometers to 7.9%. This stage – which will be held on July 14, a national holiday in France – will be the queen day of the Pyrenees, with a succession of mythical passes such as Peyresourde, Col de Menté, Portet d’Aspet and Col d’Agnes before of the final climb to Plateau de Beille.

A second day of rest and a flat day will bring the Alps, with two mid-mountain dates with finishes in Superdevouly and Barcelonabefore facing the 19th stage, one of the toughest of this Tour, with final in Isola 2,000 (16.1 km at 7.1%) after passing through the Col de Vars (18.8 km 5.7%) and the Bonette (22.9 to 6.9%), which will be the highest peak of this edition with its 2,800 meters.

The last great mountain day will take place in the surroundings of Nice (more than 4,000 meters of gradient in its 132.8 km), with a 20th stage on the Paris-Nice routes with ascents to Col de Braus, Turini and Colmiane before the final climb to the Col de la Couillole, of 15.7 km at 7.1%,

The final fireworks will come with the final day time trial, 33.7 km between Monaco and Nice with two promotions, La Turbie (8.1 km at 5.6%) and Col d’Éze (1.6 to 8.1%), although its end is flat, in front of the Paseo de los Ingleses. A very demanding time trial that can make a difference and turn around the general classification on the last day of a Tour that promises to be exciting.