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How long is the Tour de France? Routes, stages, locations

The 111th Tour de France begins on Saturday, and both the start and end points provide historic bookends to the race.

Florence hosts the 2024 start, also known as the 'Grand Depart', marking the first time the race has embarked from an Italian city. After just over three weeks of racing, La Grande Boucle will then conclude on the French Riviera, with the peloton tackling a time-trial from Monaco to Nice.

This is another break from tradition, marking the maiden occasion in its history that the Tour hasn't finished in Paris, with the City of Lights taking a year off as it prepares to host this summer's Olympics.

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Overall Tour De France distance

The 2024 Tour route measures 3,492km, or 2,169.8 miles, the longest overall distance of the race since the 2017 edition.

It is also longer than this year's other two Grand Tours, with May's Giro d'Italia raced over 3,317.5km and the Vuelta a Espana, which runs from 17th August to 8th September, measuring 3,265km. 

2024 Tour De France route

The 2024 route begins in the Tuscan city of Florence, making it the first Italian city to host the Tour's Grand Depart.

This year's parcours takes time to settle down. Three of the first four stages are contested over hilly terrain, with the exception of stage three, which is expected to finish in a sprint in Turin.

On day four, the race moves into France for the first mountain stage, culminating in a downhill finish into Valloire after an ascent of the fearsome Col du Galibier.

After flat stages on days five and six, the overall contenders will look to take time out of each other on the stage seven time-trial before the treacherous trip over the gravel roads around the city of Troyes two days later.

The second mountain stage is on day 11 as the peloton tackles a lumpy route from Evaux-les-Bains to Le Lioran, but the real mountain action kicks off on the second weekend with back-to-back days in the Pyrenees ,with three hors categorie climbs spread across 48 hours of racing.

After the second rest day, the race then ominously meanders towards the Alps, with the Col du Noyer headlining stage 17, although it is the final three days that could define the 2024 Tour.

There are repeat mountain days on stages 19 and 20 before the closing time-trial, which marks the first time the Tour has finished with a race against the clock since 1989.

According to the organisers, the route consists of eight flat, four hilly, seven mountain (four of which are summit finishes), two time trials and two rest days.

Tour De France stages and dates

The Tour features 21 stages, with rest days scheduled for the second and third Mondays (8th July and 15th July).

The race begins on Saturday 29th June and concludes on Sunday 21st July. Key dates to look for could be the first individual time-trial on Friday 5th July and the next day's gravel stage featuring 14 sectors of white roads, as well as the really big mountain days on Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th July and Friday 19th and Saturday 20th.

Tour De France locations

Despite being synonymous with France, the race regularly crosses its local borders and sometimes heads even further afield, previously spending time in the UK, Denmark and the Netherlands.

Italy is hosting this year's start and is one of three countries other than l'Hexagone to stage parts of the race. The 2024 La Grande Boucle will also spend time in San Marino and the final day's time trial will begin in Monaco.

For those more familiar with French geography, the race will pass through seven regions and 30 departments and of the 39 start or finish towns, 12 will feature for the first time.

Tour De France schedule

Stage

Date

Course

Distance

Category

1

29th June

Florence to Rimini

206 km

Hilly

2

30th June

Cesenatico to Bologna

200 km

Hilly

3

1st July

Piacenza to Turin

229 km

Flat

4

2nd July

Pinerolo to Valloire

138 km

Mountain

5

3rd July

Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to Saint-Vulbas

177 km

Flat

6

4th July

Macon to Dijon

163 km

Flat

7

5th July

Nuits-Saints-Georges to Gevrey-Chambertin

25 km

Time trial

8

6th July

Semur-en Auxois to Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises

176 km

Flat

9

7th July

Troyes-Troyes

199 km

Hilly

Rest Day

8th July

Orleans

Rest Day

Rest Day

10

9th July

Orleans to Saint-Amand-Montrond

187 km

Flat

11

10th July

Evaux-les-Bains to Le Lioran

211 km

Mountain

12

11th July

Aurillac to Villeneuve-sur-Lot

204 km

Flat

13

12th July

Agen to Pau

171 km

Flat

14

13th July

Pau to Saint-Lary-Soulan

152 km

Mountain

15

14th July

Loudenvielle to Plateau de Beille

198 km

Mountain

Rest Day

15th July

Gruissan

Rest Day

Rest Day

16

16th July

Gruissan to Nimes

187 km

Flat

17

17th July

Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux to Superdévoluy

178 km

Mountain

18

18th July

Gap to Barcelonnette

179 km

Hilly

19

19th July

Embrun to Isola 200

145 km

Mountain

20

20th July

Nice to Col de la Couillole 

133 km

Mountain

21

21st July

Monaco to Nice

34 km

Time trial


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