The winner of the 2024 Tour de France will not be known until the last moment. The organizers announced this Monday that the edition, due to the Olympic Games in Paris It will end in Nice, it will end in a time trial on the streets of the Mediterranean city.
It is an exercise that the race has not known since 1989 the American Greg Lemond turned in the general classification in the final time trial ahead of the Frenchman Laurent Fignon, by only eight seconds, a suspense that the Tour haven’t ventured since. .
On this occasion, It will be a time trial for the climbers, with 35 kilometers starting in Monaco and including the climb to the Col de la Turbie, 8.1 kilometers at 5.6% average gradientwith a peak at 12 kilometers, before facing the ascent of the Col d’Eze section, only 1.6 kilometers at 8.1%.
Once up, the runners stay 17 kilometers down towards the seawith a view to Nice, on the famous Promenade des Anglais.
The Tour also announced the route of the penultimate stagededicated to climbers and based on the queen stage of the recent Paris-Nice, where the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar won.
It is a completely mountainous day, ending at the Col de la Couillole, 15.7 kilometers at 7.1% unevenness, the outcome of a 132-kilometer stage with almost a flat stage, with three qualifying climbs before the final stage. .
The Col de Braus, 10 kilometers at 6.6%, the Turini, 20.7 kilometers at 5.7% and the Colmaine, 7.5 kilometers at 7.1%, will lead the peloton to the final climb, the final judge of an edition that will be resolved against The clock
Source: La Verdad
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