When does the Tour de France 2024 start?

The 111th edition of the Tour de France (2024 this year) It will be played a few days earlier than usual, because of the controversy over the Olympic Games in Paris. So that, The ‘Grand Bouclé’ will be held from June 29, in Florence (Italy) and will end on July 21 in Nice.

For the first time in its history, the gala round It starts in Italy. It will have an initial phase consisting of between Florence and Rimini, on the Adriatic in Emilia-Romagna. From there, the 2024 Tour will continue between Cesenatico and Bologna and then cross the country to Piedmont, ending the peloton’s stay in Turin on July 1.

Since, The Tour will continue with the arrival of the race in France. From the fourth stage the peloton will arrive at the Galibier pass; then along the white roads around Troyes; in a time trial in Burgundy; in the Massif Central in Le Lioran or in the Pyrenees on the Plateau de Beille on July 14; and again in the Southern Alps, where the altitude record is matched by the summit of Bonnette.

A fantastic match is expected again in between the Jumbo runner, Jonas Vingegaard, and the Slovenian from the UAE, Tadej Pogaçar. The Dane has won the last two editions, while Tadej has won the previous two editions. Jumbo emerged as the most powerful team in the world. UCI World Tourbut without any doubt Pogaçar aspires to be a contemporary ‘Eddie Merckx’.

They will take the exit a total of 22 teams in the race: the 18 WorldTeams, the two ProTeams best rank in the 2023 UCI ranking –Lotto Dstny and Israel-Premier Tech– and the two visitors, the same as last year, the French TotalEnergies and the Norwegian Uno-X Mobiliy.