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The 2024 Tour de France was the 111th edition of the Tour de France. It started in Florence , Italy, on 29 June, and finished in Nice , France, on 21 July. The race did not finish in (or near) Paris for the first time since its inception, owing to preparations for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Starting number worn by the rider during the Tour Pos. Position in the general classification: Time Deficit to the winner of the general classification ‡ Denotes riders born on or after 1 January 1999 eligible for the young rider classification: Denotes the winner of the general classification: Denotes the winner of the points classification
The Tour de France is an annual road bicycle race held over 23 days in July. Established in 1903 by newspaper L'Auto, the Tour is the best-known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours"; the others are the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España. [1]
The oldest and most sought-after classification in the Tour de France is the general classification. [85] [86] All of the stages are timed to the finish. [86] The riders' times are compounded with their previous stage times; so the rider with the lowest aggregate time is the leader of the race.
The winner of the first several Tour de France races wore a green armband instead of a yellow jersey. [1] After the second Tour de France, the rules were changed, and the general classification was no longer calculated by time, but by points. This points system was kept until 1912, after which it changed back to the time classification.
The unique 2024 Tour de France will begin in Florence and end with a potentially dramatic time-trail in Nice, as the race finishes outside Paris for the first time in its 120-year history while ...
The 2024 Tour de France was the 111th edition of the Tour de France. [1] It started in Florence, Italy, on 29 June, and finished in Nice, France, on 21 July.The race did not finish in (or near) Paris for the first time since its inception, owing to preparations for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
The Tour de France grants the most points, with 1300 points going to the general classification winner. [ 1 ] The rankings are updated weekly, with points accrued over a rolling 52 weeks for three categories: Individual, Nations, and Teams.