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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. The 2024 Tour de France had hundreds of ...
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 general classification of the Tour de France is the most important classification of the race and determines the winner of the race. Since 1919, the leader of the general classification has worn the yellow jersey (French: maillot jaune [majo ʒon]).
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 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.
In 1969, Eddy Merckx won the general classification, the points classification and the mountains classification (the polka dot jersey was born in 1975), a unique performance in the Tour de France, but as he was leading the race, he cannot conceivably wear all jerseys, so while he wore the yellow jersey, the green-jersey is worn by the person ...
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 triple crown of cycling has been achieved by three men, Eddy Merckx in 1974, Stephen Roche in 1987 and Tadej Pogačar in 2024. There are no three week grand tours in women's cycling, but shorter stage races associated with the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, and the World Championship, were won by Annemiek van Vleuten in 2022.