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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 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 most well-known and prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours"; the others are the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España. [1]
How long is the Tour de France? The 2023 Tour de France will be 2,115 miles raced across 21 days. The longest day of racing will be stage two from Vitoria-Gasteiz to San Sebastian, which is 130 miles.
The Tour has inspired several popular songs in France, notably P'tit gars du Tour (1932), Les Tours de France (1936) and Faire le Tour de France (1950). German electronic group Kraftwerk composed " Tour de France " in 1983 – described as a minimalistic "melding of man and machine" [ 165 ] – and produced an album, Tour de France Soundtracks ...
The 2023 Tour de France sees two-time champion Tadej Pogacar duel with reigning champion Jonas Vingegaard. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...
The final serious stage of the 2023 Tour de France before Sunday’s procession to Paris is today’s 133km ride from Belfort to Le Markstein ski resort in the Vosges mountains.. When race ...
The 2023 Tour de France was the 110th edition of the Tour de France. It started in Bilbao , Spain, on 1 July and ended with the final stage at Champs-Élysées , Paris , on 23 July. Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard ( Team Jumbo–Visma ) won the general classification for the second year in a row.
Stage 7: Mont de Marsan to Bordeaux, 170km. The first week of racing finishes in the Tour’s second most visited city, Bordeaux, and it’s a third flat day for the sprinters to contest.