Tour de France 2024 will be held betwee 29 June and 21 July 2024. For the first time in its history the race will start from Italy. Also, for the firts time in ist history, it won’t finish in Paris. More information about the next edition of Tour de France will be revealed on the 25th of October 2023. Let’s wait together for the presentation!
I really wish there was somewhere a coloured picture of three cyclists wearing yellow jersey at the same time. A unique situation that would deserve a visual representation. But unfortunatelly, there are only few pictures about Tour de France 1929 out there. Nevertheless, this particular edition of Tour de France was notable also for another reason. The 23rd Tour de France was held between 30 June and 28 July 1929. It’s probably most memorable from the famous quote of Henri Desgrange: “My race has been won by a corpse.” – because Maurice De Waele, despite being very ill on the last few stages, won the race thanks to the effective teamwork. Working through the hard… Read More »Three riders in yellow jersey in the peloton at once
Plateau de Beille, located in the Pyrenees, is a realtively newcomer in the world of Tour de France climbs. It was introduced to the race in 1998, the first rider on the top was Marco Pantani. List of riders winning a stage up to Plateau de Beille 2015 Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) 2011 Jelle Vanendert (BEL) 2007 Alberto Contador (ESP) 2003 Lance Armstrong (USA) 2002 Lance Armstrong (USA) 1998 Marco Pantani (ITA) According to the latest rumors Tour de France 2024 returns to Plateau de Beille on Bastille Day.
Raymond Poulidor was the first conquerer of the Pla d’Adet, an ascent located in the Pyrenees, in the 16th stage of Tour de France 1974 Lucien Van Impe is the only rider to win a Tour de France stage finishing on the Pla d’Adet twice. First time he won, he also took the yellow jersey. Take a look at the list of riders climbing the ascent first in every year when it was part of the program of Tour de France. 2014 Rafał Majka (POL) 2005 George Hincapie (USA) 2001 Lance Armstrong (USA) 1993 Zenon Jaskuła (POL) 1982 Beat Breu (SUI) 1981 Lucien Van Impe (BEL) 1978 Mariano Martínez (FRA) 1976 Lucien Van Impe (BEL)… Read More »Pla d’Adet at Tour de France
It seems Turin will be the capital of road cycling in 2024. Not only Giro d’Italia 2024 will visit the centre of Piedmont region, but Tour de France 2024 too.3rd stage1 July 2024Piacenza – Turin225 km
Tour de France 2024 will start in Florence (Italy). Although the race visited neigbour countries before the First World War already, the tradition of starting the first stage of Tour de France abroad dated back to 1954 only, when the Grand Départ took place in Amsterdam (Netherland) One of the most uniqe occasions was the big start in 1987, when peloton visited West Berlin. Also, Yorkshire 2014 is still considered one of the most successful Grand Départs of recent time. Let’t take a look at the full list of every time Tour de France started abroad 1954: Amsterdam, Netherlands 1958: Brussels, Belgium 1965: Cologne, West Germany 1973: The Hague, Netherlands 1975: Charleroi, Belgium 1978: Leiden,… Read More »Every time Tour de France started abroad
Cities and towns with most stage starts or finishes. Paris 146 During the early years, Tour de France started from Paris. The first time when the race started outside the capital of France happened in 1926. 2024 will be a historical year for Tour de France. This will be the very first time in its history, when the race won’t finish is Paris. Bordeaux 81 Pau 74 Bagnères-de-Luchon 60 Nice 41 Tour de France 2024 will end in Nice. Metz 40 Grenoble 40 Briançon 36 Marseille 36 Perpignan 36 Caen 35 Bayonne 33 Montpellier 31 Nantes 30 Belfort 30 Brest 30 L’Alpe d’Huez 30 Saint-Étienne 27 Toulouse 27 Roubaix 26
40,8 km km long individual time trial at Giro d’Italia 2024 Stage 7 10 May 2024 Foligno -Perugia 40,8 km PROFILE MAP
Stage 18Gap – Barcelonnette18 July 2024179 km
