Stage 19
Embrun – Isola 2000
19 July 2024
145 km
Isola 2000 in the program of Tour de France 2024 . The ski resort in the southern French Alps hosted a summit finish in 1993 already.
Now, as the mayor of Nice has confirmed in the social media, the ascent will be part of the program of the 19th stage of the race.
Although the entire program of Tour de France 2024 will be revealed on the 25th of October 2023, there are already some avaiable information about the route, especially about the finale of the race.
For the first time in its history, Tour de France will not finish in Paris. 2024 will be the year of the Olympics in Paris, the event will start only a few days after the finish of Tour de France. Thus the organizers decided to go rsther to elsewhere in rhe country, and they've chosen Nice to host the final two stages.
Also well know among cycling fans already, that Tour de France will start in. Florence. Although the race visited the neighbour country for plenty of times during the previous decades, it will be the first time Italy will host the Grand Depart.
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