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The arrival of the Tour de France 2024 in Nice

The tour stage.

The 32 nd stage of the Tour de France will take place on 6th July 2024 between Nice and the Col de la Couillole.

📍 A 138 km route with 4,600 m of ascent and four passes on the programme:

• Col de Braus – 1002m
• Col de Turini – 1607m
• Col de la Colmiane – 1500m
• Col de la Couillole – 1678m

🚴🏼 Nice will be hosting the finish of the Tour de France 2024, on its beautiful Promenade des Anglais!

For the first time in its history, the Tour will finish somewhere other than Paris! This 111th edition will start in Florence, Italy, on 29 June and finish in Nice on 21 July 2024.

In the presence of the Mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, and Prince Albert II of Monaco, the organisers of the Tour de France have unveiled the details of the last 2 stages of the 2024 event.

• On Saturday 20 th July, the riders will set off from the Promenade des Anglais on a spectacular route up to the Col de la Couillole.
• On Sunday 21 th July, the 21 st and final stage will be contested as a time trial between Monaco and Nice.

💡 Did you know?

Nice Côte d’Azur is a destination par excellence for cycling enthusiasts!

Stunning coastal panoramas blend harmoniously with majestic Alpine peaks , offering an unrivalled diversity of landscapes. Between sea and mountains, Nice is much more than just a tourist destination; it’s a veritable playground for cycling enthusiasts , where every pedal stroke promises an unforgettable adventure.

⏱ A final time trial in Nice

From the coast to the mountain peaks, Nice Côte d’Azur is an exceptional playground for sports enthusiasts and professionals alike. The organisers of the Tour de France made no mistake when they chose Nice to crown the winner of the 2024 edition!

The final stage of the 2024 Tour de France will not be a traditional sprint on the Champs-Elysées, but an individual time trial between the Principality of Monaco and Nice. This will be the first time that the Tour will finish in a time trial since the 1989 victory of American Greg Lemond, who stole victory from Frenchman Laurent Fignon, then wearing the jersey, by eight seconds.

📍 The Tour de France route

The Tour de France 2024 is set to be an exceptional event, with a Grand Départ from Italy!

🔎 Focus on the 21 stages

• Florence ▸ Rimini – 206 km
• Cesenatico ▸ Bologne – 200km
• Plaisance ▸ Turin – 229km
• Pinerolo ▸ Valloire – 138km
• Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne ▸ Saint-Vulbas – 177km
• Mâcon ▸ Dijon – 163km
• Nuits-Saint-Georges ▸ Gevrey-Chambertin – 25km
• Semur-en-Auxois ▸ Colombey-les-deux-églises – 176km
• Troyes ▸ Troyes – 199km
• Orléans ▸ Saint-Armand-Montrond – 187km
• Évaux-les-Bains ▸ Le Lioran – 211km
• Aurillac ▸ Villeuneuve-sur-Lot – 204km
• Agen ▸ Pau – 171km
• Pau ▸ Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d’Adet – 152km
• Loudenvielle ▸ Plateau de Beille – 198km
• Gruissan ▸ Nimes – 187 km
• Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux ▸ Superdévoluy – 178km
• Gap ▸ Barcelonnette – 179km
• Embrun ▸ Isola 2000 – 145km
• Nice ▸ Col de la Couillole – 133km
• Monaco ▸ Nice – 34km

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Tour de France 2024 Route stage 20: Nice - Col de la Couillole

The penultimate stage of Le Tour has Paris-Nice written all over it. Not only does the race start in Nice, but also three of the four mountains served as finishes in recente editions of the Race to the Sun.

In 2018 it was Simon Yates who won the Paris-Nice stage to the Col de la Colmiane. Primoz Roglic and Daniel Felipe Martínez turned out on top on Col de Turini, respectively in 2022 and 2019. And in Tadej Pogacar showcased his skills on the Col de la Couillole. By the way, all climbs – with the exception of the Couilolle – were tackled from another side than will be the case on the Tour.

So the Tour goes ‘Paris-Nice’ and it does so in stile. The race kicks into gear at the Place Masséna in Nice. The riders rolll out in northerly direction and enter the first climbs after 15 kilometres. The Col de Braus is a 10 kilometres effort at 6.6%.

Straight after the descent the road goes back up again. The Col de Turini is the longest – 20.7 kilometres – climb of the day and it leads to the highest point at 1,608 metres above sea level. The average gradient on the Turini sits at 5.7%.

The riders fly through the midway marker on descent and back in the valley, in Roquebillière, the next climb begins at shallow gradients. This part of the Col de la Colmiane is not classified as a climb, but it does go up. Only the last 7.5 kilometres – at 7.1% – are KOM classified, but if you count from bottom to top the Colmaine is roughly 20 kilometres long and averaging almost 5%.

Following the downhill to Saint-Sauveur-sur-Tinée the finish climb kicks in. The Col de la Couillole is a 15.7 kilometres long ascent with an average gradient of 7.1%. The section some 6 kilometres before the finish was important in the 2023 edition of Paris-Nice. Following an intitial move by Chris Harper the big three of that race took the reins. Tadej Pogacar, David Gaudu and Jonas Vingegaard distanced the field before Pogacar sprinted to victory in the fast few hundred metres.

The first three riders across the line gain time bonuses of 10, 6, and 4 seconds.

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Stage 20 starts at 13:35 and the race is expected to finish around 17:30 – both are local times (CEST).

Tour de France 2024 stage 20: route, profiles, videos

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2023 Tour de France route

From the Basque Country to Paris and all the stages in between

The 2023 Tour de France got underway on July 1st in Bilbao, Spain with another demanding route that includes only a single 22km hilly time trial in the Alps and mountain stages in all five of France’s mountain ranges. From the Grand Départ in the Basque Country to the finish in Paris, Cyclingnews has all the route details.

The very limited amount of time trialling and preponderance of mountains no doubt suits French riders  Thibaut Pinot , David Gaudu and Romain Bardet. As a result, Remco Evenepoel, Primoz Roglič and Geraint Thomas targeted the Giro d’Italia, which had three times the amount of time trialling and fewer mountains.

Official information from race organiser ASO claimed the 3,404km route includes eight flat stages for the sprinters, four hilly stages suited to breakaways and eight mountain stages. Four of these include summit finishes: in the Pyrenees at Cauterets-Cambasque, on the legendary Puy de Dôme volcano in the Massif Central, on the Grand Colombier in the Jura and at Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc in the Alps.

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The other mountain stages are also extremely difficult, even if some are short and extra intense.

Stage 14 to Morzine includes 4,200m of climbing, alongside the mighty Col de Joux Plane and its testing descent to the finish. Stage 15 ends with the 11% ‘wall’ of Côte des Amerands and then the 7km 7.7% climb up to Saint-Gervais in view of Mont-Blanc.       

Stage 17 to Courchevel is arguably the queen stage, climbing the 2,304m-high Col de la Loze and then descends to finish on the altiport runway. Stage 20 is a final brutal multi-mountain stage in the Vosges between Belfort and Le Markstein ski resort.

The only time trial is on stage 16 in the Arve Valley near Sallanches after the second rest day, but the 22km route between Passy and Combloux will test riders' bike handling skills and climbing as much as their time trialling. The stage includes the Côte de Domancy, where Bernard Hinault forged his 1980 Worlds victory, and which also featured as part of the final week time trial in the 2016 Tour.

2022 Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard was arguably the best climber of the last two editions of the Tour and he appears to have plenty of opportunities to go on the attack on the steep ascents in 2023.

Two-time winner  Tadej Pogačar  will no doubt relish the route on offer for next July’s challenge against Vingegaard, Jumbo-Visma, Ineos Grenadiers and anyone else.

For an in-depth analysis of this year's major contenders, check our regularly updated guide to the favourites of the 2023 Tour de France .

For a detailed description of each stage, click on the link in the table below.

Stage 1: Bilbao-Bilbao, 182 km - Hilly

Stage 2: vitoria-gasteiz to san sebastián, 208.9km - hilly, stage 3: amorebieta-etxano to bayonne, 193.5km - flat, stage 4: dax to nogaro, 181.8km - flat, stage 5: pau to laruns, 162.7km - mountain, stage 6: tarbes to cauterets-cambasque, 144.9km - mountain, stage 7: mont-de-marsan to bordeaux, 169.9km - flat, stage 8: libourne to limoges, 200.7km - hilly, stage 9: saint-léonard- de-noblat to puy de dôme, 182.4km - mountain, stage 10: vulcania to issoire, 167.2km - hilly, stage 11: clermont-ferrand to moulins, 179.8km - flat, stage 12: roanne to belleville-en-beaujolais, 168.8km - hilly, stage 13: châtillon-sur-chalaronne to grand colombier, 137.8km - mountain, stage 14: annemasse to morzine les portes du soleil, 151.8km - mountain, stage 15: les gets les portes du soleil to saint-gervais mont blanc, 179km - mountain, stage 16: passy to combloux, 22.4km - itt, stage 17: saint-gervais mont blanc à courchevel, 184.9km - mountain, stage 18: moûtiers to bourg-en-bresse, 184.9km - hilly, stage 19: moirans-en-montagne to poligny, 172.8km - flat, stage 20: belfort to le markstein fellering, 133.5km - mountain, stage 21: saint-quentin-en-yvelines to paris champs-élysées, 115.1km - flat.

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