Profiles & Route Tour de France 2024 | Hilly start in Italy, race finale with Monaco-Nice time-trial

Profiles. The 2024 Tour de France will be a special edition, with it's Grand Depart in Florence and Emilia-Romagna over the border in Italy, and for the first time in many years, a finale away from Paris as the riders will head into Nice for the race finale.

Despite still far away, the three opening stages of the race are already fully know. The Grand Depart will take place in Florence and the two opening stages will be suited to the classics riders and climbers with finales in Rimini and Bologne. The third stage will suit the sprinters and end in Turin. The race will end in Nice as Paris will host the Olympic Games that summer, and the final stage will be a time-trial between Monaco and Nice.

Stage 20 will be the final day in the mountains for the Grand Boucle, short in distance however it'll be in the Alpes Maritimes that it'll take place, a rough day with four categorized climbs including the Col de Turini, Col de la Colmiane and the Col de la Couillole - all frequent appearances as the queen stages at Paris-Nice.

The 35-kilometer route will include the ascents to La Turbie (8.1Km; 6.5%) and a short hilltop to the Col d'Èze (1.6Km; 8.1%) before descending down to the coastal city which will receive the Tour de France peloton's podium.