| 2024 UCI World Tour, race 25 of 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dates | 29 June – 21 July 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 3,498 km (2,174 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 83h 38' 56" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2024 Tour de France was the 111th edition of theTour de France. It started inFlorence, Italy, on 29 June, and finished inNice, France, on 21 July. The race did not finish in (or near) Paris for the first time since its inception, owing to preparations for the2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Tadej Pogačar won thegeneral classification, his third victory after2020 and2021 and a return to the top spot after placing second in2022 and2023. Pogačar won six stages, including the last three. Second and third place were taken byJonas Vingegaard (Visma–Lease a Bike) and tour debutantRemco Evenepoel (Soudal–Quick-Step). Pogačar's team,UAE Team Emirates, won theteam classification.
The race began with three stages in Italy before entering France. The first two stages were won by French riders.Romain Bardet narrowly won the opening stage from a breakaway with teammateFrank van den Broek, five seconds ahead of the peloton, to earn the firstyellow jersey.Kévin Vauquelin won the second stage, but Pogačar claimed the race lead. In Stage 3, Pogačar relinquished the race lead toRichard Carapaz, but then won Stage 4, fromPinerolo (Italy) toValloire, to regain it. He remained in yellow all the way to the finish inNice, winning five more stages along the way, including the final time trial. SprintersBiniam Girmay andJasper Philipsen won three stages each. Pogačar, who finished 6 minutes and 17 seconds ahead of two-time winner Vingegaard, became the first rider to win both the Tour de France andGiro d'Italia in the same year sinceMarco Pantani in 1998.[1]
Girmay won thepoints classification; Carapaz won themountains classification and theoverall combativity award; and Evenepoel won theyoung rider classification.Mark Cavendish won the 5th stage, his 35th stage victory at the Tour de France, breaking the record of 34 stage wins held byEddy Merckx since 1975.[2][3] In recognition of both this record and his long and popular career in the Tour a special presentation was made to Mark Cavendish on the final podium, a framed black cycling jersey bearing the Tour de France logo and the letters "CAXXXV" (XXXV being Roman numerals for 35).[4]
Twenty-two teams took part in the race. All 18UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited. They were joined by fourUCI ProTeams: the two highest placed UCI ProTeams in 2023 (Lotto–Dstny andIsrael–Premier Tech), along withUno-X Mobility andTeam TotalEnergies who were selected byAmaury Sport Organisation (ASO), the organisers of the Tour.[5] The teams were announced on 18 January 2024.[5]
UCI WorldTeams
UCI ProTeams
Italy hosted theGrand Départ for the first time.[6][7] 2024 is the100th anniversary of the first Italian victory in the Tour, won byOttavio Bottecchia in1924.[6] The route also visited themicrostate ofSan Marino, making it the 14th country to be visited by a Tour stage.[6] The race did not finish in Paris, owing to preparations for theParis 2024 Olympic andParalympic Games, which started on 26 July. Instead, the tour finished in Nice with an individual time trial—the last time a time trial was the final stage in the Tour was in1989.[8][9]In October 2023,Christian Prudhomme announced the full route.[10] The route was described as "tough" by riders, with particular concern for thegravel tracks on stage 9 and limited opportunities for sprinters.[11]
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | ||
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| 1 | 29 June | Florence (Italy) toRimini (Italy) | 206 km (128 mi) |  | Hilly stage |  Romain Bardet (FRA) | |
| 2 | 30 June | Cesenatico (Italy) toBologna (Italy) | 199.2 km (123.8 mi) | | Hilly stage | Kévin Vauquelin (FRA) | |
| 3 | 1 July | Piacenza (Italy) toTurin (Italy) | 230.8 km (143.4 mi) |  | Flat stage |  Biniam Girmay (ERI) | |
| 4 | 2 July | Pinerolo (Italy) toValloire | 139.6 km (86.7 mi) |  | Mountain stage |  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) | |
| 5 | 3 July | Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne toSaint-Vulbas | 177.4 km (110.2 mi) | | Flat stage |  Mark Cavendish (GBR) | |
| 6 | 4 July | Mâcon toDijon | 163.5 km (101.6 mi) | | Flat stage |  Dylan Groenewegen (NED) | |
| 7 | 5 July | Nuits-Saint-Georges toGevrey-Chambertin | 25.3 km (15.7 mi) |  | Individual time trial |  Remco Evenepoel (BEL) | |
| 8 | 6 July | Semur-en-Auxois toColombey-les-Deux-Églises | 183.4 km (114.0 mi) | | Flat stage | Biniam Girmay (ERI) | |
| 9 | 7 July | Troyes to Troyes | 199 km (124 mi) | | Hilly stage | Anthony Turgis (FRA) | |
| 8 July | Orléans | Rest day | |||||
| 10 | 9 July | Orléans toSaint-Amand-Montrond | 187.3 km (116.4 mi) | | Flat stage | Jasper Philipsen (BEL) | |
| 11 | 10 July | Évaux-les-Bains toLe Lioran | 211 km (131 mi) | | Mountain stage |  Jonas Vingegaard (DEN) | |
| 12 | 11 July | Aurillac toVilleneuve-sur-Lot | 203.6 km (126.5 mi) | | Flat stage | Biniam Girmay (ERI) | |
| 13 | 12 July | Agen toPau | 165.3 km (102.7 mi) | | Flat stage | Jasper Philipsen (BEL) | |
| 14 | 13 July | Pau toSaint-Lary-Soulan (Pla d'Adet) | 151.9 km (94.4 mi) | | Mountain stage | Tadej Pogačar (SLO) | |
| 15 | 14 July | Loudenvielle toPlateau de Beille | 197.7 km (122.8 mi) | | Mountain stage | Tadej Pogačar (SLO) | |
| 15 July | Gruissan | Rest day | |||||
| 16 | 16 July | Gruissan toNîmes | 188.6 km (117.2 mi) | | Flat stage | Jasper Philipsen (BEL) | |
| 17 | 17 July | Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux toSuperDévoluy | 177.8 km (110.5 mi) | | Mountain stage |  Richard Carapaz (ECU) | |
| 18 | 18 July | Gap toBarcelonnette | 179.5 km (111.5 mi) | | Hilly stage | Victor Campenaerts (BEL) | |
| 19 | 19 July | Embrun toIsola 2000 | 144.6 km (89.9 mi) | | Mountain stage | Tadej Pogačar (SLO) | |
| 20 | 20 July | Nice toCol de la Couillole | 132.8 km (82.5 mi) | | Mountain stage | Tadej Pogačar (SLO) | |
| 21 | 21 July | Monaco to Nice | 33.7 km (20.9 mi) | | Individual time trial | Tadej Pogačar (SLO) | |
| Total | 3,498 km (2,174 mi) | ||||||
Analysts forecasting the 2024 Tour de France generally focused on four main contenders, sometimes nicknamed theBig Four:Tadej Pogačar,Jonas Vingegaard,Primož Roglič, andRemco Evenepoel.[13][14] Pogačar was coming off the2024 Giro d'Italia, where he won in dominant fashion, leading by nearly 10 minutes and winning six stages. However, no rider had completed the Giro-Tour double sinceMarco Pantani in 1998, and some analysts doubted whether Pogačar could maintain form through two Grand Tours.[15] Vingegaard, the two-time reigning champion, was an unknown, as he had crashed heavily at the2024 Tour of the Basque Country in April. Vingegaard suffered a punctured lung, among other injuries, and had not raced since, although he had recovered enough for a month long altitude camp leading up to the Tour.[14] Roglič and Evenepoel had been caught in the same crash while riding the Tour of the Basque Country, but had recovered enough to ride the2024 Critérium du Dauphiné. Roglič won the overall, though only by 8 seconds, while Evenepoel won the time trial on stage 3. While these four riders were generally seen as the top favorites for the overall win and podium, other riders mentioned in contention for the general classification wereCarlos Rodriguez,Adam Yates,João Almeida, andMatteo Jorgenson.[15]
For the points classification,Jasper Philipsen was seen as a favorite, having won four stages and the points jersey the previous year. Other potential challengers for sprint finishes wereMark Cavendish,Mads Pedersen,Sam Bennett, andBiniam Girmay.[14]
The first stage, dedicated toMarco Pantani, leftFlorence inItaly on 29 June. 50 km (31 mi) from the finish line inRimini, French riderRomain Bardet broke away from the leader's group with his teammateFrank van den Broek and held onto a slim lead on the peloton for the remainder of the race. It was the first time Bardet had earned the right to wear the yellow jersey, in what he had announced would be his final season on the tour.[16]
Another Frenchman,Kévin Vauquelin, won the second stage, distancing rivals in the final 1.9 km (1.2 mi) climb (10.6% grade) up to the sanctuary of theMadonna di San Luca inBologna. Nevertheless, it wasTadej Pogačar who finished the day with the yellow jersey, distancing Romain Bardet in the final ascent, with onlyJonas Vingegaard keeping pace.[17]
The longest stage of the tour took place the following day on a flat route through thePiedmont countryside. After 165 kilometres (103 mi), another French rider,Fabien Grellier, attempted a breakaway, only to be caught by the peloton in under half an hour. The final sprint inTurin to reach the finish line caused a jumbled-up crash, which hurt the chances of some of the sprinters. The Eritrean riderBiniam Girmay crossed the finish line first, becoming the first Black African to win a stage on the Tour. The reigning Olympic road race championRichard Carapaz finished the day atop the overall standings, becoming the first Ecuadorian to wear the Tour's yellow jersey.[18]
On stage 4, the race enteredFrance for the first time, with the stage including the climb of theCol du Galibier. Tadej Pogačar's UAE team-mates controlled the pace, laying the foundation for a Pogačar attack about 900 metres (3,000 ft) from the summit. Only Jonas Vingegaard was initially able to keep up with Pogačar, but reached the summit eight seconds behind him. Over the remaining 18 kilometres (11 mi) to Valloire, Pogačar extended the gap, eventually crossing the finish line 35 seconds ahead ofRemco Evenepoel,Juan Ayuso andPrimož Roglič, with Vingegaard a further two seconds back. Time bonuses gained on the Galibier and at the finish meant Pogačar held a 45-second overall lead over Evenepoel with Vingegaard third at 50 seconds.[19]
The next stage, fromSaint-Jean-de-Maurienne toSaint-Vulbas, was a return to flat terrain. It was won by sprinterMark Cavendish, taking his 35th Tour de France stage win – the most in the Tour history, passingEddy Merckx, with whom he had been tied since 2021.[2][3] Tadej Pogačar maintained his lead overall.[20] A windy stage 6 through the Burgundy vineyards fromMâcon toDijon was won by a tire-width byDylan Groenewegen in a sprint finish, while Pogačar maintained his overall lead.[21]
Stage 7 was a 25.3 km (15.7 mi)individual time trial fromNuits-Saint-Georges toGevrey-Chambertin, won by world time trial champion Remco Evenepoel, 12 seconds ahead of Tadej Pogačar. In the general classification, there was no change in the top three positions: Pogačar led from Evenepoel and Vingegaard.[22]
Stage 8 was 183.4 km (114.0 mi) fromSemur-en-Auxois toColombey-les-Deux-Églises. A breakaway by mountains classification leaderJonas Abrahamsen was reeled in by the peloton with 5km remaining. In the subsequent sprint, Biniam Girmay took his second stage win of the race, followed byJasper Philipsen andArnaud De Lie. There was no change in standings for the overall lead.[23]
7 July saw a chaotic stage 9, 199 km (124 mi) with multiple sections of gravel road nearTroyes. A breakaway group was successful, with FrenchmanAnthony Turgis winning the stage,Tom Pidcock coming second andDerek Gee third. Pogačar attacked his rivals in the general classification but their positions did not change.[24] This stage was followed by a rest day.
Stage 10 ended in a bunched sprint finish inSaint-Amand-Montrond after a 187.3 km (116.4 mi) race fromOrléans. Jasper Philipsen won the stage, beating Girmay (wearing the green jersey) andPascal Ackermann to the line, with no changes to the leaders in the overall standings.[25][26]
In contrast, stage 11 saw a major shake-up among the leading contenders. Described as the toughest stage of the Tour so far, the mountainous route ran for 211 km (131 mi) fromÉvaux-les-Bains toLe Lioran. Overall leader Pogačar instigated a long-range solo attack 600m from a summit atPuy Mary, but Jonas Vingegaard caught Pogačar, while Roglič crashed on a damp hairpin bend. Vingegaard out-sprinted Pogačar at the finish in theMassif Central. It was Vingegaard's first stage win of the 2024 Tour; he had sustained life-threatening injuries in April'sTour of the Basque Country. Evenepoel and Roglič finished together in joint third, 25 seconds behind the leading pair, and 1m 47s ahead of a group of five led byGiulio Ciccone.[27]
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Stages 12 and 13 both concluded with controversial sprint finishes. After 203.6 km (126.5 mi) fromAurillac toVilleneuve-sur-Lot, Girmay took his third stage win in 11 days on a hot stage 12 ahead ofWout van Aert and Ackerman. Cavendish was demoted from fifth place by the race jury for "deviation from the chosen line, that obstructs or endangers another rider". Roglič crashed in the bunch 11km from the end of the stage, finishing 2min 15sec behind and dropping to sixth overall, 4min 42sec behind Pogačar.[28] Overnight, Roglič retired from the race due to his injuries. Stage 13, 165.3 km (102.7 mi) fromAgen toPau, was won by Philipsen from van Aert, Ackerman and Girmay. Philipsen was criticised by his rivals; Ackermann refused to shake Philipsen's hand after the stage, insisting he should be punished by the officials for the same offence as Cavendish had been.[29]
Stage 14, 151.9 km (94.4 mi) fromPau toSaint-Lary-Soulan (Pla d'Adet) in theHautes Pyrenees, saw Pogačar increase his lead in the general classification. He finished 39 seconds ahead of Vingegaard, having made a solo attack just under five kilometres from the high-altitude ski station finish. Evenepoel finished third, a further 31 seconds behind Vingegaard. It was the ninth time that Pogačar and Vingegaard had finished first and second in a Tour stage. In the overall standings, Vingegaard took second place from Evenepoel, who slipped to third.[30] The same three riders finished in the same order on stage 15 on 14 July, 197.7 km (122.8 mi) fromLoudenvielle to a summit finish atPlateau de Beille. Pogačar broke away from Vingegaard with around 5km of the stage remaining, setting a time of 39min 41sec for the ascent, eclipsingMarco Pantani's record for the same course set in 1998 (43min 20sec). Pogačar's overall lead over Vingegaard increased to more than three minutes, with Evenepoel five minutes behind.[31]
After a rest day inGruissan, stage 16 on 16 July was 188.6 km (117.2 mi) from Gruissan toNîmes. The leading riders remained in the peloton until a sprint finish, in which Philipsen won his third stage. This matched the number of stage wins by fellow sprinter and green jersey leader Girmay, who crashed on the run-in to the finish. There was no change in the overall standings.[32]
Stage 17 was a mountain stage, 177.8 km (110.5 mi) inSuperdévoluy. British riderSimon Yates attacked on the day's toughest climb, the Col du Noyer, but was caught by Carapaz. Carapaz eventually left Yates behind, finishing first by 37 seconds, withEnric Mas a further 20 seconds back in third. Pogačar made a small attack but it only served to help third overall Evenepoel win back a few seconds in the general classification against a faltering Vingegaard.[33]
The 179.5 km (111.5 mi) stage 18 fromGap toBarcelonnette saw a successful breakaway by three riders:Victor Campenaerts, French riderMattéo Vercher and former world championMichał Kwiatkowski, who finished in that order. The leading positions in the overall standings remained unchanged.[34]Pogačar dominated the final three stages, winning all of them. Stages 19 and 20 were both Alpine mountain stages. Carapaz participated in a breakaway on stage 19, which earned him the King of the Mountains jersey for the first time. However Carapaz, Simon Yates, andMatteo Jorgenson were overtaken by Pogačar on the final climb toIsola 2000 in the Mercantour Alps. It was Pogačar's tenth stage win in 2024 Grand Tours, and extended his overall lead to more than five minutes.[35][36] Stage 20 the following day was the race's final mountain stage, finishing up theCol de la Couillole in theAlpes Maritimes. Pogačar won again, ahead of Vingegaard who finished second.
The Tour's final stage was a 33.7 km (20.9 mi)individual time trial fromMonaco toNice on 21 July. Pogačar beat both Vingegaard and young rider classification winner Evenepoel by over a minute, taking overall victory by more than six minutes. It was the first time since Marco Pantani in 1998 that the same rider had won both the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France in the same year. Pogačar'sUAE Team Emirates won the team classification.[37]
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 | Denotes the winner of thegeneral classification |  | Denotes the winner of themountains classification |
 | Denotes the winner of thepoints classification |  | Denotes the winner of theyoung rider classification |
 | Denotes the winner of theteam classification |  | Denotes the winner of thecombativity award |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | Tadej Pogačar (SLO) | UAE Team Emirates | 83h 38' 56" |
| 2 | Jonas Vingegaard (DEN) | Visma–Lease a Bike | + 6' 17" |
| 3 | Remco Evenepoel (BEL) | Soudal–Quick-Step | + 9' 18" |
| 4 |  João Almeida (POR) | UAE Team Emirates | + 19' 03" |
| 5 |  Mikel Landa (ESP) | Soudal–Quick-Step | + 20' 06" |
| 6 | Adam Yates (GBR) | UAE Team Emirates | + 24' 07" |
| 7 | Carlos Rodríguez (ESP) | Ineos Grenadiers | + 25' 04" |
| 8 |  Matteo Jorgenson (USA) | Visma–Lease a Bike | + 26' 34" |
| 9 |  Derek Gee (CAN) | Israel–Premier Tech | + 27' 21" |
| 10 |  Santiago Buitrago (COL) | Team Bahrain Victorious | + 29' 03" |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Biniam Girmay (ERI) | Intermarché–Wanty | 387 |
| 2 | Jasper Philipsen (BEL) | Alpecin–Deceuninck | 354 |
| 3 | Bryan Coquard (FRA) | Cofidis | 208 |
| 4 | Tadej Pogačar (SLO) | UAE Team Emirates | 196 |
| 5 | Anthony Turgis (FRA) | Team TotalEnergies | 180 |
| 6 | Arnaud De Lie (BEL) | Lotto–Dstny | 161 |
| 7 | Remco Evenepoel (BEL) | Soudal–Quick-Step | 152 |
| 8 | Wout van Aert (BEL) | Visma–Lease a Bike | 152 |
| 9 |  Jonas Abrahamsen (NOR) | Uno-X Mobility | 149 |
| 10 | Jonas Vingegaard (DEN) | Visma–Lease a Bike | 136 |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Carapaz (ECU) | EF Education–EasyPost | 127 |
| 2 | Tadej Pogačar (SLO) | UAE Team Emirates | 102 |
| 3 | Jonas Vingegaard (DEN) | Visma–Lease a Bike | 70 |
| 4 | Matteo Jorgenson (USA) | Visma–Lease a Bike | 54 |
| 5 | Remco Evenepoel (BEL) | Soudal–Quick-Step | 50 |
| 6 | Wilco Kelderman (NED) | Visma–Lease a Bike | 43 |
| 7 | Oier Lazkano (ESP) | Movistar Team | 41 |
| 8 | Jonas Abrahamsen (NOR) | Uno-X Mobility | 36 |
| 9 | Enric Mas (ESP) | Movistar Team | 33 |
| 10 | David Gaudu (FRA) | Groupama–FDJ | 30 |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | Remco Evenepoel (BEL) | Soudal–Quick-Step | 83h 48' 14" |
| 2 | Carlos Rodríguez (ESP) | Ineos Grenadiers | + 15' 46" |
| 3 | Matteo Jorgenson (USA) | Visma–Lease a Bike | + 17' 16" |
| 4 | Santiago Buitrago (COL) | Team Bahrain Victorious | + 19' 45" |
| 5 | Javier Romo (ESP) | Movistar Team | + 1h 33' 08" |
| 6 | Ilan Van Wilder (BEL) | Soudal–Quick-Step | + 1h 45' 12" |
| 7 |  Ben Healy (IRL) | EF Education–EasyPost | + 1h 46' 54" |
| 8 | Jordan Jegat (FRA) | Team TotalEnergies | + 1h 53' 18" |
| 9 | Tobias Halland Johannessen (NOR) | Uno-X Mobility | + 2h 12' 19" |
| 10 | Oscar Onley (GBR) | Team dsm–firmenich PostNL | + 2h 32' 21" |
| Rank | Team | Time |
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| 1 |  UAE Team Emirates | 251h 36' 43" |
| 2 | Visma–Lease a Bike | + 31' 51" |
| 3 | Soudal–Quick-Step | + 1h 33' 06" |
| 4 | Ineos Grenadiers | + 1h 34' 05" |
| 5 | Lidl–Trek | + 2h 33' 49" |
| 6 | Movistar Team | + 3h 10' 06" |
| 7 |  Team Bahrain Victorious | + 3h 38' 21" |
| 8 |  Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe | + 3h 57' 23" |
| 9 |  Israel–Premier Tech | + 4h 01' 23" |
| 10 | EF Education–EasyPost | + 4h 06' 54" |
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