Florence, 17 June 2024 – Now there is very little left. The Tour de France 2024 is about to begin. For the first time the prestigious cycling race will start from Italy. Saturday 29 June there Grand Depart will happen at Florence. There first step it winds right from Florence, and crossing the heart of Tuscany and the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, it will reach Rimini.
Dates and times
The route to Florence
Timetables, map and route to Rimini
The Tour de France is ready to land in Florence. The Grand Depart, the great departure, is scheduled from the Tuscan capital on June 29th
Thursday 27 June, the presentation of the teams will involve various places in the center of Florence. The event takes place from 6.30pm to 8pm. Departure of the cyclists from Palazzo Vecchio. Then the crossing of Lungarno Generale Diaz, Ponte alle Grazie, Lungarno Serristori, Piazza Giuseppe Poggi, Viale Giuseppe Poggi, up to Piazzale Michelangelo.
Saturday 29 June, the departure. The cyclists will leave from the Villaggio delle Cascine, around 12 pm, in non-competitive mode and will reach Piazza Signoria where they will stop for an institutional start.
This is the route of the Tour de France cyclists in Florence on Saturday 29 June:
Tour de France 2024, the route on Saturday 29 June in Florence
Village – piazzale delle cascine – viale degli Olmi – piazzale Thomas Jefferson – viale del Visarno – via del Fosso Macinante – via Luciano Berio – piazza Vittorio Veneto – viale Fratelli Rosselli – piazzale di Porta al Prato – Il Prato – via Curtatone – Lungarno Amerigo Vespucci – piazzale Carlo Goldoni – via della Vigna Nuova – piazza di San Giovanni – piazza del Duomo – via dei Calzaiuoli – piazza della Signoria (Institutional Start) – via Vacchereccia – via Por Santa Maria – Ponte Vecchio – via dei Guicciardini – piazza dei Pitti – piazza di San Felice – via Romana – piazza della Calza – piazzale di Porta Romana – viale Niccolò Machiavelli – piazzale Galileo – viale Galileo – piazzale Michelangelo – viale Michelangelo – via Carlo Marsuppini – via Coluccio Salutati – piazza Gavinana – viale Donato Giannotti – viale Europa – piazza Gastone Nencini – viale Europa – viale del Pian di Ripoli – Bagno a Ripoli (Official start).
After crossing the city, the official start of the first stage which will take the runners over 206 kilometers to Rimini is scheduled for Viola Park in Bagno a Ripoli at 12.40pm.
Tour de France Florence, the route to Rimini
Below are the timetables, the map and the route to Rimini. Note: the approximate times expected based on the speed of cyclists are in brackets.
– Viola Park, Bagno a Ripoli (12.40 pm)
– Candles (12.41pm)
– Vallina (12.44pm – 12.45pm)
– Pontassieve, SP34-VC-SS67 (12.53pm – 12.55pm)
– SS67 Stentatoio (1.00 pm – 1.03 pm)
– Masseto (1.04 pm – 1.07 pm)
– Rufina (1.05pm – 1.08pm)
– Scopeti (1.11 pm – 1.14 pm)
– Casini (1.14 pm – 1.18 pm)
– County (1.16pm – 1.20pm)
– San Biagio (1.18pm – 1.22pm)
– Dicomano (1.20pm – 1.24pm)
– Vicolagna (1.24pm – 1.28pm)
– Carbonile (1.26 pm – 1.31 pm)
– San Bavello (1.29pm – 1.34pm)
– San Godenzo (1.36pm – 1.41pm)
– Cavallino (1.43pm – 1.49pm)
– Carrefour Ss67-Sp9Ter (1.44 pm – 1.50 pm)
– Valico Tre Faggi (1.51 pm – 1.58 pm)
Tour de France 2024, the first stage Florence-Rimini
