The 2024 edition of the Tour de France, the most beloved cycling race in the world, continues. The Grande Boucle this year has a very particular route (also due to the concomitance with the Olympics in France). The start was in fact from Italy (from Florence), and will arrive after 21 stages with an individual time trial in Nice (an unprecedented finale compared to the classic parade in Paris). Today, the third stage winds from Piacenza to Turin, for 230.8 km. Yesterday, the Frenchman Kévin Vauquelin, representing Arkea-B&B Hotels, won the second stage by a wide margin. The yellow jersey is on the shoulders of the Slovenian champion Tadej Pogacar.
The third stage
Third Italian stage with the first 67 km completely flat. In Tortona (1.1 km at 6.3%) the first GPM of the day, named after Fausto Coppi. Shortly after arrive the GPM of Barbaresco (1.5 km at 6.5%) and the GPM of Sommariva Perno (3.1 km at 4.6%), but they are all climbs of the 4th category where it will not be possible to make the difference. Last 40 km flat, with arrival in Turin.
The Tour de France 2024
There are 21 stages: 8 sprint stages, 4 mixed stages, 2 time trials, 7 mountain stages, 4 of which have a mountain finish, and 14 dirt sections. In total, the riders will have to tackle more than 52,000 meters of altitude difference over a distance of 3,498 kilometers, of which 59 are time trials and 32 are dirt. The highest point will be the Col de la Bonette, at 2,802 meters above sea level. There will also be 6 climbs above 2,000 meters: Sestriere (2,035 meters), Galibier (2,642 meters) from Briançon, Tourmalet (2,115 meters) from Luz-Saint-Sauveur, Col de Vars (2,109 meters) and Isola (2,024 meters).
