2024 Tour de France: June 29 to July 21, 2024
Also visit our: (1) All Time Hardest Tour de France Climbs, (2) Most Legendary and Famous Climbs of the Tour de France, and, (3) 10 Highest Climbs in Tour de France History pages for more Tour de France inside information.
2024 TOUR DE FRANCE INFORMATION AND CLIMB DETAILS
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2024 TdF Stage Statistics
Stage | Date | Distance (kilometers) | Distance (miles) | Elevation Gained (meters) | Elevaton Gained (feet) | Type of Stage |
1 | Saturday 6/29/24 | 206 | 128 | 3,737 | 12,260 | Hilly |
2 | Sunday 6/30/24 | 200 | 124 | 1,821 | 5,974 | Hilly |
3 | Monday 7/1/24 | 229 | 142 | 1,259 | 4,131 | Flat |
4 | Tuesday 7/2/24 | 138 | 86 | 3,541 | 11,617 | Mountain |
5 | Wednesday 7/3/24 | 177 | 110 | 924 | 3,031 | Flat |
6 | Thursday 7/4/24 | 163 | 101 | 1,050 | 3,445 | Flat |
7 | Friday 7/5/24 | 25 | 16 | 296 | 971 | ITT |
8 | Saturday 7/6/24 | 176 | 109 | 2,279 | 7,477 | Flat |
9 | Sunday 7/7/24 | 199 | 124 | 1,971 | 6,467 | Hilly |
Rest Day | Monday 7/8/24 | n/a | n/a | 0 | n/a | n/a |
10 | Tuesday 7/9/24 | 186 | 116 | 864 | 2,835 | Flat |
11 | Wednesday 7/10/24 | 212 | 132 | 4,117 | 13,507 | Mountain |
12 | Thursday 7/11/24 | 204 | 127 | 2,236 | 7,336 | Flat |
13 | Friday 7/12/24 | 171 | 106 | 1,911 | 6,270 | Flat |
14 | Saturday 7/13/24 | 152 | 94 | 4,013 | 13,166 | Mountain |
15 | Sunday 7/14/24 | 199 | 124 | 4,901 | 16,079 | Mountain |
Rest Day | Monday 7/15/24 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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16 | Tuesday 7/16/24 | 189 | 117 | 1,151 | 3,776 | Flat |
17 | Wednesday 7/17/24 | 178 | 111 | 2,952 | 9,685 | Mountain |
18 | Thursday 7/18/24 | 178 | 111 | 2,954 | 9,692 | Hilly |
19 | Friday 7/19/24 | 143 | 89 | 4,424 | 14,514 | Mountain |
20 | Saturday 7/20/24 | 133 | 83 | 4,619 | 15,154 | Mountain |
21 | Sunday 7/21/24 | 34 | 21 | 717 | 2,352 | ITT |
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| Total distance (km) | Total distance (miles) | Elevation gained (meters) | Elevation gained (feet) |
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| 3,492 | 2,170 | 51,737 | 169,741 |
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Col du Tourmalet -- Stage 13: July 6, 2024
Since 1910 - 90 appearances in the TdF - more than any other climb.
KOM Corner
Official post-race summary for Stage 1 (June 29) - Letour.fr - Stage 1 - TBD
STANDINGS AFTER STAGE 1 (June 26) |
Individual standings | Rider | Time | gap | Team |
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TOP 10 MOST FREQUENT CLIMBS OF THE TOUR DE FRANCE
(AND 10 FAMOUS ONES AFTER THAT)
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Interesting 2023 TdF Facts (2024 Coming Soon)
- This is the 111th Tour de France;
- Start: Florence, Italy on Saturday, June 29, 2024 - this is the first time the Tour has ever started in Italy.;
- Finish: Nice, France on July 21, 2024 - this is the first time the tour has ever finished outside Paris.
- The tour is not finishing in Paris because of a conflict with the 2024 Summer Olympics which will be centered in Paris from late July to early August.
- 22 teams, 8 riders each - 176 total riders starting in Florence.
- Countries visited: Italy (3 stages), Republic of San Marino (1), France (19) and Monaco (1)
- Mountain ranges included in the 2024 TdF: The French and Italian Alps, Apennines (Italy) Pyrenees (France) and Massif Central (France);
- Categorized climbs: Not yet named.
- Col du Tourmalet returns for the 90th time, by far more than any other climb featured in the Tour.
- Other notable climbs appearances:
- Col du Galibier (64 appearances - fifth all time)
- Pla d’Adet
- Col de Peyresourde (69 appearances - number 4 all time)
- Col de Portet Aspet (59 appearances)
- Distance: 3,492 kilometers (2,170 miles) - the longest tour was in 1926 at 5,745 kilometers (3,570 miles);
- Longest stage: Stage 3 - Piacenza to Turin, Italy 227 km / 141 miles);
- Total Elevation gained: 51,737 m / 169,741 ’(well below 2023 at 57,378m/188,248’ but above 2022 at 47,861m / 157,024’);
- Most elevation gained on a stage: Stage 15 (4,901 m / 16,079’’; includes Peyresourde and Plateau de Beille);
- Most elevation gained on a climb: Cime de la Bonette at 1,586 meters (5,203’) over 24 kilometers (15 miles);;
- Highest point on the 2024 TdF is Cime de la Bonette (Stage 19) at 2,802 meters (9,192’)
- This is the highest the Tour de France has ever gone.
- Cime Bonette has been featured 5 times in the TdF.
- This is the first time Bonette has appeared in the Tour since 2008.
- Steepest climb: Col de Portet d’Aspet 4.4 kilometers at 9.9% (Stage 15);
- Steepest segments: (you can filter yourself using the sorting tool in to the left of the map, above)
- 1 kilometer: 14% Pla d’adet (Stage 14)
- 2 kilometers: 12.5% Puy Mary (Stage 11)
- 5 kilometers: 103% Pla d’Adet (Stage 14)
- 10 kilometers 8.6% Plateau de Beille (Stage 15)
- 1 mile: 12.7% Pla d’Adet (Stage 11)
- 5 miles: 9.1% Pla d’Adet (Stage 14);
- This is the 111th Tour de France since its first edition in 1903:
- No TdF 1915-1918 (WWI)
- No TdF 1940-1946 (WWII)
- TdF postponed from 27 June 2020, to 29 August 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic;
- 7 mountain stages (4 summit finishes)
- 4 hilly stages;
- 8 flat stages;
- 2 individual time trials
- Two rest days (one after Stage 9 and one after Stage 15);
- There is an individual time trial on the final day of the Tour, the first TT on the last day since 1989 when Greg LeMond edged Laurent Fignon by 8 seconds to win his second of three titles.
- There are four summit finishes:
- Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d’Adet - Stage 14, July 13
- Plateau de Beille - Stage 15, July 14
- Isola 2000 - Stage 19, July 19
- Col de la Couillole - Stage 20, July 20
- The five hardest climbs of the 2024 Tour de France are:
- Cime Bonette (24 km at 6.55)
- Col du Tourmalet (18.7 km at 7.1%)
- Plateau de Beille (15.3 km at 7.9%)
- Isola 2000 (16.2 km at 7.1%)
- Col de la Couillole (15.9 km at 7.2%) ;
- Time bonuses will be awarded at the finish of each stage: 10 seconds (first), 6 seconds (second), and 4 seconds (third).
- There will also be bonus seconds that will be located on climbs at strategic points: 8, 5, and 2 seconds for first through third riders past those points;
- 14 gravel segments on Stage 9 (Troyes to Troyes) with 32 of the total 199 kilometers consisting of strade bianche (white or gravel roads).
- No cobbles on this year’s Tour.
- HC & Category Climb: TBD
- Prize money: Total $2,300,000 euros ($500,000 to the overall winner).
HC Climbs | Previous Tour Appearances - including 2023 | Distance (kilometers & miles | Elevation Gain (meter & feet) | Peak (meters & feet) | Average Grade
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Historical Tour de France Facts of Interest
- Climb most often featured in the Tour: Tourmalet - 90 times as of 2024 with Col d’Aspin second as of 74.
From Campan: 16.9 km gaining 1267m at 7.5% average grade.
From Luz Saint Sauveur: 18.7 km gaining 1319m at 7.1%.
- Highest point ever reached in the Tour de France: Cime de la Bonette, at 2,802 meters
Cime de la Bonette is the highest point ever reached by the Tour de France.
2,802 meters - Stage 18 1962 (passed again in 1964, 1993, 2008, 2024).
© Climb name | Elevation (meters) | Times highest point of TdF (as of 2022) | Mountain Range | Times Featured in Tour de France | Most recent | First included |
Cime de la Bonette | 2,802m | 5 | Alps | 4 | 2024 | 1962 |
Col de l'Iseran | 2,770m | 8 | Alps | 8 | 2019 | 1938 |
Col Agnel | 2,744m | 1 | Alps | 2 | 2011 | 2008 |
Col du Galibier | 2,642m | 50 | Alps | 63 | 2024 | 1911 |
Col du Granon | 2,413m | 0 | Alps | 2 | 2022 | 1986 |
Five highest points the Tour de France has ever reached.
Also see Top 10 Highest Points of the TdF
- Highest point of first (1903) TdF: Col de la République (1,161m).
- Yellow Jersey - overall winner:
- Merckx has the most Grand Tour wins of anyone (11 - 5 TdF, 5 Giro, 1 Vuelta)
- Has the second most Grand Tour wins (10 - 5 TdF, 3 Giro, 2 Vuelta)
- Polka Dot (King of the Mountains - since 1933):
- Green Jersey (most points; since 1953)
- Most days wearing the yellow jersey:
- 111 Eddy Merckx
- 79 Bernard Hinault
- 60 Miguel Indurain
- Most days wearing yellow jersey in a single TdF:
- 21: Jacques Anquetil 1961 - held the yellow jersey from day one.
- Most stage wins in a single tour:
- Most times atop the podium (top three TdF finish):
- First mountain stage and climbs in the Tour:
- Stage 10 July 21, 1910: Luchon to Bayonne
- 326 kilometers
- Circle of Death: Col de Peyresourde, Col d’Aspin, Col du Tourmalet, and Col d’Aubisque
- On arriving at the top of Col d’Aubisque Octave Lapize (TdF 1910 winner) yelled to tour organizers what is variously reported as: “murderers,” “assassins,” or “criminals.” He also said he would quit the tour after descending to Laruns, but he rallied to complete the stage and go on to win the 1910 Tour de France.
Circle of Death
Tourmalet was the highest point the tour had ever reached as of 1910 (2115m)
Previous high point had been Col de Porte (1326m).
- First mountain-top stage finish: Alpe d’Huez (Dutch Mountain/The Alpe) was the first mountain-top finish in the history of the Tour de France in 1952, Stage 10.
- Country wearing the yellow jersey most:
- France (709)
- Belgium (434)
Frenchmen have been in the maillot jaune (yellow jersey) far more than any other country.
- Winning TdF in first appearance:
- Youngest winner of the Tour:
- Henri Cornet: France, age 19 (1904)
- Tadej Pogačar: Slovenia, age 21 (2020)
- Firmin Lambot: Belgium, age 36 (1922)
- King of the Mountains: Mountain Classification victories (first recognized in 1933; jersey introduced 1975)
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“Symbol of the mountains, of a rider pushing beyond their limits and of courage, the red polka dot jersey, which is sponsored by Carrefour, is awarded to the Tour de France’s leader of the best climber classification. Although this classification was introduced in 1933, its symbol, the polka dot jersey, appeared in 1975, which was also the year the Tour first finished on the Champs-Élysées and was won by Bernard Thévenet. It owes its appearance to track racing specialist Henri Lemoine, who competed between the 1930s and 1950s, and that Félix Lévitan, co-director of the Tour with Jacques Goddetwhich, had particularly noticed. While Belgium’s Lucien Van Impe was its first winner and claimed the mountains classification six times, just like his illustrious predecessor, Spain’s Federico Bahamontes, the so-called “Eagle of Toledo”, Frenchman Richard Virenque holds the record for victories with seven titles” (Tour de France, Polka Dot Jersey).
King of the Mountains is designated by the red polka dot jersey.
- Most green jerseys (total points):
- Most white jerseys (best young rider):
- Shortest margin of victory:
- 8 seconds: Greg Lemond over Laurent Fignon in 1989. Lemond overcame 50 seconds in the final time trial using aero bars for the first time in the TdF.
- Greatest margin of victory:
- France (36)
- Belgium (18)
- Spain (12)
- Italy (10)
- Britain (6)
- Luxembourg (5)
- USA and Denmark (3)
- Hardest climb ever in the Tour de France: Col de la Loze (Meribel).
EXPLANATION OF KING OF MOUNTAIN, KOM POINTS, AND BONUS POINTS
FOR THE 2024 TOUR DE FRANCE
KOM DEFINED: Climb-related points are accumulated during the race. The rider with the most accumulated points at the beginning of the stage wears the red polka dot jersey that day, and the rider with the most points at the end of the race is crowned that year’s Tour de France King of the Mountains.
“Category”: When the mountain classification (King of the Mountains) was introduced in 1933, there were points given to the first 10 riders over the summit (10 for first, 1 for tenth). In 1947, the Tour introduced two climb “categories” with a certain amount of points for the second category and twice as many as for the first category. Over the years “categories” were added, in addition to an “Above” category (Hors or HC) and since 1979 there have been a HC (hardest), Category 1 (second hardest) on down to Category 4 (least difficult climb).
The category of the climb is significant for two reasons:
- The points awarded for the TdF KOM for each climb is based upon the category of climb - thus, “category” is the basis for the points that are used to determine each year’s King of the Mountains.
- Most cycling fans, particularly Grand Tour fans, are very interested in the climb “category” because that tells them how hard each climb on a stage is, where the riders will struggle more, and the point in a stage where that day, or even the entire tour, will be won or lost.
KOM HISTORY:
- King of the Mountains: Mountain Classification victories (first recognized in 1933; jersey introduced 1975)
POINTS: KOM points are awarded in three ways on the Tour de France:
- To riders first over the summit of categorized climbs (in descending order HC, 1-4).
- The higher the category the more riders receive points (HC points are awarded to eight riders, while CAT 4 points are awarded to only one rider).
- Bonus point (see below).
- Points for altitude finishes.
TDF POINTS FORMULA: Wikipedia has the best summary and graph we’ve seen for TdF KOM points distribution:
The points gained by consecutive riders reaching a mountain top are distributed according to the following classification:
Wikipedia - Mountains Classification - Tour de France
BONUS POINTS: These points go towards the King of the Mountain designation and are awarded to the first (8 points), second (5 points), and third (2 points) riders reaching designated summits in the race.
- There are no KOM bonuses in the 2022 Tour de France.
MONEY PRIZES FOR KING OF THE MOUNTAINS
- Prize for first to eighth place:
- Winner = €25,000
- 2nd = €15,000
- 3rd = €10,000
- 4th = €4,000
- 5th = €3,500
- 6th = €3,000
- 7th = €2,500
- 8th = €2,000
- Daily prize for wearing the Polka Dot jersey = €6,000
- Per category climb:
- 1st = €800
- 2nd = €450
- 3rd = €300
- 1st = €650
- 2nd = €400
- 3rd = €150
- Souvenir Henri Desgrange €5000 first to Col du Galibier pass Stage 11.
The maximum amount the KOM winner could earn if he won every stage and wore the jersey from Stage 2 to the finish is $60,300 Euros (62,773 USD)