The winner of the 2024 Tour de France will not be known until the last moment. The organizers revealed this Monday that the edition, which will end in Nice because of the Paris Olympic Games, will conclude with a time trial in the streets of the Mediterranean city.
On this occasion, it will be a time trial for climbers, with 35 kilometers that will begin in Monaco and that include an ascent to the Col de la Turbie, 8.1 kilometers at 5.6% of average elevation gain, with its peak at 12 kilometers, before to face an ascent to part of the Col d'Eze, just 1.6 kilometers at 8.1%.
Once up, the runners will remain 17 kilometers downhill towards the sea, with the finish line in Nice, on the famous Promenade des Anglais.
The Tour also revealed the route of the penultimate stage, dedicated to climbers and based on the queen stage of the recent Paris-Nice, in which the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar won.
It is a totally mountainous day, ending at Col de la Couillole, 15.7 kilometers at 7.1% unevenness, the outcome of a 132-kilometre stage with hardly one flat one, with three qualifying ascents before the final one. .
The Col de Braus, 10 kilometers at 6.6%, that of Turini, 20.7 kilometers at 5.7% and that of Colmaine, 7.5 kilometers at 7.1%, will take the peloton to the final ascent, penultimate judge of an edition that will be resolved against the clock.
The recent champion of the Tour, Jonas Vingegaard, values positively the last two stages of the French round in Nice. "The Tour de France 2024 will have a very exciting end. In the last two stages a lot can happen. I'm already looking forward to it", He explains.
