Nothing, inside or beyond the sport of cycling, can truly compare to the Tour de France. The Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España may also be three-week races but the Tour de France is one of the biggest annual sporting events on the planet, a vital piece of France's national heritage, and above all, a gruelling, heroic spectacle that captivates hundreds of millions of viewers across the world. Le Tour eclipses them all.
The route of the 2024 Tour de France covers a total of 3497.3km with some 52,320 metres of overall elevation. That is 20% more than the 2024 Giro d'Italia and with so many of the climbs coming in the final week, it could make it difficult for Pogačar to target the Giro-Tour double in 2024.
The 111th edition of cycling's biggest race starts in Florence, Italy on Saturday, June 29 and ends three weeks later in Nice on Sunday, July 21. It is the first time the Tour starts in Italy and the first time it finishes in Nice, to avoid preparations for the 2024 Paris Olympics Games, which begin just a week later.
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