The 2024 Tour de France will end with a mountain stage from Nice to Col de la Couillole adopted by a time trial between Monaco and the historic Place Massena in Nice, occasion organisers stated on Monday.
The ultimate stage of the Tour, which is able to begin in Italy for the primary time, is historically held on the Champs Elysees in Paris however has been moved to Nice with the French capital internet hosting the Olympic Games subsequent 12 months.
“For the Tour de France to finish far from its traditional Parisian finale is already a historic first,” organisers stated in an announcement.
“But for the last two days of the 2024 edition, an extremely promising menu has been prepared, including all the necessary ingredients for major upsets at the top… on the Saturday as well as on the Sunday.”
The penultimate stage will probably be a troublesome 132-kilometre experience whereas the twenty first stage is a difficult 35-km time trial with climbs on La Turbie and Col d’Eze as organisers look to make competitors for the Yellow Jersey harder.
Speaking to Cycling Weekly, Pavel Sivakov, who got here ninth in final week’s Paris-Nice race, stated that the modifications are “taking away some of the charm of the tour”.
“You always finish on the Champs Élysées and it’s so special. It’s such an iconic, nice finish”, he added.
“It’s going to be something different. I think it’s going to be interesting. The race will be more open until the end”.
The Tour will begin on June 29, with the opening stage from Florence to Rimini on the Adriatic coast.
Additional reporting by Reuters
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