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The Tour de France will conclude with a time trial from Monaco to Nice

The Tour de France will conclude with a time trial from Monaco to Nice
Tour de France

The Tour de France in 2024 will come to an end on Saturday, July 13, and Sunday, July 21, with an exciting individual time trial from Monaco to Nice serving as the highlight.

There will be consecutive mountain stages on July 13 and 14, covering Pau to Saint-Lary-Soulan (152 km) and Loudenvielle to Plateau de Beille (198 km).

The Col du Tourmalet, the Hourquette d’Ancizan, and the ascent to Pla d’Adet will all be part of the climbing festival. “Fifty years from now, the finish line will be precisely where Raymond Poulidor celebrated his victory in the 1974 Tour,” stated Christian Prudhomme, the Tour director for Stage 14.

The Tour de France will conclude with a time trial from Monaco to Nice

Tour de France

For Stage 15, he added, “The third Sunday of the tour could prove crucial. Whatever has happened on the previous days in the mountains, the terrain on this stage is ripe for revenge or confirmation, with 4,850 meters of vertical gain on the menu over almost 200 kilometers of racing.

“All manner of scenarios could play out, and it’s not unrealistic to imagine that team-mates of the GC contenders will attempt to infiltrate the breakaway climbing the Peyresourde.”

Monday 15 July brings a much-needed rest day, before Tuesday 16 July sees the Tour begin the final stretch with a flat Stage 16 from Gruissan to Nimes. Three mountain and one hilly stage then run from Wednesday 17 to Saturday 20 July, before the finale of Stage 21 on Sunday 21 July—the eagerly-anticipated Individual Time Trial.

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The Tour de France will conclude with a time trial from Monaco to Nice

Tour de France

“Everyone remembers the last occasion the Tour finished with a time trial, when Greg LeMond stripped the yellow jersey from the shoulders of Laurent Fignon on the Champs-Élysées in 1989, by just eight seconds,” said Prudhomme.

“Thirty-five years on, we can but dream of a similar duel, involving two or three riders, an authentic athletic confrontation whose outcome would determine the final podium of the 111th edition, and the first to finish far from its familiar Parisian setting, the ultimate finale destined for Place Masséna, just a few pedal strokes from the Promenade des Anglais.”

Tour de France, Week 3, broadcast details

All times CAT

Saturday 13 July

12:55: Stage 14, Pau to Saint-Lary-Soulan – LIVE on SuperSport Variety 1 and SuperSport Maximo 1

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Sunday 14 July

11:45: Stage 15, Loudenvielle to Plateau de Beille – LIVE on SuperSport Variety 1 and SuperSport Maximo 1

Monday 15 July

Rest Day

Tuesday 16 July

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12:55: Stage 16, Gruissan to Nimes – LIVE on SuperSport Variety 1 and SuperSport Maximo 1

Wednesday 17 July

12:25: Stage 17, Saint-Pual-Trois-Chateaux to SuperDevoluy – LIVE on SuperSport Variety 1 and SuperSport Maximo 1

Thursday 18 July

12:50: Stage 18, Gap to Barcelonnette – LIVE on SuperSport Variety 1 and SuperSport Maximo 1

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Friday 19 July

12:05: Stage 19, Embrun to Isola 2000 – LIVE on SuperSport Variety 1 and SuperSport Maximo 1

Saturday 20 July

13:25: Stage 20, Nice to Col de la Couillole – LIVE on SuperSport Variety 1 and SuperSport Maximo 1

 

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Sunday 21 July

14:30: Stage 21, Monaco to Nice – Individual Time Trial – LIVE on SuperSport Variety 1 and SuperSport Maximo1

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