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from the Drôme to Nice

The last stages of the Tour de France

[2024]

If you’re wondering where the Tour de France will pass through this year, we’re revealing the cyclists’ route stage by stage. After having scoured the roads of France, the South of France hosts the riders for 669 kilometres. Under the sun of Provence, they will ride to Nice From the Hautes-Alpes to the Alpes-Maritimes for the final of the legendary Tour de France 2024.

Stage 17: off to Superdévoluy

On Wednesday 17th July, with the start at Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux in the Drôme, the riders will head for the resort of Superdévoluy in the Hautes-Alpes, over a distance of 178 km. A change of scenery dotted with beech and fir trees all along the cols they climb. Among the cols the route follows are the Col Bayard at 1,246 metres, La Fare-en-Champsaur at 974 metres and the Col du Noyer at 1664 metres, one of the most beautiful cols in the French Southern Alps. When they have done these ascents, the riders will get a glimpse of the finish of Stage 17 near the ski resort of Superdévoluy, perched high up in the Alps.

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Stage 18: from Gap to Barcelonnette

Thursday 18th July marks the 18th stage of the Tour de France 2024, from Gap to Barcelonnette in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. The race resumes for 179 km, and Gap, the gentle capital of the French Southern Alps, welcomes the famous race for the 27th time since 1931. In the Alpine mountain range, the town is also a place where you get a fantastic view of the mountainous horizon. After they have ridden along beside the lake of Serre-Ponçon, the riders will have to tackle a few difficulties in the terrain, particularly the climb up to Saint-Apollinaire and the Demoiselles Coiffées. Incidentally: in 1975, after the start in Barcelonnette Bernard Thévenet won the Yellow Jersey for the first time and wore it in the peloton, after having beat Eddy Merckx in the Alpine stage the day before. A memorable stage!

Stage 19: from Embrun to Isola 2000

On Friday 19th July, the 19th stage of the Tour de France 2024 will start in Embrun in the Hautes-Alpes to reach the resort of Isola 2000 in the Alpes-Maritimes, over a distance of 145 km. In under 150 km, the cyclists will climb three times to altitudes of over 2,000 metres, an ultra-mountainous breathtaking that tests their strength! It includes a part with an ascent to the top of La Bonette, the highest road in France. And after the effort, there’s the reward of the breathtaking 360° view over the Alps.

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Stage 20: from Nice to Col de la Couillole

On Saturday 21st July, the start of the 20th stage will be in the town of Nice, which since 1906, has had thirty-eight appearances as a host town for a stage of the Tour de France. This 133-kilometre-long stage will arrive at the top of the Col de la Couillole in the Alpes-Maritimes. On the road, the climb up the Col de Braus sets the tone and there’s no rest for the riders! They then continue to the ascent of the Col de Turini and the Col de la Colmiane with 3700 metres of cumulative positive elevation. Lastly, the cyclists will get ready to climb the Couillole, with a final 15.7-kilometre climb rewarded by a typical landscape of the Mercantour Natural Regional Park where chamois, mouflons and ibex can be seen in the summer.

Stage 21: from Monaco to Nice for the Yellow Jersey

Sunday 21st July will see the last stage of the Tour de France 2024, with the start in the Principality and the finish in Nice. The finalists will take part in a 34-km individual and decisive time trial! The riders will give everything they have for an unusual arrival, which will take place not in Paris in the tradition of the Tour de France, but in the capital of the Côte d’Azur. For the 111th edition of the Tour de France, everyone dreams of an athletic faceoff between two or three riders for the final podium. But the riders will first have to face the great difficulties of this last stage: La Turbie and the Trophée des Alpes, also known as Trophy of Augustus which was erected in the 1st century BC to the glory of the Roman Emperor Augustus and which looks down over the whole French Riviera, from the Esterel to the Italian coast. It promises a unique view of the town of Monaco. Next on the itinerary is the Col d’Èze, before the riders arrive in Nice and cross the final finish line on Place Masséna.