Tour de France 2024 to conclude with hilly individual time trial from Monaco to Nice ahead of Paris Olympics

The 2024 Tour de France will finish with a hilly individual time trial from Monaco to Nice, race organisers have confirmed. In December, it was announced cycling’s biggest race would not conclude in Paris for the first time in the event’s history due to the Olympics starting less than a week later in the French capital.

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«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 hilly 35.2km route on the final day will see the riders tackle the La Turbie, an 8.1km climb at 5.6% with the Col d'Eze coming just a few kilometres later. The Col d’Eze is a short steep 1.6km climb at 8.1% and peaks with 17km to go, with the majority of the second half of the course being a descent into Nice.

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