{"id":341808,"date":"2023-10-26T04:41:12","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T04:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=341808"},"modified":"2023-10-26T06:00:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T06:00:50","slug":"olympic-frenzy-causes-historic-tour-de-france-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=341808","title":{"rendered":"Olympic frenzy causes historic Tour de France change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cycling\/tour-de-france\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Tour de France\">Tour de France<\/a> will see the world&#x27;s most famous cycling race\ufeff start in Italy and end outside Paris for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Tour de France race director Christian Prudhomme confirmed the 2024 route at \ufeffPalais des Congres in Paris, unveiling a course that features two individual time trials, four mountain-top finishes and a series of gravel sections in stage nine.<\/p>\n<p>The 111th edition of the race will begin with the Grand Depart in Florence on June\ufeff 29 and conclude with a 34-kilometre individual time trial from Monaco to Nice on July 21, less than a week before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/world-cup-2023-glenn-maxwell-david-warner-light-show-centuries\/3c903291-6d25-49dd-a31c-924ad56ce615\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Maxwell blasts World Cup&#x27;s &#x27;dumbest idea&#x27;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/world-cup-2023-glenn-maxwell-quickest-hundred-australia-defeats-netherlands\/a0c89478-00af-4ee0-9c07-ddee2ee3ccbd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"\"><strong>Maxi &#x27;freakshow&#x27; sets up biggest Cup win ever<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/news-2023-dom-young-frightening-health-scare-sinus-infection\/fd679ff3-1378-4ed8-a3df-f280477d1512\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>&#x27;Bad headaches&#x27; lead to NRL star&#x27;s shock diagnosis<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Race organisers adjusted the route to avoid a clash with logistical planning for the Olympics, which will be hosted by Paris for the first time since 1924.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"2e339578-fdb9-459c-a383-7abe86c20be8\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/2e339578-fdb9-459c-a383-7abe86c20be8\" alt=\"The 2024 Tour de France route has been confirmed.\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"929\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The first individual time trial, a 25-kilometre showdown in stage\ufeff seven, will start in Nuits-Saint-Georges and finish in Gevrey-Chambertin, two stunning communes in eastern France.<\/p>\n<p>The 2023 Tour de France, won by\ufeff Jonas Vingegaard, consisted of only one 22.4-kilometre individual time trial.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-one stages ranging between 25 and 229 kilometres will be contested in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The route covers 3492 kilometres and has 52,320 metres of elevation.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>Vingegaard, Slovenia&#x27;s Tadej Pogacar, Slovenia&#x27;s Primoz Roglic, Belgium&#x27;s Remco Evenepoel and Spaniard Juan Ayuso shape as the chief contenders for the yellow jersey, with Vingegaard hunting his third Tour de France title in a row.<\/p>\n<p>The Olympic Games will take place between July 26 and August \ufeff11.<\/p>\n<p>Male and female road cyclists will compete over a 32.4-kilometre course at Paris 2024, starting at Esplanade des Invalides and finishing at\ufeff Pont Alexandre III.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"c7dec8f4-ab44-4b6e-81b2-c0ed63c654f2\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/c7dec8f4-ab44-4b6e-81b2-c0ed63c654f2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark celebrates winning the 2023 Tour de France.\" data-width=\"3867\" data-height=\"2577\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The 2024 Tour de France will see the world&#x27;s most famous cycling race\ufeff start in Italy and end outside Paris for the first time. 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