2024 Tour de France Stage 1 Live Coverage
Welcome to our live coverage of Stage 1 of the 2024 Tour de France! Our live profile and commentary are below, followed by a preview of the technical aspects of the route.
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The 2024 Tour de France starts with a bang. The first stage is played out on a 205-kilometre route with an elevation gain of 3,800 metres.
Following a 30 kilometre flat run-up, the route starts to climb false flat to the first uphill test, Colle Tre Faggi. This ascent is 12.5 kilometres with an average gradient of 5.1%. The riders reach the summit after almost 50 kilometres.
A 25-kilometre downhill leads to the Colle Monte delle Forcheâ2.5 kilometres at 6.2%âwhich is shortly followed by the Sella di Raggio (or, after the ASOâs Francization, CĂ´te de Spinello). This is a 7.1-kilometre ascent at 6%. The first Tour stage of 2024 is almost halfway to the top.
Another long descent takes the riders to the hardest part of the route, with four climbs within 50 kilometres. The Colle de Barbotto (5.8 kilometres at 7.6%) and the climbs to San Leo (4.6 kilometres at 7.7%) and Montemaggio (4.2 kilometres at 6.6%) precede a descent into San Marino. The last climb of the day leads in 7.1 kilometres at 4.8% to the capital of the dwarf state.
The summit of the âCĂ´te de Saint-Marinâ lies 25 kilometres before the summit. The first 10 kilometres fly downhill back into Italy, while the last 15 kilometres are flat.
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