2024 Tour de France Stage 4 Live Coverage
Welcome to our live coverage of Stage 4 of the 2024 Tour de France! Our live profile and commentary are below, followed by a preview of the technical aspects of the route.
Course Preview
The 4th stage of the Tour de France travels from Pinerolo to the French Alps. After the descent from the Col du Galibier, the finish is in Valloire. The race is 138 kilometres long.
Before crossing the Italian-French border, the riders climb to Sestriere. It’s a 7-kilometre trek with an average gradient of 7.2%, but if you start your mathematics at the start,, the ascent is 39.9 kilometres long and sloping at 3.7%.
The Tour descends into France and continues north towards the Col de Montgenèvre. This 8.3-kilometre climb at 5.9% is crested around the midway marker. Following a relatively short descent, the riders descend a false flat towards the Col du Galibier, which is a beast—23 kilometres long and averaging 5.1%. The last kilometre goes up at 9% before a 19-kilometre descent leads to the line in Valloire.
Valloire has seen only one Tour de France stage finish until now. In 2019, Nairo Quintana soloed to victory from the breakaway in the village nestled between the Col du Télégraphe and Col du Galibier. The 2019 stage also came down the latter pass.
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