2024 Tour de France starts in Italy and ends in Nice

The 2024 Tour de France will take place from June 29 to July 21 and it will be a truly unique 111th edition, starting in Italy and finishing, for the first time in Nice

The Tour runs from Saturday, June 29 to Sunday, July 21, so it was decided that authorities in Paris would have enough on their hands with the Olympics to handle the logistics of another major spectator event.

But it's not just the finish that will be new for 2024: the start – the Grand Depart – will be held in Italy for the first time. The Tour de France is back on Giro d'Italia territory for the 12th time but it's the first time the race has started this side of the border. 

Rumour suggests next year’s Grand Boucle will enter France from Italy via the Alps and then head northwest to Dijon before passing down through the Massif Central towards the Pyrenees. The decisive mountain stages of the third week will be in the Alps before the time trial from Monaco to Nice on the final day.

Stage 20: Saturday, July 20 - Nice to Col de la Couillole, 132km

This will be a mountainous stage from the coast at Nice inland to Col de la Couillole. 

Stage 21: Sunday, July 21 - Monaco to Nice individual time trial, 35km  

A break with tradition and an enforced finish in Nice, on the southern coast of France, due to the 2024 Olympics taking over the capital, Paris this week. The 21st and final stage will be contested in a 35km individual time trial from the glitzy streets of Monaco to Place Masséna in Nice. For the first time in a long time, the last stage may not be purely ceremonial. The yellow jersey could be won – or lost – today.