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Last place in the tour, bennett keeps his sense of humor, the bora – argon 18 rider is currently in last place at the tour, meaning he's the infamous lanterne rouge rider..

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SAINT-GERVAIS, France (VN) — Sam Bennett’s Tour de France will end Sunday with at least one prize, the one for finishing last in the race overall — what the locals call the lanterne rouge, or red lantern.

The Irishman of team Bora – Argon 18, who was in 177th place at 16 minutes behind his closest competitor Lars Bak of Lotto – Soudal, only needs to survive to Paris to make the special claim. Not that he really wants the recognition.

“At the beginning I was a little disappointed that I was forced into the lantern rouge for a second year, normally if I was a few places up and decided to be there, I’d be happier,” Bennett said.

“I’ve put in a good fight to stay in the race, so I guess I’m happy to be here. I just have to have a sense of humor about it.”

Bennett spent time Friday morning powering away on his turbo trainer to be ready to survive the remaining two mountain stages so that he can make it to Paris, where he hopes to have a chance to sprint.

At last year’s Tour, he was last overall but abandoned due to exhaustion in stage 17. This year, a crash in the final kilometer of stage 1 in Normandy resulted in a fractured finger and time loss. At the start Friday morning in the Savoy valley, he had an accumulated time of 82 hours, 11:59 minutes — 4:16:06 behind Sky’s Chris Froome.

“The first week was the hardest, I really had to suffer then,” Bennett said. “The second week was a bit easier, just my head was keeping me from getting up in a bunch sprinting, then it came a lot easier two days ago. In that mountain stage [to Finhaut-Emosson], I was a lot better.

“I have never raced this long before. I don’t know if I’ll be good one day or bad one day. If I have the legs that I had two days ago, I’ll be happy.”

In 1979, the competition for the last-placed rider heated up so much that it became a problem. Frenchman Philippe Tesnière, who won the lantern rouge in 1978 and pulled in money from post-race criteriums, tried to win again by going slowly in a time trial, but missed the time cut. The organizer, upset, created a rule to eliminate the last rider after stages 14 to 20.

Belgian Wim Vansevenant holds the record with three lantern rouges in a row. After winning his third in 2008, he said, “This will keep me in the record books well after my career ends.”

It will not be easy. Bennett’s teammate and roommate Shane Archbold, known for his mullet haircut, abandoned with a broken hip two days ago. If Bennett survives, he will be the first rider from Ireland to claim the lanterne rouge — named for the red lantern that used to be hung at the back of trains.

The organizers will award him neither a lantern nor money, but Bennett will receive some recognition from his peers. Whether he likes it or not, he is the symbol of suffering in the world’s toughest stage race.

“At home, people just see you as coming last. I know it’s different here for the French, there’s a lot of history behind it,” Bennett said.

“I haven’t got any post-Tour criterium offers yet. In the last two years, I have. Even one year I wasn’t in a grand tour, and I had offers for post-Tour criteriums.”

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Lawson Craddock's Amazing Last-Place Finish In The Tour De France

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Lawson Craddock is seen finishing the individual time trial on Saturday, assuring his ability to finish the Tour de France in Paris on the next day. Benoit Tessier/Reuters hide caption

Lawson Craddock is seen finishing the individual time trial on Saturday, assuring his ability to finish the Tour de France in Paris on the next day.

A fractured shoulder blade, cobblestone roads, the Alps and Pyrenees: None was enough to stop U.S. cyclist Lawson Craddock from finishing the Tour de France on Sunday. Wearing number 13, he suffered a bad crash on the race's first day — and refused to quit.

"It's been an incredibly testing three weeks," Craddock said via his team's website. "I've pushed myself well beyond my limits. There were many times during the race that I wasn't sure if I could make it, but the encouragement and generosity the whole world has shown me motivated me every step of the way. To reach the finish line in Paris has been incredibly emotional."

He's In Last Place In The Tour De France, But Not Giving Up

Craddock finished last, and won thousands of new admirers by finishing at all. He fractured his scapula on July 7, the victim of a hard crash triggered by a skittering water bottle. He also had a gash along his right eyebrow that required stitches to close.

After he was examined that day, Craddock gamely talked with reporters and said he would see how he felt sitting on his bike the next morning – but then his voice trailed off, as the emotion of possibly withdrawing, seeing his hard work and training undone by a water bottle, overcame him. Afterward, he said he'd keep riding to support his home track back in Houston.

🎥 An update on @lawsoncraddock pic.twitter.com/uoGciIzoxr — EF Pro Cycling (@EFprocycling) July 7, 2018

"I didn't really want to just give up immediately," Craddock later told Houston Public Media's Florian Martin . "I was raised tougher than that, raised in Texas. We're born fighters."

Craddock is the first American to win the "Lanterne Rouge" – named for the red light on a train's caboose — that designates the Tour de France's last rider. In what's believed to be a new record, he held the title for the entire race.

The 26-year-old cyclist decided to continue after doctors said it would be safe — but painful — to do so. He's been treated along the way, getting chiropractic sessions three times a day and aided along by medics and his fellow riders on the EF Education First – Drapac team.

After he was hurt, Craddock pledged to donate $100 for each stage he finished to help the outdoor velodrome in Houston where he got his start in cycling. The concrete velodrome was almost entirely covered with floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey last year, making new cracks appear. As Craddock kept riding in France, others joined to support the track in Texas — and the campaign raised more than $225,000 .

Lawson Craddock suffered a bad crash at the start of the Tour de France — and finished, despite having a fractured shoulder blade. He also raised money for his hometown's velodrome in Texas. Benoit Tessier/Reuters hide caption

Lawson Craddock suffered a bad crash at the start of the Tour de France — and finished, despite having a fractured shoulder blade. He also raised money for his hometown's velodrome in Texas.

On the back of his Tour jersey, Craddock followed racing tradition by pinning his No. 13 race number upside down – hoping to flip any purported bad luck. In the same way, he's now turned a challenging injury into an inspiring accomplishment.

Craddock's mother, Ellen, has acknowledged being worried about her son's health and safety in France. Speaking with HPM's Martin at the Alkek Velodrome in Houston, she said, "the team doctors were behind him, said the fracture was stable, and he wanted to do it. And then to have this purpose behind it was — we were all in."

Craddock has ridden nearly all of the Tour's 2,082 miles with his injury. That includes 26 climbs up mountains or hills. After one stage that was built around 13.5 miles of infamously bumpy and slippery cobblestones, Craddock tweeted , "Suffering like I've never suffered before."

He said he would double his donation to the velodrome for that day.

Uffff, mi cuerpo... I’m doubling up ($200) on my donation to the @AlkekVelodrome after that @LeTour stage. Suffering like I’ve never suffered before. https://t.co/oRUzsNB3ao — Lawson Craddock (@lawsoncraddock) July 15, 2018

The Tour de France sweeps the slowest riders out of the race, if they fall too far outside of each day's stage-winning time.

For 21 stages, Craddock stubbornly made the cut – something 31 of the 176 riders who started the 2018 Tour were unable to do, because they either withdrew or were sent home by race officials.

Equal parts heartwarming and heartbreaking. A post shared by EF-Drapac p/b Cannondale (@rideargyle)on Jul 7,2018 at 7:32am PDT

He rode at the back of the peloton, often trailed only by his team car and the red car that carries Tour officials monitoring the race. He was urged on by teammates, by fans along the roadside, and by the 3,000 people who have donated to help improve his home track. On Twitter, fans followed the #CraddockWatch hashtag .

Craddock finished 145th – more than four and a half hours behind the winner, Geraint Thomas.

Welsh Cyclist Geraint Thomas Wins Tour De France

Thomas knows something about what Craddock has been through: In 2014, Thomas crashed badly on the Tour's first day, fracturing his pelvis. He stayed in the race , and finished 140th.

On Monday, Craddock thanked his supporters for their help, posting an image of himself holding a can from Karbach Brewing in Houston. The tweet ended, "Time for a beer."

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The Complete Guide to Every Tour de France Winner Through History

A rider-by-rider list of champions, from Maurice Garin in 1903 to Jonas Vingegaard in 2022.

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Ever wondered what Tour de France champions were like more than 100 years ago, when the race began? How about the youngest winner in Tour history? The oldest? The first to wear the yellow jersey from start to finish? The first to be accused of cheating?

We’ve got you covered with this complete list of every rider who has ever won an overall Tour de France title.

To learn more about the stories behind these athletes and their victories, Bill and Carol McGann’s two-volume The Story of the Tour de France and Les Woodland’s The Unknown Tour de Franc e are two of the best English-language resources out there.

Maurice Garin

Country: France Team: La Française Year(s): 1903

A chimney sweep-turned-champion, Garin led the inaugural Tour de France from start to finish, winning by almost three hours over the second-place rider. He earned the equivalent of about $40,000 for his efforts, money he later used to buy his own gas station.

Henri Cornet

Country: France Team: Conte Year(s): 1904

Cornet was declared the winner of the 1904 Tour after the first four finishers (including Garin) were disqualified for various forms of cheating. Only 19 at the time, Cornet remains the youngest winner in Tour history.

Louis Trousselier

Country: France Team: Peugeot–Wolber Year(s): 1905

Trousselier had to go on leave from the French army to compete in the 1905 Tour, so he made sure he invested his time wisely, winning three stages on his way to the overall victory. The night before winning the final stage, “Trou-Trou” spent all night drinking and gambling, losing the money he was set to win. He returned to the army the day after being crowned champion.

René Pottier

Country: France Team: Peugeot–Wolber Year(s): 1906

One year after becoming the first man to abandon the Tour while leading it, Pottier got his revenge by winning five stages and the overall title. Sadly, he hanged himself in his team clubhouse the following January after learning that his wife had had an affair while he competed in the race.

Lucien Petit-Breton

Country: France Team: Peugeot–Wolber Year(s): 1907, 1908

The Tour’s first two-time winner, Petit-Breton’s name is actually Lucien Mazan. Trying to keep his occupation a secret from his father—who didn’t want him to become a cyclist—Mazan raced under a pseudonym. In earning the second of his two Tour victories, he won five stages and never finished outside the top four. He was killed while serving as a driver for the French army in World War I.

François Faber

Country: Luxembourg Team: Alcyon–Dunlop Year(s): 1909

The first foreigner to win the Tour de France, Faber was incredibly large by contemporary standards. Nicknamed the “Giant of Colombe” after the Parisian suburb in which he lived, Faber measured six feet tall and weighed more than 200 pounds. He was shot in the back and killed while trying to carry a wounded comrade across no-man’s-land during a battle in WWI.

Octave Lapize

Country: France Team: Alcyon–Dunlop Year(s): 1910

To win his only Tour de France, Lapize had to overcome both his teammate Faber, the defending champion, and the Tour’s first visit to the Pyrenees. Luckily, Lapize was a much better climber than Faber, so the high mountains played to his strengths. He is perhaps most famous for shouting, “You are assassins!” at Tour organizers while climbing the Tourmalet. While serving as a fighter pilot in WWI, he was shot down and killed over Verdun.

Gustave Garrigou

Country: France Team: Alcyon–Dunlop Year(s): 1911

Despite complaints from racers, Tour organizers considered the Pyreneean stages such a success that they added the Alps in 1911. Faber again lost to a teammate, the climber Garrigou, who needed a bodyguard and disguise to finish the race after accusations that he poisoned a fellow competitor. He was later found innocent.

Odile Defraye

Country: Belgium Team: Alcyon–Dunlop Year(s): 1912

The first Belgian to win the Tour de France, Defraye rode the Tour six times and only finished once (in the same year that he won).

Philippe Thys

Country: Belgium Teams: Peugeot–Wolber, La Sportive Year(s): 1913, 1914, 1920

The Tour’s first three-time winner, Thys was the last rider to win before the start of WWI, and one of only a few prior champions to survive the conflict and continue his career.

Firmin Lambot

Country: Belgium Teams: La Sportive, Peugeot-Wolber Year(s): 1919, 1922

When the Tour started again after the war, Lambot continued Belgium’s run of success, taking the lead just two stages from the finish after Eugène Christophe—for the second time in his career—had his Tour ruined by a broken fork. Lambot won his second title at age 36, making him the oldest winner to date.

Léon Scieur

Country: Belgium Team: La Sportive Year(s): 1921

Discovered by Lambot, who hailed from the same town in Belgium, Scieur was nicknamed “the Locomotive” in the press for the way he relentlessly consolidated his lead. His wheel broke on the penultimate day and he carried it more than 300K on his back to show officials that he was justified in taking a replacement (rules at the time limited outside support for riders).

Henri Pélissier

Country: France Team: Automoto–Hutchinson Year(s): 1923

The oldest of three brothers, all of whom were cyclists, Pélissier finished only two of the eight Tours he started, placing second in 1914 and finally winning in 1923. Talented but ill-tempered, he dropped out mostly by choice. His most famous DNF came in 1920, when rather than accept a two-minute penalty for throwing away a flat tire, he abandoned the race in protest.

Ottavio Bottecchia

Country: Italy Team: Automoto Year(s): 1924, 1925

In 1924, Bottecchia became Italy’s first Tour de France champion and the first rider to wear the yellow jersey from start to finish. His initial win was made easier thanks to the departure of the Pélissier brothers on Stage 3. Discovered to be wearing two jerseys at a time, then a violation of the rules, Henri, his brother, and another teammate abandoned—you guessed it—in protest.

Lucien Buysse

Country: Belgium Team: Automoto–Hutchinson Year(s): 1926

Buysse rode selflessly for Bottecchia in 1925 and was rewarded with a chance to win the Tour for himself in 1926. Tragically, the Belgian received news that his daughter had died early in the race, but his family convinced him to carry on to victory.

Nicolas Frantz

Country: Luxembourg Team: Alcyon–Dunlop Year(s): 1927, 1928

Fourth in 1925 and second in 1926, Frantz set the foundation for his first Tour victory by winning Stage 11, a mountainous day that tackled the Pyrenean “Circle of Death,” a route with four challenging climbs including the Col d’Aubisque and Col du Tourmalet. He led the 1928 Tour from start to finish, becoming only the fifth rider (at the time) to win the overall twice.

Maurice De Waele

Country: Belgium Team: Alcyon–Dunlop Year(s): 1929

Second in 1927 and third in 1928, De Waele overcame several flat tires—riders were then required to change their own flats—and illness to win in 1929. He wasn’t a popular champion, which caused organizer Henri Desgrange to remark, “A corpse has won my race!”

André Leducq

Country: France Teams: Alcyon–Dunlop, France Year(s): 1930, 1932

The year 1930 brought a change to the Tour: National and regional teams, instead of sponsored trade teams, would now compete. This shifted the power back to France, with Leducq winning two of the decade’s first five Tours (all of which went to the French).

Antonin Magne

Country: France Team: France Year(s): 1931, 1934

Third behind Leducq in 1930, Magne took advantage of new three-minute time bonuses given to stage winners—as well as a mysterious letter tipping him off to the tactics of a competitor—to win in 1931, his first of two victories.

Georges Speicher

Country: France Team: France Year(s): 1933

Historians consider the French team at the 1933 Tour to be one of the strongest collections of pre-war riders ever assembled. Speicher was joined on the start line by former winners Leducq and Magne, as well as future winner Roger Lapébie.

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Tour de France coverage from Cycling Weekly, with up to date race results, rider profiles and news and reports.

The Tour de France 2024 began on Saturday 29 June and marks the 111th edition of cycling's flagship race. In the first Grand Départ for Italy, the race started in Florence and traced a path east across the country, before heading back west towards France and into the Alps. 

The riders will also take on the Apennines, Massif Central and Pyrenees mountain ranges, and pass through Italy, San Marino, Monaco and France.

With Paris busy preparing for the Olympic Games in August there will be no room for the Tour de France's traditional final stage finish on the Champs-Elysées. Instead the race will finish in Nice – the first time it has ever finished outside the capital.

The world's best riders are locked into a battle for victory, with newly crowned Giro d'Italia winner Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) taking on Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease A Bike) and Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quick Step) – both of whom are currently returning from injury – and Primož Roglič (Red-Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe).

The three-week event is the second in the trio of Grand Tours, coming after the Giro d'Italia and before the Vuelta a España .

Check out our page on the  Tour de France 2024 route  for everything you need to know about the 21 stages from Florence to Nice, and look at  complete start list for the race .

This will be the first Tour since  GCN+ closed down , so make sure you read our how to watch the Tour de France guide carefully to make sure you can be fully tuned in. 

Tour de France 2024 reports

• Romain Bardet snatches first stage of the Tour de France as Mark Cavendish struggles
• Kevin Vauquelin secures first ever Tour de France stage victory for Arkea-B&B Hotels, while Tadej Pogačar claims the yellow jersey on stage 2
• Biniam Girmay becomes first black African to take a Tour de France win in stage 3 sprint
• Tadej Pogačar wins stage 4 duel with Jonas Vingegaard to reclaim yellow at the Tour de France
• Mark Cavendish breaks Tour de France stage win record with victory on stage five
• Dylan Groenewegen edges home first in bunch dash for Tour de France stage six
• Remco Evenepoel powers to time trial victory on Tour de France stage seven , as Tadej Pogačar keeps yellow
• Biniam Girmay powers to second Tour de France win on stage 8
• Anthony Turgis pips Tom Pidcock to win stage 9 of Tour de France after breathless day on the gravel
• Jasper Philipsen finally has his moment, winning Tour de France stage 10 bunch sprint
• Jonas Vingegaard outsprints Tadej Pogačar to claim victory on stage 11 of the Tour de France
• Biniam Girmay sprints to third win of the Tour de France on stage 12
• Jasper Philipsen outsprints Wout van Aert to win stage 13 of the Tour de France in Pau
• Tadej Pogačar wins stage 14 of the Tour de France and tightens his grip on the yellow jersey
• Tadej Pogačar dominates stage 15 of the Tour de France to extend his lead

Tour de France 2024: Overview

Tour de france 2024: the route.

One for the climbers, the 2024 Tour de France route incorporates four summit finishes, spans four mountain ranges, and features the hilliest opening stage in Tour de France history.

One of the most interesting and intriguing routes of recent years, sitting between the predominantly hilly week one and week three sits a flatter week two, and stage nine – with an abundance of white roads; 14 sectors in total.

There's plenty for the sprinters as well as the general classification and climbing specialists, although there are going to be some tough mountains to get over to reach the sprint stages, and to finish the three weeks.

For the first time in 35 years, a final stage means the yellow jersey won't be decided on the penultimate day, but with a time trial in Nice.

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Tour de France 2024 route: Stage-by-stage

Tour de france 2024: the teams.

The Tour de France peloton consists of 22 teams of eight riders. This includes all 18 UCI WorldTour teams, as well as the two best-ranked UCI ProTeams, and two further squads invited by the organiser, ASO. 

The teams racing the 2024 Tour de France are:

• Alpecin-Deceuninck
• Arkéa-B&B Hotels
• Astana-Qazaqstan
• Bahrain-Victorious
• Bora-Hansgrohe
• Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
• dsm-firmenich PostNL
• EF Education-EasyPost
• Groupama-FDJ
• Ineos Grenadiers
• Jayco-AlUla
• Intermarché-Wanty
• Israel-Premier Tech
• Lotto Dstny
• Soudal Quick-Step
• TotalEnergies
• UAE Team Emirates
• Uno-X Mobility
• Visma-Lease a Bike

Tour de France 2024: General classification riders

When it comes to potential yellow jersey winners, there are four riders to watch out for.

The quartet comprises Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), who has just won the Giro d'Italia; Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quick Step), Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease A Bike), and Primož Roglič (Bora-Hansgrohe) . 

Reigning champion Jonas Vingegaard is the only rider over whom hangs a significant question mark for the race. Along with Roglič and Evenepoel, he came down in a nasty crash on stage four of the Itzulia Basque Country in April. All were injured but the Dane came off worst, and he only began riding outside in May. All three made it to the start line, but how their form will progress over the Tour remains to be seen. 

Following the route announcement in October, Tadej Pogačar said that the "end of the journey makes me smile", with the final two stages starting and finishing close to his home in Monaco. Pogačar is hoping to take back the top step in 2024 after two years of missing out on yellow to Vingegaard. The Slovenian won the Giro earlier this year.

Remco Evenepoel will make his Tour de France debut in 2024. Although he took a win in 2022 at the Vuelta, his performance in other Grand Tour races has been either inconsistent or blighted by illness. If he's to compete against the likes of Vingegaard and Pogačar, he'll have to up his game. After coming 5th overall and taking a stage win in his Tour debut in 2023 , Carlos Rodríguez will lead Ineos Grenadiers .

Tour de France 2024: Sprinters

It's going to be a tough year for the sprinters. Jasper Philipsen of Alpecin-Deceuninck was one of the star men of last year's Tour de France, taking four stage wins and the green sprinter's jersey at the end of the three weeks. He has had a fine season so far, with a win at Milan-San Remo and second at Paris-Roubaix and is likely to be the rider to beat at the Tour.

Like Philipsen, Mads Pederson of Trek-Segafredo has enjoyed a successful early season, with a win at Gent-Wevelgem and (unlike Philipsen) a hatful of sprint victories. He's likely to be the Belgian's main rival in the bunch finishes.

All eyes will be on Mark Cavendish in the 111th Tour de France after he postponed retirement to target the Tour win record, currently shared with Eddy Merckx, and gain his 35th win. He said, however, that he was "in shock" and that this was the "toughest course" he had ever seen , when it was revealed in October. 

Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty), Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco-AlUla) and Fabio Jakobsen (dsm-firmenich-PostNL) are also challenging for wins.

Tour de France 2024: On TV

As you'd expect the Tour de France is being broadcast in several different places throughout July. 

The race is being live-streamed on Discovery+ and Eurosport , as well as ITV4, in the UK and in Europe. Subscription costs are £6.99/month or $8.99/month, and £39.99 or $49.99 for a year.

A Flobikes  annual subscription will cost you $209.99 if you want to watch in Canada, while in the USA  NBC Sports  via Peacock Premium ($4.99 per month) will show the race. Australians can can watch the Tour for free on SBS on Demand.

And, of course, if you want to watch your local stream from anywhere in the world you'll need a VPN from a trusted company like ExpressVPN .

Tour de France: The jerseys

Much like every year in recent memory, the Tour de France jerseys and classifications are yellow for the overall leader, green for the leader in the points standings, polka-dot for the mountain classification, and white for the best young rider.

Along with the jersey prizes, there is an award for the most combative rider of each stage, with the winner wearing a red number on the following day. This is awarded each day, with a 'Super Combativity' award decided by a jury at the end of the race for the most active rider throughout the entire event.

There is also a team classification where the time of the first three riders from each team is put together to create a single time. This is then done in a similar way as the individual general classification.

In addition, there are plenty of bonus seconds up for grabs at the race. There are ten, six and four bonus seconds available at the end of each stage for the first three riders, as well as bonus sprints that are dotted throughout the race on key climbs to try and make the racing more entertaining for spectators.

Of course, there's also prize money up for grabs. For winning the 2023 edition of the race, Jonas Vingegaard collected €535,220 (£463,100), a sum which is customarily shared out among the team's riders and staff.

Tour de France past winners in the last 12 years

• 2012: Bradley Wiggins (GBr) 
• 2013: Chris Froome (GBr) 
• 2014: Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) 
• 2015: Chris Froome (GBr) 
• 2016: Chris Froome (GBr) 
• 2017: Chris Froome (GBr) 
• 2018: Geraint Thomas (GBr) 
• 2019: Egan Bernal (Col) 
• 2020: Tadej Pogačar (Slo) 
• 2021: Tadej Pogačar (Slo)  
• 2022: Jonas Vingegaard (Den)
• 2023: Jonas Vingegaard (Den)

Tour de France FAQ

How does the tour de france work.

The Tour de France is one of a trio of races that are three weeks long, known as the Grand Tours, alongside the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España. The Tour is the best known and arguably the most prestigious.

It is the second of the three races in the calendar with the Giro taking place in May, the Tour usually in July, and the Vuelta in August and September.

The Tour, like all Grand Tours, takes on varying terrain with flat days for sprinters, hilly days for puncheurs and mountains for the climbers and GC riders, along with time trials, so that a winner of the race has to be able to perform on all types of road.

The main prize in the race, known as the general classification, is based on time with the overall leader wearing the yellow jersey. The race leader and eventual winner is the rider who has the lowest accumulated time over the 21 days of racing. Riders can win the Tour de France without winning a stage, as Chris Froome did in 2017. Time bonuses of 10, six, and four seconds are given to stage winners though, creating incentive for those general classification riders to chase individual victories and lower their overall time.

In 2020 it took race winner Tadej Pogačar 87 hours 20 minutes and 5 seconds to complete the race with the second-place rider overall 59 seconds slower. That continues all the way down to the last place rider, which was Roger Kluge (Lotto-Soudal) who finished 6 hours 7 minutes and 2 seconds behind.

The white best young rider's jersey is worked out in the same way but only riders under the age of 26 are eligible for the jersey.

The polka-dot mountains jersey and the green points jersey are based on a points system and not time. The only reason time would come into account would be if riders are tied on points, then it would go to who is the best placed in the general classification.

The team classification is based on the general classification times of the first three riders of a team on each stage. The time of those three riders is added up and put onto their team's time, creating a GC list much like in the individual classifications. The leading team gets to wear yellow numbers and helmets on each stage.

The final classification available is the combativity prize. This is decided by a race jury or, in more recent years, Twitter. This takes place just before the end of each stage and often goes to a rider from the breakaway who has put in a daring performance or attempted to liven up the stage by attacking. The winner of the combativity award gets to wear a special red race number on the following day's stage.

There is a final prize added to this with the Super Combativity prize being awarded on the podium in Paris. This is decided in a similar fashion to pick out the most aggressive, entertaining, and daring rider of the whole three weeks. Again, usually going to a rider who has featured regularly in the breakaway.

Stage winners do not wear anything special the day after apart from getting a small yellow jersey to stick on their number on their bike, this can be replaced if they win multiple stages.

Teams used to come to the race with nine riders but the UCI, cycling's governing body, decided that nine riders from each team was too dangerous and dropped it to eight, however more teams now take part.

How long is the Tour de France?

The Tour de France takes place over 23 days with 21 of them being race days. The riders get two days of resting; they usually fall on the second and third Monday of the race.

This year's race is 3,492km long, which is 2,170 miles, around the same distance from Washington DC to Las Vegas, or Helsinki to Lisbon. 

Road stages can range from anything around 100km to something approaching 250km, sometimes more. This year the shortest road stage is stage 20, from Nice to Col de la Couillole, with the longest being 229km on stage three in Italy, from Plaisance to Turin.

Road stages often take around four to five hours with the longer days sometimes nudging over seven hours.

Time trials are always much shorter. Team time trials have long since gone out of fashion in the world of road racing so individual time trials are the main focus these days. 

In 2024, the Tour has two individual time trials for the riders to tackle, the first on stage seven at 25km long from Nuits-Saint-Georges to Gevrey-Chambertin, and the second on the final stage from Monaco to Nice, at 34km long.

When does the Tour de France start?

The 2024 Tour de France starts on June 29 in Florence, Italy, with a road stage. There will be three full stages in Italy, before the fourth heads into France. The race finishes in Nice three weeks later.

The 2024 edition of the race runs from 29 June - 21 July, covering 21 stages. 

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The Tour de France returns in all of its glory on Saturday, June 29, with no shortage of major storylines going into cycling’s most prestigious race. Can Jonas Vingegaard, winner in back-to-back years, become history’s ninth cyclist to win at least three Tour de France races? His primary competition, Tadej Pogačar, aims for the same feat and the yellow jersey after finishing second in 2022 and 2023. Elsewhere, Primož Roglič seeks the elusive Tour de France victory that has eluded him.

Before cyclists embark on their massive trek, get up to speed with everything you need to know for the 111th Tour de France, which is streaming on Peacock on NBC.

How does the 2024 Tour de France work?

This year’s Tour de France is unique for several reasons. It will begin in Florence, Italy, for the first time in the event’s history. This starting point honors the 100-year mark since an Italian won the Tour de France, achieved by Ottavio Bottecchia in 1924. With the Paris Olympics starting in late July, 2024 features the first-ever Tour de France that won’t conclude in France’s capital city. Instead, it will finish in Nice, France. Riders will complete 21 stages across three weeks, starting in Florence, Italy on Saturday, June 29, and ending on Sunday, July 21. The entire Tour De France will cover a total distance of 3,492 km (2,170 miles), with riders competing in one stage per day and receiving one rest day at the end of each week.

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Who is riding in the Tour de France 2024?

The favorite to win the 2024 Tour de France is Tadej Pogačar , a member of the UAE Team Emirates . At 25 years old, he already has two Tour de France wins (2020, 2021) and one Giro d’Italia victory (2024). After dominating the Giro d’Italia in May, the phenom aims to become the first cyclist since 1998 (Marco Pantani) to win both the Giro and the Tour de France in the same year. Already considered one of the greatest talents cycling has ever seen, the Slovenian has won four out of five events he’s raced in this year, finishing third in his only non-victory. He’s finished second place in the last two editions of the Tour de France.

Pogačar will look to defeat two-time defending Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard of Team Visma-Lease a Bike, another popular pick to win this year. The 27-year-old has bested Pogačar the last two years, but the Tour de France will mark his return to racing since a severe crash at the Tour of the Basque Country in April, where he broke his collarbone and ribs, suffering a collapsed lung in the process.

Another intriguing challenger is Tour veteran Primož Roglič of Team Bora-hansgrohe, who seeks his first Tour de France victory in what will be his sixth appearance. At 34 years old and well into his illustrious career, it remains the major title he has yet to win, having already secured victories across the Giro d’Italia, Vuelta a España, Monuments, and Olympic Games.

How many teams are in the Tour de France?

The Tour de France is made up of 22 pro cycling teams with eight riders each, amounting to 176 total competitors.

How do teams work in the Tour de France?

Each team has one rider who is their main contender, commonly referred to as the team’s leader. Teams may have several leaders throughout the race, determined by each group’s individual race strategy. Other members of the team are known as domestiques . These key figures support their team’s leader in the race by shielding them from wind and other cyclists, bringing them water, and even offering to switch bikes in the event of mechanical failure. Team members typically take turns acting in these support roles.

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Who are recent Tour de France winners?

2023: Jonas Vingegaard (Denmark) 2022: Jonas Vingegaard (Denmark) 2021: Tadej Pogačar (Slovenia) 2020: Tadej Pogačar (Slovenia) 2019: Egan Bernal (Colombia) 2018: Geraint Thomas (United Kingdom, Wales) 2017: Chris Froome (United Kingdom) 2016: Chris Froome (United Kingdom) 2015: Chris Froome (United Kingdom) 2014: Vincenzo Nibali (Italy) 2013: Chris Froome (United Kingdom) 2012: Bradley Wiggins (United Kingdom) 2011: Cadel Evans (Australia) 2010: Andy Schleck (Luxembourg) Alberto Contador was initial winner, but was stripped of victory in 2012 after he was found guilty of doping

How many points do you get for winning a stage in the Tour de France?

Points are awarded throughout and at the end of each stage, differing based on the type of stage. Here’s the point distribution for first-place finishers across stages (Individual time trial and intermediate sprint winners are also awarded 20 points each):

Flat stage finishes: 50 points Hilly and medium mountain stage finishes: 30 points High mountain finishes: 20 points

How do they determine the winner of the Tour de France?

The rider with the shortest overall combined time from every stage is declared the winner. This year’s race will feature an individual time trial from Monaco to Nice as the final stage. Though there is only one overall winner, there are three other individual awards granted to cyclists for various accomplishments. Throughout the race, the leaders in each category wear specific jerseys to differentiate them from the rest.

The coveted yellow jersey is for the rider with the fastest overall time at the end of each stage; the race leader. A green jersey, also known as the points jersey, is awarded to the fastest sprinter. Riders collect points for finishing stages quickly, winning sprint sections, and performing well in mountain sections. A white jersey with red polka dots, also known as the “King of the Mountains,” is awarded to the best climber. Mountain points are distributed based on the difficulty of individual climbing sections throughout various mountain stages. Lastly, a white jersey is awarded to the best young rider, the highest-ranked cyclist under the age of 26. Winning just one Tour de France stage is considered a huge victory for most cyclists.

How much money do you get for winning the Tour de France?

The overall winner of the Tour de France will receive €500,000, equivalent to $533,915. Second place earns €200,000 ($213,566), with third place getting $100,000 ($107,062). Each stage win is worth €11,000, equivalent to $11,746. The rider with the most sprint points at the race’s conclusion walks away with €25,000 ($26,765) as the green jersey winner.

Is there a team prize in the Tour de France?

Yes, there is a team prize in the Tour de France. The top five teams at the end of the race receive cash prizes, which are then calculated by adding the cumulative times of each team’s three fastest finishers from the stage. The winning team receives €2,800 in prize money ($3,001). Team earnings are often split among the team instead of just one rider.

How is the Tour de France time cut calculated?

The Tour de France’s time cut is a Grand Tours ruling that ensures riders don’t reduce their workloads in certain stages to conserve energy for later stages. Time cuts in stages are determined by two factors, primarily the stage’s difficulty and the winning rider’s average speed. Every stage in the Tour de France is given a difficulty coefficient, numbered one to six. For example, a stage where minimal climbing is involved may be granted a one or a two, but a stage with high climbs through mountains may be granted a higher difficulty coefficient, like five or six. If the stage maintains a fast pace, time cuts will be more forgiving. If races produce a slower pace, the time cut will be harsher.

What is the name of the British team in the Tour de France?

The INEOS Grenadiers are Great Britain’s professional cycling team that competes at the UCI World team level. The team is based out of Manchester, England with a base in Deinze, Belgium. Previously known as Team Sky, the name changed to Team INEOS and then the INEOS Grenadiers in 2019, when INEOS and Sir Jim Ratcliffe became sole owners. This year’s 11 British riders throughout the field are the most ever in Tour de France history.

What are the stages of the Tour de France 2024?

Saturday, June 29: Stage 1 , Florence - Rimini (206 km) Sunday, June 30: Stage 2 , Cesenatico - Bologne (199.2 km) Monday, July 1: Stage 3 , Plaisance - Turin (230.8 km) Tuesday, July 2: Stage 4 , Pinerolo - Valloire (139.6 km) Wednesday, July 3: Stage 5 , Sant-Jean-de-Maurienne - Saint-Vulbas (177.4 km) Thursday, July 4: Stage 6 , Mâcon - Dijon (163.5 km) Friday, July 5: Stage 7 , Nuits-Saint-Georges - Gevrey-Chambertin (25.3 km, individual time trial) Saturday, July 6: Stage 8 , Semur-En-Auxois > Colombey-les-Deux-Églises (183.4 km) Sunday, July 7: Stage 9 , Troyes - Troyes (199 km) Monday, July 8: Rest Day Tuesday, July 9: Stage 10 , Orléans - Saint-Amand-Montrond (187.3 km) Wednesday, July 10: Stage 11 , Évaus-les-Bains - Le Lioran (211 km) Thursday, July 11: Stage 12 , Aurillac - Villeneuve-sur-Lot (203.6 km) Friday, July 12: Stage 13 , Agen - Pau (165.3 km) Saturday, July 13: Stage 14 , Pau - Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d’Adet (151.9 km) Sunday, July 14: Stage 15 , Loudenvielle - Plateau de Beille (198 km) Monday, July 15: Rest Day Tuesday, July 16: Stage 16 , Gruissan - Nîmes (188.6 km) Wednesday, July 17: Stage 17 , Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux - Superdévoluy (177.8 km) Thursday, July 18: Stage 18 , Gap - Barcelonnette (179.5 km) Friday, July 19: Stage 19 , Embrun - Isola 2000 (144.6 km) Saturday, July 20: Stage 20 , Nice - Col de la Couillole (132.8 km) Sunday, July 21: Stage 21 , Monaco - Nice (33.7 km, individual time trial)

Who is the only American to win the Tour de France?

The legendary Greg LeMond is the only American man to win the Tour de France, capturing victories in 1986, 1989, and 1990. In the process, he became the first non-European professional cyclist to win the historic race.

What happens if you have to go to the bathroom during the Tour de France?

Cyclists can stop on the side of the road if they must use the bathroom during the Tour de France. However, they must be out of view of spectators to avoid getting fined. Riders often will take collective breaks as a group to individually go to the bathroom.

Do riders sleep during the Tour de France?

Yes! Tour de France competitors do indeed get rest. The race is three weeks long and athletes are exercising intensely, so sleep is necessary. Cyclists typically sleep in hotel rooms that vary in accommodations and location.

What are the Tour de France rules?

There are many rules within the Tour de France, among them include:

• All riders must wear their team’s official outfit: shorts, jersey, socks, shoes, gloves, and a helmet to begin the race (aside from special jerseys).
• Other classifications can be identified by a rider’s uniform or race number, including colored or special numbers for the highest-ranked individual rider on each team, the most aggressive rider as determined by a jury, and stage winners.
• If a cyclist wins a stage or is one of the first three finishers, seconds are subtracted from their overall time as a bonus. First place subtracts ten seconds, then six and four for second and third. At various critical points like passes and summits, the first three riders can also receive time premiums of eight, five, and two seconds.
• There is a time cut calculated depending on the type of stage using the time of the winner. In most cases, riders will be eliminated from the race if they do not finish under the time cut. There are cases where a rider will finish after the time cut and still be allowed to start the next day, but they lose all of the points they had accumulated to that point.
• Various cyclists are drug tested at every stage, with over 180 drug tests distributed throughout the race.

Other specific rules for the Tour de France include:

• No littering
• Cyclists cannot push off cars, motorcycles or other riders
• Team cars called caravans may follow riders, but must maintain a distance of at least 25 meters.
• Spraying liquid, like water used for cooling purposes, from team cars is prohibited.
• Teams cannot help eachother.
• Riders may only eat in designated areas.
• No indecent behavior towards spectators.

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Tour de France: Tadej Pogačar punctuates third GC title with dominant stage 21 win in Nice

Vingegaard finishes 1:03 back in second and Evenepoel takes third in ITT as duo hold on final podium spots

The 2024 Tour de France may have drawn to a close in the unfamiliar climes and format of a time trial in Nice. However, the race’s final stage winner was anything but, with Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) sealing his third overall Tour victory with his sixth triumph of this edition.

The Slovenian, the last man down the start ramp in Monaco, blitzed the hilly course at an average speed of 44.521 kph to record a closing time of 45:25, 1:02 up on second-placed man Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike).

In line with the GC result of this year’s Tour, the podium was rounded out by world time trial champion Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep). The Belgian was quickest at each checkpoint along the way before Vingegaard and Pogačar each went quicker. He’d end his day with a time of 46:38, 1:14 down on the yellow jersey.

Pogačar flew out of the gates to start the 33.7km test, setting the quickest times at both the first and second checkpoints atop the climbs of La Turbie and the Col d’Eze, the latter at 24 seconds up on Vingegaard. His pace didn’t let up on the downhill run towards Nice, where he stretched his lead over his great rival to a yawning 1:03 before capping a dominant three weeks in France with the final run into Nice and his 17th career Tour stage win.

“I’m super happy. I cannot describe how happy I am after two hard years in the Tour de France. Always some mistakes and this year everything to perfection. I’m out of words, so I’m super happy to win here, incredible," Pogačar said at the finish.

“I think this is the first Grand Tour where I was totally confident every day. Even at the Giro I remember I had one bad day, but I won’t tell which one. This year, the Tour was just amazing. I was enjoying it from day one until today and I had such great support behind me. I just couldn’t let anyone down, so I was enjoying it for them as well.

“I started with a good vibe in Monaco. It was a really lovely start on the Formula 1 grid, one of the best circuits in the world. At first, I was listening to the time gap to Remco – I didn’t have any other time gaps, but in the end I felt super good over the top of the first climb. Then in my head I heard Urška’s sentence that she hates me for doing these roads in training all the time. We did it so many times this year so I was like ‘I will not waste the preparations for today’.

“It’s incredible. I would never have through about this,” he said of his Giro-Tour double. “Maybe for some people would think the Giro was a safety net if I didn’t succeed at the Tour de France. For such it would’ve been – if I didn’t win here, it would’ve been an incredible year already, but to win the Tour is another level and to win both together is another level above that level. I’m super happy and really proud that we did it.

“Next, Van der Poel looks really good in the world champion’s jersey, but I want to take it from him this year. But we’ll see. I want one time to have the rainbow jersey on my back, but I still have time for that.”

The result, another display of dominance from easily the best rider at this year’s Tour, of course brought no change at the top of the general classification. Pogačar wins the 2024 Tour with a total time of 83:38:56, 6:17 up on Vingegaard, and 9:18 up on the debutant, third-placed Evenepoel.

There’d be very little change in the remainder of the top 10, too, with Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) in sixth easily defending his sixth overall – just one second – from Carlos Rodríguez (Ineos Grenadiers).

Above him, the fifth-placed man on the day João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) and seventh-placed Mikel Landa (Soudal-QuickStep) rounded out the top five.

Further back, Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike) – fourth in Nice at 2:08 down – and the impressive Derek Gee (Israel-Premier Tech) – 2:31 down – held eighth and ninth overall. 

In the battle for the final spot of the Tour’s top 10, Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain Victorious) came out victorious, managing to overhaul a 22-second deficit to Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek).

How it unfolded

The final stage of the 2024 Tour de France brought the riders an unfamiliar last-day challenge – a time trial, for the first time since that famous Greg LeMond-Laurent Fignon battle in 1989.

This time, the race headed west from Monaco to Nice, taking in a 33.7km course over the climbs of the second-category La Turbie (8.1km at 5.6%) and part of the Col d’Eze before the long descent into Nice.

The 141 riders were spread out over four hours of start times, with the battle for the lanterne rouge the first story of the day. Astana Qazaqstan teammates Davide Ballerini and Mark Cavendish were the first men out, the pair separated by 1:03 in the GC at over six hours down on Pogačar to start the day.

At the top of La Turbie, Cavendish had shed 17 seconds to Ballerini, and fell a further 12 seconds back on the Col d’Eze. The lanterne rouge beckoned at the third checkpoint, with Cavendish lying 1:17 down before he crossed the line to close out his final Tour de France in last place with a time of 54:38, 1:48 down on the Italian.

Out on course, French climber Lenny Martinez (Groupama-FDJ) was tearing it up, putting two minutes into everyone over the hilly first section of the course to eventually take the hot seat as the only rider under 50 minutes with a time of 48:24.

The climbs that filled the early part of the time trial put paid to most of the early runners’ hopes of a good time – of course, they all started early due to how much time they had lost on the climbs. Matteo Vercher (TotalEnergies) was the only other rider among the first 40 to even get under 51 minutes, finishing with a time of 50:46.

Starter number 42, Raúl García Pierna (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) edged under the 50-minute barrier with a time of 49:57. The Spaniard’s teammate, stage 2 winner Kévin Vauquelin, was another to put in a strong effort with a time of 49:22. Another stage winner, Victor Campenaerts (Lotto-Dstny), was the next man to take over second place, shedding just 14 seconds to Martinez to finish with a time of 48:38.

In the end, Martinez would sit in the hot seat for 77 minutes, only dislodged by a top ride from one of the Astana survivors, Harold Tejada. The Colombian, fifth on the Tour’s opening day, raced into first with a time of 48:15, nine seconds up on the young Frenchman.

By that point, the day was already looking ahead to the climbers and GC men at the end of the start order, though riders including Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe’s Matteo Sobrero (49:19), EF Education-EasyPost’s Neilson Powless (49:09), and Groupama-FDJ’s Quentin Pacher (48:59) all put in good rides in the meantime.

The GC Contenders

It was only towards the end of the day, with the attempts of those riders clustered towards the top of the overall standings, however, where the time of Tejada would come under major threat.

After almost two-and-a-half hours in the hot seat, the Colombian would watch as the likes of Evenepoel, Vingegaard, and Pogačar set out to begin their runs.

12th-placed man Simon Yates (Jayco-AlUla) enjoyed the quickest start of those riders on the fringe of the top 10, setting out with the second-best time up La Turbie at 21:43, though Derek Gee (Israel-Premier Tech) soon topped the timesheets there, eight seconds up on Martinez on 21:13.

Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) – under no threat from Carlos Rodríguez (Ineos Grenadiers) a second behind him – and Mikel Landa (Soudal-QuickStep) both came within half a minute of Gee’s time there, though as the podium trio sped through, that benchmark was blown out of the water.

First, it was Evenepoel who went top with a time of 20:36, 37 seconds up. Two minutes later, Vingegaard’s time of 20:17 saw him go 19 seconds quicker. Then came Pogačar, quicker again at 20:10, seven seconds up.

Further up the road at the Col d’Eze, Gee was still quickest, his time of 30:17 six seconds up on Martinez and 11 up on Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike), who started the day 24 seconds up in the GC.

At the second checkpoint, the pattern of the first was repeated as Evenepoel sped through, now 46 seconds up on Gee. Vingegaard, going quicker, came over the line 27 seconds up with a time of 29:03. Pogačar, meanwhile, had put even more time between him and his rivals for the win, now 24 seconds up on the Dane with a time of 28:39.

Checkpoint three, coming at the bottom of the descent of the Eze, brought a turnaround at the top of the provisional standings as Jorgenson overturned his deficit to Gee, crossing the line with a time of 41:37, now 21 seconds up on the Canadian.

Evenepoel’s time of 40:57 was the first under 41 minutes at the third checkpoint, but not the last as Vingegaard clocked a time of 40:33, having shed three seconds on the way down. Pogačar, meanwhile, wasn’t losing time to anyone, coming through with a time of 39:28 – now a massive 1:04 clear of the rest.

As the GC men came home to round out their Tours, Gee secured a top 10 overall on his debut with the provisional top spot, finally dethroning Tejada. His time of 47:56 would only last two minutes as the quickest, however, with Jorgenson defending eighth overall at a time of 47:32.

The US rider wouldn’t celebrate the stage win, though, as the big three were still out on the course, blasting along the flat run into Nice.

At the line, the story for the podium trio was the same as it had been at the three checkpoints earlier on the stage. Evenepoel top at 46:38, Vingegaard quicker again at 46:27, and then Pogačar – unbeatable – at 45:25.

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Dani Ostanek is Senior News Writer at Cyclingnews, joining in 2017 as a freelance contributor and later being hired full-time. Before joining the team, they had written for numerous major publications in the cycling world, including CyclingWeekly and Rouleur.

Dani has reported from the world's top races, including the Tour de France, Road World Championships, and the spring Classics. They have interviewed many of the sport's biggest stars, including Mathieu van der Poel, Demi Vollering, and Remco Evenepoel. Their favourite races are the Giro d'Italia, Strade Bianche and Paris-Roubaix.

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