2023-10-25 12:11:11
From the Netherlands to the “mountain of the Dutch”: the 2024 women’s Tour de France, presented on Wednesday in Paris, will start from Rotterdam on August 12 and arrive at Alpe-d’Huez on August 18 after 946.3 km of running.
The stages of the 2024 women’s Tour de France:
August 12: 1st stage Rotterdam (Netherlands) – The Hague, 124 km
August 13: 2nd stage Dordrecht (Netherlands) – Rotterdam, 67 km
August 13: 3rd stage Rotterdam – Rotterdam (individual time trial), 6.3 km
August 14: 4th stage Valkenburg (Netherlands) – Liège (Belgium), 122 km
August 15: 5th stage Bastogne (Belgium) – Amnéville, 150 km
August 16: 6th stage Remiremont – Morteau, 160 km
August 17: Champagnole – Le Grand-Bornand, 167 km
August 18: 8th stage Le Grand-Bornand – Alpe d’Huez, 150 km
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The impact of the Olympic Games
As with the men, the third edition of the women’s Grande Boucle, presented Wednesday in Paris, is strongly influenced by the holding of the Olympic Games in Paris (July 26-August 11).
The departure the day after the end of the Olympic Games, that is to say a Monday, means that, to keep the same number of stages as required in particular by certain contracts, the organizers had to offer two on the same day.
The fact remains that the route, a straight line from north to south, promises to be tempting and varied with first of all flat, obviously, in the Netherlands, followed by a stage reminiscent of the classics between Valkenburg and Liège with the ascent Bemelerberg and Cauberg, emblems of the Amstel Gold Race, as well as the coasts of La Redoute and La Roche-aux-Faucons, myths of Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
And a unique final weekend in the Alps, first with a long odyssey to Grand-Bornand. Then, to finish, the queen stage, 3,900 meters of positive altitude difference, taking the Col du Glandon on its steepest side (19.7 km at 7.2%) before the final arrival at Alpe-d ‘Huez (13.8 km at 8.1%), new legendary summit taken by the Women’s Tour a year after the Tourmalet where the Dutchwoman Demi Vollering cemented her success in 2023.
“It’s the hardest stage we’ve ever done, also including the Glandon, which for me is the hardest pass in France, underlines Marion Rousse, director of the Tour. After the Vosges in 2022 and the Tourmalet last year, we really wanted to go to the Alps. »
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