Italy to host Tour de France bicycle race in June 2024 for the first time

Italy will host the start of the Tour de France for the first time in 2024

Britain's Chris Froome, centre, 2nd place Romain Bardet of France, left, and 3rd place Nairo Quintana of Colombia, right, celebrate on the podium after the 21st and last stage of the Tour de France cycling race in Paris, France. — File image of Tour de France's winners in 2016.

AP Paris

1 min read Last Updated : Dec 22 2022 | 10:39 AM IST

Italy will host the start of the Tour de France for the first time in 2024.

Race organisers confirmed on Wednesday that the "grand dpart" will take place on June 29 from Florence to Rimini to mark 100 years since Ottavio Bottecchia became the first Italian rider to win the Tour.

Italy will host the first three stages of the 2024 race, which will end on July 21 in Nice instead of Paris because of the Olympic Games. It will be the first time since 1905 that the finish is not the French capital.

The start was brought forward by one week, a customary change during an Olympic year.

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