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A Pro Cyclist Rode An Unofficial, Solo Tour De France And Beat The Pack

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Lachlan Morton rode the whole route of the Tour de France without the kind of help official racers get, like mechanics and meals. He started behind official Tour racers and finished five days ahead. Lucy Le Lievre/Rapha hide caption

Lachlan Morton rode the whole route of the Tour de France without the kind of help official racers get, like mechanics and meals. He started behind official Tour racers and finished five days ahead.

Pro cyclist Lachlan Morton wasn't officially in this year's Tour de France, but he rode the route anyway, by himself — and beat everyone to the finish in Paris by five days.

After starting shortly behind the official group on June 26, he crossed the unofficial finish line at 5:30 a.m. Tuesday: 3,424 miles in 18 days, including ascents up some of France's famously brutal mountains.

Morton rode around 200 miles each day, usually spending about 12 hours in the saddle before finding a place to camp for the night (or simply riding through the night).

"To go out and ride your bike really far one time is one thing, but then to sleep in a tent and wake up at 5 o'clock the next morning to do it all again and do that again 15 or 16 days, that's a huge challenge," he says, "and is every bit if not more difficult than I thought it would be."

For comparison, you can cross the continental U.S. on a bike in just over 3,000 miles, and for most people, it can take at least two months.

Morton rode 230 miles on June 30. His own personal Tour de France was far from his first unassisted endurance trek. Lucy Le Lievre/Rapha hide caption

Morton rode 230 miles on June 30. His own personal Tour de France was far from his first unassisted endurance trek.

The team Morton rides for, the U.S.-based EF Education-Nippo, called it the Alt Tour . While the EF squad riding in the official Tour de France has mechanics and spare bikes at the ready, hotels to sleep in, all their meals provided and daily massages, Morton was left to his own devices.

A typical day on the Tour de France is about 100 miles. And in the official Tour, buses ferry riders from where one day's stage ends and the next day's stage begins. Morton rode those gaps himself, significantly adding to the total mileage.

There are two rest days on the Tour. Morton had none.

He carried all his clothes and gear on his bike, bought his own food and fixed his own flat tires.

Morton was left to his own devices for camping and buying food each day. He faced profound challenges: rainy days and nights, shortage of supplies and lots of pain. Lucy Le Lievre/Rapha hide caption

Morton was left to his own devices for camping and buying food each day. He faced profound challenges: rainy days and nights, shortage of supplies and lots of pain.

There were profound moments, like having the road to himself, riding through a glorious sunrise in the Alps, when he "felt very lucky to be out there doing what I was doing."

But Morton faced profound challenges as well: rainy days and nights, going to sleep hungry, running out of supplies. Lots of pain.

"I got a sore knee on the first day, which was a pretty significant problem and something that I didn't have a lot of experience with," he tells NPR. He had the idea to buy wider, longer pedals (he actually had to buy a whole bike from a supermarket just to get the pedals) that let his feet move around more and ride in his sandals.

"It turned out to be the perfect solution for my knee problem," Morton says, but then it created another problem: "I got pretty significant blisters from the sandals."

But he made some modifications and was able to make do riding in sandals for most of the journey.

It was all to raise money for World Bicycle Relief, a nonprofit that provides bicycles to people who need them in developing countries.

Morton rode almost all of the days in sandals, which he had to modify after getting blisters — the result of a previous modification of his bike because of a sore knee. Lucy Le Lievre/Rapha hide caption

Morton rode almost all of the days in sandals, which he had to modify after getting blisters — the result of a previous modification of his bike because of a sore knee.

It wasn't his first epic solo ride

It's only the latest zany idea for Morton, who specializes in off-the-beaten-path riding. He's done two of cycling's premier three-week Grand Tours before — the Giro d'Italia in 2020, and the Vuelta a España in 2017 — but gets the most attention for his solo adventures.

In 2019, he went from the bottom to the top of Great Britain, more than 1,200 miles, in under five days of cycling time. Last year, he rode through deserts and massive climbs up mountains on off-road trails in southern Spain , completing 446 miles in 43 1/2 hours, barely stopping at all. He has done epic rides through the Australian Outback , through the Balkans and in Colombia and set a record for the fastest known time on the Kokopelli Trail from Moab, Utah, to Loma, Colo.

A few months into the pandemic last year, with a lot of pro cycling at a standstill, Morton briefly held the record for Everesting — that is, riding a bike numerous times up one hill to reach a total vertical elevation the equivalent of Mount Everest.

Lachlan Morton Sets A Bicycling 'Everesting' Record

He's far from the only bicyclist to embrace extreme endurance events recently. Endurance cyclist Jack Thompson has now overtaken the Tour de France after starting more than a week behind.

Among the many events that require riders to support themselves the whole way, there's the yearly Tour Divide, which runs from Banff, Alberta, Canada, to the U.S.-Mexico border in New Mexico — about 2,700 miles, done in under 14 days by Mike Hall. And the Trans Am Bike Race, from Oregon to Virginia, done in under 17 days by Abdullah Zeinab. Fiona Kolbinger rode from Bulgaria to France in just over 10 days to win the Transcontinental Race .

Morton rode around 200 miles most days, though sometimes much more. On the final day, he rode 350 miles in about 20 and a half hours. Rapha hide caption

Morton rode around 200 miles most days, though sometimes much more. On the final day, he rode 350 miles in about 20 and a half hours.

But Morton is notable for his platform, leading some to argue that his type of adventure, complete with video documentation, live GPS tracking and a social media boost, is the future of professional cycling.

There's always a place for events like the Tour, he says.

However, "I think there's definitely a space beyond that where you can have top athletes competing in events or challenges or riding their bikes in a way that is still inspiring in the distance or the speed, but it's also a lot more relatable to the way that most people use their bikes," Morton says. "I think the Tour de France is unattainable for 99.9% of athletes. And, you know, you could buy a bike and put some bags on it and go tour France and there's no one that can stop you."

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Tour de France 2022: Michael Morkov, the 'lead-out man' every sprinter dreams of

The 36-year-old Dane is not a star of the peloton but he is the best when it comes to launching his leader in the final phase. A belated but fortunate vocation.

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How do you win a stage in a sprint in the Tour de France? You must be able to pedal hard in the last straight line, elbow your way past your rivals and avoid, if possible, hitting the asphalt. Another solution is to sign with the Quick-Step team and be dropped off at the finish line almost with your eyes closed by Michael Morkov.

To try him is to start winning. Just ask Fabio Jakobsen. After Elia Viviani, Sam Bennett and Mark Cavendish, the Dutchman was put into orbit by this Danish Saturn rocket conceived in 1985 to raise his arms in the Tour de France.

Year-round, the Dutchman "shares" Morkov's services with Cavendish, against whom he won out for the 2022 Tour. Both swear by him. "I'm flattered that Mark and Fabio say they want to race with me," the sturdy 1.83-meter rider said to Le Monde . "In the team, we've always had several good sprinters, it's in our DNA and I've gotten used to working for one or the other."

Happiness at work is possible and the Dane says he has been engulfed by it since he found his vocation as a "lead-out man" late in his life: a role halfway between light and shadow, an ultra-specialized job consisting of reassembling, placing and launching his sprinter in the last kilometer. Today, the entire peloton is in agreement regarding Morkov. He is the best at what he does but he has no desire to cross the line first.

His age is also a factor in this. In truth, Morkov is not a sprinter converted into a lead-out man like most of his colleagues. In 2012, the Tour discovered this breakaway chaser and even he even wore the jersey of the King of the Mountains jersey for six days. "I was with Saxo-Bank and we found ourselves at the last moment without a leader after the Contador's steak episode." Suspended for doping, Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador tried to explain – unsuccessfully – the presence of clenbuterol in his urine by the fact that he had eaten a veal sirloin.

At the time, Morkov was riding for the "Pistolero" and didn't have much of a chance to show off his burst of speed for someone else's service. "I turned pro at Saxo thanks to Bjarne Riis. He wasn't very interested in having a sprinter and the team was focused on the overall rankings."

His stage victory in the Vuelta in 2013 did not change his professional outlook. Without expressing it, this track specialist felt that he was at odds with his role as a "jack of all trades." In 2016, Alexander Kristoff invited him to join his "train" in the Katusha team. Initially, Morkov was only of the supporting members before becoming the Norwegian's official "lead-out man."

An Olympic champion team member

The early moments were tricky, but the student learned quickly. Studious, he watched and rewatched every possible sprint available on YouTube. "I wanted to understand this role of lead-out man. I was studying how Mark Renshaw was taking Mark [Cavendish] when he was pushing for it, how he was adapting to the wind and the width of the road. I felt I had good potential to fill that role with my track skills."

In the streets of Copenhagen, this father of two is mostly known as the American Olympic champion in 2021 with his compatriot Lasse Norman Hansen. "In Denmark, I think my career will always boil down to Tokyo rather than my role as a teammate," he said. On the track and on the road, Morkov has a higher-than-average sprint IQ, able to analyze the situation in a tenth of a second and immediately adapt to it.

"I really believe in this idea that every finish has a story," said the 30-year-old. "It's about finding the right solution to place your leader, feeling which team is going to take charge or if we will." Whereas in the 1990s, Mario Cipollini asked his teammates to clear a wide Roman road for him before putting his foot down, Quick-Step often prefers to spring up in the last three kilometers to take advantage of the other runners' efforts.

Morkov knows his job. He lets his teammate Kasper Asgreen pull a straightaway to put his team back in the lead; he asks his sprinter of the day to stay behind him and, above all, to trust him. "That's the key. In the heat of the moment, you can't ask yourself any questions and it has to be instinctive," he said. "Sometimes I feel I have to drop him off 250 meters from the line or 150 meters. But in some situations, my role can change. When Mark [Cavendish] won the fourth stage in Fougères last year, there was still a breakaway rider and the sprint was not organized at all; I was forced to put him back at 500 meters and then let him manage by himself."

'Drafting behind Morkov, even I can win '

Morkov maintains this chemistry thanks to constant communication with his sprinters. "I spend a lot of time talking with Mark, Fabio and even the other riders on the train; it's a real team effort." With Cavendish, the connection goes back much further. The two have known each other, faced each other and appreciated each other on the track at the Madison or points race. "I've had the opportunity to be drafting behind Morkov, and then even I can win," quipped the Isle of Man sprinter after a stage win at the Tour of Belgium in June and nearly four seasons of struggle.

In March, Morkov almost added Milan-Turin to his list of achievements, which also includes two Danish championship titles. On that day, Cavendish only had to stand on his pedals 50 meters from the line to win the Italian semi-classic. His lead-out man finished 7th while freewheeling. In his most unmentionable dreams, does he fantasize about a Gert Steegmans-like scenario?

In 2007, the Belgian Quick-Step "forgot" to slow down and won the second stage of the Tour de France in Gent ahead of his leader, Tom Boonen. "I remember this episode. I was watching it on TV," smiled Morkov. "It's a nice story and it could have happened to me in other races, but not in the Tour, honestly. And then I don't think about it at all. I'm just focused on my job as a teammate and happy to do it." Winning by proxy suits him just fine.

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Translation of an original article published in French on lemonde.fr ; the publisher may only be liable for the French version.

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Simon Clarke wins crash-marred Stage 5 of Tour de France; Wout Van Aert remains in yellow jersey

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ARENBERG PORTE DU HAINAUT, France -- Australian rider Simon Clarke won a crash-marred fifth stage of the Tour de France on Wednesday, while Wout van Aert clung onto the leader's yellow jersey despite coming off his bike.

The big winner, though, was Slovenian rider Tadej Pogačar, who kick-started his bid to win a third straight Tour with a sensational ride over the cobbles to slash the gap to Van Aert to 19 seconds on a day that several of his rivals lost time. Pogačar had a broad smile as he crossed the line.

"That was a really hard day. Quite stressful in the first part, and the second part was really tough. It was a lot of power on the pedals through the day, the cobbles were dusty and dangerous," Pogačar said.

"I'm just happy this day is over and I rode well. In the end it was a really good day for me and the [UAE Team Emirates] team ... I followed Jasper Stuyven in the end. He almost dropped me a few times, I struggled and I held onto his wheel. We came onto the front to take some seconds. I have to buy him a beer."

It was a first individual win on the Tour for Clarke, who was in tears after crossing the line. Clarke had won a team time trial in the race in 2013 and also two individual stages in the Spanish Vuelta.

The 35-year-old Clarke, who rides for Israel-Premier Tech, sprinted to victory from the remnants of an early breakaway, edging out Taco van der Hoorn.

"After the winter I had when I had no team, to then have Israel ring me up and say 'we'll give you that chance' just gives you such a reality check to make the most of every opportunity. All year this season, I've come out in every race swinging," Clarke said.

"I still can't believe I got it on the line there. Taco was well ahead of me with less than 50 meters to go. I was cramping in both legs and I just lined up the biggest throw I could possibly do and I just prayed it was enough. I need to watch the replay, I still don't quite believe it."

Edvald Boasson Hagen finished two seconds behind, at the end of the 157-kilometer (97-mile) leg from Lille Métropole to Arenberg Porte du Hainaut that went over some of the feared cobblestones that feature on the Paris-Roubaix one-day classic.

American cyclist Neilson Powless just missed out on a podium finish but moved into second in the overall standings, 13 seconds behind Van Aert and just one second ahead of Boasson Hagen.

The day saw several incidents and Van Aert was one of the first to take a tumble, but his crash came as the riders were racing toward the first of the 11 cobbled sections. He was able to get back on and catch up with the peloton -- although he almost went down again as he clipped the wing mirror of his own team car.

"In my opinion the roads were way too dangerous, everyone expected some stress because of the cobbles but then there was also a lot of narrowings and things on the road," Van Aert said. "I didn't want to take risks and the moment when I thought it was necessary to start moving up to the front I immediately crashed because of a narrowing.

"I hurt myself a bit but also I lost a bit of confidence to go really in a fight for position, and it's a shame because at that point I let down the other boys, and I also was in the back chasing instead of having a good position on the cobbles. So for me from then on it was a fight the whole day."

Van Aert admitted he didn't think he would still be in yellow.

"It was a big surprise for me after the finish because I was so much in the back that I was not actually thinking about the jersey anymore," he said.

Peter Sagan and Caleb Ewan were also involved in incidents as nerves set in. Ewan's crash came as he hit a hay bale that had come loose from the barriers and that also affected Primož Roglič, who has fallen more than 2 minutes behind his Slovenian rival.

Thursday's sixth stage is the longest one of the race and is a hilly 220-kilometer route from Binche -- in Van Aert's native Belgium -- to Longwy.

The race ends on July 24 in Paris.

Tour de France 2023: How to watch, schedule, odds and storylines you need to know

The Tour de France returns Saturday for its 110th edition, this time beginning in Spain’s Basque Country, and will end on Sunday, July 23, in Paris. As always, the race — which recently got the “Drive to Survive”-style docuseries treatment on Netflix — will feature 21 stages. There will be eight flat stages, four hilly stages, eight mountain stages with four summit finishes, just one individual time trial (down from the usual two) and two rest days.

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Peacock, NBC and USA Network will carry the Tour in the United States (NBC Sports and the Tour recently announced a six-year extension of their exclusive U.S. rights agreement, which now runs through 2029).

Peacock will stream every stage live and have daily pre-race shows. The streamer will also have stage replays, recaps, highlights, rider interviews and more, NBC Sports said.

Phil Liggett, a.k.a. “the voice of cycling,” will be on the call for his 51st tour, joined by analyst Bob Roll. Steve Porino and former professional cyclist Christian Vande Velde will also be reporting from on site, with the latter giving real-time updates while traveling the course on a motorcycle.

For the first time, NBC Sports’ broadcasts will feature clips from team radio, like communication between team directors and riders.

FloSports will stream the event in Canada.

How long is the Tour de France route?

This year’s route runs about 3,406 kilometers (about 2,116 miles). Stage 2, the longest single stage, is 209 km (about 130 miles).

The 22.4-km (about 14-mile) time trial will be held in the Alps in Stage 16.

How much money is on the line?

A total of €2.3 million (about $2.5 million) will be given out to the teams and riders, including €500,000 (about $546,000) to the winner of the overall individual classification.

How many riders are on the Tour?

Each of the 22 teams this year has eight riders, making for 176 total.

Recent Tour de France winners

• 2022 — Jonas Vingegaard (DEN)
• 2021 — Tadej Pogačar (SLO)
• 2020 — Tadej Pogačar (SLO)
• 2019 — Egan Bernal (COL)
• 2018 — Geraint Thomas (GBR)
• 2017 — Chris Froome (GBR)
• 2016 — Chris Froome (GBR)
• 2015 — Chris Froome (GBR)
• 2014 — Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)
• 2013 — Chris Froome (GBR)

Riders to watch

This year is expected to be a two-man battle for the general classification between two-time winner Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) and Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma), who emerged triumphant last year.

The 24-year-old Pogačar, regarded as the rider of his generation, was poised for a third straight title last year before Vingegaard, backed by a strong Jumbo-Visma squad, spoiled the campaign in the mountains. While the Slovenian Pogačar often has to fend for himself, the Danish Vingegaard, 26, has the backing of a “superteam” that includes do-it-all Belgian Wout van Aert and American Sepp Kuss to deliver him the yellow jersey.

Pogačar will undoubtedly be out for revenge, but questions are swirling about his fitness after he broke his wrist in a race earlier this year and had to miss some time. Whichever way the race goes, it’s always worth a reminder that this pair gave us an iconic moment of sportsmanship last year.

In the “last dance” category, we have British veteran Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan), French fan favorite Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) and Slovakian sprint star Peter Sagan (TotalEnergies). All three plan to retire after the 2023 season (though Sagan said he plans to compete in mountain biking at the Paris Olympics).

Cavendish, 38, has 34 stage wins on the Tour — tied for the most ever with Eddy Merckx (who reached the mark in 1975). Cavendish is seeking one last win in his 14th Tour to retire as the record-holder after sitting out last year.

The 33-year-old Pinot won the young rider classification in 2014 and has since won three stages, most recently in 2019 (when he had to abandon the race with two stages to go after tearing a leg muscle while in fifth place).

Sagan, 33, owns a record seven green jersey wins and has won 12 stages, the last coming in 2019.

Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers), the last man not named Pogačar or Vingegaard to win the Tour, will be in the peloton for the first time since 2020 after returning from a near-fatal crash in January 2022.

If you’ve followed the last few tours, you might also be wondering what’s up with Primož Roglič. The 2020 runner-up had to abandon the 2021 Tour before the ninth stage, and after starting the 2022 race as a Jumbo-Visma co-leader with Vingegaard, dropped out before the final rest day due to injuries. He did win the Giro d’Italia in May, but said he would take a break from racing to celebrate.

Beyond the general classification, you can monitor the additional races within the Tour: for the green jersey (points classification, generally considered a sprint competition) and polka dot jersey (king of the mountains).

Tour de France GC odds, via BetMGM

• Jonas Vingegaard (DEN) — +110
• Tadej Pogačar (SLO) — +115
• Jai Hindley (AUS) — +1400
• Mattias Skjelmose (DEN) — +2500
• Enric Mas (ESP)/Richard Carapaz (ECU)/Ben O’Connor (AUS)/Adam Yates (GBR) — +3300
• Simon Yates (GBR)/David Gaudu (FRA) — +5000

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Bekijk op deze pagina elke dag het rittenoverzicht, het klassement en de uitslag van de dag.

De Ronde van Frankrijk start dit jaar in Bilbao en blijft gedurende drie ritten in Spaans Baskenland. Na een vlakke tussenrit in het zuidwesten van Frankrijk volgen meteen twee loodzware Pyreneeën-ritten. Via de Pyreneeën gaat het via het Centraal Massief richting de Alpen, met nadien nog een slotakkoord in de Vogezen.

Liefst acht bergritten werden er geprogrammeerd, met in de negende etappe al aankomst op de Puy de Dôme, een uitgedoofde vulkaan met de top op 1.464 meter boven de zeespiegel. In de Tour is de Puy de Dôme er voor het eerst sinds 1988 weer bij. In het verleden zorgde hij steevast voor spektakel.

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Rit van de dag.

Net als vorig jaar, kondigt de Tour een tweestrijd tussen de Deen Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) en de Sloveen Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates) aan. In 2022 stond Vingegaard voor het eerst op het hoogste schavotje op de Avenue des Champs-Elysées in Parijs, met in de eindstand bijna drie minuten voorsprong op Pogacar, die naast een derde eindzege op rij greep. De Brit Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers) kaapte de derde podiumplaats weg.

Aan Belgische zijde wordt het moeilijk om de Tour van vorig jaar te evenaren. De Belgen wonnen toen liefst zes etappes, met Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) in een hoofdrol. Van Aert nam toen de rol van meesterknecht voor Vingegaard, vrijbuiter, tijdrijder en sprinter op zich, wat resulteerde in drie ritzeges en de groene trui.

De vraag is of Van Aert dit jaar helemaal tot het gaatje zal gaan, aangezien de wereldkampioenschappen al begin augustus in Glasgow op de planning staan. Hetzelfde verhaal voor Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck), al heeft de Nederlander wel wat recht te zetten na de Tour van vorig jaar. Daarin speelde hij geen rol van betekenis en in de elfde etappe gaf hij er de brui aan.

Dries Devenyns (bijna 40) is de nestor van het peloton, Amerikaans kampioen Quinn Simmons (22) is de jongste. Er doen ook drie ex-winnaars mee: Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogacar en Egan Bernal.

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Tour de France won’t finish in Paris for first time in more than a century because of the Olympics

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PARIS (AP) — The final stage of next year’s Tour de France will be held outside Paris for the first time since 1905 because of a clash with the Olympics, moving instead to the French Riviera.

Because of security and logistical reasons, the French capital won’t have its traditional Tour finish on the Champs-Elysees. The race will instead conclude in Nice on July 21. Just five days later, Paris will open the Olympics.

The race will start in Italy for the first time with a stage that includes more than 3,600 meters of climbing. High mountains will be on the 2024 schedule as soon as the fourth day in a race that features two individual time trials and four summit finishes.

There are a total of seven mountain stages on the program, across four mountain ranges, according to the route released Wednesday.

The race will kick off in the Italian city of Florence on June 29 and will take riders to Rimini through a series of hills and climbs in the regions of Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna. That tricky start could set the scene for the first skirmishes between the main contenders.

Riders will first cross the Alps during Stage 4, when they will tackle the 2,642-meter Col du Galibier.

“The Tour peloton has never climbed so high, so early,” Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme said.

And it will just be just a taste of what’s to come since the total vertical gain of the 111th edition of the Tour reaches 52,230 meters.

The next big moment for two-time defending champion Jonas Vingegaard and his rivals will be Stage 7 for the first time trial in the Bourgogne vineyards. The first rest day will then come after a stage in Champagne presenting several sectors on white gravel roads for a total of 32 kilometers that usually provide for spectacular racing in the dust.

Tour riders will then head south to the Massif Central and the Pyrenees, then return to the Alps for a pair of massive stages with hilltop finishes, at the Isola 2000 ski resort then the Col de la Couillole, a 15.7-kilometer (9.7-mile) ascent at an average gradient of 7.1%.

There should be suspense right until the very end because the last stage, traditionally a victory parade in Paris for the race leader until the final sprint takes shape, will be a 34-kilometer (21.1-mile) time trial between Monaco and Nice.

“Everyone remembers the last occasion the Tour finished with a time trial, when Greg LeMond stripped the yellow jersey from the shoulders of Laurent Fignon on the Champs-Elysees in 1989, by just eight seconds,” Prudhommne said. “Thirty-five years later, we can but dream of a similar duel.”

There are eight flat stages for the sprinters, leaving plenty of opportunities for Mark Cavendish to try to become the outright record-holder for most career stage wins at the sport’s biggest race.

The route for the third edition of the women’s Tour will take the peloton from the Dutch city of Rotterdam, starting Aug. 12, to the Alpe d’Huez resort. The race will feature eight stages and a total of 946 kilometers.

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2023 Tour de France watch guide: Everything to know to get ready for the 110th edition

The Super Bowl of cycling is back.

Jonas Vingegaard will attempt to defend his title in the 110th Tour de France, which starts July 1. Last year's win was the Danish rider's first victory as he beat the favored Tadej Pogacar with impressive performances in the mountains.

The yellow jersey is up for grabs again as Pogacar will be racing after suffering a broken wrist in April. Other notable participants include Spain's Mikel Landa and Enric Mas, France's David Gaudu and Australia's Jai Hindley and Ben O'Connor.

American team Trek-Segafredo will rebrand at the end of this month and race as Lidl-Trek for the Tour de France. Mattias Skjelmose, 22, won the Tour de Suisse on Sunday and the Dane will be seeking to carry that momentum into the Tour de France.

This year's route starts in Bilbao, Spain before its celebratory conclusion in Paris, France.

Here's everything you need to know for the 2023 Tour de France:

When is the 2023 Tour de France

The 2023 Tour de France starts on July 1 and races through July 23.

How to watch the 2023 Tour de France

The Tour de France will be televised on NBC, NBC Sports and USA Network.

How to live stream the 2023 Tour de France

The Tour de France will be live streamed on Peacock.

Who are the analysts for the 2023 Tour de France

Phil Liggett returns as play-by-play for his 51st Tour de France. He will work alongside veteran analyst and former Tour de France participant Bob Roll. Steve Porino and Christian Vande Velde will report from the scene.

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TOTAL : 3492 km

Es ist der erste Grand Départ in Italien und der 26. insgesamt, der im Ausland stattfindet. Finale in Nizza. Aufgrund der Olympischen und Paralympischen Spiele in Paris findet die letzte Zieleinfahrt erstmals nicht in der französischen Hauptstadt statt.

Zwei Zeitfahren mit 25 km + 34 km = 59 km, das zweite auf der letzten Etappe Monaco > Nizza. Einen solchen finalen Schlagabtausch gab es zuletzt vor 35 Jahren mit dem berühmten Duell zwischen Fignon und LeMond im Jahr 1989.

Apennin (Italien), italienische und französische Alpen, Zentralmassiv und Pyrenäen – Das sind die Bergmassive, die auf dem Programm der Tour de France 2024 stehen.

Anzahl der 2024 besuchten Länder: Italien, San Marino, Monaco und Frankreich. In Frankreich führt die Strecke durch 7 Regionen und 30 Departements.

Anzahl der Bonuspunkte: 8, 5 und 2 Sekunden für die drei Erstplatzierten, die an strategischen Stellen der Strecke vergeben werden (vorbehaltlich der Genehmigung durch den internationalen Radsportverband UCI), aber ohne Auswirkung auf die Punktewertung. Bei den Etappen mit Massenstart erhalten im Ziel die drei Erstplatzierten jeweils 10, 6 und 4 Sekunden Zeitbonus.

Von insgesamt 39 stehen diese Etappenorte oder -städte erstmals auf der Tour-Karte. In der Reihenfolge: Florenz, Rimini, Cesenatico, Bologna, Piacenza, Saint-Vulbas, Gevrey-Chambertin, Colombey-les-Deux-Églises, Évaux-les-Bains, Gruissan, Superdévoluy, Col de la Couillole.

Anzahl der nichtasphaltierten Abschnitte mit einer Gesamtlänge von 32 km auf der 9. Etappe.

Anzahl der Etappen: Acht Flachetappen, vier in hügeligem Gelände, sieben im Gebirge (mit vier Bergankünften in Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d’Adet, Plateau de Beille, Isola 2000, Col de la Couillole), zwei Zeitfahren und zwei Ruhetagen.

Anzahl der Starter der Tour de France, verteilt auf 22 Teams mit je acht Fahrern.

Höhe über NN des Cime de la Bonette in den Alpen, die höchste Asphaltstraße Frankreichs und der höchste Punkt der Tour 2024.

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Kampen om Tour de France-tronen kommer som altid til at stå mellem en bred vifte af store stjerner og spændende talenter. De seneste to år har danske Jonas Vingegaard vundet. Han kører for det hollandske storhold Visma - Lease a Bike. Han har både i 2022 og 2023 vundet foran sin ærkerival, sloveneren Tadej Pogačar. Kan han gøre det igen i 2024?

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