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Tour de France Femmes 2024: Stage-by-Stage
The third edition of the Tour de France Femmes is coming to Australian screens, with all the action from the eight-stage race LIVE and FREE on SBS VICELAND and SBS On Demand.
Published 16 June 2024 1:30pm
Updated 23 July 2024 12:11pm
By SBS Sport
Source: SBS
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The third edition of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift is set to see the top cyclists in the world battle it out across France.
How many stages are there in the Tour de France Femmes 2024?
Eight stages make up the 2024 Le Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, the Women's Tour de France coming in at 946 kilometres in length.
SBS will have every stage on offer from August 12-18, which commences in Rotterdam and finishes at the Alpe d'Huez in the Alps.
All eight stages will air LIVE on SBS VICELAND and SBS On Demand, along with daily highlights shows, replays, and more on the .
Catch-up and analysis content will also be available via SBS On Demand, with the housing all the latest news and interviews from afar.
Stage-by-Stage guide to the Tour de France Femmes 2024 on SBS VICELAND and SBS On Demand
Stage 1 - Rotterdam > The Hague (124km) - Monday, August 12
A flat stage with a finish designed for the sprinters, but don't be surprised if it becomes an important day for the yellow jersey battle due to the notoriously strong winds in the area. The North Sea coast will play host to the finish with the beachside sprint in Kijkduin, a suburb of The Hague.
An odd fact for the course is that it will be the lowest altitude that riders have ever gone at any edition of the Tour de France, with the Maasdeltatunnel dipping 30 metres below sea level.
Broadcast:
8:00pm - 12:00am (AEST) LIVE on SBS VICELAND, SBS On Demand and SBS Skoda Tour Tracker app
Stage 2 - Dordrecht > Rotterdam (67km) - Tuesday, August 13
The first of an unusual double-stage day, at least for Grand Tours.
It's just 67 kilometres, and the stage is more packed with beautiful sights of tidal wetlands and areas of historical and sight-seeing interest than it is with climbs or difficult sections for the peloton.
Broadcast:
5:30pm - 8:00pm (AEST) LIVE on SBS VICELAND, SBS On Demand and SBS Skoda Tour Tracker app
Stage 3 - Rotterdam > Rotterdam (6.3km ITT) - Tuesday, August 13
A prologue-length individual time trial of 6.3 kilometres makes up the second of the stages on the double day. The flat city circuit looks like one for the powerful riders, with not too much in the way of technical corners and next to no climbing.
Broadcast:
11:40pm - 2:10am (AEST) LIVE on SBS VICELAND, SBS On Demand and SBS Skoda Tour Tracker app
Australian Grace Brown headlines a star-studded women’s road roster for the 2023 Cycling World Championships Source: Getty
Stage 4 - Valkenburg > Liège (122km) - Wednesday, August 14
Stage 4 sees the first hills of the Tour de France Femmes, and it's not an easy challenge, with the race effectively a mini Amstel Gold Race and Liège–Bastogne–Liège sandwiched together. The first part of the race contains the many short, steep ascents of the Netherlands race, while the famous finale within 'La Doyenne' acts as the familiar tough end to this stage.
Australian Grace Brown won the monument this year and the Australian will no doubt be eyeing off this stage.
Broadcast:
9:50pm - 12:20am (AEST) LIVE on SBS VICELAND, SBS On Demand and SBS Skoda Tour Tracker app
Stage 5 – Bastogne > Amnéville (150km) - Thursday, August 15
It's only in Stage 5 when the race eventually reaches France, and it will be a lumpy and attritional welcome to French soil for the peloton.
The final of five categorised ascents, the Côte de Montois-la-Montagne (1.7km at 6%) crest with 15.5km until the finish, it could be the springboard for any final attacks, or serve as an opportunity for the better climbing sprinters to force the pure sprinters out the back ahead of a bunch sprint.
Broadcast:
9:50pm - 12:20am (AEST) LIVE on SBS VICELAND, SBS On Demand and SBS Skoda Tour Tracker app
Stage 6 - Remiremont > Morteau (160km) - Friday, August 16
Two mountain ranges are on the menu for a tough day in the saddle as the riders tackle both the Jura and Vosges in the fifth stage.
The final two climbs of the stage are almost stapled together, with La Roche du Prêtre (5.5km at 5.6%) coming first. The KOM point doesn't signal the end of the climbing as it continues upwards for another few kilometres before a short descent leads into the last climb of the day, Côte des Fins (1.8km at 6.9%).
The Côte des Fins peaks with 15 kilometres before the finish line in Morteau, any escapees will have a descent and then seven kilometres of flat to hold off the chasers.
Broadcast:
9:50pm - 12:20am (AEST) LIVE on SBS VICELAND, SBS On Demand and SBS Skoda Tour Tracker app
Stage 7 - Champagnole > Grand-Bornand (167km) - Sunday, August 17
The longest stage of the race, and with the final climb already a famous one in women's cycling history, there's a lot to like about the penultimate stage of the Tour de France Femmes.
The Grand-Bornand was the scene of Anna van der Breggen's attack at the 2018 edition of La Course, with Annemiek van Vleuten then chasing her down within sight of the line for a dramatic, last-gasp win.
Broadcast:
9:30pm - 12:00am (AEST) LIVE on SBS VICELAND, SBS On Demand and SBS Skoda Tour Tracker app
Tom Pidcock battles through the fans and up the climb of the Alp D'Huez on Stage 12 of the Tour de France. Source: AFP / MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images
Stage 8 - Grand Bornand > Alpe d'Huez (150km) - Sunday night, August 18 into Monday
The eight-day stage race concludes with the Queen Stage, and a fitting spectacle with the famous slopes and switchbacks of Alpe d'Huez entering the women's race for the first time.
There are 3,900 metres of climbing on the stage, with the ascent of the Col de Tamié (9km at 4.5%) and the monster climb of the Col du Glandon (19.7km at 7.2%) set to test riders' legs even before they reach the famed Alpe d'Huez (13.8km at 8.1%).
They will then tackle the 21 switchbacks of the climb, with the hardest section coming four kilometres from the finish.
12:00am - 3:20am (AEST) LIVE on SBS VICELAND, SBS On Demand and SBS Skoda Tour Tracker app
