Tour de France 2024, Stage 1: Florence → Rimini
Hilly, 29 June 2024. 206.0 km with 3,821 m of climbing.
- Distance
- 206.0 km
- Climbing
- 3,821 m
- Highest point
- 980 m
- Steepest km
- 12.0% at km 93
- Start
- Florence 63 m
- Finish
- Rimini 2 m
The wind on the day
Averaged along the route between 12:30 and 17:45 local time: 9 km/h from the east, gusting to 25 km/h on average. Dry.
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
- Direction
- East 107°
- Average gust
- 25 km/h
- Temperature
- 32°C 28 to 35°C
Historical weather for 29 June 2024, sampled at 48 points along the route and pre-computed before the app shipped. It is not a live forecast and the app makes no weather calls. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0).
Riding it
A hilly 206.0 km carrying 3,821 m of climbing: 44.9 km of the route is above 3%, 10.6 km above 8%. Not a mountain stage, but nothing about it is flat for long.
The high point is 980 m at km 49. The steepest kilometre on the profile averages 12.0%, at km 93. It finishes on flat or gently rolling road.
In ProPace the stage runs with this wind along the route, resolved into headwind, tailwind and crosswind at each point, and the app puts your own numbers on it against the pro reference. The reference profile and how the simulation works are set out in How much slower than a pro are you?