Elevation profile of Tour de France 2024 stage 21, Monaco to Nice: 33.7 km with 720 m of climbing, highest point 507 m.
Route profile from ProPace's route data. Darker shading is steeper road.

The route stored for this stage does not match the official course exactly: it measures 37.9 km against the official 33.7 km. The distance and climbing above are the official figures; the profile and the gradient figures measured on it come from the stored route, so read them as indicative of the terrain rather than an exact reproduction of the stage.

Distance
33.7 km
Climbing
720 m
Highest point
507 m
Steepest km
9.1% at km 19
Start
Monaco 2 m
Finish
Nice 7 m

The wind on the day

Averaged along the route between 13:00 and 17:00 local time: 12 km/h from the south-east, gusting to 31 km/h on average. Mostly dry, with rain recorded at some points.

Average wind
12 km/h
Direction
South-east 124°
Average gust
31 km/h
Temperature
27°C 25 to 29°C

Historical weather for 21 July 2024, sampled at 7 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 individual time trial of 33.7 km with 720 m of climbing, so not a pure power test: 11.1 km of the route rises at more than 3%.

The high point is 507 m at km 15. The steepest kilometre on the profile averages 9.1%, at km 19. 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?

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