The 2024 Vuelta a España will start in Lisbon, Portugal, on August 17 and finish in Madrid on September 8. The route delivers nine high-altitude finishes, two individual time trials, five mid-mountain stages, eight mountain stages, and six flat or undulating stages.
The 2024 Giro d'Italia Women will start in Brescia on July 7 and finish in L'Aquila on July 14. The route delivers 12,000m of elevation gain, one individual time trial, two flat stages, three medium-mountain stages and two high-mountain stages, with two uphill finishes.
Strava has appointed Michael Martin, general manager of YouTube Shopping, as its new CEO as of January 2, 2024. While at Nike, Martin's responsibilities included the connected fitness portfolio: Nike Run Club, Nike Training Club, Nike Adapt and the Apple Watch Nike+. press.strava.com/articles/str...
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Jumbo-Visma has signed promising 20yr old Cian Uijtdebroeks to a four-year contract. In 2022, he won the Tour de l'Avenir for Belgium. In 2023, riding for BORA-hansgrohe, he finished in the top 10 at Tour de Romandie, Tour de Suisse, and the Vuelta a España, his Grand Tour debut.
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Belgian Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) will target the general classification at the 2024 Giro d'Italia, skipping the Tour de France to focus on the Olympic Games. The 2024 Giro route has two time-trial stages and "20% less climbing" than recent editions.
Colombian Nairo Quintana will return to Movistar in 2024. The two-time Grand Tour winner has not raced for a trade team since the 2022 Tour de France, where he delivered a positive sample for prohibited painkiller Tramadol while racing for Arkéa-Samsic. Quintana rode for Movistar from 2012-2019.
The third edition of Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift begins on August 12 in Rotterdam. August 13 delivers two stages; Stage 3 is a 6.3km TT in Rotterdam. Stage 4 covers the roads used at Amstel Gold Race and Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Stage 8 features the Col du Glandon and finishes atop Alpe d'Huez.
The 2024 Tour de France begins on June 29 in Florence and ends on July 21 with a 34km time trial between Monaco and Nice. The route tackles the Col du Galibier on stage 4, a 25km time trial in Burgundy on Stage 7, 32km of white roads on Stage 9, and seven mountain stages with four summit finishes.
Kasia Niewiadoma and Torbjørn Røed took victories at Big Sugar Gravel in Bentonville, Arkansas, the final event in the seven-race Life Time Grand Prix. Niewiadoma won by over 9min ahead of Lauren De Crescenzo, while Røed won a five-rider sprint ahead of Brendan Johnston and Alexey Vermeulen.
19yr old British rider Josh Tarling (Ineos Grenadiers) won the 45km Chrono des Nations time trial, 13sec ahead of world TT champion Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quick Step). Swiss rider Stefan Bissegger (EF Education-EasyPost) was third, 1:10 off Tarling's time.
