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First look at the 2024 route of the returning Tour Colombia 2.1 with queen stage finishing on top of Alto del Vino

All Colombian fans were awaiting this moment. The Tour Colombia 2.1 is back on the UCI calendar in 2024, bringing a total of six stages that will take place between February 6 and 11. The route will visit the departments of Boyacá and Cundinamarca.

The 2024 edition of the race will cover the beautiful landscapes of the Cundiboyacense highlands for most part, while the decisive day for the GC is considered the penultimate stage with a finish on mighty Alto del Vino.

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Route of the 2024 Tour Colombia 2.1: Stage 1: Paipa - Duitama (155 km) - Flat stage for sprinters Stage 2: Paipa - Santa Rosa de Viterbo (169 km) - A hilly stage with uphill finish Stage 3: Tunja circuit (112,5 km) - Likely a flat stage Stage 4: Paipa - Zipaquirá (181,8 km) - Hilly stage with (reduced) bunch sprint expected Stage 5: Cota - Alto del Vino (139 km) - A queen stage of the race, with a epic finish atop Alto del Vino (28 km á 6%) Stage 6: Sopó - Bogotá (138,7 km) - The final stage that won't shake up the whole GC, but with Alto de Patios (2,5 km á 9%) towards the finish, it'll be the last opportunity for many riders

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The spectacle of the Tour Colombia 2.1 returns to Colombian roads for the year 2024, with the celebration of its fourth edition, which will tour the departments of Boyacá and Cundinamarca, and will end in Bogotá, in an event organized by the Colombian Cycling Federation, with the full support of the Ministry of Sports.

The Cundiboyac highlands will be the epicenter of the race, which returns to the UCI international calendar, to welcome, as in the three previous editions, the best cyclists and teams in the world.

The municipality of Paipa, in Boyacá, will be the opening venue of the Tour Colombia 2.1 of 2024, with the departure of the first stage on Tuesday, February 6, which will pass through Duitama, La Y, will make five laps of the Valley between Tibasosa, Sogamoso, Nobsa and La Y, and will end in Duitama, in a section of 155 kilometers.

The second stage, which will take place on Wednesday, February 7, will also leave Paipa, pass through Tunja, Ventaquemada, return to Tunja and Paipa, cross through Duitama and end in Santa Rosa de Viterbo, for a total route of 169 kilometers .

In Tunja, capital of the department of Boyacá, the third day will be held, with a 12.5 kilometer circuit, starting and finishing on Avenida Universitaria next to the San Viator School, by the Santa Helena Condominium, to which cyclists must give nine laps, for a total of 112.5 kilometers.

The fourth stage will start from Paipa, pass through Tunja, Ventaquemada, Villapinzón, Chocontá, Gachancipá, Tocancipá, Chía, Cajicá and end in Zipaquirá, on a journey that will be 181.8 kilometers long.

The penultimate section will take place in Cundinamarca, starting in Cota, passing through Siberia, El Rosal, La Vega, Villeta and returning to finish the queen stage of 138.3 kilometers in Alto del Vino.

Finally, the Tour Colombia 2.1 will culminate with the sixth stage, which will be held over 138.7 kilometers, from Sopó, passing through Tocancipá, Gachancipá, Chocontá, return – Sesquilé, Guatavita, La Calera, Alto de Patios, entering Bogotá on Calle 85 with Carrera Séptima and you will arrive at the National Park.

This will be the official route of the Tour Colombia 2.1 2024:

STAGE 1 – FEBRUARY 6

Route: Paipa – Duitama – La Y (5 laps around the Valley: Tibasosa – Sogamoso – Nobsa – La Y) – arrival at Duitama – 155 kilometers

STAGE 2 – FEBRUARY 7

Route: Paipa – Tunja – Ventaquemada – Return – Tunja – Paipa – Duitama – Santa Rosa de Viterbo – 169 kilometers

STAGE 3 – FEBRUARY 8

Route: Circuit in Tunja – 12.5 kilometers (9 laps)

STAGE 4 – FEBRUARY 9

Route: Paipa – Tunja – Ventaquemada – Villapinzón, Chocontá – Gachancipá – Tocancipá – Chía – Cajicá – Zipaquirá – 181.8 kilometers

STAGE 5 – FEBRUARY 10

Route: Cota – Siberia – El Rosal – La Vega – Villeta – Return – Alto del Vino – 138.3 kilometers

STAGE 6 – FEBRUARY 11

Route: Sopó -Tocancipá – Gachancipá – Chocontá – Return – Sesquilé – Guatavita – La Calera – Alto de Patios – Bogotá: Calle 85 with Carrera Séptima to the National Park – 155 kilometers

Source: Federación Colombiana de Ciclismo

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Richard Carapaz raced to glory and a solo victory on the queen stage of the Tour Colombia, rounding off an attacking display from his EF Education-EasyPost team on the 30km Alto del  Vino.

Along with teammate Esteban Chaves, the Ecuadorian attacked several times on the closing ascent as his team made use of their strength in number among the elite lead group of contenders.

Eventually, he made his attacks tell as he pulled clear of his competitors with 5km to run. Behind him, Jonathan Caicedo (Petrolike) and race leader Rodrigo Contreras (Nu Colombia) led the chase and trailed in for second and third places, with Contreras successfully defending the yellow jersey in the process.

Behind them, Egan Bernal (Colombia), Rigoberto Urán (EF Education-EasyPost), Iván Sosa (Movistar), and Chaves rounded out the top seven on a day where the biggest hitters in the peloton came out to play.

"We knew the climb and how hard it is. We had to follow the other teams at the start. but we knew in the last 10km, we would reach the decisive phase and we started attacking. I was able to make the decisive attack and go to the finish," Carapaz said.

"We knew we had lots of options, with Chaves, Rigo and Cepeda. We’re all climbers, and we could all try if we felt good. At the start of the climb, we talked again. We were all going well, so we said we’d just do what we could to try to win."

"The last 300m were the hardest. I knew them and I knew how hard they were, but I still enjoyed it totally. It was important for me to get the win today."

How it unfolded

Leaden clouds and chill air greeted the Tour Colombia caravan as it gathered in Cota for the start of stage 5, and rain was soon falling steadily over the altopiano around Zipaquirá. By the time the race got underway, however, the rain had abated, and the sun had burned its way through the cloud.

In this corner of the world, where the weather is typically as variable as a summer afternoon in Galway, it always helps to be prepared for all conditions. With that in mind, Movistar dispatched the retired Alejandro Valverde – here in Colombia in an ambassadorial role – ahead of the race to ride up the final, 30km haul of the Alto del Vino and provide an idea of the latest conditions for Nairo Quintana.

The penultimate stage of the Tour Colombia was all about the Alto del Vino. The peloton tackled it from it from its gentler, southern approach early in the stage for a category 3 ascent before turning and climbing back up its hors categorié northern slopes for the stage finish.

The mountainside formed a natural amphitheatre, creating an atmosphere akin to a football stadium atop the climb. Indeed, that fervour was evident all along the route. Cycling's equivalent of La Bombonera stretched from Cota to El Rosal, from La Vega to Villeta. It was hard to argue with the assertion of Colombia's first maillot jaune Victor Hugo Peña at the start: "This is our Tour de France."

There was a flurry of early attacking before the break of the day took shape on the first ascent of the Alto del Vino. It was notable that Quintana had a Movistar teammate aboard. Brazilian Vinicius Rangel, who spent much of the week pacing the peloton, was now out in front with Bernardo Suaza (Petrolike), Wilmar Paredes (Team Medellín), Rait Arm (Estonia), Brandon Rojas (GW Erco Shimano), Franklin Archibold (Panama) and Alexis Quinteros (Banco Guayaquil) for company.

They had 1:40 in hand atop the climb, and that gap expanded rapidly on the long, long descent to Villeta, reaching a maximum of 6:30 before the Nu Colombia team of race leader Rodrigo Contreras began to whittle down the advantage. By the time the septet reached the foot of the 30km climb to the line, the gap was down to 4:44 and the intensity in the peloton was rising accordingly.

Nu Colombia led on the lower slopes of the ascent, but there was a statement of intent from Egan Bernal after five miles or so of climbing, with the Colombian national team joining the yellow jersey's team at the head of a pared-down peloton. Out ahead, the break had begun to fragment, and the favourites closed to within three minutes as they entered the final 20km.

Before long, the breakaway was done, with the big names hitting the front and setting a hard pace on the steady but unrelenting gradient towards the top. Riders fell off the rear of the ever-diminishing group in dribs and drabs, ones and twos, before a select group of top contenders were left at the head of the race.

Among them were big names including Tour de France champion Bernal, the EF Education-EasyPost group of Carapaz, Chaves and Urán, Sosa, and Continental competitors including Caicedo plus Contreras and his teammate Daniel Mendez.

The attacking came thick and fast from that point on, with EF in particular active off the front with Chaves and Carapaz accelerating and then countering as each were brought back.

Chaves went at 13.5km, then Carapaz a kilometre later, drawing out Contreras. Chaves made it three up front with 10km to go before Contreras immediately countered, matched in turn by Carapaz.

Next, it was Caicedo's turn to get across the gap and make it three up front. By the 7km mark, it was all coming back together as Bernal, Chaves, Urán, and Sosa got back on.

The next big moves came courtesy of Carapaz, putting into place the endgame of EF's plan with stinging moves at 6km and 5km from the finish. The second one proved to be the most successful of the day, putting clear air between him and the rest as Caicedo and Contreras led the resistance behind.

Neither could prevent Carapaz from riding away to the stage victory, however, as the 30-year-old recorded the 21st win of his career. The duo did limit their losses, though, ensuring Contreras would carry the race lead into Sunday's closer in Bogotá.

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• Date: 08 February 2024
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How to Watch 2024 Giro d’Italia

With a clear favorite, two time trials, and majestic mountain passes, cycling’s most beautiful Grand Tour promises a spectacle at its finest.

What Happened Last Year

Riders to watch.

Here’s everything you need to know about the 2024 Giro d’Italia:

Dates: Saturday, May 4 - Sunday, May 26

How to Watch

If you’re a Max subscriber ($9.99/month), then you have access to the streaming platform’s B/R Sports package, which is the only legal way to stream the Giro d’Italia in the USA. For now, the package is free to all regular Max subscribers, but at some point, it will cost an additional $9.99 each month. That’s not as affordable as GCN+ used to be, but considering everything else you get with the B/R Sports package (such as MLB, NHL, NBA, NCAA Men’s March Madness, U.S. Soccer, and 24 Hours of Le Mans coverage) it’s a pretty good deal.

Max has a user-friendly app for smartphones, streaming devices, game consoles, and smart TVs. There’s also an easy-to-navigate website, which is a helpful option for streaming the race from work. (Don’t worry, we won’t tell your boss.)

You could cancel your monthly subscription at the end of the race, but remember that Max will be offering live streams of many road, mountain, track, and cyclocross races throughout the rest of the year. If that floats your boat, consider getting an annual subscription for $99.99 (or $149.99 for ad-free streaming).

The 107th edition of the Giro d’Italia covers 3,386.7K (2,138 miles) over 21 stages, with two individual time trials, seven stages with uphill finishes, and six to eight stages expected to end with field sprints.

This year’s Grande Partenza takes place in Piemonte, near the French-Italian Alps, with two challenging road stages that will force the Giro’s GC contenders to be at their best right away. Stage 1, a 136K stage from Venaria Reale to Torino, features three categorized climbs–including the Superga and the Colle Maddalena–but it’s a short, punchy, uncategorized ascent just before the finish that could determine the stage winner.

Stage 2 begins in San Francesco al Campo and ends after 150K with this year’s first summit finish–on the Category 1 Santuario di Oropa, the climb on which deceased Italian legend Marco Pantani took one of his most famous stage wins in 1999. By the end of the first weekend, the GC battle will already be in full swing.

The race then begins working its way south, and Stages 3, 4, and 5—which finish in Fossano, Andora, and Lucca, respectively—should be days for the Giro’s sprinters. (Although the finishes of Stages 3 and 4 feature ramps inside the final 10K that could thwart the fast men.) Stage 6 brings the race from the coast into Tuscany (it finishes in Rapolano Terme) and features 12K of the strade bianche (“white gravel roads”) that give March’s Strade Bianche road race its name. If there’s one stage during the first week that has the potential to cause a few surprises, it’s this one.

Stage 7 is the first individual time trial of the Giro, and it’s a tough one: beginning in Foligno, the 37.2K race against the clock starts with over 30K of flat roads. But there’s a nasty sting in the course’s tail: a 6.5K climb to the finish line that starts steep and then ascends more gradually to the line. Riders who don’t pace themselves on the flat part of the course could explode on the final climb. There could be large time gaps here.

Starting in Spoleto, Stage 8 brings the second summit finish of the first week–on the Category 1 Prati di Tivo, a 14K climb in the Umbrian Apennines with an average gradient of 7%. With a field sprint expected in Napoli at the end of Sunday’s Stage 9 (after a 214K stage that starts in Avezzano), Stages 7 and 8 will determine which rider will wear the maglia rosa into the Giro’s first Rest Day.

The second week begins in Pompeii with Stage 10, a 142K stage that features a summit finish on a new climb, the Category 1 Bocca della Selva, a 20.9K climb with a deceiving 4.6% average gradient. The first few kilometers are actually downhill, so the climb is actually harder than its statistics suggest.

We expect Stage 11 (207K) to end with a field sprint in Francavilla al Mare, and Stage 12—with a jagged 190K stage through the Marche region (an area known for its muri or “walls”)—looks like the perfect day for a breakaway filled with puncheurs and riders who perform well in the spring classics. Friday’s Stage 13 is the flattest stage of this year’s race, which is probably a good thing considering the next two stages. This 179K stage from Riccione to Cento will be an active rest day for much of the peloton.

And they’ll need one because the third weekend begins with Stage 14–the Giro’s second individual time trial–a generally flat, 31K course from Castiglione delle Stiviere to Desenzano del Garda. This is a day for the Giro’s time trial specialists; the pure climbers will struggle to stay within shouting distance of their more powerful colleagues.

But they’ll have a chance for revenge on Sunday, when the race heads into the Alps for Stage 15, a 220K monster stage (the longest in this year’s race) with five categorized climbs, including back-to-back 2000m summits (both Category 1 ascents) at the end of the day, with a summit finish at the Mottolino ski resort just above Livigno. This weekend should blow the Giro wide open, leaving just a handful of riders still in contention to win the race overall.

The third week begins the same way the second week ends, with a 200K, high-altitude mountain stage. Stage 16 features the granddaddy of them all: the Stelvio, this year’s “Cima Coppi” as the highest summit in the race. Topping out at over 2700m, the climb comes early in the stage but will nonetheless offer a rude awakening to a peloton that’s coming out of the second Rest Day. After a long ride down into and through a valley, the day ends with the Category 1 Passo Pinei and then a summit finish on the Category 2 Monte Pana, in Santa Cristina in Val Gardena.

At “just” 159K, Stage 17 is much shorter than the previous two mountain stages, but it’s jammed with five categorized climbs, including the Category 2 Passo Sella and the Category 1 Passo Rolle. The day ends with two ascents of the Category 1 Passo Brocon, which the riders climb for a second time on their way to the finish line. This will be an intense stage, and it could pose a challenge for the team defending the pink jersey to control. The riders will be either climbing or descending from start to finish and if someone’s going to stage a third-week ambush, it could come here.

The next two stages offer a break from the mountains. Stage 18 brings a 166K downhill ride from Fiera di Primiero to Padua that should end with a field sprint. Stage 19 looks like the perfect chance for a small group of opportunists–who have likely been saving themselves in the high mountains–to escape and fight for a breakaway stage win in Sappada.

The 154K stage begins in Mortegliano and climbs steadily throughout the day, culminating with three categorized climbs in the second half stage, the last of which the riders summit just 7K from the finish. After so many days of intense climbing–and with one more day in the mountains still to come–the peloton could just sit back and let the break go all the way to the finish.

That sets the stage for Stage 20, the last chance for anyone hoping to steal the 2024 Giro d’Italia from whoever's been leading it. And–as the last two editions have shown us–that’s a realistic possibility. Starting in Alpago, the stage rolls along for about 85K before the first of two ascents of the Monte Grappa, an 18K climb with an average gradient of 8.1%–that’s steep . This isn’t a stage with a summit finish–the race finishes in Bassano del Grappa after a long descent from the top of the Monte Grappa down into the valley below–but even without one, the stage should still provide a dramatic conclusion to the Giro’s GC battle.

The race concludes Sunday in Rome with a 122K road stage featuring several circuits through the Eternal City. The day will begin with clinking glasses of prosecco, and end with one last chance for the sprinters to grab some glory.

You can find the elevation profiles and course maps for each 2024 Giro d’Italia stage here .

For the second year in a row, the 2023 Giro d’Italia was decided on the grand tour’s penultimate day. In 2022, Australia’s Jai Hindley (BORA-hansgrohe) took the pink jersey from Ecuador’s Richard Carapaz (INEOS Grenadiers) on Stage 20. Hindley won a mountain stage at the end of the grand tour’s first week, then hung around near the top of the General Classification before seizing his moment late in the Giro’s final mountain stage and winning the race overall.

In 2023, Slovenia’s Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) followed the same formula, albeit without an early-stage win. After Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quick Step)—who had won two stages and was wearing the pink jersey as the Giro’s overall leader—was forced to abandon the race after testing positive for Covid-19 on the eve of the Giro’s first Rest Day, Great Britain’s Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers) took the maglia rosa . With the exception of the two days straddling the second Rest Day, Thomas held the jersey for much of the second and third weeks.

But he cracked on Stage 20, an 18.6K uphill time trial from Tarvisio to the summit of the Monte Lussari. Roglič, who entered the day just 26 seconds behind Thomas on GC, won the stage by 40 seconds, taking the pink jersey–and the 2023 Giro–by a slim margin.

Thomas held on to finish second, and Portugal’s João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) finished third. Italy’s Jonathan Milan (Bahrain-Victorious) won the Points Classification, France’s Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) won the King of the Mountains Classification, and Almeida was the Giro’s Best Young Rider.

Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates)

With most of the sport’s best grand tour riders (including Roglič) racing the Tour de France this summer, this year’s Giro has a short list of overall contenders, a list that’s headlined by one of the sport’s true superstars: Slovenia’s Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates).

The 25-year-old has never raced the Giro, and he takes the starting line this year as the favorite to win and dominate it. Then he’s planning to head to the Tour, where he’s hoping to become the first rider since Italy’s Marco Pantani in 1998 to win the Giro and the Tour in the same season.

Geraint Thomas (INEOS-Grenadiers)

Pogačar’s biggest challenger will likely be Geraint Thomas, who’s coming back to the Giro after last year’s disappointment. The 37-year-old (he’ll turn 38 during the race) will have a strong and experienced team supporting him–and the course suits him–but he’ll have a hard time overcoming Pogačar.

Cian Uijtdebroeks (Visma-Lease a Bike)

We’ll also be keeping an eye on Belgium’s Cian Uijtdebroeks (Visma-Lease a Bike), who made headlines last December when it was announced that he was breaking his contract with BORA-hansgrohe (who had recently signed Roglič away from Jumbo) to join the Dutch superteam.

The winner of the Tour de l‘Avenir in 2022, Uijtdebroeks just turned 21 and is widely considered to be a future grand tour contender. Without Belgium’s Wout van Aert, who’s skipping the Giro due to injuries he sustained in a crash at a race in Belgium a few weeks ago, Uijtdebroeks becomes the focus of the team’s Giro plans. And with a strong squad alongside him, he could finish on the podium and is the easy pick to become the Giro’s Best Young Rider.

Ben O’Connor (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale)

Other GC contenders include Australia’s Ben O’Connor (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale), a former fourth-place finisher at the Tour de France and Giro stage-winner; Italy’s Damiano Caruso (Bahrain-Victorious), a former Giro podium-finisher; Colombia’s Daniel Martinez (BORA-hansgrohe), a former fifth-place finisher at the Giro; Great Britain’s Hugh Carthy (EF Education-EasyPost), a two-time top-10 finisher; and France’s Romain Bardet (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL), a former Tour de France podium finisher who was seventh at the Giro in 2021 but might be more of stage hunter this year.

Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek)

Other stage hunters include Italy’s Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek), a three-time stage winner who was the Giro’s King of the Mountains in 2019; France’s Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-Quick Step), who’s riding his first Giro; and Canada’s Michael Woods (Israel-PremierTech), who’s hoping to complete a hat-trick of grand tour stage victories with a win in Italy.

Nairo Quintana (Movistar)

One of the most controversial riders in this year’s Giro will be Colombia’s Nairo Quintana (Movistar), winner of the Giro in 2014. But the 34-year-old hasn’t raced since finishing sixth overall in the 2022 Tour de France and then having his results disqualified after testing positive for tramadol, a painkiller that’s banned by the UCI (but not banned by WADA). He’s now back in the WorldTour with the team that made him famous. His return has not been a popular one , though, and it will be interesting to see how he’s received in Italy.

The Giro also offers several stage win opportunities for field sprinters, and that–plus the fact that the Tour de France is very not sprinter-friendly–means there will be lots of them taking the start, including Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek); Belgium’s Tim Merlier (Soudal–Quick Step); Dutch sprinters Olav Kooij (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Fabio Jakobsen (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL), and Australia’s Sam Welsford (BORA-Hansgrohe), Caleb Ewan (Jayco AlUla) and Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck); and Eritrea’s Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty).

Last but not least, the Giro will see several North Americans taking the start, with Americans Larry Warbasse (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale), Magnus Sheffield (INEOS Grenadiers), and Will Barta (Movistar) joining Woods on the starting line, with more expected to join them as teams finalize their rosters.

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