The most important cycling competition in the world will start from Florence in 2024 for the first stage which will end in Emilia Romagna, in Rimini. It is the 25th time that the Tour starts from outside France (the first time in 1954 from Amsterdam) and for the first time in 121 years of history it starts from Italy, and it starts from Florence.

The teams will be presented on Thursday 27 June in Piazzale Michelangelo. The headquarters of the Grand Depart of the Tour will be at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.

On Saturday 29 June the Tour de France will start from Florence with a route from the Cascine to Piazza della Signoria, where there will be a ribbon cutting and institutional start. The official start will take place in front of the Viola Park.The first stage of the Tour, from Florence to Rimini, will pass through various locations in the Metropolitan City of Florence, passing through the municipalities of Bagno a Ripoli, Pontassieve, Pelago, Rufina, Dicomano, San Godenzo. Then passing through the Tre Faggi pass, the yellow caravan will head towards Romagna.

Here is the city route for 29 June in detail (departure at 12.00): piazzale delle cascine - viale degli Olmi - piazzale Thomas Jefferson - viale del Visarno - via del Fosso Macinante - via Luciano Berio - piazza Vittorio Veneto - viale Fratelli Rosselli - piazzale of Porta al Prato - Il Prato - via Curtatone - Lungarno Amerigo Vespucci - piazzale Carlo Goldoni - via della Vigna Nuova - piazza di San Giovanni - piazza del Duomo - via dei Calzaiuoli - piazza della Signoria (Institutional Start) - via Vacchereccia - va Por Santa Maria - Ponte Vecchio - via dei Guicciardini - piazza dei Pitti - piazza di San Felice - via Romana - piazza della Calza - piazzale di Porta Romana - viale Niccolò Machiavelli - piazzale Galileo - viale Galileo - piazzale Michelangelo - viale Michelangelo - via Carlo Marsuppini - via Coluccio Salutati - piazza Gavinana - viale Donato Giannotti - viale Europa - piazza Gastone Nencini - viale Europa - viale del Pian di Ripoli - Bagno a Ripoli in front of Viola Park where the official start will take place.