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2024 Tour de France: Romain Bardet wins Stage 1, full race results

Bold racing from France’s Romain Bardet and the Netherlands’ Frank van den Broek paid off as the pair got their storybrook ending to win Stage 1 of the 111th edition of the Tour de France on Saturday. 

In his final year before retirement, Bardet will finally wear the coveted yellow jersey. Bardet had previously won three Tour de France stages from 2015-2017, but this opening stage win will surely be the sweetest.  

After his win, Bardet told the media that the yellow jersey was the last goal of his decade-long career.

“I’m finally myself, I’m at a loss for words,” Bardet said . 

Bardet was joined at the finish line by teammate van den Broek, who helped the team leader all the way to the finish line, highlighting the importance of teamwork throughout the 21-stage race. 

Stage 1 of the 2024 Tour de France featured an unprecedented Grand Départ in Italy to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Ottavio Bottecchia's historic 1924 victory as the first Italian to win the Tour. Riders completed a challenging 205 km (128 miles) hilly route with seven categorized climbs and over 3,600m (11,800 feet) in elevation gain. Originating in Florence, Italy, cyclists rode through San Marino and the Apennine mountain range to reach the Italian city of Rimini on the Adriatic coast. 

Bardet and van den Broek broke away from the peloton with approximately 40km to go. Although the field faced a strong headwind down the flat road into Rimini, the pair managed to withstand an encroaching peloton armed with the field’s best sprinters with just a few meters to spare. 

A group of the best climbers broke away for most of the race, but Norway’s Jonas Abrahamsen did enough to earn the King of the Mountains classification and will wear the polka-dotted jersey used to recognize the best climber. 

Temperatures over 90 added to the difficulty of this stage and team Astana Qazaqstan paid a heavy price. Team leader Mark Cavendish appeared to struggle with heat-related issues and dropped from the peloton early on. His teammate, Michele Gazzoli of Italy, who also seemed affected by the heat, became the first man to withdraw from the race.

Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar, the favorite to win the 2024 Tour de France, set himself up well with a fourth-place finish, while Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard proved he is certainly healthy enough to be in the mix as he pursues a three-peat after sustaining serious injuries in a crash in April. 

Here’s a full list of results from Stage 1:

2024 Tour de France Stage 1 results

Tour de France 2024: TV and streaming, schedule, stages, route, and what to watch for

Cycling’s premier event is about to get underway.

And it will look a little different than in year’s past.

The 2024 Tour de France, the 111th in history, begins on Saturday June 29. However, the starting point for this year’s Tour de France, as well as the finish line, will mark a series of firsts for the event.

To mark 100 years since Ottavio Bottecchia became the first Italian rider to win the Tour de France, this year’s race will begin in Italy, with riders setting off in Florence. The first three stages of this year’s Tour de France will keep riders in Italy, before the Tour’s fourth stage sees riders make the journey from Pinerolo in Italy, to Valloire in France.

In addition, this year’s Tour de France schedule coincides with the 2024 Paris Summer Games, which begin in Paris at the end of July. As such the Tour de France will conclude in Nice, with the final stage of the 2024 Tour de France bringing riders from Monaco to Nice.

This year’s Tour de France also concludes with an individual time trial, the first time the event has concluded with an ITT since 1989. That year saw the legendary duel on the final day between Greg LeMond and Laurent Fignon.

This year’s event has no shortage of storylines, starting with the battle between Dane Jonas Vingegaard, riding for Visma—Lease a Bike, and Slovenian Tadej Pogačar of UAE Team Emirates.

Vingegaard is the reigning Tour de France champion, winning in both 2022 and 2023 ahead of his rival Pogačar. But his status for this year’s Tour de France is a huge question mark, as Vingegaard endured a horrific crash at the Tour of Basque Country in April. The Danish cyclist suffered a broken collarbone, several broken ribs, a pulmonary contusion and a pneumothorax as a result of the crash, and spent 12 days in the hospital.

Vingegaard’s questionable form has opened the door for Pogačar to perhaps claim another title. The Slovenian took home the prestigious yellow jersey, the maillot jaune, in both 2020 and 2021; his victory in 2020 at the age of 21 made him the second-youngest winner in race history.

The two are the odds-on favorites to compete for the top spot on the podium again in 2024, but Vingegaard’s recent crash has made his rival the favorite.

Beyond the two favorites, there are some other riders in the field who could challenge for the yellow jersey. Primož Roglič from Slovenia, riding for Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe, is one of the older riders in the field but might have some unfinished business after losing out to fellow Slovenian Pogačar in 2020. Roglič failed to finish in both 2021 and 2022, but won the Critérium du Dauphiné at the start of the month, fending off a late challenge from Matteo Jorgenson from Visma—Lease a Bike.

Remco Evenepoel from Soudal Quick-Step is another rider to watch. The Belgian cyclist suffered a crash of his own at Basque Country, but seemed back in form during the Critérium du Dauphiné when he was part of the chasing pack that put Roglič under pressure in the final stage. Considered one of the sport’s premier time trialists, the schedule sets up well for him with the 2024 Tour de France containing a pair of time trials, including the one on the final day previously mentioned.

For American fans Jorgenson represents your best hope for Tour de France glory. However, his role this year might best be described as “undetermined,” given Vingegaard’s questionable form. Should Vingegaard be healthy Jorgenson may serve as an auxiliary leader for Visma, and one of the sport’s premier domestiques. But if Vingegaard struggles with his health as a result of his recent crash, the 24-year-old could be thrust into a major role. And given his recent performance — including finishing just eight seconds behind Roglič at Dauphiné — he is certainly worth keeping an eye on.

For more on the favorites in the 2024 Tour de France field Bernd Buchmasser has you covered here .

Here is how to watch, a look at each stage, and more.

How to watch the 2024 Tour de France

NBC Sports is your home for every stage of the 110th Tour de France, with the bulk of the coverage airing live each day on Peacock. NBC and USA Network will also air live coverage during of three stages of the 2024 Tour de France: Stage 8, Stage 14, and Stage 20.

All NBC and USA Network coverage also streams on NBCSports.com/live, as well as the NBC Sports app.

Here is the full broadcast schedule:

What teams are competing in the 2024 Tour de France

22 teams are competing in the 2024 Tour de France: That includes all 18 UCI WorldTeams, and 4 UCI ProTeams.

18 UCI WorldTeams

Alpecin-Deceuninck

Arkéa-B&B Hotels

Astana Qazaqstan Team

Decathalon-AG2R La Mondiale

EF Education-EasyPost

Groupama-FDJ

Ineos Grenadiers

Intermarché-Wanty

Movistar Team

Red Bull—Bora—Hansgrohe

Soudal—Quick-Step

Team Bahrain Victorious

Team dsm—firmenich PostNL

Team Jayco-AlUla

Visma—Lease a Bike

UAE Team Emirates

UCI ProTeams

Israel—Premier Tech

Lotto—Dstny

Team TotalEnergies

Uno-X Pro Mobility

The 2024 Tour de France map

Here is the official map of the 2024 Tour de France:

You can also view the map on the official Tour de France website.

Stages, dates, and distances for the 2024 Tour de France

Here are the stages for the 2024 Tour de France. According to the official website there are eight stages classified as flat, four stages classified as hilly, seven mountain stages (including four summit finishes: Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d’Adet in Stage 14, Plateau de Beille in Stage 15, Isola 2000 in Stage 19, and Col de la Couillole in Stage 20). There are also two individual time trials, along with a pair of rest days.

Overall, the 2024 Tour e France route covers 3,498 kilometers (2,174 miles) and contains 52,230 meters (171,358 feet) of total vertical climb.

If riders were hoping to ease into the 2024 Tour de France, they have another thing coming. The opening stage of this year’s Tour not only marks the first time the race has started in Italy, but it might be the toughest opening stage in history, featuring 3,600 meters (11,811 feet) of climbing. The final climb into San Marino, featuring over seven kilometers (4.35 miles) of climb at nearly five degrees.

The two toughest stretches are likely Stages 14 and 15, as well as Stages 19 and 20. Not only are all four stages mountain stages — meaning riders will have to conquer the mountains on back-to-back days — but all four stages contain a summit finish: Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d’Adet in Stage 14, Plateau de Beille in Stage 15, Isola 2000 in Stage 19, and Col de la Couillole in Stage 20.

Stage 9 is a very intriguing stage. While it is classified as “hilly” Stage 9, which sees riders start and finish in Troyes, it also contains 14 “white road” sectors. White roads on the Tour de France are dusty, gravel roads that have been a feature of this event.

In addition, the 2024 Tour de France concludes with an Individual Time Trial, the second ITT of this year’s race and the first time the Tour de France will finish in such fashion since the legendary LeMond-Fignon duel in 1989.

2024 Tour de France results

Stage 1: Florence to Rimini

Stage Winner: Romain Bardet, Team dsm-firmenich PostNL

Overall Leader: Romain Bardet, Team dsm-firmenich PostNL

Romain Bardet, aided in large part by his Team dsm-firmenich PostNL teammate Frank Van den Broek, captured the difficult first stage of the 2024 Tour de France on Saturday. For Bardet, who is competing in his final Tour de France after announcing his upcoming retirement following next year’s Critérium du Dauphiné before a switch to gravel. This stage win was his first in seven years, and he’s the first Frenchman to don the famous yellow jersey since Julian Alaphilippe in the 2021 race.

Which Riders Didn’t Make the Cut for the 2024 Tour de France?

Here are eight notable riders who will miss this year’s race, from Sepp Kuss to Julian Alaphilippe, and the strategic or unfortunate reasons behind their exclusions.

And it’s become harder than it once was: starting in 2018, grand tour rosters were cut from nine riders to eight. For some teams, the impact was minimal, but for others–especially teams with multiple leaders and/or goals–it caused headaches. Coupled with the fact that riders get sick, hurt, and just plain slow down, one can easily understand the delicate balancing act that team directors face when reconciling egos with aspirations–including the expectations of sponsors and fans.

This year’s Tour was no different, with several riders being left home as rosters were announced in the week leading up to this weekend’s Italian “Grand Depart.”

Here’s a rundown of eight riders who–for various reasons–won’t be riding the 2024 Tour de France:

Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-Quick Step)

France’s Julian Alaphippe won six stages at the Tour de France from 2018 to 2021 and famously wore the yellow jersey for 14 days in 2019, ultimately finishing fifth overall. But it’s since been a rough couple of years for the former two-time world champion, thanks in part to a crash at Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 2022 that left him with two broken ribs, a broken scapula and a collapsed lung. After missing the race in 2022, the Frenchman returned to last year’s Tour de France, but was clearly a step or two below where he once was–much to the dismay of his team’s general manager, Patrick Lefevere.

However, things seem to be looking up for the 32-year-old. In May, he took a fantastic stage win at the Giro d’Italia in a ride that called to mind his glory years. But with his team going all-in on Belgian Remco Evenepoel’s bid for a podium finish at the Tour de France, there was no place for the Frenchman.

Chris Froome (Premier Tech)

Four-time winner Chris Froome will not be competing at the Tour de France for the second year in a row. And while it’s sad to see the 39-year-old on the outside looking in, it makes sense: Israel-PremierTech has won three stages in the last two Tours de France and seems to have found a winning formula by coming to the Tour de France with a roster filled with versatile opportunists who can win stages on all sorts of terrain.

And the Briton has done little to earn a spot on the team’s eight-man roster. He’s barely raced this season (or last season, for that matter), and when he has, he’s never come close to the top of the results. Froome’s story seems to epitomize the fragile nature of professional sports stardom: one minute, you’re on the top of your game, and before you know it, you’re an afterthought.

Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates)

American Brandon McNulty raced the Tour de France in support of Tadej Pogačar in 2021 and 2022. Still, the 26-year-old will miss the French grand tour for the second year in a row after the team stacked its roster with three of the team’s other grand tour contenders who will support the Slovenian in his bid to win the Tour de France less than two months after winning the Giro d’Italia.

Missing the Tour again has to be a disappointment for the American, who’s won seven races so far in 2024 and seems to be getting better each season. He’ll likely use the time to prepare for the upcoming Olympic Games, where he’ll shoot for a medal in the individual time trial.

Tim Merlier (Soudal-Quick-Step)

Another casualty of Soudal-Quick Step’s bid to put Evenepoel on the Tour de France podium, Merlier–who won a stage with Alpecin-Fenix in 2021 and three stages at the Giro d’Italia this spring–will miss the French grand tour for the third year in a row. It’s likely that the team was clear with the Belgian that this could be the case when they signed him prior to last season, but it’s an omission worth keeping in mind as we all watch Evenepoel try and become the first Belgian to win the Tour since 1976.

Stage wins are valuable commodities at the Tour de France, but leaving someone like Merlier home is a calculated risk that teams like Soudal-Quick Step feel they must take to finish on the final podium. But if Evenepoel falters–and Quick-Step goes winless at the Tour for the first time since the late 90s–the team’s critics will be justified in asking why the Belgian sprinter was left at home.

Sepp Kuss (Visma-Lease a Bike)

Kuss was expected to be Jonas Vingegaard’s top lieutenant again at this year’s Tour de France. And with Visma-Lease a Bike besieged by injuries heading into the Tour–including those sustained by Vingegaard himself in a crash at the Tour of the Basque Country in early April–the team needed all the help it could get heading into the Tour.

Well, things went from bad to worse after Kuss–who won last year’s Vuelta a España–abandoned the Critérium du Dauphiné with a cold and then two weeks later was ruled out of the Tour de France after testing positive for COVID-19. It’s a sad turn of events for a rider who played a central role in each of the team’s seven grand tour victories, and hopefully, the 29-year-old can recover in time to prepare to defend his title at the Tour of Spain later in the summer.

Daniel Martínez (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)

Martínez took second at the recent Giro d’Italia–the best grand tour finish of the 28-year-old Colombian’s career–but was still left off the Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe roster for the Tour de France. That says less about Martínez than it does about the depth of the German team, which has the luxury of heading to the Tour with Slovenia’s Primož Roglič leading the team and a former Giro d’Italia champion in Australia’s Jai Hindley and the sixth-place finisher at the recent Critérium du Dauphiné, Russia’s Aleksandr Vlasov supporting him.

If it’s any consolation, missing the Tour puts Martínez in the driver’s seat to lead the team at the Vuelta a España–assuming everyone else buries themselves to help Roglič win the Tour.

Ben O’Connor (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale)

O’Connor’s been featured in the first two seasons of the Netflix docuseries Tour de France: Unchained –and the producers haven’t always cast him in the best light. Sensitive, explosive, and sometimes downright bratty, he was a hard rider to like for most of the series–at least until the second half of the second season, in which he finally stopped thinking of himself as a GC rider and instead starting racing to win stages–either for himself or on behalf of his teammates.

But the 28-year-old–who won a stage and finished fourth overall at the Tour de France in 2021–won’t be riding the French grand tour this year after leading the team at the Giro d’Italia this spring. Taking a break from the Tour de France pressure cooker was obviously the right move for the Australian: he finished fourth overall at the Italian grand tour, no doubt increasing his value heading into the off-season. At that point, he’ll be free to sign with another team.

Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek)

In the last two years, Milan has won four stages and twice won the Points Competition at the Giro d’Italia, which might lead some to think he’s ready to try his hand at winning field sprints at the Tour de France. Well, those folks obviously don’t run the show at Lidl-Trek because the team is waiting at least another year before sending him to the Tour–most likely so he can spend time preparing to win a gold medal on the track at the Summer Olympics.

Since getting hooked on pro cycling while watching Lance Armstrong win the 1993 U.S. Pro Championship in Philadelphia, longtime Bicycling contributor Whit Yost has raced on Belgian cobbles, helped build a European pro team, and piloted that team from Malaysia to Mont Ventoux as an assistant director sportif. These days, he lives with his wife and son in Pennsylvania, spending his days serving as an assistant middle school principal and his nights playing Dungeons & Dragons.

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Tour de France: Romain Bardet steals the show on stage 1 to claim first maillot jaune

Thrilling first Tour de France stage from Florence to Rimini puts paid to GC hopes of Gaudu, Buitrago

In what is due to be his final Tour de France , Romain Bardet (DSM-Firmenich PostNL) rolled back the years to take the most stunning win of his career on stage 1 of the 2024 race, surviving a charging peloton by the barest of margins to net him a first-ever stint in the yellow jersey.

Bardet crossed the line with teammate Frank van den Broek after the DSM duo put on a masterclass on the road from Florence to Rimini, completing a breathless finish with only a few metres and five seconds to spare from Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) who took third.

10km to go, 5km to go and the flamme rouge all ticked by, with it looking more impossible by the kilometre for the duo to make it after cresting the final climb with a healthy 1:45 lead. But with the chasers faltering, when they rounded the final 90-degree corner on the Adriatic seafront, it was clear they were going to do it.

The Frenchman came alongside Van den Broek after he managed one final pull and crossed the line for the win, with the pair both putting their hands on their heads and mirroring each other's disbelief in celebration.

Bardet has won three stages of the Tour de France , the King of the Mountains classification and twice been on the overall podium in his prime, but none of those achievements will compare to taking the leader’s maillot jaune as a proud Frenchman. It’s his first Tour stage win in seven years and he’s the first Frenchman to don the famous yellow jersey since Julian Alaphilippe in the 2021 race.

“I had to back myself, I had to hope that this would go well. I didn’t know the course particularly well but Frank [van den Broek] was really strong out in front and I felt that I had nothing to lose essentially,” said Bardet, who launched his initial move from the peloton with 50km to go.

He bridged across the day’s early break, which included Van den Broek but there wasn’t just one last death pull from the Dutchman, instead came a total cooperation for the rest of the stage right to the line.

“Because Frank was so strong, we were able to work together and go for it and he really deserves this win as much as me. I don’t really have the words, it’s sport.”

Lidl-Trek, EF Education-Easy Post and Visma-Lease a Bike led the charge off the final descent of the final climb which crested in microstate San Marino, but after such a brutally tough opening day in scorching temperatures, they ran out of steam.

“We had really hard conditions up there,” said Bardet. “It was hot, then we had the wind in our faces so it was a really extraordinary scenario that we were taking on.”

But it was no surprise to see the man from Brioude, close to the middle of France where temperatures are hot, thrive in the heat to take his first-ever Tour de France yellow jersey - a career goal for Bardet.

“It’s certainly one of the goals I set for my career [the yellow jersey]. I’ve been really close before. It’s been within touching distance but I’ve never been able to do it,” he said. 

“Today I just wasn't sure that it was going to be able to happen. But I had a great teammate with me. And I think when I reflect on this victory, I will look back and remember just how special it was.”

Van den Broek himself had a great share of the spoils, ending the day on the podium alongside his teammate, who is 10 years his elder, with the green points jersey and white best young riders jersey alongside second overall.

How it Unfolded

Ice vests were at the ready for a scorching start in Florence, as for the first ever time in its 121-year history, the Tour de France started in Italy. There was a great reception for the 176 riders as they navigated the long 16km neutral zone out of the city which instead of turning pink for the Giro d’Italia, was lined with yellow for the Grand Départ of the Tour. 

The bunch rode past the iconic sites in the Tuscan city from Brunelleschi's Duomo and Giotto's Campanile to the Uffizi Gallery and across the Arno River on the Ponte Vecchio bridge but all eyes were on race director Christian Prudhomme and the flag drop.

Racing got underway with 206km separating them from the finish in Rimini and the attacks came right from the off, with the likes of Valentin Madouas (Groupama-FDJ) and Bardet among those trying their luck.

Small groups formed but they were closely followed and not allowed much of an advantage, until a stacked seven-man break made a sizeable gap and looked to have formed the break of the day - Matej Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious), Madouas, Ion Izagirre (Cofidis), Clément Champoussin (Arkéa-B&B Hotels), Frank van den Broek (DSM-Firmenich PostNL), Sandy Dujardin and Mattéo Vercher (both TotalEnergies).

Desperation set in behind for Uno-X Mobility who first sent Odd Christian Eiking and Rasmus Tiller to try and bridge across the one-minute gap but it was their teammate Jonas Ambrahamsen who managed to counter across to the front, bringing Ryan Gibbons with him to form a group of nine in the break. 

This took place on the  first and longest climb of the day to Col de Valico Tre Faggi (12.5 km at 5.1%), where sprinters started to struggle in the near 40-degree heat.

Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan) was the big focus, with the veteran fast man suffering majorly in the heat and even vomiting on his bike as he dropped away with over 160km to race.

At the front of the peloton, EF Education-EasyPost, who had let the gap go out to as big as five minutes, took up the mantle of chasing.

The break shrunk to five over the next three climbs when Vercher, Dujardin, Champoussin and Izagirre couldn’t hold the pace, and over the tough Côte de Barbott climb their advantage was significantly reduced down to 1:52.

After a lull in racing throughout the middle phase, UAE Team Emirates moved up to the front in support of GC leader Tadej Pogačar, who was the pre-stage favourite for the day, with 72km to go.

Abrahamsen, Madouas, Van den Broek and Gibbons showed the best climbing legs over the climb, with Mohoric making it back on thanks to his great descending skills.

Defending Tour winners Visma-Lease a Bike took over from UAE in their new blue jerseys over the Côte de San Leo. This reduced the deficit further to just 1:30 with two climbs still to come. 

But the pace still wasn’t high enough for some, prompting Bardet to go on the attack 50km from the line in what is his final Tour de France. 

Van den Broek dropped himself from the break and put on a big turn for his leader, Bardet, whose savvy solo move meant he went over the crest of the climb 1:20 in front of the peloton. The DSM duo quickly dropped Abrahamsen and Madouas to take over the lead as a duo.

The next opportunist to try and bridge across was EF’s Ben Healy at the bottom of the Côte de Montemaggio (4.2km at 6.6%) climb. He had a 1:23 advantage to try and make up at the time of his attack.

Visma eased after the launch from Healy and with a man up the road for EF, the American squad knocked off any chase, leading the gap to go back out to 1:40 from Bardet and Van den Broek,

The descent off the Montemaggio climb led the race into San Marino, with Bardet and his teammate holding a one-minute advantage over Healy and 1:45 on the peloton who had slowed down as they approached the day’s final climb - the Côte de San Marino (7.1km at 4.8%).

With under 30km to go, there was finally change at the front of the peloton as Ineos and Lidl-Trek took over on the front, likely pacing for Tom Pidcock and Mads Pedersen, who had managed to survive the climbs so far in the day. 

Bardet, to give himself a better chance of making it, rode up the final climb on the front with Van den Broek in his wheel, knowing how useful his young Dutch teammate would be on the final descent and flat run for home in Rimini. 

EF then made another move and attacked their own man Healy after the Irishman started stalling in his chase further up the road, with Neilson Powless leading Alberto Bettiol to the top of the climb so he could try to launch in the Italian bands.

The breathless run for home kicked off fully when Visma, EF and Trek were all committing men to the chase into Rimini, eating away at the DSM duo’s advantage in quick time. The time gap ticked away right until the final corner where it disappeared from the broadcast.

And at the same time, Bardet and Van den Broek had disappeared from the chasers in the final few corners, pulling what was posted to an 11-second gap out to an unreachable lead. The Dutchman took a final pull, barely able to pedal anymore, before Bardet took over to take the win in what will be a memorable Tour de France winners picture for years to come. Incroyable racing in Rimini.

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Belgian Cycling Club er skabt med passion for cykling – den gode cykeloplevelse i et hyggeligt og socialt samvær

For os handler det om det gode liv med cykling. At skabe nogle unikke oplevelser, hvor mennesker på en sjov måde udfordrer sig selv og hinanden.

Til vores motionsløb er det, det sociale og hyggelige som skal være i højsædet, og der skal være plads til alle.

Vi der byder alle velkommen, uanset ens niveau eller form, både nybegyndere og erfarne cykelrytter finde glæde og fællesskab til vores motionsløb, lad fællesskabet og den sunde energi motivere dig hele vejen til målstregen!

Vores motionscykelløb i 2024

Tour de midtjylland – søndag den 16. juni 2024.

Tag på cykeltur i noget af Danmarks smukkeste natur ved Silkeborg i Midtjylland – et helt fantastisk cykelområde.

Coast2Coast Gravel Ride – lørdag den 24. august 2024

En fænomenale gravel rute på tværs af Jylland – med start på Vestkysten i Søndervig og mål på Østkysten på den legendariske Århus Cyklebane.

Coast2Coast Jylland – lørdag den 24. august 2024

Smut på den hyggeligste rute på tværs af Danmark. Denne tur udvikles både som traditionel landevejsløb og som gravelrute.

Før jeg begyndte at arrangere motionscykelløb var jeg professionel cykelrytter. Men selvom tempoet måske er sat ned, så er passionen absolut ikke faldet!

I dag bruger jeg min passion for cykling til at skabe gode cykeloplevelser i hyggeligt samvær.

Jeg bruger min erfaring indenfor cykling og professionelle løb til at skabe den bedste cykeloplevelse for dig med smukke ruter, god forplejning samt hyggeligt og socialt samvær.

Allan “Smeden” Johansen

• Ejer og initiativtager til Belgian Cycling Club
• Arrangør af Coast2coast Jylland & Tour de Midtjylland
• Arrangør af Gran Fondo Storebælt 2023
• Rejsearrangør af cykelrejser til hele Europa
• Professionel cykelrytter fra 1998-2009
• Tour de France deltager i 2000
• Danmarksmester i landevejscykling i 2006
• Top 10 i flere belgiske klasser

Vores licenscykelløb i 2024

Rander bike week 1/8 – 4/8.

International etapeløb for alle klasser, helt nede fra unge drenge og piger på 10 år til den danske elite samt masterclass’erne.

Vil du med på cykeltur?

Vi arrangerer intime cykelture med op til 20 deltagere eller større cykelevents for virksomheder og klubber.

Vi skræddersyer dit event, så oplevelsen bliver præcis som du ønsker. Agendaen kan indeholde alt fra foredrag og cykelsnak til spisning og vinsmagning. Vi har erfaringen og udstyret, så kontakt os endelig – så finder vi løsningen sammen.

I din mail må du gerne fortælle os lidt om hvem I er, hvor mange, jeres niveau, hvad turen skal bestå, samt hvornår I gerne vil afsted.

Mail: [email protected] Mobil: 51 36 34 01

Belgian Cycling Club

Belgian Cycling Club er startet af Allan “Smeden” Johansen og skabt med udgangspunkt i en passion for cykling generelt og belgisk cykelsport og kultur i særdeleshed.

Vestergade 83B 8600 Silkeborg

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Tlf.: 51 36 34 01

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