The biggest cycling event of the year - the 111th Tour de France -- kicks off Saturday from Florence, Italy. The 2024 Tour de France's unusual route starts in Italy for the first time ever to honor 100 years since the first Italian victory in the Tour by Ottavio Bottecchia in 1924. Also, due to the 2024 Summer Olympics, the Tour de France will not finish in Paris for the first time in event history.

The 21 stages will cover more than 2,000 miles from Saturday through July 21. Two-time defending winner Jonas Vingegaard looks to become just the ninth cyclist to win at least three Tour de France races. Last year's runner-up, Tadej Pogačar, is looking to do the same. He won in 2020 and 2021 before finishing second to Vingegaard in 2022 and 2023.

Here's what you need to know about this year's race:

How to watch the 2024 Tour de France

NBC Sports will broadcast the 2024 Tour de France in the U.S. All stages will be available via streaming on Peacock and fuboTV with three stages - 8, 14, and 20 - broadcast on NBC as well.

How to watch:Catch the 2024 Tour de France with a fuboTV subscription

2024 Tour de France stage schedule, distance, characteristics

1. June 29: Florence to Rimini (Italy), 128 miles (hilly stage)
   • Coverage begins at 6:30 a.m. ET
2. June 30: Cesenatico to Bologna (Italy), 120 miles (hilly stage)
   • Coverage begins at 6:05 a.m. ET
3. July 1: Piacenza to Turin (Italy), 142 miles (flat stage)
   • Coverage begins at 6:50 a.m. ET
4. July 2: Pinerolo (Italy) to Valloire (France), 86 miles (mountain stage)
   • Coverage begins at 7 a.m. ET
5. July 3: Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to Saint-Vulbas, 110 miles (flat stage)
   • Coverage begins at 6:55 a.m. ET
6. July 4: Mâcon to Dijon, 101 miles (flat stage)
   • Coverage begins at 7 a.m. ET
7. July 5: Nuits-Saint-Georges to Gevrey-Chambertin, 16 miles (individual time trial)
   • Coverage begins at 7:10 a.m. ET
8. July 6: Semur-en-Auxois to Colombey-les-Deux-Églises, 109 miles (flat stage)
   • Coverage begins at 6 a.m. ET
9. July 7: Troyes to Troyes, 124 miles (hilly stage)
   • Coverage begins at 7:05 a.m. ET
10. July 9: Orléans to Saint-Amand-Montrond, 116 miles (flat stage)
    • Coverage begins at 6:55 a.m. ET
11. July 10: Évaux-les-Bains to Le Lioran, 131 miles (mountain stage)
    • Coverage begins at 6:55 a.m. ET
12. July 11: Aurillac to Villeneuve-sur-Lot, 127 miles (flat stage)
    • Coverage begins at 6:55 a.m. ET
13. July 12: Agen to Pau, 106 miles (flat stage)
    • Coverage begins at 7:30 a.m. ET
14. July 13: Pau to Saint-Lary-Soulan, 94 miles (mountain stage)
    • Coverage begins at 6:30 a.m. ET
15. July 14: Loudenvielle to Plateau de Beille, 123 miles (mountain stage)
    • Coverage begins at 6:55 a.m. ET
16. July 16: Gruissan to Nîmes 187 km, 116 miles (flat stage)
    • Coverage begins at 6:50 a.m. ET
17. July 17: Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux to SuperDévoluy, 111 miles (mountain stage)
    • Coverage begins at 6:05 a.m. ET
18. July 18: Gap to Barcelonnette, 111 miles (hilly stage)
    • Coverage begins at 6:55 a.m. ET
19. July 19: Embrun to Isola 2000, 90 miles (mountain stage)
    • Coverage begins at 7:05 a.m. ET
20. July 20: Nice to Col de la Couillole, 83 miles (mountain stage)
    • Coverage begins at 7:35 a.m. ET
21. July 21: Monaco to Nice, 21 miles (individual time trial)
    • Coverage begins at 10:10 a.m. ET

2024 Tour de France odds

Pogačar holds a slight edge as the favorite for victory in the 2024 Tour de France, per BetMGM's latest cycling odds. Here's how the field looks:

Odds as of Tuesday afternoon.

• Tadej Pogačar (-165)
• Jonas Vingegaard (+200)
• Primož Roglič (+800)
• Remco Evenepoel (+1400)
• Juan Ayuso (+3300)
• Carlos Rodríguez (+3300)
• Adam Yates (+3300)
• João Almeida (+3300)
• Matteo Jorgenson (+3300)
• Egan Bernal (+6600)
• Simon Yates (+6600)
• Enric Mas (+10000)
• Tom Pidcock (+10000)
• Felix Gall (+10000)
• Richard Carapaz (+10000)
• Mikel Landa (+10000)
• Geraint Thomas (+10000)
• David Gaudu (+30000)
• Oscar Onley (+30000)
• Wout van Aert (+30000)
• Romain Bardet (+50000)
• Giulio Ciccone (+50000)
• Mathieu van der Poel (+100000)
• Mark Cavendish (+500000)

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