Tour de France

Cycling Reborn: Racing Against the Wind

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Name Tour de France
Alias(es) 环法
Type Professional road-cycling Grand Tour
Status 2024 edition concluded
First Appearance Chapter 1

Format and Classifications

The Tour de France is portrayed as professional road cycling's most prestigious race, attracting elite general-classification riders, Classics specialists, and sprinters in the same event 181 182.

Classification Jersey Basis
General classification Yellow Overall race lead 1 185
Points classification Green Most sprint points 21
Mountains classification Polka-dot Most mountain points 21
Best young rider White Best-ranked eligible young rider 24 184
  • The 2024 edition fields 176 riders: eight each from 18 UCI WorldTour teams and four wildcard Pro teams 181.
  • It consists of 21 stages over three weeks, mixing mass-start stages with individual time trials 181 182.
  • The yellow jersey earns its wearer 25 UCI points and €500 for every additional stage worn 185.

Referenced Editions

Edition Key events
2020 Tadej Pogačar overturned Primož Roglič's 57-second advantage in the Stage 20 individual time trial, beating him by 59 seconds to claim the overall title 13.
2021 Roglič crashed twice in Stage 3 and withdrew during Stage 8; Jonas Vingegaard took over Jumbo–Visma leadership and finished second overall, 5 minutes 20 seconds behind Pogačar 137.
2022 On Stage 11, Vingegaard and Roglič repeatedly attacked Pogačar before Vingegaard dropped him on the Col du Granon. Vingegaard moved from 37 seconds down to a 2-minute-22-second overall lead and took yellow; he later secured the title 1 34.

2024 Edition

Route and Field

  • The Tour began in Florence, Italy, its first start in the city; the opening three stages remained in Italy before Stage 4 crossed into France 181.
  • Stage 1, from Florence to Rimini, covered 206 km with 3,821 meters of elevation gain, including three Category 2 and four Category 3 climbs 181.
  • Stage 4 featured the Col du Galibier, an HC climb 22.9 km long, and finished in Valloire, France 184.
  • Stage 9 introduced Strade Bianche-style gravel terrain to the Tour for the first time, with 14 gravel sectors 186.
  • The final stage was a climbing individual time trial rather than the customary Champs-Élysées sprint finish 196.

General Classification Battle

Stage / Moment Result Classification impact
Stage 1 Huang Chong finished third in his Tour debut. His time bonus gave him a narrow early GC advantage 182 183.
Stage 2 Huang stayed with Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard on San Luca, then worked with Pogačar on the descent and flat before sprinting at the finish. Huang took yellow with a four-second lead over Pogačar and Vingegaard; he also claimed white 183 184.
Stage 4 Huang and Vingegaard cooperated to catch Pogačar after his Galibier attack; Huang won the sprint. Huang earned his first Tour stage victory and extended his yellow-jersey advantage to eight seconds 184 185.
Stage 11 Pogačar attacked on Puy Mary Pas de Peyrol, but Huang and Vingegaard chased him down. Huang outsprinted both rivals at Le Lioran. Huang retained yellow and won his second stage 188.
Stage 14 Pogačar won the mountaintop finish by 45 seconds; Huang placed third. Pogačar took yellow, while Huang retained white and remained second overall 191.
Stage 19 Huang won the high-altitude stage to Isola 2000. He preserved second overall despite Pogačar's yellow-jersey lead 194 196.
Stage 21 Huang lost only eight seconds to Vingegaard in the climbing ITT; Pogačar won the stage by 1 minute 3 seconds over Vingegaard. Pogačar won the Tour, Huang finished second overall and secured white, and Vingegaard took third 196.

Final Classification Outcomes

Classification Winner / Holder
General classification Tadej Pogačar 196
Best young rider Huang Chong 196
Points classification Biniam Girmay 196
Second overall Huang Chong — €200,000 and 1,040 UCI points 193 196

Huang Chong's Record

  • Huang won three Tour stages in his first UCI WorldTour season: Stages 4, 11, and 19 184 188 196.
  • He wore the yellow jersey for 12 days, from the end of Stage 2 until Stage 14 184 191.
  • His second place made him the best young rider and placed him ahead of defending champion Vingegaard in the final general classification 196.

Story Role / Major Arcs

  • The 2022 Tour de France is the story's opening competitive backdrop. Huang Chong correctly predicts that Jumbo–Visma's coordinated attacks will break Pogačar, shortly before deciding to pursue professional cycling himself 1.
  • Huang repeatedly treats winning the Tour as his ultimate ambition, while acknowledging that even taking a single stage is extraordinarily difficult and that Chinese riders face a major gap to Europe 2 11.
  • His Tour participation in 2024 unlocks the System's Highest Participation Achievement Honor Medal, promotes him to an advanced professional rider, grants +5 to each weakness attribute, and awards two Special Recovery Energy Gels 181.
  • Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe initially selects Huang as Primož Roglič's reserve leader and core domestique. His yellow jersey and mountain-stage performances force the team to recognize him as its stronger GC prospect during the race 181 187.
  • The Tour establishes Huang's principal rivalry with Pogačar and Vingegaard: Pogačar ultimately proves superior on the longest high-mountain efforts, while Huang defeats both riders in several stage sprints and secures second overall 188 191 196.