The 2024 Tour de France

The Tour de France and Ariège is quite a story! Since 1903, the Grande Boucle in Ariège has been a story of the heart! The multicolored peloton regularly takes on the climbs and hurtles down the passes. The teams continue on to the legendary and wild passes of Ariège Pyrénées.

In 2024, the Tour de France makes its way to Ariège for the 15th stage Loudenvielle / Plateau de Beille! 🚵🏼‍♂️

🚵🏼‍♂️ The Ariège stopover towns of the Tour de France

• Beille Plateau: 7 times city stopover (1998, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2024)
• Foix and Prat d’Albis: 7 times city stopover (2001, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2017, 2019 (Prat d’Albis), 2022)
• Saint-Girons: 6 times city stopover (1984, 1988, 1995, 2003, 2009, 2012, 2017)
• Bonascre Plateau / Ax 3 Domaines: 5 times city stopover (2001, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2013)
• Ax les Thermes: 3 times stage city (1955, 1957, 1965)
• Guzet: 3 times city stopover (1984, 1988, 1995)
• Lavelanet: Twice stage city (2 and 2002)
• Lézat Sur Lèze: 1 time stopover city in 2005
• Pamiers: 1 time stopover city in 2010  
• Tarascon on Ariège: 1 time stopover city in 1998

🏆 The runners who left their mark on Ariège

De many French or foreign runners have marked Ariège and its inhabitants through the Tour de France, thus certain passes have become legendary.

• Victory for Marco Pantani to Guzet from Saint-Orens-de-Gameville in 1995 and to the Beille plateau from Luchon in 1998
• Victory for Lans Armstrong at the Beille plateau in 2002
• Victory for Thomas Voeckler at the Beille plateau in 2004
• Victory for Christopher Froome at Ax 3 Domaines in 2013

⛰️ The legendary Ariège passes

To know everything about cycling, from its history to its events, from the emblematic riders who came to Ariège to the lexicon of the Tour de France, consult the Dico Cyclo.