The road race and time trial routes for the 2024 Paris Olympics were revealed Tuesday by Tournament President Tony Estange after the fourth stage of the Tour de France.

The men's and women's road race routes are the longest in Olympic history at 273 km and 158 km, respectively, with an elevation gain of 2,800 m and 1,700 m, respectively, favoring the classic specialists.

Tokyo Olympic silver medalists Wout Van Aert (Belgium) and Mathieu Van Der Pol (Netherlands) are among those suited to the men's course, with its punchy climbs and potential for small group sprints at the finish. [After leading Jasper Philippsen (Belgium) to victory on stage 4 of the Tour de France, van der Pol told NOS, "This course should suit me. This could be a Flanders classic."

But after he crashed on the opening lap of the Tokyo Olympics mountain bike cross-country race, he was quick to say that "the mountain bike [race] plan is still in the back of my mind." With the road race taking place five days after the mountain bike race, he could compete in both events if he qualifies.

The final stage of the 2024 Tour de France will be a time trial from Paris to Nice, rather than the usual trip to Paris, as the Olympics begin on Friday, July 26.

The Olympic individual time trial will take place on July 27, and the road races will be held two weeks after the Tour ends, on August 3 for the men and August 4 for the women.

The men will tackle 13 and the women 9 punchy climbs. The course heads east from Paris, then back toward the Trocadéro, finishing at the Pont Delena bridge adjacent to the Eiffel Tower.

The race will culminate on the cobbled Montmartre hill (1km, 6.5km), which appears three times on both courses and will be an explosive finishing test to either launch a solo attack or bring in a final sprint.

Passing through the Palace of Versailles, the Louvre, the Invalides, and the Sacré Coeur, the riders will be treated to sightseeing and agony as they travel back and forth across the French capital.

For the first time, the road race will feature an equal number of men and women, 90 each. They will run twice around an 18.4 km circuit in northeastern Paris, followed by a 9.5 km flat course to the finish line.

"A bicycle road race in the city is exceptional and a free event for fans to attend. It allows us to combine a great show with a great sporting event." It is also the longest race in Olympic history. The final will be a very exciting and challenging race."

The road race champions were Richard Caparaz (Ecuador) and Anna Kiesenhofer (Austria), who went into an early breakaway and held off Annemiek van Hulten (Netherlands) to win from the big outside against a strong Dutch team.

The time trial will be the first medal event for cycling at the 2024 Paris Games.

The men's and women's races are held on the same 32.4 km flat course, with a balance of long straights for power and technical corners where TT bike skills come into play.

The 35 men and women will start from the Place des Invalides and head east through Paris' historic sporting sites, including the Jacques Anquetil velodrome, which served as the finish line of the Tour de France from 1968 to 1974.

After an opening ceremony on the Seine the day before, riders will be timed to finish at the Alexandre III Bridge.

Primoš Roglic (Slovenia) and Van Vleuten are Olympic time trial champions, but the course in Tokyo is much more hilly, and the men's field of Juan Art and Filippo Ganna (Italy) and the women's field of Ellen van Dijk (Netherlands) and Marlen Reusser (Switzerland) The course should be more of an opportunity for the pure time trial specialists.