Jonas Vingegaard, defending the Tour de France champion, was in Paris for the 2024 route presentation and he liked what he saw

The Jumbo Visma Rider won the time trial stage in 2023 and won the title in the High Alps. defeated desipoganyar. Both will return to the Tour de France in 2024.

"I'm really excited about it. It seems very difficult, especially Week 3, it seems very difficult," Vingegaard said. "I think it's a good parkour for me. Obviously I'm looking forward to it.

Vingegaard won the Tour de France, Italia Basque Country, Critérium du Dauphiné, O Gran Camino 2023 and he was second only to team-mate Seppoux in the 2nd place in the Vuelta a España.

Those victories also gave him the prestigious Velodor Award, despite Mathieu van der Poel's success in the classics.

"To be honest, it's almost the perfect season for me, for what I can achieve," Vingegaard said.

"There were a few races that I didn't win, and of course I would like to do better, but it's great and I'm grateful to be named the best cyclist in the world. I want to do the same in 2024.

The 2024 Tour de France will include a vertical gain of 52,230 metres, probably with fewer high climbs and shorter stages than in the past. But Vingegaard highlighted the difficulties of stage 2,802 up to 2000 meters high Cime de la Bonette and Isola20.

"The second to the last road stage is like super, super hard." There's also a lot of altitude," Vingegaard said.

"There may be less altitude meters than the total, but I think the altitude meters there are more difficult than this year.

Vingegaard will start the 2024 Tour de France wearing race number one as defending champion, but Tadej Pogañar (UAE team Emirates), Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) and former teammates have become rivals. You could face a big challenge from Primoš Roglić (Bora-Hansgrohe) and others. He did not seem worried.

"If all four go there, it will be a huge fight. I look forward to it," he said.