The Tour de France is coming to Côte-d’Or! – News

More than 1,230 gendarmes, 190 national police officers, 353 firefighters and 4 civil security associations will be deployed on the ground. Agents from the National Forestry Office and the French Biodiversity Office will also patrol to ensure the protection of the environment and sensitive natural areas. An operational command post will be activated by the Prefect of Côte-d’Or for each stage in order to coordinate the action of the services.

The progress of the stages will of course have a significant impact on traffic and parking in the sectors concerned. The roads used by the runners are entirely closed to traffic at least 1 hour before the passage of the tour advertising caravan.
France until the roads are reopened by the police after the race. In addition, the installation of equipment by the organizer in the start and finish towns of the stages will also result in traffic and parking restrictions, sometimes from the day before the race.

Users are therefore invited to anticipate and prepare their travel as much as possible during these three days. To do this, they can consult the website of the Côte-d’Or Departmental Council https://www.inforoute21.fr/ where they will find all the useful information on road closures
roads, diversions put in place and parking possibilities.

The websites of the municipalities hosting the departures and arrivals of the stages also summarize useful information:

The main measures by step

Thursday July 4 – 6th stage (163.5 km): Mâcon (71) – Dijon

The route of this stage can be viewed on the Tour de France website at: https://www.letour.fr/fr/etape-6

The Tour de France will enter Côte-d’Or in the early afternoon via the RD906, which will be closed to traffic at Corpeau from 12:30 p.m. The finish is scheduled for Cours Général de Gaulle in Dijon around 5:30 p.m.

The main axes impacted by the race are : RD973 – RD996 – RD968 – RD905 – M905 – M905B

On the ring road and the A39 motorway : exits 45 (University North and South) of the M274 (Rocade) will be closed between 1:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., exit 2 of the A39 in the Dijon-Dole direction from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

All the routes temporarily closed to traffic and the transit diversions put in place between Dijon and Chalon-sur-Saône (prefectural decree no. 1038 of June 18, 2024) can be consulted on https://www.inforoute21.fr/ .

Parking possibilities in Dijon can be viewed at https://www.dijon.fr/actualites/dijon-villearrivee-du-tour-de-france-2024/

Schools closed all day on Thursday July 4 :

• Schools of the intercommunal educational grouping of Chassagne/Montrachet, Puligny/Montrachet, Saint-Aubin
• Meursault schools (public and private)
• Schools of the intercommunal educational grouping of Merceuil / Montagny-les-Beaune
• Schools of the intercommunal educational group of Meursanges / Chevigny-en-Valière
• Schools in the Corberon / Corgengoux intercommunal educational group
• Izeure School
• Schools of Pouilly-sur-Saône
• Longecourt-en-Plaine School
• Schools of Thorey-en-Plaine
• Rouvres-en-Plaine School
• Fauverney School
• Crimolois School
• Neuilly-les-Dijon School
• Longvic Schools
• Schools of the intercommunal educational grouping of Broin / Bagnot / Bonnencontre
• Schools of the intercommunal educational grouping of Tailly / Corcelles-les-Arts / Ebaty

Friday July 5 – 7th stage (23.5 km): individual time trial between Nuits-Saint-Georges and Gevrey-Chambertin

The individual time trial will take place from 1:05 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The route of this stage can be viewed on the Tour de France website at: https://www.letour.fr/fr/etape-7

Traffic and parking will be prohibited along the entire time trial route. which will complete a 25 km loop between Nuits-Saint-Georges and Gevrey-Chambertin, passing through Etang-Vergy, the Chambolle-Musigny valley and Morey-Saint-Denis.

The RD974 will be closed to heavy goods vehicles on July 5 from 4:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m..

All roads temporarily closed to traffic, transit diversions put in place and parking solutions (prefectural decree no. 1046 of June 26, 2024) can be consulted on https://www.inforoute21.fr/.

You can also consult the sites of the towns of Nuits-Saint-Georges and Gevrey-Chambertin on https://ville-nuits-saint-georges.fr/tour-de-france/ and https://ville-gevrey-chambertin. fr/tour-defrance-the-time-trial-in-detail/

Public access (vehicles and pedestrians) is completely prohibited in the Chambolle valley, on the RD122H, for reasons of security and protection of the national nature reserve, up to the entrance to the town (prefectural decree no. 1041 of 06/26/2024)

Schools closed all day on Friday July 5 :

• Schools of Nuits-Saint-Georges
• Etang-Vergy School
• School of the intercommunal educational group of Chambolle-Musigny / Morey-Saint-Denis
• Vosne-Romanée School
• Gilly-les-Cîteaux school center
• Schools in the Gevrey-Chambertin school group
• Chamboeuf school center
• Villers-la-Faye school center
• Schools of the intercommunal educational group of Brochon / Fixin
• College of Nuits-Saint-Georges (Félix Tisserand)
• Brochon College (Champagne)
• Brochon High School (Stephen Liégeard)

Saturday July 6 – 8th stage (183.4 km): Semur-en-Auxois – Colombey-les-deuxEglises (52)

The route of this stage can be viewed on the Tour de France website at: https://www.letour.fr/fr/etape-8

The race will start at 1:05 p.m.

Main areas impacted : RD954 – RD970 – RD905 – RD901 – RD959

All routes temporarily closed to traffic and transit diversions put in place and parking solutions (prefectural decree 1038 of June 18, 2024) can be consulted on https://www.inforoute21.fr/

This information is also available on the website of the commune of Semur-en-Auxois at https://www.ville-semur-en-auxois.fr/tour-de-france-2024/

The Tour de France will leave Côte-d’Or around 3:30 p.m.

Other prohibition measures put in place for the 3 stages

• The use of drones in the airspace of the Tour de France cycling race is strictly prohibited with the exception of drones belonging to the organizer, security forces and emergency services (prefectural decree no. 1041 of 06/26/2024)
• The carrying, transport and use of entertainment fireworks and pyrotechnic devices of categories F1, F2, F3, T1, T2, P1, P2 are prohibited within a space of 100 meters on each side of the routes used by the Tour de France cycling race, on the day it passes through the department (prefectural decree no. 1041 of 06/26/2024).
• Hunting is prohibited depending on the times of each stage in the territory of 15 municipalities (prefectural decree no. 1050 of 06/26/2024).
• As a reminder, the main measures linked to the prevention of forest fires (prefectural decree no. 1170 of 07/27/2023) are:
  • It is prohibited to carry or light a fire inside and up to a distance of 200 meters from woods, forests, forest plantations, reforestation, moors, scrubland, including on the roads that cross them, from June 15 to October 15 inclusive of each year.
  • It is forbidden for any person to smoke in woods and forests, and up to a distance of 200 meters from them. […].
  • It is forbidden to carry fire or any incandescent material into protected areas, woods, forests, forest plantations, reforestation, moors, scrubland. During this period, barbecues, braziers or mechouis are prohibited.
  • The use, lighting and release of sky lanterns, also known as Chinese or Thai lanterns, are prohibited.

Find the details of the stages on https://www.letour.fr/fr/parcours-general