2028 Olympics will clash with Tour de France
Organizers of the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, scheduled to be held July 14-30, have released event schedules, and the dates for the time trials and road races will almost certainly cause conflicts for both the men's and women's Tour de France unless they're changed.
The men's and women's time trials are set to take place July 19, with the road races on July 22 for the women and July 23 for the men. The dates themselves will force the men's Tour to change from its usual spot, while the women's Tour will also see a shift. In addition to the date conflict itself, another issue is travel: Los Angeles is on Pacific Daylight Time in summer, putting it nine time zones away from Central European Time, and flights from Paris to Los Angeles are nearly 12 hours long. Riders will need time both to make the trip and recover from the effects of the long flight.
Tour director Christian Prudhomme was less than thrilled with the news, telling Wielerflits, "What date will the Tour have in 2028? That's not up to us. The UCI decides that. We'll see. Whether the Tour will fall before or after the Olympic Games? I have no idea."
