The men's and women's road races at the Paris Olympics this weekend will highlight some of the city's most important cultural and historic landmarks. The riders will depart from the Pont d'Iena crossing the River Seine, just beneath the Eiffel Tower, and head toward Versaille in the French countryside.
The Eiffel Tower Stadium, where beach volleyball is being played at the 2024 Paris Olympics, has been one of the most popular attractions of the Games, drawing hundreds of people looking for the best photo to post on their social media pages. Competitors pass by the Eiffel Tower as they start the men’s road cycling event, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Paris , France.
The road races will continue deep into the countryside. They pass the Vélodrome National de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, where the French completed the first podium sweep of an event at the Summer Games in a century in, and where track cycling begins Monday. They also will flash by Le Golf National, the site of the 2018 Ryder Cup and theThe parade of iconic locations truly begins when the riders return to Paris.
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