2025 Tour de France

112th edition: July 5 - July 27, 2025

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Map of the 2025 Tour de France. 3,320 km

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The stages:

Saturday, July 5: Stage 1, Lille Métropole - Lille Métropole, 185 km

Christophe Prudhomme writes: Alexander Kristoff was the last pure sprinter to pull on the Yellow Jersey following the first stage, during the 2020 Grand Départ in Nice. A successor to the Norwegian should emerge in Lille after a loop that will take the peloton into the Pas-de-Calais region initially. Once back in the department of Nord, the sprinters’ teams are likely to offer little opportunity to the breakaway riders, who will have to focus on the contest for the polka-dot jersey on the climbs of Cassel at km 106 and Mont Noir at km 139.7. The sprinters will take centre stage on the final straight below the Citadel.

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

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Sunday, July 6: Stage 2, Lauwin-Planque - Boulogne-sur-Mer, 209 km

Christophe Prudhomme writes: There’s good reason to think that the Yellow Jersey could find a new owner in Boulogne-sur-Mer, where the first of the 2025 Tour’s punchy finishes will take place. The hills in the Artois and Boulonnais regions will already have taken a physical toll on the riders by the time they tackle two tough tests on the coast, at Saint-Étienne-au-Mont where there are gradients of 15%, and then at Outreau, just over five kilometres from the finish line. After that, there’s still a demanding kilometre-long ramp where the final verdict will be decided.

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

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Monday, July 7: Stage 3, Valenciennes - Dunkerque, 172 km

Christophe Prudhomme writes: The riders and team managers all become weather experts on the morning of this type of stage. There will be no need for panic as the stage passes Isbergues. However, following the climb of the Côte de Cassel, the final 35 kilometres will be exposed to the wind. Will it blow? And in which direction? The stage has been designed to encourage the formation of echelons, or, failing that, for a bunch finish near the Marcel-Tribut Stadium.

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

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Tuesday, July 8: Stage 4, Amiens Métropole - Rouen, 173 km

Christophe Prudhomme writes:  The passage across the Picardy plain is exposed to the wind and could offer options to teams keen to create echelons. However, it’s more likely that there’ll be a battle between the peloton’s best puncheurs over the final forty kilometres. After the historic Côte de Bonsecours, where the riders will pass the monument to Jean Robic, they will continue to the Côte de Grand’Mare and the more testing Saint-Hilaire ascent that averages 15% and is followed by a five-kilometre dive into the centre of Rouen.

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Monday, July 14: Stage 10, Ennezat - Le Mont Dore Puy de Sancy, 163 km

Christophe Prudhomme writes: A mountain stage on Bastille Day, and one that’s likely to create some fireworks as there are seven second-category hills or passes on the menu. Anyone who missed the 2023 Tour will be able to catch a glimpse of the climb to the Puy de Dôme, as the riders will tackle the first few kilometres of it early in the stage. After that, there’ll be no respite until the final climb to the resort of Le Mont-Dore. The 3.5km climb averaging 8% will bring the total vertical gain for the day to 4,400 metres!

Stage 10 profile

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Thursday, July 17: Stage 12: Auch - Hautacam, 181 km

Christophe Prudhomme writes: Any day the Tour tackles the Pyrenees is always going to be significant. The battle between the favourites for the overall title will have greater magnitude today, particularly over the final 45 kilometres when the peloton initially tackles the Col du Soulor via Ferrières (11.9km at 7.3%), before advancing to the Col de Bordères. Then comes a real moment of truth in the shape of the 13.6km climb to Hautacam, where the gradient averages 7.8%.

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Saturday, July 19: Stage 14, Pau - Luchon-Superbagnères, 183 km

Christophe Prudhomme writes: The route today is modelled on the stage from the 1986 edition, which also took place on the 14th day of racing. The ascent to the Tourmalet via Luz-Saint-Sauveur (19km at 7.4%) is the least travelled by the Tour, as is the case for the route to the Col d’Aspin via Payolle (5km at 7.6%). However, this stage is essentially all about the race’s reunion with the ultra-demanding climb to Superbagnères (12.4km, 7.5%), where the changes in gradient are likely to trigger a pitched battle between the favourites.

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Thursday, July 24: Stage 18, Vif - Courchevel Col de la Loze, 171 km

Chritian Prudhomme writes: The stats don’t lie: this is the most demanding stage of the 2025 Tour, with 5,500 metres of vertical gain. Much of this total will come on the climbs to the Col du Glandon and then the Col de la Madeleine, where the riders will reach 2,000 metres for the first time today. Then they’ll hit the heights again above Courchevel to reach the Col de la Loze, tackling the pass for the first time from this flank. After passing through the altiport, the final four kilometres are on a cycle track where the gradient is just as irregular and almost as hard on the legs as the route taken in 2020 and 2023.

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Friday, July 25: Stage 19: Albertville - La Plagne, 130 km

Christian Prudhomme writes: The ultra-mountainous tone of this stage, which features five climbs, is amplified by its relative shortness. The first of those climbs, the Côte d’Héry-sur-Ugine, arrives around ten kilometres after the stage start. Thanks to the spicy nature of what’s gone before, the final 19.1-kilometre ascent to La Plagne will seem all the more interminable.

 

The stages:

1	Flat	Sat 07/05/2025	Lille Métropole > Lille Métropole	185 km
2	Hilly	Sun 07/06/2025	Lauwin-Planque > Boulogne-sur-Mer	212 km
3	Flat	Mon 07/07/2025	Valenciennes > Dunkerque	178 km
4	Hilly	Tue 07/08/2025	Amiens Métropole > Rouen	173 km
5	ITT	Wed 07/09/2025	Caen > Caen	33 km
6	Hilly	Thu 07/10/2025	Bayeux > Vire Normandie	201 km
7	Hilly	Fri 07/11/2025	Saint-Malo > Mûr-de-Bretagne Guerlédan	194 km
8	Flat	Sat 07/12/2025	Saint-Méen-le-Grand > Laval Espace Mayenne	174 km
9	Flat	Sun 07/13/2025	Chinon > Châteauroux	170 km
10	Mountain	Mon 07/14/2025	Ennezat > Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy	163 km
-	Rest Day	Tue 07/15/2025	Toulouse
11	Flat	Wed 07/16/2025	Toulouse > Toulouse	154 km
12	Mountain	Thu 07/17/2025	Auch > Hautacam	181 km
13	ITT	Fri 07/18/2025	Loudenvielle > Peyragudes	11 km
14	Mountain	Sat 07/19/2025	Pau > Luchon-Superbagnères	183 km
15	Hilly	Sun 07/20/2025	Muret > Carcassonne	169 km
-	Rest Day	Mon 07/21/2025	Montpellier
16	Mountain	Tue 07/22/2025	Montpellier > Mont Ventoux	172 km
17	Flat	Wed 07/23/2025	Bollène > Valence	161 km
18	Mountain	Thu 07/24/2025	Vif > Courchevel Col de la Loze	171 km
19	Mountain	Fri 07/25/2025	Albertville > La Plagne	130 km
20	Hilly	Sat 07/26/2025	Nantua > Pontarlier	185 km
21	Flat	Sun 07/27/2025	Mantes-la-Ville > Paris Champs-Élysées	120 km
			Total	3,320 km

The race:

Talk about colouring inside the lines! The unveiling of the Grand Départ in northern France came in the wake of three editions that got the show on the road in Denmark, Spain and, most recently, Italy. The route of the 112th Tour de France will stretch for 3,320 kilometres without venturing beyond the borders of France, taking the peloton from the Esplanade du Champs de Mars in Lille in the inaugural stage, on 5 July, to the finish on 27 July, when a powerful sense of homecoming will sweep through the peloton as the riders barrel down the Champs-Élysées in Paris for the fiftieth time.

This golden jubilee is overflowing with meaning for the Tour, as 1975 also saw the introduction of the polka-dot jersey and the launch of the best young rider classification, symbolised by the white jersey. The names that stand out from the illustrious annals of French cycling will also be present along the route in the shape of brushes with history in which the stars of the peloton will be eager to shine. After a stint in northern France, where the opening salvo of the puncheur war will be fired in Boulogne-sur-Mer (stage 2), the competition will continue at the same ferocious pace in Normandy, with a stage win up for grabs in Jacques Anquetil's home town of Rouen (stage 4). A trek through Norman Switzerland culminating in Vire will dispel any lingering doubts on the ability of the region to host a stage with a cumulative altitude gain of 3,500 metres (stage 6). 

The peloton will roll through the Breton town of Yffiniac to mark 40 years since Bernard Hinault claimed his last victory, but the tribute will soon turn into a challenge with a double serving of the Côte de Mûr-de-Bretagne at the end of the day (stage 7). Right after that, the stage to Saint-Méen-le-Grand will be a blast from the past, harking back to the third consecutive victory of the local hero Louison Bobet, 70 years ago.

The opening week will draw to a close on 14 July with a firework display on the leg-breaking terrain of south-central France, with a record seven category 2 climbs before the finish at the Le Mont-Dore ski resort, at the foot of the Puy de Sancy (stage 10). The Massif Central will be merely the gateway to the mountains, as a Pyrenean trilogy will quickly follow with a stage to Hautacam (stage 12), a mountain time trial leading to Peyragudes (stage 13) and, as the icing on the cake, the return to Luchon-Superbagnères (stage 14), held on a carbon copy of the course on which things started to go south for The Badger in his duel with Greg LeMond in the 1986 Tour de France. 

Another climbing fest will come in Provence, where the cream of the climbing crop will clash for a prestigious win at the summit of the Mont Ventoux (stage 16), twelve years after the last stage finish at the observatory. However, the fight for the yellow jersey will rage on in the Alps. An altitude gain of 5,500 metres awaits the peloton on the road to the Col de la Loze, which will be tackled head-on from Courchevel this time round (stage 18).

If the race has not yet been decided by then, there will be a new opportunity to tip the scales in the stage to La Plagne (stage 19), at the end of an ascent where Laurent Fignon struck hard in 1984 and 1987. The slopes of the Jura on the road to Pontarlier (stage 20) are unlikely to shake up the overall podium, as is the returning finale on the Champs-Élysées, which will set up a rematch between the winners and losers of the probable sprints in Dunkirk (stage 3), Laval (stage 8), Châteauroux  (stage 9), Toulouse (stage 11) and Valence (stage 17).

ROUTE
100% French. The 2025 Tour de France won’t be making any sorties beyond France’s borders. This has not happened since 2020. It will visit 11 Regions and 34 departments.

STAGES
There will be 21 stages: 7 flat stages, 6 hilly stages, 6 mountain stages with five mountain finishes at Hautacam, Luchon-Superbagnères, Mont Ventoux, Courchevel Col de la Loze and La Plagne Tarentaise, and 2 time trials. There will be 2 rest days.

NEW STAGE TOWNS
From a total of 39, 8 stage towns/locations will be joining the Tour club:

Lauwin-Planque (start of stage 2)
Bayeux (start of stage 6)
Chinon (start of stage 9)
Ennezat (start of stage 10)
Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy (finish of stage 10)
Bollène (start of stage 17)
Vif (start of stage 18)
Mantes-la-Ville (start of stage 21) 

MOUNTAINS
This 112th edition will feature climbs and summits in the Massif Central, the Pyrenees, the Alps and the Jura.
The Col de la Loze (2,304m) will be the highest point of the 2025 Tour. For the first time, the climb will tackled via its eastern flank from Courchevel. 
39 years ago in 1986 – that was the last time a Pau > Luchon-Superbagnères stage appeared on the Tour route.

ELEVATION GAIN
The total vertical gain during the 2025 Tour de France will be 51,550m.

2 TIME TRIALS
The 5th stage, Caen > Caen (33km), will provide ideal terrain for rouleurs who specialise in solo efforts. The terrain and gradients will be quite different on stage 13’s 11km TT between and Peyragudes

TIME BONUSES
Time bonuses will be awarded at the finish of each stage, with 10, 6 and 4 seconds awarded to the first, second and third riders, respectively.

RIDERS
176 riders representing 22 teams will line up for the start on Saturday 5th July.