The 2025 Tour de France is the upcoming 112th edition of the Tour de France. It will start in Lille on 5 July, and will finish with the final stage at Champs-Élysées, Paris, on 27 July.
Route and stages
On 30 November 2023, it was announced that the Grand Départ would take place in Lille.[1] The full route was announced on 29 October 2024 by Christian Prudhomme.[2] The route was considered to be in two halves, with flat and hilly stages for the first 10 stages, followed by mountainous stages in the Pyrenees and Alps before a return to the traditional finish on the Champs-Élysées in Paris.[3][4] The race will feature five summit finishes, including at Col de la Loze and Mont Ventoux.[5] The race would feature just 44 km (27 mi) of individual time trial, with a 11 km (6.8 mi) mountain time trial to the Peyragudes altiport on stage 13.[3] The race will be the first to take place wholly in France since the 2020 edition.[4]
Reacting to the route, Rouleur stated that "the climbing in the second half of the race is relentless"[6] and Velo predicted "plenty of drama" from a route "heavy on uphill finals and explosive breakaway stages".[7] Defending champion Tadej Pogačar called the route "brutal", expressing his interest in the uphill time trial to Peyraguedes.[8]
^Jary, Rachel (29 October 2024). "Tour de France 2025 route: Summit finishes, time trials and a return to Paris". Rouleur. Retrieved 2024-10-29. While the 2025 Tour de France might not feature white roads or cobbles, the climbing in the second half of the race is relentless and the eventual winner of the race will be deserving of the yellow jersey.
^Farrand, Stephen (2024-10-30). "'It'll be pretty brutal' – Tadej Pogačar likes the 2025 Tour de France route". Cycling News. Retrieved 2024-10-31. "I especially like the Peyragudes time trial, I've never done that climb in a time trial before. It'll be interesting to see what happens but I've had good results in the Pyrenees in the past." [...] "I think it'll be brutal," Pogačar said of [...] the whole 2025 Tour de France.
