Tour de France 2025: Stage-by-Stage Guide
A guide to the stages of the Tour de France 2025.
This is an overview map of the 2025 Tour de France route.
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A guide to the stages of the Tour de France 2025.
This is an overview map of the 2025 Tour de France route.
Stage 1 of the Tour de France 2025 is a 184.9km flat stage starting and finishing in Lille.
The parcours is a clockwise loop, taking in Lens, Béthune and Hazebrouck.
There are climbs of the Côte de Cassel then the Mont Noir, before a return via Armentières to Lille.
Read about Stage 1 Tour de France 2025.
Stage 2 of the Tour de France 2025 is a 209.1km hilly stage from Lauwin-Planque to Boulogne-sur-Mer.
Four climbs feature in the second half of the race, and the finish is uphill too. This suggests that Stage 2 will favour the puncheurs.
Read about Stage 2 Tour de France 2025.
Stage 3 of the Tour de France 2025 is a 178.3km flat stage from Valenciennes to Dunkerque.
The one categorised climb is of the Côte de Cassel, then the race heads north to the Channel coast.
In principle this is a sprint stage, but there's a chance of crosswinds and echelons.
Read about Stage 3 Tour de France 2025.
Stage 4 of the 2025 Tour de France starts in Amiens and covers 174.2 hilly kilometres on the way to Rouen.
There are several steep hills near the finish in Rouen, so van Aert, van der Poel and Girmay might all have this one circled in red.
Read about Stage 4 Tour de France 2025.
Stage 5 of the Tour de France 2025 is a 33km individual time trial starting and finishing in Caen.
Remco Evenepoel will be eyeing a stage win today.
Read about Stage 5 Tour de France 2025.
Stage 6 of the Tour de France 2025 is a 201.5km hilly race from Bayeux to Vire Normandie.
The succession of sharp ascents in the final third of the race means that this could be one for a breakaway and/or Classics-type riders.
Read about Stage 6 Tour de France 2025.
Stage 7 of the Tour de France 2025 is a 197km hilly stage from Saint-Malo to Mur-de-Bretagne.
The finale is a double ascent of the Côte du Mûr-de-Bretagne, and that will be decisive.
Read about Stage 7 Tour de France 2025.
Stage 8 of the Tour de France 2025 is a 171.4km flat stage from Saint-Méen-le-Grand to Laval Espace Mayenne.
The finish is an uphill drag, which could suit riders like Girmay or van Aert more than the pure sprinters.
Read about Stage 8 Tour de France 2025.
Stage 9 of the Tour de France 2025 is a 174.1km flat stage from Chinon to Châteauroux.
The race route features no climbs at all, but if the wind blows it could split the field.
Read about Stage 9 Tour de France 2025.
Stage 10 of the Tour de France 2025 is a 165.3km mountain stage from Ennezat to Le Mont Dore Puy de Sancy.
There are seven Category 2 climbs on the parcours, which could well be one for a breakaway.
Read about Stage 10 Tour de France 2025.
Stage 11 of the Tour de France 2025 is a 156.8km flat stage starting and finishing in Toulouse.
The Côte de Pech David could be crucial in determining which sprinters are still at the front to contest the finish in la ville rose.
Read about Stage 11 Tour de France 2025.
Stage 12 of the Tour de France 2025 is a 180.6km mountain stage from Auch to Hautacam.
Most of the climbing on Stage 12 comes in the final quarter as the riders reach the Pyrenees. Hautacam has been described as an hors catégorie monster, with some very steep ramps.
Read about Stage 12, Tour de France 2025.
Stage 13 of the Tour de France 2025 is an 10.9km individual time trial from Loudenvielle to Peyragudes.
This is very much an ITT for the climbers, not the rouleurs.
Read about Stage 13, Tour de France 2025.
Stage 14 of the Tour de France 2025 is a 182.6km mountain stage from Pau to Luchon Superbagnères.
The parcours is modelled on one from the 1986 Tour, when Greg LeMond overhauled Bernard Hinault to take the win.
Read about Stage 14 Tour de France 2025.
Stage 15 of the Tour de France 2025 is a 169.3km hilly stage from Muret to Carcassonne.
Unless crosswinds split the peloton, this is likely to end in a bunch sprint.
Read about Stage 15 Tour de France 2025.
Stage 16 of the Tour de France 2025 is a 171.5km mountain stage from Montpellier to Mont Ventoux.
When a stage finishes at the top of the Giant of Provence, it always makes for an exciting race. Heat and altitude are a challenge as well as steep gradients.
Read about Stage 16 Tour de France 2025.
Stage 17 of the Tour de France 2025 is a 160.4km flat stage from Bollène to Valence.
This is a Rhône valley parcours, plus some small climbs. The Mistral could disrupt what otherwise will be a straightforward sprint day.
Read about Stage 17 Tour de France 2025.
Stage 18 of the Tour de France 2025 is a 171.5km mountain stage from Vif to Courchevel Col de la Loze.
5,450m of climbing including some well-known ascents mean that this should be a cracker.
Read about Stage 18 Tour de France 2025.
Stage 19 of the Tour de France 2025 is a 129.9km mountain stage from Albertville to La Plagne.
A lot of climbing is packed into a short parcours - which also serves as the route of the 2025 Etape du Tour. Stephen Roche and Laurent Fignon have both done well at La Plagne in the past.
Read about Stage 19 Tour de France 2025.
Stage 20 of the Tour de France 2025 is a 184.2km hilly stage from Nantua to Pontarlier.
This transitional stage in the Jura could be one for a breakaway.
Read about Stage 20 Tour de France 2025.
Stage 21 of the Tour de France 2025 is a 132.3km flat stage from Mantes-la-Ville to Paris.
The difference this year is that the finale will include circuits not just of the Champs-Elysées, but also of Montmartre.
Read about Stage 21 Tour de France 2025.
Tour de France 2025 blog, with posts in advance of the race, and after each stage.
27th July 2025
Stage 20 of the Tour de France 2025 involved an unusual Paris finale, with climbs of the Butte Montmartre.
Pogacar thought he might win it, but the course seemed more suited to genuine puncheurs.
Read about Van Aert Comes Good on Stage 21.
26th July 2025
Stage 20 of the Tour de France 2025 always looked being one for the breakaway and that's how it turned out.
It was less predictable that when a lead group of three was established, two of the members would let the third ride away to victory.
Read about No Mathieu? No Problem on Stage 20.
25th July 2025
The finish of Stage 19 of the Tour de France 2025 was a close-run thing.
Thymen Arensman led up the final climb, but could he hold off the top three on GC?
Read about Close Finish at La Plagne on Stage 19.
24th July 2025
There was a fantastic solo victory on Col de la Loze on Stage 18 of the Tour de France 2025.
Back in the GC group, would Vingegaard be able to crack Pogacar, and how would Oscar Onley fare?
Read about Fantastic Solo Victory on Stage 18.
23rd July 2025
It was breakaway versus peloton in the Rhone valley on Stage 17 of the Tour de France 2025.
Once the break was caught, which of the sprinters would stay upright and cross the line first?
Read about Break vs Peloton on Stage 17 Rhone Valley Rally.
22nd July 2025
Stage 16 ended with an uphill sprint to the summit of Mont Ventoux.
Would Soudal Quick-Step or EF Education Easypost be first to the line?
Read about France's New Valentine First Up Mont Ventoux on Stage 16.
Tadej Pogacar is the favourite for the General Classification of the 2025 Tour de France. Jonas Vingegaard is second favourite, followed by Remco Evenepoel. Who else has chance?
Red Bull's two GC riders are Primoz Roglic, who might be declining
slightly, and Florian Lipowitz, who is probably not yet at the peak of
his career.
Remco Evenepoel was third last year. His performance in this year's Dauphiné suggests that he is still the best at time trialling, but hasn't got any closer to Pogacar and Vingegaard as a GC rider.
Oscar Onley is a young Scottish rider with Team Picnic Post NL. While he won't win the Tour, he is aiming for a good finish on General Classification.
The same can be said of Joseph Blackmore of Israel Premier Tech.
The teams and riders on the start list for the Tour de France 2025.
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| Saturday 5th July 2025 | Stage 1, Lille to Lille |
| Sunday 6th July 2025 | Stage 2, Lauwin-Planque to Boulogne-sur-Mer |
| Monday 7th July 2025 | Stage 3, Valenciennes to Dunkerque |
| Tuesday 8th July 2025 | Stage 4, Amiens Métropole to Rouen |
| Wednesday 9th July 2025 | Stage 5, Caen to Caen |
| Thursday 10th July 2025 | Stage 6, Bayeux to Vire Normandie |
| Friday 11th July 2025 | Stage 7, Saint-Malo to Mur-de-Bretagne |
| Saturday 12th July 2025 | Stage 8, Saint-Méen-le-Grand to Laval Espace Mayenne |
| Sunday 13th July 2025 | Stage 9, Chinon to Châteauroux |
| Monday 14th July 2025 | Stage 10, Ennezat to Le Mont Dore Puy de Saucy |
| Tuesday 15th July 2025 | Rest day |
| Wednesday 16th July 2025 | Stage 11, Toulouse to Toulouse |
| Thursday 17th July 2025 | Stage 12, Auch to Hautacam |
| Friday 18th July 2025 | Stage 13, Loudenvielle to Peyragudes |
| Saturday 19th July 2025 | Stage 14, Pau to Luchon Superbagnères |
| Sunday 20th July 2025 | Stage 15, Muret to Carcassonne |
| Monday 21st July 2025 | Rest Day |
| Tuesday 22nd July 2025 | Stage 16, Montpellier to Mont Ventoux |
| Wednesday 23rd July 2025 | Stage 17, Bollène to Valence |
| Thursday 24th July 2025 | Stage 18, Vif to Courchevel Col de la Loze |
| Friday 25th July 2025 | Stage 19, Albertville to La Plagne |
| Saturday 26th July 2025 | Stage 20, Nantua to Pontarlier |
| Sunday 27th July 2025 | Stage 21, Mantes-la-Ville to Paris |
The Grand Départ 2025 is in Lille-Nord de France. The stages are:
