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Tour de France 2025 route rumours and announcements

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There’s just a ton on this map that goes against what velowire has been reporting and I am inclined to believe velowire is more accurate. In particular that stage 20 individual time trial doest’t pass the smell test. Plus what about the “ground breaking” time trial to Peyragudes? This map doesn’t have it.
Could be they got a few of the start/finish locations mixed around.

These stages make much more sense with what else we’ve heard for example:

Muret -> Superbagneres
Loudenvielle -> Peyragudes
Pau -> Hautacam
 
That or we can also see the 28 km big climb. Just finishing at the top this time instead of going to the altiport. I’m not aware if there’s a difference with the final four km though.

I know. It’s a freaking crime.

Also wondered about that. Especially with the stage 20 TT. It’s just rumors though. Also, I think they just forgot to put that the Peyragudes stage is a MTT.

the altiport, however, was an uphill finish at 1.1km at ~11%.

Vingo kind of blew up in that final km after he went all out on the Loze. Pog was barely able to get up that final climb Kind of like that finish as it forces people to measure their efforts on the Loze else they could lose a minute on the final km
 
View: https://x.com/laflammerouge16/status/1845723263684559290


New possible rumors. No Alpe d'Huez but Col de la Loze MTF. If that's the case, it's waiting game again until the final four steep kilometers. Pogi would surely want to exorcise the demons of 2023 and go for revenge on that stage.

Also, ITT on penultimate day (hoping for 50+ km. Unlikely but hey, I can dream).
Do people know how reliable this source is? Since velowire hasn't changed anything about their prediction I checked the link in the tweet and they write their proposed route is based on a mixture of rumours from regional media and their own sources, which makes me doubt they are more reliable than velowire (who are basically doing the same thing but they have a history of being quite good at it). Not that it makes that much of a difference, their proposed routes are quite similar after all, but I'd really prefer one HC mtf less and Alp d'Huez instead of a wasted edition of Col de la Loze.
 
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Can't wait for 2026 already... garbage route, very backloaded, probably not a stage designed to provide long range attacks. This route is looking too good for Pogacar against Vingegaard. Only a week of real mountains (third week).
Well, though you will get better routes than what is rumoured next year, the Tour almost never provide really good routes with several stages designed for long range attacks. It will be about MTFs at Hautacam, Peyragudes, Plataeu de Beille, Alpe d'Huez, Granon, La Plagne and other. The best one could hope for is a better first week with more hilly and GC relevant stages, and mountain stages with somewhat better combos than what's rumoured next year.
 
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Well, though you will get better routes than what is rumoured next year, the Tour almost never provide really good routes with several stages designed for long range attacks. It will be about MTFs at Hautacam, Peyragudes, Plataeu de Beille, Alpe d'Huez, Granon, La Plagne and other. The best one could hope for is a better first week with more hilly and GC relevant stages, and mountain stages with somewhat better combos than what's rumoured next year.
Tour 2022-2024 had good routes. Too many sprint stages but still very good. Maybe a little backloaded this year
 
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Thanks: I can think of that now.

No, I'd rather not. A time trial for most, but with no interest once the first rider finished, and no reward or incentive for a good TTer who is not in a high position, and no stage result. No thanks.
Perhaps a 100km+ route could be good..? Preferably in a race where the gaps are much shorter, so a 1 weeker. Having top domestiques would be massive...
 
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Anyway. Stage 19 Raid Stage (tm)?


Big gaps on Loze...? Or not. They might be doing the other side.


I don't know, Prudhomme might be desperate to keep the tension...

 
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