Tour de France 2025 route rumours and announcements

[rghysens]

Madeleine is likely used the previous day. So might as well go over Roselend instead.

Yeah, La Plagne stage is rumoured to be Bisanne, Pré and Roselend.

 

[houtdffan]

Just as an idea, you know. You always can continue to dream. Pogi would destroy that one likely, but it would be THE Jonas stage.

that would induce a triple heart attack and a massive stroke all at once in Gouvenou

 

[Peyroteo94]

5 days to get depressed until July. I just hope qw have 2 stages that provide riders to do long range attacks.

 

[pman]

I can feel this route getting a massive amounts of complaints. Sure every route gets complaints, even the last two which I think have been pretty strong but this one looks particularly vulnerable to complaints no matter who you. Want more individual time trialing? This route won’t please you. Want a more balanced route throughout 3 weeks? This route won’t please you. Want cobbler stages when you’re in northeast France, this route won’t please you, lol. Want a grinder of the toughest mountain stages one after another? This route won’t please you. Want strong weekend stages? This route won’t please you.

I definitely agree with some of the criticisms, especially the concerns about the transfers. With that said I am still excited about it. 1) it’s the Tour, I love that it’s different every year. The difference adds to the excitement. A perfect but identical route every year would be boring. 2) unpopular opinion- I dont enjoy the every day is a gc day routes. I don’t have 6 hours every day for 3 weeks to watch cycling. Plus sprinting is part of the sport and at a certain point, softer stages add tension for explosive gc stages. Take this past Vuelta.I think it just felt like a slog. 3) it’s a business and they have to visit the entire country eventually. You can’t ignore the entire north for a decade.

Anyway, I am excited for the route reveal.

 

[Froome]

Actually i like the route. Obviously is not perfect, but i like the rumours about the mountain stages.

I like the rumours about the 2nd and 3rd week.

The first week/ first 9 days, are not that great.

Mur de bretagne is quite good, especially if they climb 2x times, but the route is missing 2 light mountain stages in the first 9 days(one of them could be a unipuerto to start warming up, but probably is not possible.

I hope the flat ITT in the first week is >50 km.

 

[houtdffan]

Actually i like the route. Obviously is not perfect, but i like the rumours about the mountain stages.

I like the rumours about the 2nd and 3rd week.

The first week/ first 9 days, are not that great.

Mur de bretagne is quite good, especially if they climb 2x times, but the route is missing 2 light mountain stages in the first 9 days(one of them could be a unipuerto to start warming up, but probably is not possible.

I hope the flat ITT in the first week is >50 km.

its about 20km because Gouvenou going to Gouvenou

best thing is he gets promoted to Prudhomme's position and we get a real race director

 

[Rob5091]

I can feel this route getting a massive amounts of complaints.

I'm ready to go with my 1 out of 10 in the poll!

 

[Peyroteo94]

Not a single mountain stage in the first week. I don't like when riders don't need to be at their peak since day one in order to perform. In this type of route, Giro-Tour is very doable becuase only last 9 days will matter

 

[ChiefMasterPro]

Not a single mountain stage in the first week. I don't like when riders don't need to be at their peak since day one in order to perform. In this type of route, Giro-Tour is very doable becuase only last 9 days will matter

Fair, but that's not the organisers fault. You simply cannot make mountain stages when there are no mountains. Half of france is flat, and the Tour didn't really visit those parts during the past years. It will be a boring and traditional route, but the tour de france is more than only a cycling race, and northern parts of france also want to get their part of the cake.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Fair, but that's not the organisers fault. You simply cannot make mountain stages when there are no mountains. Half of france is flat, and the Tour didn't really visit those parts during the past years. It will be a boring and traditional route, but the tour de france is more than only a cycling race, and northern parts of france also want to get their part of the cake.

The decisions to skip the cobbles, not do a properly hard hilly stage and put a 20-ish kilometre TT are entirely on ASO, though.

 

[Netserk]

Fair, but that's not the organisers fault.

Not their fault, conditional on their previous routes. But those were very much their fault.

Don't paint yourself into a corner, if this is how you handle it.

 

[houtdffan]

Not their fault, conditional on their previous routes. But those were very much their fault.

Don't paint yourself into a corner, if this is how you handle it.

it is their fault

easily could have had a 2002 type start with a prologue, TTT and ITT to really shape the GC before heading into the mountains. Maybe include cobbles and a gravel day

Bot Gouvenou going to Gouvenou

 

[houtdffan]

You mean the same Govenou that said 8 sprint stages was too much this year and there wouldn't be so many next year?

seems like he changed his mind really quickly given the flat first 10 days...

 

[Mayomaniac]

We all are.

It's Christmas coming early to Cyclingnews Forum every year.

We need to invent a Tour presentation drinking game, take a shot for every sub 150km mountain stage, 1 for every "big" mountain stage with only 2 proper climbs and double shots when Tourmalet or Galibier pop up in a stage. Also take a shot everytime they call a stage "explosive" or "short and explosive"

 

[Samu Cuenca]

We need to invent a Tour presentation drinking game, take a shot for every sub 150km mountain stage, 1 for every "big" mountain stage with only 2 proper climbs and double shots when Tourmalet or Galibier pop up in a stage. Also take a shot everytime they call a stage "explosive" or "short and explosive"

Time will tell whether that will kill off more fans than the race not being broadcast on ITV in Britain.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

We need to invent a Tour presentation drinking game, take a shot for every sub 150km mountain stage, 1 for every "big" mountain stage with only 2 proper climbs and double shots when Tourmalet or Galibier pop up in a stage. Also take a shot everytime they call a stage "explosive" or "short and explosive"

You forgot about sprint stages on weekends, although with the rumours this year including those would put half the participants in the hospital...

 

[Mayomaniac]

You forgot about sprint stages on weekends, although with the rumours this year including those would put half the participants in the hospital...

Correct, we need to include that one.
I think we'd all have a hard time showing up at work next day...

 

[Rob5091]

Popcorn ready to throw at the telly?

 

[Froome]

Stage 20 will be between Nantua and Pontarlier.

What ASO can do in this stage, in terms of hills?

 

[Netserk]

Stage 20 will be between Nantua and Pontarlier.

What ASO can do in this stage, in terms of hills?

If they cross the border to Switzerland, they can have this 25-30 km from the finish:

 

[houtdffan]

any hance stage 20 is a TT? Are the cities close enough?

 

[YavorD]

any hance stage 20 is a TT? Are the cities close enough?

Well above 100 kilometres, so not a chance.

 

[E_F_]

Stage 20 will be between Nantua and Pontarlier.

What ASO can do in this stage, in terms of hills?

Here you go! https://ridewithgps.com/routes/48904811

 

[E_F_]

Here you go! https://ridewithgps.com/routes/48904811

I don't buy it, though. TdF hasn't had a non mountain non ITT stage 20 since 2001.

 

[yaco]

Pocagar and Vingegaard will take so much time on the mountain ITT it will be beyond ridiculous. No need for a long ITT, when this could do the job.