Tour de France 2025 route rumours and announcements

[staubsauger]

Col du Platzerwasel
Le Storkenkopf

 

[pastronef]

Cote du Petit pas d'Ane (old Paris-Tours)
Port de la Bonaigua
Collado del Canto
Pla d'Adet
Cote des Demoiselles Coiffées

 

[YavorD]

I actually like Finestre a lot. Name wise it's kinda melodic and nice and nothing suggests one of the toughest climbs. Stelvio is a nice name as well. Gavia sounds a bit mythical to me.
I like Galibier as well.

 

[Froome]

Monte Crostis!

 

[rallybanana]

Tourmalet always sounds painful to me. You're having a nice relaxing tour of France and then you get hit on the head with a mallet.

 

[fbjim]

big fan of Pra-Loup if that counts as a "mountain". Also La Rosiere, Mont du Chat, and Sierra Nevada.

 

[Rob5091]

Well thanks to the old style first week, every sprinter and his dog will be doing the Tour it seems. Could make for more chaotic finishes then usual.

 

[KZD]

Well thanks to the old style first week, every sprinter and his dog will be doing the Tour it seems. Could make for more chaotic finishes then usuual.

I don't think 5 uphill finishes in the first 10 days makes it a very 'old style' or 'sprinter friendly' first week...

 

[ashhutch1997]

I don't think 5 uphill finishes in the first 10 days makes it a very 'old style' or 'sprinter friendly' first week...

Yeah I have to agree with this, I think they've done a pretty good job of the first week considering the part of France they go through. Just disappointing there's no cobble stage.

 

[houtdffan]

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour-de-france-could-copy-the-paris-olympics-and-spice-up-champs-elysees-procession-stage-with-hilly-circuit-around-montmartre/

Seems Purdhomme finally is telling one of his race directors to make a better route. Despite Gouvenou ruling out the Olympic circuit, it may be a reality

 

[Finn84]

What would be the best hilly finishes inside a town?

I would say a minimum of 100 000 inhabitants required.

 

[Netserk]

What would be the best hilly finishes inside a town?

I would say a minimum of 100 000 inhabitants required.

A threshold too high for Chambéry, Troyes, Quimper, Bourges, Colmar, Ajaccio, Calais, Cannes, Pau, La Rochelle, Béziers, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, Dunkirk, Poitiers, Avignon and Roubaix. Just to point out that it excludes a lot of towns.

I guess Besançon doesn't count as a hilly finish inside the town? Does Limoges? Grenoble? Toulon? Nice?

I think Rouen in the Tour this year is the best one in France.

 

[Potomac]

What would be the best hilly finishes inside a town?

I would say a minimum of 100 000 inhabitants required.

That's too many.

 

[Red Rick]

What would be the best hilly finishes inside a town?

I would say a minimum of 100 000 inhabitants required.

Montée de la Bastille in Grenoble

 

[RedheadDane]

A threshold too high for Chambéry, Troyes, Quimper, Bourges, Colmar, Ajaccio, Calais, Cannes, Pau, La Rochelle, Béziers, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, Dunkirk, Poitiers, Avignon and Roubaix. Just to point out that it excludes a lot of towns.

Those are not towns, just quaint little villages.