Tour de France 2025 route rumours and announcements

[fenns]

Regarding the final stage I think it's good to vary it and not just gift the pure sprinters the Champs Elysees glory every year

 

[Netserk]

Any (realistic) chance of an echelon stage this year?

Doubt it, but I think stage 9 and 16 are the best bets.

 

[P4rthen0n]

The Stage 8 and 9 combo is cycling terrorism and an act of someone who wants to torture their audience.

Yes, especially during the weekend... unless there are echelons or pavel, in which case the stage could be very interesting.

 

[tobydawq]

stage 20 is the crime. That is perfect for a long and flat ITT

But Gouvenou being Gouvenou gives us a nothing stage

The final TT of a race shouldn't be after the last possibly decisive road stage.

 

[Netserk]

Sometimes it should. It was a great way to finish the 2020 Giro, and I liked it in the 2022 Tour as well.

 

[Red Rick]

Sometimes it should. It was a great way to finish the 2020 Giro, and I liked it in the 2022 Tour as well.

It was alright in the 2017 Giro

 

[Valv.Piti]

Half the peloton would want to be in the break and think they can win on stage 20. It will be a very fast and I think quite interesting stage, because you have a thought in the back of your mind that it could actually turn into a GC-day if the situation allows for it. Thesy is a hard climb, so in theory having riders up the road could be super important. It probably only will be relevant though is its super tight for the win, but still, there's a chance it aint over after the Alps with small chances on stage 20 and 21.

And if nothing GC relevant happens, it will just be a break, but nothing wrong with that. Breaks in the Tour are usually very interesting on intermediate days like this, especially early

 

[Boehmand]

Seriously, we've just been through an awesome Giro, with a whole bunch of these hilly/medium mountain stages creating constant drama and exitement - and now you guys are complaining the Tour is doing the same thing and predicting it will be a borefest

 

[Breezy1985]

Doubt it, but I think stage 9 and 16 are the best bets.

Good because I just managed to squeeze stage 9 into my trip to Paris.

Will be my first TdF stage actually in France but I am under no illusions as to how boring sprint stages are live. So a bit of wind to spice it up would be nice.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Route is basically this:

5 pure sprint stages (1, 3, 8, 9, 17)
5 puncheur stages (2, 4, 6, 7, 11)
5 high mountain MTF's (12, 14, 16, 18, 19)
3 medium mountains (10 (this is the hard one), 15, 20 (those two are more pure break stages)
1 ITT (5)
1 mountain ITT (13)
1 Champs Elýsees (who knows)

 

[Wyndbrook]

Route is basically this:

5 pure sprint stages (1, 3, 8, 9, 17)
5 puncheur stages (2, 4, 6, 7, 11)
5 high mountain MTF's (12, 14, 16, 18, 19)
3 medium mountains (10 (this is the hard one), 15, 20 (those two are more pure break stages)
1 ITT (5)
1 mountain ITT (13)
1 Champs Elýsees (who knows)

Perfectly balanced then.

 

[ashhutch1997]

Perfectly balanced then.

If they replaced the MTT with a flat/undulating 30 - 40k TT, that would make it a pretty balenced route for todays cycling.

 

[AupaPyama]

Seriously, we've just been through an awesome Giro, with a whole bunch of these hilly/medium mountain stages creating constant drama and exitement - and now you guys are complaining the Tour is doing the same thing and predicting it will be a borefest

The first 2 weeks of the Giro were pretty boring imo. It was always the Pedersen show. Only on the last Tuesday the Giro came to life. So yes; as you can see in the overview of Valv.Piti the first decent stage is 10 or even 12.

 

[Boehmand]

Watching the 1st stage of Dauphine, I just want to say to all the people, who think the many flat-ish/lumpy stages at the Tour will make for a boring race:

Welcome to 2025

 

[Gigs_98]

Watching the 1st stage of Dauphine, I just want to say to all the people, who think the many flat-ish/lumpy stages at the Tour will make for a boring race:

Welcome to 2025

I think MvdP being this good today is lowkey huge for the first week of the Tour. The fact that there is a guy who absolutely will attack on all those hills and at a level where he might drop one of the big gc guys, means that even if Pogacar, Vingegaard, Evenepoel aren't even trying too hard, gc action might still happen.

 

[Boehmand]

I think MvdP being this good today is lowkey huge for the first week of the Tour. The fact that there is a guy who absolutely will attack on all those hills and at a level where he might drop one of the big gc guys, means that even if Pogacar, Vingegaard, Evenepoel aren't even trying too hard, gc action might still happen.

Exactly.

And none of them want to run down their team chasing secondary GC candidates that might have made the MvdP move - they need them the last 12 days - so they will be between a rock and a hard place.

 

[Rockestar_33]

If they replaced the ITT with a TTT, that would make it a pretty balenced route for todays cycling.

FTFY

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Watching the 1st stage of Dauphine, I just want to say to all the people, who think the many flat-ish/lumpy stages at the Tour will make for a boring race:

Welcome to 2025

Funny, a few years ago when the same four or five women would ride away from the bunch and win over most different types of terrain, it was regularly dismissed as a sign of how low quality the péloton was, and the quality of the racing would subsequently be criticised due to how boring it was seeing the same riders win all the time. Now that the exact same thing is happening in men's racing, it's being hailed as a sign of great strength, exciting and high quality racing.

Go figure.

 

[Netserk]

Good because I just managed to squeeze stage 9 into my trip to Paris.

Will be my first TdF stage actually in France but I am under no illusions as to how boring sprint stages are live. So a bit of wind to spice it up would be nice.

We can also get lucky towards Laval.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Watching the 1st stage of Dauphine, I just want to say to all the people, who think the many flat-ish/lumpy stages at the Tour will make for a boring race:

Welcome to 2025

The Tour is much more either or. The hilly stages are much harder than this opening wannabe "hilly circuit" that they served on stage 1 in Dauphine. The flat days on the other days are flatter, not really allowing for this racing at all apart from echelons.

But yes, I agree with your overall sentiment, but the hilly days in this year's Tour will be better than this

 

[Breezy1985]

Does anyone know if a spectator map gets released for stages and do all finish towns have a fanzone ?

If anyone has been to a Chateauroux stage before that would be a big help.

 

[Netserk]

Does anyone know if a spectator map gets released for stages and do all finish towns have a fanzone ?

If anyone has been to a Chateauroux stage before that would be a big help.

All stages should have a Fan Park, but not necessarily at the finish. Stage 20 last year had it in Nice. It will be published in the roadbook.

 

[Gigs_98]

Does anyone know if it's possible to find the official profiles of the most important climbs? Usually they can be found on the official website if you go to the stage and click on "mountain passes and hills" but this year they don't seem to be there

 

[SafeBet]

Does anyone know if it's possible to find the official profiles of the most important climbs? Usually they can be found on the official website if you go to the stage and click on "mountain passes and hills" but this year they don't seem to be there

I can't find them on the official website either.
I'm using Altigraphs instead.

 

[Keldergoat]

Does anyone know if it's possible to find the official profiles of the most important climbs? Usually they can be found on the official website if you go to the stage and click on "mountain passes and hills" but this year they don't seem to be there

I tend to use Cyclingcols.com, though the smaller collines won't be there.