Tour de France 2025 route rumours and announcements

[HashRouge]

Here’s a top 12 of the toughest climbs in the Tour, ordered by “difficulty points” on climbfinder:

1. Mont Ventoux 1352 [stage 16]
2. Col de la Loze 1258 [stage 18]
3. Col de la Madeleine 1179 [stage 18]
4. Col du Tourmalet 1111 [stage 14]
5. La Plagne 1097 [stage 19]
6. Col du Glandon 1082 [stage 18]
7. Hautacam 1011 [stage 12]
8. Superbagnères 964 [stage 14]
9. Col du Pré 873 [stage 19]
10. Soulor 776 [stage 12]
11. Peyresourde 716 [stage 14]
12. Peyragudes 657 [stage 13]

[Edited]

All being well, I shall be on Hautacam for stage 12 and somewhere on the Peyragudes climb for stage 13. I've never been before, so I'm very excited and hoping Jonas will be stronger than the Dauphine so we get something akin to the excitement of the 2023 Tour. For stage 14, I'm trying to decide whether to bother trying to get up the Tourmalet, or to stick with the Col d'Aspin, as we're staying just at the bottom so would make our lives a bit easier.

 

[Escarabajo]

Highlights what a beast stage 18 is.

Stage 18 is a beast. Madeleine from the hard side has always been under-estimated. And the Glandon stair-like mountain is just a distraction. Because it is hard as well.