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.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Im at the stage where Im looking at the profiles each day. Often scrolling through the PCS stages multiple times to discover new stuff. Does anyone do the same?

 

[E_F_]

Im at the stage where Im looking at the profiles each day. Often scrolling through the PCS stages multiple times to discover new stuff. Does anyone do the same?

Well I was doing similar stuff the last two years. This year, I'm not really feeling it at all...

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I do it, too, but that's just because of early stage dementia.

 

[Sciatic]

I mentioned this in the thread on climbers as well: folks who have access to L’Equipe online or in paper, they have a special issue out that is devoted entirely to the past 50 years of the polka dot jersey.

 

[Froome]

PCS have the same virus of Tour.

When they "cut" the first part of superbagneres?

They put 12.4 km at 7.4 %, but the climb have 18.2 km.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Why do you care? PCS probably just copied the stats of the Tour. Same stuff with Ventoux, big deal. Probably gives a better representation of the climb anyways when you cut the starting 2-5% out of the climb

 

[Eyeballs Out]

The Peyragudes profile on the official site is an all time classic.

Ganna FTW

 

[BigCoward]

The Peyragudes profile on the official site is an all time classic.

Ganna FTW

Looks practically downhill.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Looks practically downhill.

If you tilt your screen very much

 

[Gigs_98]

Im at the stage where Im looking at the profiles each day. Often scrolling through the PCS stages multiple times to discover new stuff. Does anyone do the same?

I would never do that.

Also if I did it I would never admit it since that's such a waste of time, so yeah, never ever doing that...

 

[houtdffan]

Why do you care? PCS probably just copied the stats of the Tour. Same stuff with Ventoux, big deal. Probably gives a better representation of the climb anyways when you cut the starting 2-5% out of the climb

5% is very efficient at whittling down the peloton.

It was also on those first km where Hinault was dropped

 

[gregrowlerson]

The Peyragudes profile on the official site is an all time classic.

Ganna FTW

Eyeballs out with that one.

 

[gregrowlerson]

I would never do that.

Also if I did it I would never admit it since that's such a waste of time, so yeah, never ever doing that...

Does anyone look at the stage profiles daily? Asking for a friend.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

I would never do that.

I would hope not.

If you were looking at the stage profile, that would mean you were intending watching the race, and we all know the effect of you watching...

 

[Ulle97]

Im at the stage where Im looking at the profiles each day. Often scrolling through the PCS stages multiple times to discover new stuff. Does anyone do the same?

Yes, it is my obsession. I even draw profiles with pen and paper in the back page of my notebook.

And often when I'm in the shower, I draw profiles of climbs on the steamed glass of th shower door. Sorry if that'd too much info, but I just love looking at profiles of stages!!

 

[Wyndbrook]

Could I respectfully suggest changing your showers to cold.
No steamed glass, a saving on energy bill and might jolt you out of 'your obsession'.

 

[Potomac]

The Peyragudes profile on the official site is an all time classic.

Ganna FTW

I like this profile, because it illustrate what you get if the vertical scale isn't exaggerated.

 

[danielovichdk2]

Just realized Mikkel Bjerg is not riding TdF. Between him, Wellens and Politt I believe he would make a difference.

Pound for Pound, Team Visma looks stronger this year.

 

[AupaPyama]

No Eekhoff, Hart and Gaudu in this years Tour. David must have seen Alexis Brunel in the pre selection of Total Energies.

 

[Sciatic]

The Peyragudes profile on the official site is an all time classic.

Ganna FTW

😆

 

[Sciatic]

Does anyone look at the stage profiles daily? Asking for a friend.

Bien sur!

 

[Sciatic]

Just realized Mikkel Bjerg is not riding TdF. Between him, Wellens and Politt I believe he would make a difference.

Pound for Pound, Team Visma looks stronger this year.

If they could get some of the past Tour performance levels from Van Aert and Kuss that could really help shape the race. Though perhaps not enough to come away with yellow.

 

[P4rthen0n]

Just realized Mikkel Bjerg is not riding TdF. Between him, Wellens and Politt I believe he would make a difference.

Pound for Pound, Team Visma looks stronger this year.

Overall Visma and UAE are on a similar level, but the biggest game changers in both teams are Pogacar and Van Aert.