The 2025 Tour de France will be the biggest and most important race of the season and will be taking place between the 5th and 27th of July. This is the sport's climax of the season and every year it delivers memorable action. We preview stage 18.
5500 meters of climbing on stage 18 of the race, the hardest day of the Tour with a lot of climbing meters and altitude. The Col du Glandon opens it up, the Col de la Madeleine settles the peloton even further, but the hardest climb of the day is the Col de la Loze. Actually, it is not the side that has been climbed over the past editions, it's a different ascent into Courchevel which is over 26 kilometers long and will be a brutal finale.
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Stage 18: Vif - Courchevel
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