Profiles & Route Tour de France 2025 - Mont Ventoux, Col de la Loze and Mountain Time-Trial

Thursday, 31 October 2024 at 13:34

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. We take a look at it's profiles.

The 21 stages were revealed on the 29th of October in Paris and it is a route that begins in the Hauts-de-France region, the northwestern tip of the country, with a few stages for the sprinters and classics riders. All the way into stage 11 the fast and powerful men will have their opportunities, before the race finally enters the mountains.

Stages 12, 13 and 14 will take place in the Pyrenees including a summit finish in Hautacam, a mountain time-trial in Peyragudes and another mountaintop finish in Superbagnères. The final week will have the return of the famous Mont Ventoux on stage 16 and two stages in the Alps with finales at the Col de la Loze and La Plagne - before a return to Paris.

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Stage 1: Lille - Lille (*not confirmed)

Stage 2: Lauwin-Planque - Boulogne-sur-Mer

The second stage of the race should have a sprint finale in Boulogne-sur-Mer, although a few sprinters will definitely be dropped by the steep climbs that antecede it. The final ramp to the line is 1.2 kilometers long at 3.8%:

Stage 3: Valenciennes - Dunkerque (*not confirmed)

Stage 4: Amiens - Rouen

The second hilltop finish of the race will take place in Rouen and it's a thrilling explosive finale. The final 21 kilometers have four ascents, the final big one with a mere 5 kilometers to go which is 900 meters long at over 10%.

Stage 5 (ITT): Caen - Caen

Stage 6: Bayeux - Vire

The third punchy finish of the first week, in Normandie. 1.2 kilometers at 7.2% with 4 kilometers to go and then the final 700 meters ramp up at 10% towards the finish line, which may see a mix of climbers, classics riders and sprinters fight for the win.

Stage 7: Saint-Malo - Mur-de-Bretagne

The fourth explosive hilltop finish of the week, in the very famous Mur-de-Bretagne. A day where riders will save it all for the final 2 kilometers which average 6.9%. The first kilometers averages 10% in a straight road, and then a slight rise to the line that will be painful for everyone involved.

Stage 8: Saint-M´´éen Le Grand - Laval

Stage 9: Chinon - Chateauroux (*not confirmed)

Stage 10: Ennezat - Mont Dore-Puy de Sancy

On Bastille day we have a stage featuring 4400 meters of climbing with seven categorized climbing and a constant roller-coaster. A day for the classics riders but likely a GC fight as well, and a lot can happen here and there are plenty traps. Even if the GC riders resist the chaotic terrain, the final 3.3 kilometers average 8% and should see the contenders for overall victory stretch their legs.

Stage 11: Toulouse - Toulouse (*not confirmed)

Stage 12: Auch - Hautacam

The first high mountain stage of the race. After a flat start the riders enter the Pyrenees and the final ascent to Hautacam can cause serious damage. Its 13.6 kilometers at 7.8% and has in the past created massive differences at the Tour. The same is expected this time around.

Stage 13 (ITT): Loudenvielle - Peyragudes

The second day in the mountains is an unusual sight at the Tour: A mountain time-trial! The 8-kilometer ascent to Peyragudes will be tackled after a few flat kilometers in Loudenvielle... The climb averages almost 8% and features the brutal ramp to the line at the altiport that has become famous over the past few years.

Stage 14: Pau - Luchon-Superbagneres

Before the riders leave the Pyrenees they tackle a day with 5000 meters of climbing. Four long and constant climbs, the final of which is is Superbagneres. 12.4 kilometers long at over 7%, a very similar day to Hautacam and those that are to come in the final week.

Stage 15: Carcassonne - Montpellier (*not confirmed)

Stage 16: Montpellier - Mont Ventoux

The first day of the final week has a mostly flat profile and then a brutal finish at Mont Ventoux. The Geant de Provence averages almost 9% over almost 16 kilometers, but this is already after a few false-flat kilometers. A mountain for the pure climbers, where the weather conditions often also make a key difference, this could be a tremendous bomb dropped on the GC fight.

Stage 17: Bolléne - Valence (*not confirmed)

Stage 18: Vif - Courchevel

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.

Stage 19: Albertville - La Plagne

The final high mountains day into La Plagne will feature five categorized climbs, but it will all come down to the final one. 19 kilometers at over 7% will make for another gruesome GC challenge before the riders leave the mountains.