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Tour de France 2025

Tour de France 2025 race news, previews, results, tour map, race tech, analysis, and photos. Follow for breaking on twitter, instagram, or facebook.

Dates: July 5-27
Stages: 21
Rest days: 2
Start: Lille, France
Finish: Paris, France

The 2025 Tour de France will take place July 5-27. The 112th edition of the race starts in Lille, France, with a total of 21 days of racing and two rest-days. The final stage returns to Paris after finishing last year in Nice due to the Olympic Games.

Latest Tour de France News

20 hours ago

Tour de France Destroys Champs-Élysées Script, Confirms Details of Explosive Final Stage for 2025

Organizers put a radical spin on traditional Paris finale with three climbs of Montmartre before 7km dash toward the Champs. Will we see GC action on the very final day of racing?


1 week ago

Tour de France Confirms Wild Twist on Paris Finale: Montmartre Climb Added to Stage 21

Tour de France organizers throw a firework into love-or-hate traditional sprint stage with inclusion of paved climb used in 2024 Olympics.


1 month ago

British Cycling Trailblazer and Tour de France Star Barry Hoban Dies Aged 85

Sprinter clocked up eight stages in the Tour and is the only Briton to win Gent-Wevelgem.


3 months ago

Tour de France Will See New Format for TTT Revival in Barcelona in 2026

The opening stage of next year's Tour de France will be a 19.7km team time trial, the first in the Tour since 2019.


4 months ago

Visma-Lease a Bike Unveils ‘Dream Team’ for 2025 Tour de France Showdown with Pogačar

Yates, Campenaerts are key additions in Visma-Lease a Bike's bolstered lineup for this summer's epic 'super team' clash with Pogačar and UAE Emirates XRG.


5 months ago

‘A Great Fascination for Who He Is as a Cyclist’: Jonas Vingegaard Lauds Pogačar While Vowing to Bounce Back

Visma Lease a Bike team leader clear on challenge: ‘To beat him I need to reach a new level’.


6 months ago

‘They Add Oil to the Fire’: Tadej Pogačar Unrattled by Tour de France Climbs

Defending champ says bring it on after Tour organizers revisit scenes of his past weaknesses.


6 months ago

‘One Final Push on the Road’: Chris Froome Eyes Retirement at End of 2025 Season

Four-time Tour de France winner Froome is thinking about calling time on his storied career, aiming to compete in one last Grand Tour.


7 months ago

Chris Froome: ‘The 2019 Tour Was the One That Got Away … I’d Never Been as Strong’

Briton in action at the Saitama Criterium in Japan, receives most aggressive rider award.


7 months ago

A Place of Legend and Foreboding: The Ventoux Looms over the 2025 Tour de France

Ventoux chronicler Jeremy Whittle charts the history and challenges of the most notorious climb of the Tour de France.


7 months ago

Forget Gravel: Old-School ‘Queen Stages’ Return to Rule the 2025 Tour de France

The Tour goes 'back to the future' in 2025 with leg-sapping mountain sufferfests and few modern gimmicks - is that a good thing?


7 months ago

‘This Gives a Psychological Kick’: Vingegaard Sees Personal Highlights Package in 2025 Tour de France

Next year's Tour is loaded with climbs where Vingegaard stomped on Pogačar – but Visma-Lease a Bike accepts it needs to 'close the gap'.


7 months ago

‘Very Special, Very Beautiful’: What Do the Riders and Team Leaders Think of the 2025 Tour de France Routes?

Cavendish appears to leave door open to another Tour ride, Evenepoel weighs up ‘mythical’ course, and more.


7 months ago

Tour de France 2025 Route: Ventoux and Crushing ‘Queen Stage’ Headline Course to Test Tadej Pogačar

No cobbles or gravel, but plenty of drama should be delivered in a route heavy on uphill finals and explosive breakaway stages.


7 months ago

Opinion: Worrying Times for French Cycling on Eve of Tour de France Route Reveal

On Tuesday, the long-awaited launch of next year’s Tour de France takes place in Paris, but the host nation seems to be becoming increasingly disenchanted with cyclists and cycling.


7 months ago

Be Hyped: Ventoux, Loze, Mountaintop TT All on the Rumor Mill for 2025 Tour de France

Can't wait for the official route reveal to see what Pogačar will face in the 2025 Tour de France? We dug through the French press to find out what's coming.


8 months ago

Never Say Never: Mark Cavendish Keeps Us Hanging as He Refuses to Confirm His Retirement

'We'll see what happens in the future': Cavendish floats possibility of another season in the pro peloton following new all-time Tour de France record.


10 months ago

The Lure of the Tour: Chris Froome Names Two Clear Goals for the End of His Career

After a number of quiet seasons, four-time Tour de France winner wants to say farewell on a high note.


10 months ago

‘It’s Been a Hell of a Run’: Jayco-AlUla’s Lawson Craddock to Hang Up His Cleats in 2024

A two-time US national time trial champion, he raced 10 grand tours and finished 3rd in the 2014 Amgen Tour of California.


10 months ago

Video: How Specialized and Red Bull Prepared for the Bora-Hansgrohe Team Relaunch

Team mechanics have been working around the clock this season thanks to new team gear and sponsor changes.


10 months ago

One Week On: What Are the Standout Memories of This Year’s Tour de France?

The race saw huge triumphs and crushing disappointments, but the human side of the Tour is what persists.


10 months ago

Is Time Running out for Primož Roglič and His Tour de France Dream? Bora-Bull Backs Veteran Leader: ‘He’s Not Too Old’

Uncertainty over Vuelta a España after an off-key debut with Red Bull 'super team' leaves 34-year-old at risk of losing the wheels of the Pogačar era.


10 months ago

Rubbing Shoulders with the Greats: Tour de France Champ Tadej Pogačar Keeps Making History

Three-time Tour winner’s swashbuckling season sees more and more records fall.


10 months ago

Tour de France 2024 Debrief: Breaking Down Exactly Where Tadej Pogačar Dominated the Race

Breaking down what a dominant performance tells us about Tadej Pogačar's historic greatness and the challenge of defeating him at future Grand Tours


10 months ago

Workout of the Week: The Tour’s Final Time Trial in Nice

For this Workout of the Week, we’ll do a time trial simulation of the final stage of the 2024 Tour de France.


10 months ago

Team Cofidis Blasts Tour de France Rider’s ‘Too Heavy’ Bike Snub: ‘This Is Cutting-Edge Equipment’

'My bike is 1kg too heavy': Guillaume Martin didn't use a power meter at the Tour for fear of adding extra weight to his Look 795 bike frame.


10 months ago

Missing Men, Turgid Transitions, and a Gummed-Up GC: Top Flops of the 2024 Tour de France

History was made and records were broken, but this year's Tour de France wasn't all awesome. Here are the disappointments and duds of a three-star three weeks.


10 months ago

Photo Essay: Tour de France Week 3

There was high action and intense racing through the Alps during the third week of the Tour de France


10 months ago

How Far Can Matteo Jorgenson and Derek Gee Go After Historic Tour de France Top-10 Double?

North Americans in the Tour de France: 3 Americans and 3 Canadians lit up the race from start to finish with attacks, top-10s, near-misses.


10 months ago

Power Analysis: Pogačar’s Power Numbers Are the Highest We’ve Ever Seen in Professional Cycling

In this column, we dive into the power numbers of Tadej Pogačar, Jonas Vingegaard, and more at the Tour de France.


10 months ago

Remco Evenepoel on Emphatic Tour de France Debut: ‘Sometimes People Don’t Realize How Much Pressure Is on My Shoulders’

Third overall behind Pogačar and Vingegaard marks a stunning debut, but Belgian cycling history tells a cautionary tale.


10 months ago

Tadej Pogačar’s Record Giro-Tour Double Outdoes Even the Exalted Eddy Merckx

Tadej Pogačar finds himself in good company — and has outperformed a certain Eddy Merckx.


10 months ago

Opinion: The King of the Mountains Competition Is Irrelevant. Here Are 4 Ways To Refresh This Tour de France Staple

Richard Carapaz is a deserving polka-dot champion, but the points system needs changing and timed segments on climbs could shake up Tour racing.


10 months ago

Tears, Records, Bunny-Hops and Batman Glasses: The Stories that Defined the Tour de France

From Cavendish's 35th to high-speed bunny-hops, to Jorgensen's MVP ride and Girmay's breakthrough, here are the best moments of a Tour de France that never stopped delivering.


10 months ago

Tour de France Prize Money: Who Won Big and Who Didn’t

UAE Team Emirates won nearly one-third of the €2,282,200 prize pot, with a surprising name at the bottom of the list.


10 months ago

Could an Amateur Rider Keep Up With the Tour de France in the Mountains?  

We take a look at this year’s L’Étape du Tour winner's performance and see how it compares to the Tour de France peloton.


10 months ago

Jonas Vingegaard Savors Second at Tour de France with Wide Open Plans for Rest of Season

‘To get second in the Tour de France is still a very very big result.’


10 months ago

Tadej Pogačar Rewrites Tour de France History, Confirms No Vuelta a España

Pogačar reached behind his back with his hand to show 1-2-3, a sign of his third yellow jersey by age 25: 'This is the real Tadej.'


10 months ago

Tour de France Stage 21: Tadej Pogačar Seizes His Sixth Stage Win and Overall Victory

Slovenian tears up TT course, beating Vingegaard and Evenepoel into second and third on stage.


10 months ago

It’s Over: Mark Cavendish Leaves as the Tour de France’s Greatest Sprinter

‘We got a win, and got the win we wanted. Like everything, you live a rollercoaster in the Tour.’ Cavendish's epic Tour journey is over.


10 months ago

How the Yellow Jersey Gets a Custom Tailored Time Trial Speed Suit Made Overnight at the Tour de France

All four competition leaders at the Tour have access to custom-tailored apparel from Tour sponsor Santini.


10 months ago

Tadej Pogačar is Riding 165mm Crank Arms, But Should You?

What crank arm lengths do the pros use in the Tour de France?


10 months ago

Mark Cavendish Cannot Contain The Tears After Trauma of Final Tour de France Mountain Stage

'We came here, we did what we set out to achieve.' Record-breaking sprinter survives time cut on Mount Couillole to all but guarantee he sees the finish of his final Tour de France.


10 months ago

Romain Bardet Says Goodbye to the Tour de France: ‘I’m Pushing My Best Numbers Just to Finish Top 20’

Team DSM's French figurehead ‘at peace’ with his career and reflects on how pro cycling has changed ahead of planned retirement in June 2025.


10 months ago

‘Second Would Be One of My Greatest Career Results:’ Vingegaard Takes Stock of 2024 Tour de France Performance

For the defending Tour winner, a likely podium finish after returning from a nightmare crash is a victory in and of itself.


10 months ago

Remco Evenepoel Lights Up Final Tour de France Mountain Stage: ‘We Can Be Proud We Tried’

Third-placed Belgian reflects on foiled attacks as Vingegaard proves stronger; Soudal Quick-Step team boss Lefevere says Evenepoel has silenced critics with his Tour performances.


10 months ago

Tour de France Stage 20: Tadej Pogačar Stamps Authority on Final Mountain Stage

Slovenian lands fifth stage win of this Tour, Vingegaard bolsters advantage over Evenepoel with final-climb surge.


10 months ago

‘Someone Has To Be At The Top:’ Pogačar Slaps Back at Critics of Tour de France Dominance

'Imagine a sprinter not contesting a sprint stage just to let someone else win': Pogačar's winning ways trigger debate over Cannibal-like supremacy.


10 months ago

Tadej Pogačar’s Tour de France Time Trial Bike Costs How Much!?

Just how expensive is the time trial bike of the fastest rider in the Tour de France? The short answer: very.


10 months ago

‘The Fight for the Win is Over:’ Vingegaard Accepts Tour de France Defeat, But Plots Revenge

'Mentally this is not a blow:' This Tour de France was one weekend too long and two months too soon for Visma-Lease a Bike.


10 months ago

Is This the Best Tadej Pogačar Ever? Tour de France Annihilator Crushes Another Huge Climbing Record

'This is one of the best versions of me': Pogačar makes new mark on high-altitude Isola 2000 climb, and he's not the only one shattering records at this Tour de France.


10 months ago

Video: Lidl-Trek’s Toms Skujiņš Talks Us Through His New Trek Madone

Lidl-Trek rider Toms Skuijiņš walks us through his new Trek Madone before the Tour de France.


10 months ago

‘It Is Going to Be a Good Battle’: Vingegaard vs Evenepoel in All-Out Scrap for Second Place at Tour de France

With Pogačar appearing set for Tour de France win, furious battle is in store for second overall in Nice on Sunday.


10 months ago

‘It’s Looking Better Than Ever’: Tadej Pogačar Closes On Tour de France Triumph After ‘Amazing’ Performance

Practice makes perfect: Pogačar climbed Isola 2000 more than 15 times in training. UAE Team Emirates riders and staff reveal what went into race leader's 'perfect' performance on stage 19.


10 months ago

Cavendish Survives Tour’s Highest Climb, Démare Raced Entire Stage Alone Only To Be Time Cut

The race jury extended the 'hors délai', but it wasn't enough to save French sprinter Démare who raced over the Tour's highest climb all alone: 'I'm not the type to give up.'


10 months ago

‘The Tour and I Have a Bad Relationship:’ Heartbreak for Matteo Jorgenson as the American Falls Just Short on Tour de France Stage 19

Jorgenson was given the go ahead to contest the stage win after team leader Vingegaard didn’t have the legs to attack Pogačar.


10 months ago

Tour de France Stage 19: Unstoppable Pogačar Powers Past Jorgenson to Put Stamp on Yellow Jersey

Pogačar erases any doubt about who will win this Tour de France as he blows up Visma's ambush plan by dropping Vingegaard on Isola 2000 and spoils Jorgenson's shot at victory.


10 months ago

Wines of the 2024 Tour de France

Seven wine pairings to match the stages of the 2024 Tour de France.


10 months ago

130 Grams Per Hour: Inside the Wild Carbohydrate Strategy of a Tour de France Stage-Winner

Campenaerts' stage-smashing fueling pushes thresholds further than ever before in a Tour de France 'arms race' of nutrition, tech, aerodynamics.


10 months ago

Can Remco Evenepoel Take Tour de France Second Place and Stun Vingegaard?

'The legs that will do the talking': Evenepoel predicts Alps fireworks as team insiders give insight into the mature, 'real leader' who loves to race on display at this Tour.


10 months ago

How $50 Million ‘Super Teams’ Are Transforming the Tour de France

'If you have under $50 million you have no chance to win the Tour de France:' Rising salaries, space-age back-room support, and urgent talent-hunt all driving up budgets to unprecedented levels.


10 months ago

The Race of Truth Is a Lie: How Time Trial Setup Optimization Could Add Up to a 66-Watt Advantage in This Year’s Tour de France

Time Trialing is just you against the clock. Well, you and a heavily optimized combination of cutting edge gear and bike positioning against the clock.


10 months ago

Why Tour de France Record Smashing Climbing Times May Not Be as Surprising as They Appear

New climbing records by the Tour’s two superstars Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard are raising questions — but the reality of cycling is much different today than a quarter century ago.


10 months ago

Victor Campenaerts in Tears After Reaching Tour de France Nirvana: ‘This Had To Be The Day’

'I aimed for this stage in December:' Campenaerts plotted Tour de France breakaway heist months ago.


10 months ago

Tour de France Stage 18: Victor Campenaerts Powers Home in Three-Up Sprint, GC Faves Cool Jets

Campenaerts takes emotional and unexpected sprint win at end of long, hot breakaway stage, overall contenders hold fire.


10 months ago

Sepp Kuss Confirmed to Defend Vuelta a España Crown

Kuss absence left a hole in Visma-Lease a Bike lineup during this Tour de France: 'You miss the guy who can be there for Jonas when it's only Remco and Tadej who are left.'


10 months ago

Workout of the Week: Train Like Tadej Pogačar at the Tour de France

For this Workout of the Week, we’ll simulate Pogačar’s effort on Plateau de Beille, where he did nearly 7w/kg for 40 minutes after four-and-a-half hours of racing in the heat.


10 months ago

Training, Tech, Nutrition, and More: How Tadej Pogačar Changed Almost Everything to Close in on the Giro-Tour Double

From crank lengths and interval selection to breakfast choices and frame bolts, Pogačar and UAE Emirates left no stone unturned in their pursuit of grand tour perfection.


10 months ago

‘We Know There’s a Gap’: Ineos Grenadiers Admits Falling Behind as Pogačar, Vingegaard Dominate Tour de France

Analysis: For a team that was once so far ahead of the game, Ineos Grenadiers is behind the curve. After 5 years without a Tour victory, can cycling's first 'super team' catch up?


10 months ago

Inside the Life of a Tour de France Team Bus Driver: Breakdown Hell, Expensive Gas Bills and Toilet Troubles

Meet Mario Meeuwssen, the man behind the wheel of Lotto Dstny's traveling HQ: 'I tell the riders they don't have to listen to the sports director all day. But in my bus, I’m the boss.'


10 months ago

Wout van Aert Rescues Vingegaard in High Stakes Tour de France Finale

Belgian rider Van Aert drags chase behind to control dangerous Remco Evenepoel attack


10 months ago

The Other Brother: Simon Yates Shows Tour de France Return to Form

The past Vuelta a España champion's career has slowed in recent years but a team move could reinvent and reinvigorate Simon Yates.


10 months ago

With No Sprint Stages Left, Will Sprinters Finish the Tour de France?

Racing for what? Tour de France sprinters face unfamiliar territory of riding on with no more sprint stages left.


10 months ago

‘It Was a Stupid Instinct’: Pogačar, Evenepoel Twist Knife into Vingegaard in Tour de France Hilltop Tussle

Visma-Lease a Bike vows to keep pressuring Pogačar all the way to Nice after Wednesday's offensive onslaught brings morale-sapping losses.


10 months ago

Tour de France Stage 17: Resurgent Richard Carapaz Seizes Win, Vingegaard Loses Time

Relentless aggression by US team pays off with Tour stage win, Vingegaard loses more time


10 months ago

Explainer: Philipsen’s Only Hope to Dislodge Girmay’s Green Jersey Hinges on Bonus Sprints

Girmay leads the Tour de France green jersey by 32 points, but mid-stage bonus sprints could give Philipsen a slim option: 'The chance of succeeding is very small.'


10 months ago

Tour de France Tales of the Unexpected: It’s a Team Sport

If he had his full-strength Team Visma around him, Jonas Vingegaard would be fighting a much closer (perhaps winning) battle with Tadej Pogačar.


10 months ago

Could America’s Next Tour de France Winner Emerge from Gravel Racing?

Sepp Kuss started his career on a mountain bike, is there now a through line from gravel to the yellow jersey at the Tour de France? 'We will see some young kid to come out of gravel to become a big star.'


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Tour de France Writers

Andrew Hood

Andrew Hood, aka “EuroHoody,” is European editor for Velo. Since joining the title in 2002, he’s been chasing bike races all over the world. He’s covered dozens of editions of the spring classics and the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia, and Vuelta a España, as well as numerous world championships in road, track, and mountain biking. He’s also covered six Olympic Games and reported on bike races across six continents. Beyond the Outside cycling network, his work has appeared in The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, ESPN, Outside, SKITraveler Magazine, Washington Post, Dallas Morning News, and Denver Post. He’s a voting member of the Velo d’Or prize committee, and he’s appeared on CNN, NBC, NPR, and BBC. Chances are, if there’s a bike race, EuroHoody’s been to it, or will be going soon.

Betsy Welch

Betsy writes about off-road racing, culture, and personalities for Outside’s cycling group. As a rider, she loves big adventures on the bike. Some of her most memorable reporting/riding trips include the Migration Gravel Race in Kenya, bikepacking the Colorado Trail, and riding from Torino to Nice after the inaugural Tour de France Femmes. In the summer, she loves to run, ride, and hike through the Elk Mountains in her backyard; in the winter, she skis uphill.

Jim Cotton

Jim is a UK-based editor and reporter focusing on road racing, training, and nutrition. He’s developed a bank of experience working on the ground at all three grand tours, Paris-Roubaix, Tour of Flanders, Strade Bianche, road worlds, and many more prestigious races. Additionally, Jim writes the ‘Behind the Ride’ series of features that digs into how riders in the pro peloton have become the best in the world. It’s a wide-ranging column that’s covered diet, training, recovery, altitude camps, and a lot more. And when he’s not working? After a few decades of mostly dismal results, he’s hung up the wheels on his bike racing career. Instead, now, he’s a trail / ultra racer… but don’t hold that against him.

Andy McGrath

Formerly editor of Rouleur magazine, Andy McGrath is a freelance sports journalist and has covered the Tour de France, Tour of Italy and the sport’s big one-day Classics. He covered the 2023 Tour de France for VELO.

Shane Stokes

Shane Stokes has written about pro cycling for over 25 years, covering grand tours, world championships, Classics and other major events during that time. He’s been the Irish Times cycling correspondent for over two decades, appeared regularly on that country’s national broadcaster RTE in analyzing the sport, and contributed to Velo and many of the sport’s international outlets. When not writing about cycling he’s happiest in nature on a sunny day, particularly with a dog or two in tow.

Will Tracy

Will Tracy is a San Francisco based editor interested in all things cycling. Since getting his start in cycling journalism with Peloton Magazine, he has reported from the Tour de France; the Taipei Cycle, Eurobike, and Sea Otter trade shows; and covered the biggest events in gravel racing including Unbound and SBT GRVL. When not biking, he stays active with climbing and running and likes to take photos, cook, and serially dabble in new hobbies.

Alvin Holbrook

Alvin is a tech editor for Velo, where he covers road, gravel, and e-bikes after nearly a decade in the bike industry. In addition, he uses his background in urban planning to cover stories around active transportation, policy, tech, and infrastructure through the Urbanist Update series. He currently lives in the Bay Area with his wife and an ever-growing stable of bikes and kitchen utensils. Meet Alvin

Josh Ross

Josh hails from the Pacific Northwest but when it’s time to ride, hot and dry is better than cold and wet. He will happily talk for hours about the minutiae of cycling tech but understands most people just want things to work. He is a road cyclist at heart and doesn’t care much if those roads are paved, dirt, or digital. Although he rarely races, if you ask him to ride from sunrise to sunset, and beyond, the answer is always yes.

How to watch the Tour de France in 2025

For 2024: Peacock is showing the Tour de France in North America. Those of you in Europe have more options.

Inside the United States and Canada

Cycling fans in the U.S.A. and Canada can watch the Tour de France streamed through Peacock. The $6 per month subscription will allow you to watch via a web browser, the mobile app, or a smart TV app. Select stages of the Tour are also broadcast on NBC and USA.

Daily coverage begins as early as 5:00 a.m. EDT daily. You’ll want to check the specific broadcast time for each stage, since there is some variability in the start times of the daily broadcast.

Outside the United States and Canada

Eurosport will show the race in Europe. Other options include Rai Sport in Italy, L'Equipe TV in France, and Sporza in Belgium.