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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

3 years ago

Romain Bardet stuck between a stage and a GC-place heading into Tour de France finale

'The race is still very much on,' vows DSM. But is Bardet backed against two conflicting battles ahead of the Tour's final week?


3 years ago

Geraint Thomas on Tour de France ambitions: ‘I am not looking behind, I am still looking forward’

The 2018 Tour winner is having his best Tour in years and enters the final week with everything in play: 'You've got to keep believing.'


3 years ago

Lotto-Soudal plays down the notion of Caleb Ewan dissolving his contract as relegation worries continue

'I empathize a lot with him and I feel for him. He’s been coping with it for a while now,' says team director Allan Davis.


3 years ago

Tour de France stage 16 preview: A first of three stages across the Pyrénées

Tuesday's 16th stage features two first-category climbs in the second half of the route that will be punctuated once again by blazing heat.


3 years ago

Astana-Qazaqstan lags in last in Tour de France prize money

Jumbo-Visma leads among 22 teams with the lion's share of prize money to be awarded Sunday in Paris.


3 years ago

Tour de France: Two riders in isolation following latest round of COVID-19 tests

Neither rider is in the top-20 and both will face further testing prior to Tuesday's stage 16.


3 years ago

Commentary: The specialist is dead. Long live the Tour de France all-rounder

Michael Matthews beating climbers in the mountains, Wout Van Aert able to win everywhere: versatility means more chances for success than ever before.


3 years ago

Tour de France: Jakob Fuglsang out with fractured rib

Israel-Premier Tech climber crashed Sunday, and although he finished the stage, an X-ray reveals a fractured right rib.


3 years ago

Nairo Quintana, Arkéa-Samsic see Pyrénées as pivotal in Tour de France podium push

'We want him to podium in the tour ... it’s within his reach.' Quintana quietly cruises into form at Tour de France as team targets more in third week.


3 years ago

Tour de France: Stage 15 highlights

Watch the highlights from an action-packed sprint stage.


3 years ago

Jasper Philipsen celebrates ‘biggest victory’ of his career after Tour de France stage win

After six podium finishes on the Tour last year, the Alpecin-Deceuninck rider claimed his maiden stage victory.


3 years ago

Jumbo-Visma rues ‘a shit day’ at Tour de France as yellow jersey dream hits a divot

Tour de France takes new tilt as UAE Emirates and Jumbo-Visma go six-on-six in tense battle between Vingegaard and Pogačar.


3 years ago

Astana-Qazaqstan turns to Vinokourov and Fraile homages to kick-start failing Tour de France

“You can win a stage and all of a sudden it can go from being a disaster to a great success for the team," says American rider Joe Dombrowski.


3 years ago

Geraint Thomas: Possible Tour de France alliances but Pogačar isn’t calling me the night before

'I’m more looking ahead but you have to be aware of what’s behind you,' Welshman tells VeloNews.


3 years ago

400 meters from glory: Benjamin Thomas on his ‘cruel’ Tour de France stage 15 near miss

Cofidis rider was seeing stars at the finish in Carcassonne after valiant breakaway effort on home roads.


3 years ago

Tour de France stage 15: Jasper Philipsen holds off Wout van Aert to take victory

Jonas Vingegaard survives with race lead intact after crashing with 56k to go.


3 years ago

A second protest blocks the road during stage 15 of the Tour de France

Unlike on Stage 10, the race continued after police dragged protestors from the road.


3 years ago

Andy Schleck: Tadej Pogačar would still be in Tour de France lead if it wasn’t for ‘stupid mistakes’

'All these stupid mistakes of sprinting for two seconds. Then you come to a point where you are fucked and you lose two and a half-minutes,' says former Tour de France winner.


3 years ago

Tour de France: Jonas Vingegaard crashes and Steven Kruijswijk abandons on stage 15

Jumbo-Visma sees a second rider quit the Tour de France after a heavy fall, shortly before the yellow jersey also hits the deck in fast crash.


3 years ago

Tour de France puts in extra measures to protect peloton in sizzling heat

With temperatures still very high in Europe, the time cut has been extended and riders will be able to take bottles almost all day long.


3 years ago

Tour de France: Magnus Cort, Simon Clarke out with COVID-19

Cort wakes up with fever and headache while Clarke returns positive in routine test.


3 years ago

Primož Roglič quits the Tour de France to let injuries heal

The Slovenian has been suffering with injuries that have lingered since his stage 5 crash.


3 years ago

Rigoberto Urán expected to come around in the Pyrenees after starting the Tour de France undercooked

'With Rigo, I never really assumed that he would be able to ride GC after he came out of Suisse with COVID,' says Vaughters.


3 years ago

3 years ago

Tour de France: Michael Matthews’ magical day nets his greatest ever victory

The BikeExchange-Jayco rider registered his first stage victory at the Tour de France since 2017.


3 years ago

Tour de France: Stage 14 video highlights

Watch the best of the action as Matthews took an impressive win and the GC action ignited behind him.


3 years ago

Louis Meintjes roars back into Tour de France classification fight with day in stage 14 escape

Spindly South African climber catapults six spots up GC and reverses early ill-fortune: 'Hopefully this time I don't lose time again.'


3 years ago

Tour de France: Jonas Vingegaard happy he could follow Tadej Pogačar’s attacks as he defends race lead on stage 14

Jumbo-Visma rider talks of his respect for rival and how he expects to come under attack in the Pyrenees.


3 years ago

Tour de France stage 15 preview: Big chance for sprinters in Carcassonne, but beware the breakaway

Sweltering transition stage in south-west France offers an important opportunity for Ewan, Jakobsen, Groenewegen and other fast men.


3 years ago

Tour de France: Geraint Thomas unruffled by Tadej Pogačar’s early antics but loses ground on GC

'Pogačar came to me and said Jumbo are struggling, they’re struggling,' says Thomas.


3 years ago

Tadej Pogačar unleashes warning of what’s to come at Tour de France: ‘It’s not going to be easy days for Jumbo’

Pogačar uncorks early attack in test of Jumbo-Visma's ability to defend: 'In the end, I know how good each one of them is.'


3 years ago

Tour de France: Ineos in damage limitation mode as Pogačar and Vingegaard turn Mende into their playground

'I think that we expected that sort of gap on that sort of climb,' Ellingworth tells VeloNews.


3 years ago

Tour de France stage 14: Michael Matthews wins solo in Mende

The Australian put in a fine performance to drop his breakaway companions.


3 years ago

Ineos Grenadiers to let Tom Pidcock ‘keep following his ambition’ after Tour de France triumph

Grand tour powerhouse leaves open path for Pidcock to explore after young Brit packs more prestige into palmarès on Alpe d'Huez.


3 years ago

Tour de France: Police car catches fire near stage 14 finish

There have been no reports of injuries and incident should not disrupt stage finish.


3 years ago

Stuart O’Grady likens Wout van Aert to Eddy Merckx, talks Tour de France green jersey and Caleb Ewan

'Every stage is like a mini World Cup race. It’s so intense. That’s great for the sport and for the viewers but it makes it hard work for the pure sprinters,' says Australian.


3 years ago

Jonas Vingegaard’s parents: our Wifi cut out as he attacked on the Granon in Tour de France

Claus and Karina Vingegaard on their son’s cycling beginnings and how he dropped fellow riders on Alpe d’Huez as a teenager.


3 years ago

Tour de France: Caleb Ewan, Alpecin-Fenix fined by race jury for drafting on stage 13

Alpecin-Fenix DS Michel Cornelisse accuses bike commissaire of having 'no feelings' after incident.


3 years ago

Soaring temperatures turn up the heat on Tour de France peloton: ‘It was a furnace’

Organizers prepare 10,000 liters of water to douse melting tarmac as peloton meets a heatwave in sun-scorched southern France this weeekend.


3 years ago

Michael Matthews: First priority is to re-sign with BikeExchange, I’ll know my future by Tour de France rest day

The versatile Australian is sick and has finished second twice in the Tour de France so far. Can he win a stage and improve his contract position?


3 years ago

Tour de France: Concentration key for Jumbo-Visma after narrowly avoiding Ewan crash

'We have the experience of losing the Tour on the last day and we have won three grand tours so we know that we have to stay focussed,' says Zeeman.


3 years ago

Commentary: Why Tadej Pogačar’s implosion on the Granon changes everything in this Tour de France – and beyond

Making sense of Pogačar’s loss of innocence, what it means for the Tour and exploring why fans like champions more when they fail.


3 years ago

Tour de France: Stage 13 video highlights

The breakaway has its day in Saint-Étienne.


3 years ago

Tour de France stage 14 preview: Mende could deliver some fireworks

The final climb is steep enough to cause problems for anyone not having a great day.


3 years ago

Neilson Powless’ Tour de France blog: I’m still figuring out the type of rider I am

After an impressive showing on Alpe d'Huez, the American says he's 'hungry for more' in his exclusive VeloNews blog.


3 years ago

Mads Pedersen lives Danish dream two weeks after grand départ disappointment

Pedersen hails Quinn Simmons for crucial role in the break as Danish riders continue to deliver at Tour de France.


3 years ago

Caleb Ewan: The most unlucky sprinter in the Tour de France

Bad luck turns to no luck at all for Caleb Ewan as a crash takes down the Australian on stage 13.


3 years ago

Matteo Jorgenson distraught after another near-miss at Tour de France

'Disappointment again.' Jorgenson vows to keep hunting after second top-five finish in four days in debut Tour.


3 years ago

Brandon McNulty: Winning this Tour de France with Tadej Pogačar is the biggest challenge yet

'Last year we were in a different position but it’s a different race and every year is different. We’re here to fight,' says American climber.


3 years ago

How might Geraint Thomas win the Tour de France? Experience and a big diesel engine

Ineos Grenadiers director confident Thomas 'one of the best we've ever seen' as team counts on his experience in a Gen-Z race.


3 years ago

Tour de France stage 13: Mads Pedersen wins out of breakaway

Day's escape move stays clear following crash by Caleb Ewan.


3 years ago

Tour de France: Caleb Ewan crashes with 70km to go in sprint opportunity

The Australian sprinter survived the Alps and Lotto-Soudal was chasing an early breakaway.


3 years ago

Mark Cavendish to EF Education-EasyPost? Jonathan Vaughters confirms interest but it’s not a done deal

'If he got that Eddy Merkcx record, he’s an icon in the sport. You can always make room but there’s lots of questions,' says American team boss.


3 years ago

Is Tom Pidcock a future Tour de France winner? ‘Nothing is excluded’

A thrilling victory atop Alpe d'Huez only raises expectations about Pidcock's grand tour future. His coach says 'we are going to see his limits.'


3 years ago

‘There could be more to come’ from Chris Froome at Tour de France, says team director

Third-place for Froome on Alpe d'Huez after cobblestone victory for Clarke leaves team thirsty for more as it battles relegation threat.


3 years ago

Tour de France: Following Alpe d’Huez win, Bradley Wiggins hails Tom Pidcock as ‘truly amazing’

2012 Tour winner also praises performances of Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas.


3 years ago

Jumbo-Visma says losing the 2020 Tour de France brought valuable lessons

Sport director explains how the trap was set on the Col du Galibier to isolate and attack Tadej Pogačar.


3 years ago

Warren Barguil out of Tour de France with COVID-19

Officials confirmed that the team's other seven riders cleared health controls, and will continue in the race. 


3 years ago

Tour de France: Aggression and sacrifice net stage win and podium challenge for Ineos Grenadiers

'Before we came to the race Tom Pidcock asked me what I expected from him and I just said full commitment,' says Steve Cummings.


3 years ago

Tour de France: Stage 12 video highlights

The peloton tackles Alpe d’Huez on Bastille Day.


3 years ago

Jonas Vingegaard hails Tour de France rival Tadej Pogačar ‘one of the greatest riders of all time’

Vingegaard parries Pogačar's attacks on the Alpe in day one of daunting nine-stage mission to defend yellow jersey.


3 years ago

From muddy school uniforms to Alpe d’Huez triumph: This is just the start of Tom Pidcock’s Tour de France journey

'I compare myself to Pogačar to Wout, these guys, they are both older than me, and more experienced. But I am ambitious and I have big ambitions,' says British rider.


3 years ago

‘Crazy’ fans crowd Alpe d’Huez at Tour de France: ‘It was unreal’

Yellow jersey Jonas Vingegaard raises the fear of COVID, but fans and riders celebrate the return of the Tour's most famous climb.


3 years ago

Tour de France stage 13 preview: Bunch sprint or breakaway?

The Tour leaves the Alps with a transition stage to St-Étienne in sweltering heat. The sprinters will be hungry to make the most of this opportunity.


3 years ago

Tour de France: Romain Bardet feels the heat and drops to fourth overall

Frenchman finishes 19 seconds behind fellow challengers, limiting his losses by riding at his own rhyhthm.


3 years ago

Jumbo-Visma switches to defense at Tour de France: ‘Pogačar is always a danger’

Sepp Kuss leads Jumbo-Visma lockdown on Alpe d'Huez summit as Jumbo-Visma switches gears from explosive ride to the Granon.


3 years ago

Tour de France: Geraint Thomas climbs to third after strong ride on Alpe d’Huez

Ineos Grenadiers rider lauds teammate Tom Pidcock’s stage victory.


3 years ago

Tour de France: Tadej Pogačar admits he fell into Jumbo-Visma’s trap on the Col du Galibier

Pogačar can't shake Jonas Vingegaard on Alpe d'Huez: 'His team is very strong.'


3 years ago

Tour de France: No regrets for Chris Froome with best performance in years and third on Alpe d’Huez

'Where I’ve come from over the last three years, battling back from my accident to finish third on one of the hardest stages in the Tour, I can be really happy with that,' says four-time Tour winner.


3 years ago

Tour de France stage 12: Tom Pidcock becomes youngest winner on Alpe d’Huez

The Ineos Grenadiers rider soars away from the breakaway to take biggest road victory of his career.


3 years ago

Did Tadej Pogačar drive his own downfall in stage 11 of the Tour de France?

Team boss points to over-aggressive racing and commitment to yellow rather than COVID or a hunger knock as cause of Wednesday's spectacular undoing.


3 years ago

Tour de France: ‘It will be crazy again on Alpe d’Huez,’ says Geraint Thomas

Former Tour winner predicts fireworks on return to iconic climb where he won in 2018.


3 years ago

Tour de France: Bob Jungels to use ‘strictly limited edition’ BMC for Bastille Day’s Alpe d’Huez stage

Stage 9 winner to ride new BMC Teammachine SLR Mpc with frameset price of €12,000.


3 years ago

Nairo Quintana revives Tour de France podium dreams

Colombian revs up climbing legs in blast from past to move up into top 5.


3 years ago

Tour de France: Wout van Aert gives fan his green jersey after he helps him with puncture

The Belgian suffered a puncture while riding to his team bus after the Col du Granon finish on stage 11 and gave away his green jersey to a fan who helped him.


3 years ago

3 years ago

Romain Bardet: ‘We could have sorted out the Tour de France podium after the Galibier’

Team DSM leader up to second overall and happy to be back in the GC game for first time since 2018.


3 years ago

VN Archives: LeMond’s Tour de force

Greg LeMond and Bernard Hinault rode across the line on the Alpe d'Huez after sticking it to their rivals


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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.