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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

6 years ago

Tour de France teams: Katusha-Alpecin

Without Marcel Kittel for the sprints, Katusha-Alpecin is chasing sprint and stage wins, with Ilnur Zakarin hoping to do well in the mountains


6 years ago

Tour de France teams: Trek-Segafredo

Trek-Segafredo comes into the Tour backing Richie Porte for the GC


6 years ago

Tour de France teams: Dimension Data

Without Mark Cavendish or Louis Meintjes on its roster, Dimension Data comes to the 2019 Tour de France as an opportunist squad hunting for stage wins


6 years ago

Tour de France teams: Total Direct Energie

Niki Terpstra and Niccolò Bonifazio will chase stage wins at this year's Tour


6 years ago

Yates brothers headline strong team with big Tour ambitions

Adam Yates returns to the Tour de France as Mitchelton-Scott's GC favorite. HIs chief lieutenant will be his brother, Simon.


6 years ago

No Tour for Gilbert as Deceuninck packs options

Elia Viviani, Enric Mas and Julian Alaphilippe will carry Deceuninck-Quick Step's hopes at the 2019 Tour de France


6 years ago

Bernal says he will ‘respect’ Thomas at Tour

Despite his recent show of form, Egan Bernal is comfortable with Geraint Thomas leading Ineos at the Tour de France and says he will support him


6 years ago

Pressure on Ewan as he earns ‘dream’ ticket to Tour

Sprinter Caleb Ewan finally gets selected for his first Tour de France. But he's not just riding for the experience


6 years ago

Bardet and Pinot carry growing French Tour hopes

As a number of favorites are sidelined or affected by injury and poor form, confidence is growing in the home nation's chances at the Tour de France


6 years ago

Commentary: Embracing a Tour de France without Chris Froome

After years of watching Chris Froome achieve perfection, Fred Dreier is ready to embrace the race's lineup of flawed contenders


6 years ago

Bernal poised to climb into spotlight as Ineos scrambles after costly crashes

With Chris Froome injured and Geraint Thomas banged up, Egan Bernal hopes to make a mark at the Tour de Suisse, on his way toward the Tour de France.


6 years ago

VN Podcast: How Froome’s injury impacts the Tour de France; Chloe Woodruff on the MTB chase for Tokyo

How does Chris Froome's injury shape the Tour de France, and what does it mean for Team Ineos? Plus, Chloe Woodruff takes us inside the off-road chase for the 2020 Olympics


6 years ago

Degenkolb hints he won’t race at Tour de France

2018 stage winner John Degenkolb suggests he won't be selected for the Tour de France, as Trek-Segafredo focuses on Richie Porte's GC ambitions


6 years ago

A blow of the nose, a gust of wind: Froome’s Tour hopes hit wall at 60kph

According to Ineos boss Dave Brailsford, Froome was in excellent form and highly motivated when he suffered a freak accident on a recon ride at the Dauphiné


6 years ago

Brailsford confirms no Tour de France for Froome following crash

Team officials confirm Chris Froome will not start the Tour de France next month following a crash Wednesday in a training ride


6 years ago

Movistar will return to Tour with trio of stars

Despite a bumpy ride last year, Movistar is packing all of its firepower into the Tour with hope of dislodging Ineos and Chris Froome


6 years ago

Van Aert to make Tour debut as Jumbo-Visma brings mixed GC, sprinter squad

No Roglic for the Tour as Dutch squad focuses on sprints and GC


6 years ago

Inside the 2019 VeloNews Tour de France Guide

History is at stake at the 2019 Tour de France, and our annual guide takes you inside the key storylines shaping the race


6 years ago

Thomas promises he’ll be in top shape for Tour defense

After a wild winter, Tour de France champion Geraint Thomas says he's ready to defend title


6 years ago

Tour aims to animate climbs with more time bonuses

Eight summits will offer increased time bonuses in the 2019 Tour with eight seconds on offer for the first rider atop each climb.


6 years ago

Final Tour wildcard spots go to Greipel’s Arkea-Samsic and Terpstra’s Direct Energie

It's good news for French teams Arkea-Samsic and Direct Energie, but it means Pierre Rolland's Vital Concept-B&B Hotels team is left out.


6 years ago

If you liked Paris-Nice, you’ll love the 2020 Tour de France start

The 2020 Tour de France will stun the peloton with a day of climbing immediately after the first stage in Nice, including Col de Turini and Col d'Eze.


6 years ago

2021 Tour de France to kick off in Denmark

Copenhagen will host the opening stage of the 2021 Tour de France with two additional Danish stages to follow.


6 years ago

Commentary: An inside look at Geraint Thomas’s new book

Published this week in America, Geraint Thomas's new book takes readers inside the Tour. Here are three interesting points we learned from "The Tour According to G."


6 years ago

Quintana continues with Tour dream despite ‘complications’

Nairo Quintana continues search for an answer to Team Sky, and he is unsure if he will remain Movistar's key leader for Tour de France.


6 years ago

With a little luck, Bardet plans to break Tour drought

French star Romain Bardet likes the 2019 Tour route and feels his chance for a career-defining victory is coming soon.


6 years ago

Wanty and Cofidis receive Tour de France wildcard invites

Two invites remain for the 2019 Tour de France after Belgian team Wanty-Groupe Gobert and Cofidis earn spots in the grande boucle.


6 years ago

Froome aims to join greats with fifth yellow jersey; Bernal to Giro

Chris Froome opts out of defending Giro title in bid to win fifth Tour de France, opening door for 21-year-old Bernal to lead Team Sky in Italy.


6 years ago

A return to parity? Sky’s loss could be the peloton’s gain

A dismantling of 'Fortress Froome' would level peloton, though possibility of wealthy team purchasing a block of Sky and becoming new dominant force remains.


6 years ago

Bardet opts out of Giro, makes Tour his top 2019 objective

Ending speculation that he'll race the Giro d'Italia in 2019, Romain Bardet confirms plan to again focus on Tour de France.


6 years ago

Inside Egan Bernal’s barnstorming Tour de France debut

Bernal's brilliant ride at the Tour didn't come easily. Yet crashes, injuries, and an unexpected schedule change couldn't hold him back.


6 years ago

Contador gives Froome-Thomas prediction for 2019 Tour

The Spaniard thinks Chris Froome will aim for a fifth Tour win next year, regardless of what 2018 champ Geraint Thomas wants to do.


7 years ago

Basque flag edges closer to Tour return

Euskadi-Murias fighting for wildcard slot on the Tour after elevation to Professional Continental level.


7 years ago

Inside John Degenkolb’s Tour de France redemption

After a spring season that he calls the low point of his entire career, John Degenkolb's Tour stage was exactly what he needed.


7 years ago

Tour is stronger than ever despite rocky 2018 edition

The 2018 Tour de France had its setbacks and frustrations, but some insiders believe the race is stronger than it has ever been.


7 years ago

VN Show: Do we like the 2019 Tour route?

Next year's Tour route is a climbers paradise with five summit finishes and lots of high-altitude mountains, but it is short on TT kilometers.


7 years ago

Thomas says Sky management favored Froome in early TDF stages

In a wide-ranging interview, Geraint Thomas said communication between himself and Chris Froome was crucial to his TDF victory


7 years ago

Podcast: Tour route analysis; should power meters be banned?

Tour de France organizers boasted that the 2019 route was the "highest Tour ever" — does that mean it will be exciting for fans?


7 years ago

Commentary: The Tour route is another effort to cage Team Sky

Tour organizers hope to tame team Sky with a course designed to produce, oh happy day, the first French winner since 1985.


7 years ago

Commentary: What we love (and hate) about the 2019 Tour route

The 2019 Tour route will be a climbers' delight — but does that mean it will be fun for the fans to watch?


7 years ago

TDF: Froome won’t say if he or Thomas should lead Sky

Although he won't confirm his role as sole leader, Froome says another yellow jersey would be an ideal 10th-anniversary gift for Team Sky.


7 years ago

2019 Tour route unveiled: ‘The highest in history’

"It is impossible to win this Tour unless you are a great climber," Tour de France director Prudhomme says at the route unveiling.


7 years ago

Commentary: Seven things we want in the 2019 Tour route

Here are a few last-minute requests before the route of the 2019 Tour de France is announced this week.


7 years ago

Is the Tour de France in trouble?

Reckless fans, disappointing TV ratings, and controversy marred the 2018 Tour. We go inside the challenges facing cycling's biggest race.


7 years ago

Dumoulin hints he will go all-in for 2019 Tour

After finishing second in both the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France in 2018, Dumoulin may focus solely on the yellow jersey in 2019.


7 years ago

Gouvenou on Tour route: ‘We always look for balance’

With the route presentation coming up on October 25, officials say they don't design the Tour course with specific riders in mind.


7 years ago

Commentary: The French resolution

Samuel Abt muses on the Tour's lack of French contenders — and organizer ASO's dogged efforts to favor its countrymen.


7 years ago

Sky’s Bernal, Castroviejo discuss Tour de France drama

Egan Bernal and Jonathan Castroviejo spoke over the weekend about what went on behind the scenes during the Tour de France.


7 years ago

Ten Dam: ‘Even with smaller budgets we can be there’

Laurens ten Dam says even teams like his with smaller budgets can challenge Team Sky at the Tour de France.


7 years ago

Photo Essay: Behind the scenes with Sagan at the Tour de France

Photographer Brian Hodes went inside the Bora-Hansgrohe team bus at the Tour de France to follow Peter Sagan.


7 years ago

Tour de France Photo Essay: From the punishing Pyrenees to Paris

The Tour de France rides through the high Pyrenees with the yellow jersey on the line before the finale in Paris.


7 years ago

VN Show: Was the 2018 Tour a good race for fans?

The 2018 Tour de France is over — did we cycling fans win this July? Were we rewarded with an exciting race?


7 years ago

Nibali undergoes back surgery following Tour crash

The Italian will resume training on a stationary bike within days, his Bahrain-Merida team said Tuesday.


7 years ago

Measuring the impact of taunting, jeering Team Sky at the Tour de France

We spoke with a sports psychologist about the impact Sky riders may have felt from listening to boos and jeers on the roads of France.


7 years ago

Roundtable: Did Tour de France 2018 live up to expectations?

Another season, another Tour de France in the books — so how does the 2018 vintage stack up?


7 years ago

Americans on Tour: Five finishers in Paris

The Americans in the Tour de France peloton rode through mixed fortunes this July, but all five finished the race in Paris


7 years ago

After record sixth green, Sagan will ‘respect’ world title

The Innsbruck worlds course doesn't suit Peter Sagan, but he'll do his best to defend rainbow jersey in September.


7 years ago

Movistar will bring three-pronged Tour attack to Vuelta

Movistar did not land either of its three GC riders onto the Tour de France podium, so it will try the same tactic at the Vuelta a Espana.


7 years ago

British press praises Thomas’s Tour win

Geraint Thomas was crowned the 2018 Tour de France winner on Sunday, and the British media is celebrating the victory.


7 years ago

Wiggins: Thomas may win the Tour again in 2019

Bradley Wiggins reacted to Geraint Thomas's Tour de France win by saying he could repeat next year.


7 years ago

A mother watches her son suffer across France

VeloNews caught up with Lawson Craddock's mother Ellen about her son's dramatic Tour de France that began with a crash and ended in Paris.


7 years ago

Kristoff overcomes personal doubts to win on the Champs

Alexander Kristoff's had to fight to keep faith in his ability before his breakthrough win on stage 21 of the Tour de France.


7 years ago

Meet the Tour de France jersey winners

The comprehensive list of jersey winners from the 105th edition of the Tour de France, which finished in Paris on Sunday.


7 years ago

Alaphilippe shines but French yellow jersey drought stretches to 33 years

Julian Alaphilippe finished the Tour de France with two stage wins and the Polka Dot jersey, but France's overall victory drought stretched to 33 years.


7 years ago

Dumoulin leads tributes as Thomas wins Tour de France

Tour de France runner-up Tom Dumoulin led the tributes as Geraint Thomas celebrated winning his maiden yellow jersey on Sunday.


7 years ago

Froome ‘still wants’ fifth Tour, but Sky have yellow jersey dilemma

Geraint Thomas' Tour de France victory has not dented Chris Froome's hopes of a record-equaling fifth yellow jersey, says Sky chief Dave Brailsford.


7 years ago

Extra week was key in Giro-Tour attempts

The temporary five-week gap between the Giro and Tour provided just enough recovery for Dumoulin and Froome to take a strong run at the vaunted Giro-Tour double.


7 years ago

Froome: ‘The strongest rider in the race won’

Four-time Tour de France Chris Froome stated that his teammate and overall Tour de France winner, Geraint Thomas, was the strongest rider in this year's race.


7 years ago

Thomas: “Every mountain stage I was under pressure”

Despite his dominant performance, Geraint Thomas said he suffered mightily during the Tour's final week.


7 years ago

Rival Tour de France teams resigned to Sky’s budget advantage

Regardless of whether a superteam stifles racing, rivals agree on one thing: For Team Sky, it is money well-spent.


7 years ago

Lost skinsuit, timing confusion — no problem for Dumoulin

Despite losing his world champion's skinsuit and finish-line confusion over timing, Dumoulin ends stage 20 a happy man.


7 years ago

Craddock’s last place will feel like victory in Paris

After suffering for three weeks through the pain of his stage one crash, last place will feel like a victory when Lawson Craddock crosses the finish line in Paris.


7 years ago

Road to Paris even longer for Phinney

After surviving nearly three weeks of racing, Taylor Phinney crashed on the Col de Aubisque and put his race finish in jeopardy.


7 years ago

Tour de France: Landa’s last gasp comes up short in stage 19

Mikel Landa's promised attack comes on the final mountain stage of the Tour but it comes up short in the end.


7 years ago

Sunweb plays long game in learning ropes at Tour de France

Sunweb CEO Iwan Spekenbrink says experience gleaned from 2018 Tour campaign could help propel Dumoulin to win one day.


7 years ago

Sagan endures epic suffering, still finishes final mountain stage

Fighting through severe pain from a crash two days prior, Sagan fights through the mountains to keep green jersey.


7 years ago

Froome: ‘Podium is secondary thought’

Chris Froome likely won't be on the final Tour de France podium — a first since the very first time he finished the race in 2008.


7 years ago

Dumoulin: TV moto helped Roglic win stage 19

Tom Dumoulin furious that Primoz Roglic won Tour de France stage 19, contending that the Slovenian drafted a TV moto.


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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.