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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

7 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.


7 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.


7 years ago

Phinney crashes on stage 19: ‘I took a tree to the face’

Taylor Phinney crashes in Pyrenees, crosses stage 19 finish last with bandage over broken nose.


7 years ago

How to beat the Tour de France heat? Look at a rider’s urine

Tour de France riders have faced particularly hot conditions in the 2018 race. How do they cope with the heat?


7 years ago

Taylor Phinney the sprinter?

With his team's GC leader out of the Tour de France, Taylor Phinney found an opportunity to mix it up in the sprints.


7 years ago

Kristoff concedes Tour points title to Sagan ‘if he just manages to finish’

Peter Sagan had an insurmountable lead in the Tour de France points competition entering stage 19, but making it to Paris was not easy.


7 years ago

Stage 19: One last chance for climbers to strike

The climbers have one final opportunity to shine in the Tour de France. Thomas must rise to the occasion and defend.


7 years ago

VN Show: Did Tour de France stage 17 live up to the hype?

The Tour de France organizers got a bit experimental with stage 17. Did all of the innovations pay off? We've got takes.


7 years ago

The peloton’s perspective on Tour de France’s stage 17 experiment

Stage 17 of the Tour de France was fun to watch, but was it fun to race? We asked riders throughout the peloton.


7 years ago

Quintana rues stage 18 crash: ‘I’m always a bit screwed’

Movistar and its star climber Nairo Quintana were hoping to raid stage 19, but a crash has complicated matters.


7 years ago

Teamwork makes Sky’s Tour de France dream work

Sky's two leaders fully commit to team goal: take yellow to Paris — regardless of whether it is Froome or Thomas to win.


7 years ago

Fuglsang: ‘It’s a surprise to see Thomas leading the Tour’

Jakob Fuglsang is exasperated at Team Sky’s dominance and his own inability to keep up in the Tour de France.


7 years ago

Froome, Dumoulin say Giro/Tour double still possible in modern cycling

It looks like Chris Froome will come up short of the famous Giro/Tour double. He still says it's possible in the modern era.


7 years ago

Thomas lashes out at ‘idiot’ who ‘hit’ him on Tour stage

Geraint Thomas has some choice words for the roadside spectator who reached out and struck him on stage 17.


7 years ago

Sagan vows to finish Tour, but stage wins may be over

Peter Sagan believes he can overcome his injuries to finish the Tour de France.


7 years ago

Tour de France podcast: Was stage 17 the beginning of the end of Froome era?

We saw something unusual in stage 17: Chris Froome dropped on the Tour's toughest mountain. What does it mean?


7 years ago

Bardet’s podium hopes evaporate in Pyrénées

The two-time Tour de France podium finisher was aiming to be France's first Tour champion since 1985.


7 years ago

Dumoulin ‘hopes’ but sees Tour win impossible

Tom Dumoulin is hopeful but considers the Tour de France win almost impossible now.


7 years ago

Brailsford: ‘Froome will be a titan in the sport for helping Geraint’

Sky director Dave Brailsford says Froome's role as a super-domestique to ascendant Thomas will be cheered.


7 years ago

Quintana salvages his Tour de France with stage win

After a demoralizing two weeks of racing at the Tour de France, Nairo Quintana gets redemption with stage 17 win.


7 years ago

Thomas: If Froome was suffering, everyone was suffering

When Thomas heard that Froome was suffering on the Col du Portet, he knew he could hang onto yellow in stage 17.


7 years ago

Spectator abuse of Team Sky continues on Col du Portet

Sky's problems with spectators at this year's Tour de France continued Wednesday on the slopes of the Col du Portet.


7 years ago

Who is Geraint Thomas? A Tour de France contender blossoms

Geraint Thomas's success at the Tour de France springs from longevity and balance.


7 years ago

Tour de France: Sagan avoids serious injury in high-speed crash

Peter Sagan's hopes of winning a record-tying fifth green jersey remain intact after a scary crash in stage 17.


7 years ago

Froome concedes Tour, vows to support Thomas

There won’t be a record-tying fifth yellow jersey for Froome. And he won’t be the first rider since Pantani to win Giro/Tour double.


7 years ago

Tour de France podcast: Sky coach talks about Thomas; why Moscon must go

We hear from Team Sky coach Rod Ellingworth on who Geraint Thomas is and why he's poised to win the Tour.


7 years ago

Sagan OK after stage 17 crash: ‘He’s an animal’

World champion Peter Sagan crashes on stage 17, requiring attention from Tour de France medical staff


7 years ago

Gallery: The Tour’s dramatic second week

BreakThrough Media captured the scene during the second week of the Tour de France, which featured gravel, Alpine climbs, and more.


7 years ago

Tour debutants Haga, Boswell still going strong as race hits Pyrenees

With only a few tough mountain stages remaining, the two American Tour debutants are hanging tough.


7 years ago

Gilbert’s Tour over after finishing stage 16 with broken knee

Philippe Gilbert abandons the Tour de France on Tuesday with a fractured left kneecap after a spectacular crash.


7 years ago

Protest and tear gas drives Tour to edge of absurdity

Farmer protest on stage 16 is just the latest unexpected twist in a Tour marked by absurdity and bad roadside behavior.


7 years ago

Tour peloton set for ‘decisive’ test in stage 17

Top riders agree that the short, explosive stage 17 through the Pyrenees will be decisive in the 2018 Tour de France.


7 years ago

Stage 16 gamble doesn’t pay off for Yates

After Adam Yates abandoned his GC hopes at the Tour de France, stage 16 looked like a perfect opportunity.


7 years ago

Tour chief slams farmers as yellow jersey suffers from tear gas

After farmers block the race in protest with sheep and hay bales, Christian Prudhomme demands respect for the Tour.


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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.

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 2025: 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.