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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

10 years ago

Tejay van Garderen: Welcome to the ‘fab five’

Tejay van Garderen has turned the fab four' into the 'fab five' with a strong ride through the Tour's first week.


10 years ago

Froome ‘fresher and more prepared’ for Tour de France than in 2013

The Sky rider, who has a 12-second lead in the GC, is pleased with his preparations for the French grand tour


10 years ago

Bring on the mountains, says Orica’s Yates

Adam Yates feels confident ahead of the Tour de France's first mountain stages, despite losing three teammates to crashes in week one.


10 years ago

Tour de France starts with highs, lows in opening week

Andrew Hood takes a look at what's worth remembering, and forgetting, at the Tour through the opening nine stages


10 years ago

Porte on Sky exit: ‘I’m in the prime of my career’

Richie Porte says he's excited to finish the Tour de France with his friend Chris Froome, but he's ready to lead a team


10 years ago

Ivan Basso leaves Tour de France with testicular cancer

The Tinkoff-Saxo rider announces that he has testicular cancer and will withdraw from the Tour de France immediately


10 years ago

With mountains looming, handicapping the Tour de France favorites

The Tour de France enters the mountains this week, so Andrew Hood breaks down the race favorites before the road turns upward


10 years ago

Gallery: 2015 Tour de France, stage 9

Tim De Waele catches the action at the Tour's team time trial


10 years ago

Van Garderen happy but aware of battles ahead

Race leader Chris Froome calls Tejay van Garderen a man to watch, but the BMC captain says Paris is a long way off yet


10 years ago

Froome surprised by Nibali’s early time losses

The Tour leader thought 2014 champ Vincenzo Nibali would be taking time so far, not losing it, and he's got an eye on Tejay van Garderen


10 years ago

Results: 2015 Tour de France, stage 9

BMC Racing Team pips Sky for the team time trial victory, but Chris Froome holds firm to the yellow jersey


10 years ago

Gallery: 2015 Tour de France, stage 8

Alexis Vuillermoz takes France's first victory of the 2015 Tour atop the Mûr-de-Bretagne climb


10 years ago

Morale still ‘good’ for depleted Orica-GreenEdge Tour squad, says White

Despite abandons by a third of the team's riders inside the first week of the race, Orica-GreenEdge remains upbeat at the Tour de France


10 years ago

13 seconds to paradise: Van Garderen on cusp of yellow jersey

Tejay van Garderen could nab the yellow jersey in Sunday's TTT as the Tour leaves a hard first week in the rear-view mirror


10 years ago

Narrow miss for Martin as Cannondale burns matches

Cannondale-Garmin went deep into red to set up Dan Martin on stage 8, but the 28-year-old had to settle for second behind Alexis Vuillermoz


10 years ago

For the French, the Tour was ‘going badly until today’

Alexis Vuillermoz gives the home crowd something to celebrate at the 2015 Tour de France


10 years ago

Stage 8 a ‘bad day’ for reigning Tour champ Nibali, who loses ground on GC rivals

Vincenzo Nibali says he did not have legs to contend on final climb of Tour's stage 8


10 years ago

Who will ace the team time trial test in the Tour’s ninth stage?

The Tour's 28-kilometer stage 9 team time trial could see a bit of a shakeup at the top of the general classification


10 years ago

Results: 2015 Tour de France, stage 8

Alexis Vuillermoz takes a hilltop victory ahead of Dan Martin in the Tour's eighth stage


10 years ago

GoPro steps toward dream of live, on-bike video

Hardware and content producer GoPro hits the ground running at Tour de France, says it aims to offer live, on-bike footage in two years.


10 years ago

Cavendish keen to stay with Etixx

Mark Cavendish expressed his interested in staying with Etixx-Quick-Step after taking his first Tour de France stage win in nearly two years


10 years ago

Sagan solo: Tinkoff sticking to ‘yellow jersey’ plan

Tinkoff-Saxo is sticking to its plan to protect Contador at the expense of Sagan's quest for a fourth green jersey, for now, at least


10 years ago

Nibali: ‘I didn’t throw my bottle at Froome’

Defending Tour champion Vincenzo Nibali dispels rumors that there was any sort of violent confrontation between him and Chris Froome.


10 years ago

Preview: 2015 Tour de France, stage 8

Stage 8 features an uphill finish with an average gradient of 6.8 percent over 2.2 kilometers, with sections of more than 10 percent.


10 years ago

Cavendish back to old ways with Tour win

Always a colorful personality at the Tour, Cavendish returns to winning ways in stage 7, says patience in the sprint was key.


10 years ago

Tuft as nails: Peloton’s toughest man saved by water bottles

Svein Tuft is among the toughest riders in the peloton, but a few plastic water bottles helped him avoid serious injury earlier this season.


10 years ago

Gallery: 2015 Tour de France, stage 7

Cavendish breaks his two-year winless drought at the Tour, claiming his 26th career stage victory in a fierce bunch sprint


10 years ago

Paolini out of Tour after testing positive for cocaine

Luca Paolini, winner of 2015 Gent-Wevelgem, tests positive for cocaine at Tour de France and is kicked out of race by Katusha team


10 years ago

Froome singles out van Garderen as GC threat

Chris Froome is taking Tejay van Garderen very seriously in the race for yellow as the Tour nears the end of a nervous first week.


10 years ago

Results: 2015 Tour de France, stage 7

Sprinters deliver an exciting finale in stage 7 as GC remains unchanged.


10 years ago

Martin has successful surgery to repair broken collarbone

The German crashed near the finish of Thursday's Tour de France stage 6 and was forced to abandon the race


10 years ago

Froome forgoes yellow, happy with ‘pole position’

Despite Tony Martin’s exit from the Tour, Chris Froome is still technically second on GC until he, or someone else, earns yellow Friday


10 years ago

Froome in yellow on Friday?

Froome will inherit yellow after Friday, and history indicates that he's in good company among former champs


10 years ago

‘Cavendish still the same,’ says Aldag

Etixx sport manager Rolf Aldag says Mark Cavendish is fit and producing usual power numbers, but he's still searching for a win this Tour


10 years ago

Preview: 2015 Tour de France, stage 7

The sprint specialists will be fighting for a victory on stage 7, one of their few remaining opportunities in this hilly Tour route.


10 years ago

Pandemonium at the finish when GC faves tumble

A domino-effect crash at stage 6 of the Tour de France finish ensnares three GC riders, but all avert major injury.


10 years ago

Ochowicz revives call to reduce size of peloton

Midway through nervous, crash-filled week at Tour, Jim Ochowicz says that he feels the peloton is too big, with too many second-tier teams


10 years ago

Teklehaimanot takes Africa’s first polka dots

Daniel Teklehaimenot (MTN-Qhubeka) took Africa's first ever polka dot jersey on Thursday with a breakaway ride across northern France


10 years ago

Gallery: 2015 Tour de France, stage 6

Carnage in the finale as yellow jersey crashes in last kilometer and his teammate wins the day. Teklehaimanot makes history with KOM jersey.


10 years ago

Results: 2015 Tour de France, stage 6

Tony Martin crashes, Zdenek Stybar takes win on stage 6, and the Tour sees its first ever African leader of the mountains classification.


10 years ago

Tony Martin forced to abandon Tour de France

Tour de France leader Tony Martin breaks his left collarbone in a crash in final kilometer of stage 6, abandons after two days in yellow


10 years ago

Etixx director caught not wearing seatbelt at Tour de France, banned for a day

Davide Bramati was seen on a video celebrating Tony Martin's stage 4 win


10 years ago

Degenkolb looking for German win No. 4 at Tour de France

Germans have found success at the Tour thus far, with Tony Martin and Andre Greipel winning a combined three stages


10 years ago

Bauer out, Talansky uninjured following stage 5 crashes at Tour de France

Cannondale-Garmin is now missing a crucial rider for Sunday's team time trial


10 years ago

Sagan ‘happy’ with second on stage 5

Peter Sagan finished second in stage 5, as he continues to balance his own ambitions with his team obligations to Alberto Contador


10 years ago

The slippery roads of the Tour de France

A wet and slippery stage 5 of the Tour de France led to some hectic moments and major crashes


10 years ago

The inevitability of disaster — crashes in Tour’s treacherous first week

Three nervous days remain before the Tour begins to sort out with the TTT, then the mountains, and GC favorites hope to avoid disaster


10 years ago

Cavendish faces ‘enormous pressure’ to win Tour stage

Mark Cavendish is running out of opportunities for victory at the Tour as this year's pure sprint stages are few and far between.


10 years ago

Greipel in green insists stage wins are still his priority

André Greipel leads the charge as Germans dominate early stages of the Tour but says Sagan may still better him in points classification.


10 years ago

Preview: 2015 Tour de France, stage 6

An uphill finish on stage 6 to Le Havre favors a puncheur more than a pure sprinter.


10 years ago

Talansky touches pavement, BMC steers clear of trouble in nervous stage

Tour de France stage 5 was a nervous affair that saw Cannondale-Garmin suffer crashes, but BMC Racing rode strong to protect van Garderen.


10 years ago

Gallery: 2015 Tour de France, stage 5

Rain and wind cause crashes and abandonments in stage 5 of the Tour, but the sprinters prevail to deliver an exciting finale


10 years ago

Results: 2015 Tour de France, stage 5

André Greipel grabs his second win of the tour, while Tony Martin finishes in the pack to hold onto yellow


10 years ago

Crash-wracked Orica keeps upbeat in Tour

After four stages, Orica is down two riders and has several injuries, but that's not dampening the plucky Australians' optimism.


10 years ago

Kiwi Jack Bauer out of Tour

Cannondale-Garmin's Bauer forced to abandon Tour after third crash in three days


10 years ago

Tour de France to remember World War I dead

Wednesday's stage 5 route passes through several battlegrounds from the war


10 years ago

French sprinter Bouhanni abandons following stage 5 crash

Nacer Bouhanni abandons the Tour de France after a crash early in stage 5


10 years ago

A collective sigh of relief; GC favorites dodge cobbles bullet

Tour de France cobbles result in a stalemate among GC contenders as Nibali, Froome, Contador, and Quintana escape mishaps in stage 4


10 years ago

Martin, Pinot a study in contrasts during tense final hour on cobblestones

In stage 4 of the Tour, Tony Martin and Thibault Pinot each suffered late-race mechanicals, but the two saw drastically different outcomes


10 years ago

Etixx-Quick-Step staff celebrates Tony Martin’s win

Exciting moments in the Etixx-Quick-Step team cars caught on film as Martin rides to victory in Tour de France stage 4


10 years ago

Preview: 2015 Tour de France, stage 5

With a stage set for ambushes and opportunistic attacks, the riders will be forced to stay fully alert


10 years ago

Gallery: 2015 Tour de France, stage 4

The Tour de France delivers an action-packed day on the cobblestones of Northern France as the maillot jaune changes hands yet again


10 years ago

Nibali attacks the cobbles: ‘I couldn’t do any more’

Vincenzo Nibali and his Astana team threw everything they had at GC rivals on the Tour's cobblestone stage, but it wasn't enough.


10 years ago

Andrew Talansky escapes cobbles unscathed

Andrew Talansky escaped unscathed from the Tour’s most unpredictable day on the stage 4 cobblestones in Northern France.


10 years ago

Hot start: Van Garderen keeps growing with each passing day

American Tejay van Garderen survives four perilous days at the Tour de France, largely thanks to a BMC team stacked with burly hard-men.


10 years ago

WADA to start conducting night raids to catch doping

WADA looks to begin nighttime raids to catch riders doping, but issues with French law may prevent the controls in this year's Tour.


10 years ago

Results: 2015 Tour de France, stage 4

After a breakaway in the final 5km, Tony Martin solos to a time bonus and the yellow jersey after three days in second-place overall


10 years ago

Gambling experts explain how to predict the Tour

The Tour de France is a notoriously difficult race to predict. We ask expert oddsmakers how they read the race.


10 years ago

Nibali, Contador do mid-stage bike changes for cobbles; Froome uses suspension

Early pavement and late pavé in Tuesday's stage 4 at the Tour de France led some teams to swap bikes halfway through


10 years ago

On the bike highlights from stage 3 of the Tour

Catch glimpses of what goes on in the peloton during a massive crash. Also, see how steep the Mur de Huy truly is


10 years ago

In the pits: Tour riders stay cool while warming up

As record-high temperatures plagued the early stages of the Tour, riders in the pits used any means necessary to stay cool


10 years ago

Pro Bike Gallery: Andrew Talansky’s cobble-ready Cannondale

Andrew Talansky has a Cannondale Synapse for the Tour's cobble-strewn fourth stage


10 years ago

Brailsford: Transition stages ‘don’t exist anymore’

There has been a distinct trend toward shorter, more complicated stages in recent years


10 years ago

With pave on tap and yellow jersey in reach, cobbles riders face team dilemma

As cobbles specialists sit within striking distance of the yellow jersey, stage 4 will be a glimpse into the sacrifices teams make for GC


10 years ago

Tour de France GC men rally troops for pave stage

Who will ride for whom when the Tour hits the cobblestones? GC leaders rely on team workhorses to shepherd them through the rough stuff


10 years ago

Cancellara out of Tour de France with fractured vertebrae

Fabian Cancellara breaks two vertebrae in major stage 3 crash, forced to withdraw from Tour, one day after claiming yellow jersey


10 years ago

Preview: 2015 Tour de France, stage 4

The riders head to Cambrai for stage 4, and with cobbles on the menu, the stage looks set for another hectic day of racing


10 years ago

Rodriguez believes classics don’t belong in Tour

Rodríguez blasts Tour route as packed with too many classics-style course just minutes after winning atop the Mur de Huy


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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.