Tour de France 2025

With anticipation building ahead of Wednesday's Tour de France route announcement, will 2015 be a climber's delight?

Next year's Tour is expected to be light on time trials and heavy on punchy climbs, which favors the defending champion from Italy

French media speculates that the 2015 Tour route will include a TTT and a penultimate-stage finish on Alpe d'Huez

Bloomberg News reports that Tour de France organizers are seeking American-based companies to sponsor a women's Tour

Organizers announce that the women's event will again take place in conjunction with the final stage of the Tour de France

Though he's happy with his team, the German all-rounder knows something must change if he wants to win the Tour's points competition

With the Vuelta in the rearview mirror, the 2015 Tour de France could see an epic clash of the GC titans

A total of 719 blood and urine samples were taken in this year's Tour, compared to 622 a year ago

2013 Tour champion says: "It will definitely spur me on to be absolutely ready for next year’s edition"

BrakeThrough Media looks back at the best moments of the 2014 Tour — the crashes, sprints, climbs, and fans

A visually striking, dramatic video summary of the best moments from this year's Tour de France

BrakeThrough Media was on hand to capture the final moments of the 2014 Tour, highlighted by Vincenzo Nibali’s victory

The Spaniard has come under fire following his fourth-place performance in the Tour de France

Matthew Beaudin and Caley Fretz reflect on the 2014 Tour de France with The Cycling Podcast

The 2014 Tour de France started out with great promise for Britain, but in the end, the Tour's host country had the strongest showing

Kittel may aim for the points competition in future Tours, and he hopes Germany's resurgence at the Tour will reignite interest in the sport

Marcel Kittel triumphs on the Champs-Élysées while Nibali celebrates a dominant Tour de France victory

Astana is backed by the government of Kazakhstan and will host the world junior cycling championships next year

Vincenzo Nibali’s Tour victory comes at the end of three weeks of chaos that left only the strong standing

The Italian was driven early by dreams of becoming a pro cyclist, and his progression through the ranks has been a slow, steady one

Though Porte struggled throughout the 2014 Tour, Sky boss Brailsford thinks he has the ability and leadership skills to captain a grand-tour campaign

The powerful speedster with the gentle-giant demeanor is as driven as any other sprinter, and it shows at the finish line

Results from the 21st and final stage of the 2014 Tour de France

The Italian is widely regarded as a clean rider, and his impending Tour victory is seen as proof that cyclists can win without cheating

Results from the inaugural La Course by Le Tour de France

The reigning world champion in the race of truth acknowledged that some strong rivals were absent, but says he'd have been hard to beat

Two French riders secured places on the Tour podium for the first time since the Fignon-Hinault era, ending a drought dating back to 1997

The Tour's sole time trial saw Tony Martin triumphant, Vincenzo Nibali authoritative and some changes in the top 10 on GC

Results from stage 20 of the 2014 Tour de France

LeMond talks about how the sprinters have to fight through many difficult days for a shot at glory on the Champs-Élysées

This year's Tour has seen plenty of dramatic moments, but along the way, there has been a bit of comedy on the road

The peloton endures another rainy day, and Garmin-Sharp gets the stage win that has eluded them until now

Astana team management said the cycling world needs to keep its faith in Vincenzo Nibali's yellow jersey ride, despite the sport's past problems

The stage is set for a showdown to determine who will stand on the second and third steps of the final Tour podium

Results from the 208.5km stage from Maubourguet Pays du Val d’Adour to Bergerac

Three men are separated by 15 seconds heading into Saturday's time trial, but there will only be room for two on the podium in Paris

LeMond considers how the Tour would have looked if Contador and Froome had survived to battle Nibali in the mountains

Barring splits in the peloton or crashes Friday, three riders will duke it out for the two remaining places of honor in Saturday's TT

Atop the mammoth Hautacam climb, Nibali shows the Tour who's boss, and the battle for second and third heats up

Despite losing its captain, its plan B, and so far, going winless, David Brailsford said that supporting one man is the way to win

Vincenzo Nibali has now won four road stages at this Tour de France — not typical in the modern era for GC riders

Results from the 145.5km stage from Pau to Hautacam

LeMond talks about how riders like Rafal Majka get their chance to shine when their leaders leave the Tour

Vincenzo Nibali has a healthy GC lead. So much so that he appears to be toying with his rivals in the final mountain stages

The long drought for Italian and French riders at the Tour de France is likely to come to an end in 2014

The Tour's trip up to Pla d'Adet sees a young star shine and the race leader consolidate his advantage

After stage 16, Albasini is accused of making a racist remark to Kevin Reza during the stage. The riders appear to have settled the matter

Results from the 124.5km stage from Saint-Gaudens to Saint-Lary-Soulan

Gerrans went down hard in the opening stage and had been trying to make it to Paris ever since

Greg LeMond's reactions to the Tour's first day in the Pyrenees

Brailsford tells riders, "There are other blokes who are disappointed not to be here and they would rip your arm off to be sitting in this bus"

The Tour's first day in the Pyrenees sees Rogers' first-ever Tour stage win, and difficulties for notable GC contenders

On the Tour's first Pyrénéan day, Movistar takes control, putting time in to Tejay van Garderen, who was not at his best

Michael Rogers wins his first Tour stage in 10 Tours de France, and not one moment was lost on him

Results from the 237.5km stage from Carcassonne to Bagneres-de-Luchon

Andrew Hood and Matthew Beaudin discuss the Tour's final tests in the Pyrenees and the penultimate-stage Time Trial

With GC hopeful Alberto Contador out of the Tour, Tinkoff-Saxo regroups and unwinds on a much-appreciated rest day

American Chris Horner is riding the Tour, but he’s focusing on defending his Vuelta a Espana title starting next month

The American is ready to help escort teammate Tejay van Garderen to the final Tour podium via the Pyrénées this week

The Frenchman was sixth overall entering Tuesday’s stage 16

The Portuguese rider was almost 13 minutes behind race leader Vincenzo Nibali entering Tuesday's stage 16

Andriy Grivko, the only Ukrainian rider in this year's Tour, says his presence is essential to convey a message of peace

Van Garderen: "This is my first grand tour that I’ve done where I’ve been the outright leader. And the guys have been incredible"

Danny Pate says Team Sky will go down swinging despite losing GC hopes with Chris Froome and Richie Porte

Astana trainer, Paolo Slongo, keeps a close eye on Nibali's numbers as the race heads through the Pyrénées and on to Paris

The British sprinter separated his shoulder in stage 1 and exited the race

The German team is getting a boost thanks to Konig's top-10 placing entering the final week

For a rider like Bauer, there are limited chances to be perfect on the grandest of stages. He came very close on Sunday

BMC sporting manager Allan Peiper says that Tejay van Garderen is 'in the flow' as he hunts a possible podium finish at the Tour de France

Stage 15 ended with a mad dash to the line that swallowed up Jack Bauer and Martin Elmiger in the final 200 meters

Outside of the Astana team bus Sunday morning, Jakob Fuglsang needed to be helped on to his bike to roll to the start line

Results from stage 15 of the 2014 Tour de France

Stage 14 of the 2014 Tour de France sees Rafal Majka win the day and Vincenzo Nibali pad his overall lead

Absent Chris Froome, with deputy Richie Porte losing ground, Sky finds itself racing in one-day mode, hoping to catch a break

Van Garderen is battling a chest bug while defending his position on GC, hoping to recover on the rest day and make gains in the time trial

Results from stage 14 of the 2014 Tour de France

Podium hopes are on the rise with the strong performances from Pinot and Bardet as a new generation of French riders takes over