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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

2023 Tour de France route revealed: A ready-made race for climbers

With just a single uphill time trial, the race is set to be decided in the mountains, where the climbs of the Puy de Dôme, Grand Colombier and Col de la Loze stand out.


3 years ago

3 years ago

Report: 2023 Tour de France Femmes to start in Clermont-Ferrand

Puy de Dôme could return for the 2023 men's Tour de France.


3 years ago

Patrick Lefevere: I’d prefer Evenepoel to target Giro d’Italia before fighting Pogačar at Tour de France

'Everyone knows he’s a super talent but when the time is right we’ll try and fight against them,' says Quick-Step AlphaVinyl boss.


3 years ago

Nairo Quintana disqualified from 2022 Tour de France after testing positive for tramadol

Tramadol has been banned by the UCI in competition since 2019. Quintana is still allowed to race the Vuelta a España as it is not considered an anti-doping violation.


3 years ago

Alleged Russian hackers, doping raids, Twitter beef, a Bahrain Victorious osteopath: The most bizarre story from this year’s Tour de France

What started as something that was pretty straightforward branched out, thanks to the absurdity proffered by the Internet, into a sprawling online conflict whose roots date all the way back to the mid-2010s.


3 years ago

Primož Roglič from Jumbo-Visma to Ineos Grenadiers? Both teams play down the speculation

'I know nothing about it. Primož or his manager didn’t say anything about this,' says Jumbo sports director.


3 years ago

Adam Yates: People wrote off Geraint Thomas before the Tour de France

Climber remains guarded on his future after finishing 10th in the Tour de France.


3 years ago

Massive crowd cheers Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard in Copenhagen

Recently crowned Tour winner is cheered on by multitude from same square where his Tour journey began a month ago.


3 years ago

2022 Tour de France prize money: Who got paid, and how much the top stars earn

Today's top WorldTour pros are paid more and race less, so the prize money doesn't count as much as it used to, but it's still a nice cherry on the cake.


3 years ago

UAE Emirates DS on missing victory: ‘It’s a bittersweet Tour de France for us’

Sport director Joxean Fernández Matxín praised Pogačar's fighting spirit: 'He never stopped trying to win.'


3 years ago

Chris Froome at his peak could have stayed with Vingegaard and Pogacar in this year’s Tour de France, says Luke Rowe

'The level is higher. I’m not a big numbers man if you look at the numbers they are going faster now,' says Ineos Grenadiers domestique.


3 years ago

Tour de France: Road to yellow jersey started six years ago for Jumbo-Visma

Jonas Vingegaard’s rags-to-riches story is seemingly incredible, but it was all part of Plugge’s longterm plan to mine talent, polish the rough edges, and create the peloton’s most efficient and seamless team.


3 years ago

Toms on Tour blog: Stage 22 of the Tour de France

The end of the Tour de France offers a rare moment of calm for professional riders and team staff, writes Toms Skujiņš in his exclusive VeloNews blog.


3 years ago

Tour de France power analysis: Jonas Vingegaard destroys Tadej Pogačar in the Pyrenees

A look at the power numbers of Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogačar, Sepp Kuss, and Brandon McNulty at the Tour de France.


3 years ago

Milan Erzen claims that Tour de France doping raids on Bahrain Victorious stem from other teams’ jealousy

'Anyone who is thinking to use something needs to be an idiot. That’s it. They need to be an idiot,' says Bahrain Victorious team boss.


3 years ago

From four riders to Tour de France podium: How UAE Emirates overcame crisis for Tadej Pogačar

When COVID and crashes threw the team into crisis, Pogačar, McNulty, Bjerg and Hirschi bonded to become UAE Emirates' 'Class of '98.'


3 years ago

How Jonas Vingegaard beat anxiety and overthinking to win Tour de France

Teenage Vingeaard would vomit with nerves before races and ‘introverted’ Dane told his girlfriend he’d be a banker, not a pro cyclist, L’Equipe article reveals.


3 years ago

How the North Americans fared at the Tour de France: Attacks aplenty, an historic stage win and a top-15

Illness stopped Boivin and Woods at the doorstep in Paris, but the North American contingent lit up this Tour de France in ways unseen in decades.


3 years ago

Tour de France: Stage 21 video highlights

Watch all the action on the iconic circuit around Paris.


3 years ago

Jonas Vingegaard on his first yellow jersey: ‘I want more Tour de France wins’

Tour de France champion says he started believing he would win after Hautacam and reflects on ‘incredible journey’ for him and Jumbo-Visma.


3 years ago

Tadej Pogačar relishing the upcoming Tour de France rivalry with Jonas Vingegaard

The white jersey and runner-up 'still really happy' to be on the Champs- Élysées.


3 years ago

Tour de France stage 21: Jasper Philipsen fastest in Paris as Jonas Vingegaard wins the yellow jersey

Jumbo-Visma cracked Tadej Pogačar to avenge 2020, and Geraint Thomas hits the podium as the 'best of the rest' in a thrilling race.


3 years ago

Tour de France set to have lowest number of finishers since 2000

Updated: 135 riders lined up for final stage into Paris as Boivin and Izagirre bow out; COVID-19 positives responsible for 44 percent of abandons.


3 years ago

Tour de France: Nairo Quintana hints he will stay at Arkéa-Samsic after return to form

Following his best Tour in years, Quintana says he's likely staying with the French second-tier team harboring ambitions to jump to the WorldTour.


3 years ago

Tour de France: Michael Woods leaves with COVID on race’s final morning

A cruel time to quit the race for Israel-Premier Tech's Canadian climber. The team will race into Paris with four riders.


3 years ago

Tour de France stage 21 preview: ‘The biggest victory a sprinter can have’

Look out for Wout van Aert, Fabio Jakobsen and Dylan Groenewegen vying for the Superbowl of sprints in iconic Paris circuit-race.


3 years ago

Tadej Pogačar vows to return to Tour de France motivated and mistake-free: ‘This is going to make me hungrier’

Pogačar already relishing future rivalry with Tour de France foe Vingegaard: 'I like challenges. I saw a really big challenge this year in Jonas'


3 years ago

Tour de France: Stage 20 video highlights

Watch the best of the final time-trial in Rocamadour.


3 years ago

Tour de France: Wout van Aert’s hat trick overshadowed by doping queries

Wout van Aert turns sour after questions over performance: 'I don’t even want to answer this question, it's such a shit question.'


3 years ago

Jonas Vingegaard on Tour de France dominance: ‘We’re totally clean, you have to trust us’

Jumbo-Visma rider answers question in his press conference about why the public should believe in his overall victory.


3 years ago

Tour de France: Aleksandr Vlasov moves up to fifth overall after stage 20 time trial

Bora-Hansgrohe man is big GC mover, leapfrogging Quintana and Meintjes to achieve his ‘minimum’ pre-race aim after rollercoaster three weeks.


3 years ago

Tour de France stage 20: Wout van Aert wins time trial as Jonas Vingegaard secures yellow jersey

Jonas Vingegaard finishes second to all but wrap up the overall victory ahead of Sunday's final stage in Paris.


3 years ago

Nathan Van Hooydonck abandons Tour de France before stage 20 due to ‘family circumstances’

Jumbo-Visma domestique's departure leaves team of race leader Jonas Vingegaard down to five riders.


3 years ago

Quinn Simmons brings home day’s most combative prize in Tour de France debut

The Trek-Segafredo rider powered into five breakaway efforts and tried a few more times that didn't stick in his Tour debut.


3 years ago

Start times for Tour de France time trial stage 20

Caleb Ewan is first at 13h05 (CET), while Jonas Vingegaard rolls down the ramp as the last rider at 17h00 (CET).


3 years ago

Tour de France stage 20 preview: GC riders and time trial specialists alike to leave it all out on the roads

Fast, technical TT unlikely to change yellow jersey, but Vingegaard and Pogačar will go deep.


3 years ago

Tour de France stage 19 video highlights

Attackers seek to deny the sprinters on faster, flatter day in race.


3 years ago

Tour de France: Jasper Philipsen ‘had good legs’ but rues mistakes in finale of stage 19

Belgian rider says he was caught out by race-winning move of Christophe Laporte.


3 years ago

The current overall standings in the Tour de France

Here's where things stand in the races for yellow, green, white, and KoM jerseys after 19 stages of this year's Tour.


3 years ago

Talk of leadout improvements can wait, Caleb Ewan can rescue Lotto’s Tour de France in Paris

'We know that with Caleb we have one of the fastest in the peloton. Even if the two crashes have impacted him,' says team boss.


3 years ago

Team DSM close in on signing Stefan Küng but Groupama can still scupper the deal

Küng is one of the most sought after riders on the WorldTour transfer market.


3 years ago

Jonas Vingegaard wary ‘we’re not there yet’ as Tour de France races toward Paris

Vingegaard not letting guard down for Saturday's TT after sailing through one more day in yellow jersey on Friday.


3 years ago

Hometown crits and abandoned sprints at center of Fabio Jakobsen plan to win Tour de France finale

Fabio Jakobsen didn't win the Tour's uphill sprint Friday. But he's hoping on three key things to deliver him a VIP victory in Paris on Sunday.


3 years ago

Tour de France: Tadej Pogačar is still the best rider in the world, says Mauro Gianetti

Team boss highlights the three main reasons why Pogačar failed to win the Tour de France.


3 years ago

Tour de France: Christophe Laporte final kilometer attack was not ‘part of the plan’ but racer’s instinct

The Frenchman jumped out of the bunch in the final kilometer to steal an impressive solo win.


3 years ago

Tour de France stage 19: Christophe Laporte claims a late break victory

The Jumbo-Visma rider secures France's first win at the 2022 Tour de France.


3 years ago

Tour de France: Another protest disrupts stage 19

This is the third time during the 2022 Tour de France protesters disrupted the race.


3 years ago

Caleb Ewan hoping to turn Tour de France around with stage 19 victory

Australian sprinter is lanterne rouge in a race he wasn’t sure he’d be able to finish.


3 years ago

Jumbo-Visma irons every tech wrinkle for Jonas Vingegaard ahead of Tour de France TT

No 2020 repeat? Jumbo-Visma, Jonas Vingegarad leave no stone unturned for Tour de France decider on Saturday.


3 years ago

Enric Mas leaves Tour de France with COVID three days from finish

Mas is the second rider from Movistar to leave the race with the virus.


3 years ago

UAE Emirates boss: ‘Tadej risked everything’ to try to win the Tour de France

Mauro Gianetti congratulates Jonas Vingegaard and thanks the Dane for the sporting gesture to wait for the fallen Pogačar.


3 years ago

‘Green monster’ Wout van Aert hints at yellow jersey after Tour de France mountain mayhem

Green jersey Van Aert drops the climbers in Tour's mountain stage: 'It was a good test to know if I can target the maillot jaune one day.'


3 years ago

Geraint Thomas: I don’t think the team had the same level of belief in me

Exclusive interview with the former Tour de France winner on his status within the team, proving doubters wrong, and his best numbers ever.


3 years ago

Tour de France stage 19 preview: Sprinters versus breakaway men, with crosswinds possible

Last chance saloon for many teams who haven't won yet; we could see a 'breakaway world championships' as the race leaves the Pyrenees.


3 years ago

Fabio Jakobsen masters mountains, defeats timecut at Tour de France: ‘I have to tell myself I never give up’

Quick-Step sprint star completes final mountain stage of Tour de France with four minutes to spare before resetting for two sprints to come.


3 years ago

Egan Bernal can climb at the same rate as this year’s Tour de France best, says Ellingworth

'We’ve got a couple of guys who can climb similar speeds. I think that Egan can climb at that rate,' says deputy team principal.


3 years ago

Jonas Vingegaard rides the Wout van Aert express toward Paris at Tour de France

‘I didn’t have to attack.’ Vingegaard rides Van Aert’s wheel as burly Belgian bludgeons Pogačar out of contention.


3 years ago

Tour de France: Nairo Quintana slips to fifth, is penalized for pushing off a race motorbike

With two rivals close behind Colombian rider pledges to remain focused in final three stages.


3 years ago

Tour de France stage 18 video highlights

Catch up on a great day's racing from the final mountain stage of this year’s Tour.


3 years ago

Marginal chains: How Muc-Off optimizes drivetrains for Tour de France teams

Ineos Grenadiers and EF Education–EasyPost both got refreshed and optimized chains for cycling’s biggest race.


3 years ago

Tour de France: David Gaudu ‘proud’ to be in fourth place

Groupama-FDJ leader saves best till last and is on track for France’s best Tour finish since 2017 after putting more than two minutes into rival Quintana.


3 years ago

Simon Geschke in floods of tears after losing Tour de France mountains jersey to Jonas Vingegaard

The German rider misses out by just eight points after Vingegaard takes the stage win.


3 years ago

Tadej Pogačar succumbs to Jonas Vingegaard in final Tour de France gasp: ‘I gave it all’

Two-time defending champion tips his hat to his Danish rival: 'In the end, Jonas was really, really strong on the final climb.'


3 years ago

Geraint Thomas relieved to finish final major Tour de France mountain stage

The Ineos Grenadiers rider says he'd had enough of the Pogačar and Vingegaard attacks when he went off the front on the Spandelles.


3 years ago

Tour de France: Sport director Niermann defends Jumbo-Visma Tour tactics after ‘dream’ stage 18

Niermann responds to criticism of team's green and yellow jersey plans and lauds Vingegaard as 'the best climber in the world right now.'


3 years ago

Tour de France stage 18: Jonas Vingegaard drops Tadej Pogačar to win on Hautacam

Jonas Vingegaard waited for Tadej Pogačar after a last-descent crash and then widened his grip on the yellow jersey.


3 years ago

Tour de France: Tadej Pogačar crashes on descent and Jonas Vingegaard waits: ‘We respect each other a lot’

Rather than keep pressing the action, the yellow jersey soft-pedaled until his direct GC rival was able to regain contact.


3 years ago

Tour de France: Jack Bauer taken down in crash involving team car and motorbike

New Zealand rider and Nils Eekhoff both fall at pinch point along course.


3 years ago

Chris Froome out of Tour de France with COVID-19

The former winner is the second Israel-Premier Tech rider to leave the race with the virus.


3 years ago

Disappointed Thibaut Pinot to try again for Tour de France stage win: ‘There’s another chance’

Frenchman still searching for form, says he was far from his usual level on Wednesday.


3 years ago

Brandon McNulty on Tour de France spectacle: ‘Tadej told me to go all out’

McNulty's comments reveal Pogačar didn't have the legs to attack Vingegaard on the final climb.


3 years ago

David Gaudu in fierce fight for fourth at Tour de France: ‘Quintana didn’t give me a turn, he attacked me’

Four seconds separate the Groupama-FDJ climber from his Colombian rival ahead of stage 18. For Gaudu, the mental side is crucial.


3 years ago

Tour de France: Imanol Erviti, Damiano Caruso latest riders to leave with COVID-19

Only four teams among the 22 starters still have all eight original riders remaining in the race.


3 years ago

US, Canadian riders soaring to best Tour de France results since 1980s

Tour de Hoody: Across this Tour de France, US and Canadian riders are attacking and delivering results unseen by North American riders in decades.


3 years ago

Tour de France stage 18 preview: Pyrenean showdown offers last chance to shake up race

Thursday's 18th stage features two hors catégorie climbs, including the summit finish on Hautacam, with a first category slope sandwiched in between.


3 years ago

Tour de France stage 17 video highlights

Catch up on the action from another huge day in the mountains.


3 years ago

Jonas Vingegaard: ‘I still have confidence in my Tour de France team’

The Dane will need to stand up to one more serious challenge from Pogačar.


3 years ago

‘Let’s say we survived:’ Jumbo-Visma bends but doesn’t break under UAE squeeze at Tour de France

'They made the race incredibly hard today. If you see the time gaps in the GC it's kind of crazy,' says Jumbo-Visma DS.


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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 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.