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Tour de France 2025

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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

14 years ago

No one is more surprised at Thomas Voeckler’s success in the 2011 Tour de France than Thomas Voeckler himself

No one was more surprised that Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) kept the yellow jersey Saturday than Voeckler himself.


14 years ago

2011 Tour de France, stage 14: a Casey B. Gibson gallery

Casey B. Gibson and his camera bag were on hand as the peloton tackled a tough 14th stage of the 2011 Tour de France.


14 years ago

Rigoberto Uran grabs white jersey for Team Sky in 14th stage of 2011 Tour de France

Colombian Rigoberto Uran boosted the fortunes of British outfit Team Sky by taking over the Tour de France white jersey after the tough 14th stage on Saturday.


14 years ago

Alberto Contador warns rivals he’s still very much in contention at 2011 Tour de France

Alberto Contador warned yellow jersey rivals Andy and Fränk Schleck that his campaign is alive and kicking after surviving the tough 14th stage of the Tour de France Saturday.


14 years ago

2011 Tour de France results, stage 14

1. Jelle Vanendert, Omega Pharma - Lotto, at 2. Samuel Sanchez, Euskaltel - Euskadi, at 3. Andy Schleck, Team Leopard-Trek, at 00:46 4. Cadel Evans, Bmc Racing Team, at 00:48 5. Rigoberto Uran, Sky Procycling, at 00:48


14 years ago

Schlecks in driver’s seat going into the Battle on the Beille

LOURDES, France (VN) — Will Plateau de Beille once again play king-maker at the Tour de France?


14 years ago

Andy Schleck says Saturday’s stage won’t decide yellow jersey

LOURDES, France, July 15, 2011 (AFP) - Andy Schleck insists the winner of Saturday's 14th stage on the Tour de France to Plateau de Beille will not necessarily be crowned yellow jersey champion this year.


14 years ago

2011 Tour de France, stage 14 description

July 16 Stage 14: St. Gaudens to Plateau de Beille, 168.5km (104.7 miles)


14 years ago

Frank Schleck: We have to take every opportunity to attack

Andrew Hood talks to Frank Schleck after stage 13


14 years ago

Hushovd and his team celebrate ‘most meaningful’ win

LOURDES, France (VN) - Thor Hushovd called his improbable stage 13 win in Lourdes, on the hip of the Pyrénées, his most important at the Tour de France to date. Previously an eight-time stage winner, Hushovd surprised his Garmin-Cervélo teammates and even scared director Lionel Marie, who followed him on the breakneck descents of the cols d’Aubisque and du Soulor Friday afternoon.


14 years ago

Finish-line analysis, stage 13: The miracle finish

Andrew Hood and Brian Holcombe wrap up stage 13 and look ahead to Saturday's tough stage


14 years ago

Tour de France Notebook, stage 13: No wins for French, Gilbert chasing green

LOURDES, France (VN) — Jeremy Roy (FDJ) won a consolation prize by earning the day's most combative award, but French riders have come up empty so far in the 2011 Tour de France.


14 years ago

VIDEO: The Village Départ

Ben Delaney walks us through the start village at the Tour de France


14 years ago

14 years ago

After best day on Tourmalet, Voigt says Schlecks need three minutes on Contador

LOURDES, France (VN) - A 39-year-old German father of six tore the Tour de France apart Thursday on its second major climb, the Col du Tourmalet. Leopard-Trek’s Jens Voigt called Thursday one of his best days on the bike and said his team leaders, Andy and Fränk Schleck, need at least three minutes on Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Sungard) before the penultimate day time trial in Grenoble.


14 years ago

HTC’s Stapleton ‘would consider’ merger to save team

LOURDES, France (AFP) — HTC-Highroad manager Bob Stapleton said he would not rule out merging with another team if he fails to find a major sponsor before the end of the year.


14 years ago

HTC’s Tony Martin denies links to Riis, Saxo Bank

LOURDES, France (VN) — Tony Martin denied rumors Friday morning that he is set to join Bjarne Riis at Saxo Bank-Sungard in 2012. French daily L’Equipe reported Friday that the German is in discussions with Riis as the title sponsorship of his current squad, HTC-Highroad, is set to expire at the close of the year.


14 years ago

Kloden, Boom among Friday’s Tour de France abandons

LOURDES, France (AFP) - RadioShack's Tour de France hopes suffered a huge blow on the second day in the high mountains when Andreas Kloden pulled out during Friday's 13th stage.


14 years ago

2011 Tour de France results, stage 13

1. Thor Hushovd, Team Garmin - Cervelo, in 3h 47' 36" 2. David Moncoutie, Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne, at 00:10 3. Jérémy Roy, Fdj, at 00:26 4. Lars Bak, Htc - Highroad, at 05:00 5. Jérôme Pineau, Quick Step Cycling Team, at 05:02


14 years ago

Hushovd wins stage 13 of the 2011 Tour de France

World champion Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervelo) won Friday's 13th stage of the 2011 Tour de France in solo breakaway after outracing the members of an early breakaway.


14 years ago

VIDEO: Breakfast with Bernie, stage 13

Breakfast with Bernie, stage 13


14 years ago

Inside the Tour with John Wilcockson: 2011 Tour de France contenders suffer from week-1 injuries

“First uphill finish you get an idea of how everyone’s going, who’s really climbing good, who’s climbing okay, who’s going bad and where I fit in amongst it all," said Cadel Evans after stage 12. The jury is still out, but what we do know is that the unfortunate Andreas Klöden, Robert Gesink, Tony Martin and Christian Vande Velde no longer fit into the mix of favorites.


14 years ago

The Livestream Diaries, Entry #13: Hard for me to say I’m sorry

ESPN commentator Michael Smith entered treatment Wednesday for what network executives have identified as Cranio-Rectal Syndrome. The rare condition is characterized by impaired vision, a heightened sense of smell and the ill-advised use of smart phones.


14 years ago

Is Contador cooked? Rivals say don’t count him out yet

LUZ-ARDIDEN, France (VN) — It's not the 13 seconds that Alberto Contador lost in Thursday's summit finish at Luz-Ardiden to Andy Schleck that everyone was talking about. It was how he looked.


14 years ago

Flu ‘no excuse’ as HTC’s Tony Martin is crushed in Pyrenees

LUZ ARDIDEN, France (AFP) - German Tony Martin refused to blame flu as his hopes of remaining in contention for a top overall place at the Tour de France were severely compromised on Thursday.


14 years ago

Tom Danielson, top 10 at the Tour, says he now plans to attack

Garmin-Cervélo’s climber, on the form of his life, climbed with the best at Luz-Ardiden


14 years ago

VIDEO: Breakfast with Bernie, stage 12: We’re in green, now

Brian Holcombe chats with HTC-Highroad's Bernie Eisel


14 years ago

VIDEO: Finish-line analysis, stage 12: It keeps adding and adding …

Finish-line analysis, stage 12: It keeps adding and adding ...


14 years ago

Ivan Basso is content, but wary of a Tour-altering attack by Alberto Contador

LUZ-ARDIDEN, France (VN) - Ivan Basso confirmed his place among the overall favorites Thursday on the first mountaintop finish of the 2011 Tour de France, at Luz-Ardiden.


14 years ago

Geraint Thomas: A few close calls en route to most combative prize

LUZ-ARDIDEN, France (VN) - Geraint Thomas has had his best Tour de France to date, but the 25-year-old’s race nearly ended Thursday when he left the road twice on the wet, technical descent of La Hourquette d’Ancizan.


14 years ago

Van Garderen ready for challenge of mountains

CUGNAUX, France (VN) — Tejay Van Garderen (HTC-Highroad) was a bundle of nerves at the start line of Thursday's 12th stage. After riding through the first half of the Tour de France unscathed, the Tour rookie was looking down the gauntlet of the Tour's first major climbs.


14 years ago

2011 Tour de France results, stage 12

Stage 1. Samuel Sanchez, Euskaltel - Euskadi, in6h 01' 15" 2. Jelle Vanendert, Omega Pharma - Lotto, at 00:07 3. Frank Schleck, Team Leopard-Trek, at 00:10 4. Ivan Basso, Liquigas-Cannondale, at 00:30 5. Cadel Evans, Bmc Racing Team, at 00:30 GC 1. Thomas Voeckler, Team Europcar, in 51h 54' 44" 2. Frank Schleck, Team Leopard-Trek, at 01:49 3. Cadel Evans, Bmc Racing Team, at 02:06 4. Andy Schleck, Team Leopard-Trek, at 02:17 5. Ivan Basso, Liquigas-Cannondale, at 03:16


14 years ago

Sanchez wins first stage in the Pyrenees, as Contador fades in the final kilometers

Sammy Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) won the first mountain stage of the 2011 Tour de France on Thursday, on a day when a view of the top of general classification finally became clear.


14 years ago

Inside the Tour with John Wilcockson: It’s D-Day at the Tour!

A fresh Evans faces challenges from Contador and the Schlecks in the Pyrenees


14 years ago

The Livestream Diaries, entry #12: The UCI bans Evans’ cleft chin

... Thursday looks to be the 2011 Tour’s first true GC selection day as the peloton begins the first of 3 days in the Pyrenees. Covering 211km from Cugnaux to Luz Ardiden (best known as the site of Lance Armstrong’s brazen 2003 attempt to snatch a spectator’s purse with his handlebars) the stage ends with a pair of killer HC climbs ...


14 years ago

VIDEO: Finish-line analysis, stage 11: Storm clouds looming

Finish-line analysis: Storm clouds looming


14 years ago

HTC’s Velits, Martin floating into podium contention

Off the radar and unnoticed; that sums how the first half of the 2011 Tour has gone for HTC-Highroad's two-pronged GC attack. And that's just fine for them.


14 years ago

On a gloomy day at the Tour, it’s all about the Missile, the Gorilla and Ty

LAVAUR, France (VN) — It was raining at the start of Wednesday’s stage 11 in Blaye-les-Mines, a down-on-its-luck coal-mining town on the southern edge of the Massif Central. Riders stayed in their team buses as long as possible. Some ventured outside to give hurried interviews in the shelter of their bus’s canopy or a journalist’s umbrella.


14 years ago

No Highroad team sponsorship announcement … yet

LAVAUR, France (VN) — HTC-Highroad team owner and manager Bob Stapleton is always proud of his riders, and he said it was just good luck that he made his first appearance at this year’s Tour de France on the day that his super-sprinter Mark Cavendish took his third stage win of the race. “That was all Mark Cavendish and good teamwork. I can’t take any credit for that,” he said Wednesday after the stage 11 finish.


14 years ago

Tour Pro Bike: Bradley Wiggins’ Pinarello Dogma

We take a look at the bike of another unfortunate early Tour retiree, Brad Wiggins


14 years ago

Tour de France notebook, stage 11: Roche on Tour, Cavendish green

LAVAUR, France (VN) — Nicolas Roche (Ag2r-La Mondiale) crashed a lot during his run-up to the Tour de France this year, but he's largely avoided the disasters that have struck other top contenders in the first half of the race.


14 years ago

Contador says his knee is ‘better’ ahead of big mountain test

LAVAUR, France (AFP) - Reigning champion Contador said his painful right knee was "feeling good" ahead of what could be his first big test of the Tour de France.


14 years ago

VIDEO: Breakfast with Bernie, stage 11: Riding for the kids, and sticky bidons

Breakfast with Bernie, stage 11: Riding for the kids, and sticky bidons


14 years ago

Despite new incident, Cav says he has no problem with Feillu; Feillu to leave race with injury

LAVAUR, France (AFP) - Britain's Mark Cavendish moved to quash speculation of another sprint clash with Frenchman Romain Feillu after claiming his third stage win of this year's Tour de France Wednesday.


14 years ago

Sammy Sanchez sets sights on Basque stage win in Pyrenees

LAVAUR, France (AFP) - Olympic champion Samuel Sanchez says he is hoping to put his disappointing start to the Tour de France behind him with a stage victory in the Basque stronghold of the Pyrenees.


14 years ago

2011 Tour de France results, stage 11

Stage 1. Mark Cavendish, Htc - Highroad, in 3h 46' 07 2. André Greipel, Omega Pharma - Lotto, at s.t. 3. Tyler Farrar, Team Garmin - Cervelo, at s.t. 4. Denis Galimzyanov, Katusha Team, at s.t. 5. Boasson Hagen Edvald, Sky Procycling, at s.t. GC 1. Thomas Voeckler, Team Europcar, in 45h 52' 39 2. Luis-leon Sanchez, Rabobank Cycling Team, at 1:49 3. Cadel Evans, Bmc Racing Team, at at 02:26 4. Frank Schleck, Team Leopard-Trek, at at 02:29 5. Andy Schleck, Team Leopard-Trek, at at 02:37


14 years ago

Mark Cavendish wins stage 11 of the 2011 Tour de France, takes over green jersey

Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) won Wednesday's stage 11 of the 2011 Tour de France, a 168km sprinters' stage that concluded in Lavaur, the final stage before the Tour enters the Pyrenees on Thursday.


14 years ago

Bookwalter: Working in the trenches for Evans

AURILLAC, France (VN) – Brent Bookwalter never expected to be on the front row for a yellow jersey push for Cadel Evans in the Tour de France.


14 years ago

Inside the Tour with John Wilcockson: What caused the crashes?

Team RadioShack’s Bruyneel and Leipheimer have some answers


14 years ago

Voeckler ‘under no illusions’ about keeping the yellow jersey

CARMAUX, France, July 12, 2011 (AFP) - Frenchman Thomas Voeckler said he is under no illusions over his guardianship of the Tour de France yellow jersey as the race heads steadily towards the Pyrenees mountains.


14 years ago

Tour de France Pro Bike: Alexander Vinokourov’s Astana Tarmac SL4

He may be gone from the Tour, but Vino's Specialized Tarmac SL4 still deserves a look


14 years ago

The Livestream Diaries, entry #11: Ziggy breaks the news

A record-low 16 riders began Tuesday’s stage 10 after a crash-filled rest day served only to further decimate the peloton. Notable abandons included Team Sky’s Rigoberto Uran (who swerved to avoid a litter of kittens during his team’s recovery ride), AG2R’s Blel Kadri (who attempted to change his bib shorts while on a gently sloping descent) and Liquigas-Cannondale leader Ivan Basso (who was momentarily distracted by his own handsomeness). Also scratched were all nine members of the Saur-Sojasun squad, whom race officials now admit have actually been missing since stage 3.


14 years ago

Breakfast with Bernie, stage 10: Rating the GC teams

Breakfast with Bernie, stage 10: Rating the GC teams


14 years ago

14 years ago

Greipel takes down Cavendish in biggest win of career

CARMAUX, France (VN) — André Greipel won't tell you how much Tuesday's stage victory meant to him. He didn't have to, his triumphant fist and scream at the finish line said it all.


14 years ago

Hoogerland: Out of the barbed wire and into the fire

Johnny Hoogerland gained a new legion of fans for his heroic ride to claim the KOM jersey after a television car blasted him off the road and into a barbed wire fence. With blood pouring from his legs and backside, Hoogerland soldiered on to the finish of stage 9, where he first went on stage, in tears, to receive his jersey, before being loaded into an ambulance for a ride to the hospital where he received 33 stitches.


14 years ago

Ten biggest moments of the Tour’s first 10 days

Although we haven’t yet reached the high mountains, the 2011 Tour de France has already been one giant rollercoaster of a ride. With 10 stages in the books as of Tuesday, we thought it appropriate to take a look back. And besides, who doesn’t love a good Top 10 list?


14 years ago

Contador vows to stay in Tour; Discounts rumors of early exit

CARMAUX, France (VN) — Though he's battered and bruised, three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador strongly denied reports that he will leave the race early.


14 years ago

2011 Tour de France results, stage 10

Stage 1. André Greipel, Omega Pharma-Lotto, in 3h 31' 21" 2. Mark Cavendish, HTC-Highroad, at s.t. 3. Joaquin Rojas Jose, Movistar Team, at s.t. 4. Thor Hushovd, Team Garmin-Cervelo, at s.t. 5. Romain Feillu, Vacansoleil-Dcm, at s.t. GC 1. Thomas Voeckler, Team Europcar, in 42h 06' 32 2. Luis-leon Sanchez, Rabobank Cycling Team, at 01:49 3. Cadel Evans, BMC Racing Team, at 02:26 4. Frank Schleck, Team Leopard-Trek, at 02:29 5. Andy Schleck, Team Leopard-Trek, at 02:37


14 years ago

Greipel denies Cavendish, wins stage 10 of the 2011 Tour de France

Andre Greipel denied Mark Cavendish a third stage win in this Tour de France, winning Tuesday's stage 10, a 58-kilometer race from Aurillac to Carmaux, the first of two stages through the Cévennes as the race heads toward the Pyrenees.


14 years ago

UCI to study reasons of crash-plagued Tour

World cycling's ruling body is set to look into the reasons behind a raft of crashes which have decimated the field during the first nine stages of the Tour de France.


14 years ago

Kolobnev says he’s innocent of doping

AURILLAC, France (AFP) — Russian Alexander Kolobnev said Tuesday he had nothing to hide shortly after becoming the first rider to leave this year's Tour de France in disgrace.


14 years ago

Team Sky ponders legal action over Flecha car crash

AURILLAC, France (AFP) - Team Sky are pondering whether to take legal action against the television car which sent their Spaniard rider Juan Antonio Flecha flying during the race's ninth stage Sunday.


14 years ago

Contador meets teenage fan who caused stage 1 crash

AURILLAC, France (AFP) — Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has met, and forgiven, the young fan who caused a crash in the first stage of the race and left the Spaniard with a significant deficit.


14 years ago

Juan Antonio Flecha says errant French TV driver has yet to apologize

AURILLAC, France (AFP) – Team Sky's Spanish rider Juan Antonio Flecha, who was hit by an overtaking France TV car during the Tour de France, has expressed his regret that the driver had not come to say sorry for causing the accident.


14 years ago

Yaroslav Popovych withdraws from Tour de France

AURILLAC, France (VN) – The RadioShack team announced on Tuesday that Ukrainian Yaroslav Popovych has left the Tour de France due to a fever.


14 years ago

Leopard-Trek at the Tour: calm, cool and collected … and a touch lucky

AURILLAC, France (VN) – While many of the other favorites have lost skin and time to crashes — if not crashing out entirely — Leopard-Trek’s two-brother GC front is sitting pretty. Fränk and Andy Schleck are now fourth and fifth overall, just three and 11 seconds behind BMC’s Cadel Evans, the highest-placed GC contender.


14 years ago

Inside the Tour with John Wilcockson: Evans in command as Tour heads toward the mountains

The Schlecks and Contador ready to test the “rest day favorite” in the Pyrénées


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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.