Tour de France

Welcome to the home for all of Cyclist’s Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes content. Here you’ll find all our build-up including route analysis, how to watch, previews and predictions, as well as reaction to the biggest talking points and, of course some of the best photography from both men’s and women’s races.

For full details of the routes, riders and live TV coverage, head to our full guides to the Tour de France 2025 and Tour de France Femmes 2025. (Photo: Patrik Lundin / Cyclist)

The 2025 Tour de France will start in Lille on Saturday 5th July and conclude with the familiar finale on the Champs-Élysées on Sunday 27th July. Tadej Pogačar is expected to defend his title. Likewise, 2024 podium finishers Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel will likely return.

After three consecutive Grand Départs abroad, the men’s Tour de France will start on home soil in northern France. For the first time since 2020, the sprinters will have a chance to wear the maillot jaune after a flat Stage 1 around the Flemish city of Lille.

From there, the race will move westwards, running parallel to the Channel. The first week is built around the sprinters and puncheurs, but will offer a time-trial and one mountain stage for the GC contenders. Once into the Pyrenees, the Tour will tackle a trinity of summit finishes at Hautacam, Superbagnères and Peyregudes. The latter will be a mountain time-trial on Stage 13. To round out the climbing, the final week will head into the Alps via Mont Ventoux. The final stages offer up summit finishes at the high-altitude Col de la Loze and La Plagne before a rolling stage to Pontarlier on Stage 20.

All in all, there are seven flat stages, six hilly stages, six mountaintop finishes – of which five will be summit finishes – and two time-trials (44km in total). The elevation gain sits at 51,550m in total – a reduction of 1,000m from last year – and the total length of the course will be around 3,320km.