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Project how to beat Tadej Pogacar: what is already known about the 2025 Tour de France route?
CyclingMonday, 28 October 2024 at 09:55
Tuesday, October 29, is fast approaching, so the 2025 Tour de France route will be presented soon. Recently, many rumors have been circulating about possible stages, finishes, and climbs. IDLProCycling.com gathered all these rumors and explored what is known about next year's Tour route!
Before the rumors run at full speed, let's look at what we already know. Indeed, the organization already announced that the Grand Départ will be in Lille on Saturday, July 5, 2025. On that day, a sprint would be expected in the streets of Lille after a local lap. The start of second stage will then be in the small village of Lauwin-Planque, after which the peloton will finish in Boulogne-sur-Mer after a tricky ride. On Monday, July 7, the riders will travel from Valenciennes to Dunkerque again on a stage where the wind might play a role. Until the start of stage four in Amiens, we all know for sure; after that, it's a matter of hearsay.
According to Todaycycling and others, in that fourth stage, the peloton will be heading to the finish in Rouen, the capital of Normandy. That region is where the Tour de France last arrived in 2016, with the Grand Départ at the magnificent Mont-Saint-Michel. The fifth stage is expected to be a time trial in Caen, after which the entire Tour circus will move on toward Brittany. According to Actu, the sixth stage would kick off the fireworks in Brittany, with a "ride for punchers" between Bayeux and Vire. The following day, Friday, July 11, would include the Mur-de-Bretagne. Mathieu van der Poel brilliantly took the yellow jersey in 2021 on that mythical climb.
The first weekend would feature a flat stage on Saturday and Sunday as the peloton heads south to the Pyrenees. Rumors say we will see a sprint on Saturday in Laval and Sunday in Chateauroux, after which Monday will be reserved for the French national holiday. Therefore, there will be no rest day on the Quatorze Juillet, but the first challenging stage. According to FranceBleu, the riders will get on their bikes in Ennezat to finish on Mont-Dore after climbing about 4,000 meters high. La Flamme Rouge mapped out the most likely route in the tweet below.
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Many uncertainties about stages in the Pyrenees, possible climbing time trial at Peyragudes
After the rest day, which will be on Tuesday, July 15, three challenging mountain stages will be on the cards in the Pyrenees. The route in the mountains seems a bit vague. Indeed, according to rumors, one stage would finish in Toulouse, but there would also be stages finishing on the climbs of Superbagneres, Peyragudes, and Hautacam. The latter was the mountain where Jonas Vingegaard managed to get rid of Tadej Pogacar in the 18th stage of the 2022 Tour de France and put the overall victory more firmly in his hands. A day earlier, the Slovenian defeated the Dane in a sprint à deux on the climb to Peyragudes. A common rumor about that climb is that it would be the scene of a climbing time trial. There are still many question marks about that, though. There is still much uncertainty about stages eleven, twelve, and thirteen.
Carcassonne would act as finish and start in the second weekend. We have now reached stages fourteen and fifteen. In two predominantly flat stages, a sprint would first be expected in the streets of the French city on Saturday afternoon. A day later, the peloton would head from Carcassonne toward Montpellier for another bunch sprint. That city for the finish would host the second and final rest day on Monday, July 21.
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In 2022 Jonas Vingegaard beat his rival Tadej Pogacar on the climb to Hautacam
A lot more is known about the climbs in the Alps
From Montpellier, the final week would begin immediately on Tuesday, July 22, with a stage to the mythical Mont Ventoux. The iconic climb was last included in the Tour route in 2021 when Wout van Aert pulled off a superb solo victory. The big favorites for the overall victory would then get a final day's rest during stage seventeen, as a flat stage between Bollène and Valence appears to be on the schedule. From stage eighteen, the battle for the overall Tour victory would erupt in the Alps.
Indeed, two enormously tough Alpine stages would follow on Thursday, July 24, and Friday, July 25. The first of the two-part series would start in Vif and, after the challenging climbs of the Col du Glandon and the Col de la Madeleine, would finish on the Col de la Loze. The course would have the same finale as in the seventeenth Tour stage of 2023, where Vingegaard successfully defeated his great rival Pogacar. Stage eighteen would, therefore, be the queen stage of this Tour de France.
The nineteenth stage, in turn, would finish in La Plagne. The climb to the ski resort was last included in the Tour de France route in 2002 when Michael Boogerd recorded the single most significant victory of his career. The start would be in Albertville that Friday, leaving other tricky climbs on the cards before the final climb.
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Wout van Aert managed to win on the mythical Mont Ventoux in the 2021 Tour
Tough final week Tour de France will definitely end on the Champs-Elysées
The latest rumor involves an uphill stage as the 20th stage. Where exactly that starts is unclear, but the finish would be on Saturday afternoon, July 26, in Pontarlier. From there, the entire Tour circus will move towards the French capital. In stage 21, there will definitely be a sprint on the Champs-Elysées.
All in all, this is a very demanding route, especially in the second and third weeks. The first ten stages will not feature any mountains, although, with stages two, seven, and ten, there are three difficult uphill stages anyway. More will become clear about the stages in the Pyrenees when the route is presented, but the grueling Alpine climbs in the final week seem sure. Will we get a rematch between Pogacar and Vingegaard on the Col de la Loze? Answer on Tuesday, October 29!
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- Van Aert is really handsome. He can influence me all day! Ditto for Philipsen. Why do you think many of us love cycling?: to see heroic attempts at climbing mountains at high altitudes or to watch speedsters sprint for the finish line or to watch a human being ride at break neck speed down a tricky descent? No, it's all about their lean physiques and muscular legs. (apologies for objectifying these dedicated and amazing athletes).BarwonHeadsUp25-10-2024
- It is unfortunate that the author can't feel the joy that Pogacar brings to the sport and his fans who are legion and I for one feel lucky to have watched such a memorable performance and historic season From the Strada until yesterday with multiple wins in stages in both tours and beyond dominance in the World's. He is proud to wear the Rainbow stripes, shows his leadership to protect his fellows and is as courteous and sportsman-like as the sport allows. He goes early to not have to respond to each attack as all the rest would make him do it. Any racer who could would do the same. Don't "grow tired" of greatness as it is always fleeting.ccrider13-10-2024
- What load of rubbish. Pog is likely a once in a generation cyclist, the like of which hasn't been seen since 'the Cannibal '. How many people were complaining that Merckx was making racing predictable? I remember this year's World RR as one of the most exciting I've watched. Mainly BECAUSE Pog was the favourite and launched what everyone thought (Pog included) was a suicidal attack with 80km to go. For the next 2 hours, I was on the edge of my seat thinking "this is too much, even for Pog". Maybe Zonnefeld prefers the snooze-fest that is a bunch sprint? Like most people I know, I can't watch two hours of the bunch riding very fast... I wait for the final 5km and watch just the sprint. In any event, most races are won from a sprint or lone break. What difference does it make who makes the lone break? Ultimately, the other contenders will have to figure out a way to beat Pog. Even if that means collaboration between teams. It's going to be an exciting few seasons, until the next Pog arrives on the scene. If this is boring, heaven knows what exciting looks like!Michael513-10-2024
- This is not a gravel race. UCI fail, from the surface they are on to team tactics. In what country was the first "gravel race" in what country is the most popular gravel race? Go with the race model that created the discipline.
Barnes127411-10-2024 - And don't forget he has now won 4 of the big 10 races (Grand tours, Monuments and WC/OG) in one year with a chance to make that 5. (5 has only been done once before)Joostmehrtens05-10-2024