Stage 10: Ennezat > Le Mont-Dore (July 14)

2025 TOUR DE FRANCE STAGE 10

Stage 10: Ennezat to Le Mont-Dore (Puy de Sancy) · 165 km · 4,400 m+

Get ready for Bastille Day fireworks as the peloton hits the mountains for the first time. This is the Massif Central’s grand entrance, a brutal rollercoaster of seven categorized climbs including Côte de Loubeyrat, La Baraque, Charade, Berzet, Guéry, Croix-Morand, and Croix-Saint-Robert, before the finishing blast up Puy de Sancy: 3.3 km at 8%. It’s a stage designed to explode the race and shake up both the GC and KOM standings.

Ennezat and the volcanic landscapes around Volvic bring a striking backdrop to the first true climbing stage. The winding roads through Volvic’s lava-sculpted terrain offer plenty of ambush points for riders who will still have fresh legs by the end of week 1. The stage finishes in Le Mont-Dore, a spa town steeped in thermal history and nestled at the foot of the Puy de Sancy, the highest peak in the Massif Central.

Puy Sancy is a popular hiking spot in the summers and skiing spot in the winters.

The climbing starts with Côte de Loubeyrat (4.1 km at 6.3%), an early test to warm up the legs. Côte de La Baraque (4.8 km at 7.4%) adds some sting mid-stage. Then come the punchy transitions through Charade and Berzet, sapping energy before the real damage is done. The double punch of Col de Guéry and Col de la Croix-Morand starts to isolate the second-tier climbers. Croix-Saint-Robert softens up the front group before the final, sharp ramp up the Puy de Sancy.

Today’s climbing takes place in the Central Massif mountain range of France.

With 4,400 meters of elevation gain packed into just 165 kilometers, this is where the GC riders will truly feel each other out for the first time. KOM hopefuls will try to infiltrate the early break to snag points, but the final 3.3 km climb is a perfect launchpad for the GC favorites.

Wout Poels, Ben O’Connor, and possibly Felix Gall are likely to go after the early KOM points. In the battle for yellow, Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard will both want to lay down a marker. Remco Evenepoel, with his explosive climbing and strong one-day legs, might have the best shot at winning this stage outright. If the peloton gives the break too much leash, Thibaut Pinot or David Gaudu could play spoiler.

This is where the race truly opens up. The big teams will be fully engaged, and while time gaps might be small, the psychological blows will be big. It’s the first real mountain showdown of the 2025 Tour, and it falls on France’s most symbolic day. Expect drama, expect attacks, expect fireworks at the top of Sancy.

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COMMENTS FROM RACE DIRECTOR CHRISTIAN PRUDHOMME - STAGE 10:

“A mountain stage on Bastille Day, and one that’s likely to create some fireworks as there are seven second-category hills or passes on the menu. Anyone who missed the 2023 Tour will be able to catch a glimpse of the climb to the Puy de Dôme, as the riders will tackle the first few kilometres of it early in the stage. After that, there’ll be no respite until the final climb to the resort of Le Mont-Dore. The 3.5km climb averaging 8% will bring the total vertical gain for the day to 4,400 metres!” (Tour de France Stage 10).

KOM Corner

Official post-race summary for Stage 10 (from letour.fr):