2025 Tour de France: July 5 to July 27, 2025
The 2025 Tour de France is going to be an exciting one, with Remcoe Evenepoel seeming to have joined the rivalry between Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar. So far this year, Jonas has been out injured after a bad crash in Paris-Nice, and Pogacar has been winning almost every meaningful one-day race this spring - however, almost this exact thing happened last year, and Jonas still managed to make it exciting until the last week of the race, even beating Pogacar in a sprint to win stage 11. But with the young Evenepoel making himself known last year, Pogi has more to worry about when returning to defend his yellow jersey.
This is a different route than we’ve seen in the last few years. As far as climbing goes (all we really care about here at PJAMM), the Tour gets off to a very slow start, with 9 straight stages of flat/rolling routes through the northern French countryside. In fact, we would be surprised if either stage 8 and stage 9 have any categorized climbs in them at all - the biggest hill is less than 250 feet. However, the Mûr-de-Bretagne in stage 7 will help, with it being the first “summit finish” of the Tour, even though it’s only a 500 foot climb.
After a 1 day stop in the Central Massif, we’ll finally climb up into the Pyrenees with a stage finish on the Hautacam just like in 2022. Stage 13 features a hill climb time trial up to the Peyragudes, and with gradients breaking 18%, we may not see many time trial bikes. The next day is the 3rd hardest day for the riders, Stage 14: Tourmalet, Aspin, Peyresourde, and a Superbagneres summit finish.
A highlight of the tour will be the return of Mont Ventoux as a stage finish - something we haven’t seen in 12 years. While classified as a “Mountain stage”, the first 92 miles before the slopes of Ventoux are flat as a pancake, with less than 4,000 feet of climbing compared to the 5,600ft gained on the climb. How do you classify that?
As it has for the last several years, the Tour culminates in the Alps, and if the winner hasn’t been decided by there, it certainly will be. Riders will climb more than 32,000ft in back to back days (18 and 19), a lot even for world tour pros in a world tour. And, right in the middle of the week - no rest days between Ventoux and Paris.
Take a deeper dive into each of the stages below:
Stage 7 (Stage finish on the Mûr-de-Bretagne)
Stage 10 (First mountain stage in the Central Massif range)
Stage 13 Pyrenees; (Hill Climb time trial up Peyragudes)
Stage 14 (Pyrenees; Tourmalet)
Stage 18 (Alps; Col de la Loze)
Stage 19 (Alps; Cormet de Roseland)
Also visit our: (1) All Time Hardest Tour de France Climbs, (2) Most Legendary and Famous Climbs of the Tour de France, and, (3) 10 Highest Climbs in Tour de France History pages for more Tour de France inside information.
2025 TOUR DE FRANCE INFORMATION AND CLIMB DETAILS
https://www.letour.fr/en/overall-route
2025 TdF Stage Statistics
Stage | Date | Distance (kilometers) | Distance (miles) | Elevation Gained (meters) | Elevaton Gained (feet) | Stage Difficulty Rating (PDI) | Type of Stage |
1 | Saturday 7/5/25 | 185 | 115 | 1,060 | 3,478 | 10 | Flat |
2 | Sunday 7/6/25 | 212 | 132 | 2,319 | 7,608 | 17.8 | Hilly |
3 | Monday 7/7/25 | 174 | 108 | 693 | 2,272 | 7.9 | Flat |
4 | Tuesday 7/8/25 | 174 | 108 | 1,934 | 6,346 | 14.7 | Hilly |
5 | Wednesday 7/9/25 | 33 | 21 | 190 | 622 | 1.8 | Time-Trial |
6 | Thursday 7/10/25 | 205 | 127 | 3,343 | 10,967 | 25.2 | Hilly |
7 | Friday 7/11/25 | 191 | 118 | 2,278 | 7,474 | 17.7 | Hilly |
8 | Saturday 7/12/25 | 172 | 107 | 1,491 | 4,891 | 12 | Flat |
9 | Sunday 7/13/25 | 176 | 109 | 1,318 | 4,324 | 11.4 | Flat |
10 | Monday 7/14/25 | 161 | 100 | 4,256 | 13,964 | 38.2 | Mountain |
Rest Day | Tuesday 7/15/25 | ||||||
11 | Wednesday 7/16/25 | 154 | 96 | 1,603 | 5,258 | 12.4 | Flat |
12 | Thursday 7/17/25 | 187 | 116 | 3,919 | 12,857 | 35.4 | Mountain |
13 | Friday 7/18/25 | 12 | 7 | 678 | 2,223 | 12.3 | Time-Trial |
14 | Saturday 7/19/25 | 185 | 115 | 4,815 | 15,797 | 46.3 | Mountain |
15 | Sunday 7/20/25 | 172 | 107 | 2,371 | 7,779 | 17.7 | Hilly |
Rest Day | Monday 7/21/25 | ||||||
16 | Tuesday 7/22/25 | 177 | 110 | 2,902 | 9,522 | 27.7 | Time-Trial |
17 | Wednesday 7/23/25 | 166 | 103 | 1,586 | 5,205 | 12.7 | Flat |
18 | Thursday 7/24/25 | 177 | 110 | 5,495 | 18,029 | 57.2 | Mountain |
19 | Friday 7/25/25 | 126 | 78 | 4,382 | 14,377 | 48.3 | Mountain |
20 | Saturday 7/26/25 | 190 | 118 | 2,838 | 9,311 | 22.3 | Hilly |
21 | Sunday 7/27/25 | 125 | 78 | 883 | 2,898 | 7.6 | Flat |
Total distance (km) | Total distance (miles) | Elevation gained (meters) | Elevation gained (feet) | ||||
Totals | 3,352 | 2,083 | 50,354 | 165,202 |
Col du Tourmalet -- Stage 13: July 6, 2024
Since 1910 - 90 appearances in the TdF - more than any other climb.
TOP 10 MOST FREQUENT CLIMBS OF THE TOUR DE FRANCE
(AND 10 FAMOUS ONES AFTER THAT)
Climb name | Mountain Range | Times Featured in Tour de France | Most recent | First included |
Pyrenees | 90 | 2024 | 1910 | |
Pyrenees | 76 | 2023 | 1910 | |
Pyrenees | 74 | 2022 | 1910 | |
Pyrenees | 70 | 2024 | 1910 | |
Alps | 64 | 2024 | 1911 | |
Pyrenees | 59 | 2024 | 1910 | |
Alps | 42 | 2023 | 1911 | |
Alps | 36 | 2019 | 1922 | |
Alps | 35 | 2019 | 1922 | |
Alps | 34 | 2015 | 1911 | |
Alps | 32 | 2022 | 1952 | |
Alps | 31 | 2022 | 1911 | |
Alps | 29 | 2020 | 1969 | |
Alps | 21 | 2022 | 1947 | |
Alps | 18 | 1921 | 1951 | |
Pyrenees | 16 | 2019 | 1912 | |
Alps | 14 | 2015 | 1947 | |
Massif Central | 14 | 2023 | 1952 | |
Pyrenees | 9 | 2021 | 1985 | |
Alps | 8 | 2019 | 1938 |
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HC Climbs | Previous Tour Appearances (including 2025) | Distance (kilometers & miles | Elevation Gain (meter & feet) | Peak (meters & feet) | Average Grade |
TBD | |||||
Historical Tour de France Facts of Interest
From Campan: 16.9 km gaining 1267m at 7.5% average grade.
From Luz Saint Sauveur: 18.7 km gaining 1319m at 7.1%.
Cime de la Bonette is the highest point ever reached by the Tour de France.
2,802 meters - Stage 18 1962 (passed again in 1964, 1993, 2008, 2024).
© Climb name | Elevation (meters) | Times highest point of TdF (as of 2022) | Mountain Range | Times Featured in Tour de France | Most recent | First included |
2,802m | 5 | Alps | 4 | 2024 | 1962 | |
2,770m | 8 | Alps | 8 | 2019 | 1938 | |
2,744m | 1 | Alps | 2 | 2011 | 2008 | |
2,642m | 50 | Alps | 63 | 2024 | 1911 | |
Col du Granon | 2,413m | 0 | Alps | 2 | 2022 | 1986 |
Five highest points the Tour de France has ever reached.
Also see Top 10 Highest Points of the TdF
Circle of Death
Tourmalet was the highest point the tour had ever reached as of 1910 (2115m)
Previous high point had been Col de Porte (1326m).
Frenchmen have been in the maillot jaune (yellow jersey) far more than any other country.
“Symbol of the mountains, of a rider pushing beyond their limits and of courage, the red polka dot jersey, which is sponsored by Carrefour, is awarded to the Tour de France’s leader of the best climber classification. Although this classification was introduced in 1933, its symbol, the polka dot jersey, appeared in 1975, which was also the year the Tour first finished on the Champs-Élysées and was won by Bernard Thévenet. It owes its appearance to track racing specialist Henri Lemoine, who competed between the 1930s and 1950s, and that Félix Lévitan, co-director of the Tour with Jacques Goddetwhich, had particularly noticed. While Belgium’s Lucien Van Impe was its first winner and claimed the mountains classification six times, just like his illustrious predecessor, Spain’s Federico Bahamontes, the so-called “Eagle of Toledo”, Frenchman Richard Virenque holds the record for victories with seven titles” (Tour de France, Polka Dot Jersey).
King of the Mountains is designated by the red polka dot jersey.
EXPLANATION OF KING OF MOUNTAIN, KOM POINTS, AND BONUS POINTS
FOR THE 2025 TOUR DE FRANCE
KOM DEFINED: Climb-related points are accumulated during the race. The rider with the most accumulated points at the beginning of the stage wears the red polka dot jersey that day, and the rider with the most points at the end of the race is crowned that year’s Tour de France King of the Mountains.
“Category”: When the mountain classification (King of the Mountains) was introduced in 1933, there were points given to the first 10 riders over the summit (10 for first, 1 for tenth). In 1947, the Tour introduced two climb “categories” with a certain amount of points for the second category and twice as many as for the first category. Over the years “categories” were added, in addition to an “Above” category (Hors or HC) and since 1979 there have been a HC (hardest), Category 1 (second hardest) on down to Category 4 (least difficult climb).
The category of the climb is significant for two reasons:
KOM HISTORY:
POINTS: KOM points are awarded in three ways on the Tour de France:
TDF POINTS FORMULA: Wikipedia has the best summary and graph we’ve seen for TdF KOM points distribution:
The points gained by consecutive riders reaching a mountain top are distributed according to the following classification:
Wikipedia - Mountains Classification - Tour de France
BONUS POINTS: These points go towards the King of the Mountain designation and are awarded to the first (8 points), second (5 points), and third (2 points) riders reaching designated summits in the race.
MONEY PRIZES FOR KING OF THE MOUNTAINS
The maximum amount the KOM winner could earn if he won every stage and wore the jersey from Stage 2 to the finish is $60,300 Euros (62,773 USD)