How long is the Tour de France? Routes, stages, locations

The 112nd Tour de France is scheduled to begin in July 2025, and both the start and end points provide historic bookends to the race.

Lille hosts the 2025 start, also known as the 'Grand Depart', with the race returning to France after commencing in Italy in 2024. After just over three weeks of racing, La Grande Boucle will then conclude at the Champs-Elysees after finishing in Nice in 2024 as Paris prepared for the Summer Olympics.

Overall Tour de France distance

The 2025 Tour route measures 3,320km, or 2,060 miles, around 100 miles shorter than 2024.

2025 Tour de France route

The 2025 route begins in the north of France with Lille hosting the Grand Depart with stage 3 heading to Dunkirk. From there, the Tour heads along the north coast with the first nine stages taking place on flat and hilly terrain, and stage 5 being the time trial in Caen.

Riders then head to the mountains from stage 10 onwards, starting in Ennezat, then moving south to Toulouse, Auch, Loudenvielle, Pau and Muret before a rest day in Montpellier.

From there, the Tour will traverse the south east of France for the final stages, with the processional final stage concluding in Paris at the Champs-Elysees.

While the first half of the Tour is over hilly and flat terrain, the climbing in the second half of the race has been described by cycling magazine Rouleur as 'relentless' with Tadej Pagacar describing the route as 'brutal'.

Tour de France stages and dates

The Tour features 21 stages, with rest days scheduled for 15th and 21st July after stages 10 and 15 respectively.

The race begins on Saturday 5th July and concludes on Sunday 27th July.

Key dates to look for could be the first individual time-trial on Wednesday 9th July in Caen, as well as the mountain time trial to Peyragudes on 18th July.

Tour de France locations

Despite being synonymous with France, the race regularly crosses its local borders and sometimes heads even further afield, previously spending time in the UK, Denmark and the Netherlands. The 2024 Tour started in Italy for the first time, but the 2025 edition will be raced exclusively in France for the first time since 2020.

Tour de France schedule

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Category
1	5 July	Lille	185 km (115 mi)	Flat
2	6 July	Lauwin-Planque to Boulogne-sur-Mer	212 km (132 mi)	Hilly
3	7 July	Valenciennes to Dunkirk	178 km (111 mi)	Flat
4	8 July	Amiens to Rouen	173 km (107 mi)	Hilly
5	9 July	Caen to Caen	33 km (21 mi)	Individual time trial
6	10 July	Bayeux to Vire Normandie	201 km (125 mi)	Hilly
7	11 July	Saint-Malo to Guerlédan (Mûr-de-Bretagne)	194 km (121 mi)	Hilly
8	12 July	Saint-Méen-le-Grand to Laval	174 km (108 mi)	Flat
9	13 July	Chinon to Châteauroux	170 km (110 mi)	Flat
10	14 July	Ennezat to Mont-Dore	163 km (101 mi)	Mountain
Rest day	15 July	Toulouse	Rest day
11	16 July	Toulouse	154 km (96 mi)	Flat
12	17 July	Auch to Hautacam	181 km (112 mi)	Mountain
13	18 July	Loudenvielle to Peyragudes	11 km (6.8 mi)	Mountain time trial
14	19 July	Pau to Superbagnères	183 km (114 mi)	Mountain
15	20 July	Muret to Carcassonne	169 km (105 mi)	Hilly
Rest day	21 July	Montpellier	Rest day
16	22 July	Montpellier to Mont Ventoux	172 km (107 mi)	Mountain
17	23 July	Bollène to Valence	161 km (100 mi)	Flat
18	24 July	Vif to Courchevel (Col de la Loze)	171 km (106 mi)	Mountain
19	25 July	Albertville to La Plagne	130 km (81 mi)	Mountain
20	26 July	Nantua to Pontarlier	185 km (115 mi)	Hilly
21	27 July	Mantes-la-Ville to Paris (Champs-Élysées)	120 km (75 mi)	Flat