TOUR DE FRANCE & TOUR DE FRANCE FEMMES AVEC ZWIFT: DISCOVER THE ROUTE!

Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2025

Nine stages over four different phases. There’s something for everyone in this fourth edition of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. And, of course, the final weekend will be the main focus for the stars.

Brittany is far from flat, and the first two stages will remind the riders of that. Designed to ensure and maintain a fastpaced, dynamic race, with the finish lines located at the top of well-renowned and testing hills, they should go the way of the peloton’s punchy riders. Lotte Kopecky has the perfect profile for this double-header. As for the favourites for the overall classification, they’ll have no choice but to engage in this fight if they want to avoid jeopardising their chances.

The more rolling terrain of Anjou and the banks of the Loire and Vienne rivers will then serve up terrain more suited to the power of the pure sprinters. They should be able to make the most of these conditions and decide matters between themselves, assuming that is that they’re able to deal with a few bumps on the route, particularly on the approach to Poitiers.

Then there’s nowhere quite like the Massif central for encouraging breakaways. On those rough roads the riders will have to be vigilant and always ready to move. Both initially on the passage through the Creuse and then even more so on the tougher terrain in the Auvergne, there’ll be opportunities to launch daring attacks that could well pay off.

As for the best climbers, they’ll find the terrain to express themselves during a triple dose of the Alps. On Friday, the race heads through the Chartreuse on roads that will still be relatively easy to deal with. The following day, though, the riders will be be tackling steeper gradients, culminating at an altitude of 2,000 metres on the “roof” of this Tour, the interminable Col de la Madeleine. Then, finally, on Sunday, there are the fearsome slopes of the Joux-Plane, which could well lead to one final reshuffling of the pack before the finish in Châtel.

So, four phases to suit all tastes and talents… The race has everything required to build suspense right up to the final kilometres of the last day

So, four phases to suit all tastes and talents… The race has everything required to build suspense right up to the final kilometres of the last day.

RACE FIGURES

1 - Clermont-Ferrand, will be the first city to welcome the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift on two occasions after hosting the Grand Départ in 2023.
3 - The race’s categorised climbs will be spread over three massifs: the armoricanMassif, the Massifcentral and theAlps
5 - Five stages will take place entirely within a single department: the 1st (Morbihan), 2nd (Finistère), 6th (Puy-de-Dôme), 8th (Savoie) and 9th (Haute-Savoie).
9 - The number of stages. There are 2 flat, 2 medium mountain, 2 high mountain and 3 hilly stages.
15 - The fifteen departments the peloton will race in are Morbihan, Finistère, Ille-et-Vilaine, Loire-Atlantique, Maine-et-Loire, Indre-et-Loire, Vienne, Indre, Haute-Vienne, Creuse, Puy-de-Dôme, Ain, Isère, Savoie and Haute-Savoie (as well as 4 regions: Bretagne, Pays de la Loire, Nouvelle Aquitaine, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
154 - The number of riders at the start, comprising 22 teams of 7 racers each.
166 - In kilometres, the length of the longest stage, the 5th, between Chasseneuil-duPoitou Futuroscope and Guéret.
1 165 - In kilometres, the total distance of this 4th edition, a record high.
2 000 - In metres, the altitude of the Col de laMadeleine, the highest point of the 2025 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, which features on stage 8.
3 490 - In metres, the vertical gain on stage 8, which will feature the toughest climbs during this 4th edition of the race
17 240 - In metres, the total vertical gain during the race, beating the previous record.

TOUR DE FRANCE 2025

The Tour de France 2025 (July 5-27) will start from Lille for 3 amazing weeks. This year again, the peloton will visit emblematic places such as Mûr-de-Bretagne, Hautacam, the Mont Ventoux and the Col de la Loze.

After a unique edition in 2024 (start in Italy, finish in Nice), the Tour de France returns to tradition in 2025. The 112th edition of the Grande Boucle will kick off from the European Metropolis of Lille on July 5, for three initial stages in the North region, before a long southward crossing that will take the peloton through Brittany and Auvergne.

The favourites will then be able to test themselves on four major Pyrenean stages, including a time trial in Peyragudes, before heading for Provence and the Alps. Last but not least, three prestigious summit finishes on Mont Ventoux, Col de la Loze and La Plagne will round off the show and crown the winner of this 112th edition.

RACE DETAILS

ROUTE - 100% French. The 2025 Tour de France won’t be making any sorties beyond France’s borders. This has not happened since 2020. It will visit 11 Regions and 34 departments.
STAGES - There will be 21 stages: 7 flat stages, 6 hilly stages, 6 mountain stages with five mountain finishes at Hautacam, Luchon-Superbagnères, Mont Ventoux, Courchevel Col de la Loze and La Plagne Tarentaise, and 2 time trials. There will be 2 rest days.
NEW STAGES TOWNS - From a total of 39, 8 stage towns/locations will be joining the Tour club:
- Lauwin-Planque (start of stage 2)
- Bayeux (start of stage 6)
- Chinon (start of stage 9)
- Ennezat (start of stage 10)
- Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy (finish of stage 10)
- Bollène (start of stage 17)
- Vif (start of stage 18)
- Mantes-la-Ville (start of stage 21)
MOUNTAINS
- This 112th edition will feature climbs and summits in the Massif Central, the Pyrenees, the Alps and the Jura.
- The Col de la Loze (2,304m) will be the highest point of the 2025 Tour. For the first time, the climb will tackled via its eastern flank from Courchevel.
- 39 years ago in 1986 – that was the last time a Pau > Luchon-Superbagnères stage appeared on the Tour route.
ELEVATION GAIN - The total vertical gain during the 2025 Tour de France will be 51,550m.
2 TIME TRIALS - The 5th stage, Caen > Caen (33km), will provide ideal terrain for rouleurs who specialise in solo efforts. The terrain and gradients will be quite different on stage 13’s 11km TT between and Peyragudes
TIME BONUSES - Time bonuses will be awarded at the finish of each stage, with 10, 6 and 4 seconds awarded to the first, second and third riders, respectively.
RIDERS - 176 riders representing 22 teams will line up for the start on Saturday 5th July.