The Tour de France 2025 promises to be an edition for Valientes, marked by high mountain days that will test the resistance and tactic of the favorites. From the alpine colossi to the mythical Pyrenean ports and the implacable Mont Ventoux, these are the five key stages of the route: altimetries, impossible slopes and key points where it will be decided who wears yellow in Paris.
Etapa 18: Courchevel – Col de la Loze
This is the most demanding stage of Tour 2025, with 5.500 metros of accumulated positive slope. The port chain is brutal: El Col du Glandon (21.7 km 5.1%)followed by Col of the Madeleine (19.2 km to 7.9%) until exceeding 2,000 meters, and finally El Col de la Lze (26.4 km at 6.5%) which will take runners to 2,304 m high. The last four kilometers are an ordeal for their irregular slope, perfect for definitive attacks among favorites.
Stage 18 – Tour de France 2025.
Key point: The altitude factor and the accumulated length of the large ports will force the maximum resistance. Any faint here can cost the tour.
Stage 14: Pau – Fighting-Superbas
Inspired by the 1986 stage, this Pyrenean day Relive unusual steps: the climb to Col of the Tourmalet (19 km to 7.4%), the Col of Aspin (5 km to 7.6%), the Col of Peyresourde and the final auction at the rise to Superbagnese (12.4 km to 7.3%). The variations of slope and the length of the chain ensure a fight without truce among the favorites.
Stage 14 – Tour de France 2025.
Key point: The last 12 km to Superbagnères concentrate the hardness with irregular ramps and the possibility of surprising attacks.
Stage 5 – Counterreloj | They fall
This year, the Tour has opted for A classic cut counterrelojwith a distance greater than that we had been seeing lately in the big laps. The, completely plain layout, will be the ideal setting for specialists In the fight against the chrono they try to cut time to Vingegaard and Pogacar.
Stage 5 – Tour de France.
Key point: The beginning and the end will pass in urban sections that will need the maximum concentration of the runners.
ETAPA 12: Also – Hautacam
Any Pyrenean stage always brings drama, but it stands out for the final concentration: after a long journey through broken land, the fight for the general is decided in the last 45 km. First the Col you soulor (11,8 km al 7.3%), Then the Col of the Borders (3.1 km to 7.7%) And finally, the iconic ascent to Houtacam (13,5 km al 7,8%).
Stage 12 – Tour of France 2025.
Key point: The final ramp of Hautacam is one of those places where the big climbers are crowned or sink. The altitude, the sustained slope and the history of the port confirm it.
Etapa 16: Montpellier – Mont Ventoux
The “Provence giant” stands isolated, but it is enough to dynamit the race. The first 150 km cross three departments with hardly any serious unevenness, until you get to Bédoin. There begins an iconic ascension: 15,7 km al 8,8% to the observatory, exposed to the wind and without recovery areas.
Stage 16 – Tour de France 2025.
Key point: Although it is a unique port, its exposure to the wind and the constant slope make it one of the most feared challenges of cycling.
