Particle.news

Download on the App Store

Tour de France Unveils Definitive 21-Stage Route as Riders Enter Mountain Phase

The exclusively French 3,339 km course features five summit finishes with a first-ever Montmartre ascent on Paris’s closing stage.

Overview

  • Organizers finalized the 21-stage map mid-race, confirming the Tour’s start in Lille on July 5 and its finish on the Champs-Élysées on July 27.
  • The route spans 3,339 km with 52,500 meters of climbing to challenge competitors across flat, hilly and high-altitude terrain.
  • The itinerary comprises seven flat stages, six hilly stages, six mountain challenges, two individual time trials and two rest days.
  • Riders tackled Stage 12’s ascent to Hautacam on July 17 and will face a mountain time trial to Peyragudes followed by a summit finish at Luchon-Superbagnères.
  • Stage 21 will climb Montmartre for the first time before descending to the Champs-Élysées to conclude the 112th edition.