TOUR DE FRANCE. Christian Prudhomme and Marion Rousse have officially unveiled the Tour de France 2023 route and the Tour de France women’s route, here is the detail.
The essential :
- Thursday, October 27, the official route of the Tour de France women and the Tour de France men is unveiled by the two race directors.
- The Grand Départ of the Tour de France women will take place in Clermont Ferrand on Sunday July 25, the day of the arrival of the Tour de France men. It will go through the Col du Tourmalet in particular before offering a time trial, perhaps decisive, during the last stage.
- After the formidable duel between Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar, the route unveiled this Thursday, October 27 promises a big show with beautiful mountainous stages and in particular a completely dantesque penultimate. Six passes in 133 kilometers, including the Petit Ballon and Platzerwasel sequence to finish.
- Follow the map of the next Tour de France live with the route and details of the 21 stages.
Live
3:30 p.m. – Martin: “I like this course”
Forced to leave the Tour de France 2022 after a positive test for Covid-19, Guillaume Martin will have a real chance of performing well during the Grande Boucle 2023: “I like what I see from this course a lot. It seems to me to be a course made for climbers, with few time trials and a lot of difficult climbs.”
15:15 – A symbolic departure
Host land for the 2024 Olympic Games (track cycling, BMX race, golf, mountain biking), Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines will host the start of the final stage of the Tour de France 2023.
15:00 – Gaudu: “I would like to win”
Present at the presentation of the Tour de France 2023 route, David Gaudu has already marked a few milestones, starting with that of July 14: “The arrival at the top of the Grand Colombier on July 14, on a steep climb like that, I would like to win”.
2:45 p.m. – An unprecedented arrival in the Vosges
The 20th stage of the Tour de France 2023 will be the scene of an unprecedented arrival. If the ascent of the Markstein has already taken place last year during the Tour de France women, it will be the first time that the Vosges summit is the arrival of a stage of the Grande Boucle.
2:30 p.m. – A 17th stage: fireworks
Queen stage of the Tour de France 2023, the 17th stage between Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc and Courchevel should be the scene of spectacular attacks between the favorites of the Grande Boucle. On the program: four passes (Col des Saisies, Cormet de Roselend, Côte de Longefoy and Col de la Loze), 68 kilometers of ascent.
14:15 – Only one time trial on the program
The day after the second day of rest, the peloton will have an appointment with an individual time trial of 22 kilometers between Passy and Combloux in Haute-Savoie. If this stage is short, these slopes at an average of 9% over more than two kilometers and portions at 15% could create significant gaps.
14:00 – The return to Spain
Thirty years later, the Tour de France is back in Spain. In 1992, the Grande Boucle started from San Sebastian. Like last year (in Denmark), the peloton will spend three days in the Basque Country with an interesting second stage where the climb to Jaizkibel could already create gaps in the general classification.
13:45 – The five mountain ranges crossed
Note that during the 110th edition of the Tour de France, the peloton will cross the five mountain ranges of France (Pyrenees, Alps, Massif Central, Jura, Vosges).
13:30 – The numbers of the Tour de France
In total, the peloton will cover 3404 kilometers during the Tour de France 2023 where the riders will pass through twenty-three departments and six regions. On the program: eight mountain stages, eight flat stages, four hilly stages, an individual time trial, thirty listed passes. Note that the roof of the Grande Boucle will be the Col de la Loze at 2304 meters.
13:13 – The profile of the last stage
Last stage of the Grande Boucle 2023, the Vélodrome of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines will be the scene of the final start where the Champs-Elysées should once again see a sprinter cross the finish line first.
13:12 – The profile of the 20th stage
Last chance for the favorites to make differences in the general classification during the 20th stage of the Tour de France 2023 between Belfort and Markstein.
13:11 – The profile of the 19th stage
A long straight line of 8 kilometers to Poligny where the sprinters should decide the victory during the 19th stage of the Tour de France 2023.
13:11 – The profile of the 18th stage
After five complicated stages, the sprinters should find more favorable ground during the 18 stage between Moutiers and Bourg-en-Bresse.
13:07 – The profile of the 17th stage
This 17th stage of the Tour de France 2023 should pose a problem for many riders between Saint-Gervais and Courchevel with the return of the Col de la Loze.
13:06 – The profile of the 16th stage
After a day of rest, the peloton will have an appointment with a 22 kilometer time trial between Passy and Combloux. A profile that should suit climbers.
Where will the start of the Tour de France 2023 be given?
For the 110th edition of the Tour de France, the organizers have decided to start from Spain, one year after the start in Denmark. The city of Bilbaothe most populated in the Basque Country was chosen.
The Tour de France will take in these towns and cities in the Basque Country as part of the Grand Départ 2023!
The Tour de France will start in these cities of the Basque Country and will constitute the Grand Départ 2023.#TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/f49x5aXSrW
– Tour de France (@LeTour) January 26, 2022
What is the route of the Tour de France 2023?
Here is the official map and the route of the Tour de France 2023 which will therefore start from Bilbao in Spain and concentrate almost exclusively in the Center of France and the East. Several recognized passes will be climbed by the runners, in the Pyrenees and the Alps. The Tourmalet and the Grand Colombier will notably be on the program
What are the dates of the Tour de France 2023?
The 2023 edition of the Tour de France will be given from Bilbao in Spain on July 1, 2023. Three stages will be scheduled in Spain. This 110th edition will end three weeks later on the Champs-Elysées in Paris, on Sunday July 23, 2023.
What are the stages of the Tour de France 2023?
- Saturday 1 July – Stage 1: Bilbao – Bilbao, 182 km
- Sunday July 2 – Stage 2: Vitoria-Gasteiz – San Sebastian, 209 km
- Monday July 3 – Stage 3: Amorebieta-Etxano – Bayonne, 185 km
- Tuesday July 4 – Stage 4: Dax – Nogaro, 182 km
- Wednesday July 5 – Stage 5: Pau – Laruns, 165 km
- Thursday July 6 – Stage 6: Tarbes – Cauterets, 145 km
- Friday July 7 – Stage 7: Mont-de-Marsan – Bordeaux, 170 km
- Saturday July 8 – Stage 8: Libourne – Limoges, 201 km
- Sunday July 9 – Stage 9: Saint-Leonard-de-Noblat – Puy-de-Dôme, 184 km
- Monday July 10 – 1st rest day in Clermont-Ferrand
- Tuesday July 11 – Stage 10: Vulcania – Issoire, 167 km
- Wednesday July 12 – Stage 11: Clermont-Ferrand – Moulins, 180 km
- Thursday July 13 – Stage 12: Roanne – Belleville-en-Beaujolais, 169 km
- Friday July 14 – Stage 13: Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne – Grand Colombier, 138 km
- Saturday July 15 – Stage 14: Annemasse – Morzine, 152 km
- Sunday July 16 – Stage 15: Morzine – Saint-Gervais-Mont Blanc, 180 km
- Monday July 17 – 2nd rest day in Saint-Gervais-Mont Blanc
- Tuesday July 18 – Stage 16: Passy – Combloux, individual time trial 22 km
- Wednesday July 19 – Stage 17: Saint-Gervais-Mont Blanc – Courchevel, 166 km
- Thursday July 20 – Stage 18: Moutiers – Bourg-en-Bresse, 186 km
- Friday July 21 – Stage 19: Moirans-en-Montagne – Poligny, 173 km
- Saturday July 22 – Stage 20: Belfort – Le Markstein, 133 km
- Sunday July 23 – Stage 21: National Velodrome of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines – Paris Champs-Elysées, 115 km