Tour de France 2023: dates, route and detailed map

The Tour de France 2023 will start from Spain with a route centered on the South of France.

A Tour de France with a southern accent. With its big start from Bilbao on July 1st, the Tour de France 2023 sets aside the West and North of France to focus on the Center and therefore the South of France. The official presentation of the Tour de France on October 27, 2022 made it possible to establish a fairly mountainous profile for this edition with the passage through the five large massifs. With in particular a last stage which could be decisive for the general classification between Belfort and Le Markstein, it will be necessary to be a big climber to put on the yellow jersey on the Champs.

“The desire is to show each year that the Tour can be played everywhere. We have had this desire for a long time. It is expressed strongly for 2023 because we will go to the five major massifs, with four summit finishes in four different great massifs. The Tour is always made for a climber, no matter what people say. I would dream that we would find, like 60 years ago, a real confrontation between the pure riders who resist in the mountains and the great climbers who are not not good at time trials. It’s not the case anymore but it may come back. If you don’t climb well, you can’t win the Tour de France” he explained to RTBF.

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.

What is the route and map 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