an uneven final for the longest stage of the edition, the profile

The course

For this new edition, still eagerly awaited, the North is honored with a big departure in Lille on Saturday July 5 for a stage organized 100% around the metropolis. The peloton will stay in the North for a few days with a second stage which will arrive in Boulogne sur Mer then in Dunkirk on Monday, July 7. Who says North, says the cobblestones? Well no, the organizers decided to do without sectors.

Nine years after its passage, Normandy is also honored with two stages including one against the watch in the streets of Caen. The city of Vire will host the arrival of the 6th stage. The Tour will then pass to Brittany with a new passage to the famous Mûr-de-Bretagne. The Massif Central will then be on the program before a first break on July 15. The second part of the Tour promises to be Dantesque with an arrival in Hautacam, a Loudenvielle-Peyragudes time trial which risks doing damage before an XXL stage, concluded in Luchon-Superbagnères via the Tourmalet, the Col d’Aspin and the Col de Peyresourde …

The third week will honor the Alps with the comeback of Mont Ventoux on July 22. The Tour de France had not been on the legendary summit since 2016, when, remember, Christopher Froome had finished the ascent on foot. The next day, the peloton goes up the Rhône valley in an accidental stage between Bollène and Valence before attacking a very mountainous final line, first with an 18th stage between the agglomeration of Grenoble and the Courchevel station with the appalling Col de la Loze and its three outdoor passes which will be the queen of the Tour with more than 5000 meters of ascension. Finally, no Olympic Games this year, the Tour will find its last traditional step with an arrival on avenue des Champs Elysées.