Tour de France 2025: Start date, route, stage guide and results

The 112th edition of the Tour de France is under way, with the three-week race ending on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on Sunday, 27 July.

The riders tackle six mountain stages, including trips to the Pyrenees and Alps, during the gruelling 3,320km (2,063-mile) race.

There are also two individual time trials, with the second featuring the steep climb up to the Altiport in Peyragudes.

BBC Sport looks at all 21 stages of La Grande Boucle, analysing where it could be won and lost.

This page will be updated throughout the Tour with the winner and a brief report following each stage.

Winner: Jasper Philipsen

Report: Philipsen wins stage one to claim first yellow jersey

Jasper Philipsen was the first rider to wear the yellow jersey this year – claiming the maillot jaune for the first time in his career.

A sprint finish was expected after a flat stage beginning and ending in Lille, and Alpecin-Deceuninck’s lead-out train delivered the 27-year-old in the perfect position to claim his 10th stage win.

Crosswinds contributed to a chaotic opening day, which saw the peloton split about 17km from the finish, with most of Philipsen’s team-mates in the lead group.

Winner: Mathieu van der Poel

Report: Van der Poel pips Pogacar in stage two sprint finish

Mathieu van der Poel edges out Tadej Pogacar in a sprint finish to win stage two of the Tour de France and claim the leader’s yellow jersey.

The Dutch rider, who also won the same stage in 2021, holds off the three-time Tour champion on the line after surging to the front with 500 metres to go on the longest stage in this year’s race, a rolling 209.1km route from Lauwin-Planque to Boulogne-sur-Mer.

Winner: Tim Merlier

Report: Merlier pips Milan in crash-marred stage three of Tour

Tim Merlier pips Jonathan Milan on the line in a sprint finish to win a crash-marred stage three of the Tour de France.

The Belgian edges the Italian by the slenderest of margins with Germany’s Phil Bauhaus in third on a day when Mathieu van der Poel retains the race leader’s yellow jersey and stage one winner Jasper Philipsen is forced to abandon.

Winner: Tadej Pogacar

Report: Pogacar claims 100th victory on stage four of Tour

Defending champion Tadej Pogacar outsprints Mathieu van der Poel and Jonas Vingegaard as he claims his 100th professional victory on stage four. The result leaves the Slovenian level on time with Dutch rider at the top of the general classification with Van der Poel retaining the leader’s yellow jersey on count-back.

Winner: Remco Evenepoel

Report: Evenepoel wins stage five as Pogacar claims yellow jersey

Remco Evenepoel wins the individual time trial on stage five of the Tour de France as Tadej Pogacar takes the yellow jersey from Mathieu van der Poel.

The Belgian rider averages 54kmh to finish 16 seconds quicker than Slovenia’s three-time champion Pogacar, with Italy’s Edoardo Affini, third, 33 seconds back.

Meanwhile, Denmark’s two-time winner Jonas Vingegaard has a day to forget, losing more than a minute to Pogacar in the general classification.

Winner: Ben Healy

Report: Healy claims first Tour win as Van der Poel regains lead

Ireland’s Ben Healy produces a stunning solo attack to win his first Tour stage while Mathieu van der Poel regains the yellow jersey.

Healy and Van der Poel spend most of the hilly stage in an eight-man breakaway before the EF Education-EasyPost rider goes clear with 42km remaining.

Van der Poel does enough to regain the race lead by one second from Tadej Pogacar, who eased in at the front of the peloton with his main general classification rivals.

Winner: Tadej Pogacar

Report: Pogacar wins stage seven to regain race lead

Reigning champion Tadej Pogacar regains the race lead from Mathieu van der Poel, who is still suffering after a gruelling day on Thursday.

Stage seven has the same finish as it did in 2021, when Van der Poel claimed his first stage win on the iconic Mur-de-Bretagne climb.

But the Dutch rider is unable to challenge Pogacar here as the three-time winner edges out Jonas Vingegaard in a sprint for the line, with British rider Oscar Onley completing the podium.

Winner: Jonathan Milan

Report: Italy’s Milan wins stage eight following a bunch sprint

Lidl Trek’s Milan beat Wout van Aert of Visma-Lease a Bike on the flat 171.4km stage into Laval’s Espace Mayenne.

Milan, 24, waited patiently in the wheels of Mathieu van der Poel and Kaden Groves, both of Alpecin-Deceuninck, in the final 200 metres before using his immense power to launch himself towards the line – with only Van Aert able to cling on behind.

Australian Groves finishes third.

Winner: Tim Merlier

Report: Merlier wins sprint finish as Van der Poel denied epic breakaway triumph

Tim Merlier wins stage nine of the Tour de France in a sprint finish after Mathieu van der Poel’s hopes of an audacious breakaway victory are dashed inside the final kilometre.

Van der Poel and his Alpecin-Deceuninck team-mate Jonas Rickaert attacked at the start of the 174.1km run from Chinon to Chateauroux and the Dutch former world champion produced a gutsy effort that just fell short of delivering his second win in this year’s race.

Winner: Simon Yates

Report: Yates wins stage 10 on Bastille Day as Ireland’s Healy takes yellow

Britain’s Simon Yates takes stage 10 of the Tour de France on Bastille Day as Ben Healy becomes the first Irish rider to claim the yellow jersey since Stephen Roche won the race in 1987.

Yates, who claimed his second Grand Tour triumph at the Giro d’Italia in June, is part of a long-range breakaway and times his attack superbly on the final ascent of the 165.3km stage to hold off Thymen Arensman.

Winner: Jonas Abrahamsen

Report: Pogacar crashes but no time loss as Abrahamsen wins

Jonas Abrahamsen holds on for his first stage win on the Tour after being part of a long-range breakaway.

Back in the peloton, Tadej Pogacar went down 4km from the line but was allowed to recover as his main general classification rivals Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel sportingly waited for him to catch up.

Pogacar, therefore, remained 29 seconds behind Ben Healy as there was no change in the top 10 of the overall standings.

Winner: Tadej Pogacar

Report: Pogacar wins on summit finish to regain Tour lead

Tadej Pogacar regains the overall lead as he storms to victory on the first summit finish and first true mountain stage of this year’s Tour.

The Slovenian shows no ill effects from his fall the previous day as he attacks early on the Hautacam – this year’s first hors categorie climb – and continues to stretch his lead, more than doubling his advantage over main rival Jonas Vingegaard.

As the race moves into the Pyrenees mountains, breakaway specialist Ben Healy struggles in the heat on the final climbs and losese more than 13 minutes, as well as the yellow jersey.

Winner: Tadej Pogacar

Report: Imperious Pogacar wins time trial to extend lead

Tadej Pogacar wins the mountain time trail to claim his fourth stage victory of the Tour.

He completes the route 36 seconds faster than his main rival Jonas Vingegaard to increase his overall lead to four minutes seven seconds.

Despite losing another two minutes, Remco Evenepoel stays third in the general classification while British youngster Oscar Onley leapfrogs Kevin Vauquelin to fifth.

Winner: Thymen Arensman

Report: Evenepoel abandons race as Arensman wins stage 14

Dutch debutant Thymen Arensman secures not only his maiden stage win but the first on this year’s Tour for British team Ineos Grenadiers.

The 25-year-old attacks on the penultimate climb and reaches the summit finish just over a minute before Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard, with Pogacar marginally increasing his overall lead.

However, Remco Evenepoel, who was third overall, struggles early on the day’s first climb – up the mighty Col du Tourmalet – and is forced to abandon this year’s race.

Winner: Tim Wellens

Report: Wellens cruises to maiden Tour win on stage 15

Freed from his domestique duties for UAE Emirates-XRG team-mate Tadej Pogacar, Tim Wellens wins his first Tour stage at 34 years old.

The Belgian road champion attacks on the final climb and goes clear on the long descent to Carcassone, 44km from the finish.

He claims a breakaway win by one minute 28 seconds while Pogacar finishes with the peloton six minutes after Wellens to maintain his lead over Jonas Vingegaard in general classification.

Winner: Valentin Paret-Peintre

Report: Paret-Peintre denies Healy in thrilling finish

Valentin Paret-Peintre produces a late sprint on the summit finish to claim a stunning victory for his first stage win.

Ben Healy looks set to claim his second win of this year’s Tour before Paret-Peintre fights back to triumph on what is one of the Tour’s most iconic climbs.

Jonas Vingegaard repeatedly attacks Tadej Pogacar up Mont Ventoux but finishes fractionally after the race leader, who increases his overall advantage by two seconds.

Winner: Jonathan Milan

Report: Milan wins second stage in wet sprint finish

Jonathan Milan claims his second win on his Tour debut after edging out Jordi Meeus in a wet sprint finish.

Their sprint rivals Tim Merlier and Biniam Girmay are involved in a crash just inside the final kilometre, as Milan strengthens his grip on the green jersey for the points classification leader.

Tadej Pogacar crosses safely in the peloton to maintain his overall race lead of four minutes 15 seconds.

Winner: Ben O’Connor

Report: Pogacar closes in on victory as O’Connor wins stage 18

Tadej Pogacar takes a huge step towards winning his fourth Tour de France by racing clear of rival Jonas Vingegaard on the mighty Col de la Loze.

Australia’s Ben O’Connor rides solo to victory, crossing the finish line on the highest point of this year’s race one minute and 45 seconds clear of Pogacar, who extends his overall lead over Vingegeaard to four minutes and 26 seconds with three stages left.

Meanwhile, Britain’s Oscar Onley finishes fourth to boost his podium hopes, ending the day just 22 seconds behind third-placed Florian Lipowitz.

Winner: Thymen Arensman

Report: Pogacar set for fourth triumph as Arensman wins on La Plagne

Tadej Pogacar closes in on his fourth Tour de France by defending his lead against Jonas Vingegaard on the final mountain stage of the race.

Thymen Arensman holds on for a dramatic victory after a gruelling ascent to La Plagne, edging Vingegaard by two seconds.

Britain’s Oscar Onley sees his podium hopes fade after being unable to follow Florian Lipowitz in the final two kilometres.

The route from Albertville to La Plagne was shortened from 130km to 95km in order to avoid a herd of diseased cattle on the Col des Saisies.

Winner: Kaden Groves

Report: Pogacar set for Tour title as Groves wins penultimate stage

An emotional Kaden Groves celebrated his first stage win on the Tour after launching a solo attack with 16km remaining.

Jonas Vingegaard looked resigned to defeat in the general classification battle and patted Tadej Pogacar on his back as they both crossed the finish line safely in the peloton.

Barring an accident, Pogacar will clinch his fourth Tour title in Paris. The final day of the Tour is a processional stage, where traditionally the GC leader is not challenged.

The Tour returns to it’s traditional Paris finish after relocating to Nice last year due to the Olympics.

However, it does so with a twist, given the cobbled climb up to the Sacre-Coeur Basilica features three times in a throwback to the road race in the 2024 Paris Games.

It’s a 1.1km ascent at a gradient of 5.9% added to the original finishing circuit in the French capital designed to whittle down the field before a high-speed finish albeit possibly without some of the pure sprinters.