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2023 Tour de France program and race guide

Published by Lyn on 18 April 2023

The official Tour de France program and race guide ALWAYS SELLS OUT. It has all the info you need to plan your Tour de France trip, including stage times and maps. It's also great for viewing at home. You can order the UK edition here .

The Official Tour de France race guide is published in the months leading up to the race.   ASO, the Tour de France organiser, licenses the publication of the guide in each country each year. This is why the quality varies across countries.

The UK edition of the TDF race guide

In my view, the UK edition is consistently the best English-language edition. If you live in the UK, US, Canada, Australia or anywhere else and you are following the Tour de France in person, then this is the edition you want to get your hands on. It is more comprehensive than the English editions released in the US and Australia.

You need to have the UK edition sent to a UK address. It cannot be delivered outside the UK due to ASO's licensing agreements.

There are usually two UK editions.

1) The Standard Edition  of the Official Tour de France 2023 Race Guide (UK/English). You can order it here for £10.99 .

2) The Premium Edition of the Official Tour de France 2023 Race Guide (UK/English). You can order it here for £17.99 .

Readers outside the UK

As mentioned above, some of the versions below (published by local publishers on contract) are not as comprehensive as the UK English-language version. The UK edition is consistently more comprehensive than other editions and carries more maps, more route info, full stage times and more general race information.  If you are outside the UK and it's possible to have a friend in the UK send you a copy, then that would be my recommendation if you are travelling to the TDF.

* The Australian and New Zealand edition  can be ordered here  for $18.95 .  * For the US – I have no information on their being a US Edition this year.   * The original French-language version is released in France and is sold at newsagents and tabacs (corner stores). It is not as comprehensive as the UK edition.

The UK edition from the official publisher can only be sent to a UK address. There are two ways around this that readers have reported:

1)  Some readers outside the UK set up temporary UK postboxes  through this website .  They have the guide shipped there and forwarded to their US (or other overseas) address.

2) Some readers have reported success with this website . It is not the official publisher and I cannot offer any reassurance regarding their reliability. 

All other links on this page are to the official accredited UK publisher.

What's usually included in the UK English-language edition?

I cannot speak for the 2023 US and Australian versions – this info relates to the UK English edition.

We find the UK version of the guide invaluable when planning our trips to watch the Tour de France. It's got maps of every stage, plus full team and stage profiles, as well as stage start and end times (they are particularly useful to have in one place both when planning and on the day).

There is a 'premium' edition as well as a 'standard' edition  that includes stuff like:

Standard UK English-language edition 

The 2023 standard edition has :

• 204-page program/magazine with individual Tour de France stage maps + stage start/end times
• Tour de France Femmes info
• A2 double-sided Tour de France and Tour de Femmes wallchart
• Special Basque Legends magazine (the Tour this year starts in the Basque Country)
• Exclusive beer mats showcasing mountain passes on this year's route + historic moments from previous years

Premium UK English-language edition

The 2023 premium edition has :

• Souvenir TDF socks

(Image from a previous year).

Why get it?

We wouldn't go to watch more than one Tour de France stage without it. All the basic info is eventually replicated on the official TDF website, but having it in hard copy is handy (and easier/cheaper) if you're using phone data to access the web, if you're in a dodgy wifi zone or if your phone battery dies (yes, that was me in 2021).     

We get dozens of emails every day asking for information about following the Tour de France – I always tell them to get a copy of the official race guide to make planning easier.

This guide has lots of info that can help you plan your trip. While it is published too early to include all road closure information ( see this page for that ), having all the stage information in one place is really handy. It basically replicates the official TDF website but in a much more easily digestible format and in much more detail.

Each stage is profiled with a map that helps you put key cols and stage towns into perspective, and to see clearly where access roads may be. The pullout map then gives a full overview of how the stages interact.

Those UK links again ...

1) The Standard Edition of the Official Tour de France 2023 Race Guide (UK/English). Order it here for £10.99 .

2) The Premium Edition of the Official Tour de France 2023 Race Guide (UK/English). Order it here for £17.99 .

This guide SELLS OUT EVERY YEAR, often weeks before the Tour. If you are thinking of watching the Tour de France in person , you should order a copy as soon as it's released.  

• Accommodation on the Tour de France route here
• Road closure info here
• Full 2023 Tour de France route here

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Gallery: The best tech spotted at the 2023 Tour de France

There were custom components and prototype bikes at the Grand Départ in Bilbao

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The Tour de France - the biggest, most famous bike race of all - is an event fought more and more on marginal gains. 

At this year's Grand Départ, the 22 participating teams parked up by Bilbao's San Mamés stadium, and readied their equipment under cloudy Basque skies. There, armed with a camera and a curious mind, Cycling Weekly went hunting for the latest tech. And we weren't disappointed. 

Here are some of the most exciting tech insights we spotted in the team paddock, including Tadej Pogačar 's lightweight carbon upgrades, Jonas Vingegaard 's 1x set-up, and a prototype BMC Teammachine. 

Tadej Pogačar goes lightweight

Two-time race winner Pogačar is back with a vengeance at the Tour de France, having missed out on a third yellow jersey last time round. 

With over 56,000m elevation in this year's edition, the UAE Team Emirates rider has prioritised saving weight. His bike is rigged up with lightweight Carbon TI X-Rotor discs, a Carbon TI chainring and bottle cages made from, yes, you guessed it, carbon fibre.

Pogačar is riding this year's race despite still feeling the effects of a broken wrist, suffered at Liège-Bastogne-Liège in April. 

To offer him extra comfort on the bike, handlebar brand ENVE has developed a custom, extra stiff SES Aero One-Piece bar for the Slovenian national champion. The project began in January, and took over four months to complete. 

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The tyres on Pogačar's bike are 28mm, but are set on wide rims, so blow out larger. 

ENVE also 3D-printed top bearing covers for the UAE Team Emirates riders. A contact at the company told Cycling Weekly that the new component gives "greater compatibility with the IN-Route internal cable system" on the Colnago V4Rs .

One final quirky thing about Pogačar's bike is this little sticker he has on his race number. 

If you're wondering what the '9' symbolises, it's the number of stages he has won at the Tour. In fact, every rider who has won a stage of the race gets a special sticker.

Are TT tyres the norm? 

UAE Team Emirates were one of a number of teams running Continental Grand Prix 5000 TT tyres on stage one. The brand's website says the tyres offer "maximum speed" and "minimum weight", so they lend well to road races. 

The riders on Ineos Grenadiers seemed split on whether to go for the TT option, or Continental's more versatile GP 5000 S. Egan Bernal went for the former, while, as you can see below, debutant Ben Turner preferred the latter. 

Jonas Vingegaard ditches a chainring

Vingegaard's mechanics tried their best to conceal his bike in the team paddock, but here's our stealthy snap.

While doing his recon of the Côte de Pike on the eve of the race, reigning champion Vingegaard was spotted running a single chainring. 

It came as no surprise, then, when the Dane's bike in Bilbao on Saturday came equipped with the 1x version of SRAM 's Red eTap AXS - the same set-up he used at last month's Critérium du Dauphiné . 

A closer look showed he had a 50T chainring, with a 10-36 cassette. The only other rider to go 1x at Jumbo-Visma was Wout van Aert, who used a similar groupset at Paris-Roubaix . 

A tiny cassette for Mathieu van der Poel

With 34T cassettes now commonplace in the WorldTour peloton, the one on Mathieu van der Poel 's spare bike stood out as being particularly small. 

Concentrating intently, we counted 30 teeth on the Dutchman's biggest cog. His front chainrings were 54T and 40T respectively. 

Something that leaped out on the bikes of Van der Poel's Alpecin Deceuninck teammates was their metallic purple Elite bottle cages. Paired with the glossy purple of the Aeroad CFR, the colours were a sight to behold. 

Van der Poel, who has been riding an updated version of the bike this year, went with a slick white, however.

A prototype BMC Teammachine?

AG2R Citroën's Ben O'Connor is riding a different bike to his teammates at this year's Tour. 

The Australian's black BMC Teammachine SLR is a cut above those of his peers, and is handcrafted in the bike brand's Mpc (masterpiece) set-up, meaning it is fitted with the highest-end components on the market. 

Paint jobs galore

It's not just the riders' kits that get switched out for the Tour , their bikes get special treatment, too. Here's our pick of the bunch. 

Benoît Cosnefroy's design bears Red Bull branding. The bike is thought to be the same protoype the team rode at the recent Critérium du Dauphiné .

An artist collective used artificial intelligence to design this paint job for Groupama FDJ's Lapierre Xelius .

Here's a closer look at the AI creation.

Lidl-Trek are on one-of-a-kind Project One Icon Trek bikes . Here's Mads Pedersen's metallic, multicoloured Madone. 

Could this Wilier Filante SLR be the bike Mark Cavendish uses to take stage win 35?

Vowels are so out of fashion.  

Subtle sprint shifters

Ever wondered how sprinters click through the gears while cutting through the air in the drops? Well, they use satellite shifters, which are attached to the bars, and cut out of the bar tape. 

Here's Mark Cavendish 's trigger. 

Sprint shifters aren't only for the fastmen, though. Romain Bardet and a handful of his dsm-firmenich teammates also had them fitted to their bikes. 

Cavendish only opted for one, for his right hand, while Bardet had them on both sides. 

A custom jockey wheel

Last but not least, here's a shot of the custom jockey wheel Cofidis' Guillaume Martin was sporting in Bilbao. 

The component was produced by French brand Nova Ride, and is composed of ultra-lightweight carbon fibre. The rest of the Cofidis team were running standard Shimano Dura Ace set-ups.

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Tom joined Cycling Weekly as a news and features writer in the summer of 2022, having previously contributed as a freelancer. He is the host of The TT Podcast , which covers both the men's and women's pelotons and has featured a number of prominent British riders. 

An enthusiastic cyclist himself, Tom likes it most when the road goes uphill and actively seeks out double-figure gradients on his rides. 

He's also fluent in French and Spanish and holds a master's degree in International Journalism. 

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Tour de France 2023: From Bilbao to Paris, our stage-by-stage guide to cycling’s biggest race

First Published Jun 10, 2023

Opening paras changed to reflect recent events since first publishing date.

It’s nearly time for Bilbao to host the start of the 2023 Tour de France on 1 July, marking the second time that Spain’s Basque Region has staged the Grand Départ of the race after it began in San Sebastian in 1992. From the word go there will be some tough racing in prospect as Jonas Vingegaard – who was in imperious form at the Dauphiné – seeks to retain his title. Here’s our stage-by-stage guide to what promises to be three weeks of gripping racing.

Taking in all of France’s mountain ranges, the race kicks off with what is widely seen as the toughest opening week in its history in terms of climbing, with the Grand Départ followed by a pair of flat stages after the race heads into France, then two stages in the High Pyrenees and a summit finish at the Puy de Dôme in the Massif Central ahead of what will be a very welcome first rest day.

The second week sees a pair of hilly stages flank the third one of the race tagged as flat before three days in the mountains from Friday to Sunday, two of those stages ending in a summit finish, the first on the Grand Colombier.

There are three days in the Alps at the start of the final week, the first of those the only individual time trial of the race, and a short one at that, ahead of two transitional stages taking us via the Jura mountains to the penultimate day` and a first-time stage finish at Le Markstein in the Vosges, followed by the traditional final day in Paris.

Along the way, there will be crashes, injuries and illnesses as well as dramatic moments that may shape the eventual destination of the yellow jersey, and which will live long in the memory. Here is the fly through video of the route, together with an overview map of the Grand Départ, followed by all of the 21 stages in detail.

Stage 1 Saturday 1 July Bilbao – Bilbao (182km, hilly)

The 110th edition of the Tour de France gets under way on the race’s 120th birthday with what looks like a cracker of a stage starting and finishing in the largest city in the Basque Country, Bilbao, but also passing twice through its historical capital, Guernika, and with 3,300 metres of climbing today it’s a tough opener to a race in which nerves are typically fraught in the opening days.

Today’s stage, which like tomorrow will be played out in front of huge crowds, is bound to see Basque riders try and get into the early break, and with five categorised climbs and several others that do not count towards the mountains classification, it’s a day for the puncheurs, with the last ascent, the Pike, crested just 9.6km from the finish in back in Bilbao.

Stage 2 Sunday 2 July Vitoria-Gastiez – Saint Sebastien (209km, hilly)

A few weeks after the Giro d’Italia boasted a stage into Bergamo that was in effect a mini-Tour of Lombardy, and a year since the Grand Boucle thundered over the Paris-Roubaix cobbles, Spain’s biggest one-day race gets similar treatment with today’s final featuring the Jaizkibel climb, so often decisive in the Clásica de San Sebastián, typically held the week after the Tour de France ends.

That race, plus the annual Tour of the Basque country, means that the roads featuring in the opening two days will be familiar to many of the riders, and that late 6.4 per cent climb, which has its summit 16.5km from the line, will almost certainly be the springboard for attacks from stage-hunters – you can bet that several local riders will have ringed this one in red as soon as it was announced.

Stage 3 Monday 3 July Amorebieta-Etxano – Bayonne (185km, flat)

Today’s stage sees the race depart Spain, but we are still in the Basque Country on the French side of the border with a finish in the region’s capital, Bayonne. Much of the stage hugs the coast – the last sight of the sea in this year’s race – and if the wind is up, the GC teams will be jostling for position at the front of the bunch in case echelons form, meaning any break may be kept on a tight leash.

There are four categorised climbs on today’s parcours, but the last of those comes just after the halfway point as the race heads towards Saint Sebastien and beyond that, the border towns of Irun and Hendaye. Consequently, this looks very much like the first chance for the sprinters to open their account in this year’s race, with a fast finish in prospect in Bayonne.

Stage 4 Tuesday 4 July Dax – Nogaro (182km, flat)

This sprinter-friendly stage has just one categorised climb, the Category 4 Côte de Dému, which tops out at just 218 metres above sea level with 27.4km remaining to the finish at France’s first purpose-built motor racing venue, the Circuit Paul Armagnac, with the intermediate sprint at 83.8km taking place outside the Notre Dame des Cyclistes church in Labastide-d’Armagnac.

The start in Dax honours one of the peloton’s all-time great fast men, André Derrigade, who was born in nearby Narrosse. Now aged 94, he won 22 stages of the Tour de France, a record for sprint stages that stood until it was eclipsed by Mark Cavendish, who took his 23rd victory at the race on the Champs-Elysées in 2012 and is now seeking a 35th win that would put him ahead of Eddy Merckx.

Stage 5 Wednesday 5 July Pau – Laruns (165km, mountain)

Halfway through the opening week, and we’re already in the Pyrenees for the first mountain test of this year’s race, one that starts in Pau which welcomes the race for the 74th time – more than anywhere else, other than Paris or Bordeaux.

After a flattish opening 70km or so, the riders tackle the hors-categorie Col de Soudet, which has an average gradient of 7.2 per cent over 15.2km, though attacks, if any, are likely to wait until the Col de Marie Blanque, crested 18.5km out from Laruns, which hosts a stage for the fourth time – the last two winners there being Primož Roglič in 2018, and Tadej Pogačar three years ago.

Stage 6 Thursday 6 July Tarbes – Cauterets-Cambasque (145km, mountain)

The second of two days in the Pyrenees sees the first summit finish of the race at Cauterets-Cambasque, though first there is the small matter of two of this area’s most fabled climbs to tackle, the Col d’Aspin and the Col du Tourmalet, the summit of the latter coming with 47km left followed by a long, sweeping descent of 30km or so ahead of the final ascent.

While the race has visited Cauterets four times, only once has the finish line been on the Plateau du Cambasque, where it is today – that was back in 1989, the stage won by a young Miguel Indurain, the first Tour de France stage win for the eventual five-time champion. Today’s final climb, 16km long with an average gradient of 5.4 per cent, could well end with a change in the yellow jersey.

Stage 7 Friday 7 July Mont-de-Marsan – Bordeaux (170km, flat)          

The flattest stage of this year’s race heads north away from the Pyrenees to Bordeaux, which hosts the race for the 81st time – though this is the first time a stage has finished here since 2010, when Mark Cavendish took his fourth victory at that year’s race just two days before adding his fifth as the race ended in Paris.

There’s less than 1,000 metres of climbing today, and the sole categorised climb, the Category 4 Côte de Béguey, stands just 82 metres above sea level. In recent years, we’ve often seen the peloton misjudge catching the break, making for some thrilling will-they-or-won’t-they finishes – though a 2km straight ahead of the line on the vast Place des Quinconces minimises the chances of that today.

Stage 8 Saturday 8 July Libourne – Limoges (201km, hilly)

There’s another bunch finish in prospect today, but the characteristics of the stage are very different to the two that have preceded it as the race heads to Limoges, centre of France’s porcelain industry, which last hosted a stage finish in 2016, the German sprinter Marcel Kittel edging out Frenchman Bryan Coquard for what would prove to be his only win in that year’s race.

The final of today’s stage is much tougher than that one seven years ago, however, with two Category 4 climbs to be tackled inside the closing 18 kilometres, and a 5 per cent uphill drag to the line in the closing 700 metres. If it’s a sprint, it is likely to be a very select one featuring the stronger finishers, but it could also be a day for the break to stay clear or even a late solo attack to prevail.

Stage 9 Sunday 9 July Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat – Puy de Dôme (184km, mountain)

The first week of the race ends with a visit to the Massif Centrale, starting in the adopted hometown of three-time runner-up Raymond Poulidor, who never wore the yellow jersey, his grandson Mathieu van der Poel becoming the first member of the family to do so after winning the second stage of the 2021 edition in Brittany.

Poulidor’s stage-winning battle with eventual overall champion Jacques Anquetil in 1964 is just one of the past visits that has sealed the Puy de Dôme’s place in Tour history, but today is the first summit finish there for 35 years. The climb covers 13.3km at an average gradient of 7.7 per cent – but the real test comes in the final 4.5km, which averages a leg-sapping 12 per cent. There could be some big winners and losers on GC today.

Rest Day Monday 10 July Clermont-Ferrand

Stage 10 Tuesday 11 July Vulcania – Issoire (167km, hilly)

Racing resumes after the rest day with one of two stages this week that pretty much have ‘win from the break’ written all over them, so we’d expect a frantic start as riders try and get off the front of the peloton after leaving the volcano-themed Vulcania amusement park, an intermediate sprint just under 60km in meaning the break could also feature some with designs on the green points jersey.

There are 3,100 metres of climbing today and five categorised climbs the last of those crested with 28.6km still to go and a mainly downhill run to what will be only the second-ever stage finish in Issoire, the last coming 40 years ago. Attacks from the break look likely on that final climb, the Côte de la Chapelle Marcousella, with a select group fighting it out for the win, or even a solo triumph.

Stage 11 Wednesday 12 July Clermont-Ferrand – Moulins (180km, flat)

After four days in the Auvergne, the race heads north-west from Michelin’s home city then east towards Moulins, hosting its first stage finish. Shortly before halfway it goes through Montluçon, home of two-time world champion and former Tour de France yellow jersey Julian Alaphilippe, who is bound to receive a warm welcome from family and friends as the race passes by.

With no significant climbs, on paper it’s a day for the sprinters with a flat, 900-metre run to the finish, but the complexion of the race could change if there is a strong wind blowing from the south-east which would be at the back of the riders for the first 115km before turning into a crosswind, raising the prospect of echelons forming and the frantic racing that invariably ensues.

Stage 12 Thursday 13 July Roanne – Belleville-en-Beaujolais (169km, flat)

Officially, this is a flat stage, but it’s not one that looks likely to end in a bunch sprint, with some tough climbs to be tackled, three of those coming in the final 60km or so, the lats of them the Col de la Croix Rosier which averages 7.6 per cent over its 5.3km, making it a day that looks suited for the break.

A hilly start to the afternoon’s racing means that we’re likely once again to see a big battle to get into the break, and no doubt some of the specialist escape artists will have marked today out as one on which they can go for a stage win, the overall contenders likely to keep their powder dry ahead of some tough days in the Jura mountains followed by the Alps.

Stage 13 Friday 14 July Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne – Grand Colombier (138km, mountain)

With Bastille Day falling on a Friday, the roadsides will be lined with revellers kicking off their long weekend in party mode and hoping to see a home win on the Fête Nationale for the first time since Warren Barguil triumphed in Foix in 2017 – and certainly, there will be no shortage of French riders trying to get into the break during a long, flat opening to the stage which ends in the Jura mountains.

The intermediate sprint comes during a long but uncategorised climb, followed by a descent before the road flattens out ahead of the final ascent, which begins with 17.4km left and averages 7.1 per cent. The Tour first tackled the Grand Colombier in 2012, with the first summit finish in 2020 when Tadej Pogačar prevailed – although today’s tough ascent will be from a different direction.

Stage 14 Saturday 15 July Annemasse – Morzine les Portes du Soleil (152km, mountain)

A weekend in the Alps kicks off with a fairly short but very tough stage in the mountains south of Lake Geneva, the Swiss city that gives the lake its name sitting just across the border from today’s start, with the five categorised climbs in total providing 4,100 metres of vertical ascent during the afternoon.

Those climbs get progressively harder as the stage unfolds, with some steep ramps on the Col de la Ramaz potentially seeing a thinning-out of the GC group ahead of the Hors-Categorie Col du Joux Plane, covering 11.6km at 8.5 per cent. That’s crested with just 12km to go, with a tricky, very fast descent into Morzine likely to prove attractive to some of the peloton’s more fearless descenders.

Stage 15 Sunday 16 July Les Gets les Portes du Soleil – Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc Le Bettex (179km, mountains)

Today’s parcours is a near-loop through the mountains of Haute-Savoie, with racing starting after an unusually long neutralised section that gives the riders 15 minutes to get their legs warmed up. With a rest day tomorrow several, including those with their sights set on the mountains competition, will be tucked in behind the race director’s car, itching to attack the moment the flag drops.

The GC action will come on the day’s final two climbs, which in effect are one long climb with the briefest of descents between them. The first of those, the Côte des Amerands, is only designated Category 2 but averages 10.9 per cent and hits a maximum of 17 per cent, providing a potential launch pad for attacks ahead of the final ascent to Le Bettex, where Romain Bardet won in 2016.

Rest Day Monday 17 July Saint-Gervais – Mont Blanc

Stage 16 Tuesday 18 July Passy – Combloux (22km, individual time trial)

There’s a sharp contrast with the Giro d’Italia this year, which featured 73.2km of riding against the clock split between three stages, including that penultimate day’s thriller in which Primož Roglič snatched the maglia rosa from Geraint Thomas to set up his overall victory. Tour organisers ASO have instead gone for a minimalist approach, with today’s short time trial the only such stage of the race.

On that memorable day in Italy, riders switched from time trial to road bikes ahead of the last climb, but here, the benefits of changing bikes is less cut and dried. There’s a short, punchy climb early on, but most of the stage is on flattish, rolling roads. The Côte de Domancy though hits 15 per cent – could the risk of losing time to change bikes be offset by the potential reward of gaining precious seconds?

Stage 17 Wednesday 19 July Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc – Courchevel (166km, mountain)

A potential cracker of a stage in the Alps, including the Col de la Loze which at 2,304 metres will be the highest point the Tour reaches this year, on a day that begins with the familiar combination of the Col des Saisies and Cormet de Roseland and which will no doubt see a lot of fighting to get into the break, particularly from riders or teams that have had a disappointing race to date.

After the descent from Nôtre-Dame-du-Pré, the road heads upwards again, with the climb to the Col de la Loze covering 28.1km at an average gradient of 6 per cent but hitting a brutal 24 per cent at times. The summit comes with 6.6km to go, followed by a fast descent ahead of a final 18 per cent ramp to the finish. It’s very much a day that could see a big reshuffling of the top 10 on GC.

Stage 18 Thursday 20 July Moûtiers – Bourg-en-Bresse (186km, hilly)

This is one of those intriguing stages that is often thrown into the last week of the Tour, and is consequently a difficult one to call. With rolling terrain and no categorised climbs, it should be one for the sprinters, but the exertions of the past few days in the mountains, plus the reduction of teams to eight riders a few years ago, means sprint trains don’t now dominate as they once did.

Add to that the fact that with the race fast approaching its end, chances to make an impression are running out, which means many riders – including some still looking for a new contract for next year – will try and get in the break and take it all the way to the line. It could very well be one of those days when the bunch tries to reel in the escapees at the death, with a close finish in prospect.

Stage 19 Friday 21 July Moirans-en-Montagne – Poligny (173km, flat)

Another one that should, in theory, end in a bunch finish, but subject to the same caveats that applied yesterday. We’re back in the Jura today, but the two categorised climbs, the second of which has its summit 29.1km from the finish town, shouldn’t prove too taxing for the legs of the fastest men in the peloton.

A finishing straight that is around 8km in length also plays into the hands of the chasers – psychologically, it’s easier to chase down a break when it is within line of sight, and the absence of twists and turns late on, more easily negotiated by individual riders or a small group rather than the peloton, also favours the sprinters who today have their last chance of success before Paris.

Stage 20 Saturday 22 July Belfort – Le Markstein Fellering (133km, mountain)

The final mountain stage is also the shortest road stage of the race, but it is one that certainly packs a punch with six categorised climbs in wait ahead of a first-time finish at Le Markstein Fellering in the Vosges mountains. Quite how the day pans out will depend a lot on the gaps at the top of the GC – if they are small, this will be an explosive stage, and we’d expect a big break to get away eventually.

That could take some time as teams that missed the move counter attack. We should also see GC teams try and get riders up the road to fall back and help their leaders later on. The penultimate climb, the Petit Ballon, averages 8.1 per cent over 9.3km, followed by the Col du Platzerwasel, 7.1km at 8.4 per cent ahead of the finish when we’ll know who is poised to win the 110th Tour de France tomorrow.

Stage 21 Sunday 23 July 2023 Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines – Paris Champs-Elysées (115km, flat)

The traditional procession into Paris will be missing next year, the 2024 Tour concluding with an individual time trial in Nice as the French capital gears up to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games, which are acknowledged by today’s stage starting outside the velodrome that will host the track cycling events a little more than 12 months from now.

It is of course a well-worn script, with the peloton in end-of-term mood as it heads into the heart of Paris, the jersey wearers posing for photographs, before a break that will almost certainly be doomed going clear on the iconic Champs-Elysées circuit ahead of a bunch sprint that is widely acknowledged as the unofficial sprinters’ world championship.

If Mark Cavendish, winner in May of the final stage of the Giro d’Italia in Rome,  makes it to Paris, this will be the 224th and final Tour de France stage (including Prologues) of his career. From 2009-12, he was unbeatable on the Champs-Elysées, his four straight stage wins here coming when he was at his peak, the last of those in the rainbow jersey of world champion on the same day as Sky team-mate Bradley Wiggins became the first British rider to win the yellow jersey.

By tradition, it is the team of the winner in waiting that leads the peloton across the line for the start of the first lap of the closing circuit, but the honour is sometimes given to a rider taking part in the race for the final time – although if Cavendish is here, it will be with the goal of clinching what has proved to be an elusive fifth win on cycling’s most famous finish line, and one which, if he has not yet clinched his 35th stage victory, would be the one that would finally see him pull clear of Eddy Merckx as the rider with the most stage wins in the history of the race.

Whatever happens, for the riders who have made it through the three weeks, reunions with friends and family plus celebrations with team-mates and staff beckon in the evening after the race ends for another year, the baton passing to the cradle of the Renaissance, Florence, with the city next year hosting what will be Italy’s first ever Grand Départ of its neighbouring country’s Grand Tour.

Arrivederci Paris, ed all’anno prossimo in Toscana – Goodbye Paris, and until next year in Tuscany.

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Re stage 9, finishing up the Puy de Dôme, you say "Poulidor’s stage-winning battle with eventual overall champion Jacques Anquetil in 1964 is just one of the past visits that has sealed the Puy de Dôme’s place in Tour history." Poulidor dropped Anquetil on the Puy de Dôme, but he didn't win the stage. They were behind the Spanish climbers Bahamontes and Jiménez, with Jiménez being the stage winner.

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A bit pedantic, but your opening paragraph is wrong...it's only three days to go until the 2023 Tour....not three weeks until the 2024 Tour!!

There's more detail here , including a lot about the areas, towns and villages the race passes through on each stage.

Quote: The start in Dax honours one of the peloton’s all-time great fast men, André Derrigade, who was born in nearby Narrosse. Now aged 94, he won 22 stages of the Tour de France, a record that stood until it was eclipsed by Mark Cavendish, who took his 23rd victory at the race on the Champs-Elysées in 2012 

Wasn't it eclipsed earlier by Eddy Merckx?

I think they meant to say sprint stages. Wheras Eddie won a mix of sprint and mountainous stages on his way to winning pretty much anything you can on a bike. 

And so the excitement builds.

Rest day on my birthday, boo.

But I will have that whole week off anyway.

I hope ITV still have the live rights, or I will be riding a lot that week , and trying to be back for 7. DMAX has been alright, apart from the weird cancelled days, and ITV4s Dauphine is good, but I need a bit of live Tour.

ktache wrote: And so the excitement builds. Rest day on my birthday, boo. But I will have that whole week off anyway. I hope ITV still have the live rights, or I will be riding a lot that week , and trying to be back for 7.

ITV only go from 2 pm, about two hours into the stage. However, Discovery+ have flag to flag coverage and there is a seven day free trial available, which would fit nicely into your birthday week!

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Danish rider still dealing with effects of dramatic crash in April, with nervousness also a factor.

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/uae-emirates-vingegaard-is-favorite-for-the-tour-de-france/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "‘Jonas Vingegaard Is Favorite for the Tour de France’ Insists Boss of Tadej Pogacar, UAE Emirates"}}' > ‘Jonas Vingegaard Is Favorite for the Tour de France’ Insists Boss of Tadej Pogacar, UAE Emirates

Mind games begin as UAE top staffer deflects pressure from Giro d'Italia winner Pogačar and his assault on the grand tour double.

2 weeks ago

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/opinion-5-reasons-why-tadej-pogacar-will-win-the-tour-de-france/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "Opinion: 5 Reasons Why Tadej Pogačar Will Win the Tour de France"}}' > Opinion: 5 Reasons Why Tadej Pogačar Will Win the Tour de France

Pogačar is halfway to history to become the first rider since Marco Pantani to complete the Giro-Tour double, and there's no one who can stop him.

4 months ago

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/different-paths-to-the-tour-de-france-jonas-vingegaard-debuts-primoz-roglic-stays-high/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "Different Roads to the Tour de France: Jonas Vingegaard Debuts, Primož Roglič Stays High"}}' > Different Roads to the Tour de France: Jonas Vingegaard Debuts, Primož Roglič Stays High

The former teammates will clash at Basque Country and Dauphiné ahead of battle for yellow jersey: 'The best one will win.'

5 months ago

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/remember-when-tour-de-france-wild-card-selection-was-a-surprise-uno-x-totalenergies-return-for-2024/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "Remember When Tour de France Wild-Card Selection was a Surprise? Uno-X, TotalEnergies Return for 2024"}}' > Remember When Tour de France Wild-Card Selection was a Surprise? Uno-X, TotalEnergies Return for 2024

Analysis: Points and rankings dictate the Tour de France wild-card selection process that's now almost devoid of drama and intrigue.

6 months ago

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/tom-pidcock-confirms-full-focus-on-tour-de-france-gc/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "Tom Pidcock Confirms ‘Full Focus’ on Tour De France GC"}}' > Tom Pidcock Confirms ‘Full Focus’ on Tour De France GC

Talented Briton doesn’t disclose goal but is aiming higher than a solid showing: ‘Top ten is not really my motivation.’

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/its-a-new-chapter-in-more-ways-than-one-tao-geoghegan-hart-and-his-tour-de-france-quest/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "‘It’s a New Chapter in More Ways Than One’: Tao Geoghegan Hart and His Tour de France Quest"}}' > ‘It’s a New Chapter in More Ways Than One’: Tao Geoghegan Hart and His Tour de France Quest

Leap of Faith: Just months after breaking his hip, the 2020 Giro d'Italia winner will be at an unknown level in his Lidl-Trek debut.

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/tour-de-france-director-remco-evenepoel-has-that-x-factor-that-unexpected-and-brilliant-thing/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "Tour De France Director: ‘Remco Evenepoel Has That X-Factor, That Unexpected and Brilliant Thing’"}}' > Tour De France Director: ‘Remco Evenepoel Has That X-Factor, That Unexpected and Brilliant Thing’

Frenchman lauds Remco Evenepoel’s defiance in Vuelta a España, says debut Tour win is possible.

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/a-return-to-home-soil-details-revealed-of-lilles-tour-de-france-grand-depart-2025/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "A Return to Home Soil: Details Revealed of Lille’s Tour De France Grand Départ 2025"}}' > A Return to Home Soil: Details Revealed of Lille’s Tour De France Grand Départ 2025

No cobble sectors appear to feature, but wind could be a big factor.

7 months ago

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/jonas-vingegaard-its-a-good-thing-riders-are-tested-so-often/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "Jonas Vingegaard: It’s a ‘Good Thing’ Riders Are Tested so Often"}}' > Jonas Vingegaard: It’s a ‘Good Thing’ Riders Are Tested so Often

The two-time Tour de France champion says he has missed one out-of-competition anti-doping test during his career, but did not say when it was.

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/tour-de-france-to-start-on-home-roads-in-2025/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "Tour de France to Start on Home Roads in 2025"}}' > Tour de France to Start on Home Roads in 2025

Lille and northern France to host opening stages of 2025 Tour de France in first 'home' start since 2021.

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/merlier-to-plead-case-amid-reports-soudal-quick-step-wont-bring-sprinter-to-2024/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "Merlier to Plead Case Amid Reports Soudal Quick-Step Won’t Bring a Sprinter to 2024 Tour De France"}}' > Merlier to Plead Case Amid Reports Soudal Quick-Step Won’t Bring a Sprinter to 2024 Tour De France

With Remco Evenepoel to target GC, Belgian insists there should be room for him.

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/mark-cavendish-project-35-gets-boost-as-mark-renshaw-joins-astana-as-ds/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "Mark Cavendish ‘Project 35’ Gets Boost as Mark Renshaw Joins Astana as DS"}}' > Mark Cavendish ‘Project 35’ Gets Boost as Mark Renshaw Joins Astana as DS

Renshaw spent almost a decade riding as Cavendish's leadout man and was an advisor for Astana-Qazaqstan during the 2023 Tour de France.

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/the-5-stages-that-will-decide-the-2024-tour-de-france-a-savage-start-crushing-climbs-and-yes-some-gravel/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "These Are the 5 Stages That Will Decide the 2024 Tour de France"}}' > These Are the 5 Stages That Will Decide the 2024 Tour de France

A savage start, some crushing climbs, and yes, some gravel, will decide the Pogačar-Vingegaard-Roglič-Evenepoel battle.

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/does-gravel-belong-at-the-tour-de-france-favorites-fear-disaster-in-the-dirt/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "Does Gravel Belong at the Tour de France? Favorites Fear Disaster in the Dirt"}}' > Does Gravel Belong at the Tour de France? Favorites Fear Disaster in the Dirt

'It's the day when you can lose the Tour': Is race organizer's hope for 'chaos' on the 2024 Tour's gravel stage a risk too far?

8 months ago

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/tadej-pogacar-says-gravel-in-2024-tour-de-france-is-pretty-risky/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "Tadej Pogačar Says Gravel in 2024 Tour de France is ‘Pretty Risky’"}}' > Tadej Pogačar Says Gravel in 2024 Tour de France is ‘Pretty Risky’

UAE star rates the 111th Tour route a 'nine of out 10,' but says the gravel stage is 'not ideal' for the GC favorites.

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/jumbo-visma-bracing-for-strange-face-off-against-primoz-roglic-at-tour-de-france/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "Jumbo-Visma Bracing for Face Off Against Primož Roglič at Tour de France: ‘We Know How Strong He Is’"}}' > Jumbo-Visma Bracing for Face Off Against Primož Roglič at Tour de France: ‘We Know How Strong He Is’

The 2024 Tour de France will see Roglič square off against his longtime team after his high-voltage move to Bora-Hansgrohe: 'It will be strange racing against him.'

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/this-tour-de-france-is-harder-than-last-year-can-jonas-vingegaard-make-it-three-in-a-row/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "Can Jonas Vingegaard Make it Three in a Row? ‘This Tour de France is Harder Than Last Year’"}}' > Can Jonas Vingegaard Make it Three in a Row? ‘This Tour de France is Harder Than Last Year’

Jumbo-Visma won't be trying to repeat its 2023 grand tour sweep and no one likes the gravel sectors: 'You can lose more than you can gain.'

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/gravel-beefs-and-huge-battles-heres-what-vingegaard-vollering-lefevere-kopecky-said-of-routes-for-the-2024-tour-de-france-tour-de-france-femmes/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "Gravel Beefs and ‘Huge Battles’: The Peloton Reacts to Routes for the 2024 Tour de France, Tour de France Femmes"}}' > Gravel Beefs and ‘Huge Battles’: The Peloton Reacts to Routes for the 2024 Tour de France, Tour de France Femmes

Vingegaard, Vollering, Kopecky, Lefevere and many more weigh in.

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/2024-tour-de-france-route-dates-and-details/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "2024 Tour de France Route, Dates, and Details: Packed with Firsts and Plot-Twists"}}' > 2024 Tour de France Route, Dates, and Details: Packed with Firsts and Plot-Twists

Four summit finishes, two time trials, and 34km of gravel roads highlight a challenging and balanced route starting in Italy and ending in Nice.

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/tour-de-france-tour-de-france-femmes-2024-what-we-know-already-on-eve-of-route-reveal/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "Tour de France, Tour de France Femmes 2024: What We Know Already on Eve of Route Reveal"}}' > Tour de France, Tour de France Femmes 2024: What We Know Already on Eve of Route Reveal

Rumors of gravel stages for the men and a Alpe d'Huez finale for the women with the two race routes set to be unveiled in Paris on Wednesday.

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/can-primoz-roglic-now-race-against-and-beat-jumbo-visma-at-the-tour-de-france/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "Can Primož Roglič Now Race Against and Beat Jumbo-Visma at the Tour de France?"}}' > Can Primož Roglič Now Race Against and Beat Jumbo-Visma at the Tour de France?

With a possible move to Bora-Hansgrohe, the Slovenian wants outright leadership, but he's leaving the team he helped transform into a powerhouse. Can he now beat the Killer Bees?

10 months ago

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/federico-bahamontes-spains-first-tour-de-france-winner-dies-at-95/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "Federico Bahamontes, Spain’s first Tour de France winner, dies at 95"}}' > Federico Bahamontes, Spain’s first Tour de France winner, dies at 95

The 'Eagle of Toledo' won six King of the Mountains jerseys and one yellow jersey as he raced during cycling's 'golden era' of the 1950s and 1960s.

11 months ago

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/on-the-tourmalet-everything-can-happen-tour-de-france-femmes-prepares-for-historic-day/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "‘On the Tourmalet, everything can happen’: Tour de France Femmes prepares for historic day"}}' > ‘On the Tourmalet, everything can happen’: Tour de France Femmes prepares for historic day

Alison Jackson hoping for some food-based gifts from fans, including but not limited to, hamburgers and chicken wings.

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/report-card-ranking-every-team-hitting-pre-race-ambitions/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "Tour de France report card: Ranking every team"}}' > Tour de France report card: Ranking every team

Rags and riches: How many teams won stages? Which squads left with nothing? We dive in.

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/blingiest-custom-bikes/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "The blingiest custom bikes of the Tour de France"}}' > The blingiest custom bikes of the Tour de France

Custom bikes from, Cavendish, Van der Poel, Sagan, Pedersen, and more.

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/tech-round-up/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "The best tech from the Tour de France"}}' > The best tech from the Tour de France

New bikes, helmets, and more at the 2023 Tour de France.

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/lawson-craddock-tour-de-france-diary-the-big-loop-ends-in-paris-on-a-high/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "Lawson Craddock Tour de France diary: The ‘big loop’ ends in Paris on a high"}}' > Lawson Craddock Tour de France diary: The ‘big loop’ ends in Paris on a high

In his final diary entry, Lawson Craddock takes us inside the final stage on the Champs-Élysées and reflects after a hard month of racing.

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/what-next-pogacar/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "What’s next for Tadej Pogačar? No Vuelta a España, but the worlds are on"}}' > What’s next for Tadej Pogačar? No Vuelta a España, but the worlds are on

'He deserves a bit of calm', but no rest for a hungry bike racer: Pogačar to take aim at rainbow jersey and considers future runs at Giro and Vuelta.

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/pro-bike-check-jonas-vingegaard-winning-cervelo-s5/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "Pro bike check: Vingegaard’s Tour de France winning Cervélo S5"}}' > Pro bike check: Vingegaard’s Tour de France winning Cervélo S5

The GC specialist spent many more days on his aero bike than you might expect.

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/power-analysis-how-to-hold-peloton-178-km/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "Power analysis: How to hold off the Tour de France peloton for 178 km"}}' > Power analysis: How to hold off the Tour de France peloton for 178 km

We dive into the power numbers of the Tour's best breakaway riders.

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/americans-needed-podium-boost-popularity-usa/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "Americans are needed on the podium to boost the Tour de France’s popularity in the US"}}' > Americans are needed on the podium to boost the Tour de France’s popularity in the US

In the final part of this series, we focus on the need for top GC riders.

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/kasper-asgreen-tech-geek/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "Kasper Asgreen’s not just good at bike racing, he’s one of the peloton’s tech geeks"}}' > Kasper Asgreen’s not just good at bike racing, he’s one of the peloton’s tech geeks

A look at the bikes of Julian Alaphilippe and current European road cycling champion Fabio Jakobsen.

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/how-the-americans-fared-at-the-tour-de-france/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "How the Americans fared at the Tour de France"}}' > How the Americans fared at the Tour de France

A yellow jersey, a near-miss in the King of the Mountains, and breakaways galore: How the US riders performed at the Tour de France.

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/tour-de-france-femmes-stage-3-culture-the-lascaux-caves/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "Tour de France Femmes stage 3 culture: The Lascaux caves"}}' > Tour de France Femmes stage 3 culture: The Lascaux caves

Exploring the famous Lascaux caves and the challenges of preserving their 17,000-year-old paintings.

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/tour-de-france-how-much-money-did-jonas-vingegaard-and-jumbo-visma-make/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "Tour de France prize money: How much did Jonas Vingegaard and Jumbo-Visma earn?"}}' > Tour de France prize money: How much did Jonas Vingegaard and Jumbo-Visma earn?

Here's the final prize money list for the Tour de France.

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/21-quick-fire-takeaways-from-the-2023-tour-de-france/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "21 quick-fire takeaways from the 2023 Tour de France"}}' > 21 quick-fire takeaways from the 2023 Tour de France

From the Jumbo-Visma steamroller and Pogačar's panache, to polka perfection and Plan Bs: Here's a pick'n mix of talking points.

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/veronica-ewers-tour-de-france-femmes-will-be-more-than-vollering-vs-van-vleuten/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "Veronica Ewers: Tour de France Femmes will be more than Vollering vs Van Vleuten"}}' > Veronica Ewers: Tour de France Femmes will be more than Vollering vs Van Vleuten

The American is looking to return to the top 10 after a strong debut showing in 2022.

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/hungover-the-comedown-winning-stage/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "‘I woke up feeling hungover’: The comedown after winning a Tour de France stage"}}' > ‘I woke up feeling hungover’: The comedown after winning a Tour de France stage

Messed-up sleep, fighting off sickness, damaged motivation: Michael Woods, Felix Gall, and Tom Pidcock on the highs and lows.

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/tour-de-france-how-giulio-ciccone-beat-neilson-powless-in-race-for-the-king-of-the-mountains/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "Tour de France: How Giulio Ciccone edged past Neilson Powless in race for the King of the Mountains"}}' > Tour de France: How Giulio Ciccone edged past Neilson Powless in race for the King of the Mountains

American Powless held jersey for over half of the race and can savor his performance.

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/tour-de-france-stage-21-the-latest-standings-and-video-highlights/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "Tour de France stage 21: The latest standings and video highlights"}}' > Tour de France stage 21: The latest standings and video highlights

Champs Élysées enlivened by flat-out racing and multiple attacks

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/lost-boys-victor-lafays-unfinished-business/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "Lost Boys: Victor Lafay’s unfinished business"}}' > Lost Boys: Victor Lafay’s unfinished business

In the last of the 'Lost Boys' series, John Wilcockson profiles the Tour's final rider who did not arrive to Paris.

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-jonas-vingegaard-era-tadej-pogacar-says-not-so-fast/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "Tour de France: Is this the beginning of the Jonas Vingegaard era? Tadej Pogačar says not so fast"}}' > Tour de France: Is this the beginning of the Jonas Vingegaard era? Tadej Pogačar says not so fast

This Tour reconfirmed that Pogačar and Vingegaard are at the very top of the Tour de France pyramid, and both are already plotting a rematch for 2024.

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Though several teams had multiple riders in the group behind the Belgian, a fractured chase only helped to cement Kopecky's advantage.

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/who-jordi-meeus/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "Who is Jordi Meeus? The unknown Belgian just pipped the sprinter superstars at the Tour de France"}}' > Who is Jordi Meeus? The unknown Belgian just pipped the sprinter superstars at the Tour de France

Meet Bora-Hansgrohe’s Belgian bullet who beat his friend Philipsen and stunned the cycling world in Paris.

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Jonas Vingegaard delivers a near-perfect performance to win a second straight yellow jersey, while Tadej Pogačar attacks on final laps in sign of intention.

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/lotte-kopecky-turns-last-years-frustrations-tour-de-france-femmes-yellow/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "Lotte Kopecky turns last year’s frustrations into Tour de France Femmes yellow"}}' > Lotte Kopecky turns last year’s frustrations into Tour de France Femmes yellow

Belgian describes the 2022 race as her 'worst week on the bike.'

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SD Worx-Protime kick-starts its Tour campaign in style as Lorena Wiebes finishes second from the chase group.

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/keeping-the-tour-de-france-femmes-hype-going-riders-weigh-up-the-pros-and-cons-of-move-away-from-paris/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "Keeping the Tour de France Femmes hype going: Riders weigh up the pros and cons of move away from Paris"}}' > Keeping the Tour de France Femmes hype going: Riders weigh up the pros and cons of move away from Paris

Start in Clermont-Ferrand is a chance for the women's peloton to 'create our own story' says Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio.

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Pidcock leaves the Tour with lessons for the future as he strives to become Ineos Grenadiers' next yellow jersey.

>", "path": "https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/ticker-2/", "listing_type": "category", "location": "hero", "title": "Tour de France ticker: Campenaerts voted ‘super-combative’ of Tour, reports say Vingegaard to Vuelta, Rodríguez penalized 20″"}}' > Tour de France ticker: Campenaerts voted ‘super-combative’ of Tour, reports say Vingegaard to Vuelta, Rodríguez penalized 20″

Follow all the action and headlines at the 2023 Tour de France.

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The Italian says she has 'nothing to lose' as she goes into this year's race with few expectations.

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One more big display of panache in final pro season.

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Last-ever Thibaut Pinot mountain raid and GC contender scrap for stage win.

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The start list is packed with big names and even bigger ambitions. Who will claim this year's opening yellow jersey?

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It's mission accomplished for the American climbing star with Jumbo-Visma poised to win the yellow jersey Sunday in Paris: 'I was happy to be there in a lot of key moments.'

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Cycling's most successful twins end the Tour on attacking high that mirrors how they opened the race in Bilbao nearly three weeks ago.

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Velo caught up with some of the main contenders ahead of the second edition of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift.

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Vingegaard finishes safe in third to all-but guarantee final victory, Pinot animates explosive 'home' stage through the Vosges.

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The race for the podium is going to be more competitive than ever. From Demi Vollering to Juliette Labous, here are the leading candidates for the top spots in cycling's biggest prize.

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Coaches of Tour's 'big two' lift the lid on how fundamental training principles still rule in the biggest race in the world.

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The most famous sprint in cycling to play out once again.

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The Groupama-FDJ rider from Luxembourg was overcome with emotions when he finished his first Tour de France last year.

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Grizzled vet Alexander Kristoff rides the Dare VSRu aero road bike for the debut of the Uno-X team in the Tour de France.

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The breakaway fends off the chasers for the second day in a row.

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Slovenian shows admirable empathy towards rivals: 'I wish that everyone could win a Tour stage.'

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Dane unexpectedly makes it into all-out breakaway battle and nearly becomes first rider in 21st century to win back-to-back breakaway stages.

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Mohorič pips Asgreen after breakaway holds off a breakaway in a wild stage for those at the front.

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More riders leave the race, while another battles against the odds to survive.

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Throw your hands in the air like you just don’t care: Sagan, Ciccone, and Flecha on putting on a show with charismatic salutes.

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Belgium's green jersey-in-waiting poses 'luxury' dilemma for Belgian worlds team after selection alongside Van Aert, Evenepoel.

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A big, big day in the mountains to decide the final general classification.

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In his latest diary, Lawson talks about the Col de la Loze, pulling all day to bring back a breakaway, and what lies in store for Friday's firecracker stage.

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Stage 18 of the Tour de France should have been a certain sprint stage, but four men had a different plan.

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Tour de Hoody: Will a second Tour de France loss serve as a moment of reckoning for Pogačar and UAE? First comes the final push to Paris.

Tour de France Writers

Andrew Hood

Andrew Hood, aka “EuroHoody,” is the European editor for Velo . Since joining the title in 2002, he’s been chasing bike races all over the world. He’s covered dozens editions of the spring classics and the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia, and Vuelta a España, as well as numerous world championships in road, track, and mountain biking. He’s also covered five Olympic Games and traveled across six continents for bike races. Beyond the Outside cycling network, his work has appeared in The New York Times , Sports Illustrated , ESPN , Outside , SKI ,  Traveler Magazine , Washington Post , Dallas Morning News , and Denver Post . He’s a voting member of the Velo d’Or prize committee, and he’s appeared on CNN, NBC, NPR, and BBC. Chances are if there’s a bike race, EuroHoody’s been to it, or will be going soon.

Betsy Welch

Betsy writes about off-road racing, culture, and personalities for Outside’s cycling group. As a rider, she loves big adventures on the bike. Some of her most memorable reporting/riding trips include the Migration Gravel Race in Kenya, bikepacking the Colorado Trail, and riding from Torino to Nice after the inaugural Tour de France Femmes. In the summer, she loves to run, ride, and hike through the Elk Mountains in her backyard; in the winter, she skis uphill.

I’m a UK-based editor and reporter focusing on road racing, training, and nutrition. I’ve developed a bank of experience working on the ground at all three grand tours, Paris-Roubaix, Tour of Flanders, Strade Bianche, road worlds, and many more. I have my own ‘ Behind the Ride ‘ series of features that digs into how riders in the pro peloton have become the best in the world. It’s a wide-ranging column that’s covered diet, training, recovery, altitude camps, and a lot more. And when I’m not working? After a few decades of mostly dismal results, I’ve hung up the wheels on my bike racing career. Instead, now, I’m training for trail running races … but don’t hold that against me.

Andy McGrath

Formerly editor of Rouleur magazine, Andy McGrath is a freelance sports journalist and has covered the Tour de France, Tour of Italy and the sport’s big one-day Classics. He covered the 2023 Tour de France for VELO.

Shane Stokes

Shane Stokes has written about pro cycling for over 25 years, covering grand tours, world championships, Classics and other major events during that time. He’s been the Irish Times cycling correspondent for over two decades, appeared regularly on that country’s national broadcaster RTE in analyzing the sport, and contributed to Velo and many of the sport’s international outlets. When not writing about cycling he’s happiest in nature on a sunny day, particularly with a dog or two in tow.

Will Tracy is a San Francisco based editor interested in all things cycling. Since getting his start in cycling journalism with Peloton Magazine , he has reported from the Tour de France; the Taipei Cycle, Eurobike, and Sea Otter trade shows; and covered the biggest events in gravel racing including Unbound and SBT GRVL. When not biking, he stays active with climbing and running and likes to take photos, cook, and serially dabble in new hobbies.

Alvin Holbrook

Alvin is a tech editor for Velo. He covers road, gravel, and e-bikes after nearly a decade in the bike industry. In addition, he uses his background in urban planning to cover stories about active transportation, policy, tech, and infrastructure through the Urbanist Update series. He currently lives in San Antonio, Texas with his wife and an ever-growing stable of bikes and kitchen utensils. Meet Alvin

Josh hails from the Pacific Northwest but when it’s time to ride, hot and dry is better than cold and wet. He will happily talk for hours about the minutiae of cycling tech but understands most people just want things to work. He is a road cyclist at heart and doesn’t care much if those roads are paved, dirt, or digital. Although he rarely races, if you ask him to ride from sunrise to sunset, and beyond, the answer is always yes.

How to watch the Tour de France in 2024

Outside the United States and Canada Eurosport will show the race in Europe. Other options include Rai Sport in Italy, L'Equipe TV in France, and Sporza in Belgium.

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