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2023 Tour de France route

From the Basque Country to Paris and all the stages in between

The 2023 Tour de France got underway on July 1st in Bilbao, Spain with another demanding route that includes only a single 22km hilly time trial in the Alps and mountain stages in all five of France’s mountain ranges. From the Grand Départ in the Basque Country to the finish in Paris, Cyclingnews has all the route details.

The very limited amount of time trialling and preponderance of mountains no doubt suits French riders  Thibaut Pinot , David Gaudu and Romain Bardet. As a result, Remco Evenepoel, Primoz Roglič and Geraint Thomas targeted the Giro d’Italia, which had three times the amount of time trialling and fewer mountains.

Official information from race organiser ASO claimed the 3,404km route includes eight flat stages for the sprinters, four hilly stages suited to breakaways and eight mountain stages. Four of these include summit finishes: in the Pyrenees at Cauterets-Cambasque, on the legendary Puy de Dôme volcano in the Massif Central, on the Grand Colombier in the Jura and at Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc in the Alps.

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The other mountain stages are also extremely difficult, even if some are short and extra intense.

Stage 14 to Morzine includes 4,200m of climbing, alongside the mighty Col de Joux Plane and its testing descent to the finish. Stage 15 ends with the 11% ‘wall’ of Côte des Amerands and then the 7km 7.7% climb up to Saint-Gervais in view of Mont-Blanc.       

Stage 17 to Courchevel is arguably the queen stage, climbing the 2,304m-high Col de la Loze and then descends to finish on the altiport runway. Stage 20 is a final brutal multi-mountain stage in the Vosges between Belfort and Le Markstein ski resort.

The only time trial is on stage 16 in the Arve Valley near Sallanches after the second rest day, but the 22km route between Passy and Combloux will test riders' bike handling skills and climbing as much as their time trialling. The stage includes the Côte de Domancy, where Bernard Hinault forged his 1980 Worlds victory, and which also featured as part of the final week time trial in the 2016 Tour.

2022 Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard was arguably the best climber of the last two editions of the Tour and he appears to have plenty of opportunities to go on the attack on the steep ascents in 2023.

Two-time winner  Tadej Pogačar  will no doubt relish the route on offer for next July’s challenge against Vingegaard, Jumbo-Visma, Ineos Grenadiers and anyone else.

For an in-depth analysis of this year's major contenders, check our regularly updated guide to the favourites of the 2023 Tour de France .

For a detailed description of each stage, click on the link in the table below.

Stage 1: Bilbao-Bilbao, 182 km - Hilly

Stage 2: vitoria-gasteiz to san sebastián, 208.9km - hilly, stage 3: amorebieta-etxano to bayonne, 193.5km - flat, stage 4: dax to nogaro, 181.8km - flat, stage 5: pau to laruns, 162.7km - mountain, stage 6: tarbes to cauterets-cambasque, 144.9km - mountain, stage 7: mont-de-marsan to bordeaux, 169.9km - flat, stage 8: libourne to limoges, 200.7km - hilly, stage 9: saint-léonard- de-noblat to puy de dôme, 182.4km - mountain, stage 10: vulcania to issoire, 167.2km - hilly, stage 11: clermont-ferrand to moulins, 179.8km - flat, stage 12: roanne to belleville-en-beaujolais, 168.8km - hilly, stage 13: châtillon-sur-chalaronne to grand colombier, 137.8km - mountain, stage 14: annemasse to morzine les portes du soleil, 151.8km - mountain, stage 15: les gets les portes du soleil to saint-gervais mont blanc, 179km - mountain, stage 16: passy to combloux, 22.4km - itt, stage 17: saint-gervais mont blanc à courchevel, 184.9km - mountain, stage 18: moûtiers to bourg-en-bresse, 184.9km - hilly, stage 19: moirans-en-montagne to poligny, 172.8km - flat, stage 20: belfort to le markstein fellering, 133.5km - mountain, stage 21: saint-quentin-en-yvelines to paris champs-élysées, 115.1km - flat.

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Tour de France 2023: stage-by-stage guide to this year’s race

The Grand Départ will be in the Basque Country this year before crossing the Pyrenees and then heading across the Massif Central

Stage 1, Saturday 1 July: Bilbao-Bilbao, 182km

The Tour starts in Spain’s foremost cycling heartland, with a stage through the Basque Country hills which will give many the jitters. Four stiff ascents in the final 80km with the Côte de Pike less than 10km from the line means an initial sort-out of the field; at least one favourite could lose the race here. The finish is made for Julian Alaphilippe, so France will expect a win and yellow jersey.

Stage 2, Sunday 2 July: Vitoria Gasteiz-San Sebastián, 209km

More straightforward but still hillier than most early Tour stages, with the Alto de Jaizkibel 16km from the finish; this 8km drag is well known to cycling fans as the key point in the San Sebastián Classic. It will shred the field, so a select group should contest the finish, suiting all rounders such as Wout van Aert or Magnus Cort. For the favourites, it’s about limiting any time loss.

Stage 3, Monday 3 July: Amorebieta-Bayonne, 187.4km

Finally, something resembling a normal stage for the Tour’s opening week. There are several nasty little Basque Country climbs but they come early in the stage and the run-out is downhill. So it’s bunch sprint time, which means British eyes will be on Mark Cavendish, although the chances are it will be last year’s sprint star, Fabio Jakobsen, in the spotlight.

Stage 4, Tuesday 4 July: Dax-Nogaro, 181.8km

Even flatter than Monday, so another bunch sprint day; for the overall contenders it’s again about staying upright. A north wind may liven things up, but it’s more likely to be a slog through the heat before Cavendish, Jakobsen, Caleb Ewan, Dylan Groenewegen and company fight it out. Big question: will Jumbo-Visma let Van Aert join in, or will he save his strength to support Jonas Vingegaard when the race enters the Pyrenees?

Stage 5, Wednesday July 5: Pau-Laruns, 163km

Two super-steep and gratingly long climbs in the Pyrenees will give a real idea of who is in for the win. It’s 44 years since the Tour has had ascents this severe this early in the race, and there could be as few as a dozen riders in the hunt at the finish. A fast-finishing climber who can descend fast will win this stage, someone of the calibre of Matej Mohoric.

Stage 6, Thursday 6 July: Tarbes-Cauterets, 145km

Day two in the Pyrenees with the Col du Tourmalet on the menu before a long, draggy uphill finish. The chances are the contenders who made the grade yesterday will watch each other and probe for any signs of weakness, while a break settles the stage, with pure climbers targeting the win and the King of the Mountains jersey: Giulio Ciccone perhaps, or Neilson Powless.

Stage 7, Friday 7 July: Mont de Marsan-Bordeaux, 170km

A complete contrast: pancake flat and probably grimly hot. Bordeaux used to be a classic sprinter’s finish when the race made regular visits, and this will be a throwback to those days. So it’s the same cast as in Nogaro, minus anyone who’s fallen foul of the mountains. This could be Cavendish’s third chance to eclipse Eddy Merckx’s stage win record and by now it will be clear just how tough an ask this will be.

Stage 8, Saturday 8 July: Libourne-Limoges, 201km

A second bunch sprint on paper, but there’s a twist: this is a long stage, and the final 70km offer little respite, being constantly up and down. It will be a tough one to control, so teams without sprinters will fancy their chances in a break. The tough finale favours a strongman such as Mathieu van der Poel or his Alpecin–Deceuninck teammate Søren Kragh Andersen.

Stage 9, Sunday 9 July: St Léonard de Noblat-Le Puy de Dôme, 182.5km

A stage devoted to the memory of France’s favourite racer, the late Raymond Poulidor, starting in his home town and finishing on the extinct volcano that was the site of his greatest exploit. The finish climb is back after 35 years’ absence and its insanely steep final 4km will force Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar to show precisely how strong they are. Expect a major reshuffle in the standings.

Stage 10, Tuesday 11 July: Vulcania-Issoire, 167km

After a rest day in Clermont-Ferrand, this is a day for the break to contest a stage through sumptuous scenery. The battle on the climb at the start will be intense and a downhill finish means the final four-mile ascent could see drama aplenty, while there is barely a flat stretch of road in between. This stage will be a target for Alaphilippe, Cort or other stage hunters such as Richard Carapaz or Daniel Martínez .

Stage 11, Wednesday 12 July: Clermont Ferrand-Moulins, 180km

A bunch sprint for sure, simply because with so few opportunities the sprinters won’t want to let this one get away. A break will go with riders looking for television time, but they won’t stand a chance. The question here is: which sprinters have survived the Massif Central, and which teams have any firepower left? One thing is certain: we won’t see another mass finish for at least eight days.

Stage 12, Thursday 13 July: Roanne-Belleville en Beaujolais, 169km

This is the sort of stage the Tour organiser, Christian Prudhomme, loves, peppered with medium-difficulty climbs where anything can happen. Stage hunters such as Alaphilippe, Cort and company will love it, and overall contenders who have flopped thus far will see a chance for redemption. But for a team trying to control the race, it will be a nightmare in the Beaujolais vineyards. For fans, it could be grand cru .

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Stage 13, Friday 14 July: Châtillon sur Chalaronne-Grand Colombier, 138km

A very simple stage, with a big (non-classified) climb mid-stage to whittle the field down, and a brutal climb to the finish for Pogacar, Vingegaard and any remaining rivals such as – perhaps – Tom Pidcock to do battle. The finish is a 17km ascent.

Stage 14, Saturday 15 July: Annemasse-Morzine, 152km

The stage 14 battleground, the Col de Joux Plane, is long, and steep, with the final 6km all about 10%; it’s followed by one of the Tour’s trickiest descents to the finish. With climbing right from the start, the break will go early and may well contest the finish. A good chance for riders such as Mikel Landa, but the final descent has Pidcock written all over it.

Stage 15, Sunday 16 July: Les Gets-Saint Gervais Mont Blanc, 179km

Again there is climbing all day; four classified climbs and several unclassified ones, before an uphill finish where France’s Romain Bardet won in 2016, and where most of the damage will be done on the initial kilometres to Les Amerands, where the gradient reaches 18%. David Gaudu is the rider French fans will expect to emulate Bardet, but if the overall contenders get involved that will be a big ask.

Stage 16, Tuesday 18 July: Passy-Combloux, 22.4km ITT

After the second rest day, a time trial! Once a Tour staple, now a relative rarity. This one is short enough that it won’t upset the applecart, but there’s a twist in its flattish route: a short, sharp pull up the Côte de Domancy, or Route Bernard Hinault, where “the Badger” won the 1980 world title. Another reminder that Hinault remains the last French Tour winner, back in 1985. That’s unlikely to change this year.

Stage 17, Wednesday 19 July: Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc-Courchevel, 166km

The final Alpine stage ends over the longest climb of the week, the 28km Col de la Loze, with an unremitting final 6km topping out at 24%, and after the descent into Courchevel there’s a short, stiff pull to the finish line. If an early break gains ground watch out for pure climbers such as Pello Bilbao, otherwise it’s all about Vingegaard and Pogacar, who between them won four mountain stages last year.

Stage 18, Thursday 20 July: Moûtiers-Bourg-en-Bresse, 185km

A long flat run out of the Alps offers respite after the mountains. On paper this is a bunch sprint, but that depends on which sprinters have survived and what state their teammates are in. Last year the Belgian Jasper Philipsen was the pick of the sprinters in the second half of the Tour; if he and his teammate Van der Poel are in form, look no further.

Stage 19, Friday 21 July: Moirans-en-Montagne-Poligny, 173km

Another flat stage, this time out of the Jura and into the Doubs. This should be another bunch sprint, but there’s a stiff little climb 26km out, which could well put the riders who are left in the sprinters’ teams seriously off their stride. So perhaps a reduced bunch sprint for a seasoned warhorse such as Mads Pedersen.

Stage 20, Saturday 22 July: Belfort-Le Markstein Fellering, 133.5km

A final mountain stage where the organisers will hope for a conclusive showdown between, ideally, Pogacar and Vingegaard. Given this isn’t a million miles from the home of the French chouchou Thibaut Pinot, the home fans and media will be dreaming up a perfect exit for the three-time stage winner in his final Tour over six of the best passes the Vosges can offer.

Stage 21, Sunday 23 July: Saint Quentin en Yvelines-Paris Champs Élysées, 115km

A hint of the Paris 2024 Games with a start at the national velodrome before the run-in to the finish on the Champs Élysées, where the sprinters can strut their stuff. This is the last time we will see the Tour here for a couple of years, as next year’s Olympics mean the finish moves to Nice and a final time trial, the first time the Tour has finished outside the capital since 1905.

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• Date: 23 July 2023
• Start time: 16:40
• Avg. speed winner: 39.19 km/h
• Race category: ME - Men Elite
• Distance: 115.1 km
• Points scale: GT.A.Stage
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• ProfileScore: 14
• Vert. meters: 577
• Departure: Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
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• Race ranking: 1
• Startlist quality score: 1584
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Tour de France 2023 Stage 6 profile and route map: Tarbes - Cauterets-Cambasque

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Mathieu Van Der Poel Relegated After Tour de France Stage 4 Sprint Finish

The finishing sprint of Stage 4 of the 2023 Tour de France was chaotic, but the race jury ruled that MVDP took it a little too far.

Over the last two stages, both won by the man sometimes known as “Jasper Disaster” (though perhaps “Jasper the Master” is more apropos, considering he’s won three of the last five Tour de France stages), MVDP has played a vital role in delivering his teammate to the line.

However, despite his work, van der Poel was sanctioned by the race jury after the conclusion of stage, who determined the Dutch superstar was throwing his elbows a bit too much in the chaotic leadup to the final sprint. Van der Poel traded a few sporting blows with Eritrean sprinter Biniam Girmay , who is looking to win a stage in his Tour debut.

It was a final few hundred meters that featured more action than the previous 113 glass-flat miles of the stage, which Philipsen called “ the most boring Tour de France stage in a long time .”

Due to his contact with Intermarché-Circus-Wanty’s Girmay, van der Poel was relegated to the last position of the lead pack, penalized thirteen points in the competition for the green jersey, and fined $500.

Meanwhile, the victory gave Philipsen a commanding lead in the points classification, as he snatched the green jersey from Jayco-AlUla’s Simon Yates. At the start of Stage 5, Philipsen has 150 points to Viktor Lafay’s 80. Lotto-Dstny’s Caleb Ewan, who Philipsen beat by half-a-wheel in Stage 4, rounds out the top three with 73 points.

Philipsen’s next shot for a stage win will come on Friday, after two days spent in the Pyrenees, when the peloton rides from Mont-de-Marsan to Bordeaux.

Friday’s seventh stage features another flat parcours perfectly suited to the sprinters. After 105 miles, Philipsen will likely be battling it out with Mark Cavendish , who is famously gunning for a record-breaking thirty-fifth Tour de France stage win; Fabio Jakobsen, who, like so many others, suffered a brutal crash at the end of Stage 4; Caleb Ewan, who, after so many close losses, is still looking for his first Tour victory since 2020; and the aforementioned Girmay, who would make history as the first Black racer to win a Tour de France stage.

However, Philipsen’s secret weapon just so happens to be one of the fastest bike riders on the planet working to get him to the front of a bunch sprint. And, though it was unclear what Alpecin-Deceuninck’s plans for Mathieu van der Poel were heading into the Tour , it’s becoming apparent as the miles tick on how they’re employing his world-beating talent.

After a spring campaign that saw him winning Paris-Roubaix , Milan-San Remo , and a fifth cyclocross world championship, it appears that his focus this month is on being a good domestique rather than stage-winning glory for himself.

Of course, that’ll all change come August, when van der Poel hopes to become the first Dutch rider since Joop Zoetemelk to win the world championship.

Michael Venutolo-Mantovani is a writer and musician based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He loves road and track cycling, likes gravel riding, and can often be found trying to avoid crashing his mountain bike. 

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La Vache qui rit® returns as official supplier of the Tour de France

Over nine decades after its first participation, La Vache qui rit®, one of the Bel Group's iconic brands, will once again spread positive vibes in the next three editions of the Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift.

The three-year sponsorship agreement will put La Vache qui rit® in the heart of the caravan in each stage held in France, with one goal in mind: celebrating laughter in France!

The Tour de France and La Vache qui rit® share timeless fundamental values such as a positive outlook and a community focus. For over a century, they have both charmed generations of people in France with their storied heritage and unique amalgam of fervour, fun and flavour. They are also popular, charismatic brands that expanded beyond their borders to conquer the international scene: the Tour de France is broadcast in 190 countries, while people around the world eat 125 wedges of La Vache qui rit® —a brand present in 120 countries— every second. These two monuments were a natural fit.  

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A regular fixture on the tables of families around the globe, La Vache qui rit® will engage with people from all generations on the roads of France this summer. Its caravan, titled La France qui rit ('Laughing France'), will spread positive vibes throughout the route with collaborative activities, sampling opportunities and, most importantly, a tidal wave of laughter and smiles for spectators and TV viewers of all ages of the biggest cycling race on Earth.    

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To celebrate its return to the roads of the Tour, La Vache qui rit® is determined to spend the summer showing why it holds a special place in the heart of people in France. The operations behind the partnership will be revealed for the first time at the fourth edition of the Cyclosportive La Vache qui rit®, which will take place on 25 and 26 May in Lons-le-Saunier, Jura, the cradle of the brand.     

Anne-Sophie Carrier, general manager, Bel France: "This partnership with the Tour de France fills us with pride. It symbolises our dedication to spark joy and share moments through the iconic La Vache qui rit®. Our popular brand, close to everyone and endowed with a rich heritage, will play a role: celebrating laughter in France and bringing everyone in France on board for a fun sporty experience full of flavour."  

Christian Prudhomme, director of the Tour de France: "Everyone knows the Tour de France and everyone knows La vAche qui rit®. We are thrilled to see it return because it holds a special place in the hearts of people in France and exemplifies the values of the Tour. With La Vache qui rit®, laughter and a popular celebration will fill the air in July."

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Tour de France 2023 Parcours etappe 17: Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc - Courchevel

Het parcours biedt genoeg aanknopingspunten voor een spetterende openingsfase. De route klimt lichtjes vanuit de start en na de afdaling wacht de Col des Saises. Dat is een klim van 13,4 kilometer à 5,4%. Direct vanuit de afdaling wacht de Cormet de Roselend: 19,9 kilometer à 6%. Laten we ervan uitgaan dat de vlucht van de dag op de top wel zo’n beetje gevormd zal zijn.

Nu is het wachten op het brute slotakkoord. Wel ligt de Côte de Longefoy (6,6 kilometer à 7,5%) en de valse platte uitloop naar Notre-Dame-du-Pré nog in de weg. Bij het doorkruisen van dat laatste plaatsje is er nog altijd 55 kilometer te gaan.

De route daalt naar Moûtiers en even later, in Brides-les-Bains, begint de Col de la Loze al zo zoetjes aan. Die is in totaal bijna 30 kilometer lang, maar de eerste helft stelt niet zoveel voor. Na Méribel begint het ergens op te lijken met stijgingspercentages van boven de 7%, al komt het toch vooral aan op de laatste 5 kilometer. Dat stuk is extreem onregelmatig en toch zit de gemiddelde stijging rond de 10%. Op de top liggen bonussen van 8, 5 en 2 seconden voor de eerste drie renners.

Een afdaling van 6 kilometer, met een opwaarts hupje halverwege, voert naar de laatste 600 meter. Dat loopt dan weer op met 10,8%.

In 2020 was de streep voor het eerst in de Tourgeschiedenis op de top van de Col de la Loze getrokken en dat beviel Miguel Ángel López zo goed dat hij de zege weggriste voor de neus van Primoz Roglic . Het was een waar slagveld met renners die één voor één over de streep kwamen gekropen.

De eerste drie renners aan de meet verdienen 10, 6 en 4 bonificatieseconden, terwijl de eerste drie renners op de Col de la Loze – als gezegd – 8, 5 en 2 seconden krijgen.

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Tour de France 2023 Route stage 7: Mont-de-Marsan - Bordeaux

It’s the 57th time since 1947 that the biggest cycling contest in the world finishes in Bordeaux. But, remarkably, the last finish dates back to 2010. So that’s 13 editions without a Bordeaux finish on Le Tour. The stage winner succeeds Mark Cavendish, who outgunned Jean Dean and Alessandro Petacchi in 2010.

Eddy Merckx is the rider with the most Tour de France stage wins in Bordeaux, namely four in the years 1970-1974.

The route of the 7th stage is a sprinter’s dream. The only hurdle is the Côte de Béguey – 1.2 kilometres at 4.4% – with its summit almost 50 kilometres before the finish.

The first three riders on the line gain time bonuses of 10, 6 and 4 seconds.

Ride the route yourself? Download GPX stage 7 2023 Tour de France.

Another interesting read: results 7th stage 2023 Tour de France.

Tour de France 2023 stage 7: routes, profiles

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