2025 Tour de France: How to watch, schedule, stages

The Tour de France returns to its roots, with all 21 stages to be raced within France for the first time since 2020. Last year’s race started in Florence, Italy, and ended with an individual time trial in Nice.

The 112th edition will feature seven flat stages, six hilly stages, six mountain stages, and two individual time trials, with 23 teams of 184 riders taking on the 2,075-mile course over three grueling weeks, starting on July 5.

Two riders to watch out for are Tadej Pogačar from Slovenia and Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard, who have won the last five Tour de France titles between them. The 26-year-old Pogačar was dominant last year, capturing the Giro d’Italia and Tour, becoming the first rider to win those two races in the same season since 1998.

Pogačar won last year’s Tour by 6:17 over Vingegaard, was also victorious in 2020 and 2021, and was the runner-up in 2022 and 2023.

Here’s what you need to know about this year’s race:

How to watch the 2025 Tour de France

All 21 stages will air on Peacock, NBC’s streaming service. NBC will have live coverage of stages 1 and 20, with highlights of stages 2, 15, 20 and 21.

2025 Tour de France stage schedule, distance, characteristics

1. July 5: Lille Métropole to Lille Métropole, 114.9 miles (flat stage)
   • Coverage begins at 6:30 a.m. ET; 8 a.m. on NBC
2. July 6: Lauwin-Planque to Boulogne-sur-Mer, 129.9 miles (hilly stage)
   • Coverage begins at 6 a.m. ET
3. July 7: Valenciennes to Dunkirk, 110.8 miles (flat stage)
   • Coverage begins at 6:30 a.m. ET
4. July 8: Amiens to Rouen, 108.2 miles (hilly stage)
   • Coverage begins at 6:30 a.m. ET
5. July 9: Caen to Caen, 21 miles (individual time trial)
   • Coverage begins at 6:30 a.m. ET
6. July 10: Bayeux to Vire, 125.2 miles (hilly stage)
   • Coverage begins at 6 a.m. ET
7. July 11: Saint-Malo to Mûr-de-Bretagne, 122 miles (hilly stage)
   • Coverage begins at 6 a.m. ET
8. July 12: Saint-Méen-le-Grand to Laval, 106.5 miles (flat stage)
   • Coverage begins at 6:30 a.m. ET
9. July 13: Chinon to Chateauroux, 108.2 miles (flat stage)
   • Coverage begins at 6:30 a.m. ET
10. July 14: Ennezat to Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy, 102.7 miles (mountain stage)
    • Coverage begins at 6:30 a.m. ET
11. July 16: Toulouse to Toulouse, 97.4 miles (flat stage)
    • Coverage begins at 6:30 a.m. ET
12. July 17: Auch to Hautacam, 112.2 miles (mountain stage)
    • Coverage begins at 6:30 a.m. ET
13. July 18: Loudenvielle to Peyragudes, 6.8 miles (individual time trial)
    • Coverage begins at 6:30 a.m. ET
14. July 19: Pau to Luchon-Superbagnères, 113.5 miles (mountain stage)
    • Coverage begins at 6 a.m. ET
15. July 20: Muret to Carcassonne, 105.2 miles (hilly stage)
    • Coverage begins at 6:30 a.m. ET
16. July 22: Montpellier to Mont Ventoux, 106.6 miles (mountain stage)
    • Coverage begins at 6 a.m. ET
17. July 23: Bollène to Valence, 99.7 miles (flat stage)
    • Coverage begins at 7 a.m. ET
18. July 24: Vif to Courchevel Col de la Loze, 106.6 miles (mountain stage)
    • Coverage begins at 6 a.m. ET
19. July 25: Albertville to La Plagne, 80.7 miles (mountain stage)
    • Coverage begins at 7 a.m. ET
20. July 26: Nantua to Pontarlier, 114.5 miles (hilly stage)
    • Coverage begins at 6 a.m. ET; 8 a.m. on NBC
21. July 27:  Mantes la Ville to Paris Champs Élysées, 82.2 miles (flat stage)
    • Coverage begins at 9:30 a.m. ET

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