Tour de France 2022: the route revealed

The 109th edition of the Tour de France will start in Copenhagen, Denmark on Friday, July 1, 2022 and will finish on the Champs-Elysées in Paris on Sunday, July 24. On the program: 3328 km, 21 stages, 3 rest days, 6 mountain stages, 29 climbs of second, first or hors catégorie, 5 summit finishes, but also a passage over the cobbled roads of the North. Find the stages and the map of the Tour de France 2022 route.

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An unprecedented Grand Départ in Denmark

The Tour de France should have already started in Denmark in 2021, but the organizers of the Grande Boucle preferred to postpone the event due to the pandemic. On July 1, the Tour de France will start for the first time in its history from Denmark with a 13 km individual time trial in Copenhagen. The next day, the route promises to be dangerous for the general classification contenders, with 18 km on the bridge connecting the island of Zealand to Funen, over the Baltic Sea, with possible echelons. The third stage between Veljeet and Sonderborg. The peloton will cross the region from north to south, for a probable sprint finish. The peloton will then fly to France and will benefit from a first rest day on July 4.

The Tour then makes its big return to the North, with a potentially spectacular stage between Lille and Arenberg on July 6, featuring the legendary cobbles of Paris-Roubaix.

The East of France in the spotlight

After the North, it’s time for the East. The seventh stage will see the riders arrive at La Super Planche des Belles Filles, a must-see of the Grande Boucle, barely 48 hours after the cobbles. After two hilly stages in Lausanne and Châtel, the riders will benefit from their second rest day, before tackling an epic week in the Alps.

The Altiport de Megève, the Col du Granon, and Alpe d’Huez will be the scene of three successive summit finishes.

Then the race will head towards the South of France through its central part, with a finish in Saint-Etienne on July 15, and in Mende on July 16, at the top of the Montée Jalabert (3 km at 10%). After a finish in Carcassonne the next day, the riders will enjoy their third rest day on July 18.

The Pyrenees in the final week

After a finish in Foix, the 17th stage promises to be epic between Saint-Gaudens and Peyragudes with the Col d’Aspin (12 km, 6.5%), Hourquette d’Ancizan (8.2 km, 5.1%), the Col de Val Louron-Azet (10.7 km, 6.8%), and the climb to Peyragudes (8 km, 7.8%).

The next day, the peloton will connect Lourdes to Hautacam, for another summit finish, with the Col d’Aubisque (16.4 km, 7.1%), the Col de Spandelles (10.3 km, 8.3%) and Hautacam (13.6 km at 7.8%) for a grandiose finale.

Finally, after a finish in Cahors, the last rendezvous of the Tour de France 2022 will be between Lacapelle-Marival and Rocamadour, for a 40 km individual time trial, the day before the arrival in Paris.

The stages of the Tour de France 2022

Friday, July 1: 1st stage / Copenhagen – Copenhagen (13 km, individual time trial)

Saturday, July 2: 2nd stage / Roskilde – Nyborg (199 km)

Sunday, July 3: 3rd stage / Vejle – Sønderborg (182 km)

Monday, July 4: rest

Tuesday, July 5: 4th stage / Dunkirk – Calais (172 km)

Wednesday, July 6: 5th stage / Lille – Arenberg – Porte du Hainaut (155 km)

Thursday, July 7: 6th stage / Binche (Belgium) – Longwy (220 km)

Friday, July 8: 7th stage / Tomblaine – La Super Planche des Belles Filles (176 km)

Saturday, July 9: 8th stage / Dole – Lausanne (Switzerland) (184 km)

Sunday, July 10: 9th stage / Aigle (Switzerland) – Châtel (184 km)

Monday, July 11: rest

Tuesday, July 12: 10th stage / Morzine – Megève (148 km)

Wednesday, July 13: 11th stage / Albertville – Serre Chevalier, Col du Granon (149 km)

Thursday, July 14: 12th stage / Briançon – Alpe d’Huez (166 km)

Friday, July 15: 13th stage / Bourg d’Oisans – Saint-Etienne (193 km)

Saturday, July 16: 14th stage / Saint-Etienne – Mende (195 km)

Sunday, July 17: 15th stage / Rodez – Carcassonne (200 km)

Monday, July 18: rest

Tuesday, July 19: 16th stage / Carcassonne – Foix (179 km)

Wednesday, July 20: 17th stage / Saint-Gaudens – Peyragudes (130 km)

Thursday, July 21: 18th stage / Lourdes – Hautacam (143 km)

Friday, July 22: 19th stage / Castelnau-Magnoac – Cahors (189 km)

Saturday, July 23: 20th stage / Lacapelle-Marival – Rocamadour (40 km, individual time trial)

Sunday, July 24: 21st stage / La Défense-Arena – Paris-Champs-Elysées (112 km)