PROS – The 2023 Tour de France route revealed

The 2023 Tour de France will take place from July 1 to 23, between Bilbao (Spain) and Paris on the Champs-Elysées. On the menu, the crossing of five mountain ranges, 30 climbs of second, first or hors category, and only 22 km of time trial. Find the first details of the route of the next Tour de France.

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After a hilly start in the Basque Country, the riders competing for the general classification will quickly get down to business, with the attack on the Pyrenees as early as the fifth and sixth stages. On this occasion, the riders will cross the Soudet, Marie-Blanque, Aspin, and Tourmalet passes, before an unprecedented finish at the Cambasque plateau (16 km at 5.4%) above Cauterets at the end of the sixth stage.

After an interlude more favorable to sprinters or breakaway riders, the riders will find the steep climb of the Puy-de-Dôme for the finish of the ninth stage, which had not been climbed by the Tour de France for 35 years.

From the thirteenth stage, they will enter the Alps, starting with a summit finish at the Grand Colombier. Then, they will face a big challenge the next day between Annemasse and Morzine with the Col de Cou, Col du Feu, Col de Jambaz, Col de la Ramaz and finally the difficult Col de Joux Plane. The next day, another big day with the sequence of the Col de la Forclaz de Montmin, Col de la Croix Fry des Aravis, Côte des Amerands and the final climb to Le Bettex. The time trial of the 16th stage will see the riders compete on a difficult course, with the famous Côte de Domancy (2.5 km at 9.4%).

But the big stage of this Tour de France 2023 will be the day after the time trial, between Saint-Gervais-Mont-Blanc and Courchevel, with a total of 5000 m of elevation gain, passing through the Col des Saisies, Col du Cormet de Roselend, Côte de Longefoy and the now famous Col de la Loze (28.4 km at 6%) before descending to Courchevel with a summit finish at the Altiport with its 18% gradients.

After two stages promised to sprinters, the riders will not be done with the mountains, with a short and nervous stage in the Vosges between Belfort and Le Markstein the day before the final finish. The Ballon d’Alsace, Col de la Croix des Moinats, Col de Grosse Pierre, Col de la Schlucht, Petit Ballon, and Platzerwasel are on the program over 133 km, which promises an explosive finale.

The stages of the Tour de France 2023

Stage 1 – July 1: Bilbao-Bilbao, 182 km
Stage 2 – July 2: Vitoria-Gasteiz – San Sebastian, 209 km
Stage 3 – July 3: Amorebieta-Etxano – Bayonne, 185 km
Stage 4 – July 4: Dax-Nogaro, 182 km
Stage 5 – July 5: Pau-Laruns, 165 km
Stage 6 – July 6: Tarbes-Cauterets, 145 km
Stage 7 – July 7: Mont-de-Marsan – Bordeaux, 170 km
Stage 8 – July 8: Libourne-Limoges, 201 km
Stage 9 – July 9: Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat – Puy de Dôme, 184 km
Rest Day – July 10: Clermont-Ferrand
Stage 10 – July 11: Vulcania-Issoire, 167 km
Stage 11 – July 12: Clermont-Ferrand – Moulins, 180 km
Stage 12 – July 13: Roanne – Belleville-en-Beaujolais, 169 km
Stage 13 – July 14: Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne – Grand Colombier, 138 km
Stage 14 – July 15: Annemasse-Morzine, 152 km
Stage 15 – July 16: Les Gets – Saint-Gervais-Mont-Blanc, 180 km
Rest Day – July 17: Saint-Gervais-Mont-Blanc
Stage 16 – July 18: Passy-Combloux (ITT), 22 km
Stage 17 – July 19: Saint-Gervais-Mont-Blanc – Courchevel, 166 km
Stage 18 – July 20: Moûtiers – Bourg-en-Bresse, 186 km
Stage 19 – July 21: Moirans-en-Montagne – Poligny, 173 km
Stage 20 – July 22: Belfort – Le Markstein, 133 km
Stage 21 – July 23: Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines – Paris, 115 km

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