Live from Lille, it’s the latest “Great Loop.” The Tour de France, cycling’s chicest and most significant race, commences from the country’s northern tip. To paraphrase a contemporary great … we got the grip like a handle, and we’re bikin’. Wheels on the road, folks. The complete route can be found here.

Riders in this year's Tour de France will benefit from extended safety zones on seven stages of the race, the UCI announced today. It means that instead of the usual three-kilometre buffer at the end of each stage,

The 2025 Tour de France will be broadcast live on ITV4 in the UK, in what is the last year of free-to-air coverage of the race before it is exclusively shown on TNT Sports and Discovery+. 1 5 July 2025 Lille Métropole → Lille Métropole 184.9