Tour de France 2025: Date, odds and key details

The 2025 Tour de France will be the 112th edition of the most famous cycle race in the world.

There are three Grand Tours on the cycling calendar, and the Tour de France is undoubtedly the biggest and most famous.

It takes place in July each year, when the finest cyclists the sport has to offer, will battle it out on the roads of France over 21 gruelling stages.

Here is everything you need to know about the 2025 Tour de France.

Tour de France 2025 Dates

The 2025 edition of the Tour de France is set to begin on Saturday 5th July and will conclude on Sunday 27th July.

Tour de France 2025 Route

The route for the 2025 Tour de France has yet to be fully announced and is still a work in progress.

However, the opening three stages have been announced and for the first time in three years the Grand Depart is back in France.

The Tour de France will begin in the Hauts-de-France region in the north of the country. Stage 1 will begin and end in Lille and is set to be a flat stage that will end in a bunch sprint.

Stage 2 will cover 209km from Lauwin-Planque to Boulogne-sur-Mer and will involve some climbs along the way.

Stage 3 will again be flat and one for the sprinters. It will begin in Valenciennes and cover 172km before finishing in Dunkirk.

Tour de France 2025 How to Watch

Australian fans will be able to watch the 2025 Tour de France via SBS and SBS On Demand.

Tour de France Most Wins

Four cyclists share the honour of winning the Tour de France on the most occasions.

They are Jacques Anquetil, Eddie Merckx, Bernard Hinaut and Miguel Indurain, who all won the Tour de France on five occasions.

Chris Froome fell just short of joining them, winning the Tour de France four times.

Tadej Pogacar has three victories to his name and he looks to have an opportunity to surpass Merckx and co by winning it six times.

Rider	Number of wins and years
Jacques Anquetil	5 (1957, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964)
Eddy Merckx	5 (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974)
Bernard Hinault	5 (1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1985)
Miguel Indurain	5 (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995)
Chris Froome	4 (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017)

Tour de France 2025 favourites

Pogacar is once again the hot fancy to win the 2025 Tour de France and can be backed at 1.61 to get the job done.

After dominating the 2024 edition, Pogacar will take some stopping, but if anyone can do it, it will be Jonas Vingegaard.

The Dane will be out for revenge after coming second in 2024 and is priced at 3.00 to win his third Tour de France.

Remco Evenepoel will have learnt a lot from his first Tour de France in 2024, when he came in third and will hope to make more progress.

The Belgian superstar can be backed at 6.00 to spring a surprise and add the Tour de France to an already impressive palmares.

Primoz Roglic is the best of the rest and is priced at 15.00.