2025 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11

;5 July 2025 – Lille to Lille, The race began with a flat stage around Lille (the Grand Départ location for the 2025 Tour), offering the sprinters an opportunity to take the first yellow jersey. There were three fourth-category climbs scattered on the route which decided the first wearer of the polka dot jersey as leader of the mountains classification. Due to the high wind speeds, there was a risk of the peloton splitting into echelons. As the flag dropped to mark the official start of the race, five riders immediately broke away from the peloton. The break included Jonas Rutsch (), Bruno Armirail (), Mathis Le Berre (), Benjamin Thomas (), and Mattéo Vercher (). then went to the front to keep the break's lead at around two and a half minutes. As the race approached the intermediate sprint with left, the pace in the peloton picked up, catching the break ahead of the intermediate sprint, where Jonathan Milan () took maximum points. Afterwards, two members of the original breakaway, Thomas and Vercher, attacked to form another break. Thomas took maximum points at the first two fourth-category climbs to become the first holder of the polka dot jersey. As he took the point at the second climb of the day, Thomas crashed and took Vercher down with him. Both riders were soon caught by the peloton following the crash. With to go, hit the front on a crosswind section, successfully splitting the peloton. 40 riders made the front split, including Tadej Pogačar () and Jonas Vingegaard (), who were the most notable general classification (GC) contenders who made the front split while Jasper Philipsen () and Biniam Girmay () were the most notable sprinters in the front group. Despite the best efforts of the chasing peloton, the front group gradually extended their lead over the chasers to the finish. Inside the last , Ben O'Connor () and Marijn van den Berg () crashed in the front group but they were credited with the same time due to the five kilometre rule. In the final sprint, with three of their leadout riders also making the front split, delivered a perfect leadout for Philipsen, who won the stage comfortably ahead of Girmay to take the first yellow jersey. The chasing peloton, which included Remco Evenepoel () and Primož Roglič (), lost 39 seconds to the front group. Two contenders for the stage 5 time trial, Filippo Ganna () and Stefan Bissegger (), crashed at separate times during the stage. They both suffered concussions and had to withdraw from the race. == Stage 2 ==

;6 July 2025 – Lauwin-Planque to Boulogne-sur-Mer, The second stage was the longest of the race at in length, taking the riders westwards towards the Côte d'Opale, to a finish at Boulogne-sur-Mer. The hilly stage had four categorized climbs, with three climbs occurring in the last . The breakaway was caught shortly after. On the Côte du Haut Pichot with around left, the peloton split due to a crash but the second part of the peloton quickly closed the gap. As the riders tackled the Côte de Saint-Étienne-au-Mont, and took control with Lewis Askey and Tiesj Benoot, respectively, before Matteo Jorgenson () paced the latter part of the climb. The front group was reduced to just seven riders, including the three pre-race favorites of Pogačar, Vingegaard, and Evenepoel, as well as Mathieu van der Poel (), who was the stage favorite. On the Côte d'Outreau, more riders managed to come back to the front group. Following the climb, Vingegaard launched an attack but he was unable to get a gap. There was also a counter-attack by Kévin Vauquelin (), Alexey Lutsenko (), and Jorgenson but they were brought back by João Almeida (), who was setting up Pogačar for the stage. Before the final kilometre, an attack by Florian Lipowitz () was also brought back by Almeida, setting up a small bunch sprint for the stage win. Van der Poel led out the sprint early but he was able to hold off Pogačar to win his second Tour stage. Vingegaard took third to take the final bonus seconds available at the line. In the , van der Poel took the yellow jersey from his teammate, Philipsen, who lost 31 seconds. Pogačar moved up to second at four seconds down followed by Vingegaard, who was a further two seconds behind. == Stage 3 ==

;7 July 2025 – Valenciennes to Dunkirk, . The third stage remained in Hauts-de-France, heading north from Valenciennes towards Dunkirk over a flat route. The only climb on the day was the fourth-category cobbled climb of Mont Cassel (2.3 km at 3.8%), which topped at around left. As the riders approached the only categorized climb of the day, Tim Wellens () soloed off the front of the peloton to take the solitary KOM point, moving into the lead of the mountains classification ahead of his teammate, Tadej Pogačar. The final was marred by several crashes, the first of which involved notable riders such as Evenepoel and sprinter Jordi Meeus (); all riders involved managed to finish the stage but some riders such as Meeus suffered abrasions. In the run up to the finish line, Danny van Poppel () was relegated for a dangerous move that caused the crash of several riders such as Davide Ballerini () and Emilien Jeannière (). The final sprint was won by Tim Merlier () in a photo finish with Milan. All 181 finishers were credited with the same time, resulting in only minor changes in the general classification. Milan took the green jersey of the points classification. No rider was awarded the combativity award, with media noting that "nothing noteworthy occurred during 99% of the [stage]". } == Stage 4 ==

;8 July 2025 – Amiens to Rouen, (left) riding alongside Remco Evenepoel (right) in Amiens. The fourth stage started in Amiens, before heading across the plains of Picardy towards Rouen in Normandy. Considered a hilly stage, the stage had five categorized climbs, all of which took place in the last of the stage. The third-category climb of Rampe Saint-Hilaire (800m at 10.6%) was located just from the finish in Rouen. == Stage 5 ==

;9 July 2025 – Caen to Caen, riding the time trial in the polka-dot jersey of the Mountains classification. The first of two individual time trials on the 2025 Tour took place in Caen in Normandy, over a route on wide, flat roads. There were three intermediate time checks on the course, located after , , and . The earliest benchmark time was set by Pablo Castrillo (), who finished with a time of exactly 38 minutes, which was good enough for tenth on the day. His time was quickly bettered by his teammate, Iván Romeo, who finished 16 seconds better than Castrillo. Luke Plapp () seemed to threaten Romeo's time when he set the overall fastest time at the first two time checks but he eventually set a time of 37' 59", 15 seconds slower than Romeo. Eventually, a rider who sat in the hot seat for much of the day was Edoardo Affini (), the current European time trial champion. Although he was not the fastest rider at the first two time checks, Affini sped up towards the end to set a time of 37' 15". Bruno Armirail () came close to beating Affini's time but he eventually fell short by two seconds. The focus soon shifted to the battle between the contenders. After losing almost a minute in stage 4, Florian Lipowitz () bounced back during the time trial, finishing with a time of 37' 40", which was good enough for sixth on the stage. His teammate, Primož Roglič, finished just outside the top ten with a time of 38' 01". Other notable good times amongst contenders came from Kévin Vauquelin () and João Almeida (), who finished fifth and eighth, respectively. Soon, the top three contenders for the Tour, Tadej Pogačar (), Jonas Vingegaard (), and Remco Evenepoel (), came down the start ramp. At the first time check, Evenepoel was a second faster than Pogačar, with Vingegaard already losing 20 seconds at the same point. Over the rest of the course, Evenepoel gradually increased his gap over Pogačar, who in turn was also extending his advantage over Vingegaard. At the finish, Evenepoel set the fastest time of 36' 42", winning the stage by 16 seconds ahead of Pogačar, who finished second on the day. Meanwhile, Vingegaard set a time of 38' 03", finishing outside the top ten and losing more than a minute to both Evenepoel and Pogačar. The yellow jersey holder, Mathieu van der Poel (), set a time of 38' 26", conceding the yellow jersey to Pogačar, who now led by 42 seconds over Evenepoel. Vauquelin was third overall, the only other rider within a minute of Pogačar. Vingegaard now sits in fourth at 1' 13" down. Vingegaard's performance was considered sub-par, but he expressed optimism that he could recover the lost time in later stages. == Stage 6 ==

;10 July 2025 – Bayeux to Vire Normandie, The sixth stage remained in Normandy, starting in Bayeux. The hilly route in "Norman Switzerland" had six categorized climbs (five third-category and one fourth-category) totaling in elevation. The stage finished in Vire Normandie at the top of a long uncategorized climb with an average gradient of 10%. == Stage 7 ==

;11 July 2025 – Saint-Malo to Guerlédan (Mûr-de-Bretagne), The seventh stage took place in Brittany, starting in Saint-Malo before culminating on a finishing circuit with two ascents of the third-category climb of Mûr-de-Bretagne (2 km at 6.9%). As the front group approached the second ascent of Mûr-de-Bretagne, Wellens began his leadout, lining up the peloton in one long line. On the steep portion of the climb, Tadej Pogačar () increased the pace, with Jonas Vingegaard () and Remco Evenepoel () the only riders able to follow him. Inside the final kilometre, a group of six riders caught up with the trio to make it nine riders out front. Pogačar's teammate, Jhonatan Narvaez, immediately went to the front to start his leadout for the final sprint. Pogačar was the first rider to launch his sprint, with Vingegaard going straight to his wheel. Vingegaard was unable to come around as Pogačar won his second stage of this year's Tour. There was a two-second gap at the line between the lead duo and the rest of the group, which was led by Oscar Onley (). With van der Poel losing almost a minute and a half, Pogačar retook the yellow jersey by 54 seconds ahead of Evenepoel while Vingegaard's deficit increased to 1' 17". With 50 points on offer for the stage winner, Pogačar also took the lead in the points classification. == Stage 8 ==

;12 July 2025 – Saint-Méen-le-Grand to Laval, The eighth stage headed eastwards from Saint-Méen-le-Grand in Brittany to Laval over a course, with one fourth-category climb as the only challenge on the flat route – with a sprint finish expected. Milan became the first Italian rider to win a Tour de France stage since Vincenzo Nibali won stage 20 at the 2019 edition of the race – almost six years and a total of 113 stages since the last Italian win. == Stage 9 ==

;13 July 2025 – Chinon to Châteauroux, The ninth stage of the Tour headed south, with a flat stage from Chinon to Châteauroux in the Centre-Val de Loire region that was expected to be contested by the sprinters. On the way to the finish, there were multiple attempts to form echelons but no main contenders were caught out. With to go, the duo up front still had a lead of a minute on the peloton. Rickaert went all-out until van der Poel went solo from the finish; Rickaert did get rewarded with the combativity prize. Van der Poel would eventually be caught inside the final kilometre. In the sprint, Tim Merlier () held off Milan to take his second stage of this year's Tour. Arnaud De Lie () finished third, getting his best result in the race thus far. The top of the general classification remained unchanged. The tailwind on the stage and the efforts to chase the breakaway meant that the stage was the second-fastest in Tour history at , only the second stage to break the 50 km/h barrier. == Stage 10 ==

;14 July 2025 – Ennezat to Mont-Dore (Puy de Sancy), Taking place on Bastille Day, the tenth stage from Ennezat to Mont-Dore tackled eight categorized climbs (seven second-category and one third-category) in the Massif Central mountains. The sprinters finished in a group over 30 minutes behind the leaders, but were well within the time cut. == Rest day 1 ==

;15 July 2025 – Toulouse == Stage 11 ==

;16 July 2025 – Toulouse to Toulouse, After the first rest day, the eleventh stage looped around Toulouse in the Occitania region, with five categorized climbs (one third-category and four fourth-category) on the route. The final climb, the Côte de Pech David, (800 m at 12.4%) topped with just to go. == References ==