Overview
- The official presentation in Paris confirmed eight mountain stages for the men, five summit finishes, and climbs across all five French massifs with the Col du Galibier as the highest point.
- Stages 19 and 20 both finish atop Alpe d’Huez from different approaches, a pairing organisers expect to shape the general classification.
- New or rarely used ascents such as Gavarnie-Gèdre join classics like the Tourmalet, expanding the race’s climbing catalogue.
- The Tour de France Femmes starts in Lausanne on August 1, features a first-ever summit finish on Mont Ventoux on stage 8, and concludes in Nice on August 9.
- Reporting notes organiser caution about foreign starts after this year’s Vuelta saw major protest-related disruptions in Spain.