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2025 Tour de France route set to favour mountain men

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The route for the 2025 Tour de France will set the stage for another anticipated battle between reigning champion Tadej Pogacar and rival Jonas Vingegaard with Mont Ventoux among a series of summit finishes.The route for the 112th edition of the Tour – the first in five years to take place entirely within France's borders – includes six mountain top finishes and two time trials, one of them in the Pyrenees.At a ceremony in Paris, organisers ASO also revealed the most difficult yet route for the Tour de France Femmes, expanded to a nine-day race that includes four mountain stages.The men’s race will take place between 5 July and 27 July, with the women’s race starting on 26 July before the winner is crowned on 3 August.Lille will host the Grand Depart of the men’s race with a series of hilly stages, including a stage five time trial.

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