Tour de France 2025: Five spectacular and promising stages to look out for

We check out five of the most unmissable stages in this year's race

Tour de France 2025
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There are Tour de France stages and there are Tour de France stages, and while they all make up part of the biggest annual sporting event on the calendar that we love, they aren't all created equal.

Starting in Lille on Saturday July 5, the Tour de France comprises 21 stages that take the riders anti-clockwise around France and all the way to Paris on Sunday July 27.

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After cutting his teeth on local and national newspapers, James began at Cycling Weekly as a sub-editor in 2000 when the current office was literally all fields.

Eventually becoming chief sub-editor, in 2016 he switched to the job of full-time writer, and covers news, racing and features.

He has worked at a variety of races, from the Classics to the Giro d'Italia – and this year will be his seventh Tour de France.

A lifelong cyclist and cycling fan, James's racing days (and most of his fitness) are now behind him. But he still rides regularly, both on the road and on the gravelly stuff.

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