L'Etape du Tour 2025

Name: L'Etape du Tour 2025
Start: 20 Jul 2025 7:00am
End: 20 Jul 2025 7:00am
Location: Albertville

20 Jul 2025 - Albertville

The 33rd edition of the Étape du Tour will take place on Sunday 20 July 2025.

The course follows the route of Stage 19 of the 2025 Tour de France, starting in Albertville and finishing with the climb to La Plagne.

The 131km route takes in 4500 metres of elevation gain - similar to the 2024 edition. There are five major climbs on the route, with Cote d'Hery-sur-Ugine (1004m) serving as a warm-up for the Col des Saisies (13.7km; 1650m).

Riders will then catch breath on the descent into Beaufort, before a double-header of Col du Pre (1716m) and Cormet de Roselend.

Another long descent follows before tackling into the final climb, which is a long one: 19.1km at an average 7.2% leading to a summit finish at La Plagne (2052m).

Entries open 6 November at 4pm. Entries start at €159 for the basic package rising to €231 if you want an event jersey and medal.

The standard entry includes an atmospheric day's riding on the Etape's closed roads, with rider timing and mechanical support, and feed stations including a pasta party at the finish.

L'Etape du Tour - cycling's greatest sportive?

The Etape du Tour is probably the most famous sportive in the world, and is the only chance each year to ride the same route as the pro riders in the Tour de France on closed roads.

Each year around 16,000 lucky riders get the chance to ride a stage of the Tour de France just a few days before the professional riders cover the same route. Always run on one of the rest days of the Tour, the Etape du Tour has the same support cars and police outriders as the actual Tour.

The Etape du Tour is run by ASO, who also run the Tour de France, and the organisers tend to try and choose one of the shorter but mountaineous routes as their route.

Registration for the 2023 Etape du Tour opens on 2 November 2022. Usually there is a huge rush of registrations on the first day - it's not unusual for L'Etape entries to sell out within hours of opening.

One of the hardest choices is to decide whether to go to the Etape as part of an organised group or whether to make your own arrangements. A good travel company may cost a bit more but it can make life an awful lot easier as they pick you up from the airport, organise getting to the start and being picked up from the finish and often have their own feed stations along the Etape route. Read our guide to Etape du Tour travel operators to see who we recommend.

However if you plan well in advance and are part of a group of riders you will save a lot of money making your own plans. Remember that it is very unlikely that you will want to cycle home an extra 30km after finishing the Etape so making sure you are able to get home easily is important.

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