Tour de France 2023: Gruelling mountain stages on the menu, just one time trial as route revealed
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Updated 27/10/2022 at 14:18 GMT
The peloton are set to explore all five of France’s mountain ranges at the 2023 Tour de France following the unveiling of the route at a presentation in Paris. The 21 stages were announced with eight set to take place in the mountains. The next edition of the Grand Tour begins in Bilbao, Spain and ends, as is tradition, in Paris. The Tour de France 2023 runs from July 1 to July 23.
Tour de France - 3D Presentation of 2023 route
The route for the 2023 Tour de France has been revealed with the 110th edition of the Grand Tour set to favour the climbers.
Featuring 21 stages across three weeks, the presentation in Paris confirmed the race will begin in Bilbao, Spain on Saturday 1st July, finishing at the Champs-Elysees on Sunday 23rd July.
The first three stages will take place in Spain as riders head north into France and onto the capital.
Covering 3,404km, a total of six regions will be crossed and includes all five of France’s mountain ranges for the peloton to navigate.
There will be eight mountain stages in total with four summit finishes, eight flat stages, four hilly stages, and an individual time trial.
"You know it’s going to be great entertainment for fans next year," said Mark Cavendish. "It’s going to be hard work for the bike riders and a lot of opportunities for sprinters but we have to get there first!”
“I think what’s beautiful about the sprints is their long straight finishes - old school Tour de France - more than a kilometre of straight road.”
Jonas Vingegaard of Jumbo-Visma claimed his first Tour general classification in 2022 and also took the mountains classification. Team-mate Wout van Aert took the green jersey.
Tour de France 2023 – Stages
| Date | Stage | Start - Finish | Distance |
| July 1 | Stage 1 | Bilbao – Bilbao (Spain) | 182km |
| July 2 | Stage 2 | Vitoria-Gasteiz – San Sebastian (Spain) | 209km |
| July 3 | Stage 3 | Amorebieta-Etxano – Bayonne (Spain) | 185km |
| July 4 | Stage 4 | Dax – Nogaro | 182km |
| July 5 | Stage 5 | Pau – Laruns | 165km |
| July 6 | Stage 6 | Tarbes – Cauterets Cambasque | 145km |
| July 7 | Stage 7 | Mont-de-Marsan – Bordeaux | 170km |
| July 8 | Stage 8 | Libourne – Limoges | 201km |
| July 9 | Stage 9 | Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat- Puy de Dôme | 184km |
| July 10 | Rest day 1 | Clermont-Ferrand | |
| July 11 | Stage 10 | Vulcania (St-Ours-les-Roches) – Issoire | 167km |
| July 12 | Stage 11 | Clermont-Ferrand – Moulins | 180km |
| July 13 | Stage 12 | Roanne – Chiroubles ou Belleville-en-Beaujolais | To follow |
| July 14 | Stage 13 | Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne – Grand Colombier | 138km |
| July 15 | Stage 14 | Annemasse – Morzine | 152km |
| July 16 | Stage 15 | Les Gets – St-Gervais Mont-Blanc | 180km |
| July 17 | St-Gervais Mont-Blanc | ||
| July 18 | Stage 16 | Passy – Combloux (TT) | 22km |
| July 19 | Stage 17 | St-Gervais Mont-Blanc – Courchevel | 166km |
| July 20 | Stage 18 | Moûtiers – Bourg-en-Bresse | 186km |
| July 21 | Stage 19 | Moirans-en-Montagne – Poligny | 173km |
| July 22 | Stage 20 | Belfort – Le Markstein | 133km |
| July 23 | Stage 21 | St-Ouentin-en-Yvelines – Paris Champs-Elysees | 115km |
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