Tour de France Starts in Lille
This is a Lille news story, published by BBC, that relates primarily to Col de la Loze news.
Lille news
For more Lille news, you can click here:
more Lille newsCol de la Loze news
For more Col de la Loze news, you can click here:
more Col de la Loze newsolympic sports news
For more olympic sports news, you can click here:
more olympic sports newsBBC news
For more news from BBC, you can click here:
more news from BBCAbout the Otherweb
Otherweb, Inc is a public benefit corporation, dedicated to improving the quality of news people consume. We are non-partisan, junk-free, and ad-free. We use artificial intelligence (AI) to remove junk from your news feed, and allow you to select the best sport news, business news, entertainment news, and much more. If you like olympic sports news, you might also like this article about
Lille Metropole. We are dedicated to bringing you the highest-quality news, junk-free and ad-free, about your favorite topics. Please come every day to read the latest Tour de France news, first French stage winner news, olympic sports news, and other high-quality news about any topic that interests you. We are working hard to create the best news aggregator on the web, and to put you in control of your news feed - whether you choose to read the latest news through our website, our news app, or our daily newsletter - all free!
LilleBBC
•Sports
Sports
Tour de France 2025: Start date, route, stage guide and results

70% Informative
The 112th edition of the Tour de France gets under way in Lille on Saturday .
The three-week race ends on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on Sunday , 27 July .
The riders will tackle six mountain stages including trips to the Pyrenees and Alps .
There will also be two individual time trials, with the second featuring the steep climb up to the Altiport in Peyragudes .
Stage 10 : Ennezat - Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy has 4,400 m of elevation gain across seven category- two climbs and a category- three ascent.
Wednesday , 16 July - Toulouse - 156.8 km offers a gentle return to racing after a rest day .
Thursday , 17 July - Auch - Hautacam , 180.6km The first real big day in the mountains could see fireworks in the GC race.
Stage 18 comes with more than 5,500 m of elevation across 171.5km of racing and three legendary climbs.
Col de la Loze is arguably the toughest run of the entire Tour .
The final mountain stage represents the final opportunity for those high in the GC standings to make a play for yellow jersey .
VR Score
75
Informative language
78
Neutral language
37
Article tone
formal
Language
English
Language complexity
42
Offensive language
not offensive
Hate speech
not hateful
Attention-grabbing headline
not detected
Known propaganda techniques
not detected
Time-value
short-lived
External references
no external sources
Source diversity
no sources
Affiliate links
no affiliate links