Tour de France 2018: Route and stages

Geraint Thomas won the 105th edition of the Tour de France ahead of Tom Dumoulin and Chris Froome. The route took in everything that makes cycling such an exciting sport - cobbles, sprint stages, summit finishes, dust roads, hilly time trial, and the Queen Stage over the Aspin, Tourmalet and Aubisque. The 2018 Tour de France started on 7 July at Noirmoutier-en-l’Île and finished on 29 July in Paris.

Read more about the Tour de France's 2018 route, or click on the links in underneath table for information on individual stages, including detailed route maps and height profiles.

Tour de France 2018: stages

Tour de France 2018: Route maps, height profiles, and more

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Stage 6: Mûr de Bretagne

Stage 10: Plateau des Glières

Stage 10: Col de Romme en Colombière

Stage 11: La Rosière

Stage 12: Alpe d'Huez

Stage 14: Côte de la Croix Neuve

Stage 16: Col du Portillon

Stage 17: Col du Portet

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The Route

The 2018 Tour de France started July 7th on Île de Noirmoutier to finish July 29th on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. The route takes in cobbles and a number of promising mountain stages. The Alps bring a race to L'Alpe d'Huez, while the closing week is played out in the Pyrenees. The last week's masterpiece is an explosive stage of merely 65 kilometres and the penultimate stage is a hilly individual time trial.

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Noirmoutier-en-l’Île – Fontenay-le-Comte

Saturday, 7 July 2018 - At 201 kilometres, the 1st stage of the 2018 Tour de France travels from Noirmoutier-en-l'Île to Fontenay-le-Comte. Expect a fast finisher to be the first man in yellow.

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Mouilleron-Saint-Germain – La Roche-sur-Yon

Sunday, 8 July 2018 - Stage 2 of the 2018 Tour de France amounts to 182.5 kilometres on gently rolling roads between Mouilleron-Saint-Germain and La Roche-sur-Yon. The route is perfect for fast finishers.

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Cholet – Cholet

Monday, 9 July 2018 - At 35.5 kilometres, the 3rd stage of the Tour de France brings the first team time trial in La Grande Boucle since 2015. The race is played out on undulating roads near Cholet.

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La Baule - Sarzeau

Tuesday, 10 July 2018 – In the 4th stage of the Tour de France the route runs from La Baule to Sarzeau, both located on Brittany’s south-coast. The 195 kilometres course is rolling, as is typical of the Breton landscape, while the race ends on a false flat. Talking about the finish, Sarzeau offers a 4 kilometres finishing as straight as a line.

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