Tour de France 2025 Favourites stage 20: Breakaway day

That said, the first climb is notable for its length, and the third for its gradient. Still, with an average of just 4.1%, the 12.1-kilometre Col de la Croix de la Serra doesn’t pose much of a challenge and the same goes for the third climb, the Côte de Thésy: 8.9% (over 3.6 kilometres).

Thésy could have made for an interesting finale, but since it crests more than 63 kilometres from the finish, it’s likely to be little more than a footnote in the race. After that, only the Côte de Longeville remains: a short 2.5-kilometre climb at 5.5%, with the summit 22 kilometres from the line.

All in all, the course is too tough for the sprinters and not tough enough for the GC contenders. That opens the door wide for the attackers to turn it into a memorable day.

Favourites 20th stage 2025 Tour de France

*** Filippo Ganna, Magnus Cort, Wout van Aert, Iván Romeo
** Neilson Powless, Frank van den Broek, Maximilian Schachmann
* Jasper Stuyven, Quinn Simmons, Alex Aranburu, Mauro Schmid, Jenno Berckmoes

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