2015 Tour de France Route Rumours
22nd October 2014
The route of the 2015 Tour de France was presented in Paris today.
There will be 3 stages in the Pyrenees.
Tarbes – Col de la Pierre Saint Martin.
Pau – Cauterets
Lannemezan – Plateau de Beille
2015 Tour de France route
Updated on 20th October 2014.
New rumours about Tour de France 2015 in the Pyrenees. Stage finish at La Pierre-Saint-Martin on 14th July.
ASO confirm 15th July Pau to Luchon.
The route will be presented by ASO in Paris on 22nd October 2014.
This is a page of rumours, hearsay and innuendo about the 2015 Tour de France Route. It may be right it may be wrong, it’s just for fun. The 2015 Tour de France route will start in Utrecht, Netherlands. It will be the 6th time the grand depart has been in the Netherlands.
The 2015 Tour de France route will start in Utrecht, Netherlands
Stage |
Date |
Start |
Finish |
Stage Type |
Notes |
1 |
Saturday 4th July | Utrecht | Utrecht | ITT | 13,7 km – Individual time-trial |
2 |
Sunday 5th July | Utrecht | Zeeland | Road | |
3 |
Monday 6th July | Antwerp, Belgium. | Huy, Belgium. | Road | |
4 |
Tuesday 7th July | Liège or nearby, Belgium. | Cambrai | ||
5 |
Wednesday 8th July | Cambrai | Amiens | ||
6 |
Thursday 9th July | Amiens | Le Harve | ||
7 |
Friday 10th July | Livarot | Fougères | Road | |
8 |
Saturday 11th July | Rennes | Mur-de-Bretagne | Road | |
9 |
Sunday 12th July | Vannes | Plumelec | TTT/CLME | |
Rest Day |
Monday 13th July | Rest day in Pau | |||
10 |
Tuesday 14th July | Tarbes | Col de la Pierre Saint Martin | Mountains | |
11 |
Wednesday 15th July | Pau | Luchon or Cauterets | Mountains | |
12 |
Thursday 16th july | Lannemezan | Plateau de Beille | Stage in memory of Fabio Casartelli. | |
13 |
Friday 17th July | Revel | Rodez | ||
14 |
Saturday 18th July | Rodez | Mende | ||
15 |
Sunday 19th July | Mende | Valence or Montélimar | ||
16 |
Monday 20th July | Montélimar | Gap | ||
Rest Day |
Tuesday 21st july | Rest day in Gap | |||
17 |
Wednesday 22nd July | Dignes | Col de la cime de la Bonette or Pra Loup | Mountain top finish | |
18 |
Thursday 23rd July | Vallée de l’Ubaye, Barcelonnette or Jausiers | Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne | ||
19 |
Friday 24th July | Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne | La Toussuire | May also be l’Etape du Tour Mondovelo on 19th July. | |
20 |
Saturday 25th July | Modane | l’Alpe d’Huez | ||
21 |
Sunday 26th July | ? | Paris |
Pyrénées Cycling Lodge
 Cyclist accommodation |
Pyrenees Bike Rental. |
Stage 2 of the Tour de France will go from Utrecht to Zeeland.
https://twitter.com/letour/status/470175960965582848/photo/1
The Tour de France organisers seized the opportunity provided by the third edition of the World Ports Classic to unveil new details about the course of the 2015 edition. The bunch will roll out of Utrecht the day after the opening time trial and race to the sea!
http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2014/us/pre-race/news/ahc/tour-de-france-2015-water-and-diamonds.html
Tour de France in Brittany.
http://www.letelegramme.fr/cyclisme/tour-de-France/tour-de-france-2015-etape-a-plumelec-14-07-2014-10258235.php
http://www.letelegramme.fr/cyclisme/fougeres-dinan-plumelec-ou-plouay-et-quimper-25-07-2014-10273634.php
http://www.ouest-france.fr/tour-de-france-quimper-en-2015-ou-2016-2700094
Tour de France in Alps
http://www.dici.fr/actu/2014/07/22/alpes-de-haute-provence-une-etape-du-tour-digne-col-de-la-bonnette-restefond-en-2015-398134
More on dinan
http://www.le-petitbleu.fr/2014/07/25/tour-de-france-dinan-ne-sera-pas-ville-etape-en-2015/
Rodez in 2015
http://www.midilibre.fr/2014/07/31/le-tour-de-france-de-passage-a-mende-en-juillet-2015,1032195.php
http://www.midilibre.fr/2014/07/29/cyclisme-rodez-ville-etape-du-tour-de-france-2015,1031351.php
More info on Rodez
http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2014/08/09/1931819-rodez-entre-dans-le-sprint-final.html
Stages in the southern Alps.
http://www.dici.fr/actu/2014/08/07/tour-de-france-2015-3-jours-dans-les-alpes-du-sud-414690
http://www.100pour100-velo.com/dernieres-infos-20-8038-trois-jours-dans-les-alpes-du-sud-confirmes.html?PHPSESSID=00adecdd31b19789171e238b775a4391
Le Tour will have 3 stages in Brittany
http://www.breizh-info.com/14807/actualite-sportive/tour-france-2015-vers-trois-etapes-en-bretagne/
Cambrai on 7th July.
http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/cyclisme-apres-2004-et-2010-cambrai-est-bien-parti-pour-ia13b45101n2334092
The mayor of Rodez is very optimistic.
http://www.midilibre.fr/2014/08/26/cyclisme-tour-de-france-2015-arrivee-le-17-juillet-a-rodez-le-18-a-mende,1042220.php
Le Telegramme has updated what it believes will be the stages in Brittany.
http://www.letelegramme.fr/cyclisme/mur-de-bretagne-vannes-et-plumelec-a-l-affiche-31-08-2014-10318539.php
http://www.letelegramme.fr/cyclisme/tour-de-france-2015-une-etape-le-havre-fougeres-avant-rennes-mur-de-bretagne-31-08-2014-10318624.php?utm_source=rss_telegramme&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss&xtor=RSS-20
This says that the stage on 20th July will finish at Pra-Loup.
http://www.dici.fr/actu/2014/09/04/hautes-alpes-scoop-gap-ville-depart-du-tour-de-france-en-juillet-2015-pra-loup-ville-darrivee-le-20-443701
Cycling Weekly seem to be confusing stage 20 with the stage on 20th July
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/tour-de-france-route-rumours-2015-stage-finish-commemorate-eddy-merckxs-defeat-134891
According to these articles stage 7 will start in Livarot.
http://www.lepaysdauge.fr/2014/09/09/cyclisme-le-tour-de-france-sinvite-a-livarot/
http://www.tendanceouest.com/actualite-78777-depart-etape-de-livarot-pour-tour-de-france-2015.html
https://goo.gl/maps/nQPSF
Tour to commemorate Australian soldiers on the Somme.
http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/sports/le-tour-2015-passera-par-cambrai-et-n-exclut-pas-ia228b0n2370694
The newspapers have been busy this week.
Valence and Montélimar
http://www.francebleu.fr/infos/le-tour-de-france-passera-t-il-par-l-ardeche-l-annee-prochaine-1725757
http://www.ledauphine.com/drome/2014/09/19/tour-de-france-depart-d-etape-le-20-juillet
http://www.francebleu.fr/infos/tour-de-france/valence-sera-ville-etape-du-tour-de-france-2015-1789815
Alps
http://www.lemedia05.com/2014/11797/tour-de-france-2015-les-alpes-du-sud-laccueilleront/
http://www.ledauphine.com/hautes-alpes/2014/09/20/le-tour-de-passage-pendant-quatre-jours
http://www.ledauphine.com/savoie/2014/09/17/le-tour-devrait-passer-par-la-maurienne-et-l-alpe-d-huez
Up North
http://www.76actu.fr/tour-de-france-cycliste-2015-le-havre-ville-etape-le-6-juillet_91029/
http://www.ouest-france.fr/tour-de-france-rennes-ville-depart-en-2015-2830991
http://www.ouest-france.fr/tour-de-france-ca-se-precise-pour-fougeres-comme-arrivee-detape-2830831
http://www.ouest-france.fr/une-arrivee-du-tour-de-france-plumelec-oui-mais-qui-paye-2832761
http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/bretagne/2014/09/20/tour-de-france-2015-trois-jours-en-bretagne-554452.html
Could stage 19 be a mountain ITT?
The distance between SJdM and La Toussuire is ideal for this. Plus there are other roads leading down from the mountain, allowing cars DSs and officials to return to the start and follow more than one rider, without conflicting with the race.
Also, four Alpine stages with three mountain top finishes seem a little too brutal for the Tour.
I think that is a real possibility, La Toussuire would be ideal. Four stages are possible but I would guess that there will only be 2 mountain top finishes in the Alps and two in the Pyrenees.
Amiens and Abbeville
http://www.courrier-picard.fr/region/cyclisme-tour-de-france-2015-une-arrivee-a-amiens-et-un-jna201b0n441064
La Pierre-Saint-Martin on 14th July.
http://www.sudouest.fr/2014/09/24/pau-cauterets-c-est-sur-la-pierre-peut-etre-1681358-3961.php
http://www.larepubliquedespyrenees.fr/2014/09/24/la-pierre-enfin-sur-le-tour,1212215.php
http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2014/09/25/1959008-depart-de-tarbes-le-14-juillet.html
If the rumours on stage 18 and Col de Chaussy are true, the route could pass this insane descent, averaging 10-20%, ending only 5 kms from the finish line
Er certain Shark should be drooling…
Wow! I like it. I think the shark would too. It would also be great going up.
More on the Pyrenees from Sud Ouest. Will there be 3 uphill finishes in 3 days in the Pyrenees? I doubt it!
http://www.sudouest.fr/2014/09/24/pau-cauterets-c-est-sur-la-pierre-peut-etre-1681358-3961.php
Conformation of La Pierre Saint-Martin from France 3.
http://youtu.be/ULPRvqdLuE4
Tour de France confirm Col d’Aspin.
http://velopeloton-cycling-pyrenees.bike/col-daspin/
Le Depeche says Tarbes to Cauterets.
http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2014/10/20/1975261-avec-beille-cauterets-et-rodez.html