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A reminder, too, that the Tour de France is not the only Grand Tour in town this weekend. The Giro d’Italia Women starts Sunday in Bergamo and Cyclingnews will be providing full coverage of the race. Here’s our latest story on it, reviewing the key stages.
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And the first images of today’s start are already appearing. Here’s one of the Arkéa-B&BHotels team at the signon
Barring those cross-winds, today’s opening stage is likely to end in a bunch sprint. Here’s Cyclingnews’ full preview by colleague James Moultrie of the opening stage of the 2025 Tour de France.
The weather in Lille is currently dry warm and a bit overcast, but most importantly for the race, it’s windy, and there are expectations that what’s already a stiff breeze could get stronger as the day progresses. On an exposed course running through the flatlands of northern France, that could mean crosswinds.
The neutralised start for stage 1 is at 1310 CET, then there’s a lengthy section before racing itself begins for real at 1340.
Hello and welcome to Cyclingnews live coverage of stage 1 of the 2025 Tour de France. Yes, it’s finally here!