Returning to the calendar in 2024 after a year of absence, the Tour of Provence will be on the program again for the 2025 season, from February 14 to 16. This 9th edition must be that of confirmation for the French event after a successful return last year, with the victory of a Mads Perdersen (Lidl-Trek) dominant. Through a press release published two months before the start, the organizers revealed this Saturday the first outlines of the southern race, the complete route and the rest of the information being reserved for January 14, 2025, during a press conference. in the presence of Thomas Voecklerthe spokesperson for the event. Main change compared to 2024, the event loses one day of racing and will take place over three days only, compared to four last year (a prologue and three online stages).
Video – Thomas Voeckler is the spokesperson for the Tour de la Provence
“We preferred to play the confirmation over three days than the risk over four”
Jean-Louis Pelegeneral manager of the group Provenceexplains that the organization of the race has been completely reinstated in the newspaper and the reasons for the change to 3 days. “It is a choice linked to a year 2024 very busy with events, we adapt to the resources of our partners (…) we preferred to play the confirmation over three days than the risk over four“. The big departure will take place like last year in Marseille, from an iconic place in the city on Friday February 14. The final arrival will take place two days later, on Sunday February 16, in the city of Arles Marseille, Arles, Saint-Victoret, Manosque, Rognac and Forcalquier will be the six cities welcoming departures and arrivals.
Thomas Voeckler: “A very good race to win”
Thomas Voeckler declares, in Provence of the day, that the Tour of Provence East “a great race to win“. The current coach of the French Cycling team continues his adventure within the organizational team as spokesperson, a role in which he takes on “lots of fun“. Very involved, he brings his immense experience to the event and places the safety of the runners at the center of all decisions, thus placing the athlete at the forefront. Xavier Janpresident of the Cycling League (LNC), he highlights the fact that the Tour is a “major asset“in the calendar and underlines the coherence brought by the event to make the South of France”a block” allowing teams to take up residence in the region at the start of the season.
