Cycling. Will the Tour de France pass through the English Channel during the 2025 edition?

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2016 has been a while! Since that year and a Grand Départ which allowed us to spend almost three days in the department, Manche has no longer had the opportunity to host a stage of the Tour de France.

This long parenthesis should not end in 2025. While the route of the Grande Boucle will be revealed on Tuesday October 29 in Paris, the stars of the world peloton will not stop in the department.

According to our information, no municipality has come forward to be a stopover town and welcome the caravan in July. The 2025 course could, however, allow one of them to try their luck.

The Grand Départ in Hauts-de-France and a journey in the counterclockwise direction (a priori) offer, in fact, in the far westneglected in recent years, the opportunity to find the peloton of the Tour de France.

A trip to the South Channel?

There Normandy region should therefore be in the spotlight. La Haute initially with a possible arrival in Rouen.

Then the Bass probably over two days. Caen, which will celebrate its millennium in 2025, is more than up for it and could well welcome the first time trial of the test.

Likewise, Vire seems to be in the starting blocks to take advantage of this global media exposure. For a departure towards the Brittany?

It’s a possibility. And good news for… the Channel.

By imagining a departure from the Calvadosian city, bordering our department, towards theIlle-et-Vilainewe can imagine that the peloton will pedal a few kilometers on the South Manche tarmac.

A little consolation while waiting for the next departure or arrival in the department?

We will still have to find the means. Because, for the Grande Boucle, money also remains the sinews of war .

To welcome the start of a stage, a city must pay 90,000 euros at ASO, theorganizerof the Tour. For an arrival, the price of the ticket this time rises to 130,000 euros. Enough to put off some…

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