Ronde de l’Isard Internationale U23 2025: big departure from Saint-Mont, stage finish at the Soulcem Dam… Everything you need to know about the stage towns

The Ronde de l’Isard, a benchmark international stage event in the U23 category, returns to its historic programming period in the second half of May. In 2025 the UCI accepted the proposed dates and the event, category 2.2U, will take place from May 21 to 25. It is from Gers, and more precisely from Saint Mont, that the vintage will launch which will try to succeed Darren Van Bekkum (Team Visma | Lease a Bike Development) on the list of winners, the 2024 winner who will wear the colors of XDS Astana Team in World Tour.

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In addition to the general classification, the Dutchman, also the best climber, also won at the top of the Plateau de Beille, the only summit finish of the edition. In 2025, while the route will still give pride of place to climbers and several historic passes of the Pyrenees will be on the menu, there will also only be one. If it is also scheduled in Ariège this time it will be a first with the ascent to the Soulcem Dam, 16 km at an average of 5.6% from Vicdessos with the last six kilometers at 8.6% and ramps at nearly 15%.

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Aude, Haute-Pyrénnées and Haute-Garonne also

In addition to Gers and Ariège, where the final arrival remains scheduled at Saint-Girons where the Ronde de l’Isard was born in 1977 to host the Expo Fair in May, the departments of Aude , Hautes-Pyrénées and Haute Garonne, despite the removal of the subsidy from the departmental council during this period of budgetary crisis, will welcome the peloton.

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To date, many teams have already applied for the 2025 Ronde de l’Isard, including World Team and Pro Team reserves such as Visma Lease a Bike, Groupama-FDJ, Picnic PostNL, Vendée U (TotalEnergies reserve ), Finisher – Kern Pharma and Lotto which makes it a major objective of its season and should engage the Belgian Jarno Widar, 2nd in the 2024 edition before winning by then the Alpes Isère Tour and the only two other world events of the same level as the Ronde de l’Isard, the Giro Next Gen and the Tour de la Vallée d’Aoste – Mont-Blanc. The final route and the list of selected teams will be made official at the beginning of 2025.