Which sites in Vire Normandy requisitioned for the 2025 Tour de France?

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We cannot imagine the incredible and gigantic barnum that a stage of the Tour de France.

To realize this, nothing better than following in the footsteps of Stéphane Boury. For ten years he has been general commissioner of the Tour on behalf ofASOthe organizing company of the “Grande Boucle”. He is in charge of stage arrivals. He is in Vire Normandy at the start of the week to carry out meetings.

An organization down to the millimeter

We found him Monday afternoon, in the middle of the parking lot of the French Meat Alliance (AVF). The company is located opposite the Degrenne factory, a few kilometers from the rue Atlacomulcowhere the arrival of the Vire-Bayeux stage.

The site was targeted by ASO to accommodate the technical zone. “Because we need 1 hectare of bare land,” says Stéphane Boury. Here, an entire living area will be set up, in complete autonomy.

On site, all the logistics concerning televisions and radios from around the world who come to cover the event. “TV sets, for example, with Marion Rousse or Laurent Jalabertare not on arrival but here,” indicates the general commissioner.

The coordination center is also in this location. “It’s the PC race, to put it simply.” A sub-prefect seconded by the Ministry of the Interior, representatives of the police, firefighters, emergency services, local gendarmes, etc. will be present. 400 people in total. Enough to respond, quickly, to any incident that could occur on or near the race on D-Day.

In this truck, we have a tracking system which allows us to follow the riders and the caravan. You should know that between the first and last vehicle in the caravan, there are around twenty minutes. That it is made up of 180 vehicles. We must be able to intervene quickly.

Three intense weeks

It is therefore a procession of trucks which will arrive the day before the race, around 9 p.m. It will happen to Caenlocation of the previous stage of the Tour and will leave the next day, as soon as the race is finished to reach the place of arrival of the stage of next day (Mûr-de-Bretagne). It is thus a perpetual restart during the three weeks of the Tour de France.

For Stéphane Boury, this organization must be anticipated. “For my part, I visit each city 3 to 4 times.” And every decision made is recorded. At the end of these two days in Vire, “nothing will move”.

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