The route of 2017 Tour de France has been presented in Paris this morning, 18th October 2016.
Tour de France route 2017
TOUR DE FRANCE 2017
Running from Saturday July 1st to Sunday July 23th 2017, the 104th Tour de France will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,516 kilometres.
These stages have the following profiles:
- 9 flat stages
- 5 hilly stages
- 5 mountain stages including altitude finishes (La Planche des Belles Filles, Peyragudes, Izoard)
- 2 individual time-trials stages
- 2 rest days
10 new sites and stage cities
Düsseldorf (1st stage and start of stage 2), Mondorf-les-Bains (start of stage 4), Nuits-Saint-Georges (finish of stage 7), Nantua (start of stage 9), Eymet (start of stage 11), Laissac-Sévérac l’Église (start of stage 15), Romans-sur-Isère (finish of stage 16), La Mure (start of stage 17), Izoard (finish of stage 18), Salon-de-Provence (finish of stage 19)
2017 Tour de France Route Rumours. This page will contain all the info I come across about the route of 2017 Tour de France up to the presentation on the route in October 2016. Rumours, hearsay and wild speculation.
2017 Tour de France will start in Germany.
The 2017 Tour de France will be the 104th edition and will get under way from Düsseldorf.
The presentation of the route of the 2017 Tour de France, will be in Paris on October 18, 2016. Updates 27th September 2016.
 Stage |
 Date |
 Start |
 Finish |
 Stage Type |
 Notes |
 1 |
 Saturday 1st July |  Düsseldorf |  Düsseldorf |  13 km ITT | |
 2 |
 Sunday 2nd July |  Düsseldorf |  Verviers | ||
 3 |
Monday 3rd July |  Verviers(Be) |  Esch-sur-Alzette(Lux) | ||
 4 |
Tuesday 4th July | Mondorf-les-Bains(Lux) | Â Vittel (Fra) | ||
 5 |
Wednesday 5th July | Â Vittel (Fra) | Â Vosges (la Planche des Belles Filles) | ||
 6 |
Thursday 6th July | Belfort | |||
 7 |
Friday 7th July | Â Nuits-Saint-Georges | |||
 8 |
Saturday 8th July | Â Nuits-Saint-Georges | |||
 9 |
Sunday 9th July | Nantua |  Chambéry |  Followed by air transfer. | |
 Rest-Day |
Monday 10th July | Â Rest Day | Â Rest Day | Â Rest Day | |
 10 |
Tuesday 11th July |  Périgueux |  Bergerac | ||
 11 |
 Wednesday 12th July | Eymet | Pau | ||
 12 |
Thursday 13th July | Pau | Peyragudes | Â Mountains | |
 13 |
Friday 14th July | Saint-Girons | Foix | Mountains | |
 14 |
Saturday 15th July | Toulouse Blagnac | Â Rodez | ||
 15 |
Sunday 16th July | Laissac | Â Puy-en-Velay | ||
 Rest-Day |
Monday 17th July | Rest Day | Â Rest Day | Â Rest Day | |
 16 |
Tuesday 18th July | Brioude | |||
 17 |
Wednesday 19th July |  La Mure |  Serre Chevalier |  Alps | |
 18 |
Thursday 20th July |  Briançon |  Col d’Izoard 2360m Via Col de Vars |
 Alps | |
 19 |
 Friday 21st July |  Embrun | |||
 20 |
Saturday 22nd July | Marseille | Marseille | ITT | |
 21 |
Sunday 23rd July | Â Paris |
looks as if Hindenburgstrasse in Monchengladbach will have a finish there, possible start at the foot ball stadium ( or finish there if starting elsewhere), all in the local press
Luxembourg
http://www.lessentiel.lu/fr/sports/sports_luxembourgeois/story/Un-depart-d-etape-du-Tour-2017-a-Mondorf–15185413
Possible arrival and depart in Belgium
http://www.sudinfo.be/1582454/article/2016-05-27/verviers-accueillera-une-etape-du-tour-de-france-en-2017
Thursday 13th July 50th anniversary of Tom Simpson’s death. Mont Ventoux??
It’s possible and I have considered it, but! Will they really want to draw attention to a doped up rider dying on the race?
Better than a doped up rider winning it, like the last 40 years!
http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2016/07/27/2391763-2017-les-pyrenees-en-juge-de-paix.html
http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2015/06/18/2126916-bagatelle-tour-france-pied-tours-cite.html
Col d’Izoard
http://www.dici.fr/actu/2016/07/24/hautes-alpes-info-d-une-arrivee-tour-de-france-sommet-col-d-izoard-2360-m-2017-872384
la Planche des Belles Filles
https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/culture-loisirs/info-fb-besancon-tour-de-france-une-arrivee-la-planche-des-belles-filles-en-2017-1468918674
Hello
Do you think Thursday 13th will be ending Alpe d’huez??
I hope so
Hi Hannah
There is currently nothing to indicate that Alpe d’huez will be included in 2017.
Thursday 13th will be Serre Chevalier.
Fingers crossed they will squeeze it in somewhere. Always my favourite state and place to be.
Well thats confusing – here you say the 13th will be Serre Chevalier and above it says Luz ardiden? Seems unlikely that they will visit the Pyrenees first and alps seconds as they did last year. As long as i can remember it goes opposite each year. Which would mean Pyrenees in the last week?
Hi,
I have had confirmation from hotels in Serre Chevalier that the Tour is in the area 18th, 19th, 20th July. Therefore the Tour will be doing the Alps in the last week again, this will be 3 years running. The word is that Alpe d’huez is not appearing this year.
All recent rumours concur with that.
For the past 2 years it has been Pyrenees first and then the Alps. 2008 and 2009 also. All recent rumours suggest that next year will be the same.
A lot of things have changed since July.
Hautes Alps
http://alpesdusud.alpes1.com/news/locales/52401/alpes-du-sud-trois-etapes-du-tour-de-france-en-2017-dans-les-hautes-alpes
Any evidence for meribel? Word on the street is no Alpe D H this year. St Jean de Maurienne or Modane as start point perhaps. Lauteret road passable on small farm road and unlikely to be repaired in time after landslides Shaun
Hi Shaun
No. It’s just rumour. Criterium du Dauphine had a stage finish there this year. The story for that was that it was a double stage deal, as is common. Host the Criterium du Dauphine and then get a stage of Le Tour. Meribel would fit in nicely with what is known of the route before and after that.
This map is stage 6 of this years Dauphine.
Hi,
How sure are you that the tour will have its last few stages in the Pyrenees? We will be in the Alps around the end of July and would love to see tome of the Tour and were hoping that it might be spending the last week or so in the Alps.
Hi,
I have had confirmation from hotels in Serre Chevalier that the Tour is in the area 18th, 19th, 20th July. Therefore the Tour will be doing the Alps in the last week again.
Latest rumours seem to confirm that your info is correct.
Hi Tom
As is stated above this is all just rumour. That said, I’m 100% certain it will not be in the Alps the last week. The weekend of the 14th will be the Alps.
Hi
How much confidence of the Galibier?
With your rumours of Meribel and then down to Col D’Izoard via Galibier, looks like St Jean de Maurienne valley could be a good place to be based for that week?
Any suggestion of one of those stages taking in Les Lacets de Montvernier again??
Hi Paul
Presuming that the start and finish are correct then the Maurienne valley is a certainty. I don’t think that there would be any other option other than Col de Madeleine, Col du Telégraphe and Col du Galibier. The stage would be about 160km.
No mention of Les Lacets de Montvernier anywhere for 2017.
Hi
With l’Etape du Tour being in the Alps the last two years, there must be a very good chance that it will be in the Pyrenees this year, is there any word on what stage and when it possibly will be?
Thanks
Hi David
I have not heard anything about l’etape.
Etape du Tour, Briancon to Col d’izoard
http://www.ledauphine.com/hautes-alpes/2016/09/24/l-etape-du-tour-2017-prevue-entre-briancon-et-le-col-d-izoard
The mayor of Rodez seems certain that Le Tour will visit his city next year.
http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2016/08/24/2405550-le-tour-de-nouveau-a-rodez-en-2017-2017.html
Nuits-Saint-Georges
https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/culture-loisirs/exclu-france-bleu-bourgogne-le-tour-de-france-2017-en-cote-d-or-c-est-presque-fait-1471872249
Dordogne
http://www.sudouest.fr/2016/08/31/2017-le-grand-retour-du-tour-de-france-2484088-1733.php
http://www.sudouest.fr/2016/08/31/le-trace-du-tour-de-france-2017-devrait-passer-par-le-departement-2483896-1833.php
Rodez
http://www.centrepresseaveyron.fr/2016/08/30/le-tour-a-rodez-arrivee-le-15-ou-depart-le-16-juillet,1010208.php
Haute-Loire between Pyrenees and Alps.
http://www.leprogres.fr/haute-loire/2016/09/13/le-tour-de-france-2017-au-puy-en-velay-et-a-brioude
I hope we can accommodate Mont Ventoux. The short climbing this year was an anti-climax (exception for Froome running without its bike). Thanks
I think it is very unlikely that Ventoux will appear in 2017.
So the first stage is 13km of ITT, will there be any more ITT? And if so, will they be flat? Thanks
Etape du Tour, Briancon to Col d’izoard
http://www.ledauphine.com/hautes-alpes/2016/09/24/l-etape-du-tour-2017-prevue-entre-briancon-et-le-col-d-izoard
Any idea on the date of the Etape next year????
Is the tour going through normandy or Brittany in 2017 maybe Le Havre again .
Hi Gareth
If the rumours are remotely accurate, then no.
Nantua to Chambéry on 9th July
http://www.ledauphine.com/sport/2016/09/26/tour-de-france-une-etape-entre-nantua-et-chambery
This article claims that there will be a stage finish at Peyragudes ski station. The opening of James Bond “Tomorrow never dies” was filmed there 20 years ago. Seems an unlikely reason for having a stage finish. Should be a good route with Col du Tourmalet included.
http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2016/09/27/2427604-le-tour-de-france-sur-la-piste-de-james-bond.html
I would prefer a stage Pau-Peyragudes with Monté-Bales-Peyresourde-Peyragudes than Tourmalet-Aspin-Azet-Peyragudes. This is too similar year a year.
Ariege in 2017? Maybe.
http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2016/10/04/2431862-foix-et-saint-girons-sur-le-parcours-2017-2017.html
Toulouse, Saint-Girons and Foix.
http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2016/10/14/2439417-exclusif-les-trois-etapes-du-tour-2017-en-midi-pyrenees.html
http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2016/10/16/2440394-une-etape-100-ariegeoise-pour-le-14-juillet.html
The Alps
http://www.dici.fr/actu/2016/10/14/tour-de-france-arrivee-serre-chevalier-19-juillet-l-izoard-20-depart-d-embrun-21-921345
Does anyone know which date the Etape will be next year?
I believe L’etape du Tour will be on Saturday 16th July, from Briançon to Col d’Izoard.
Cheers
Can you please tell me whether the Tour will overnight – both ending and beginning the next day – from Troyes on Thursday, July 6th? Merci!
Yes, arrive on Thursday and depart on Friday 7th.
Does anyone know of the possible route or towns that will be visited on stage 19 “Embrun to Salon-de-Provence”
Looking to find a good advantage point preferably on an incline.
Is there any more specific information on the route for Stage 16? I will be in Lyon, just over an hour away from the end point in Romans sur Isere, so I’d love to find a spot along the route to watch that day – preferably one that is accessible by train so I don’t have to rent a car. Perhaps they are going through or near Valence?
Anyone know what the reason is behind not publishing details of the route for each stage (ie. either an exact map showing the route or turn-by-turn directions)? I’d love to know what the routes are. Not sure why this is not being released. I have a Tacx bicycle trainer and I’d love to program the routes into my trainer so I can ‘ride’ the route beforehand.
The full route is usually not available until about 2 weeks before the start of the race.