Tour de France 2025, Stage 16: Montpellier → Mont Ventoux
Mountain, 22 July 2025. 171.5 km with 2,929 m of climbing.
- Distance
- 171.5 km
- Climbing
- 2,929 m
- Highest point
- 1,900 m
- Steepest km
- 11.2% at km 157
- Start
- Montpellier 71 m
- Finish
- Mont Ventoux 1,900 m
The wind on the day
Averaged along the route between 12:30 and 17:30 local time: 12 km/h from the north-west, gusting to 30 km/h on average. Dry.
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
- Direction
- North-west 333°
- Average gust
- 30 km/h
- Temperature
- 26°C 14 to 31°C
Historical weather for 22 July 2025, sampled at 52 points along the route and pre-computed before the app shipped. It is not a live forecast and the app makes no weather calls. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0).
Riding it
171.5 km with 2,929 m of climbing. On the route profile 29.0 km of the road rises at more than 3%, and 8.8 km of it is steeper than 8%.
The high point is 1,900 m at the finish. The steepest kilometre on the profile averages 11.2%, at km 157. The last 3 km to the line climb at 8.8% on average.
In ProPace the stage runs with this wind along the route, resolved into headwind, tailwind and crosswind at each point, and the app puts your own numbers on it against the pro reference. The reference profile and how the simulation works are set out in How much slower than a pro are you?
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