Elevation profile of Tour de France 2025 stage 18, Vif to Courchevel Col de la Loze: 171.5 km with 5,642 m of climbing, highest point 2,298 m.
Route profile from ProPace's route data. Darker shading is steeper road.
Distance
171.5 km
Climbing
5,642 m
Highest point
2,298 m
Steepest km
11.2% at km 51
Start
Vif 291 m
Finish
Courchevel Col de la Loze 2,298 m

The wind on the day

Averaged along the route between 12:30 and 17:30 local time: 6 km/h from the north-west, gusting to 27 km/h on average. Rain recorded along most of the route.

Average wind
6 km/h
Direction
North-west 319°
Average gust
27 km/h
Temperature
16°C 10 to 22°C

Historical weather for 24 July 2025, sampled at 40 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

A mountain stage: 171.5 km, 5,642 m of climbing, 70.2 km of the route above 3% and 23.5 km above 8%.

The high point is 2,298 m at the finish. The steepest kilometre on the profile averages 11.2%, at km 51. It finishes uphill, the final 3 km averaging 7.5%.

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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