Tour de France 2025, Stage 20: Nantua → Pontarlier
Hilly, 26 July 2025. 184.2 km with 2,916 m of climbing.
- Distance
- 184.2 km
- Climbing
- 2,916 m
- Highest point
- 1,052 m
- Steepest km
- 12.8% at km 120
- Start
- Nantua 539 m
- Finish
- Pontarlier 832 m
The wind on the day
Averaged along the route between 12:30 and 17:15 local time: 11 km/h from the north, gusting to 32 km/h on average. Rain recorded along most of the route.
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
- Direction
- North 348°
- Average gust
- 32 km/h
- Temperature
- 18°C 14 to 22°C
Historical weather for 26 July 2025, sampled at 54 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 hilly 184.2 km carrying 2,916 m of climbing: 38.4 km of the route is above 3%, 3.4 km above 8%. Not a mountain stage, but nothing about it is flat for long.
The high point is 1,052 m at km 25. The steepest kilometre on the profile averages 12.8%, at km 120. It finishes on flat or gently rolling road.
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?