Tour de France 2025, Stage 3: Valenciennes → Dunkerque
Flat, 7 July 2025. 178.3 km with 792 m of climbing.
- Distance
- 178.3 km
- Climbing
- 792 m
- Highest point
- 161 m
- Steepest km
- 5.3% at km 146
- Start
- Valenciennes 20 m
- Finish
- Dunkerque 5 m
The wind on the day
Averaged along the route between 12:30 and 16:45 local time: 23 km/h from the north, gusting to 46 km/h on average. Rain recorded along most of the route.
- Average wind
- 23 km/h
- Direction
- North 351°
- Average gust
- 46 km/h
- Temperature
- 18°C 16 to 19°C
Historical weather for 7 July 2025, sampled at 55 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
178.3 km with 792 m of climbing. On the route profile only 3.4 km of the road rises at more than 3%, so this is a stage decided by speed, wind and positioning rather than gradient.
The high point is 161 m at km 148. The steepest kilometre on the profile averages 5.3%, at km 146. 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?
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