Elevation profile of Tour de France 2025 stage 6, Bayeux to Vire Normandie: 201.5 km with 3,309 m of climbing, highest point 343 m.
Route profile from ProPace's route data. Darker shading is steeper road.
Distance
201.5 km
Climbing
3,309 m
Highest point
343 m
Steepest km
10.3% at km 55
Start
Bayeux 59 m
Finish
Vire Normandie 202 m

The wind on the day

Averaged along the route between 12:30 and 17:45 local time: 11 km/h from the north-east, gusting to 25 km/h on average. Dry.

Average wind
11 km/h
Direction
North-east 51°
Average gust
25 km/h
Temperature
25°C 21 to 27°C

Historical weather for 10 July 2025, sampled at 58 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

201.5 km with 3,309 m of climbing. The road rises at more than 3% for 34.9 km of it and is above 8% for 3.3 km, so the climbing comes in repeated efforts rather than one long ascent.

The high point is 343 m at km 176. The steepest kilometre on the profile averages 10.3%, at km 55. 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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