Tour de France 2025, Stage 8: Saint-Méen-le-Grand → Laval
Flat, 12 July 2025. 171.4 km with 1,257 m of climbing.
- Distance
- 171.4 km
- Climbing
- 1,257 m
- Highest point
- 118 m
- Steepest km
- 3.7% at km 156
- Start
- Saint-Méen-le-Grand 85 m
- Finish
- Laval 95 m
The wind on the day
Averaged along the route between 12:30 and 16:30 local time: 11 km/h from the east, gusting to 28 km/h on average. Dry.
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
- Direction
- East 72°
- Average gust
- 28 km/h
- Temperature
- 29°C 27 to 31°C
Historical weather for 12 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
171.4 km with 1,257 m of climbing. Flat by classification, though 6.4 km of the route still rises at more than 3%.
The high point is 118 m at km 91. The steepest kilometre on the profile averages 3.7%, at km 156. 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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