Elevation profile of Tour de France 2025 stage 9, Chinon to Châteauroux: 174.1 km with 1,019 m of climbing, highest point 172 m.
Route profile from ProPace's route data. Darker shading is steeper road.
Distance
174.1 km
Climbing
1,019 m
Highest point
172 m
Steepest km
4.7% at km 69
Start
Chinon 76 m
Finish
Châteauroux 155 m

The wind on the day

Averaged along the route between 12:30 and 16:45 local time: 15 km/h from the south-west, gusting to 33 km/h on average. Dry.

Average wind
15 km/h
Direction
South-west 233°
Average gust
33 km/h
Temperature
29°C 27 to 31°C

Historical weather for 13 July 2025, sampled at 56 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

174.1 km with 1,019 m of climbing. Flat by classification, though 5.1 km of the route still rises at more than 3%.

The high point is 172 m at km 160. The steepest kilometre on the profile averages 4.7%, at km 69. 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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