Tour de France 2025
In the Alps, La Plagne sees double in 2025!
23 years after the Dutchman Michael Booberg won the Tour, La Plagne is proud to welcome back the legendary Grande Boucle in 2025. The Tour de France is back in force with two major events that will mark the summer.
On 20 July, cycling fans will set off on L'Etape du Tour in French Alps, a legendary event that allows almost 16,000 enthusiasts to ‘take the wheel’ of the professionals every year. This cyclosportive race is the only amateur race held on roads completely closed to traffic!
Five days later, on 25 July, the professional riders will cross the finish line at La Plagne after an epic stage from Albertville and the legendary Beaufortain passes.
All your questions about the Tour de France in La Plagne
🚗 Traffic in the valley - RN90
⚠️Eviter, if possible, all travel on July 20 and 25
👉 L'Étape du Tour de France - Sunday July 20: the RN90 will be closed between Bourg-Saint-Maurice and Bellentre from 9am to 6pm
🔁 Recommended detour: via the D86 via Les Chapelles, to bypass the RN90, then re-enter at Bellentre (in both directions)
👉 Tour de France - Friday July 25: the RN90 will be closed between Bourg-Saint-Maurice and Aime from 11am to 6pm.
🔁 Recommended detour: via D86 > Les Chapelles > Valezan > La Côte d'Aime > Aime (both directions)
🚗 Traffic to/from the mountain resorts and Montalbert
⚠️ Gendarmerie-regulated access: early regulations possible in the morning.
👉 High altitude sites :
L'Étape du Tour de France - Sunday, July 20: road closed from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. (from the Macot roundabout).
Descent forbidden from high altitude sites towards the valley: from 7am to 8pm (installation of race equipment on the D221 road preventing two-way traffic).
🚫 Closed to all vehicles
Plagne Villages : from 5pm on Saturday July 19 to 8pm on Sunday July 20.
Tour de France - Friday July 25: road closed from 11am to 9pm.
Descent prohibited from high altitude sites to the valley: from 11am to 9pm
👉 Montalbert :
Tour de France - Friday July 25: road closed from 11am to 9pm
🚫 Closed to all vehicles
Plagne Villages : from Thursday, July 24 at 8 a.m. to Friday, July 25 at 11 p.m.
Plagne Soleil (road closed from Plagne Centre roundabout): from Thursday, July 24 at 6 p.m. to Friday, July 25 at 11 p.m.
🚸Information for local residents
- If possible, avoid all travel on July 20 and 25.
- For professionals: deliveries to be made at altitude (very difficult on July 19 and 24, impossible on July 20 and 25).
- Anticipate going up to La Plagne on the days of the event to get to work (very likely to be regulated by the gendarmerie ahead of the announced times).
- Parking at altitude: dedicated parking lots for the socio-professionals of Plagne Villages, Plagne Soleil and Plagne Centre have been identified at altitude to compensate for the reservation of the usual parking lots, mobilized for the event.
- 🚧Montée de La Plagne: barriers are set up at each intersection to secure race crossings (additional marshals at these points on D-day). These barriers are to be placed and removed by residents for their own access. We strongly recommend that you put up your own signs around your home to reserve your parking spaces.
🅿️Stationnements and pedestrian access to the finish line
👉 L'Étape du Tour de France - Sunday, July 20 :
- Plagne Aime 2000 then Télémétro + Télébus gondolas
- Plagne Bellecôte then Colosses chairlift or Dou du Praz footpath
- Belle Plagne then footpath to Dou du Praz
- Plagne Centre / Soleil → a few places available then access to the Télébus gondola or footpaths
👉 Tour de France - Friday, July 25 :
- Plagne Bellecôte then Colosses chairlift or Dou du Praz footpath
- Belle Plagne then footpath to Dou du Praz
🚫 Parking prohibited
👉 L'Étape du Tour de France - Sunday, July 20 :
🚫 Plagne Villages (finish area): parking prohibited from Saturday, July 12.
🚌 Last shuttle bus/drop-off access: Saturday, July 19 at 5pm.
👉 Tour de France - Friday, July 25 :
🚫 Plagne Soleil (logistics zone): parking prohibited from July 23 to 26
🚫Plagne Villages (arrival zone): parking prohibited from July 12 to 28
🚌 Shuttle & drop-off guaranteed until Thursday, July 24 6pm.
🚫 Closed to all vehicles:
Plagne Villages: from Thursday, July 24 at 8am to Friday, July 25 at 11pm
Plagne Soleil (road closed from Plagne Centre roundabout): from Thursday, July 24 at 6pm to Friday, July 25 at 11pm.
🚍Camping-cars
👉 Parkings des Mines & du Décathlon (Plagne 1800), or further down (La Roche, top of bobsleigh run).
❌ No camper vans allowed above Plagne 1800.
🚌S huttles
👉 L'Étape du Tour de France - Sunday, July 20:
Last valley > altitude shuttle: Saturday July 19 at 5pm.
👉 Tour de France - Friday, July 25:
Last shuttle valley > altitude: Thursday, July 24, 6pm.
💖Adopt good behavior
- Leave your vehicle in the parking areas provided for the event.
- Respect the pedestrian access paths to the site. Don't go off the tracks or take shortcuts (a walker who cuts the laces saves a little time, hundreds of walkers represent a major factor of erosion).
- Respect the flora and fauna.
- Bring back your garbage, don't throw anything away. DO NOT THROW VEGETABLES INTO THE NATURE (hermetically-sealed boxes are available at the Tourist Office).
- Keep your dog under control and on a leash.
- Respect fences and grassed areas.
🧢Advised equipment
- Good climbing shoes, warm clothing and rain gear.
- Hat or cap, sunglasses and sunscreen.
- Water, cereal bars or dried fruit.
- A charged cell phone.
- First-aid kit.
- Possibly a pair of walking sticks.
A spectacular mountain stage
This 100% Savoyard stage, the last major battle in the mountains, promises a demanding 130km route with 4,500 metres of ascent before the return to the plains. The riders will climb four passes before tackling the final 19.1km, 24-turn climb to Plagne Villages, at an altitude of over 2,000 metres.
This stage is shaping up to be one of the most intense of the 2025 Tour de France, with the best climbers battling it out for victory. WillJonas Vingegaard be able to break down Tadej Pogačar, the indomitable Slovenian rider who has just been crowned world champion, on the 24 bends of the final climb? History is on the way.
To experience this show live is to feel all the intensity of the Grande Boucle: the effort of the riders, the adrenalin of the final kilometres and the electrifying atmosphere that reigns along the route.
La Plagne, a year-round cycling destination
The Haute Tarentaise resort also has its own Grande Boucle. The SUPER8 is a unique event that brings together mountain bike and AE circuits accessible to all, mountain bike muscle-building for the bravest and road bikes with the ‘Grimpée de La Plagne’ for cycling enthusiasts.
La Plagne is a land of cycling. Looking for thrills on the Bike Park tracks ? Marked trails for family outings and mountain biking? Or mythical roads for Stava road bike racing? The region has something for everyone...
All the more reason to extend your stay, discover the area off the beaten track and book accommodation at La Plagne Resort now.
In 2025, La Plagne will be beating to the rhythm of the pedals.
La Plagne cycling clothing
To prepare for L'Étape du Tour de France 2025, you can order your La Plagne cycling outfit! Created with Spanish brand Gobik®, this model is a complete, high-performance, top-of-the-range clothing technique. Two versions available: men's / women's.
