This is what the Tour de France will be like in 2023

Two-time Tour winner Tadej Pogacar was in high spirits at the Palais des Congrès in Paris. The route presentation of the 110th Tour de France was probably to the taste of the Slovenian cycling star. Finally, at the Grand Boucle 2023 there will be another showdown in the Vosges on the penultimate day. Just like in 2020, when Pogacar won his first yellow jersey in a memorable time trial. When the Grand Départ takes place on July 1st in Bilbao, Spain, Pogacar will go into the 3.404 kilometer long tour as a challenger to the Danish defending champion Jonas Vingegaard, which traditionally ends three weeks later on the Champs Élysées in Paris.

The 2023 tour will be decided in the mountains. Eight stages through the high mountains, including four mountain finishes, await the riders. The time trial qualities play a subordinate role; there was only one fight against the clock in the last week over 22 kilometers. The sprinters also get their money's worth. Eight flat finishes, including the prestige sprints in Bordeaux and Paris, are included in the program. Pogacar is eager for revenge “I really liked the route, it will be very nice. It's good that the difficult stages come so early," said Pogacar, who, unlike his rival Vingegaard, was there in Paris. The first mountain finish awaits on the sixth day in Cauterets-Cambasque, where record winner Miguel Indurain took his first Tour stage victory in 1989. Afterwards there are finishes at high altitudes on the Puy-de-Dome, the Grand Colombier and in Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc.

Pogacar snatched the yellow jersey from Roglic in the mountain time trial on the penultimate day. © APA/afp / CHRISTOPHE ENA

The decision was to be made on the penultimate day on the difficult stage to Le Markstein Fellering with five climbs. Not far away, Pogacar snatched the yellow jersey from his compatriot Priomoz Roglic in La-Planche-des-Belles-Filles in 2020. Tour the Femmes presented Of the famous climbs, the Col du Tourmalet is part of the program, but Alpe d'Huez or Mont Ventoux are not included. The north of France is also completely excluded this time, meaning the stars are spared uncomfortable cobblestone stages. The Grand Départ takes place on July 1st in Bilbao, Spain, where a circuit awaits the drivers. The second stage also ends in the Basque Country in San Sebastian before heading back to France.

When the winner is crowned in Paris on July 23, 2023, the starting signal for the second edition of the revived women's Tour de France will be fired in Clermont-Ferrand. From July 23rd to 30th it covers 956 kilometers. The winner will be crowned a week later in Pau. One of the highlights on the penultimate stage is the mountain finish on the Pyrenean giant Tourmalet. This year, the exceptional Dutch rider Annemiek van Vleuten won the Tour de France Femmes.

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This is what the Tour de France will be like in 2023

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