Tour de France 2025 - Stage 10: Voigt's preview: Brutal stage on the bank holidays

Stage 10 | Monday, 14 July 2025 | Ennezat - Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy | 165.3 kilometres | 4450 vertical metres

Jens Voigt's assessment of the 10th stage

On 14 July, the French bank holidays, an incredibly difficult race awaits the cyclists. Over the course of just 165 kilometres, 4450 metres in altitude have to be conquered on the ride through the Massif Central. There are eight categorised mountains (seven category 2, one category 3 on the Côte de la Croix Morand) including a mountain arrival at 1324 metres above sea level. This means: a fight for survival for all sprinters, attack mode for all stage hunters and contenders for the mountain jersey, and the classification riders are also challenged today.

If one of the big three - Pogačar, Vingegaard or Evenepoel - gets into visible trouble today, the others will immediately attack him. The final climb on Mont-Dore (2nd category climb) is 3.3 kilometres long with an average gradient of 8 per cent - the classification riders will also have to put their cards on the table.

Today, Charles Darwin's principle of survival of the fittest is lived out in its purest form at the Tour. Racers will be talking about this Tour stage for many years to come. The following day is the first really hard-earned rest day in this Tour - one day later than usual. Normally, the first rest day is on the second Monday of the Tour. However, because the bank holidays falls on this date this year, the professional cyclists are exceptionally only allowed to rest on the Tuesday after ten days of racing instead of the usual nine.

Schedule, TV coverage & live stream of the 10th stage of the Tour de France 2025

• Neutral start: 13:10, sharp start 13:25
• Estimated arrival time: between 17:25 and 17:53
• TV broadcast: ARD 14:10-17:30, Eurosport 1 13:00-17:30
• Live stream: sportschau.de, Discovery Plus (fee required)
• All stages of the Tour de France 2025 at a glance

Highlights of the 10th stage

• 13:30: Full throttle before the rest day: Soon after the start, the first of seven 2nd category mountain classifications: early attacks are very likely.
• 17:00: The penultimate mountain classification (2nd category) leads to the 1447 metre high Col de la Croix-Saint-Robert - from there it's only ten kilometres to the mountain finish.

TOUR expert Jens Voigt

Nobody in the German-speaking world knows the Tour de France better: Jens Voigt competed as a professional in the most important cycling race a total of 17 times between 1998 and 2014. Only the Frenchman Sylvain Chavanel, the current record holder, has managed one more participation. Voigt knows the race from the perspective of the winner and the tireless helper in the team. He won two stages himself and wore the yellow jersey for one day each in 2001 and 2005. In 2010, as a team-mate in Team Saxo Bank, he accompanied Luxembourg's Andy Schleck to his overall victory (after the doping disqualification of Alberto Contador, who initially came first; editor's note). The 53-year-old Berliner currently works as a brand ambassador for the bike manufacturer Trek and as a pundit for the Eurosport channel.

For TOUR readers, the former pro gives his predictions for the course of the 21 stages, points out difficulties and things worth seeing. For each day's stage, he gives a tip on what role the course could play in the final standings in the individual classifications in Paris. If three of the jerseys are coloured, this means that this day could be decisive for this classification - i.e. overall classification (yellow), sprint/points classification (green) and classification of the best climber (red dotted jersey). We also give you the broadcast times of the TV channels in Germany (ARD and Eurosport) and their live streams - plus tips on when it might be particularly worth tuning in.