What time does Tour de France stage 20 start, and when to tune in?

Stage 20 of the 2025 Tour de France will begin with the neutralised start at 12:05 (CET), with the flag drop around 12:15 (CET), and the finish is expected around 16:12 (CET). Full live coverage will be available from start to finish.

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The final 60 kilometres include some tricky tests, with the final categorised climb being the Côte de Longeville. The climb is 2.5 kilometres at 5.5%, but it comes quite a way from the finish line in Pontarlier, with 24 kilometres remaining from the summit.

The toughest climb of the stage is the second category Côte de Thésy (3.6km at 8.9%), but the summit is a long way from the finish, around 60 kilometres from the line in Pontalier.

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When should you tune in? (Based on 47km/h schedule)

• Col de la Croix de la Serra: 159.5km to go - Around 12:52
• Côte de Valfin: 139.1km to go - Around 13:17
• Intermediate Sprint at Chaux du Dombief: 111.9km to go - Around 13:50
• Côte de Thésy: 62.6km to go - Around 14:54
• Côte de Longeville: 24.1km to go - Around 15:43
• Last 20km  - Around 15:58

All times in CET

It’s an interesting design, to say the least, for stage 20 this year. Usually, this stage presents the final opportunity where riders can make a difference in the general classification. This is not to say that there won’t be decisive action in this stage, just that a large amount of the climbing comes within the first 60 kilometres and the stage doesn’t feature a major mountain test.

On paper, it looks to be a stage primed for a breakaway, and with only Paris to come, we can expect an abundance of riders and teams rolling the dice one last time with the anticipation of victory.

Tadej Pogačar leads Jonas Vingegaard by 4:24, with Florian Lipowitz in third at 11:09. Lipowitz extended his lead over Oscar Onley, who sits fourth at 12:12 behind Pogačar, but 1:03 behind the German in the race for the white jersey.

Jonathan Milan moves another step closer to the points classification, with an 80-point lead over Pogačar with two stages remaining, whilst the World Champion also leads the mountains classification by 13 points over Vingegaard.

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