The 83rd version of Paris-Good will characteristic three levels for the sprinters, three summit finishes and one last showdown stage by means of the mountains of Good on its 1,206-kilometre course. However arguably probably the most eye-catching characteristic, for the third yr operating, is the stage 3 group time trial, this time over a particularly rolling 28.4 kilometre route and with a brief however painfully steep climb mid-way by means of, the Côte de la Pisserotte.
Final yr’s barely simpler equal TTT stage noticed 2022 Paris-Good winner Primoz Roglič (Purple Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) lose practically a minute and practically all likelihood of victory. Though a Cat.1 summit end the next day at Loge des Gardes the following day will swap the GC focus to the excessive mountains, in 2025 the group time trial might as soon as once more have a pivotal function to play within the last final result.
Kicking off on Sunday, March 9 at Perray-en-Yvelines on the south-west fringe of Paris, stage 1’s rolling finale would possibly see a late breakaway ambush the sprinters’ groups. Then 24 hours later the chance of crosswinds shall be on all people’s minds throughout stage 2’s repeat of the Paris- Good 2019 trek to Bellegarde throughout the extremely uncovered plains of Beauce.
But when a number of GC contenders will seemingly fall foul of the a number of early Paris-Good challenges, as ever the winner of the Course au Soleil will seemingly be determined within the last two levels of the race, held within the Alpes-Maritimes mountains of south-east France.
Stage 7’s ascent to Col de la Colmiane and last summit end on the cat. 1 climb of Auron was cancelled final yr due to poor climate circumstances however is again on the menu for 2024. Nonetheless, the final day by means of the mountains within the Good hinterland, with three cat. 1 climbs packed into a brief however very intense 119-kilometre stage, is much more fraught with potential perils for the GC males.
Stage 8 culminates in the identical ultra-hard ascent, the Col des Quatre Chemins (3.6km at 8.8% and with segments at 16%) the place Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike) put the ending touches to his general victory in 2024. The race concludes as ever just a few kilometres afterward, after a quick, breakneck descent again right down to the coast at Good.
Different eye-catching options of the 2025 Paris-Good route embody a brutally troublesome stage 5 seemingly designed for a robust breakaway and with a final half harking back to the famend ‘muri’ levels of Tirreno-Adriatico, which runs concurrently.
The seven brief however punchy categorized climbs that day concluded with the ultra-hard Notre-Dame-de-Sciez end. The ascent is simply 1 kilometre lengthy however its ramps of as much as 18% might effectively each determine the stage winner and in addition maybe see some extra gaps emerge within the general battle.
On the time of the route presentation, few general contenders had introduced they’d participate within the 2025 race. Remco Evenepoel, second general final March and a stage winner at Good, will virtually definitely nonetheless be recovering from his main low season coaching crash, whereas Primož Roglič and Tadej Pogačar (UAE Staff Emirates) have additionally already dominated out collaborating.
Nonetheless, given Paris-Good’s unfailing predilection for testing, and various routes by which the unpredictable French spring climate may also play a serious function, no person shall be sure of general victory in one in all biking’s most prestigious stage races till the ultimate end line on the Promenade des Anglais in Good has been crossed on Sunday, March 16.
Stage 1: Le Perray en-Yvelines – Le Perray en-Yvelines, 156.5km
Sunday, March 9, 2025 – Stage 1 from Le-Perray-en-Yvelines to Le-Perray-en-Yvelines, 156.5km (Picture credit score: ASO)
Stage 1 of the 2025 Paris-Good kicks off the race with a lumpy, technically complicated route, by which the sprinters will battle to include the breakaways.
Km 32.9 Cat. 3 Côte de Villiers-San-Frédéric
Km 70.1 Cat. 3 Côte des 17 Tournantes
Km 134.9 Cat. 3 Côte de Villiers-San-Frédéric
Km 147 Dash Les Mesnuls
Stage 2: Montesson – Bellegarde, 183.9km
Monday, March 10, 2025 – Stage 2 from Montesson to Bellegarde, 183.9km (Picture credit score: ASO)
Stage 2 is significantly uncovered and will effectively see the normal echelons forming on the flat plains of northern France. A fraught day for the GC riders, who may not win the race on this stage, however might simply lose it.
Km 34.1 Cat. 3 Côte des Mesnuls
Km 54.1 Cat. 3 Côte de la Villeneuve
Km 163.6 Dash Bellegarde
Stage 3: Nevers – Nevers (group time trial), 28.4km
Tuesday, March 11, 2025 – Stage 3 from Nevers to Nevers, 28.4 km (Picture credit score: ASO)
General variations on the high finish of in the present day’s crunch group time trial will seemingly be small, however they might effectively see some vital variations between the GC favourites if their squad is less than scratch on this keenly anticipated stage.
Stage 4: Vichy – La Loge des Gardes, 163.4km
Wednesday, March 12, 2025 – Stage 4 from Vichy to La Loge des Gardes, 163.4 km (Picture credit score: ASO)
The primary summit end of 2025 Paris-Good and when mixed with the a number of earlier minor ascents and potential tough climate, a troublesome day all spherical. The race’s half-way level and by now a primary clear GC contender on the high of the general rankings ought to have emerged.
Km 33.6 Cat. 3 Côte de Lavoine
Km 73.6 Cat. 3 Côte de la Bruyere
Km 106 Cat. 3 Côte de la Croix Bruyere
Km 111 Cat. 2 Côte du Canon
Km 136.8 Dash Le Mayet-de-Montagne
Km 150.4 Cat. 3 Cote de la Chabanne
Km 163.4 Cat. 1 La Loge des Gardes
Stage 5: Saint-Simply-en-Chevalet – La Côte-Saint-André, 196.5km
Thursday, March 13, 2025 – Stage 5 from Saint-Simply-en-Chevalet – La Côte-Saint-André, 196.5 km (Picture credit score: ASO)
A stage for the breakaways or a stage for the GC? This might get very powerful within the second half of the course, with a collection of brutally steep little climbs and a second uphill end in as many days.
Km 10.9 Cat. 3 Côte de Saint-Polgues
Km 106.3 Cat. 3 Côte de Treves
Km 149.5 Cat. 3 Côte de Chateau Jaune
Km 154.3 Cat. 3 Côte de Sibuze
Km 167.2 Cat. 3 Côte de Chavagneuse
Km 180.1 Cat. 3 Côte d’Arzay
Km 183.6 Dash Porte-des-Bonnevaux
Km 196.5 Cat. 2 Côte de Nôtre-Dame-des-Sciez
Stage 6: Saint-Julien-En-Saint-Alban – Berre l’Étang, 209.8km
Friday, March 14, 2025 – Stage 6 from Saint-Julien-en-Saint-Alban – Berre L’Etang, 209.8 km (Picture credit score: ASO)
A bunch dash is probably going, however cross-winds might but have their impact on the final flat stage of the 2025 race, so the GC males should be alert. However in Paris-Good, when do not they?
Km 88.3 Cat. 3 Côte de Pouzihac
Km 145.2 Cat. 3 Côte des Baux-de-Provence
Km 160.4 Cat 3 Côte de Mouriès
Km 190.5 Dash Lancon-Provence
Stage 7: Good – Auron, 147.8km
Saturday, March 15, 2025 – Stage 7 from Auron to Good, 147.8 km (Picture credit score: ASO)
For all it is lower than 150 kilometres lengthy, the climbing begins at km 20 after which by no means stops on the hardest single stage of the race, and with the toughest summit end of the 2025 version, it’ll present one other main GC sort-out.
Km 19.6 Cat. 2 Côte de Aspremont
Km 75.7 Cat. 3 Côte de Belvedere
Km 95 Cat. 1 La Colmiane
Km 129.4 Dash Isola
Km 147.8 Cat. I Auron
Stage 8: Good – Good 119.9km
Sunday, March 16, 2025 – Stage 8 from Good to Good, 119.9 km (Picture credit score: ASO)
All of those climbs have featured a number of occasions in Paris-Good, with the Col d’Eze some of the emblematic of the whole race, and the finale of this stage with the ultra-steep Col des Quatre-Chemins was key to general victory for Matteo Jorgenson final yr. A fittingly powerful, spectacular finale to the 2025 version of the Race to the Solar.
