la course tour de france

• Tour de France
• Giro d'Italia
• La Vuelta ciclista a España
• World Championships
• Amstel Gold Race
• Milano-Sanremo
• Tirreno-Adriatico
• Liège-Bastogne-Liège
• Il Lombardia
• La Flèche Wallonne
• Paris - Nice
• Paris-Roubaix
• Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
• Critérium du Dauphiné
• Tour des Flandres
• Gent-Wevelgem in Flanders Fields
• Clásica Ciclista San Sebastián
• INEOS Grenadiers
• Groupama - FDJ
• EF Education-EasyPost
• Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
• BORA - hansgrohe
• Bahrain - Victorious
• Astana Qazaqstan Team
• Intermarché - Wanty
• Lidl - Trek
• Movistar Team
• Soudal - Quick Step
• Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
• Team Jayco AlUla
• Team Visma | Lease a Bike
• UAE Team Emirates
• Arkéa - B&B Hotels
• Alpecin-Deceuninck
• Grand tours
• Countdown to 3 billion pageviews
• Favorite500
• Profile Score
• Race palmares
• Complementary results
• Finish photo
• Contribute info
• Contribute results
• Contribute site(s)
• Results - Results
• Info - Info
• Live - Live
• Game - Game
• Stats - Stats
• More - More

La Course by Le Tour de France

•   »  
• One day race

Race information

• Date: 26 June 2021
• Start time: 08:40
• Avg. speed winner: 37.798 km/h
• Race category: WE - Women Elite
• Distance: 107.4 km
• Points scale: F-1.WWT
• UCI scale: UCI.WE.WWT
• Parcours type:
• ProfileScore: 114
• Vert. meters: 1806
• Departure: Brest
• Arrival: Landerneau
• Race ranking: 0
• Startlist quality score: 1198
• Won how: Sprint of small group
• Avg. temperature:

Race profile

• Côte de Trébéolin
• Côte de la Fosse aux Loups

Grand Tours

• Vuelta a España

Major Tours

• Volta a Catalunya
• Tour de Romandie
• Tour de Suisse
• Itzulia Basque Country
• Milano-SanRemo
• Ronde van Vlaanderen

Championships

• European championships

Top classics

• Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
• Strade Bianche
• Gent-Wevelgem
• Dwars door vlaanderen
• Eschborn-Frankfurt
• San Sebastian
• Bretagne Classic
• GP Montréal

Popular riders

• Tadej Pogačar
• Wout van Aert
• Remco Evenepoel
• Jonas Vingegaard
• Mathieu van der Poel
• Mads Pedersen
• Primoz Roglic
• Demi Vollering
• Lotte Kopecky
• Katarzyna Niewiadoma
• PCS ranking
• UCI World Ranking
• Points per age
• Latest injuries
• Youngest riders
• Grand tour statistics
• Monument classics
• Latest transfers
• Favorite 500
• Points scales
• Profile scores
• Reset password
• Cookie consent

About ProCyclingStats

• Cookie policy
• Contributions
• Pageload 0.0397s

La Course 2021: All you need to know about the one-day race

The 2021 race will take place on the same roads as the men's opening stage finishing with a hilly course in Landerneau

• Sign up to our newsletter Newsletter

La Course , by Le Tour de France , will take place on Saturday, June 26 with a 107.7km course from Brest to Landerneau over similar roads to the opening stage of the men's race.

The eighth La Course was originally going to be taking place on the route of stage two of the Tour which took in two passages of the Mûr de Bretagne but local elections have meant that the race had to be moved to the opening stage of the Tour de France.

The race used to take place on the Champs Élysées on the final stage of the Tour de France but the race has since ventured around the country taking in varying terrain with last year's race seeing Britain's Lizzie Deignan (Trek-Segafredo) taking the win ahead of then-defending champion Marianne Vos (then CCC-Liv) and now Liège-Bastogne-Liège winner Demi Vollering (then Parkhotel Valkenburg).

The finishing circuit is designed to try and bring the same outcome as the originally planned route around the Mûr de Bretagne with a tough 14km circuit taken on three times with the short climb of the Côte de la Fosse aux Loups at 3km with an average gradient of 5.7 per cent.

The steepest gradient comes right at the end of the climb with a kick of 14 per cent that will likely be the launchpad for any attacks.

La Course, which is a UCI Women's WorldTour event, was originally added to the calendar by ASO, the Tour de France organisers, in 2014 to answer the growing demand for a women's Tour. 

The first three editions consisted of this kermesse-style race in Paris. In 2017, the event progressed to comprise of two days - the second being a 'pursuit' style handicap time trial.

Get The Leadout Newsletter

The latest race content, interviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox!

Handicapping the world-class women's peloton in the style of a local league Thursday night race didn't go down so well, so in 2018 it was back down to just one day - held 48-hours after the final stage of the Giro Rosa.

The one day format remains for 2021 but it is unclear whether the race will continue as well as the Tour. The Tour de France Femmes has officially been announced the be taking place just after the men's race in 2022 over eight stages.

The women's Tour de France was also announced to be partnered with Zwift as the main sponsor as the race looks to build towards a big future in women's racing.

Joining the newly reinstated WorldTour race of RideLondon, which is now a stage race for the women as well as the Battle of the North taking place in Denmark, Sweden and Norway, it should be an exciting season in 2022.

La Course 2021 route, Brest to Landerneau (107.7km)

La Course 2021 is going to be a war of attrition on the sharp climbs that pepper this shark-tooth profile. At least 25 noticeable climbs on the profile with 14 climbs likely to cause issues in the bunch.

As well the route being vicious is also has a hilltop finish to really sap the legs right at the end of the day. Albeit, a very short day. But the fact that the race is short means that there should be explosive racing, even without riders like Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) who will skip La Course and the Giro Rosa to focus on the Olympic Games.

La Course 2021 TV guide

The race will be covered on Eurosport, GCN+ and ITV4 in the UK with Eurosport Player and GCN+ offering uninterrupted coverage from stage to finish.

La Course 2021: Past winners

2014: Marianne Vos (Ned) Rabobank-Liv Women Cycling Team 2015: Anna van der Breggen (Ned) Rabobank-Liv Women Cycling Team 2016: Chloe Hosking (Aus) Wiggle-High5 2017: Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned) Orica-Scott 2018: Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned) Mitchelton-Scott 2019: Marianne Vos (Ned) CCC-Liv 2020: Lizzie Deignan (GBr) Trek-Segafredo

La Course 2021 start list

Team BikeExchange

SPRATT Amanda ROY Sarah WILLIAMS Georgia BROWN Grace SANTESTEBAN Ane

Movistar Team

BIANNIC Aude PATIÑO Paula Andrea AALERUD Katrine THOMAS Leah GUTIÉRREZ Sheyla MARTIN Sara

LIPPERT Liane RIVERA Coryn MACKAIJ Floortje LABOUS Juliette PEPERKAMP Esmée KIRCHMANN Leah

Trek-Segafredo 

DEIGNAN Lizzie BRAND Lucinda CORDON-RAGOT Audrey VAN ANROOIJ Shirin WINDER Ruth WILES Tayler

Team Jumbo-Visma

VOS Marianne HENDERSEON Anna KRAAK Amber SWINKELS Karlijn MARKUS Riejanne KOSTER Anouska

Alé-BTC-Ljubljana

BASTIANELLI Marta BUJAK Eugenia GUDERZO Tatiana TREVISI Anna BOOGAARD Maaike TOMASI Laura

Bizkaia-Durango

HOLDEN Elizabeth ALONSO Sandra BLANCO Iurani GILABERT Ariana FORTIN Emilie CAMPOS Daniela

VAN DER BREGGEN Anna VAN DEN BROEK-BLAAK Chantal VOLLERING Demi FISHER-BLACK Niamh FOURNIER Roxane NOSKOVÁ Nikola

Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling

LACH Marta CONFALONIERI Maria Giulia VIECELI Lara RIJKES Sarah ASENCIO Laura HAMMES Kathrin

Canyon-SRAM Racing

NIEWIADOMA Kasia BARNES Hannah CHABBEY Elise CROMWELL Tiffany SHAPIRA Omer HARVEY Mikayla

FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope

LUDWIG Cecile Uttrup CAVALLI Marta CHAPMAN Brodie FAHLIN Emilia MUZIC Évita DUVAL Eugénie

DEMEY Valerie ROOIJAKKERS Pauliena PALADIN Soraya BERTIZZOLO Sofia KOREVAAR Jeanne STULTIENS Sabrina

Rally Cycling

KOPPENBURG Clara DOEBEL-HICKOK Kristabel FRANZ Heidi POIDEVIN Sara BRECK Holly CLOUSE Katie

Parkhotel-Valkenburg

DE GAST Belle LIMPENS Pien BUYSMAN Nina GERRITSE Femke RAAIJMAKERS Marit VAN BOKHOVEN Julia

A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team

RAGUSA Katia TEOLIS Jade SPEROTTO Maria Vittoria MERINO Elder GUTIERREZ Ariadna RAMIREZ Andrea

Team Arkèa-Samsic

KERBAOL Cedrine ALLIN Pauline JOUNIER Lucie FOUQUENET Amandine LAURANCE Typhaine

Team Tibico-SVB

STEPHENS Lauren DIXON Leah HONSINGER Clara ERATH Tanja FAULKNER Kristen

Valcar-Travel & Service

PIRRONE Elena PERSICO Silvia MALCOTTI Barbara PIERGIOVANNI Federica Damiana ARZUFFI Alice Maria SANGUINETI Ilaria

Massi-Tactic Women Team

KERN Špela BARIL Olivia TRIAS Mireia COLJÉ Maaike ESPÍNOLA Agua Marina SANCHEZ HERNANDEZ Marta

Top Girls Fassa Bortolo

MONTICOLO Iris BALDUCCI Michela SILVESTRI Debora MARTURANO Greta DALLA VALLE Elisa VETTORELLO Giorgia

Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime Women Cycling

LE BAIL Elodie RÜEGG Noemi ABGRALL Noémie SQUIBAN Maeva SOUYRIS Manon

Thank you for reading 20 articles this month* Join now for unlimited access

Enjoy your first month for just £1 / $1 / €1

*Read 5 free articles per month without a subscription

Join now for unlimited access

Try first month for just £1 / $1 / €1

Hi, I'm one of Cycling Weekly's content writers for the web team responsible for writing stories on racing, tech, updating evergreen pages as well as the weekly email newsletter. Proud Yorkshireman from the UK's answer to Flanders, Calderdale, go check out the cobbled climbs!

I started watching cycling back in 2010, before all the hype around London 2012 and Bradley Wiggins at the Tour de France. In fact, it was Alberto Contador and Andy Schleck's battle in the fog up the Tourmalet on stage 17 of the Tour de France.

It took me a few more years to get into the journalism side of things, but I had a good idea I wanted to get into cycling journalism by the end of year nine at school and started doing voluntary work soon after. This got me a chance to go to the London Six Days, Tour de Yorkshire and the Tour of Britain to name a few before eventually joining Eurosport's online team while I was at uni, where I studied journalism. Eurosport gave me the opportunity to work at the world championships in Harrogate back in the awful weather.

After various bar jobs, I managed to get my way into Cycling Weekly in late February of 2020 where I mostly write about racing and everything around that as it's what I specialise in but don't be surprised to see my name on other news stories.

When not writing stories for the site, I don't really switch off my cycling side as I watch every race that is televised as well as being a rider myself and a regular user of the game Pro Cycling Manager. Maybe too regular.

My bike is a well used Specialized Tarmac SL4 when out on my local roads back in West Yorkshire as well as in northern Hampshire with the hills and mountains being my preferred terrain.

The reigning female world champion outsprinted Lidl-Trek’s Elisa Balsamo and Pfeiffer Georgi in the Roubaix velodrome after a brutal day on the pavé of northern France

By Tom Thewlis Published 6 April 24

'The dream scenario will be to finish alone with two minutes... but it's not going to happen,' says the former world champion

Demi Vollering bested Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig on the opening of the 2021 Tour de France

By Jonny Long Published 26 June 21

Another breathless edition of La Course was won by new Dutch superstar Demi Vollering after excellent work from her SD Worx squad.

By Owen Rogers Last updated 26 June 21

Punchy opening stages, Cav at the Tour, and a tough edition of La Course - don't miss these moments

By Stephen Puddicombe Last updated 24 June 21

The one-day race was meant to take place a day later but has had to be moved due to French local elections

By Tim Bonville-Ginn Published 23 April 21

After winning the WorldTour individual standings with three one victories the Brit is set for two more years at the top

By Owen Rogers Published 28 November 20

Deignan and team-mate Elisa Longo Borghini pulled off perfect tactics to beat both Vos and world champion Annemiek van Vleuten

By Jonny Long Published 29 August 20

Lizzie Deignan won a thrilling edition of La Course in Nice on Saturday, beating Marianne Vos into second place after a tight tactical sprint.

By Owen Rogers Published 29 August 20

La Course has often been the centre of debate in the professional cycling world.

By Alex Ballinger Published 20 July 20

Useful links

• Tour de France
• Giro d'Italia
• Vuelta a España

Buyer's Guides

• Best road bikes
• Best gravel bikes
• Best smart turbo trainers
• Best cycling computers
• Editor's Choice
• Bike Reviews
• Component Reviews
• Clothing Reviews
• Contact Future's experts
• Terms and conditions
• Privacy policy
• Cookies policy
• Advertise with us

Cycling Weekly is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Visit our corporate site . © Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, Bath BA1 1UA. All rights reserved. England and Wales company registration number 2008885.

• International edition
• Australia edition
• Europe edition

Demi Vollering wins La Course by Tour de France – as it happened

An accomplished team performance by Team SD Worx saw Demi Vollering sprint to victory at La Course 2021

• 26 Jun 2021 La Course results - top 10
• 26 Jun 2021 Demi Vollering wins La Course!
• 26 Jun 2021 Preamble

Hugs all round for SD Worx - it was a fine, attacking team performance that allowed Demi Vollering to sprint to victory atop the Côte de la Fosse aux Loups, denying Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig in second and Marianne Vos in third. A fine race - next year’s eight-stage women’s Tour de France will no doubt bring much more excitement. That’s all for today’s La Course blog - we will post the race report here shortly - and come back soon for our coverage of Tour de France stage 1.

We’ve got a race report from La Course coming up shortly. The TV coverage on ITV4 and Eurosport has switched to looking ahead to the men’s race, which is what I’ll be doing on a separate MBM in around an hour’s time.

And you can watch victorious Vollering’s reaction interview here:

🎙 🇳🇱 @demivollering - @teamsdworx Hear the full interview from the #LaCourse 2021 winner ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/NweC9jGmC8 — La Course by Le Tour (@LaCoursebyTDF) June 26, 2021

La Course have kindly clipped up the last four minutes of the race - watch it below!

🏁 What a race! What a finish! Great work from teammate 🇳🇱 @AnnavdBreggen helps 🇳🇱 @demivollering to a fantastic victory! Relive the final KM 🏁Quelle course ! Quel final ! Gros travail de 🇳🇱 @AnnavdBreggen pour 🇳🇱Demi Vollering pour une victoire fantastique ! #LaCourse pic.twitter.com/HoIUcxfSju — La Course by Le Tour (@LaCoursebyTDF) June 26, 2021

Demi Vollering’s winning moment:

🏆 🇳🇱 @demivollering wins #LaCourse 2021 ! 🏆 🇳🇱 @demivollering s’impose ! pic.twitter.com/0WFIxS83SX — La Course by Le Tour (@LaCoursebyTDF) June 26, 2021

Well ... this is nuts:

“Lachlan Morton, the maverick Australian adventure racer signed to the EF Nippo team, will ride every stage of this year’s Tour de France — including all transfers between stages — not among his peers, but on his own behind the race convoy, with the aim of reaching the Champs Élysées in Paris on 18 July ahead of the Tour peloton.”

Demi Vollering, who is understandably still out of breath, speaks to Eurosport: “I was not expecting that from today ... I was really looking forward to it, this morning ... yeah, I don’t know ... it was an awesome race! It’s awesome ... she [teammate Anna van der Breggen] did it again. It almost went wrong, because Vos was going to all the way to the right ... but Anna forced Marianne to go, and then I could come over her, so it was really cool. It gives really much confidence for the future ... Now I’ve won it, I’m looking forward to next year.

“The plan was to make it a hard race ... it was quite hard from the beginning, and that was good for us ... Niamh [Fisher-Black] did a really great job, she was in the breakaway ... and Anna of course at the end ... it was great teamwork and that I could finish it off, it’s super-cool.”

La Course results - top 10

Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig snatched second, Vos was third, Van der Breggen fourth. Lizzie Deignan of Trek-Segafredo, who won last year was ninth, but she would have been hoping for far more than that.

Vollering high-fives her teammates after a great team performance. The race almost came to a standstill on the flatter section just before the finish line ... Van der Breggen made her move, but in the end Vollering had time to sit up and double-punch the air as she crossed the line.

Demi Vollering wins La Course!

Demi Vollering (SD Worx) wins the sprint! Van der Breggen produced a powerful attack in the closing metres ... Vos responded, and edged ahead, but Vollering comes past her Dutch compatriot and takes the win! Great ride.

200m to go: A big group together in the final metres!

1.2km to go: Van der Breggen, Ludwig and Grace Brown are momentarily at the front ... and now the group of eight has re-formed. Demi Vollering is there too. Deignan is trying to bridge across! And the front group is slowing down and starting to play a bit of cat and mouse ...

1.5km to go: Ludwig dropped back, as if she was struggling, then launched a massive attack, but she is shut down by Van der Breggen the world champion.

2km to go: Eight riders together at the front. The winner will come from this group. Vos is there for Jumbo-Visma, after she nearly lost contact. Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig attacks!

2.5km: Niewiadoma attacks from behind Cromwell! Brown, Van der Breggen, Vos are all giving chase. Niewiadoma managed to forge a little gap but it was shut down.

3km to go: On to the final climb now, 3km all uphill to determine the winner of La Course 2021! Tiffany Cromwell attacks for Canyon/Sram! She gets a gap on the less steep start of the ascent, but then almost immediately starts to toil on the steeper part.

5km to go: The 11-rider break is about to be caught! They are desperately trying to hold off the chasing bunch but to no avail. This is a far less selective race, at this stage, than many expected. It looks like a whole peloton there ready to do battle on the final climb!

7km to go: Down to 26” now ... this will come back together. We will see a big bunch attack the final climb together, it looks like, and there will be some fireworks. This could play into the hands of the favourites such as Deignan and Vos. Niewiadoma is also a world-class climber and she will fancy a tilt at the win.

8km to go: The gap is down to 39” as teams on the front pick up the pace.

11km to go: It’s 11 riders at the front: Fisher-Black (SD Worx), Henderson (Jumbo-Visma), Thomas (Movistar), Bertizzolo (Liv Racing), Guderzo (Alé BTC Ljubljana), Winder (Trek-Segafredo), Persico (Valcar-Travel & Service), Brown (Team BikeExchange), Labous (Team DSM), Chapman (FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope) and Faulkner (Team TIBCO-SVB). The gap is back up to 54”.

14km to go: The bell rings for the final lap. The gap is 42”. The pace in the front group seems to have eased up a bit, but they’ve managed to maintain a healthy lead for the final lap. Anyway, it looks far more likely that this will come back together before the finish (before, presumably, blowing up all over again).

14.5km to go: The gap between the front group and the peloton is down to 47”. The break is nearing the summit of the ‘Wolf Pit’ climb.

15km to go: A bit of men’s race news - the UCI have put a press release out saying that Alpecin-Fenix have been given permission to wear a special jersey in tribute to Raymond Poulidor on TdF Stage 1:

“The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) is pleased to announce that it has exceptionally granted permission to UCI ProTeam Alpecin-Fenix to wear a special jersey in honour of Raymond Poulidor on today’s opening stage of the Tour de France .

“At the Team Presentation in Brest, Brittany (France) on Thursday, Alpecin-Fenix riders sported a ‘Poupou’ Team jersey in honour of Raymond Poulidor, grandfather of team member Mathieu Van der Poel. Although it had been agreed between the team, the UCI and organisers Amaury Sports Organisation (ASO), that the jersey would be worn at the Team Presentation only, the UCI has now allowed the riders to wear the jersey on Saturday’s first stage between Brest and Landerneau.”

16km to go: On the official route map, the climb is in fact listed as 3km long, with an average gradient of 5.7%. There is movement on the front of the splintered peloton now, with riders attacking each other, and the gap is now down to under a minute.

17km to go: I’m not 100 per cent sure how many riders are in the break, but it’s between 10 and 12. Anyway, riders that are definitely there: Anna Henderson, Ruth Winder, Mikayla Harvey, Niamh Fisher-Black, Grace Brown, Sofia Bertizzolo, Brodie Chapman, Juliette Labous, Leah Thomas, Silvia Persico. There are now powering up the climb.

18km to go: The gap is still growing - out to 1’15” now. If it stretches any further, surely there won’t be time to bring this back and the victory will be contested by the riders in the front group. Approaching the climb for a third time now.

19km to go: The gap between peloton and break has flown out to a minute. There are 12 riders in the break.

22km to go: Henderson, Winder, Fisher-Black, Chapman, Labous, Harvey and Brown are all among the attacking group, which is growing all the time.

24km to go: The climb of the Côte de la Fosse aux Loups is 2.63km long with an average gradient of 6.3%. It’s a punchy climb to say the least, and it will be a select group that makes it to the finish to contest the win ...

26km to go: There is plenty of cloud cover around in Brittany this morning and it looks like a bit of moisture on the roads, but the racing conditions are good overall. We’ve now got a strong attack off the front again - Vos is there, as is her Jumbo-Visma teammate Henderson ...

28km to go: The peloton has been split in two, and the breakaway group has been caught by the front section of the peloton following that big attack by Van der Breggen. All the main favourites seem to be present and correct in the front group. The race has just passed the finish line again at the crest of the climb.

30km to go: On the front of the peloton, world champion Anna van der Breggen has attacked as they hit the Côte de la Fosse aux Loups for a second time. She is clearly trying to test the legs of her main rivals in the main bunch.

31km to go: Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) is the leading rider on the women’s UCI World this season, but she has opted to skip today’s race as she prepares for the Tokyo Olympics.

33km to go: Lucinda Brand (Trek-Segafredo) produced the attack that led to this group bridging across to the lone leader. The riders in the group are: Brodie Chapman (FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope), Mikayla Harvey (Canyon/Sram), Liane Lippert (DSM), Ana Santesteban (Team BikeExchange), Marta Bastianelli (Alé BTC Ljubljana), Valerie Demey (Liv Racing), Marta Lach (Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling), Silvia Persico (Valcar - Travel & Service), Elena Pirrone (Valcar - Travel & Service), Anna Henderson (Jumbo-Visma) and Brand ...

Lizzie Deignan , an Olympic silver medallist in 2012, won this race in thrilling style last year in a final sprint showdown against Marianne Vos. Will we see a repeat today?

37km to go: Pirrone is now being closed down by a chasing group that has bridged across from the peloton - so we now have a lead group of about 10 riders.

Welcome to our coverage of La Course, the one-day women’s Tour de France race, which this year takes the form of a 107.7km route between Brest and Landernau in Brittany. This is set to be the last edition of La Course, but that does not signal bad news for women’s cycling, because 2022 will see the long overdue reintroduction of a multi-stage women’s Tour de France .

Favourites for today’s La Course include Lizzie Deignan (Trek-Segafredo), Marianne Vos (Team Jumbo-Visma), Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx) and Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon/Sram Racing). With 40km to race, we have a lone leader - Elena Pirrone (Valcar - Travel & Service) has half a minute on the peloton after the first ascent of the Côte de la Fosse aux Loups.

There should be plenty of excitement on the remaining three ascents of the same climb ...

• Tour de France
• Lizzie Deignan

Most viewed

2-FOR-1 GA TICKETS WITH OUTSIDE+

Don’t miss Thundercat, Fleet Foxes, and more at the Outside Festival.

GET TICKETS

OUTSIDE FESTIVAL JUNE 1-2

Don't miss Thundercat + Fleet Foxes, adventure films, experiences, and more!

Powered by Outside

Preview: Your guide to the 2021 La Course by the Tour de France

Everything you need to know about the course and contenders ahead of la course by the tour de france..

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! >","name":"in-content-cta","type":"link"}}'>Download the app .

Over a month after the Vuelta a Burgos Feminas the Women’s WorldTour peloton will meet in Brest to race the eighth (and potentially last) edition of La Course by the Tour de France.

With the organizers of La Course and the Tour de France turning their attention to the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift in 2022 the continuation of the one-day event is unlikely. Despite previous claims La Course would continue during the men’s Tour de France, and a few weeks before the women’s stage race, it is not on the Women’s WorldTour calendar in 2022. Hey, that’s fine. We’d rather have the eight-day race anyway.

La Course has always had a bit of a conflicted reputation. Thanks to the women racing, every year has delivered a spectacle worth tuning in for, even if you’re watching from North America at 2am. Still, the hope was always for a stage race, and La Course always felt a little bit like an afterthought. The 2021 event is no different.

Originally set to take place on Sunday, June 27, in the morning before the men start stage 2, the race was moved from the iconic Mûr-de-Bretagne due to French local elections. The men’s race that takes place on Sunday, on the same course as the women would have raced, was not changed.

Annemiek van Vleuten was one of the riders who spoke out about the route change, stating in a press release that she would skip the race due to the route and date change and so she could focus completely on the upcoming Olympic Games.

In order to keep the route as close to the original as possible, the ASO opted for a race from Brest to Landerneau where the women will then race a hilly town circuit. The winner will be crowned atop the Côte de la Fosse aux Loups.

The first 60 km from Brest to Landerneau is punchy, thanks to the hilly terrain in the Bretagne region of France. Once the race enters the 14 km circuits the road is either climbing or descending until the rise to the finish.

The Côte de la Fosse aux Loups itself is the longest climb on course at 3 km but only 5.7% average grade, with the steepest bits at the bottom. By the top it levels out to a steady grind.

At 107.7 km La Course will be on the short side, which means it’s going to be a start-to-finish watch. With little room for error, the riders who want to win will have to be active from the gun. There are limited opportunities for teams to chase moves, especially with the circuits at the end.

Watch for a strong selection to go on the penultimate lap of the race.

To make the race a little more interesting the weather has decided to throw its hat in the ring. Rain is projected for Saturday, and luckily for those who don’t cope well in high heat, the temperatures should be around 60 ºF (17 ºC).

The contenders

Unlike other one-day events, La Course has changed its route every year since 2016. We’ve seen technical circuits, longer ascents, and what was basically a mass-start hill climb.

Because of the changing terrain, La Course has always favoured different types of riders. Marianne Vos, who won the inaugural edition of La Course when it took place on the Champs-Élysées in 2014, also won on a technical circuit in Pau in 2019. Annemiek van Vleuten won back-to-back editions in 2017 and 2018.

Last year the race came down to a selection of six sprinting for the win in Nice. Lizzie Deignan came away victorious.

In 2021 the course favours those who excel at the fast one-days like Amstel Gold Race and Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

Lizzie Deignan (Trek-Segafredo)

Lizzie Deignan returns to racing after her overall win at the inaugural Tour de Suisse in early June. Even though she missed out on a stage win she looked to be on a lot better form than at the Spring Classics earlier in the year.

Deignan hasn’t been shy about her goal for 2021. The British rider is targetting the Olympic road race in Tokyo. With that in mind, La Course is her last chance to test out the racing legs and head in a one-day event ahead of the games in July.

Next to Deignan on the Trek-Segafredo start list is Lucinda Brand . The cyclocross world champion was recently third in the Dutch nationals ITT behind Anna van der Breggen and Ellen van Dijk. She was sixth on the first stage of the Tour de Suisse after winning the overall and two stages of the Internationale Lotto Thüringen Ladies Tour in May.

Both Deignan and Brand could pull out a win in Landerneau, but with Deignan’s Olympic ambitions closing in and with so much training time at home behind her, it would be no surprise to see Deignan take her second La Course victory on Saturday.

Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM)

Kasia Niewiadoma hasn’t raced her bike since the Vuelta a Burgos Feminas. In Spain, she notched a second-place finish on stage 3, a stage with a very similar final climb to that of La Course. Niewiadoma’s best result in the spring was second at La Flèche Wallonne behind Van der Breggen. She also recently finished fourth at Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria.

The course is great for Niewiadoma, especially if the descent on the circuits is a bit technical. The Polish rider will also have Elise Chabbey with her. Chabbey outsprinted Deignan to win the first stage of the Tour de Suisse, her first major professional victory. All season Chabbey has proved a game-changing addition to Canyon-SRAM.

Unfortunately, Chabbey lost her national champion’s jersey to Marlen Reusser over the weekend so she will no longer be rocking the incredible Rapha Swiss champion’s kit at La Course.

Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma)

Prior to the Dutch National Championship on June 19 Vos hadn’t raced since Liège-Bastogne-Liège in April. Vos will return to the Women’s WorldTour on Saturday for a shot at her third La Course victory. Depending on her form, and if she can get over the steepest parts of the final climb, Vos is a great shout to win on Saturday. With the Olympics coming up in a month and a good block of training in her legs it will be interesting to see how Vos reacts to the high-pressure racing.

Of course, she’s still Vos the Boss … she won Amstel Gold Race and Gent-Wevelgem in 2021. Anything is possible.

Anna van der Breggen and Demi Vollering (SD Worx)

SD Worx, per usual, will line up with the strongest team in the race. Between world champion Anna van der Breggen, Strade Bianche winner Chantal van der Broek-Blaak , and Liège-Bastogne-Liège winner Demi Vollering SD Worx has multiple options to win on Saturday.

Van der Breggen hasn’t won La Course since its rainiest edition in 2015 on the Champs-Élysées. Van der Breggen retained her Dutch ITT title over the weekend, won the final stage and general classification at the Vuelta a Burgos Feminas, and won two of the Spanish one-days in May; Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria and Gran Premio Ciudad de Eibar. She continues to be a favourite no matter what the factors are.

Vollering, one of the breakout stars of 2020 and 2021, finished third on the final stage of Vuelta a Burgos so she is apparently not a punchy sprinter as we were led to believe when she won LBL. The rising star can climb, and she has a kick. So for a finish like that on Saturday, she will be a huge asset to SD Worx.

The coverage

La Course by the Tour de France can be watched live in Europe on GCN+. Viewers in the USA will be able to watch on NBC Sports, and for Australian viewers, the race will be on SBS with a delayed feed. For Canadians check FloBikes for live coverage.

Popular on Velo

What’s it like to be an American cyclist living in France? Watch to get professional road cyclist Joe Dombrowski’s view.

Related content from the Outside Network

One way south, mountain bikers react to their first taste of non-alcoholic craft beer, video review: bmc urs 01 two gravel bike, kiel reijnen vuelta video diary: the painful decision to abandon.

• MAGAZINE OFFERS
• BIKE INSURANCE
• Best Products
• Maintenance
• Accessories
• Long-Term Reviews
• BikeRadar Podcast
• First Look Friday
• Bike of the Week
• Tech Features
• Routes and Rides
• Bike Galleries
• BikeRadar Bargains
• Buyer's Guides
• Fitness & Training
• Sizing & Fit
• Mountain Biking UK
• Cycling Plus

La Course by Le Tour de France: everything you need to know

The history, route, riders and key information about the women's one-day race that precedes the 2021 Tour de France

Doug Pensinger/Getty Images

Colin Henrys

As the men’s peloton gears up for the 2021 Tour de France Grand Depart, their female counterparts kick-off the action in Brittany at La Course by Le Tour de France. Here’s our guide to the race’s history, winners, stages, teams and more.

What is La Course by Le Tour de France?

La Course by Le Tour de France was the product of a long, and hard-fought campaign by some of women’s cycling’s biggest stars to earn their slice of cycling’s greatest race.

Contested for the first time in 2014, La Course is a one-day women’s race attached to the Tour de France.

Initially raced in Paris, on the Champs-Elysees, ahead of the Tour’s final stage, La Course has moved around the race in recent years.

From the sprint-friendly race at its inception, La Course moved into the mountains in 2017 and was hosted on route’s mirroring the Tour’s toughest stages.

Since 2020, however, it has been moved to the start of the race – first in Nice for last year’s edition (having initially been slated for the Paris finale again) and then, this year, to Brest.

La Course has been part of the UCI Women’s WorldTour since 2016.

Who has the most La Course by Le Tour de France wins?

In the race’s short history, La Course has been dominated by Dutch riders – with three Dutchwomen sharing five of the seven race wins between them.

Marianne Vos , one of the biggest proponents for La Course, won the inaugural edition in 2014 and is level with compatriot Annemiek van Vleuten with two victories apiece.

Anna van der Breggen is the other Dutch woman to have celebrated on the top step of La Course’s podium, after a solo win on the Champs-Elysees in 2015, while Australian Chloe Hosking and Great Britain’s defending champion Lizzie Deignan also have one win each.

La Course by Le Tour de France winners:

• Marianne Vos (2014, 2019)
• Annemiek van Vleuten (2017, 2018)
• Anna van der Breggen (2015)
• Chloe Hosking (2016)
• Lizzie Deignan (2020)

When does the 2021 La Course by Le Tour de France start?

The 2021 edition of La Course takes place ahead of the Tour de France Grand Depart on Saturday June 26.

Initially due to follow stage two of the men’s Grand Tour, the race will now follow a 107.4km course from Brest to Landernau.

Check out our standalone guide on how to watch La Course for more info on how to follow all of the racing action.

What is the La Course by Le Tour de France route for 2021?

Having been moved back a day to follow a similar route to the Grand Depart, La Course by Le Tour de France starts from Brest and finishes atop the Cote de la Fosse aux Loups in Landerneau.

The 107.4km route includes three laps of the 14km finishing circuit with four climbs of the 3km Cote de la Fosse Aux Loups.

The climb is one of two to be tackled on the route, with the Cote de Trebeolin (900m at 5.1 per cent) conquered early in the race.

The main climb is 3km with an average gradient of 5.7 per cent, and the peloton will pass the finish line three times before returning for the fourth and final climb to the finale.

How do you win the La Course by Le Tour de France?

As well as the main prize, for the first rider across the finish line on the fourth climb of the Cote de la Fosse aux Loups, there is a secondary prize on offer too.

The top climber will also be rewarded, with the first rider(s) over the Cote de Trebeolin and all four climbs of the Cote de la Fosse aux Loups earning points.

Last year, two-time race winner Annemiek van Vleuten won the secondary classification.

La Course by Le Tour de France 2020 recap

Lizzie Deignan became the first British rider to win La Course by Le Tour de France as she and long-standing rival Marianne Vos wound the clock back to produce a thrilling finish.

The race in Nice served as the appertif for the Tour de France, taking place ahead of the men’s first stage, and whet the appetite perfectly with a photo finish.

Deignan won from a six-rider break, which broke away on a steep descent – led by world champion Annemiek van Vleuten.

Both Van Vleuten and Vos were looking for a record-breaking third La Course victory, and it was the latter who looked on course for victory when she opened out her sprint.

Deignan timed her counter-attack perfectly, however, getting ahead of her old rival by just centimetres to snatch victory.

La Course by Le Tour de France 2021 start list and favourites

Lizzie Deignan rolls out as defending champion for La Course by Le Tour de France but in-form Marianne Vos is among the favourites for 2021 victory.

Annemiek van Vleuten is not racing this year, however – turning her attention instead to the Dutch national road race and the Olympic Games.

The teams taking part in La Course 2021 this year are:

• Trek-Segafredo
• Team Jumbo-Visma Women
• Ale BTC Ljubljana
• Canyon-SRAM Racing
• FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope
• Team BikeExchange
• Team Arkea-Samsic
• A.R. Monex Women’s Pro Cycling Team
• Bizkaia Durango
• Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling
• Drops-Le Col s/b TEMPUR
• Massi-Tactic Women
• Parkhotel Valkenburg
• Rally Cycling Women
• Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime Women Cycling
• Team TIBCO-SVB
• Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
• Valcar-Travel & Service

Share this article

• Terms & Conditions
• Subscribe to our magazines
• Manage preferences

Paris-Roubaix

Giro d'abruzzo, women's de brabantse pijl, de brabantse pijl, tour du jura, sunny king criterium, amstel gold, uci mtb mairipora brazil, tour of the alps, fleche wallonne, fleche wallonne femmes, newnan rock & road criterium, tour of turkey, liege-bastogne-liege, everything you need to know about the 2021 la course by le tour de france, it's not the women's tour de france, but it's the biggest one-day race on the calendar. this is what you need to know about la course..

Back for its eighth edition, the women's La Course by Le Tour will tackle the same demanding and technical terrain as the men face on the opening stage of the 2021 Tour de France. 

Join  PRO  to watch the  2021 Tour de France  live and on demand in Canada on FloBikes. Exclusive highlights and content will be available to our worldwide audience!

A One-Day Race, Not A Women's Tour de France

La Course was first held in 2014 after a petition was brought to ASO seeking a women’s Tour de France to coincide with the men's. 

The one-day race gives the women's peloton a chance to compete on one of the men's 21 stages of the Tour de France and the stage varies from year to year. La Course however is not the Women's Tour de France. The French organization recently announced that the long-awaited return of the Women's Tour de France will arrive in 2022 following the end of the men's edition.

The inaugural edition was held on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, a 13-lap loop that came to a total of 89km, prior to the grand finale of the men’s race in 2014. Marianne Vos was the first woman to celebrate victory. 

In 2017, the race climbed the Col d’Izoard, providing a stark contrast to the inaugural edition on the Champs-Élysées. Annemiek Van Vleuten earned her first La Course victory this year.

Great Britain’s Lizzie Deignan won La Course in 2020 in a tactical sprint finish against Vos on a hilly two-lap hilly circuit in Nice. 

La Course Kicks Off The Tour Once Again

Like in 2020, this year's La Course will be held on the opening day of the Tour de France. The women will race a similar route from Brest to Landerneau as the men. 

The hilly and technical terrain in Brittany will favor the punchy classics specialists. The 2021 course will take the riders on a hilly 107.4km route, with a finishing 14 kilometer circuit to be completed three times prior to the finish.  

The race was originally scheduled to be held in tandem with stage two of the Tour de France, but was moved due to logistical challenges. 

Organizers have done their best to emulate the intended finish at the top of the Mûr-de-Bretagne, by instead finishing up the short Côte de la Fosse aux Loups, which ramps up to a 14% gradient at the start of the 3km climb. Mûr-de-Bretagne.

Who To Watch

Expect to see Movistar’s Annemiek Van Vleuten on top form for La Course. Van Vleuten enjoyed a successful spring campaign, winning both Dwars door Vlaanderen and the Women’s Tour of Flanders. She remained consistent as she has become known to do, finishing on the podium at both Amstel Gold in third place, and Liège-Bastogne-Liège in second. Her young Movistar team have come into their own, showing prowess in their support of Van Vleuten and others like Danish Sprinter Emma Norsgaard. Expect her and domestique American Leah Thomas to be alongside her in support. 

The Trek-Segafredo Women’s squad produced a tactically masterful race in 2020 to earn Lizzie Deignan the victory. While Deignan has had a quiet season thus far, the Olympic Games are a huge goal of hers. Expect to see Deignan's form ramping up dramatically for La Course. 

Deignan is not Trek-Segafredo's only card to play however. American Road National Champion Ruth Winder , and Italian National Road Champion Elisa Longo Borghini have been racking up podium spots. The team in blue will be one to watch. 

Current World Champion and Olympic Champion Anna Van Der Breggen has been a dominant force in 2021. The Dutch rider plans to retire after the Tokyo Games, but she has proven that she has no intention to go out quietly. 

Van der Breggen has four victories thus far in 2021. She opened the year by simply riding away from the field at Omloop He Nieuwsblad. She then went on to win her seventh consecutive La Fleche Wallonne, before once again beating out all her rivals in the Basque Country during two one-day 1.1 events. Her SD Worx team has no shortage of potential winners, but expect to see Van der Breggen do something special in her final La Course.

Marianne Vos of course will be a heavy favorite on the classics-style terrain of this year's La Course. In her new yellow and black colors of the Jumbo Visma women’s team, Vos blasted out of the gates this season, winning Gent-Wevelgem in March, and for the first time in her illustrious career, Amstel Gold a week later. 

A two-time winner of La Course, Vos will have all eyes marking her as the women battle it out before the return of a full Women’s Tour de France next season. 

While La Course will continue in the coming seasons, irectly after the men’s finish in Paris. In the meantime, catch all the action, live on FloBikes on Saturday, June 26 th . 

• Lizzie Deignan
• Annemiek van Vleuten
• Team Jumbo-Visma
• Movistar Team
• Marianne Vos
• Leah Thomas
• Team SD Worx
• Trek Segafredo Women's Team
• Ruth Winder
• Elisa Longo Borghini
• Anna van der Breggen

Related Content

Apr 1, 2024

Mar 28, 2024

Aug 13, 2023

Aug 2, 2023

Jul 30, 2023

Jul 29, 2023

Jul 28, 2023

Mar 27, 2024

Étape 21 - 23/07/2023

How to Watch the 2021 La Course by Le Tour de France

Here’s why you need to tune in for one of the most exciting women’s races on the WorldTour calendar.

On Saturday, June 26, we’ll see the eighth edition of La Course by the Tour de France, a one-day race on the women’s WorldTour. Originally organized as an attempt to appease advocates who justifiably felt that the women’s peloton deserved their own Tour de France, the race has often garnered more criticism than accolades, despite the fact that the racing is always hard, fast, and exciting.

In the meantime, here’s everything you need to know about Sunday’s La Course:

Covering 107 kilometers, La Course begins in Brest, France, the site of the men’s Grand Depart, and sets out on some of the same roads the men will tackle during Stage 1 of the Tour de France. After climbing the Category 4 Côte de Trébéolin (0.9km at 5.1 percent) 8.6 kilometers into the race (a perfect spot for a breakaway to escape), the route continues south near the coast before heading inland at Le Faou, wrapping its way counterclockwise toward the finish in Landernau.

Once in Landernau, the riders will complete three laps of a circuit that contains the Category 3 Côte de la Fosse aux Loups, a 3-kilometer climb with an average grade of 5.7 percent. The finish line sits atop the ascent, which the women will climb a total of four times.

It’s a route for puncheurs, riders who fare well in the Ardennes Classics. The finishing climb is steepest at the bottom, but riders who have climbed it in training say it’s harder than it looks on paper. Wind could play a role as well, perhaps breaking the race into echelons as the peloton makes its way north to Landernau on Brittany’s tight and narrow roads.

While the weather forecast calls for clouds, the day should be dry. Showers are expected after the race concludes. Wind is expected to come from north-northwest, which means the riders will face a headwind on the first half of the finishing circuit, but a tailwind on the approach to the climb. This could entice some to gamble on escaping before the climb itself and holding-off the chasing peloton.

Previewing the 2021 Tour de France

Team-by-Team Guide to the 2021 Tour de France

Riders We Can’t Wait to Watch

Stages You Won’t Want to Miss

North Americans Riding the 2021 Tour de France

How to watch.

Unfortunately, the race starts très early, at 8:20 local time (2:20 a.m. EST), and is expected to finish around three hours later. Your best bet for watching this race is to wake up, don’t check Twitter or a results page, make a pot of coffee, and stream a replay over breakfast.

Previously, the annual Cycling Pass on NBC Sports Gold was the best option for watching all things Tour de France. But NBC has moved its Cycling Pass coverage to its Peacock Premium streaming service. Purchase Peacock Premium for $4.99 a month, and you’ll have access to La Course, the full men’s Tour de France, and other races covered by NBC and its partners, including the Vuelta a España and Paris-Roubaix.

The Peacock app is available on Roku, Apple devices, Android and AndroidTV devices, Google platforms, Chromecast, Xbox devices, Playstation 4 and 4 Pro, VIZIO SmartCast TVs, and LG Smart TVs. You can also watch online via the Peacock website. Comcast Xfinity X1 and Flex customers and Cox Contour customers can already access Peacock Premium for free.

What happened last year?

The 2020 race was held in Nice, on a course similar to Stage 1 of the men’s Tour de France, including the Côte de Rimiez, where Dutch world champion Annemiek van Vleuten (Mitchelton-Scott) blew the race apart with 44 kilometers to go.

Only five riders kept up with her over the climb: Lizzie Deignan (Trek-Segafredo), Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo), Marianne Vos (CCC-Liv), Demi Vollering (Parkhotel Valkenburg), and Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM). Containing six of the strongest riders in the race, the group worked well together and quickly opened up an insurmountable advantage.

While briefly breaking up on the technical descent back into Nice, the group came together again, setting-off a series of attacks as riders tried to escape before the finish on the Promenade des Anglais. In the end, teamwork made the dream work, with Longo Borghini covering attacks on the run-in and then opening-up the sprint for Deignan, who took a narrow win over Vos and Vollering. The win was Deignan’s first La Course victory, and only the second for a non-Dutchwoman.

Riders to watch

Lizzie Degnan (Trek-Segafredo) - Fresh from her recent victory in the Tour de Suisse, the defending champion is back to defend her title. Her team is once again one of the strongest in the race.

Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) - Now riding for Movistar, van Vleuten is aiming to become the first rider to win La Course three times. The finish suits her well, but don’t be surprised if she goes on the attack before the final climb.

Anna van der Breggen (Team SD Worx) - The reigning world champion is riding her final season as a pro and would love to go out with a second victory in La Course (she won the 2015 event). She can count on support from a strong team that includes 2021 Liège-Bastogne-Liège winner Demi Vollering and 2017 world champion Chantal van den Broek-Blaak.

Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM) - Niewiadoma finished fourth last year and should fare better on this year’s uphill finish. She finished second to van der Breggan in April’s Flèche Wallonne, a race that also ends with a finish atop a short, steep climb.

Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma) - Second last year, Vos can also become the first rider to win three editions of La Course with a win Saturday. Her team is not as deep as some of the others, but she’s too strong to let that stop her.

.css-1t6om3g:before{width:1.75rem;height:1.75rem;margin:0 0.625rem -0.125rem 0;content:'';display:inline-block;-webkit-background-size:1.25rem;background-size:1.25rem;background-color:#F8D811;color:#000;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-position:center;background-position:center;}.loaded .css-1t6om3g:before{background-image:url(/_assets/design-tokens/bicycling/static/images/chevron-design-element.c42d609.svg);} Racing

Ultra Jack’s 1,250km Ride from Girona to Roubaix

Men’s Tour of Britain Shortened for Gender Parity

Peter Sagan Back to Training After Heart Surgery

2024 Itzulia Basque Country Marred By Major Crash

2024 Paris-Roubaix: New Chicannigans?

2024 Paris-Roubaix | How to Watch, Route & Faves

Wireless Tire Pressure Systems at Paris Roubaix

Van Aert’s Giro Dreams in Jeopardy

UCI Head Sock Ban Sparks Itzulia Controversy

Is Tadej Pogačar Peaking Too Early?

2024 Paris-Roubaix Weather Watch

• Tour de France
• Stages - Results
• Previous winners
• Football Home
• Fixtures - Results
• Premier League
• Champions League
• Europa League
• All Competitions
• All leagues
• Snooker Home
• World Championship
• UK Championship
• Major events
• Tennis Home
• Calendar - Results
• Australian Open
• Roland-Garros
• Mountain Bike Home
• UCI Track CL Home
• Men's standings
• Women's standings
• Cycling Home
• Race calendar
• Vuelta a España
• Giro d'Italia
• Dare to Dream
• Alpine Skiing Home
• Athletics Home
• Diamond League
• World Championships
• World Athletics Indoor Championships
• Biathlon Home
• Cross-Country Skiing Home
• Cycling - Track
• Equestrian Home
• Figure Skating Home
• Formula E Home
• Calendar - results
• DP World Tour
• MotoGP Home
• Motorsports Home
• Speedway GP
• Clips and Highlights
• Olympics Home
• Olympic Channel
• Rugby World Cup predictor
• Premiership
• Champions Cup
• Challenge Cup
• All Leagues
• Ski Jumping Home
• Speedway GP Home
• Superbikes Home
• The Ocean Race Home
• Triathlon Home
• Hours of Le Mans
• Winter Sports Home

Tour de France 2021 - Stages, schedule, route map and key dates in the battle for yellow jersey

Updated 28/06/2021 at 11:44 GMT

A balanced route that leans slightly towards the general classification rider with a strong time trial, the 2021 Tour de France route is an intriguing prospect. There are as many as eight potential stages for the sprinters, as well as some epic climbing days – including a trip into the Alps in the first week, plus a double-ascent of Mont Ventoux to contend with.

Tadej Pogacar and Primoz Roglic celebrate at the end of stage 21 of the Tour de France 2020

Image credit: Getty Images

Woman who caused Tour de France crash fined 1200 euros

09/12/2021 at 16:27

• Tour de France team guide: Star riders, memorable moments, which icy refreshment do they resemble?
• Carapaz poses questions for Ineos with powerful Tour de Suisse performance
• Pogacar and UAE Team Emirates in flying form for Le Tour off the back of Slovenia win

Tour de France 2021 - results and standings

Tour de france 2021 - the route.

• 26 June, Stage 1: Brest - Landerneau (197.8km, hilly)
• 27 June, Stage 2: Perros-Guirec - Mûr-de-Bretagne Guerlédan (183.5km, hilly)
• 28 June, Stage 3: Lorient - Pontivy (182.7km, flat)
• 29 June, Stage 4: Redon - Fougères (150.4km, flat)

30 June, Stage 5: Changé - Laval (27.2km, ITT)

• 1 July, Stage 6: Tours - Châteauroux (160.6km, flat)
• 2 July, Stage 7: Vierzon - Le Creusot (249.1km, hilly)
• 3 July, Stage 8: Oyonnax - Le Gran-Bornand (150.8km, mountains)

4 July, Stage 9: Cluses - Tignes (144.9km, mountains)

• 5 July, first rest day
• 6 July, Stage 10: Albertville - Valence (190.7km, flat)

7 July, Stage 11: Sorgues - Malaucène (198.9km, mountains)

8 july, stage 12: saint-paul-trois-châteaux - nîmes (159.4km, flat).

• 9 July, Stage 13: Nîmes - Carcassonne (219.9km, flat)
• 10 July, Stage 14: Carcassonne - Quillan (183.7km, hilly)

11 July, Stage 15: Céret - Andorra la Vella (191.3km, mountains)

• 12 July, second rest day
• 13 July, Stage 16: Pas de la Case - Saint-Gaudens (169km, mountains)

14 July, Stage 17: Muret - Saint-Lary-Soulan Col du Portet (174.8km)

• 15 July, Stage 18: Pau - Luz-Ardiden (129.7km, mountains)
• 16 July, Stage 19: Mourenx - Libourne (207km, flat)

17 July, Stage 20: Libourne – Saint-Émilion (30.8km, ITT)

• 18 July, Stage 21: Chatou - Paris Champs-Élysées (112km, flat)

Tour de France 2021 - route map

The Tour de France route for 2021

Image credit: Eurosport

Tour de France 2021 - KEY stages

Stage 5 profile: Changé – Laval (ITT)

Stage 9 profile: Cluses - Tignes

Stage 11 profile: Sorgues - Malaucène

Stage 12 profile: Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux - Nîmes

Stage 15 profile: Céret - Andorre-La-Vieille

Stage 17 profile: Muret - Col du Portet

Stage 20 profile: Libourne - Saint Emilion (ITT)

Paradise for Pogacar? All you need to know about the 2022 Tour route - Blazin’ Saddles

14/10/2021 at 22:06

Spectator who caused Tour de France pile-up on trial in Brest

14/10/2021 at 12:34

Sagan signs two-season deal with Team TotalEnergies after leaving Bora-Hansgrohe

03/08/2021 at 18:13

Tour du Pays basque : à quelle heure et sur quelle chaîne suivre la course avec Vingegaard, Evenepoel et Roglic ?

Toutes les têtes d’affiche attendues sur le Tour de France, hormis Tadej Pogacar, vont s’affronter cette semaine au Pays basque. Jonas Vingegaard, lauréat de l’épreuve en 2023, fait figure de favori.

Un plateau exceptionnel attendu au Pays basque. Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenepoel et Primoz Roglic seront alignés sur l’épreuve cycliste à partir de lundi pour une semaine qui devrait être riche en enseignements en vue du Tour de France.

Hormis Tadej Pogacar, qui continue à préparer le Giro dans son coin, ce sont toutes les têtes d’affiche attendues sur le Tour de France qui se mesureront lors des six étapes jusqu’à samedi. Ils seront bien accompagnés puisque des coureurs comme Sepp Kuss, Jai Hindley, Simon Yates, Tom Pidcock Warren Barguil et David Gaudu seront également de la partie pour égayer la semaine entre le Tour des Flandres et Paris-Roubaix.

Ce casting digne d’un Tour de France promet des étincelles sur un parcours forcément vallonné, vu la configuration du Pays basque avec une dernière étape samedi à Eibar particulièrement montagneuse comprenant sept ascensions en seulement 138 km, dont le brutal Krabelin (5 km à 9,6 %).

Roglic attendu après un Paris-Nice décevant

Ce sera la première fois qu’on retrouve trois des quatre principaux candidats à la victoire sur le Tour de France sur la même course cette année. Ce sera aussi la première fois que Vingegaard, double vainqueur du Tour de France, sera opposé à son ancien coéquipier Roglic depuis le départ du Slovène de l’équipe Visma-Lease a Bike cet hiver.

L’état de forme de Roglic, désormais chez Bora-Hansgrohe, sera scruté après son très décevant Paris-Nice (10e au général). Il est généralement à l’aise au Pays basque où il s’est imposé à deux reprises, en 2018 et 2021. Vingegaard, vainqueur sortant, est lui déjà en pleine forme comme l’ont montré ses victoires écrasantes sur le Gran Camino et Tirreno-Adriatico.

Le Tour du Pays basque sera aussi l’occasion pour Remco Evenepoel de se mesurer pour la première fois cette année à Vingegaard et on suivra avec intérêt son duo avec Mikel Landa, recruté cet hiver pour être son sherpa en montagne.

« J’ai hâte de revenir au Pays basque », souligne Evenepoel, triple vainqueur de la Clasica San Sebastián, « et je me réjouis particulièrement de faire cette course avec Mikel dans sa région natale si passionnée de cyclisme ». Le Belge visera le maillot de leader dès la première étape lundi, un contre-la-montre de 10 km à Irún.

Le Tour du Pays basque sera à suivre tous les jours à partir de lundi à 15h30 sur Eurosport 1. La dernière étape prévue le samedi 6 avril sera retransmise à partir de 15 heures.

• aller au contenu principal
• aller au menu de navigation
• aller au moteur de recherche
• aller à la page Direct radio

Paris-Roubaix 2024 : après la pluie, le soleil pour l'arc-en-ciel Lotte Kopecky

Par définition, une averse n'est que passagère, peu importe sa violence. Celle qui s'est abattue sur Lotte Kopecky fin mars, sur le Tour des Flandres, n'a pas échappé à la règle. Double tenante du titre, la championne du monde a dû céder sa couronne la semaine dernière , en Belgique, au terme d'un jour sans qui l'a notamment vue monter à pied le Koppenberg, piégée par la boue. Moins de six jours plus tard, la patronne du cyclisme féminin a remis les pendules à l'heure, en remportant son premier Paris-Roubaix.

“J’ai essayé de rester le plus calme possible. Après dimanche, je n’étais pas bien, évidemment" , a avoué la Belge après la course, "Mais j’ai de bons amis et une bonne équipe derrière moi, qui m’ont permis de rester confiante. J’étais nerveuse, mais aussi relâchée au départ.”  Une nervosité notamment perceptible lorsque la Belge a perdu son sang-froid à 62 km de l'arrivée, victime d'un problème de guidon qu'elle a réglé - tout en roulant -, avant de vite reprendre sa place dans le peloton. Ou plutôt dans ce qui restait du peloton, après son premier tour de force.

Une course de patronne

Grande favorite du jour malgré son coup de mou la semaine passée, Lotte Kopecky a en effet assumé son statut, et pris la course en main en attaquant dès les premiers secteurs pavés, à 70 km de l'arrivée. “ C’était le plan qu’on avait prévu" , a assuré la Belge, après avoir confié que la SD Work misait sur elle et sa coéquipière Lorena Wiebes : "Tant que j’étais avec Lorena, je jouais cette carte, en cas de sprint je lui étais dédiée à 100%."

#ParisRoubaixFemmes |! À 54 kilomètres de l'arrivée, la championne du monde essaie de faire de premières différences dans le secteur d'Auchy-lez-Orchies à Bersée ! Suivez le direct : https://t.co/Dhk6GnIqlr pic.twitter.com/NRfTJxniER — francetvsport (@francetvsport) April 6, 2024

Sauf que Lorena Wiebes a déserté le groupe de tête, formé après les attaques de Lotte Kopecky, dont la dernière, dans le secteur pavé de Camphin-en-Pévèle, à 19 km de la ligne, s'est avérée décisive. La suite : un sprint royal dans le vélodrome de Roubaix, aux côtés des autres cadors (Marianne Vos, Elisa Balsamo...). Un scénario qui correspondait parfaitement aux qualités de la championne du monde, également cycliste sur piste. "Elles ont lancé le sprint tôt, je suis restée calme" , a analysé la vainqueure du jour, "C’était un sprint assez long, ce qui est à mon avantage. Les autres filles étaient aussi des pistardes, on savait toutes ce qu’on faisait..."

Autrice d'un sprint d'anthologie, Lotte Kopecky s'est ainsi adjugée sa 39e victoire professionnelle, mais son premier Paris-Roubaix. Le tout avec le maillot de championne du monde sur les épaules, ce qui n'était plus arrivé depuis Peter Sagan chez les hommes en 2018. "Cette victoire a une place à part dans ma carrière, très haute. Les championnats du monde sont toujours ma plus grande réussite, mais gagner ce Paris-Roubaix avec ce maillot si spécial, ça s’en rapproche de très près" , a savouré la Belge.

La Belgique enfin de retour

Logiquement sacrée après une course menée d'une main de maître, Lotte Kopecky n'a pas seulement pris une revanche personnelle, après le Tour des Flandres : elle a délivré tout son peuple. Nation la plus titrée de l'histoire de la course avec désormais 58 victoires (contre 28 pour la France, et 14 pour l'Italie), la Belgique désespérait de voir une de ses étoiles mettre fin à l'interminable (à l'échelle belge) attente, encore plus après le forfait de Wout van Aert pour la course masculine. En effet, aucun cycliste du plat pays n'avait remporté Paris-Roubaix depuis Philippe Gilbert en 2019.

Mieux encore : Lotte Kopecky a réalisé son rêve d'enfance, ce samedi, à Roubaix, à quelques kilomètres de sa patrie. "C'est la course que je veux le plus gagner. J’ai pris beaucoup de plaisir à disputer les précédentes éditions. C’est une course tellement spéciale" , prévenait-elle plus tôt dans la semaine. A 28 ans, la championne du monde en titre garnit ainsi un palmarès déjà XXL avec, entre autres, une étape et le maillot vert du Tour de France 2023, deux Tour des Flandres, deux Strade Bianche, ou encore six titres mondiaux en cyclisme sur piste. En attendant un Tour de France ?

Partager : l'article sur les réseaux sociaux

La Quotidienne Sport

Recevez à 8h30 notre sélection de l’actualité sportive : articles, résultats, vidéos...

Découvrez nos newsletters

les mots-clés associés à cet article

• Paris-Roubaix

Commentaires

Connectez-vous à votre compte franceinfo pour participer à la conversation.

Toute l’actu en direct et en continu, où et quand vous voulez.

• Sauvegardez vos articles à lire plus tard
• Recevez les alertes uniquement sur ce qui vous intéresse

Tout France Info, et bien plus. Sauvegardez vos articles à lire plus tard et filtrer l’actualité qui vous intéresse

• Ligue des Champions
• Europa League
• Europa Conference League
• Premier League
• JO Paris 2024
• Sports de combat
• Coupe de France
• Trophées des Champions
• Barrages Ligue 1 - Ligue 2
• Barrages Ligue 2 - National
• Championship
• Community Shield
• Carabao Cup
• Supercoupe d'Espagne
• Copa del Rey
• Supercoupe d'Italie
• Coupe d'Italie
• Supercoupe d'Allemagne
• Coupe d'Allemagne
• Liga Portugal
• Supercoupe Portugal
• Coupe du Portugal
• Coupe de la Ligue du Portugal
• Ligue des Champions (F)
• Coupe du Monde (F)
• Coupe du Monde 2022
• Supercoupe d'Europe
• Équipe de France
• Qualifs Coupe du Monde
• Qualifs Euro
• Ligue des Nations
• Copa America
• Matchs amicaux internationaux
• Youth League
• Mondial des Clubs
• Championnat des Pays-Bas
• Scottish Premiership
• Super Lig Turquie
• Jupiler Pro League
• Super League Suisse
• Copa Libertadores
• Copa Sudamericana
• Chinese Super League
• Gallagher Premiership
• Champions Cup
• Challenge Cup
• VI Nations (H)
• VI Nations (F)
• Tests matchs
• Coupe du monde (H/F)
• XV de France
• Super Rugby
• Betclic Elite
• FIBA Ligue des champions
• FIBA Eurocoupe
• Championnats du monde (H/F)
• Championnats d'Europe (H/F)
• Open d'Australie
• Roland Garros
• Coupe Davis
• Rolex Paris Masters
• Masters Indian Wells
• Masters Miami
• Masters Monte-Carlo
• Masters Madrid
• Masters Rome
• Masters Montréal
• Masters Cincinnati
• Masters Shanghai
• Tennis de table
• Tour de France
• Championnats du Monde
• UCI World Tour
• Championnats d'Europe
• Liqui Moly StarLigue
• D1 Féminine
• Championnats de France
• Ligue de diamant
• CEV Ligue des Champions
• Ligue des nations
• Jeux Olympiques
• Sports Extrêmes
• Super Moscato Show
• Rothen s'enflamme
• Intégrale Foot
• RMC Football Show
• RMC Sport Show
• Intégrale Sport
• Les Grandes Gueules du Sport
• Les courses RMC
• Les Paris RMC
• RMC Poker Show
• Double contact
• Story RMC Sport
• Les Courses RMC
• Comparateur
• Chaîne RMC Sport
• Newsletters
• Sport et société
• Devenez annonceur

Lille-OM: les Dogues s'offrent un coup et le podium, Marseille prend du retard (irrattrapable?) dans la course à l'Europe

Sur le papier, la rencontre avait des allures de match du dimanche soir, vendredi à Pierre-Mauroy. On pensait que cette affiche entre cadors de Ligue 1 allait accoucher d'une souris, avant que tout s'emballe dans le second acte et que Lille s'offre un succès clinquant contre Marseille (3-1).

Les joueurs de Jean-Louis Gasset avaient besoin de points pour intégrer le top 6 - la septième place pourrait être européenne en fonction du lauréat de la Coupe de France. Mais les Marseillais sont entrain de caler à l'amorce du sprint final, là où se joue les destins européens.

>> Revivez le succès des Lillois en direct commenté

En face, les Dogues, qui restaient sur un beau succès face à Lens (2-1) , ont été bien plus mordants. Inspiré lors du derby, Edon Zhegrova aurait dû ouvrir le score mais a manqué son face-à-face face à Pau Lopez (10e). Le gardien olympien s'est aussi employé sur un coup de tête d'Alexsandro (25e) et une banderille de Tiago Santos (27e).

Troisième défaite de suite en L1 pour l'OM

Il n'a rien pu en revanche sur le penalty provoqué et converti par Jonathan David (1-0, 53e), le 16e but en L1 cette saison du Canadien, puis sur la frappe lumineuse de Rémy Cabella (2-0, 71e). Tout juste entré en jeu, Gabriel Gudmundsson a clos le suspense (3-1, 84e) et validé le coaching de Paulo Fonseca.

La tête dans le seau après le Classique perdu contre Paris (0-2) , les Marseillais auront été trop peu efficaces, à l'image de la tentative mollassone de Luis Henrique (42e) ou du un-contre-un perdu par Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang face à Lucas Chevalier (74e). Ils ont été tout heureux de voir le missile de Zhegrova terminer sur la barre (56e), tout comme de réduire l'écart sur un coup de billard (2-1, 81e).

• Losc - OM : "Tous les jours, on apprend quelque chose avec lui", Bentaleb se positionne sur l'avenir de Fonseca
• Losc - OM : Gasset et la Ligue des champions, est-ce le match de la dernière chance ?

Inarrêtable il y a encore quelques semaines, Marseille enchaîne une troisième défaite consécutive en Championnat et cale au pire des moments. Les hommes de Fonseca eux s'emparent de la troisième place. Ils éjectent provisoirement Monaco du podium et affirment encore un peu plus leurs hautes ambitions pour cette fin de saison.

Jean-Louis Gasset

"on a été nuls", "c'est honteux": le constat cinglant de gasset après la déroute de l'om à lille, direct. lille-om: les marseillais partagent leur frustration après leur nouvelle défaite, om: "je l’ai vu cette semaine", la mise au point de gasset sur le temps de jeu de correa, top articles.

"On est cinglés d’être là": pourquoi Paris-Roubaix est une course "inhumaine"

Chutes dans le cyclisme: le coup de gueule de madiot, qui trouve "lamentable" de critiquer les coureurs, "je ne peux pas gagner seul": benzema répond aux critiques en arabie saoudite, saint-étienne: les magnifiques tifos des supporters des verts pour les 90 ans du club, kickboxing: incroyable victoire d'alexis nicolas, premier français à devenir champion du one championship.

DIRECT. Lens-Le Havre: mauvaise opération pour les Sang et Or, qui lâchent encore des points

• Summer Sports

Tour de France champ Vingegaard has collapsed lung after crash

Danish rider may not be able to defend his title.

Social Sharing

Two-time defending Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard remained hospitalized in Spain a day after he broke his collarbone and several ribs in a bad crash with other top riders during the Tour of Basque Country.

The Danish rider's Visma-Lease A Bike team said Friday that further tests revealed the Vingegaard also suffered a collapsed lung and a pulmonary contusion. The team said that cycling's leading star was "stable and had a good night" but remains in a hospital in the northern Spanish city of Vitoria.

The accident comes less than three months before the start of the Tour on June 29 when Vingegaard is scheduled to to again face off against top rival Tadej Pogačar. That highly anticipated rematch is now in doubt.

• 'It's been a long journey': Vingegaard wins Tour de France for 2nd consecutive year
• More cycling coverage

Vingegaard was hardly moving as he was put in an ambulance wearing an oxygen mask and neck brace after the crash occurred on Thursday with less than 30 kilometres left in the race's fourth stage.

The pileup also took out cycling stars Primož Roglič and Remco Evenepoel.

Evenepoel, considered one of the favourites for the road race at the Paris Games, broke a collarbone and his right shoulder blade and was set to undergo surgery when he returns to Belgium on Friday, his Soudal Quick-Step team said.

The accident happened as riders were making what looked to be a conventional right-hand turn going downhill when one rider's front tire appeared to slip out and send other cyclists off the road. There were some large rocks and trees in the area, though it wasn't clear if any of the riders hit them. There was also a concrete drainage ditch place on the edge of the curve.

Roglič, a three-time Spanish Vuelta winner, emerged with just scratches but he did have to abandon the race he was leading.

Vingegaard was trying to defend the tittle he won last year at the six-day Tour of Basque Country.

Related Stories

• Vingegaard protects big Tour de France lead as Asgreen holds on to win 18th stage
• Vingegaard closer to Tour de France victory after sensational time trial
• Jonas Vingegaard keeps yellow jersey at Tour de France, Wout Poels takes Stage 15
• Pogacar and Vingegaard lock horns again for Tour de France stalemate
• 'I finally did it': Ottawa's Michael Woods wins 9th stage of Tour de France

Add some “good” to your morning and evening.

Get up to speed on what's happening in sports. Delivered weekdays.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Google Terms of Service apply.

• Russia Tourism
• Russia Hotels
• Russia Bed and Breakfast
• Russia Vacation Rentals
• Flights to Russia
• Russia Restaurants
• Things to Do in Russia
• Russia Travel Forum
• Russia Photos
• All Russia Hotels
• Russia Hotel Deals
• Things to Do
• Restaurants
• Vacation Rentals
• Travel Stories
• Rental Cars
• Add a Place
• Travel Forum
• Travelers' Choice
• Help Center

Moscow metro tour - Russia Forum

• Europe    
• Russia    

Moscow metro tour

• United States Forums
• Europe Forums
• Canada Forums
• Asia Forums
• Central America Forums
• Africa Forums
• Caribbean Forums
• Mexico Forums
• South Pacific Forums
• South America Forums
• Middle East Forums
• Honeymoons and Romance
• Business Travel
• Train Travel
• Traveling With Disabilities
• Tripadvisor Support
• Solo Travel
• Bargain Travel
• Timeshares / Vacation Rentals
• Europe forums
• Russia forum

What is the difference between these 2 Moscow metro tours on the same tour group page? One is less expensive than the other but both have positive reviews.

https://www.getyourguide.com/moscow-l181/moscow-2-hour-metro-tour-t92409/

https://www.getyourguide.com/moscow-l181/moscow-metro-tour-t19283/

We would like to go on this tour but could not decide which one to book. Thank you.

I see the only difference - one mentioned Spanish-speaking guide, the other not-presumably English...

I've seen one more - for 60+ euro!

Looks a bit unreal :)))

This topic has been closed to new posts due to inactivity.

• SIM card. Russian SIM cards, do they still work in the UK? 7:23 pm
• Am a Tourist Can I Bring Dollars? 4:45 pm
• Narva / Ivangorod crossing yesterday
• Booking Russian Train tickets online from India? Apr 04, 2024
• Flights to Russia 2024 Apr 04, 2024
• Crossing the border from Narva to Ovanograd by bus Apr 04, 2024
• Trouble Buying Russian Sleeper Train Tickets from the USA Apr 04, 2024
• Americans traveling/living in Russia Apr 03, 2024
• Trans Mongolian Railway /RealRussia Apr 03, 2024
• taxi in st petersburg Apr 02, 2024
• Registration in Hotel or Address Apr 01, 2024
• Current best way to send dollars to Russia? Apr 01, 2024
• Yaroslavl to Vladimir Mar 30, 2024
• Deportation from Russia Mar 29, 2024
• Transaero Airlines 5 replies
• American Movies set in Russia 5 replies
• Moscow Airport transfer (SVO to DME) 4 replies
• Travel All Russia travel compnay 48 replies
• Russian River Cruise 10 replies
• Suggested Russia Tour - East West Tours 6 replies
• Do I need a visa if my flight has a connection in Russia? 4 replies
• Insight Vacations 24 replies
• Asian Grocery Store in Moscow 4 replies
• "Tourist Confirmation Letter and Travel Voucher" for a visa. 5 replies
• Where can I get initial answers to ANY question?

• As It Happened - Lotte Kopecky becomes Queen of the Classics at Paris-Roubaix Femmes
• As it happened: Juan Ayuso takes overall victory at Itzulia Basque Country stage 6

How to watch La Course by Le Tour de France – live TV and streaming

Deignan, Van der Breggen, Uttrup Ludwig, Vos set to light up the roads of Brittany at the one-day Women's WorldTour event on Saturday

La Course by Le Tour de France Live Stream

La course by le tour de france schedule.

The  Women's WorldTour resumes at the eighth edition of La Course by Le Tour de France held on Saturday, June 26 in Brest, and in conjunction with the opening stage of the men's Tour de France.

The women's one-day race will start at 8:30 a.m. CET with an expected finish at 11:30 a.m. CET.

It has been one of the most popular events on the Women's WorldTour but this year could mark its last – at least on the top-tier calendar – as it will be replaced by the  official launch  of the  Tour de France Femmes  in 2022.

This year's La Course by Le Tour de France also marks the tenth stop on the Women's WorldTour, however, it is the only round of the top-tier series held during the month of June.

La Course by Le Tour de France 2021 - Preview One day ahead: Donnons des Elles au Velo J-1 and the Tour de France Battle Royale: How the next chapter of women's cycling could change everything Audrey Cordon-Ragot: La Course has finally become the stepping stone to the Tour de France

Fans can expect an explosive race at La Course by Le Tour de France. 

The women's peloton will race a short 107.4km starting in Brest and finishing with three laps of a 14-kilometre circuit with the finish line atop the Côte de la Fosse aux Loups in Landerneau.

The peloton will begin Brest and race for 59.3km into Landerneau, where each of  the three final circuits includes a climb over the Côte de la Fosse aux Loups. The climb is three kilometres with an average gradient of nearly six per cent. The peloton will climb the ascent three times as part of the finishing circuits, before then tackling it a fourth and final time where the finish line is located at the top.

Get The Leadout Newsletter

The latest race content, interviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox!

Don't miss La Course by Le Tour de France as riders defending champion Lizzie Deignan  (Trek-Segafredo), Marianne Vos  (Jumbo-Visma), Anna van der Breggen  (SD Worx), Grace Brown  (Team BikeExchange), Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope), and a world-class field go head-to-head on the  streets of Brittany region.

Read on to find out how to watch the La Course by Le Tour de France via live stream, no matter your location, with  ExpressVPN .

Follow  Cyclingnews  on  Twitter ,  Facebook  and  Instagram  for alerts on important stories and action during La Course by Le Tour de France.

La Course by Le Tour de France will be broadcast around Europe on Eurosport. A subscription to  Eurosport Player  costs £6.99 for a single month, £4.99 for a year-long monthly pass, or £39.99 for a 12-month pass.

The races will be aired in the United Kingdom and in  select other territories  around Europe on  GCN+  . A year’s subscription to GCN+ will set you back £39.99 / €39.99 / $49.99.

ITV4  will also be showing the race in the UK, with live coverage and highlights available. In Wales,  S4C  will be airing the race.

Flobikes  will air the race in Canada, with plans starting from $12.50 per month or $150 (USD) per year.

La Course by Le Tour de France will be available to view in the USA on NBCUniversal’s  Peacock Premium . A seven-day free trial is available, while a subscription to Peacock Premium will set you back $4.99 (or $9.99 without ads) per month. 

In Australia, watch all the action from La Course by Le Tour de France from 4.30pm AEST Saturday on SBS VICELAND and SBS On Demand.

Around Europe, broadcasters include  France TV  in France,  ARD  in Germany,  Sporza  and  RTBF  in Belgium,  Rai  in Italy, and  RTVE  in Spain.

Be warned, though, geo-restrictions may apply if you're outside your home country or on holiday during the Tour de France.

You can get around that, however, by accessing the streams via a VPN, with ExpressVPN offering the ability to simulate being back in your home country, allowing you to watch the race live on various devices – including Smart TVs, Fire TV Stick, PC, Mac, iPhone, Android phone, iPads, tablets, etc.

Thank you for reading 5 articles in the past 30 days*

Join now for unlimited access

Enjoy your first month for just £1 / $1 / €1

*Read any 5 articles for free in each 30-day period, this automatically resets

After your trial you will be billed £4.99 $7.99 €5.99 per month, cancel anytime. Or sign up for one year for just £49 $79 €59

Try your first month for just £1 / $1 / €1

Cyclingnews is the world's leader in English-language coverage of professional cycling. Started in 1995 by University of Newcastle professor Bill Mitchell, the site was one of the first to provide breaking news and results over the internet in English. The site was purchased by Knapp Communications in 1999, and owner Gerard Knapp built it into the definitive voice of pro cycling. Since then, major publishing house Future PLC has owned the site and expanded it to include top features, news, results, photos and tech reporting. The site continues to be the most comprehensive and authoritative English voice in professional cycling.

Paris-Roubaix Femmes: World Champion Lotte Kopecky wins thrilling breakaway sprint to take victory

'It's not time for politics, it's time for better safety' - says UCI President

Itzulia Basque Country: Juan Ayuso secures overall, Carlos Rodríguez wins stage 6 finale

Most Popular

By Alasdair Fotheringham, James Moultrie April 05, 2024

By Will Jones April 05, 2024

By James Moultrie April 05, 2024

By Dani Ostanek April 05, 2024

By Simone Giuliani April 05, 2024

By Alasdair Fotheringham April 05, 2024

By Jackie Tyson April 05, 2024

By Stephen Farrand April 04, 2024

• Preplanned tours
• Daytrips out of Moscow
• Themed tours
• Customized tours
• St. Petersburg

Moscow Metro 2019

Will it be easy to find my way in the Moscow Metro? It is a question many visitors ask themselves before hitting the streets of the Russian capital. As metro is the main means of transport in Moscow – fast, reliable and safe – having some skills in using it will help make your visit more successful and smooth. On top of this, it is the most beautiful metro in the world !

. There are over 220 stations and 15 lines in the Moscow Metro. It is open from 6 am to 1 am. Trains come very frequently: during the rush hour you won't wait for more than 90 seconds! Distances between stations are quite long – 1,5 to 2 or even 3 kilometers. Metro runs inside the city borders only. To get to the airport you will need to take an onground train - Aeroexpress.

RATES AND TICKETS

Paper ticket A fee is fixed and does not depend on how far you go. There are tickets for a number of trips: 1, 2 or 60 trips; or for a number of days: 1, 3 days or a month. Your trips are recorded on a paper ticket. Ifyou buy a ticket for several trips you can share it with your traveling partner passing it from one to the other at the turnstile.

On every station there is cashier and machines (you can switch it to English). Cards and cash are accepted. 1 trip - 55 RUB 2 trips - 110 RUB

Tickets for 60 trips and day passes are available only at the cashier's.

60 rides - 1900 RUB

1 day - 230 RUB 3 days - 438 RUB 30 days - 2170 RUB.

The cheapest way to travel is buying Troyka card . It is a plastic card you can top up for any amount at the machine or at the ticket office. With it every trip costs 38 RUB in the metro and 21 RUB in a bus. You can get the card in any ticket office. Be prepared to leave a deposit of 50 RUB. You can get it back returning the card to the cashier.

SamsungPay, ApplePay and PayPass cards.

One turnstile at every station accept PayPass and payments with phones. It has a sticker with the logos and located next to the security's cabin.

GETTING ORIENTED

At the platfrom you will see one of these signs.

It indicates the line you are at now (line 6), shows the direction train run and the final stations. Numbers below there are of those lines you can change from this line.

In trains, stations are announced in Russian and English. In newer trains there are also visual indication of there you are on the line.

To change lines look for these signs. This one shows the way to line 2.

There are also signs on the platfrom. They will help you to havigate yourself. (To the lines 3 and 5 in this case).