The director of the women Tour de France cycling race Marion Rousse poses in front of the route and stages of the 2025 edition after its official unveiling in Paris on October 29, 2024. The Tour de France Men's race will start in Lille, northern France on July 5, 2025 (July 5 - 27) and the women's race (July 26 - August 3) will be launched in Brittany. (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)