The 2025 labelling comes during the “Mai à Vélo” campaign, an initiative promoting French municipalities committed to encouraging cycling through various concrete measures.
The fifth edition of the “Tour de France Cycle City” label brings to 189 the number of cities recognised for their efforts to promote cycling. Almost 13 million people in 11 countries benefit from policies implemented by communities along the Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift.
This year, 43 cities submitted their bids, including 34 new entries. The initiatives presented aim to improve cycling in cities and thus develop a practice that benefits every aspect of life: health, the environment, the economy, etc.
A LABEL SERVING MOBILITY
Established in 2021, this initiative enables cities that are hosting or have previously hosted the Tour de France to have their commitment to promoting cycling in all its forms assessed and rewarded. Whether French or foreign, rural or urban, cities applying for the label must highlight all existing measures to encourage cycling in their application and present short- and medium-term development plans at the local level (deployment of infrastructure, improvement of cycling safety, learning to ride a bike with the ‘Savoir rouler à vélo’ programme, parking and anti-theft measures, maintenance and repair, etc.). All these measures contribute to the growth of cycling as a means of daily transport, a source of leisure, and exercise.
Copenhagenize, a firm specialising in advising collectivities on innovative solutions for re-establishing cycling as a mode of transport, reviews all applications.
THE "CYCLE CITY" LABEL IN KEY FIGURES
- 5th editions in 2025
- 189 cities labelled since 2021
- 11 different countries
- Almost 13 million inhabitants benefiting from infrastructure
2025: FIFTH EDITION OF THE "CYCLE CITY" LABEL
Forty-three cities have been awarded the label for this fifth edition, including 34 for the first time. Now, nearly a quarter of eligible cities have obtained the label. The list reflects what makes the Tour de France route so great: a harmonious combination of cities of all sizes, from small French towns to large international metropolises, with an almost ideal balance. Alongside Laveissière (population 540), Valloire (population 1,107), and Praz-sur-Arly (population 1,267), the three smallest towns in this year's selection, we find Paris, which is applying for the fourth time, and The Hague in the Netherlands. A new country, Slovenia, with the town of Kranj (population 57,000), which has hosted an "étape by" Tour de France event open to amateurs, has been awarded the label. Vitré (population 19,000) has made the most progress among the towns, reapplying, increasing its rating from 1 to 3 bikes between 2021 and 2025.
Nearly 13 million people live in a town or city with the Tour de France "Cycle City" label in 11 different countries.
THE 2025 EDITION43 candidate and labelled cities:
- 14 cities included on the route of the 2025 Tour de France
- 9 cities included on the route of the 2025 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift
- 20 cities not on the route
6 jury members
Bollène1, Chartres, Ennezat1, Guéret2, La Gacilly2, Laveissière, Manosque, Plumelec2, Verdun
Armentières, Arras, Bagnères de Luchon1, Bar-sur-Aube, Bayeux1, Beauvais, Boulogne-sur-Mer1, Chalon-sur-Saône, Chinon1, Colmar, Kranj (Slovenia), Lauwin-Planque1, Les Belleville, Nuits-Saint-Georges, Sallanches, Sorgues, Orléans, Pontarlier1, Praz-sur-Arly2, Saint-Malo1, Valloire, Vannes2.
Ambert2, Angers2, Caen1, Chambéry2, Châteauroux1, Lons-le-Saunier, Poitiers2, Rouen1, Valenciennes1, Vitré.
La Haye (Netherlands), Paris1.
THE 2025 "CYCLE CITY" LABEL AND THE 2025 TOUR DE FRANCE
23 candidate cities (out of the 36 cities on the route) including:
- 14 cities labelled this year
- 9 cities labelled in previous editions (Dunkerque, Saint-Méen-le-Grand, Laval, Loudenvielle, Pau, Muret, Carcassonne, Montpellier, Valence)
THE 2025 "CYCLE CITY" LABEL AND 2025 TOUR DE FRANCE FEMMES AVEC ZWIFT
Out of the 17 cities on the route:
- 9 newly labelled cities
- 5 cities labelled in previous editions (Brest, Saumur, Clermont-Ferrand, Bourg-en-Bresse, Châtel Les Portes du Soleil)
Christian Prudhomme, Director Tour de France:
"Five years after its creation, the Tour de France ‘Cycle City’ label, a pillar of the ‘Riding into the Future’ programme, has established itself as a key benchmark in the cycling development landscape. This first five-year review illustrates the scale of the commitment made by local communities: nearly 200 towns and cities have received the label, representing almost 13 million inhabitants. Whether for daily commuting or leisure, these communities are making cycling a tangible priority. The label highlights the measures to promote cycling and supports the ambition for more sustainable mobility shared throughout the region."
Violaine Delval, Director of Transitions and Impact, LCL:
"For LCL, a bank with a nationwide presence, mainly in cities, and a sponsor of the Maillot Jaune for nearly 40 years and of all cyclists, it was obvious that we should be on the jury for the "Cycle City" label. It is very encouraging to see that more and more cities are introducing or strengthening measures to promote cycling. With transition challenges, particularly decarbonisation, at the heart of our social project, we share this commitment to active mobility by supporting our customers' projects."
Camille Thomé, Co-Director of the Cycling and Walking Network:
"With the Tour de France ‘Cycle City’ label, the most popular French event in the world is using its reputation to promote cycling for all, in all cities and for all French people. Developing and promoting a cycling system requires strength, consistency, and determination from local communities. The label shows the way forward, encouraging and inviting large and small municipalities to make progress and gradually become truly cycle-friendly cities. Cycling safely should be a given for everyone, everywhere and all year round."
The jury members of the 2025 Tour de France "Cycle City” label:
Christian Prudhomme, Director of the Tour de France; Violaine Delval, Director of Impact Transitions LCL; Camille Thomé, Co-President of the Cycling and Walking Network; David Lazarus, Mayor of Chambly and President of the Sports Working Group of the Association of Mayors of France; Olivier Schneider, Director of the Active Mobility Innovation Fund (FIMA); Karine Bozzacchi, CSR manager of the Tour de France.
