Preview Tour of Holland 2025 | Six days showcasing everything Dutch cycling has to offer!
CyclingSunday, 12 October 2025 at 15:51
After a twenty-year absence, it's time for another Tour of the Netherlands this week, although in 2025 it is known as the Tour of Holland. In just six days, we'll be seeing several new formats! IDLProCycling.com will once again provide you with a detailed preview!
The Tour of the Netherlands officially disappeared from the calendar in 2004, although we did, of course, have the Eneco/BinckBanck/Saxo Bank/Renewi Tour for many years, which was held (in part) in the Netherlands. However, TIG, together with various other stakeholders, put its weight behind getting a ‘real’ Dutch tour on the calendar, and it succeeded.
Finding a unique spot on an already packed cycling calendar was a challenge, which is why they settled on October, at the very end of the cycling year. Through four road stages and two time trials, a successor will be sought for Erik Dekker, who in 2004 was still the last rider to dominate the Tour of the Netherlands.
Tour of Holland 2025: Course, favorites stage wins and times
Prologue, Tuesday, Oct. 14: The Hague (4 km)
The Tour of Holland will start with a 4-kilometer prologue in Zuiderpark, The Hague. After a day full of activities for young and old, this ultra-short individual time trial under artificial lighting will be the finale of the overture.
Favorites
Christophe Laporte (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Tim Torn Teutenberg (Lidl-Trek)
Nils Eekhoff (Picnic PostNL)
Christophe Laporte (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Tim Torn Teutenberg (Lidl-Trek)
Nils Eekhoff (Picnic PostNL)
Times
Start: 7 PM local time (12:00 PM EDT)
Finish: 9:04 PM local time (2:04 PM EDT)
Start: 7 PM local time (12:00 PM EDT)
Finish: 9:04 PM local time (2:04 PM EDT)
Stage 1, Wednesday, Oct. 15: Dordrecht - Dordrecht (118.5 km)
Dordrecht has the pleasure of hosting the start and finish of the first stage of the Tour of Holland. After two so-called Red Bull kilometers along the way—where 3, 2, and 1 bonus seconds can be earned—we will likely see a sprint after 118.5 kilometers.
Favorites
Olav Kooij (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Jordi Meeus (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step)
Olav Kooij (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Jordi Meeus (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step)
Times
Start: 1:45 PM local time (07:45 AM EDT)
Finish: 4:48 PM local time (10:48 AM EDT)
Start: 1:45 PM local time (07:45 AM EDT)
Finish: 4:48 PM local time (10:48 AM EDT)
Stage 2, Thursday, Oct. 16: Etten-Leur - Etten-Leur (14.8 km)
We already had a time trial on day one, but two days later, the riders will have another chance to compete individually. In Etten-Leur, in the west of Brabant, a 14.8-kilometer time trial is on the program.
Favorites
Daan Hoole (Lidl-Trek)
Alec Segaert (Lotto)
Jakob Soderqvist (Lidl-Trek)
Daan Hoole (Lidl-Trek)
Alec Segaert (Lotto)
Jakob Soderqvist (Lidl-Trek)
Times
Start: 1:30 PM local time (06:30 AM EDT)
Finish: 3:58 PM local time (09:58 AM EDT)
Start: 1:30 PM local time (06:30 AM EDT)
Finish: 3:58 PM local time (09:58 AM EDT)
Stage 3, Friday, Oct. 17: Sittard - Watersley (149.3 km)
A Tour of Holland without a stage through Limburg is, of course, not a Tour of Holland. And so, on day three, the riders will visit the southernmost province of our country, starting at the Tom Dumoulin Bike Park in Sittard and finishing on the uphill asphalt in Watersley. Along the way, they will have to conquer the Keuteberg, Cauberg, Gulperberg, and so on!
Favorites
Arnaud De Lie (Lotto)
Danny van Poppel (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
Mike Teunissen (XDS-Astana)
Arnaud De Lie (Lotto)
Danny van Poppel (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
Mike Teunissen (XDS-Astana)
Times
Start: 12:14 PM local time (06:14 AM EDT)
Finish: 3:50 PM local time (09:50 AM EDT)
Start: 12:14 PM local time (06:14 AM EDT)
Finish: 3:50 PM local time (09:50 AM EDT)
Stage 4, Saturday, Oct. 18: Emmen - Col du VAM (158.3 km)
From Friday to Saturday, the riders will venture from South Limburg to Drenthe. The fifth stage starts in Emmen and finishes on the well-known VAM-Berg, where we have seen many championships in recent years. And if there is one thing we can be sure of, it is that it will be a race!
Favorites
Christophe Laporte (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Arnaud De Lie (Lotto)
Lukas Kubis (Unibet Tietema Rokcets)
Christophe Laporte (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Arnaud De Lie (Lotto)
Lukas Kubis (Unibet Tietema Rokcets)
Times
Start: 12:00 PM local time (06:00 AM EDT)
Finish: 3:59 PM local time (10:00 AM EDT)
Start: 12:00 PM local time (06:00 AM EDT)
Finish: 3:59 PM local time (10:00 AM EDT)
Stage 5, Sunday, Oct. 19: Arnhem - Arnhem (155.0 km)
The organizers of the Tour of Holland have clearly drawn motivation from the recent Dutch Championships, because in addition to Watersley and the VAM-berg, Arnhem will be central to the final stage. New to the 2024 Dutch Championships is the presence of gravel in the circuit, which adds extra cachet to the final stage of the race.
Favorites
Mike Teunissen (XDS-Astana)
Arnaud De Lie (Lotto)
Tim van Dijke (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
Mike Teunissen (XDS-Astana)
Arnaud De Lie (Lotto)
Tim van Dijke (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
Times
Start: 12:10 PM local time (06:10 AM EDT)
Finish: 3:44 PM local time (09:44 AM EDT)
Start: 12:10 PM local time (06:10 AM EDT)
Finish: 3:44 PM local time (09:44 AM EDT)
Favorites final classification Tour of Holland 2025
From the prologue in The Hague to the hilly and undoubtedly chaotic stages in Limburg, Drenthe, and Gelderland, the winner of the Tour of Holland must be a jack of all trades. Except for the mountains, of course, as we simply do not have the options for that in our country, geographically speaking.
In our opinion, the classic types with punch have the advantage in this stage race, also due to the presence of bonus points at the finish line and at the Red Bull kilometers along the way. Arnaud De Lie, who has Alec Segaert at his side, among others, already proved with an overall victory in the Renewi Tour in August that he can cut it for Lotto.
Visma | Lease a Bike will be deploying Christophe Laporte, Olav Kooij, and Bart Lemmen, among others. Laporte is similar to De Lie, although he can usually also rely on a better time trial. The Frenchman is also returning to the VAM-Berg, where he impressively won the European championship in 2023.
With Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe and Lidl-Trek, there are two other major WorldTeams present. The Germans seem to be pinning their hopes on a strong and motivated Danny van Poppel and Tim van Dijke, while the partly American team has Daan Hoole, the best time trialist in our country, in its ranks. In addition, it is fielding the world under-23 time trial champion, Jakob Soderqvist, and the German sprint specialist Tim Torn Teutenberg.
Picnic PostNL has Nils Eekhoff and Tobias Lund Andresen as potential GC contenders, while Intermarché-Wanty will be looking to Huub Artz. XDS-Astana can count on Mike Teunissen and the retiring, yet undoubtedly highly motivated, Ide Schelling. Soudal Quick-Step has Yves Lampaert, Tim Merlier, and Pepijn Reinderink.
We also have Rory Townsend (Q36.5), Mirco Maestri (Polti VisitMalta), Anthony Turgis, Alexys Brunel (TotalEnergies), Lukas Kubis, Thomas Kopecky (Unibet Tietema Rockets), Frits Biesterbos (BEAT Cycling), Tim Marsman (VolkerWessels), Martijn Rasenberg (Parkhotel Valkenburg), and Rick Ottema (Diftar).
Who are the favorites for the final classification of the 2025 Tour of Holland, according to IDLProCycling.com?
Top favorites: Arnaud De Lie (Lotto) and Christophe Laporte (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Outsiders: Tim van Dijke (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe), Jakob Soderqvist (Lidl-Trek), Nils Eekhoff (Picnic PostNL) and Alec Segaert (Lotto)
Long shots: Daan Hoole (Lidl-Trek), Olav Kooij (Visma | Lease a Bike), Danny van Poppel (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe), Anthony Turgis (TotalEnergies), Lukas Kubis (Unibet Tietema Rockets), Tobias Lund Andresen (Picnic PostNL), Huub Artz (Intermarché-Wanty) and Mike Teunissen (XDS-Astana)
Outsiders: Tim van Dijke (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe), Jakob Soderqvist (Lidl-Trek), Nils Eekhoff (Picnic PostNL) and Alec Segaert (Lotto)
Long shots: Daan Hoole (Lidl-Trek), Olav Kooij (Visma | Lease a Bike), Danny van Poppel (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe), Anthony Turgis (TotalEnergies), Lukas Kubis (Unibet Tietema Rockets), Tobias Lund Andresen (Picnic PostNL), Huub Artz (Intermarché-Wanty) and Mike Teunissen (XDS-Astana)
TV broadcast Tour of Holland 2025
The Tour of Holland can be followed on Eurosport, HBO Max, and NOS. The first two channels will broadcast all stages, while NOS will offer all stages online and broadcast the last two on television.
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Latest Comments
- Cracked the code lol. If it was that easy to 'crack the code' jonny Vegas would be charging up the Kwaremont giving Pog a dose of his medicine. Evenepoel can't match pog on a climb and neither can mvdp. Anything with a half difficult climb and Pog smashes the field. Even on flat(ish)parcours like Roubaix it came down to a mistake and crash by pog to definitively crown mvdp. MSR is the only one that Pog probably won't win.kevpt10-10-2025
- We've seen this movie before. I think Pogacar is doping.DeadBlow10-10-2025
- 👍Bea08-10-2025
- 👌🏻Bea08-10-2025
- What the data doesn't show is how much of an effect drafting had for evenepoel. Pogacar went with del toro at 100km whilst Evenepoel was still in the bunch. Despite the bike changes he still had a lot of assistance getting back to the bunch. Pogacar then rode 60km solo whilst evenepoel rode with Healy/Skjelmose until going solo in thd last 10-15km. Thats ~20% less power / energy requirements for 45-50km. Apples and oranges...kevpt30-09-2025
- 👏👏Bea24-09-2025
- Agreed! As we all know now, Juan Ayuso will be on another team. But it was sweet to see him win the stages at La Vuelta. I do love the drama of cycling admittedly but its clear to see the talent of winners of stages in a Grand Tourryhw2814fq921-09-2025
- Pogacar has no competition he has won everything, I cant imagine even being him in that position!! Crazy. I am sure he has some back up plan for how he wants to spend his retirement years at age 30 onward. Does he like beer? Plenty of innovation in brewing. And you don't have to be super social. Chapeau/Cheers whatever you like Tadej you will do.ryhw2814fq921-09-2025
- Plus its confirmed that the Philadelphia Cycling Classic up the Manayunk Wall is back for 2026! hooray for thatryhw2814fq918-09-2025
- This is a dumb question but still why doesn't the UCI consider a grand tour in the USA in the future. We have the desolate/scary back roads in Pennsylvania and Virginia, just like in France with loads of rural land and hills. Plus the Rocky Mountains in Colorado and the Cascade/Olympic Mountains in Washington State. I'm sure it'll never happen but honestly people in PA/NJ/NY/VT/NH would love it. We are already sports fans, what is another sport to learn. I am forever optimistic about cycling in the US.ryhw2814fq918-09-2025
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