With the World Championships just over, it's already time to turn our attention to the Drôme-Ardèche region for the European Road Cycling Championships. The Boucles Drôme Ardèche (Faun Ardèche Classic and Faun Drôme Classic), in other words the Drôme and Ardèche départements, will host this prestigious event, which will see the awarding of white jerseys with blue stripes and yellow stars, to be worn by the European Champions for one year.

Organized since 1995, it was only in 2016 that the European Championships were extended to the elite categories, and this year thus marks the 10th anniversary of the first edition to award these titles to the elite riders - which took place in France as well at that time, in Plumelec to be precise.

In this publication, you'll find the courses for the various races, individual time trials, mixed relay team time trial and road races.

The courses first available in the velowire mobile app!

As usual now, and as will always be the case in the future, these courses were previewed on the velowire app! It's still undergoing testing, but it's already available in a fully functional version for any Android or iOS smartphone or tablet.

• on Android - nothing could be simpler: download the app directly from the Play Store
• on iOS (iPhone/iPad) - follow these two steps to download the application

The time trial courses

Individual time trial course - junior women - 12.2 km - Wednesday, October 1 - 9:30 a.m.

Wednesday, October 1 is individual time trial day at the 2025 European Cycling Championships, and the first to get into action are the junior women, who will be taking part in a 12.2 km individual race from Allex to Étoile-sur-Rhône.

While the first few kilometers are flat or even downhill, the time trial ends with a climb to the finish line over the last kilometer.

Below you'll find the profile and OpenStreetMap map of the 2025 European Road Cycling Championships junior women's individual time trial course. Click on images to enlarge.

The course for the individual time trial - junior men / U23/espoir women & men / elite women & men - 24 km - Wednesday, October 1

After the junior women, the individual time trials continue with the other categories, and the riders taking part in these categories - junior men, U23/espoir women and men and élite women and men - all battle against the clock on the same 24-kilometer course. The course starts in Loriol-sur-Drôme / Livron-sur-Drôme and the riders then head for Allex, where they join the same course as the junior women, bound for Étoile-sur-Rhône. Here, the first part of the course is a little more difficult, with the Mur d'Allex spicing up the first half. Then follows the same flat or downhill section as for the junior women, before finishing with a climb to the finish line over the last kilometer.

Here's the schedule for these time trials:

> 10:45 - junior men
> 12:00 - U23/espoir women
> 12:50 - U23/espoir men
> 14:20 - elite women
> 15:45 - elite men

Below you'll find the profile and OpenStreetMap map of the individual time trial course for all categories (except junior women) of the 2025 European Road Cycling Championships. Click on images to enlarge.

The course for the team time trial - mixed relay - 2x 20 km - Thursday, October 2

After a day of individual time trials, it's time for the mixed relay team time trials on Thursday, October 2, 2025.

Starting in Étoile-sur-Rhône, riders will follow the course clockwise, first downhill to Ambonil and Allex, where they continue on the individual time trial course, returning to Étoile-sur-Rhône. This course, with no particular difficulties, totals a distance of 20 kilometers, and will be ridden by both men and women. Each team will consist of 6 riders: 3 women and 3 men.

The men will start first, and when they reach the finish, a green light will be given by a flashing light and a flag for the women to take over. The program will be as follows:

> junior - 11:00 am
> elite - 2:30 pm

Below you'll find the profile and OpenStreetMap map of the junior and elite mixed relay team time trial course for the 2025 European Road Cycling Championships. Click on images to enlarge.

Road race course

From Friday October 3 to Sunday October 5, the road races are on the program for the 2025 European Championships:

Women's U23 road race course - 17 km x 2 laps + 34.7 km + 17 km - Friday, October 3 - 9:00 a.m.

The road races will take place on two main circuits:
> the hillside circuit, which largely follows the route of the Boucles Drôme-Ardèche, with the climb to Saint-Romain-de-Lerps (6.8 km at 7.3%) at the north-western point of the circuit and - on the way down to the southern point of the circuit - the climb to Val d'Enfer (1.7 km at 9.3%); this circuit measures 34.7 km - in the profiles, you'll find these sections with a yellowline
> the final circuit, which features a short but steep climb, the Côte de Costebelle and also the Val d'Enfer climb; this circuit measures 17 km - in the profiles, you'll find these sections with a blueline

Each of the road races is made up of a different combination of these two circuits and, for the elite races, also of an initial route (in the profiles, you'll find these sections with a red line).

For the U23 women's road race, two laps of the final circuit will be completed, followed by a lap of the hillside circuit and an additional lap of the final circuit, for a total distance of 85.7 km.

Below you'll find the profile and OpenStreetMap map of the U23 women's road race course for the 2025 European Road Cycling Championships. Click on images to enlarge.

The course for the junior women's road race - 11.9 km + 17 km x 3 laps - Friday October 3 - 12.40pm

For the junior women's road race, there is firstly a lighter version of the final circuit (shortened, and only with the Côte de Costebelle, thanks to a straightaway at the point where this circuit normally branches off to the right to go for the Val d'Enfer; this part is exceptionally displayed in red on the map and in the profile), followed by three laps of the complete final circuit, for a total distance of 62.9 km.

Below you'll find the profile and OpenStreetMap map of the 2025 European Road Cycling Championships junior women's road race. Click on images to enlarge.

Junior men road race course - 34.7 km x 2 laps + 17 km x 2 laps - Friday, October 3 - 3:35pm

For the junior men's road race, there are two laps of the hillside circuit, followed by two laps of the final circuit, for a total distance of 103.4 km.

Below you'll find the profile and OpenStreetMap map of the 2025 European Road Cycling Championships junior men's road race course. Click on images to enlarge.

Men's U23 road race course - 34.7 km x 3 laps + 17 km - Saturday, October 3 - 9:00 a.m.

The weekend begins with the men's U23/espoir road race, which will take place over three laps of the hillside circuit, followed by one lap of the final circuit, for a total distance of 121.1 km.

Below you'll find the profile and OpenStreetMap map of the men's U23/espoir road race course for the 2025 European Road Cycling Championships. Click on images to enlarge.

The course for the elite women's road race - 47.7 km + 17 km + 34.7 km + 17 km - Saturday, October 3 - 2:00 p.m.

Starting in Privas, the elite women's and men's races begin with an initial course of 47.7 km, and soon after the start offer the ascent of the Col du Moulin à Vent, which takes them all the way to Guilherand-Granges, where they cross the finish line for the first time.

For the women, the race then continues first with a lap of the final circuit, then a lap of the hillside circuit, and finally a lap of the final circuit, for a total distance of 116.1 km.

Below you'll find the profile and OpenStreetMap map of the course for the elite women's road race of the 2025 European Road Cycling Championships. Click on images to enlarge.

The course for the elite men's road race - 47.7 km + 17 km + 34.7 km + 17 km - Sunday, October 4 - 11:45 a.m.

The men's race will also have an initial course of 47.7 km, starting in Privas, with the ascent of the Col du Moulin à Vent, and taking them all the way to Guilherand-Granges, where they cross the finish line for the first time. The men then go on to complete three laps of the hillside circuit, followed by three laps of the final circuit, for a total distance of 202.5 km.

Below you'll find the profile and OpenStreetMap map of the course for the elite men's road race of the 2025 European Road Cycling Championships. Click on images to enlarge.

The 2025 European Road Cycling Championships course in Google Earth

Want to see all the races at a glance? Or would you like to take a virtual flyover over one of the courses? It's possible, with the KMZ file (a KML ZIP file) you can download below (555 kb):

>> Download the 2025 European Road Cycling Championships courses in Google Earth

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