The Škoda Tour de Luxembourg, the Grand Duchy’s most prestigious professional cycling race, part of the UCI Pro Series calendar, returns from 17 to 21 September 2025. Here’s your chance to become an expert on this circuit.
25
The Tour de Luxembourg has been won 25 times by a Luxembourgish rider out of a total of 85 editions. In second place, with 17 overall victories, are Belgian riders. Completing the podium are Dutch riders with 11 overall victories.
5
Luxembourg cyclist Mathias Clemens is the most successful rider with 5 overall victories. Charly Gaul and Edy Schütz, with 3 overall victories, are in second place. The last Luxembourger to win the Tour de Luxembourg was Frank Schleck in 2009. The last Luxembourger on the overall podium was Pit Leyder, who came third in 2018.
1935
The Tour de Luxembourg was created in 1935. From its inception until the early 1980s, the race was mainly dominated by Luxembourgish, Belgian, French and Dutch riders such as Charly Gaul, Charly Gaul, Louison Bobet and Freddy Martens. It was not until the early 1980s that the race became international and Russian, Swiss and Danish riders began to win.
2005
In 2005, the Tour de Luxembourg became the Škoda Tour de Luxembourg and the popular car brand has been a partner of the event ever since. In 2020, the Škoda Tour Luxembourg is moving up a level and entering the ProSeries division (the second division of world cycling).
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This year, the Škoda Tour will consist of five stages, including a time trial. The start will take place at Knuedler in Luxembourg. The Tour will pass through Remich, Mamer, Mertert, Vianden, Niederanven and Mersch. The finish will be in Limpertsberg, Luxembourg.
167
This is the average distance of the stages. The shortest will be 152.8 kilometres and the longest 176.4 kilometres. In total, the riders will cover 694.4 kilometres.
42.08
This is the average speed of the riders in the 2024 Škoda Tour in kilometres per hour. By way of comparison, riders averaged 42.44 km/h in the 2025 Tour de France, 41.86 km/h in the 2024 Giro d’Italia and 40.38 km/h in the 2024 Vuelta a España.
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The Tour de Luxembourg has four distinctive jerseys: the yellow jersey for the general classification, the blue jersey for the points classification, the green jersey for the best climber, and the white jersey for the best young rider.
73,000
In the 2024 edition, the riders shared just under £65,000 in victory bonuses. According to the official Škoda Tour prize table, a stage victory earns €3,615 and €9,037 for the overall classification victory. The top 20 riders are rewarded. The prizes are degressive according to the places. The three other distinctive jerseys earn €1,000. However, only the top four in the distinctive jersey classifications are rewarded.
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The 2025 Škoda Tour de Luxembourg will bring together a prestigious field of 20 cycling teams, including 8 WorldTeams, 7 UCI ProTeams, 4 UCI Continental teams and a Luxembourg national selection. Among the headliners are renowned teams such as UAE Team Emirates, Soudal – Quick-Step, Lidl-Trek and Groupama – FDJ, alongside ambitious teams such as TotalEnergies, Uno-X and Tudor Pro Cycling Team.
The presence of the Luxembourg national team adds a local dimension to this international competition, which promises to be particularly challenging. Each team will field six riders, ensuring a dense and competitive peloton on the hilly roads of the Grand Duchy.
