[6][7] It will comprise nine days of racing with nine stages, covering a total of 1,165 kilometres (724 mi) with 17,240 metres (56,560 ft) of elevation gain.
[6][7] The Col de la Madeleine has previously been tackled by the women's professional peloton, including twice during the 2002 Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale.
[8] The final stage will feature Col de Joux Plane, with a finish at the ski resort of Châtel – Les Porte des Soleil.
[9][10] Rousse noted that the course was harder and longer, stating that "from the Thursday to the Sunday it's either medium- or high-mountain stages".
[14] Both Marion Rousse and Rouleur noted that the changes in the women's peloton for 2025 could lead to competitive racing,[15] with the return of four-time Giro d'Italia Women winner Anna van der Breggen and French multi-discipline world champion Pauline Ferrand-Prévot to the peloton, as well as the moves of Demi Vollering to FDJ–Suez and Elisa Longo Borghini to UAE Team ADQ.