• 2025-02-04
• Tour de Hongrie

Here is the route of the centenary Tour de Hongrie!

885 km awaits the participants of the 46th Tour de Hongrie. The route of the UCI ProSeries event – which celebrates its 100-year anniversary this year – was unveiled on 4 February at Budapest Music Center.

The event was broadcast live on national television by M4 Sport. The most prominent figures in the races’ history took part in the celebration, including the 1997 winner Zoltán Bebtó, the 2002 winner Zoltán Vanik, and József Peterman, who participated in the last Tour de Hongrie before its 30-year hiatus in 1965. 3-time world champion Peter Sagan and former Tour de Hongrie silver medalist Márton Dina shared video messages with the fans as well.

Gábor Schmidt, Deputy State Secretary for Sports Administration and Development; Máriusz Révész, Secretary of State for Active Hungary; Domonkos Schneller, President of the Hungarian Cycling Federation and Károly Eisenkrammer, General Director of Tour de Hongrie gave speeches at the event. Hungarian riders also took part, including Erik Fetter (Team United Shipping), Barnabás Vas (MBH Bank Ballan CSB) and Viktor Filutás (Karcag Cycling ÉPKAR Team).

Tour de Hongrie 2025 is organised by the Hungarian Cycling Federation, Vuelta Sports Office and the National Event Management Agency, with the support of the Active Hungary programme and the State Secretariat for Sport of the Ministry of Defence.

About the route:

• The total distance of the Tour de Hongrie this year is 885 km, with more than 7000 metres of elevation gain.

• The five-day race has three stages for sprinters, one for the climbers and one for classics specialists.

• In addition to the capital Budapest, the route covers the counties of Pest, Fejér, Komárno-Esztergom, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Veszprém, Somogy, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok and Heves. In total, it passes through 101 municipalities.

• In total, there will be 13 Intermediate Sprints where riders can collect points and bonus seconds. Time bonuses will continue to be awarded to the top three finishers with 3, 2 and 1 second respectively.

• Ten categorised climbs awaits the riders in the 46th Tour de Hongrie. In addition to the first category climb of Kékestető, four 2nd and five 3rd category climbs will give riders in the running for the red jersey the chance to score points.

• The average stage length of the race is 177 km - the third longest since the race was relaunched in 1993.

Stage 1 (Budapest – Győr, 210 km)

Start: 14 May 2025 (Wednesday) 11:00 (CET), Budapest, St. Gellért square

Finish: 16:00 (CET), Győr, ETO Park

Elevation gain: 1042 m

The 46th Tour de Hongrie will start exactly where the first one did 100 years ago: at St. Gellért Square. The peloton will leave the capital after a scenic lap in the heart of Budapest to reach Győr, another host of the 1925 Tour de Hongrie, 210 kilometres later. The route will be made more challenging by two 3rd category climbs and two intermediate sprints. At the end of this flat stage, the first yellow jersey of the centenary Tour de Hongrie is most likely to be awarded to a sprinter.

The Tour starts from Budapest for a record-breaking 40th time. Every Hungarian Tour has started here until 1998, with one exception, but the last „Nagy Rajt” (the start of the first stage) was held in the capital 27 years ago. In 2024, the fourth stage, which ended in victory for Thibau Nys, started from Heroes' Square.

Győr will host Tour de Hongrie for the 18th time – it will be the 9th finish here. The ’City of Rivers’ has played a key role in the history of the race, as, in addition to hosting a stage start and a finish at the first Tour de Hongrie ever, the return edition in 1993 after 30 years also began with a Budapest - Győr stage. The last winner here was Ukrainian Volodymyr Nazarenko in 1998.

Stage 2 (Veszprém – Siófok, 178 km)

Start: 15 May 2025 (Thursday) 11:50 (CET), Veszprém, Óváros (Oldtown) square

Finish: 16:00 (CET), Siófok, Fő/Main street

Elevation gain: 1244 m

Tour de Hongrie continues on 15 May with a stage around Lake Balaton. After the start in Veszprém, the peloton will reach the lakeshore at Csopak, then turn onto the second category climb of Tótvázsony, passing Balatonfüred and Tihany, before turning back from Nemesvámos to continue along the eastern basin. On reaching Siófok, the caravan turns south to Ságvár and Tab, then turns onto the Siófok finish straight from Zamárdi. The stage, which includes two categorised climbs and two intermediate sprints, can be made really unpredictable by the wind. Under optimal conditions, it could be a battle of the sprinters again.

The ’City of Queens’, Veszprém has hosted eight Tour de Hongrie starts, including four in the early 2000s. The last time the peloton started from the Old Town Square was in 2021.

Siófok welcomes the Tour for the 19th time, and although it has hosted several starts in recent years (2018-19, 2021, 2024), the last time a stage finish (excluding prologues) was held on the southern shore of Lake Balaton was in 2017. Slovenian Ziga Jerman won ahead of Scott Sunderland and Barnabás Peák in the ’Capital of Summer’.

Stage 3 (Gödöllő – Gyöngyös-Kékestető, 163 km)

Start: 16 May 2025 (Friday) 12:00 (CET), Gödöllő Royal Palace

Finish: 16:00 (CET), Gyöngyös-Kékestető, mountain top

Elevation gain: 1974 m

On 16 May, the Tour de Hongrie peloton will start its journey to the top of the Kékestető from the Gödöllő Royal Palace. At the end of the stage, which will include three intermediate sprints, the riders will take the usual Mátra circuit, before the final three kilometres of the stage, with an average gradient of 8.2%, will decide the stage winner.

Gödöllő is a newcomer: this will be the first Tour de Hongrie stage start from here. The last time the peloton passed through the city was in 2016.

For the 14th time, Kékestető will provide a serious challenge for the participants of the Hungarian Tour. Yugoslav Mikos Rnjakovic won the first edition here in 2001, while the last one was won by Belgian Thibau Nys in 2024. The most difficult climb in Hungary (11 km; 5.5%) is of particular importance for the general classification: 4 of the last 5 winners in Kékes have triumphed overall in the end.

Stage 4 (Tata – Székesfehérvár, 167 km)

Start: 17 May 2025 (Saturday) 12:00 (CET), Tata, Kossuth square

Finish: 16:00 (CET), Székesfehérvár, MET Arena

Elevation gain: 1035 m

Tata, the ’City of Living Waters’ will host the start of the fourth stage, which will take the peloton first to Lake Bokodi and then to Lake Velence. After overcoming the third category climb in Nadap, the caravan will continue towards Csákvár and finish in Székesfehérvár. The sprinters will have to complete 3 laps in the vicinity of the MET Arena before they can battle it out for the stage win. The stage will also feature three intermediate sprints.

After a three-year absence, Tata returns to Tour de Hongrie as a starting location. In 2021, German Phil Bauhaus celebrated victory on the streets of the town.

Székesfehérvár will host the Hungarian Tour for the eighth time, and for the sixth time as a finishing destination. It's been 92 years since the Tour first visited the city: in 1933, Italian Glauco Servadei won in the ’City of Kings’. The last winner in Székesfehérvár was Dutch sprinter Olav Kooij (2021).

Stage 5 (Etyek – Esztergom, 167 km)

Start: 18 May 2025 (Sunday) 12:00 (CET), Etyek, Körpince street

Finish: 16:00 (CET), Esztergom, Basilica

Elevation gain: 1858 m

The final stage of the centenary Tour de Hongrie is most reminiscent of a Belgian one-day race. The riders start from Etyek and head towards the Pilis Mountains, where they have to tackle the challenging Pilisszántó climb three times (2nd category; 1.8 km; 9%). After the third lap, they turn towards Esztergom, where they will have a seven-kilometre circuit - including a 1.1 km cobbled sector with a gradient of 8% in places. After 2.5 laps, Tour de Hongrie will finish in front of the Basilica.

Etyek made its debut as a Tour de Hongrie finish town in 2024, and this year it will be home to a stage start for the first time. The town hosted a GPM in 2022 and an intermediate sprint in 2023. Last year the eventual winner Thibau Nys defeated defending champion Marc Hirschi in a memorable battle in front of Korda Studios.

In 2025, Esztergom will host only its third Tour de Hongrie finish. In 2019, Italian Manuel Belletti won here and established his lead in the general clasification. In 2020, both the start and the finish of Stage 1 were held in front of the Basilica - the stage was won by Basque Jon Aberasturi.