Tour de France 23

Trophy Guide & Roadmap

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Step 1 - Single Races

You can play this game in any order you like. This step-by-step guide is just a recommendation. First we start with all single races on Legend difficulty. "Quick Stage" doesn't unlock trophies which means we have to finish the races on our own. To make things a lot easier, we can adjust rider ratings and change the registration for every race to reduce the number of competitors. It is recommended to start on Legendary difficulty right away to save time.

Before we start racing, we can enter the Editor and increase the ratings of our favourite team. Jumbo Visma has a good variety of specialists. To increase ratings, select a rider by pressing and then again on each of their stats. Hold Up on the D-Pad to increase them all, repeat this for at least one specialist of each category.

After that it's time to head to the Registration. This is where we’ll find a list of all races available in the game. When we click on a race, we’ll see a list of all the teams. Teams shown in green will participate, while those in black won’t. The first thing we need to do is limit the race to only 15 teams. To do this, we press on some of them until just 15 teams are selected to take part.

Next, we choose a green team and swap out any riders who have an overall rating of 70 or higher if possible. We do this by pressing on a rider and then using Up on the D-Pad to browse the list of riders. We switch them in and repeat the process for each rider rated 70+ on the team. Repeat this for all 15 teams in the race.

For this step we need to this for the following races:

Baptism of fire
Finish a stage.
Pops automatically, it is impossible to get every other trophy without finishing a stage :)
De Ronde
Finish the Vlaanderen Classic.
Unlocks naturally while going for King of Flanders.
King of the Hills
Win the Vlaanderen Classic.
Unlocks naturally while going for King of Flanders.
King of Flanders
Win the Vlaanderen Classic in Legend difficulty.
With the strategy of the beginning of this step you should be able to simulate until the last kilometer and finish the race from there.
The Hell of the North
Finish Paris-Roubaix.
Unlocks naturally while going for Mister Paris-Roubaix.
Exploit
Win Paris-Roubaix.
Unlocks naturally while going for Mister Paris-Roubaix.
Mister Paris-Roubaix
Win Paris-Roubaix in Legend difficulty.
With the strategy of the beginning of this step you should be able to simulate until the last kilometer and finish the race from there.
The Old Lady
Finish Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
Unlocks naturally while going for King of the Ardennes.
Monument
Win Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
Unlocks naturally while going for King of the Ardennes.
King of the Ardennes
Win Liège-Bastogne-Liège in Legend difficulty.
With the strategy of the beginning of this step you should be able to simulate until the last kilometer and finish the race from there.
Dead leaves
Finish the Giro di Como.
Unlocks naturally while going for King of Lombardy.
Campione
Win the Giro di Como.
Unlocks naturally while going for King of Lombardy.
King of Lombardy
Win the Giro di Como in Legend difficulty.
With the strategy of the beginning of this step you should be able to simulate until the last kilometer and finish the race from there.
Primavera
Finish the Primavera Classica.
Unlocks naturally while going for Poggio.
Cipressa
Win the Primavera Classica.
Unlocks naturally while going for Poggio.
Poggio
Win the Primavera Classica in Legend difficulty.
With the strategy of the beginning of this step you should be able to simulate until the last kilometer and finish the race from there.
The best of the best
Finish a World Championship.
Unlocks naturally while going for King of the world.
Consecration
Win a World Championship.
Unlocks naturally while going for King of the world.
King of the world
Win a World Championship in Legend difficulty.
With the strategy of the beginning of this step you should be able to simulate until the last kilometer and finish the race from there.

Step 2 - Short Championships

Before we get into the Tour de France we need to take care of some shorter tours. "Quick Stage" doesn't unlock trophies which means we have to finish at least the final race of every tour on our own. However it is even easier than those events in the first step, because playing on Legendary difficulty isn't required in this step.

If you follow this roadmap you shouldn't need to adjust any ratings. Just make sure you take care of the registrations for the following races to reduce the number of competitors again:

Beginning of the season
Finish the 3 Jours de Provence.
Unlocks naturally while going for Conquest.
Conquest
Win the 3 Jours de Provence.
With the strategy of step 1 you should be able to simulate all stages but the last one. There you can simulate until the last kilometer and finish the race from there.
Where are the mountain passes?
Finish the Breizh Cup.
Unlocks naturally while going for Victory.
Victory
Win the Breizh Cup.
With the strategy of step 1 you should be able to simulate all stages but the last one. There you can simulate until the last kilometer and finish the race from there.
Mini tour
Finish the Open Tour.
Unlocks naturally while going for Success.
Success
Win the Open Tour.
With the strategy of step 1 you should be able to simulate all stages but the last one. There you can simulate until the last kilometer and finish the race from there.
All terrain
Finish the Euro Tour.
Unlocks naturally while going for Performance.
Performance
Win the Euro Tour.
With the strategy of step 1 you should be able to simulate all stages but the last one. There you can simulate until the last kilometer and finish the race from there.
Petite Boucle
Finish the Critérium du Dauphiné.
Unlocks naturally while going for Feat.
Feat
Win the Critérium du Dauphiné.
With the strategy of step 1 you should be able to simulate all stages but the last one. There you can simulate until the last kilometer and finish the race from there.
The Race to the Sun
Finish Paris-Nice.
Unlocks naturally while going for Triumph.
Triumph
Win Paris-Nice.
With the strategy of step 1 you should be able to simulate all stages but the last one. There you can simulate until the last kilometer and finish the race from there.

Step 3 - Tour de France

We can apply the same Registration/Ratings strategy for the Tour de France. But we have to keep an eye on the combativity classification, which is the only one we won't win while simulating. But don't worry, that doesn't mean we have to play entire races. At the beginning of a race we can tell our riders what to do by pressing . Select "Follow Attacks" for one or two of them. With this little setup you can hold from there to fast forward the stage. The combativity classification is won by the most aggressive rider with the most attack kilometers. After each race, we can check the combativity rankings. If you're leading or close enough to the lead, you can simulate the next race, but stay alert. If someone starts catching up, jump back in and "play" another race.

Finally, make sure to play and fast forward the last race. Otherwise, you won’t receive any trophy.

Grande Boucle
Finish the Tour de France.
Unlocks automatically while going for one of the other trophies in this step.
Pinnacle
Win the Tour de France.
Unlocks together with Among the Legendary.
Unmitigated
Win the yellow, green and polka-dot jerseys during the same Tour de France.
All 3 jerseys can be won by just simulating the tour with the setup described in step 1. If you feel like you're going to lose in one of the categories, you can always simulate until you reach a hill or mid-stage sprint and take care of it by yourself. But it shouldn't be necessary, because our riders usually win a lot of stages. These also counts towards one of the jersey, depending on the layout of the finish. If it is at the end of a hill/mountain it counts towards the Polka Dot Jersey and if it is just flat it counts towards the Green Jersey.
Scared of the peloton
Win the combativity classification of the Tour de France.
This is basically the only trophy we really need to take care of. The combativity classification is awarded to the rider who spends the most time at the front of the race. We can’t unlock this trophy by just simulating, it requires us to actually "play" some stages. Thankfully, we can still fast forward. During a race, we press to open the Team Communications menu and tell our teammates to follow attacks. After that we can hold to fast forward. Use this strategy whenever you feel uncomfortable with the standings. If an opponent is closing in on 750-800 km, you reached the point where you definitely need to catch up. At the end of each stage, we can check the combativity rankings. If you're close or even leading, feel free to simulate. But always keep an eye on the standings. If someone starts to catch up or gets too far ahead, jump back in and play another stage to pull ahead again.
Together
Win the team classification of the Tour de France.
Our team needs to finish 1st overall. With the correct setup, we don't need to do anything more for that as our Jumbo Visma Team will beat every other team by miles.
Promises
Win the young rider classification of the Tour de France.
Valter and Kooij of Jumbo Visma are qualified for this classification and they should win it by at least 30 minutes without even trying.
Measles
Win the mountains classification of the Tour de France.
This is the trophy for winning the Polka Dot Jersey. It unlocks automatically if you get Unmitigated.
Big thighs
Win the points classification of the Tour de France.
This is the trophy for winning the Green Jersey. It unlocks automatically if you get Unmitigated.
Among the legendary
Win the Tour de France in Legend difficulty.
With the described setup, you may have already used for step 1, you won't feel the difficulty. One of your riders will win the tour if you just simulate.

Step 4 - Pro Team / Pro Leader

The remaining trophies can all be earned in Pro Leader mode on Amateur difficulty. Pick Columbia as your riders nationality and make him a sprinter. They don't have many sprinters, giving us the chance to join the national team early on.

Rainbow
Win the World Championship with your Pro Leader (Pro Leader mode).
The World Championship race is held at a random place every season. With a sprinter we're looking for the one in Düsseldorf. During the race you can open the Team Communications and tell one of your teammates to protect your rider and fast forward until the final 10 or 5 km. From there you should take care of it manually and take the lead and try to get a little bit ahead of everybody else. Make another save with 1 km to go, because due to your rider likely having low stats, you may need to retry this a couple of times. You need to time your final sprint so that nobody can catch you. However, if they do, just reload your last save.
Team of the year
Come top of the team Pro Cycling ranking (Pro Team/Pro Leader mode).
This and Pantheon is just a matter of time. You can speed things up by finishing in the top 18 in season 1, but that requires a bit of planning and manual riding. If you want to do that, use your rider to follow attacks and use your best sprinters and hill/mounatin specialists to win their respective jersey or at least collect a lot of points towards them. Every single mountain or sprint point as well as stage wins has a positive influence on your overall ranking. After finishing in the Top 18 in a season we'll get access to every other race / championship that is locked in season 1.

Once every race is available you can simulate everything. Just ensure that you assign the most fitting specialist to every event. Your rider will automatically get better by just participating in these new events. At the end of every season you have to pick new riders, make sure you get the best available one for every category. Over the course of 5-6 seasons your team should be good enough to win the overall ranking of a season without us riding manually.
Pantheon
Come top of the individual Pro Cycling ranking (Pro Team/Pro Leader mode).
This trophy may already unlock during the process for Team of the year. If not, keep simulating until you are able to purchase Pogacar, Vingegaard or Evenepoet. It doesn't matter which one you choose. Assign him to every race and he'll win the individual ranking with ease and unlock this trophy for you.
Tour de France 2023
Obtain all trophies