Route
Champagnole
Plateau de Solaison
Distance and type
183.8km
+4,300 m
High mountain Summit finish
Schedule
Profile
Key points
Stage info AI translated from Spanish, might contain errors
The Tour 2026's long Alpine block begins with barely a breather after the Vosges, setting off from the Jura -with an early passage through Les Rousses- and clearing over 4,000 metres of climbing on the way to another summit finish.
The Salève by its hardest side, the Col de la Croisette (cat. 1), can blow the peloton apart with its closing ramps at 11.2%, but the decisive test will be the Plateau de Solaison (11.3 km at 9.1%), a Tour first but already familiar from the Dauphiné / Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, which finished here a month ago and where Vingegaard won in 2022.
Bonuses
There are 10-6-4" at the finish. The intermediate sprint only awards points.