Tour de France 2026

Description

Alpe d'Huez will once again be at the heart of cycling legend, and is set for two exceptional days.

Before the big finish in Paris, the riders of the Tour de France 2026 will face the 21 mythical bends of the world's most famous climb.

Friday, July 24: Stage 19 - Gap → Alpe d'Huez (128 km)
Saturday, July 25: Stage 20 - Bourg d'Oisans → Alpe d'Huez (171 km)

Friday, July 24 - Stage 19: Gap → Alpe d'Huez (128 km)
Short, nervy and spectacular, the 19th stage of the Tour de France 2026 will start from Gap and reach Alpe d'Huez after 128 km of intense racing. The route takes in a series of cols:
du Bayard
du Noyer
d'Ornon
before the final ascent of the 21 legendary bends (13.8 km at 8.1%).
This stage promises to be explosive: the climbers will try to shine, and the favourites will have to remain vigilant before the big stage the following day!
The short, dynamic 19th stage (128 km) will start from Gap and will take in the Col Bayard, Col du Noyer (7.2 km at 8.5%) and Col d'Ornon before the classic ascent of the 21 bends (13.8 km at 8.1%).

️ Saturday, July 25 - Stage 20: Bourg d'Oisans → Alpe d'Huez (171 km)
The queen stage of the Tour 2026
Stage 20, the last major mountain day, promises to be the absolute queen stage of this Tour.
Over 171 km and almost 5,600 meters of positive altitude difference, the riders will face a formidable sequence:

Col de la Croix de Fer (24 km at 5.2%)
Col du Télégraphe (11.9 km at 7.1%)
Col du Galibier (17.7 km at 6.9% - top of the Tour at 2,642 m)
Then an unprecedented final climb to Alpe d'Huez via the Col de Sarenne (12.8 km at 7.3%).

→ A monumental stage where everything can still change before the big finish in Paris on Sunday, July 26.
Never before has such a difficult stage been placed so late in the Tour. Uncharted" terrain for "BUILDING HISTORY described as "breathtaking" by the Tour's director.

After these two days of anthology, the peloton will reach Paris for the final finish, on Sunday July 26, 2026.
But it's at l'Alpe d'Huez, on its legendary switchbacks, that the Tour will experience its final battle, the one that will make the difference before the Champs-Élysées.

Note the Tour stage (amateurs) on Sunday July 19, on the same route as the pro riders.