{"id":234279,"date":"2025-10-23T11:33:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T11:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/234279\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T11:33:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T11:33:07","slug":"2026-tour-de-france-route-marked-by-double-ascent-of-alpe-dhuez-in-final-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/234279\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Tour de France route marked by double ascent of Alpe d’Huez in final weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tadej Poga\u010dar’s expected bid to win the Tour de France<\/a> for a record-equalling fifth time next July will be shaped by the double ascent of Alpe d’Huez on back-to-back stages in the final weekend, a difficult first week visit to the Pyrenees and the race’s first opening team time trial since 1971.<\/p>\n

Also on the menu of the 2026 Tour de France will be a return to the Vosges mountains in the east of the country, the unprecedented ascent of Plateau de Solaison on stage 15 and \u2013 just as in 2024 \u2013 another final stage across the Montmartre climb in Paris.<\/p>\n

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Jonas Vingegaard will also be pleased to see a week 2 repeat of the 2024 stage finish in Le Lioran in the Massif Central, the scene of Poga\u010dar’s one defeat by the Dane in the Tour \u2013 or indeed in any race \u2013 since 2023. The summit finishes in Gavarnie-Gedre in the Pyrenees and Orci\u00e8res-Merlette in the Alps, scene of Luis Oca\u00f1a’s legendary defeat of Eddy Merckx in the 1971 Tour, and an individual time trial on stage 16, will also be high points of the 2026 Tour.<\/p>\n

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However, it’s the double ascent of the Alpe d’Huez on stages 19 and 20 that form the most striking feature of next year’s race.<\/p>\n

Tackled first with a long stage from Gap on the Friday and then a winding route kicking off in Bourg d’Oisans at the foot of the climb on the final Saturday over the Croix de Fer and Galibier, the mythical ascent will likely play a pivotal role in the outcome of the 2026 race.<\/p>\n

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