{"id":630588,"date":"2026-06-10T05:53:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T05:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/630588\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T05:53:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T05:53:20","slug":"tour-de-france-2026-stage-5-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/630588\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour de France 2026 stage 5 preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stage 5: Lannemezan &#8211; PauDate: July 8, 2026Distance: 158.3kmStart time: 14:05 CETFinish time: 17:46 CET<\/p>\n<p>Image 1 of 2<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/TWKo5jXj7dZhm2FfC44ys4.jpg\" alt=\"Route information for the 2026 Tour de France\"   class=\"image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/TWKo5jXj7dZhm2FfC44ys4.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/TWKo5jXj7dZhm2FfC44ys4.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/TWKo5jXj7dZhm2FfC44ys4.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>(Image credit: ASO)<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/LkUk5UVeqeHR4tWuXD3X56.jpg\" alt=\"Route information for the 2026 Tour de France\"   class=\"image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/LkUk5UVeqeHR4tWuXD3X56.jpg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/LkUk5UVeqeHR4tWuXD3X56.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/LkUk5UVeqeHR4tWuXD3X56.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>(Image credit: ASO)<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-9fdb6494-886b-435e-9c00-c3b6adedb588\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Sprinters finally get a chance to shine on stage 5, from Lannemezan to Pau. Only twice in the last three decades, in 2015 and 1992, has the Tour made it past stage four without a bunch sprint.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Starting in the Hautes-Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es village, a straightforward route has been mapped out, with an intermediate sprint in Vic-en-Bigorre and the lone categorised climb of the day, C\u00f4te de Baleix. The latter, topping 25 kilometres from the finish, leaves plenty of time for the sprinters\u2019 teams to get organised.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-9fdb6494-886b-435e-9c00-c3b6adedb588-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Previous winners in Pau include Sean Kelly, Robbie McEwen, Arnaud D\u00e9mare and, recently Jasper Philipsen in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Latest Videos From<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/gmvwmhupgi1715762145.svg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/gmvwmhupgi1715762145.svg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/gmvwmhupgi1715762145.svg\" class=\"rounded-[var(--image--border-radius,0)] block h-[18px] w-auto shrink-0 brightness-0 invert\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/gmvwmhupgi1715762145.svg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/gmvwmhupgi1715762145.svg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/gmvwmhupgi1715762145.svg\" class=\"rounded-[var(--image--border-radius,0)] max-h-12 w-auto\"\/><a id=\"elk-mountains\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\"\/>MountainsC\u00f4te de Baleix (cat. 3, 1 km at 8.8%), km. 132.7<a id=\"elk-sprints\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\"\/>SprintsVic-en-Bigorre, km. 113.5<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">The latest race content, interviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stage 5: Lannemezan &#8211; PauDate: July 8, 2026Distance: 158.3kmStart time: 14:05 CETFinish time: 17:46 CET Image 1 of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":630589,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-630588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}