# Stage 12: Magny-Cours → Chalon-sur-Saône · Tour de France 2026

Thursday, July 16 (2026-07-16) · 179 km · Flat Stage · Start 13:30 local

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A flat stage from Magny-Cours to Chalon-sur-Saône with a minor climb.

**Stages shaped like this ended in a sprint 58 of 100 times.** (aggregated from the closest 2011–2025 WorldTour lookalikes in the Parcours similarity corpus)

## Key climbs

- **Côte de Lanty** — Cat 4, at km 76.5, 2.1 km long, avg 4%
- **Côte de Cuzy** — Cat 4, at km 99.3, 2.5 km long, avg 4.5%
- **Côte de Montagny-lès-Buxy** — Cat 4, at km 159.4, 2.7 km long, avg 4.3%

## Intermediate sprints

- **Decize** — intermediate sprint at km 45.8

Total elevation gain: 1266 m · Max elevation: 443 m

Best viewing window (local time): 16:54–17:39.

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