# Stage 13: Dole → Belfort · Tour de France 2026

Friday, July 17 (2026-07-17) · 205.8 km · Hilly Stage · Start 13:00 local

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A hilly stage from Dole to Belfort with two significant climbs.

**Stages shaped like this ended in a sprint 54 of 100 times.** (aggregated from the closest 2011–2025 WorldTour lookalikes in the Parcours similarity corpus)

## Key climbs

- **Col des Croix** — Cat 3, at km 157.4, 5.2 km long, avg 4.8%
- **Ballon d'Alsace** — Cat 1, at km 175.9, 8.8 km long, avg 6.9%

## Intermediate sprints

- **Mélisey** — intermediate sprint at km 137.8

Total elevation gain: 1916 m · Max elevation: 1171 m

Best viewing window (local time): 17:14–17:59.

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