# Stage 15: Champagnole → Plateau de Solaison · Tour de France 2026

Sunday, July 19 (2026-07-19) · 184 km · Summit Finish · Start 13:10 local

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A stage finishing at Plateau de Solaison after several climbs, including a challenging final ascent.

**Stages shaped like this went to the breakaway or a solo attacker 22 of 36 times — 9 from the day's break, 13 late attacks.** (aggregated from the closest 2018–2025 WorldTour lookalikes in the Parcours similarity corpus)

## Key climbs

- **Côte des Rousses** — Cat 3, at km 36.8, 6.6 km long, avg 5.1%
- **Le Salève - Col de la Croisette** — Cat 1, at km 136, 4.7 km long, avg 11.2%
- **Côte du Mont** — Cat 3, at km 146, 2.1 km long, avg 8.3%
- **Plateau de Solaison Brison** — HC, at km 183.9, 11.3 km long, avg 9%

## Intermediate sprints

- **Saint-Laurent-En-Grandvaux** — intermediate sprint at km 17.3

Total elevation gain: 3732 m · Max elevation: 1502 m

Best viewing window (local time): 17:10–17:55.

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