# Stage 20: Le Bourg-d'Oisans → Alpe d'Huez · Tour de France 2026

Saturday, July 25 (2026-07-25) · 171 km · Summit Finish · Start 11:20 local

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A queen stage finishing at Alpe d'Huez after tackling several major climbs.

**Stages shaped like this went to the breakaway or a solo attacker 3 of 5 times — 1 from the day's break, 2 late attacks.** (aggregated from the closest 2011–2022 WorldTour lookalikes in the Parcours similarity corpus)

## Key climbs

- **Col de la Croix de Fer** — HC, at km 33.7, 24 km long, avg 5.2%
- **Col du Télégraphe** — Cat 1, at km 87.6, 11.9 km long, avg 7.1%
- **Col du Galibier** — HC, at km 110.5, 17.7 km long, avg 6.9%
- **Col de Sarenne** — HC, at km 156.5, 12.8 km long, avg 7.3%

## Intermediate sprints

- **Saint-Julien-Mont-Denis** — intermediate sprint at km 66.5

Total elevation gain: 5000 m · Max elevation: 2633 m

Best viewing window (local time): 15:36–16:29.

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Data by Parcours (https://parcours.sh) — elevation profiles, key climbs and watch windows for the 2026 WorldTour season.