# Stage 4: Carcassonne → Foix · Tour de France 2026

Tuesday, July 7 (2026-07-07) · 182 km · Hilly Stage · Start 13:10 local

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A hilly stage with multiple climbs leading to Foix.

**Stages shaped like this went to the breakaway or a solo attacker 55 of 98 times — 24 from the day's break, 31 late attacks.** (aggregated from the closest 2011–2025 WorldTour lookalikes in the Parcours similarity corpus)

## Key climbs

- **Col de Bedos** — Cat 4, at km 48.2, 3.4 km long, avg 4.4%
- **Col du Paradis** — Cat 3, at km 64.9, 5.9 km long, avg 4.1%
- **Col de Coudons** — Cat 2, at km 104.9, 10.8 km long, avg 5.5%
- **Col de Montségur** — Cat 2, at km 146.7, 6.9 km long, avg 6.6%

## Intermediate sprints

- **Quillan** — intermediate sprint at km 93.4

Total elevation gain: 2589 m · Max elevation: 1052 m

Best viewing window (local time): 16:49–17:34.

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