# Stage 5: Lannemezan → Pau · Tour de France 2026

Wednesday, July 8 (2026-07-08) · 158 km · Flat Stage · Start 14:05 local

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A flat stage from Lannemezan to Pau, ideal for sprinters.

**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 Baleix** — Cat 3, at km 132.7, 1 km long, avg 8.8%

## Intermediate sprints

- **Vic-En-Bigorre** — intermediate sprint at km 113.5

Total elevation gain: 1133 m · Max elevation: 606 m

Best viewing window (local time): 17:01–17:46.

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