# Stage 6: Pau → Gavarnie-Gèdre · Tour de France 2026

Thursday, July 9 (2026-07-09) · 186 km · Summit Finish · Start 12:25 local

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A mountain stage finishing at Gavarnie-Gèdre after tackling two major climbs.

**Stages shaped like this went to the breakaway or a solo attacker 11 of 22 times — 2 from the day's break, 9 late attacks.** (aggregated from the closest 2011–2025 WorldTour lookalikes in the Parcours similarity corpus)

## Key climbs

- **Côte de Loucrup** — Cat 4, at km 50.9, 2 km long, avg 7.1%
- **Côte de Mauvezin** — Cat 3, at km 77.3, 3 km long, avg 6.8%
- **Col d'Aspin** — Cat 1, at km 118.1, 12 km long, avg 6.5%
- **Col du Tourmalet** — HC, at km 147.8, 17.1 km long, avg 7.3%
- **Gavarnie-Gèdre** — Cat 2, at km 186.2, 18.7 km long, avg 3.7%

## Intermediate sprints

- **Pouzac** — intermediate sprint at km 59.1

Total elevation gain: 3883 m · Max elevation: 2110 m

Best viewing window (local time): 16:11–17:46.

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