# Stage 9: Malemort → Ussel · Tour de France 2026

Sunday, July 12 (2026-07-12) · 154.6 km · Hilly Stage · Start 13:45 local

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Shortened on race morning from 185.5 km to 154.6 km under a red-alert heatwave — the first 31 km (the loop via Turenne and Collonges-la-Rouge) were cut, with the race rejoining the planned route at Lanteuil. A hilly stage with several climbs leading to Ussel.

**Stages shaped like this went to the breakaway or a solo attacker 48 of 88 times — 23 from the day's break, 25 late attacks.** (aggregated from the closest 2011–2025 WorldTour lookalikes in the Parcours similarity corpus)

## Key climbs

- **Côte de Naves** — Cat 3, at km 47.5, 2.3 km long, avg 7.4%
- **Suc au May** — Cat 2, at km 74.1, 3.8 km long, avg 7.5%
- **Côte de la Croix du Pey** — Cat 3, at km 98.5, 4.8 km long, avg 6%
- **Mont Bessou** — Cat 4, at km 130.1, 0.9 km long, avg 1.2%

## Intermediate sprints

- **Beynat** — intermediate sprint at km 14

Total elevation gain: 2230 m · Max elevation: 977 m

Best viewing window (local time): 16:46–17:31.

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