Tour de France 2026 – étape 19 : Gap – Alpe d'Huez
Alpe d'Huez will once again be at the heart of cycling legend.
Before the grand arrival in Paris, the riders of the 2026 Tour de France will face the 21 mythical bends of the world's most famous climb.
Friday, July 24 – Stage 19: Gap → Alpe d'Huez (128 km)
Before the grand arrival in Paris, the riders of the 2026 Tour de France will face the 21 mythical bends of the world's most famous climb.
Friday July 24: Stage 19 – Gap → Alpe d'Huez (128 km)
Short, intense, and spectacular, the 19th stage of the 2026 Tour de France will start in Gap and finish at Alpe d'Huez after 128 km of intense racing. The route will feature a series of mountain passes:
– from Bayard
– Walnut
- ofOrnon
– before the final climb of the 21 legendary bends (13,8 km at 8,1%).
This stage promises to be explosive: the climbers will try to shine and the favorites will have to remain vigilant before the big stage the next day!
The 19th stage, short and dynamic (128 km), will start from Gap and will include Col Bayard, Col du Noyer (7,2 km at 8,5%) and col d’Ornon before the classic climb of 21 bends (13,8 km at 8,1%).
Note that the Tour stage (amateurs) will take place on Sunday, July 19th, on the same course as the pros.
Follow stage 20 on Saturday, July 25, a monumental stage where everything can still change before the grand finish in Paris on Sunday, July 26. Never before has such a difficult stage been placed so late in the Tour. A "virgin" stage to "BUILD HISTORY," described as "breathtaking!" by the Tour director. After these two epic days, the peloton will head to Paris for the final finish on Sunday, July 26, 2026. But it is on Alpe d'Huez, with its legendary switchbacks, that the Tour will fight its final battle, the one that will make the difference before the Champs-Élysées. Note that the amateur Tour stage will take place on Sunday, July 19, on the same course as the professional race.
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