The route
Tour de France 2026 — Étape 19
Next edition4-26 July 2026
127.8 km and 4,143 m of climbing, from Gap to Alpe d'Huez, with three cols and a summit finish at 1,826 m.
Drawn with a pen, line by line
- Distance
- 127.8 km
- Elevation gain
- 3,500 m
- Highest point
- 1,826 m
- Summits, passes and villages
- 60
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The route in numbers
Indicative figures computed by Plotrek on its illustrative route, with altitudes from a terrain model. They may differ from the organiser's.
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Reading the route
This stage leaves Gap, in the Hautes-Alpes, at 742 m of elevation. It climbs the Col Bayard at km 8.5 (1,244 m), then the Col du Noyer at km 27.7 (1,664 m). It then passes through Corps at km 55.2 (922 m), Valbonnais at km 81 (794 m) and Le Périer at km 89.8 (903 m).
The route climbs the Col d'Ornon at km 99.5, at 1,370 m, the last of the stage's three categorized climbs. The longest climb of the route follows, gaining 1,112 m from km 112.2 to km 127.7, after passing through Le Bourg-d'Oisans, up to the summit of Alpe d'Huez.
The finish is at Alpe d'Huez, in Isère, at 1,826 m, the highest point of the route. The stage runs on paved road, through high mountains, with a hors-catégorie final climb of 21 numbered hairpins. Over 127.8 km, it totals 4,143 m of climbing and 3,059 m of descent.
Paths and places: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Altitudes measured on the route.
03 · Your poster
The route, drawn with a pen
The relief of the course, from Gap to Alpe d'Huez, takes shape as contour lines: our pen plotter draws it with a pen, line by line. Your finisher name and time go in the cartouche, in A4, A3 or A2.
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Official information
- Illustrative route redrawn by Plotrek from public data: the course announced by the organiser and OpenStreetMap paths. It is not the official course of the event.
- Altitudes: terrain model AWS Terrain Tiles
- Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Figures and text: Plotrek
- Plotrek is not a partner of, or affiliated with, the race organiser.