The route
Tour de France 2026 — Étape 12
Next edition4-26 July 2026
180.8 km and 1,850 m of climbing from Magny-Cours to Chalon-sur-Saône, with one 4th-category climb and a high point at 449 m.
Drawn with a pen, line by line
- Distance
- 180.8 km
- Elevation gain
- 1,850 m
- Highest point
- 449 m
- Summits, passes and villages
- 91
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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
The start is at 13:30 from the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, in the Nièvre, at 221 m of elevation. You reach Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier at km 14.9, at 219 m, then Neuville-lès-Decize at km 29.3, at 267 m. The course stays mostly flat, with a single 4th-category climb: 2.6 km at 3.9%.
You pass Lanty at km 78, at 288 m, then La Coudraye at km 121.4, at 368 m, and Blanzy at km 133.7, at 294 m. The longest climb of the course starts shortly before Blanzy, at km 131.4, and gains 169 m up to the high point, 449 m at km 151, where the course passes near the Col des Baudots.
After Buxy, at km 164.8 and 237 m, the course drops back toward the finish in Chalon-sur-Saône, at km 180.8 and 180 m of elevation. Over the full 180.8 km, the total comes to 1,850 m of climbing and 1,890 m of descent, so the finish sits lower than the start.
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 Magny-Cours to Chalon-sur-Saône, 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.