Back-to-back sprint chances continue as the Tour de France 2026 rolls through the Dordogne. This 180.4 km route animation traces the route from historic Périgueux to the vineyard town of Bergerac — a course made for the fast men to settle scores after Bordeaux.
📍 Stage 8 Overview
– Date: Saturday, July 11, 2026
– Distance: 180.4 km — Périgueux → Bergerac
– Classification: Flat / Sprint stage
– Elevation gain: ~1,150m
– Start: 13:15 CEST | Finish: ~17:30 CEST
🗺 Route Character
– Rolling roads early near Thenon likely to tempt a breakaway
– Passes through Montignac-Lascaux, Les Eyzies, Sarlat-la-Canéda, Domme, La Roque-Gageac, Saint-Cyprien, and Le Buisson-de-Cadouin
– Two Cat. 4 climbs in the second half — Côte de Domme and Côte du Buisson-de-Cadouin — both followed by a long, fast run to the line
– Finish features two sharp right-hand turns inside the final 2 km
🏛 Périgueux, on the Isle River, has hosted the Tour before — Jacques Anquetil famously won a time trial here in 1961. Bergerac has staged four Tour finishes, including Miguel Indurain’s stage win in 1994 on this exact same start-finish pairing.
🚴 After Tim Merlier and Olav Kooij have already taken stage wins without full lead-out support, and with Jasper Philipsen still searching for his first win of this Tour, expect the sprint teams to fully commit on Bergerac’s fast run-in.
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