Stage 9 of the 2026 Tour de France was one of the hardest days of the race so far, with riders facing an average temperature of 36.4°C on a brutal day across France.
In this report, we follow the peloton from the start to the finish as the heat, fatigue and first nine days of racing begin to take their toll.
Mathieu van der Poel took the stage victory after a hard-fought day, but the bigger story was the suffering across the peloton.
We hear from the riders about the extreme heat, the difficulty of this year’s Tour de France and what it feels like inside one of the hardest sporting events in the world.
The Tour de France 2026 coverage is presented by @ROUVY.
Subscribe to FloBikes to watch every stage of the Tour de France 2026, live and on-demand in Canada: https://flosports.link/4wwSJun
#TDF | July 4-26 | Live on FloBikes in Canada
Website: https://www.flobikes.com/
Subscribe: http://bit.ly/2xC4zde
Get the FloSports iOS app: http://bit.ly/FloBikesiOSApp_9
Follow FloBikes
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FloBikes
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FloBikes
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flobikes
3 Comments
I was at stage 4 in Carcassonne, it was ridiculously hot. I can't imagine having to complete a grand tour stage in those temperatures. The 5 minute walk back to the apartment i rented was bad enough.
lol now they know what it's like to ride in a Texas summer. this is the norm
Well, better 155, than 180.. I guess the other option was cancelling (Preferably worst)