Tour de France 2026 Stage 14 Route Animation | Mulhouse to Le Markstein — Col du Haag’s Tour Debut

Stage 14 is short on distance but relentless in difficulty — 155.3 km through the Vosges mountains packing in 3,800m of climbing across seven categorised passes, capped by the maiden Tour appearance of the brutal Col du Haag.

📍 Stage 14 Overview
– Date: Saturday, July 18, 2026
– Distance: 155.3 km — Mulhouse → Le Markstein Fellering
– Elevation gain: 3,800m
– Weather: ~25°C, sunny spells with showers — a welcome break after the earlier heatwave

🏔 The Climbing Sequence
– Grand Ballon (Cat. 1) — 21.5 km at 4.8%, km 36.6 — the Vosges’ highest point, first passage of the finish line
– Col du Page (Cat. 2) — 9.8 km at 4.7%
– Ballon d’Alsace (Cat. 1) — 8.9 km at 6.9% — tackled for the 2nd consecutive day after Stage 13
– Col du Schirm & Col du Hundsruck — warm-up acts before the finale
– Col du Haag (Cat. 1) — 11.2 km at 7.3%, making its first-ever Tour appearance: a forest trail converted into a bike path, with irregular ramps touching 15%

🌲 The Col du Haag Factor
Hidden deep in the forest above Saint-Amarin, this climb is unlike anything else in the race — narrow, unpredictable, and never truly flat. With the summit just 6 km from the finish at Le Markstein, one bad moment here could cost minutes, while a bold attack could open a Tour-defining gap.

Le Markstein returns to the Tour three years after Tadej Pogačar won here — but this year’s road to the summit is completely different. With seven climbs and almost no flat road all day, this is a stage built for the strongest legs, not the fastest sprint.

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