Stage 19 \u2014 Gap to Alpe d\u2019Huez: 127.9km\/3500m<\/strong><\/p>\n START: 5:20 A.M. ET This year\u2019s Tour de France ends with a unique twist of a double dish serving of Alpe d\u2019Huez, with the iconic climb closing out the final two mountain stages in the 2026 edition.<\/p>\n Friday\u2019s stage climbs up the \u201cclassic\u201d approach from Bourg-d\u2019Oisans, with its famed 21 switchbacks and all the drama that comes with arguably the Tour\u2019s most famous climb.<\/p>\n Reports say there are already nearly 1 million fans parked up on the mountain, so the first-ever back-to-back Alpe d\u2019Huez summit finishes should be a spectacular climax to the 2026 Tour.<\/p>\n Add the wall of noise, the parting sea of fans, and the legends who\u2019ve won here, and the vibes should be out of control.<\/p>\n The Alpe d\u2019Huez returns for the first time in the men\u2019s race since Tom Pidcock won here with his thrill-ride attack over the Galibier back in 2022.<\/p>\n There will be a determined break with two hard climbs in the opening 25km, but you can guarantee that UAE will want to control everything to set up Poga\u010dar.<\/p>\n King Pog has never won here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/road\/road-racing\/tour-de-france\/tour-de-france-stage-19-preview-first-strike-in-alpe-dhuez-double-header\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/velo-cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4491c.jpeg”] Andrew Hood Published July 23, 2026 12:13PM Stage 19 \u2014 Gap to Alpe d\u2019Huez: 127.9km\/3500m START: 5:20 A.M. ET EST. FINISH: 10:11 A.M. ET This year\u2019s Tour de France ends with a unique twist of a double dish serving of Alpe d\u2019Huez, with the iconic climb closing out the final two mountain […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,71],"class_list":["post-2058869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-velo-outsideonline-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2058869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2058869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2058869\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2058869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2058869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2058869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nEST. FINISH: 10:11 A.M. ET<\/strong><\/p>\n