Le Tour 2026

[Gipfelstuermer]

Two weeks to go. The hype is building.

[Tukhtahuaev]

Did anyone start with designing already? I could probably contribute somewhere around 5-8 stages

[Falcor CC]

Down to chip in with something similar.

[Pokemon Club]

I can have a look tonight to advance on it

[Tukhtahuaev]

A bit weird to start with the final week, but those stages seemed easy to get done this week already. Rest of the final week will be done a bit later. Not the most details for the climbs, so I took what I got from drawing the route myself and it seems close enough

[Gipfelstuermer]

Saturday the Tour starts! We still have a few stages to design.

Who can help design?

[Hoefs Cycling Team]

I can help.... which stages?
Stage 2 done...i will do stage 3 now

[Tukhtahuaev]

I can probably get everything from stage 10 onwards done by tomorrow. Anything more I can't guarantee

[ECS Cycling]

I could also do some stages in the first week if needed

[Hoefs Cycling Team]

Stage 3 is done...now stage 4

[Hoefs Cycling Team]

Stage 5 is done...now stage 6....maybe i can do a few this evening.
ECS wich stages do you want to do?

[ECS Cycling]

I can do 7-8-9

[Hoefs Cycling Team]

Tnx ECS for doing 7,8 & 9

[Tukhtahuaev]

Had a quick look at stage 6 and saw that the final km is a 4. According to the official site it looks more like a 3 to me.
Will try to check a few other stages too, but not sure how much time I can find. Feedback from others is also welcome

[Falcor CC]

Hi all,

I originally said I would help design, but due to a death in my family I didn't find the time nor motivation to do it. However I will doublecheck some profiles. Some thoughts:

Stage 1: Looks ok to me

Stage 2 last km has 700m à 7%, but the other 300m are dh and flat. Looking at the profile the kms for this looks like it's for the punchers, if Pogacar didn't go solo on the penultimate climb. I recommend downgrading the last km to a 5%. There is also a KOM km166 on the rsf design with no red kms before but a 10% the km after. Would put the KOM km167, and the climb is there is 2km+, 150m height gain over 2kms, so needs a slight adjustment there too.

Stage 3: Final climb is completely wrong according to the official tdf website. In reality we have a 200m height difference but in rsf we get to 240m. Last km should be downgraded to 5% instead of 7%. Only uphill, 50m height difference. Penultimate km looks like a 7% instead of 6%, second to last km seems like it might even be a flat (1-2%) km. Please re-check.

Stage 4: Looks ok to me

Stage 5: Looks ok to me

Stage 6: Last climb: Last 4km is never 6%, don't see where the 6% km184 comes from, should be orange or even black km there. Km176 should be 4% max, not 5%. Rest looks quite ok

Stage 7: km137 should be 4% instead of 5%, for 2 reasons: 1) It is 1.2km 4,4%, so rounding off should be 4% anyway, 2) with the insignificance it has irl, I would make it impossible to sieb there anyway, to get the most realistic scenario possible. Rest looks good.

Stage 8: Looks ok to me

Stage 9: Have to get back to work so only short final kms check (rest looks ok at first glance anyway): last km perfect, 4km before go down 10m too much it seems. I would suggest making km184 a -2 instead of -3.

No more time to check more for now. I trust that either Tuk did a good job on the other stages or other critics bash him enough to get more accurate profiles!

[ECS Cycling]

Stage 7: km137 should be 4% instead of 5%, for 2 reasons: 1) It is 1.2km 4,4%, so rounding off should be 4% anyway, 2) with the insignificance it has irl, I would make it impossible to sieb there anyway, to get the most realistic scenario possible. Rest looks good.

Stage 8: Looks ok to me

Stage 9: Have to get back to work so only short final kms check (rest looks ok at first glance anyway): last km perfect, 4km before go down 10m too much it seems. I would suggest making km184 a -2 instead of -3.

Suggestions have been implemented, thanks for the feedback

[Falcor CC]

Stage 7: km137 should be 4% instead of 5%, for 2 reasons: 1) It is 1.2km 4,4%, so rounding off should be 4% anyway, 2) with the insignificance it has irl, I would make it impossible to sieb there anyway, to get the most realistic scenario possible. Rest looks good.

Stage 8: Looks ok to me

Stage 9: Have to get back to work so only short final kms check (rest looks ok at first glance anyway): last km perfect, 4km before go down 10m too much it seems. I would suggest making km184 a -2 instead of -3.

Suggestions have been implemented, thanks for the feedback

Thank you. Great designing work!

[Hoefs Cycling Team]

Tnx Falcor for checking:

Stage 2:
I disagree on the 3KOM, this is the climb:
The official statistics from the organization (A.S.O.) for this climb are: Length: 1.6 kilometers; Average gradient: 9.3%; Maximum gradient: 13%.
1 km 10% seems good to me, i dont understand you are saying the climb is 2km, i doubted to made it even 11%. Thats olso the reason i had the finish not 5% but 6%...i changed it to 5% now

Stage 3:
I adjust the final climb.
5% is to less i adjust my final 7% to 6%
The official final climb: The real finale kicks off in the last 1.7 km. From this point, the road rises at an average gradient of 6.5%, with several shorter, steeper sections exceeding 7%.

Stage 6:
Last climb is more off than the rest of my climbs.
I will adjust this, before 22:00 its done

[Falcor CC]

Tnx Falcor for checking:

Stage 2:
I disagree on the 3KOM, this is the climb:
The official statistics from the organization (A.S.O.) for this climb are: Length: 1.6 kilometers; Average gradient: 9.3%; Maximum gradient: 13%.
1 km 10% seems good to me, i dont understand you are saying the climb is 2km, i doubted to made it even 11%. Thats olso the reason i had the finish not 5% but 6%...i changed it to 5% now

Stage 3:
I adjust the final climb.
5% is to less i adjust my final 7% to 6%
The official final climb: The real finale kicks off in the last 1.7 km. From this point, the road rises at an average gradient of 6.5%, with several shorter, steeper sections exceeding 7%.

Stage 6:
Last climb is more off than the rest of my climbs.
I will adjust this, before 22:00 its done

Hi Hoefs,

First of all thanks for the designing work by the way, forgot to mention it earlier .

As for stage 2, this is the cat3 climb and a bit before it:


As you see here, while the climb itself is only labelled as 1.6km, the road goes uphill for over 2km, with the blue part being a tough run-up that is not an official part of the climb. The total height difference over 2km is over 150m, meaning the total incline spread over 2km should be 15%, for example 7-8% or 6-9%. In this particular case, based on my expert finger measuring, it the height difference looks pretty even between km4-km3 and km3-km2, so a 7%-8% seems more accurate. In reality, with the slight downhill after the top in the same km still, the first km is probably even steeper than the second, but I completely understand the 2nd km having more impact here, hence I recommend 7-8.

For stage 3: I show another screenshot:


As you see, it shows the height difference "onder de vod", as we say in Dutch. We are at 1745m height exactly 1km before the line. At the finish, we are at 1794m, meaning there is a 4,9% incline, to be precise. This km should always be a 5% . Zooming out on the profile shows that the steepest part of the last climb is actually between 1.6km-1km before the line, not in the last km.

[Hoefs Cycling Team]

Hi Falcor, that’s clear—thanks!
Stage 2 has been adjusted; the elevation gain for the entire stage is better now, too.
The final climb of Stage 3 has been completely revised: it is correct now.

[flockmastoR]

There was a comment yesterday in the calendar chat

Pokemonogatari(22:36): stage 2 need to adjust the final circuit Hoefs no ?

[Hoefs Cycling Team]

I did this morning. Only not Pokes comment...if needed i can put some time in it.... otherwise let it be?

[Gipfelstuermer]

Thanks guys for all the work!

I didn't have the time to follow all the discussion... Are discussions still ongoing? Or is everything final?

[Hoefs Cycling Team]

This is the only thing open right now:

Calendar Chat
chat message

Hoefs Cycling Team(11:07): Needed or let it be?
Hoefs Cycling Team(11:05): Elevation decrease indeed if needed i will put some time in it
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Pokemonogatari(22:36): elevation seems to decrease each lap
Pokemonogatari(22:36): stage 2 need to adjust the final circuit Hoefs no ?
Pokemonogatari(22:35): hello

[lennylenny]

needs fixing, pretty egregious with -3 total per circuit