Event guide · Jul 30–Aug 7, 2027
Le Touquet-Paris-Plage to Calais is 123 km along the Opal Coast, flat on paper with the Cap Blanc-Nez 12 km out and wind to match.
Stage 4 of the 2027 Tour de France Femmes runs 123 km from Le Touquet-Paris-Plage to Calais on Monday, August 2, the first stage in France, along the Opal Coast. ASO lists it as flat, with about 1,580 meters of climbing.
The Côte du Cap Blanc-Nez, 900 m at 7.7 percent, comes about 12 km from the finish, according to CyclingUpToDate. The coast is open to the wind, and a crosswind can split the bunch before that climb.
Calais hosted a men’s stage finish in 2022, when Wout van Aert won stage 4 from Dunkirk. There is no rest day in the women’s race, so the peloton spends the Monday after the London time trial on the road.
ASO has not published a kilometer-by-kilometer profile for the women's race yet, so this stage shows the climbs reported so far. The coast is open to the wind.
| # | Climb | Position | Length | Average | Altitude |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Côte du Cap Blanc-Nez | 12.0 km to go | 0.9 km | 7.7 % |
Places on the route, in order: Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, Opal Coast, Calais.
Le Touquet-Paris-Plage is a seaside resort on the Opal Coast at the mouth of the Canche, named Paris-Plage in 1882. The men's Tour started a time trial here in 1976, won by Freddy Maertens, and began a stage to Lille here in 2014, which Marcel Kittel won.
Calais is France's busiest passenger port for ferries to England, and it is known for lace and for Rodin's Burghers of Calais. The men's Tour finished here in 2022, when Wout van Aert won stage 4 from Dunkirk in the yellow jersey.
Course figures: Climb figures from ProCyclingUK, Domestique Cycling and CyclingUpToDate, read 2026-10-22. Distances and altitudes may change when the route is homologated.
