Start: Neufchâtel-en-Bray
Neufchâtel-en-Bray, in Seine-Maritime in Normandy, gives its name to Neufchâtel cheese. The men's Tour started stages here in 1985, to Roubaix, and in 1988, to Liévin.
Event guide · Jul 30–Aug 7, 2027
A flat stage on paper, Neufchâtel-en-Bray to Magnanville has six short climbs in the last 50 km and about 1,940 meters of climbing.
Stage 5 of the 2027 Tour de France Femmes runs 161 km from Neufchâtel-en-Bray to Magnanville on Tuesday, August 3, with about 1,940 meters of climbing. ASO lists it as flat, but the finale says otherwise.
CyclingUpToDate counts six short climbs in the last 50 km, and Domestique Cycling puts the Côte de Baudemont and the Côte d’Amenucourt at about 10 percent. The race leaves the Pays de Bray and the Forêt d’Eawy in Normandy and ends in the Yvelines, west of Paris.
The overall contenders have little to gain here and a stage to lose if they sit too far back.
ASO has not published a kilometer-by-kilometer profile for the women's race yet, so this stage shows the climbs reported so far. Six short climbs fall in the last 50 km; only two have been named, at about 10 percent. The last kilometer rise
| # | Climb | Position | Length | Average | Altitude |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Côte de Baudemont | 10.0 % | |||
| 2 | Côte d'Amenucourt | 10.0 % |
Places on the route, in order: Neufchâtel-en-Bray, Pays de Bray, Forêt d'Eawy, Yvelines, Magnanville.
Neufchâtel-en-Bray, in Seine-Maritime in Normandy, gives its name to Neufchâtel cheese. The men's Tour started stages here in 1985, to Roubaix, and in 1988, to Liévin.
Magnanville is a small commune in the Yvelines, west of Paris, near Mantes-la-Jolie. No earlier Tour or Tour de France Femmes stage was found here, and ASO has not published details of the finish.
Course figures: Climb figures from ProCyclingUK, Domestique Cycling and CyclingUpToDate, read 2026-10-22. Distances and altitudes may change when the route is homologated.