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Linked articleStage 15: Champagnole to Plateau de Solaison | Tour de France 2026 Preview
Stage 15 of the 2026 Tour de France runs 184 kilometers from Champagnole to Plateau de Solaison, the second summit finish in as many days and one of the route's headline new climbs. This is the final stage before the second rest day, and it arrives at a point in the race where depth has usually been replaced by pure climbing form. The profile is built to reward the best uphill riders still standing. Champagnole sits in the Jura, a region of low ridges and dairy pastures that has served as a transition zone between the Vosges and the Alps in past Tours. The stage heads south through rolling terrain…
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