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Linked articleStage 6: Pau to Gavarnie-Gèdre | Tour de France 2026 Preview
The 2026 Tour de France reaches its first summit finish on stage 6, a 186-kilometer run from Pau to Gavarnie-Gèdre that climbs into the high Pyrenees before the race has even reached its first rest day. This is the opening mountain test for the overall contenders, and it arrives early enough to punish anyone still carrying fatigue from the Barcelona start or the nervous opening week. Gavarnie-Gèdre sits at the head of the Gave de Pau valley, where the road narrows and the gradient steepens toward the cirque. The finish is new to the Tour, but the area is not. The cirque de Gavarnie has been a backdrop for mountain…
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