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Linked articleStage 9: Malemort to Ussel | Tour de France 2026 Preview
Stage 9 of the 2026 Tour de France covers 185 kilometers from Malemort to Ussel, threading through the Corrèze plateau in south-central France. This is the kind of stage that looks manageable on paper but wears down teams through accumulation: rolling terrain, no single defining climb, and a second half that keeps tightening the selection without ever forcing a clear split. It arrives late enough in the first week that fatigue matters, and early enough that GC teams are unlikely to commit resources. That gap is where breakaways survive and puncheurs find opportunity. The route stays inland, away from the valley corridors that define the opening week. Ussel sits at…
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