Event guide · Jul 2–Jul 25, 2027
A mountain stage that starts at sea level: 199 km from Montpellier to Mende over the Cévennes, ending on the Côte de la Croix Neuve.
Stage 14 of the 2027 Tour de France runs 199 km from Montpellier to Mende on Saturday, July 17, and climbs about 4,300 meters, a mountain stage that starts close to sea level.
“When you say Montpellier-Mende, you wouldn’t immediately think of it as a mountain stage,” race director Christian Prudhomme said. The route explains the label.
From Montpellier the race climbs the Col du Vent, reaches the Cirque de Navacelles, goes through Le Vigan and crosses the Col de la Lusette (11.6 km at 7.3 percent), then passes the Mont Aigoual massif at 1,552 meters, the high point of the day. It descends to Florac, climbs the Côte de l’Estrade (5.7 km at 8.3 percent) and finishes after the Côte de la Croix Neuve, 3 km at 10.1 percent, known since 2005 as the Montée Jalabert.
Mende has hosted six Tour finishes since 1995. Laurent Jalabert won the first, on Bastille Day 1995; Steve Cummings won on Nelson Mandela Day in 2015; Omar Fraile won in 2018 and Michael Matthews, from a breakaway, in 2022. The Tour has not finished here since.
| # | Climb | Position | Length | Average | Altitude |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Col du Vent | km 40.5 (158.5 to go) | 8.4 km | 5.8 % | 703 m |
| 2 | Col de la Lusette | km 108.5 (90.5 to go) | 11.6 km | 7.3 % | 1,351 m |
| 3 | Côte de l'Estrade | km 175.0 (24.0 to go) | 5.7 km | 8.3 % | 1,002 m |
| 4 | Côte de la Croix Neuve Montée Jalabert | km 197.5 (1.5 to go) | 3.0 km | 10.1 % | 1,055 m |
| Kilometer | Place | Altitude |
|---|---|---|
| Start | Montpellier | 87 m |
| 20.0 | Aniane | 106 m |
| 40.5 | Col du Vent | 703 m |
| 55.0 | Saint-Maurice-Navacelles | 575 m |
| 64.5 | Cirque de Navacelles | 340 m |
| 87.0 | Le Vigan | 230 m |
| 108.5 | Col de la Lusette | 1,351 m |
| 122.0 | Mont Aigoual | 1,552 m |
| 157.0 | Florac-les-Trois-Rivières | 554 m |
| 175.0 | Côte de l'Estrade | 1,002 m |
| 197.5 | Côte de la Croix Neuve Montée Jalabert | 1,055 m |
| Finish, km 199.0 | Mende | 1,030 m |
Montpellier, the prefecture of the Hérault, is a large university city: its schools of medicine and law date from 1220, and the Opéra Comédie on the Place de la Comédie opened in 1888. Stage 14 leaves it for the Cévennes and the Lozère.
Mende, the prefecture of the Lozère, has a cathedral begun in 1368 under Pope Urban V. The finish is on the plateau above the town, near the Mont Mimat airfield, after the Côte de la Croix Neuve, which is named for Laurent Jalabert, who won here in 1995.
Course figures: Organizer's profile, as reproduced by TourdeFranceParcours.fr, read 2026-10-22. Distances and altitudes may change when the route is homologated.
