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Stage 17: Muret > PauTour de France 2027

A flat 186 km from Muret to Pau gives the sprinters a stage between the Toulouse time trial and the Pyrenean finale.

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Date
21 July 2027
Distance
186 km
Location
France

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Stage 17 of the 2027 Tour de France runs 186 km from Muret to Pau on Wednesday, July 21, a flat day for the sprinters between the time trial and the Pyrenees. ASO counts about 2,000 meters of climbing.

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Pau is the Tour’s best-known Pyrenean town. Its tourist office says only Paris and Bordeaux have hosted the race more often, and Olav Kooij won there most recently, on stage 5 of the 2026 Tour from Lannemezan.

Muret has been the start of a Pyrenean stage before: in 2021 stage 17 left Muret for the Col du Portet, where Tadej Pogačar won, and in 2015 stage 13 left it for Rodez. The Portet is the finish of the next stage.

The teams of the overall contenders will want a quiet day. The sprinters’ teams have their own reason to keep it that way: after Pau only one flat stage remains before Paris.

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Stage 17 course and profile

Distance
186 km
Climbing
2,000 m
Highest point
423 m (Aurignac)
Start altitude
183 m
Finish altitude
203 m
Elevation profile of Stage 17: Muret > PauSimplified elevation profile over 186 km, from 183 m at the start to 203 m at the finish, with a high point of 423 m.100200300400500050100150kmElevation profile of Stage 17: Muret > PauSimplified elevation profile over 186 km, from 183 m at the start to 203 m at the finish, with a high point of 423 m.100200300400500050100150km
Simplified profile drawn from the organizer's waypoint altitudes and climb figures; the road between two points is a straight line, so short rises and descents are not shown.
Route at a glance
KilometerPlaceAltitude
StartMuret183 m
20.0Carbonne209 m
58.0Aurignac423 m
80.5Boulogne-sur-Gesse310 m
93.0Castelnau-Magnoac289 m
109.0Trie-sur-Baïse240 m
133.0Rabastens-de-Bigorre221 m
140.0Vic-en-Bigorre217 m
170.5Morlaàs289 m
Finish, km 186.0Pau203 m

Start: Muret

Muret, on the Garonne south of Toulouse, is where the Battle of Muret was fought on September 12, 1213, and where the aviation pioneer Clément Ader was born. Stages started here in 2015, 2021 and 2025.

Finish: Pau

Pau, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, is the Tour's classic gateway to the Pyrenees. Henri IV was born in its château in 1553, and the Boulevard des Pyrénées looks across the range. Its tourist office counts it as the third most frequent host of the Tour, after Paris and Bordeaux.

Course figures: Organizer's profile, as reproduced by TourdeFranceParcours.fr, read 2026-10-22. Distances and altitudes may change when the route is homologated.

Stage 17 route video from the organizer

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