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Stage 5: Pontorson > PlumelecTour de France 2027

Pontorson to Plumelec is a hilly 178 km that ends on the Côte de Cadoudal, climbed twice, with the second passage leading to the line.

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Date
7 July 2027
Distance
178 km
Location
France

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Stage 5 of the 2027 Tour de France runs 178 km from Pontorson to Plumelec on Wednesday, July 7, and ends on a short climb that the riders take twice. The stage is hilly, with about 1,900 meters of climbing.

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Pontorson, a first-time stage town, sits at the edge of the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel. The race follows the bay for about 10 km before it turns inland through Pleine-Fougères, Combourg, Bécherel and Saint-Méen-le-Grand to Ploërmel and Sérent.

The finish is the Côte de Cadoudal, 1.7 km at 6.2 percent. The peloton climbs it once, rides a final loop of about 13 km and climbs it again; the second ascent runs straight to the line, with no descent after the top. A group that gets clear on the first passage can be hard for the sprinters’ teams to bring back.

Plumelec last finished a Tour road stage in 2008, when Alejandro Valverde won stage 1 from Brest. In 2015 BMC won the stage 9 team time trial there by one second from Sky, and in 2025 Marianne Vos won the opening stage of the Tour de France Femmes, from Vannes.

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Stage 5 course and profile

Distance
178 km
Climbing
1,900 m
Highest point
153 m (Plumelec (côte de Cadoudal :)
Start altitude
9 m
Finish altitude
153 m
Climbs listed
2
Elevation profile of Stage 5: Pontorson > PlumelecSimplified elevation profile over 178 km, from 9 m at the start to 153 m at the finish, with a high point of 153 m.-1000100200050100150km12Elevation profile of Stage 5: Pontorson > PlumelecSimplified elevation profile over 178 km, from 9 m at the start to 153 m at the finish, with a high point of 153 m.-1000100200050100150km12
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. Numbers mark the climbs listed below.
Climbs
#ClimbPositionLengthAverageAltitude
1Plumelec (côte de Cadoudal :km 164.0 (14.0 to go)1.7 km6.2 %153 m
2Plumelec (côte de Cadoudal :km 178.0 finish1.7 km6.2 %153 m
Route at a glance
KilometerPlaceAltitude
StartPontorson9 m
2.5Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel6 m
15.0Pleine-Fougères49 m
34.0Combourg81 m
57.0Bécherel138 m
87.5Saint-Méen-le-Grand108 m
122.5Ploërmel63 m
142.5Sérent66 m
164.0Plumelec (côte de Cadoudal :153 m
Finish, km 178.0Plumelec (côte de Cadoudal :153 m

Start: Pontorson

Pontorson is the gateway town to Mont-Saint-Michel, about 10 km away, on the Couesnon in Normandy. Its church of Notre-Dame was built between 1050 and 1150. ASO counts Pontorson among the places new to the Tour map.

Finish: Plumelec

Plumelec, in Morbihan in Brittany, is known to cycling fans for the Côte de Cadoudal and for the Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan, held since 1974. Alejandro Valverde won stage 1 of the 2008 Tour here, BMC won the 2015 team time trial, and Marianne Vos won the opening stage of the 2025 Tour de France Femmes.

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 5 route video from the organizer

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