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Stage 7: Blois > ChambordTour de France 2027

A 38 km time trial from Blois to the Château de Chambord is the first test against the clock of the 2027 Tour, two days before the Alps.

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Date
9 July 2027
Distance
38 km
Location
France

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Stage 7 of the 2027 Tour de France is a 38 km individual time trial from Blois to the Château de Chambord on Friday, July 9, the first race against the clock of the 2027 Tour. It is almost flat, with about 200 meters of climbing.

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The riders start on the Place de la République in Blois, in sight of the royal château, follow the Loire, cross the Pont Jacques-Gabriel and pass the Château de Cheverny. They finish in front of Chambord, with the last 3 km inside the estate.

François I ordered Chambord built in 1519 as a hunting lodge, and the château has 440 rooms. The race’s records from 1947 on list no finish there; the only earlier visit was the start of stage 5 in 2005, which Robbie McEwen won in Montargis.

At 38 km it is the longer of the two time trials in the 2027 route, which add up to 71 km, the longest total since 2012 according to ASO. A rider who gives up a minute on a flat course like this has to find it back in the mountains, and the first summit finish, the Grand Colombier, is two days away. Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe’s Zak Dempster said the time trial “offers us a great opportunity to make an early statement.”

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Stage 7 course and profile

Distance
38 km
Climbing
200 m
Highest point
106 m (Blois)
Start altitude
106 m
Finish altitude
85 m
Elevation profile of Stage 7: Blois > ChambordSimplified elevation profile over 38 km, from 106 m at the start to 85 m at the finish, with a high point of 106 m.01002003000102030kmElevation profile of Stage 7: Blois > ChambordSimplified elevation profile over 38 km, from 106 m at the start to 85 m at the finish, with a high point of 106 m.01002003000102030km
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
StartBlois106 m
8.0Cellettes100 m
18.5Cour-Cheverny90 m
26.0Mont-près-Chambord93 m
Finish, km 38.0Chambord85 m

Start: Blois

Blois, on the Loire in Loir-et-Cher, has a Renaissance château that was a royal residence, and Joan of Arc used the town as a base in 1429. Stage 4 of the 2005 Tour, a team time trial from Tours, finished in Blois.

Finish: Chambord

The Château de Chambord was ordered by Francis I in 1519 and finished in 1547. It has 440 rooms, and a wall 31 km long encloses its park. The Tour's records show no earlier finish here; the only earlier visit was the start of stage 5 in 2005.

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 7 route video from the organizer

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