Event guide · Jul 2–Jul 25, 2027
The 2027 Tour's first summit finish is the Grand Colombier, 17.4 km at 7.1 percent, at the end of a 162 km stage from Villars-les-Dombes.
Stage 9 of the 2027 Tour de France runs 162 km from Villars-les-Dombes to the Grand Colombier on Sunday, July 11, the first mountain stage and the first summit finish of the race. ASO counts about 3,750 meters of climbing.
The climbs come in sequence: the Col du Berthiand (6.3 km at 7.5 percent), the Col de Richemond (7.7 km at 6 percent) and then the final climb, 17.4 km at 7.1 percent, to a finish at about 1,500 meters.
The Tour first climbed the Grand Colombier in 2012, when Thomas Voeckler led over the top on his way to winning stage 10. It became a summit finish in 2020, when Tadej Pogačar won stage 15 from Lyon ahead of Primož Roglič, who kept the yellow jersey, and again in 2023, when Michał Kwiatkowski won stage 13 with Pogačar third, four seconds ahead of Jonas Vingegaard.
The Chambord time trial is two days behind, so any gaps it made now meet the first real climbing of the race. The second rest day follows on Monday, July 12, in Haute-Savoie.
| # | Climb | Position | Length | Average | Altitude |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Col du Berthiand | km 57.5 (104.5 to go) | 6.3 km | 7.5 % | 780 m |
| 2 | Côte des Neyrolles | km 77.0 (85.0 to go) | 3.6 km | 7.7 % | 825 m |
| 3 | Col de Richemond | km 115.0 (47.0 to go) | 7.7 km | 6.0 % | 1,036 m |
| 4 | Grand Colombier | km 162.0 finish | 17.4 km | 7.1 % | 1,501 m |
| Kilometer | Place | Altitude |
|---|---|---|
| Start | Villars-les-Dombes | 279 m |
| 10.5 | Chalamont | 299 m |
| 26.5 | Pont-d’Ain | 238 m |
| 37.0 | Poncin | 265 m |
| 47.0 | Hautecourt-Romanèche | 361 m |
| 57.5 | Col du Berthiand | 780 m |
| 69.5 | Nantua | 479 m |
| 77.0 | Côte des Neyrolles | 825 m |
| 84.0 | Col de Bérentin | 1,144 m |
| 89.5 | Col de Cuvéry | 1,181 m |
| 97.5 | Ochiaz | 753 m |
| 106.5 | Injoux | 542 m |
| 115.0 | Col de Richemond | 1,036 m |
| 136.0 | Artemare | 285 m |
| 144.0 | Culoz | 263 m |
| Finish, km 162.0 | Grand Colombier | 1,501 m |
Villars-les-Dombes, in the Ain department on the Dombes plateau, is known for the Parc des Oiseaux, an ornithological park opened in 1970 among the Dombes ponds. The Tour finished a stage at the park in 2016, when Mark Cavendish won the sprint for his 30th Tour stage.
The Grand Colombier is a climb on the southern edge of the Jura mountains, above Culoz in the Ain. The organizer's profile gives it as 17.4 km at 7.1 percent to about 1,500 meters. The Tour first climbed it in 2012. Tadej Pogačar won the 2020 summit finish and Michał Kwiatkowski the 2023 one.
Course figures: Organizer's profile, as reproduced by TourdeFranceParcours.fr, read 2026-10-22. Distances and altitudes may change when the route is homologated.
