Tour de France 2026: stage five updates on the road to Pau – live
Updates from the 158.3km stage from Lannemezan Stage-by-stage guide Stage four report Mail Tom I’m not going to say I could race this stage but
Updates from the 158.3km stage from Lannemezan Stage-by-stage guide Stage four report Mail Tom I’m not going to say I could race this stage but the first 20km are basically downhill and then it is mostly a flat run from Lannemezan to Pau, with one category three incline up the Côte de Baleix that comes inside the last 30km – so make of that what you will.
Pau is the third most visited city in the race’s history, trailing only Paris and Bordeaux. The pretty commune has had 77 visits from the Tour, including 64 stage finishes, and has its own museum dedicated to the race on the site of its old velodrome.
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