Stage 18: Voiron to Orcières-Merlette - 185.2 km
Date: Thursday, July 23, 2026
Streaming: 🇺🇸 Peacock, 🇬🇧 TNT Sports, 🇨🇦 FloBikes, 🇦🇺 SBS On Demand
Start time: 🇺🇸🇨🇦 6:35 am EDT/🇬🇧 11:35 pm BST/🇪🇺 12:35 pm CEST/🇦🇺 8:35 pm AEST
Estimated finish time: 🇺🇸🇨🇦 11:25 am EDT/🇬🇧 4:25 pm BST/🇪🇺 5:25 pm CEST/🇦🇺 1:25 am AEST
Stage type: Mountain
Total elevation gain: 3,900 m
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Dane Cash
Route summary: With a fair bit of uncategorized climbing on the docket and a Cat. 1 finale, stage 18 could be one for the breakaway. In any case, this is another stage with a bit of GC potential too.
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