Stage 6: Pau to Gavarnie-Gèdre - 186.2 km
Date: Thursday, July 9, 2026
Streaming: 🇺🇸 Peacock, 🇬🇧 TNT Sports, 🇨🇦 FloBikes, 🇦🇺 SBS On Demand
Start time: 🇺🇸🇨🇦 6:25 am EDT/🇬🇧 11:25 am BST/🇪🇺 12:25 pm CEST/🇦🇺 8:25 pm AEST
Estimated finish time: 🇺🇸🇨🇦 11:46 am EDT/🇬🇧 4:46 pm BST/🇪🇺 5:46 pm CEST/🇦🇺 1:46 am AEST
Stage type: Mountain
Total elevation gain: 4,100 m
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Dane Cash
Route summary: Six days into the Tour, we get our first hors-catégorie climb: the Col du Tourmalet. As usual, the high-altitude ascent into the Pyrenees is part of a series of challenges.
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