Ballon d'Alsace
8.9 km at 6.9%, summit at 1,173 m. Cat 1.
- Length
- 8.9 km
- Average gradient
- 6.9%
- Height gained
- 614 m
- Summit
- 1,173 m
- Steepest km
- 8.7% measured on the route
- Category
- Cat 1
The climb
Ballon d'Alsace climbs 8.9 km at an average of 6.9%, gaining 614 m to a summit at 1,173 m. It is an unusually even climb — the per-kilometre gradients cluster tightly around the average, so what the number says is what the road does.
The hardest kilometre measures 8.1% and comes in the opening third of the climb, and 1 kilometre of the ascent averages more than 8%.
It appears on 2 stages in ProPace's data, all in 2026; each one is listed below and can be ridden in the app.
Stages that climbed it
| Stage | Date | Summit at | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tour de France 2026, stage 13: Dole → Belfort | 17 July 2026 | km 174.9 | not listed |
| Tour de France 2026, stage 14: Mulhouse → Le Markstein | 18 July 2026 | km 94.8 | Cat 1 |
Stages since 2024 whose route climbed to this summit, matched on ProPace's route data. Category as listed for that stage where the roadbook data is in the app.
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