Tour de France 2026, Stage 9: Malemort → Ussel
Hilly, 12 July 2026. 185.5 km with 2,792 m of climbing.
- Distance
- 185.5 km
- Climbing
- 2,792 m
- Highest point
- 973 m
- Steepest km
- 11.8% at km 103
- Start
- Malemort 214 m
- Finish
- Ussel 623 m
The wind on the day
Averaged along the route between 12:30 and 17:15 local time: 11 km/h from the south-east, gusting to 27 km/h on average. Dry.
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
- Direction
- South-east 120°
- Average gust
- 27 km/h
- Temperature
- 33°C 28 to 38°C
Historical weather for 12 July 2026, sampled at 52 points along the route and pre-computed before the app shipped. It is not a live forecast and the app makes no weather calls. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0).
Riding it
185.5 km with 2,792 m of climbing. The road rises at more than 3% for 48.9 km of it and is above 8% for 4.1 km, so the climbing comes in repeated efforts rather than one long ascent.
The high point is 973 m at km 161. The steepest kilometre on the profile averages 11.8%, at km 103. It finishes on flat or gently rolling road.
In ProPace the stage runs with this wind along the route, resolved into headwind, tailwind and crosswind at each point, and the app puts your own numbers on it against the pro reference. The reference profile and how the simulation works are set out in How much slower than a pro are you?
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