Cycling in Yorkshire & Beyond
Cycling in Yorkshire & Beyond
Stage 13 | Stage 14 | Stage 15
Stage 14 of the Tour de France 2026 is a 155km mountain stage from Mulhouse to Le Markstein.
Climbs include the Grand Ballon and the Ballon d'Alsace. The stage finishes with the long climb of the Col du Haag leading to Le Markstein Fellering.
The race organisers describe the Col du Haag as a forest trail that has been converted into a bike path, and 'one of the most explosive points of the 2026 route'.
Race Details | Poll | Map & Profile | Timings | Videos | Food & Drink | Route Notes | Favourites
| Date | Saturday 18th July 2026 |
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| Stage classification | Mountain |
| Distance | 155km |
| Intermediate sprint | TBC |
| Climbs | Grand Ballon Col du Page Ballon d'Alsace Col du Haag |
| Total climbing | 3,800m |
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This is a map of the route of Stage 14, Tour de France 2026.
This is a zoom-able map of Stage 14 Tour de France 2026.
This is the profile of Stage 14 Tour de France 2026.
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This is a video of the route of Stage 14 Tour de France 2026.
Stage 20 of the 2023 Tour de France finished at Le Markstein Fellering.
Stage 14 is in the Vosges, immediately west of the Rhine valley and the Haut-Rhin wine region. The grapes used to make Haut-Rhin wines are primarily Riesling, Pinot Gris, Muscat and Gewürztraminer.
Food to go with Haut-Rhin wines includes Tarte Flambée (a bit like pizza) and Pot-au-Feu (stew).
Farmhouses in the Vosges mountains will offer Alsatian sauerkraut, Roigabrageldi (potatoes with onion and bacon), Munster cheese, and blueberry pie.
The stage starts in Mulhouse (départ fictif).
The Stage 14 start city is Mulhouse, in the Haut-Rhin département and the Grand Est region. It is the second largest city in the historic Alsace area after Strasbourg.
The town's name means 'mill house'.
It is an industrial city, sometimes called 'the French Manchester' or 'the city of a hundred chimneys'.
The first written records of Mulhouse are from the 1100s. It was an associate member of the Swiss Confederation from 1515, but voted to become part of France in 1798.
An early industry here was textile printing, and Alsace was a leading manufacturer of printed textiles in the 1800s.
In 1842, a firm set up making railway equipment.
From 1870 (Franco-Prussian War) to 1918 (end of World War I), Alsace-Lorraine was part of the German Empire. It was ceded to France in 1918. It was occupied by the Germans again in World War II.
Today, Peugeot's Mulhouse factory is the largest employer in Alsace.
Mulhouse has the National Automobile Museum and a Railway Museum, the Cité du Train.
The départ réel is north of Muhouse near Wittenheim on the D420.
The race goes through Pulversheim and Bollwiller, then Berrwiller and (now on the D505) Wattwiller. The race reaches Uffholtz.
From Uffholtz, the climb of the Grand Ballon starts.
The Grand Ballon climb is 21.5km at an average 4.8%.
From the top of the Grand Ballon, the race continues to Le Markstein (1192m) and crosses the finish line for the first time.
The race descends from Le Markstein on the D27, reaching the Lac de Kruth-Wildenstein.
The race goes through the village of Kruth, then starts the next climb, the Col du Page.
The Col du Page climb is on the D1381/D43 initially, then forks left on a more minor road through the forest.
The climb is 9.8km at an average 4.7% to a height of 959m after 71km raced.
The descent is to Bussang and Saint-Maurice-sur-Moselle. From
Saint-Maurice, the Ballon d'Alsace climb starts.
The Ballon d'Alsace climb is 8.9km at an average 6.9%, to a height of 1,173m after 94.5km raced.
This is the Tour de France going over the Ballon d'Alsace in 2019.
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The descent from the Ballon d'Alsace is on the D466, past the Lac d'Alfeld and the Lac de Sewen.
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Now the riders take the D14 to the Col du Hundsrück.
They descend to Bitschwiller-lès-Thann. From here, the race makes its way up the Thur river to Saint-Amarin. Here, the final climb starts.
From Saint-Amarin, a minor road leads to Geishouse. Then the race takes a bike path up to the Col du Haag, near the top of the Grand Ballon.
The Col du Haag is 11.2km at an average 7.3%.
This video shows the climb - what an amazing piece of cycle infrastructure the bike path through the woods is!
Stage 14 finishes at Le Markstein Fellering, which is just 5.5km from the top of the Col du Haag.
Le Markstein is a small ski resort in the Vosges mountains, on the Route des Crêtes.
It offers Alpine skiing, with 8 lifts and 10 pistes. There's a slalom stadium and the resort played host to World Cup races in the 1980s. The highest point is the Jungfraukopf.
There's cross-country skiing too, with 40km of tracked pistes. The highlight of the cross-country skiing is the Route Nordique, which links le Grand Ballon, le Markstein and le Schnepfenried.
Favourites for Stage 14 will include GC contenders such as Pogacar and Vingegaard.
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