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Cycling-Tour De France Unveils New Mountain Test as Riders Brace for Col Du Haag

BELFORT, France, July 17 (Reuters) - ⁠The Tour de France will offer riders a new challenge on Saturday with ⁠the debut of the Col du Haag, a brutal climb that organisers believe ‌could become an iconic battleground in future editions of the race.

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The Massif des Vosges is honoured during this edition of the Grand Boucle. The great novelty is the appearance of the Pass du Haag, at the very end of the fourteenth stage.

·Paris, France
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The peloton starts the last very mountainous part of this Grande Boucle, with a hook by the Vosges and the unedited Haag pass.

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It is a real mountain stage, compact (155 km for 3.800 m of elevation), which awaits the riders with four climbs to climb, including three of the first category. "We first climb the Grand Ballon (21.5 km at 4.8%) to pass a first time on the finish line at the end of 45 kilometers, before redoing a loop of 110 km. We chain the pass of the Page (9.8 km at 4.7%) and the Ballon d'Alsace (8.9 km at 6.9%, already borrowed Friday). But the real difficu…

·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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After the victory of Mauro Schmid on Friday, an explanation among the best is expected this Saturday. The fourteenth stage of the Tour de France, between Mulhouse and Le Markstein Fellering, offers an unprecedented ascent, the Haag Pass, a forest path built on a bike path, which promises to do some great damage in the final of this day in the Vosges.

If you love flat terrain, enjoy the first ten kilometers of this 14th stage of the Tour de France: it starts in Mulhouse, but as soon as it leaves the city, the climb begins and... it doesn't stop. The detailed program offers...

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France24 broke the news in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France on Friday, July 17, 2026.
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