Stage 7 · 7 August 2026

La Voulte-sur-Rhône → Mont Ventoux

146.8 kmMountain — summit finish

Queen stage. First-ever Femmes finish on Mont Ventoux; race high point at 1910 m — the edition's heat/climate story.

Observed conditions from the ERA5 reanalysis archive.

Observed heat snapshot

+5.0°Cvs the 1974-2023 average at this location (ERA5): 18.5°C

34.0°Cpeak in the race window

Moderate high-risk · 26°C WBGT (est.)

Schematic — real elevation, approximate route between known points, not survey-accurate. Fill colored by temperature.

+10°C26°C+42°C

Decade trend — deviation from the 50-year mean at this location

17.2°C'74–'83

18.3°C'84–'93

18.9°C'94–'03

18.3°C'04–'13

19.9°C'14–'23

-2°C50-yr avg+2°C

A day this hot (≥23.5°C, ERA5 at this location) occurred 2× in 1974-1983 vs. 33× in 2014-2023.

WBGT is an estimate — see methodology. Data as of 2026-08-13T12:21:37.826Z.