Tour de France 2027 Route stage 19: Hasparren - Laruns

Friday 23 July – It's the final mountain stage of the Tour de France and the riders travel from Hasparren to Laruns. Along the way, they tackle the Col de Burdincurutcheta, Col de Bagargui, Col de Soudet and Col de Marie Blanque, before descending into the Ossau Valley and finishing on a false flat run-in to Laruns. At 160 kilometres, the route boosts 4,300 metres of climbing.

Published on 8 November 2027

Type: mountain stage
Favourites: climbers, attackers

Hasparren is a town in the French Basque Country that has never before featured on the Tour route. The riders head across flat to gently rolling terrain towards Bassaburua, at the foot of the Col de Burdincurutcheta, an 8.7-kilometre climb averaging 9.3%, which is littered with numerous double-digit ramps and features an almost flat section halfway up. Once over the summit, there is no respite from the climbing, as the Col de Bagargui soon follows, adding 4.8 kilometres at 6.4% to the mix.

The descent is interrupted by a short uphill section towards Larrau, and then the route continues on a false flat uphill towards Sainte-Engrâce, at the foot of the Col de Soudet. From this side, the climb stretches over 15.1 kilometres at an average gradient of 7.2%. The opening kilometres are manageable, but after 5 kilometres the gradient ramps up to around 10% for a while. It then eases off briefly before returning to double figures, after which the gradient drops to around 8% for the final kilometres.

After a 20-kilometre descent and a flat to rolling section, the riders reach the Col de Marie Blanque. This climb averages 8.6% over 7.7 kilometres. The first 3 kilometres average barely 5%, so it is clear that the sting comes later on. The gradients over the final 4 kilometres are 10%, 12%, 13% and 10%, respectively.

The riders fly down the Col de Marie Blanque for 12 kilometres to Bilhères-en-Ossau. Upon reaching the Ossau Valley, the route climbs very gently upstream over the final 6 kilometres to Laruns.

The route bears a strong resemblance to the 2020 Tour de France to Laruns, although on that occasion the Col d’Ichère provided an additional challenge between the Soudet and the Col de Marie Blanque. Back then, Marc Hirschi had ridden solo over five climbs before being caught in the Ossau Valley, just 2 kilometres from the finish. He joined his pursuers, Tadej Pogacar, Primoz Roglic, Egan Bernal and Mikel Landa, only to narrowly lose the sprint to the two Slovenian riders.