Raced under heat alert
Raced under a Météo-France "Code Red" heat alert in Occitanie with forecasts of ~40-41°C. The stage went ahead without cancellation.
Observed conditions from the ERA5 reanalysis archive.
+12.6°Cvs the 1974-2023 average at this location (ERA5): 23.5°C
39.6°Cpeak in the race window
High-risk · 29°C WBGT (est.)Schematic — real elevation, approximate route between known points, not survey-accurate. Fill colored by temperature.
Decade trend — deviation from the 50-year mean at this location
A day this hot (≥36.1°C, ERA5 at this location) has no precedent in the 50-year record at this location.
WBGT is an estimate — see methodology. Data as of 2026-07-14T12:57:55.949Z.
Time on course: winner 4h 10m · last classified rider 4h 36m
In the stage's 40°C heat, one rider finished outside the stage time limit, more than 20 minutes after the last classified rider.
Times from official published race results (rounded to the nearest minute).