← All eventsL'Étape du Tour de France
Mass-participation cyclosportif on a real Tour de France mountain stage, fully closed roads. Route changes yearly. 2026: ~170km / 5,400m, Bourg-d'Oisans -> Alpe d'Huez via Croix de Fer, Telegraphe, Galibier. ~16,000 riders. Always confirm the year's route.
The one day a year amateurs ride a real Tour de France mountain stage on fully closed roads. In 2026 that stage is Le Bourg-d'Oisans to Alpe d'Huez, mirroring the Tour's own Stage 20.
Four Alpine giants back to back. The long Croix de Fer, the Telegraphe, the Galibier at 2,642m, then the 21 hairpins of Alpe d'Huez on legs that have already crossed three cols.
Feed zones, 16,000 riders and full Tour-style organisation. It's a bucket-list day. It's also one of the harder recent editions, and the broom wagon pulls anyone who dawdles early.
Who finishes, and how
Patterns like these, drawn straight from 2025 race data, are baked into how Beina coaches you for this event.
Is L'Étape du Tour de France for you?
- Riders chasing a bucket-list Tour de France stage on closed roads. No traffic, full descents, the same tarmac the pros race.
- Strong climbers comfortable with long sustained efforts. Each col runs 12 to 24km, so it rewards riders who hold a steady tempo uphill for the better part of an hour.
- Riders who pace with discipline. The long Croix de Fer opener tempts you to attack, but the day is won by saving legs for the Galibier and a fatigued Alpe d'Huez.
- Anyone willing to build real volume. Big Alpine climbing rewards long, patient training days, so it suits riders who can give the plan real time.
Training plan for L'Étape du Tour de France
A training plan for L'Étape du Tour de France isn't a generic base build. Beina reads the event's exact demands, looks at your specific profile and the time you actually have, and maps a highly adapted plan to the start line.
- Four big Alpine cols back to back, each a sustained 12 to 24km effort
- Altitude on the Galibier, high enough to quietly cost unacclimatised riders 5 to 8% of their power
- Valley heat in Bourg-d'Oisans that can top 30C and drives more DNFs than the gradients
- A finish up Alpe d'Huez on legs that have already crossed three cols, where accumulated fatigue really shows
- 2x20 sweet spot at 88 to 94% FTP, progressing to 3x20 threshold, building sustained climbing power
- Long climb repeats: 3 to 4 efforts of 25 to 35min on real climbs at race pace, rehearsing back-to-back cols
- Big climbing days building to a 7 to 8hr, 4,000m+ rehearsal of the full day
- Heat sessions in the final weeks: warm turbo Z2 plus post-ride sauna to expand plasma volume
- Built from your current fitness and the time you actually have
- Adapts every week as Beina learns how you respond
- Syncs your sessions straight to Garmin and Wahoo
- One clear next session, never a wall of spreadsheet
