Stage 13: Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne to Grand Colombier
Date: July 14, 2023
Distance: 137km
Stage type: Mountain
Bastille Day opens the middle weekend of the 2023 Tour de France, stage 13 setting up fireworks indeed with a summit finish at Col du Grand Colombier (17.4km at 7.1%). It is the first time the Tour has been hosted by the small mediaeval town of Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne. From the tranquil setting of the four-flower rated town on the Dombes river the race should be anything but calm.
The peloton will climb to the Hauteville-Lompnes plateau to finish on the 1,531-metre summit of Grand Colombier for only a second time. The first summit finish took place in 2020, when Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) outdueled yellow jersey Primož Roglič (jumbo-Visma) on the fearsome summit, setting him into position to overtake the race lead five days later. The climb in the Jura extends for 17.4km at an average gradient of 7.1%, with the final few hundred metres peaking at 12%.
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