- Stage town for the 5th time
- Sub-prefecture of Jura (39)
- Population: 23,800 (Dolois and Doloises)
Louis Pasteur’s home town has welcomed the Tour de France on four occasions. In 1939, Luxembourg’s François Neuens won here after a breakaway, while Maurice Archambaud won the time trial between Dole and Dijon that same afternoon. Dole hosted a stage start in 1992, when Rolf Jaermann went on to win in Saint-Gervais... although he offered no threat to race leader Pascal Lino, who’d been in the Yellow Jersey for ten days. In 2017, a stage that took place entirely within the Jura saw Lilian Calmejane triumph at Les Rousses. Finally, the 2022 edition featured a stage between Dole and Lausanne that perfectly suited Wout van Aert, who won on a punchy uphill finish in the Olympic city ahead of Michael Matthews and Tadej Pogačar.
