IRONMAN France (Nice) 2027
A Mediterranean swim in the Baie des Anges, 180km climbing into the Cote d'Azur hinterland, and a four-lap finish along the Promenade des Anglais.
56 weeks to race day: base season
Plenty of runway. This far out, the win is a boring, consistent base rhythm: aerobic volume, strength, technique. The structured block starts closer in; what you do now decides how high it can climb.
Building for this one? Ironman training plan covers the sessions, the weekly shape and how the block is paced. The R.A.C.E. Framework explains why it is built that way.
Build my complete road.
Commit to the date and the work gets a shape: your countdown starts, the emails arrive in step with your build, and the app anchors a recovery-led block so the final week lands exactly on race day.
One confirmation email, then the road begins. Registering for the race itself stays with the organiser.
“The bike leg climbs into the hills behind Nice and does not come back for hours. If you are riding this, your long rides need real elevation in them, not just duration.”
The race
The course
IRONMAN publishes no route file for this leg, so there is no course map to draw from.
Two loops off the Plage des Ponchettes in front of the Quai des Etats-Unis, with no Australian exit, so you stay in the water for the whole thing. Pebble beach entry and exit, which is worth rehearsing barefoot.
IRONMAN's route file for this leg measures 171km against a 180km course. That is too far out to publish as the route. We would rather show no map than a wrong one.
One loop up into the hinterland behind Nice and through the Parc Naturel des PréAlpes d'Azur. It is one of the hardest bike legs in the IRONMAN calendar and it is front-loaded with climbing, so the discipline required is riding the early hills slower than you want to.
Four loops of the Promenade des Anglais out towards Nice Airport and back, with aid stations every 1.8km. Flat, fully exposed and reliably hot. After that bike, this is a heat management problem before it is a running one.
Not yet confirmed for this edition: bike elevation gain, cut-off times, water temperature history. We publish these only once they are on the official course page, so check there before you pace off anything here.
Maps © OpenStreetMap contributors. Routes from the official GPX.
Course details verified against the official IRONMAN France (Nice) course page on 13 August 2026. Courses change; the official page is always the last word.
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