# Stage 4: Le Puy en Velay → Montrond-les-Bains · Critérium du Dauphiné 2026

Wednesday, June 10 (2026-06-10) · 167.4 km · Hilly Stage · Start 13:05 local

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A hilly stage with multiple climbs, offering opportunities for breakaways and tactical racing.

**Stages shaped like this ended in a sprint 54 of 100 times.** (aggregated from the closest 2011–2025 WorldTour lookalikes in the Parcours similarity corpus)

## Key climbs

- **Col de la Croix de l'Arbre** — Cat 4, at km 14.6, 4 km long, avg 4.1%
- **Côte du Temple** — Cat 3, at km 67.3, 5.7 km long, avg 4.5%
- **Côte de Chougoirand** — Cat 2, at km 77.9, 7.8 km long, avg 5.5%
- **Col des Limites** — Cat 3, at km 92.4, 3.7 km long, avg 5.5%
- **Côte de Lérigneux** — Cat 4, at km 104.7, 1.7 km long, avg 4.4%
- **Côte de la Roche en Forez** — Cat 4, at km 109.6, 2.2 km long, avg 4.5%

## Intermediate sprints

- **Arlanc** — intermediate sprint at km 52.6

Total elevation gain: 1804 m · Max elevation: 1192 m

Best viewing window (local time): 16:24–17:09.

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