# Stage 5: Saint-Chamond → Parc des Oiseaux - Villars-les-Dombes · Critérium du Dauphiné 2026

Thursday, June 11 (2026-06-11) · 195.8 km · Hilly Stage · Start 12:30 local

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A hilly stage with early climbs, leading to a flatter finish at Parc des Oiseaux.

**Stages shaped like this ended in a sprint 58 of 100 times.** (aggregated from the closest 2011–2025 WorldTour lookalikes in the Parcours similarity corpus)

## Key climbs

- **Côte de la Croix-Blanche** — Cat 4, at km 3, 3 km long, avg 5%, 150 m gain
- **Col de la Gachet** — Cat 4, at km 7.5, 1.7 km long, avg 4.4%, 75 m gain

## Intermediate sprints

- **Blace** — intermediate sprint at km 108.7

Total elevation gain: 1394 m · Max elevation: 826 m

Best viewing window (local time): 16:21–17:06.

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Data by Parcours (https://parcours.sh) — elevation profiles, key climbs and watch windows for the 2026 WorldTour season.