# Stage 6: Saint-Vulbas → Crest-Voland · Critérium du Dauphiné 2026

Friday, June 12 (2026-06-12) · 182.3 km · Mountain Stage · Start 12:35 local

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A mountain stage with several challenging climbs, culminating in a finish at Crest-Voland.

**Stages shaped like this went to the breakaway or a solo attacker 21 of 42 times — 10 from the day's break, 11 late attacks.** (aggregated from the closest 2011–2025 WorldTour lookalikes in the Parcours similarity corpus)

## Key climbs

- **Côte de Châtelard** — Cat 3, at km 83, 4.3 km long, avg 5.7%
- **Col du Granier** — Cat 2, at km 98.3, 8 km long, avg 5.7%
- **Côte d'Héry-sur-Ugine** — Cat 1, at km 172.3, 11.6 km long, avg 5.1%
- **Côte de Crest-Voland** — Cat 1, at km 182.3, 5.9 km long, avg 7.7%

## Intermediate sprints

- **Les Échelles** — intermediate sprint at km 76

Total elevation gain: 2682 m · Max elevation: 1213 m

Best viewing window (local time): 16:20–17:05.

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