# Stage 5: Cormoranche-sur-Saône → Colombier-le-Vieux · Paris-Nice 2026

Thursday, March 12 (2026-03-12) · 206.3 km · Hilly Stage · Start 11:50 local

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The longest stage with challenging climbs in the final 35 km, leading to an uphill finish.

**Stages shaped like this ended in a sprint 61 of 100 times.** (aggregated from the closest 2011–2025 WorldTour lookalikes in the Parcours similarity corpus)

## Key climbs

- **Côte de Lentilly** — Cat 3, at km 63.7, 2.3 km long, avg 4.7%
- **Côte de Trèves** — Cat 3, at km 108.2, 2.3 km long, avg 6%
- **Côte de Sécheras** — Cat 2, at km 172.8, 3.9 km long, avg 7%
- **Côte de Saint-Jean-de-Muzols** — Cat 1, at km 187.4, 2.2 km long, avg 11%
- **Côte de Saint-Barthélémy-le-Plain** — Cat 2, at km 196, 3.2 km long, avg 7.6%

## Intermediate sprints

- **Sarras** — intermediate sprint at km 163.1

Total elevation gain: 2314 m · Max elevation: 476 m

Best viewing window (local time): 16:29–17:14.

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