# Stage 6: Barbentane → Apt · Paris-Nice 2026

Friday, March 13 (2026-03-13) · 179.3 km · Hilly Stage · Start 12:40 local

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A hilly stage with most climbing in the second half, offering opportunities for resilient sprinters.

**Stages shaped like this ended in a sprint 56 of 100 times.** (aggregated from the closest 2011–2025 WorldTour lookalikes in the Parcours similarity corpus)

## Key climbs

- **Côte de Saint-Rémy-de-Provence** — Cat 3, at km 25.1, 2.5 km long, avg 5%
- **Côte de Bonnieux** — Cat 3, at km 107.1, 2.6 km long, avg 4.6%
- **Col de l'Aire Deï Masco** — Cat 2, at km 146.1, 7.1 km long, avg 4.4%
- **Côte de Saignon** — Cat 2, at km 174.8, 4 km long, avg 5%

## Intermediate sprints

- **Saint-Martin-De-Castillon** — intermediate sprint at km 163.2

Total elevation gain: 1676 m · Max elevation: 692 m

Best viewing window (local time): 16:27–17:12.

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