# Stage 1: Lausanne → Lausanne · Tour de France Femmes 2026

Saturday, August 1 (2026-08-01) · 138 km · Flat Stage

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Opening circuit day around Lausanne on the shores of Lake Geneva.

**Stages shaped like this ended in a sprint 12 of 19 times.** (aggregated from the closest 2022–2025 WorldTour lookalikes in the Parcours similarity corpus)

## Intermediate sprints

- **Villeneuve** — intermediate sprint at km 73.1

Total elevation gain: 1072 m · Max elevation: 777 m


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