# Stage 3: Geneva → Poligny · Tour de France Femmes 2026

Monday, August 3 (2026-08-03) · 156.5 km · Hilly Stage · Start 13:25 local

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Leaves Switzerland and crosses the Jura into France, finishing in Poligny.

**Stages shaped like this ended in a sprint 5 of 7 times.** (aggregated from the closest 2022–2025 WorldTour lookalikes in the Parcours similarity corpus)

## Key climbs

- **Col de la Faucille** — Cat 1, at km 23.9, 11.4 km long, avg 6.3%
- **Côte de Lajoux** — Cat 3, at km 36, 3.6 km long, avg 5.6%
- **Col de la Savine** — Cat 2, at km 73.1, 5.6 km long, avg 5.1%
- **Côte de Chaux-Champagny** — Cat 4, at km 131.8, 1.8 km long, avg 6.4%

## Intermediate sprints

- **Champagnole** — intermediate sprint at km 100.7

Total elevation gain: 2201 m · Max elevation: 1330 m

Best viewing window (local time): 17:07–17:52.

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