# Stage 8: Sisteron → Nice · Tour de France Femmes 2026

Saturday, August 8 (2026-08-08) · 171.9 km · Flat Stage · Start 13:40 local

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The longest stage of the race, from Sisteron through the Alpine foothills down to the Mediterranean at Nice.

**Stages shaped like this ended in a sprint 7 of 13 times.** (aggregated from the closest 2022–2025 WorldTour lookalikes in the Parcours similarity corpus)

## Key climbs

- **Col des Robines** — Cat 4, at km 61, 2.6 km long, avg 4.6%
- **Col de Toutes Aures** — Cat 4, at km 76.5, 6.4 km long, avg 3.1%
- **Côte de Colomars** — Cat 4, at km 154.7, 1.4 km long, avg 5.4%
- **Côte de la Ginestière** — Cat 4, at km 162.8, 2.5 km long, avg 4.4%

## Intermediate sprints

- **Puget-Théniers** — intermediate sprint at km 109.5

Total elevation gain: 1286 m · Max elevation: 1119 m

Best viewing window (local time): 17:09–17:54.

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