# Stage 1: Sondrio → Sondrio · Tour de Suisse 2026

Wednesday, June 17 (2026-06-17) · 144 km · Hilly Stage

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A hilly circuit in Valtellina, Italy, with constant up-and-down terrain and several named climbs.

**Stages shaped like this went to the breakaway or a solo attacker 9 of 16 times — 3 from the day's break, 6 late attacks.** (aggregated from the closest 2018–2025 WorldTour lookalikes in the Parcours similarity corpus)

## Key climbs

- **Climb to km 72** — Cat 1, at km 72.3, 16 km long, avg 3.1%
- **Climb to km 118** — Cat 2, at km 118.3, 22.8 km long, avg 0.9%
- **Climb to km 143** — HC, at km 143.3, 22.5 km long, avg 5.2%

Total elevation gain: 2086 m · Max elevation: 1692 m


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