# Stage 1: Marín → Salvaterra de Miño · La Vuelta Femenina 2026

Sunday, May 3 (2026-05-03) · 113.9 km · Hilly Stage · Start 11:35 local

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A hilly opening stage in Galicia with two categorized climbs and a rolling finish.

**Stages shaped like this ended in a sprint 23 of 35 times.** (aggregated from the closest 2022–2025 WorldTour lookalikes in the Parcours similarity corpus)

## Key climbs

- **Alto do Cruceiro** — Cat 3, at km 38.4, 7.8 km long, avg 4.6%
- **Alto da Portela** — Cat 3, at km 49.4, 3.6 km long, avg 5.8%

## Intermediate sprints

- **Sprint intermedio** — intermediate sprint at km 91.5

Total elevation gain: 1737 m · Max elevation: 406 m

Best viewing window (local time): 13:54–14:39.

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