# Stage 5: León → Astorga · La Vuelta Femenina 2026

Thursday, May 7 (2026-05-07) · 119.6 km · Sprint Stage · Start 14:16 local

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A flat stage ideal for sprinters, with two minor climbs and potential crosswinds.

**Stages shaped like this ended in a sprint 22 of 36 times.** (aggregated from the closest 2022–2025 WorldTour lookalikes in the Parcours similarity corpus)

## Key climbs

- **Collada de Olleros de Alba** — Cat 3, at km 42.6, 6.6 km long, avg 3.6%
- **Alto de La Garandilla** — Cat 3, at km 75.1, 3.4 km long, avg 4.9%

## Intermediate sprints

- **Sprint intermedio** — intermediate sprint at km 100.6

Total elevation gain: 894 m · Max elevation: 1205 m

Best viewing window (local time): 16:39–17:24.

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