# Stage 6: Gijón/Xixón → Les Praeres de Nava · La Vuelta Femenina 2026

Friday, May 8 (2026-05-08) · 106.5 km · Summit Finish · Start 14:53 local

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A mountain stage with a summit finish atop the steep Alto de Les Praeres.

**Stages shaped like this went to the breakaway or a solo attacker 10 of 20 times — 3 from the day's break, 7 late attacks.** (aggregated from the closest 2022–2025 WorldTour lookalikes in the Parcours similarity corpus)

## Key climbs

- **Les Praéres. Nava** — Cat 1, at km 106.5

## Intermediate sprints

- **La Curciada** — intermediate sprint at km 83.1

Total elevation gain: 1670 m · Max elevation: 743 m

Best viewing window (local time): 17:10–17:55.

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