Stage 1 · Lausanne → Lausanne Tour de France Femmes 2026 · Flat · Aug 1
138km Distance
1,800 m Climbing
Flat Profile
The route
The Grand Départ, Swiss edition: a 138 km loop through the Vaud countryside that calls itself flat while packing in four categorized côtes, the last of them — Saint-François — kicking up at 4.6% inside the final kilometres of Lausanne. A sprint, but only for sprinters who can climb a bit.
Key climbs
- Cat 3 Côte de Châbles 1.6 km · 7.7%
- Cat 3 Côte de Villars-le-Comte 4 km · 5.8%
- Cat 3 Côte de Vulliens 3 km · 5.3%
- Cat 4 Côte Saint-François 2.5 km · 4.6%